Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 91, Vevay, Switzerland County, 8 June 1833 — Page 4

WEEKLY B1ESSENGER

Fro:N the Boston Telegraph.

A CJferesiiftnSJare I SoldcrV. servant lor many year; hnf, forjved and the prisoner found guilty. ,:!" '-4i months, has not, for old! English v.wer.

.ic's.-r. riii'.c- 1 inve recently ! ?i ,.: ;i xii ' ! from the rum-sel I;..g chii-tim' diari : and hut a iery 11 1 i . 1. ..! short t? ne suoe.a sneiiifien or tw o i

Woin In it if .t riion keeper. Ferusingi'ae given hint his freedom-, and sent ; - i i i k; , r i . i . in ose article?, ivjiK h appeared origin. "itr to Liberia, but it is now too late, Ally i believe ia the Genius of Tempo-j Wife ay? that I mist buy another wo

r.i -!C O1 whose editor, by the way, si-em determined to fohil the Scriptie. ia never giving any 'peace to the wickr'.f lain reminded what to do with an !d manuscript, which I happened io pick op, a year or two since, Oli a JJlii tatioo at the south, it seem to haie been the diary of a Christian Slaves i okr; and, if von think the f.di.ii g extracts from its pages will ::c oi any t.-iMTesl u your readers, thev -it: al your soivue. Viator. JOURNAL. Sabbath 31 iy 21,1 V-2-. Attended di..ir li l-d y ; heard Mr. preach Missionary sermon. Was very eloa.nt. Text "O.i ye into ail thw rl or: .! it ! pj-faeh !:e g.isoc! to ever". j, i.: Hi Jiwmsj CO l.:vr.! 'it'll the iieatn III i't ia the bindncc" a!n ctingiy described -in: ne c.tr-A f M e i d ! earth, which arc t of lio- ip.ir I,.... its iit'muliu. 7VI loeiiny wei 0 ill t-.tly moved; in ththe co !f :i..n .iic-ri u; : .( (?: aie i it ;h.- c!oe of oll.ir: all the ;i: -.(!i-t 'i ! in.i.jo y-terdav ia trading .! o .'..v. 1 to r.;its ,ii G. He V:! SiV Koevv how l ) son re int bat wh it ari a fe-.v ('k-,11 tr to e a foiil in India, which ' ' tist-y periiap., put m possession tii:; ord rt life." SinMild have : v; .i ino.v, hut for the loss I experi .: -ce.-i ! i;t weeK Si) the death of f3ili. wo.i took eoid after being flogged .'' iijii aliend the auclioa to-morrow. a;: i si" 1 make a protita'-le bargain as I hope lo, for the siavea of 'sipiire B. "H.vj-i if suid I sliall remember the poor henth;.!!. Thank God, (hat and fti v f,iiv;iy were Iiomi and broutrlil up ujiuer Jl.e iihl of -'he gospel! Lord"? 'i upper :i: ::.-! red to-day cmijovcu gfe-si Mii-Mi tioo ia romrneni'tratiiig l!;e Mood of (Jhtis.!, wisicli was shed to ftr.Dcrr,i !;' .-o;,- Afi'-r cloirch, had tii -viii! !e:i or tili-en usiiitite for m i ;o:k '.hm-ui ; w.-ndered why he did not co;ne was i!i e impa'ient, as f fear ed rey seiv-ii'ts were, io mischief: 'oachiunn at ientii cojne, was unwil hi-s to t i! She reason r f his dela : pn-!Tiied him a Jlosgi)'. When I reached home, foiled 'a- h.i-.l been lookh -g :st (he pi' tare? in my gieat bible nhivh was what th (nitied him; sjave hiai a S' t!nd lIosia ;is i never lie to r,vi neiiroes and lolJ him if lie ever l.o'i-hi.d the b;b;e a;-.it I would douhh- li.o catt atum. V esume So:.!l not h-ite 1. 1 v. ait f.r him, ;,t r liur' h , aiMillter S.ihbatii. At evening piayer, i-ead the chapter e'nccr.i'ii j Philip Hnd tl.e Ltl -.- m:ti.o f'ei v an Ivjir.i.li; feit uniit v in iMMVMtiT, la.it " I'. t'iii.p; i foigi-t h teds :)u!o Go a .re:i! e'.ise i, soon s.retth out her ,1' This cvei iio, heard oy kitchen approach ea "v walhi rii tin i.a'j;e, and found S il !!!( rh. hcciP'sft I ?old her li-i. ) e lcrd-iy, to parsoii G.; h Id f.io!ih v ie;i ure to ie silent , or 1 I could not ...i! i h i' -i tap :n-r. be dt.,;t.-bed. ! i.l u-, i n , b ?1.:V' ;i!!i.:t;o; Retired (o resi earlier -vise I must be at the e;-. ri v to- morrow : w i fe i s I get op and Mill 3a!. for sher oi d cot s!i ep. Ro-e, look rn horse whie, ai let her feel the l.ish fwo or ihst-e tunes, wiiuh stilled her for the rv-i.-l.t. A: uY. 22. Alter morning Drayor--, oi-.iv-.' d ray i oul1, f-r the purpose oi at'-".ding tin aui.tion at 'squire B's. Sale ciiuanenced ai 10 o'clock; he had a tiie lu( d "negroes, I -vo or three elejja::i horses, and a considerable oilier Jive stock for sale. One of his seirant, however, had lost an eye, by the aiioke of a whip, a week or fwo since, which less r.ed his vaiu very considerably; -strange that men iv'l be so blind to their ozin interest, as not fo be mire c.irH il wheie (hey trik-, when they correct (heir slaves! B ngbt a very Hk 'lv looking young fedow, of ah-iut live and twenty, who I tliiuk, will answer admirably f ir a groo-n; h ha l one boy, three or four years oil, who. was bought by brother C., whoiii I av at ihe communion table, yesterday; i ts wife was 'knock d off,' I think, to Rev. Mr. , T , who wanted" a wet noise; she having lost lo r child, bv having been worked a ht tie too h;srd I no day before its birih. B night several other?, at a very low rate, whom I intend forth; plantation. O i returning home, found, to my sore vexation, that Sal had cut tier throat, for grief a I being separated from her bov, whom I sold to the parson on Sa turday. This loss will so far counJerbulaiiie the g')od bargain-', which I made at (he auction to-day, that I shall not, f r the present, be able to give any more, f-sr thi conrersion of the poor heathen. TrtsnAT, IS. Rode tr. my plantatioa to d iv ; looked into the cottage of my old slave, Sambo, and found him

j ! Von r fellow iic has been a

. r i t ante to earn more (ban half ih. - living, and for the last six week? jha no! been able to leave his cottage . .1. . . I intena d. lor his faithful service. i. ) maa to take

bal s place regret that I !,rL 4i i i- r . , ,i r r (ails ot this shockmc event, so far as ht the wife of my croomsh. ... , . . ,b ?

had net bought though i suppose it would have been a - V iavp hpii -ore disappointment to the minister who bid hi r off. But, I will see what can be done, after prayers, to-morrow morning.

uedxesday, 21. Met a save, !o L,,, , , ,.' . day, HhM ending from .he plantation oQ n . L '" (ieacon W.: told him to Mon.nr I wnI1,.;iboul three weeks ago, and selected,

shoot him, he had been b,. !,., hv thJ0" acc?!lnt ' ie n.0 good cI'"ac

overseer, he doubtless deserved, and like a foolish follow, was aitempfintr h flee. I returned him, of eouise, a was my duty, arrordij'jr to the golden rule, to "do unto others, a I would 1 1... t I !, I I I .J 1 P

THT;RAr.2.5.-Suhsc,ibed tos ,nl?aie' ' P'chased a pint of brandy.

-Subsciibed 25 to (he American Colonia I'ioo Society, to dai a ?nost hunvine and benevoleii! ins'ifjj'ion, wh'u h I rejoice to patron The agent who called on nthi mornintr. appears (o be a man ofj frujy liberal feelings, and is willing that the Sotitk should mJov her rights. is well as the AyrA. Think it a most benevolent and noble design to plant Colonies oo the coast of Africa, and ihus send the gospel (o (hat benighted ouiifry. Moan to liberate and send off Jo, next autumn, as I understand a ship will iheu sriii for Liberia. He will bt oi no use, b it merely bill of expens to me, daring the winter; and is be coming so old, (hat he will be of very Imle farther set vice, even should he live another season. I am determined. therefore, to give him his freedom! or. j .e-s ne uies, as poor oambo did: a id :hen my twenty five dollars will go to wards sending some other poor worn out servant to his native land. A Figurative Witness. At t' e iafe Westmoreland asia.-s, John Iv-xbtiig!-was charged with rioting during the Kei-dale election, at the house of iV. Braithwaite,of the Ring of Bells. Ktik land. The prosecutor was the fir.i will. ess examined. Is landlord of the Ring of B ils. Counsel. Pray, what! ime might the mob gather round youti houe, and how many might there be?

Witness. About 11 o'clock. How ma-' 110 were dlvlcJsd '" parties, which v (here might be I can't tell it.deedi Were .seilt in Vrtriu$ directions in sir. They came on like a shcnl of red Puruit of the murderer, w ho ivas prehen iegs in a might) rushing tide, right !Sum(d to le tilt! Sw's laborer, from the in centre and right in Irout. (Laugh-jcircumstatlce lnat ne was missing, the ter ) Counsel. What do you meandesks and drwers rifled, arid a favorite hv right in cealre and light in front ? S" nor!ie of Mr. Sayre's taken from Witness. I mean, 8ir, that I stood I the. staf?,e' probablj to aid t'io murderright in front of my on house, and er ln escape. Handbills were imthey stood right in centre of the street, medi:,,c'-" 'SSUed a"a the most active ai d right in front of my house. R..x-imans Put,'.n requisition to arrest the burgh was (here. He used all ihe "enaer which we are rejoiced to say gesticulations ai d giimtnarcs of a tight was accomphhed about two o'clock in iope dancer, a merry Andrew, 0p a the afternoon. Presuming that he had .down. ( The gravity of court had been:talfen ,l10 direction of New York.Zephdisturb. d for some time, and it whs.8""'1 Drade' Efc,i-C Newark, Marshall ..ow driven into loud laughter, the ve-jf lhe U"itcd Stales for the District of nerable judge being unable (o restrain! Ncw Jer'' r Ludlow, the Sherifl

himself from joining in the mirth. Afier Riixhuigh had given the word hall!" he harangued the mob with all the oratorv of a Demosthenes. ,.....;

a blue flag and a part of a yellow Oie.l,ie-v ,ound t,ie 'dividual of whom they Conned. Well, what next? Wit J were in pursuit. He was sitting in the . . !lt.r I : ..: ti . .. . ,.

A consulfation w;is had for two mi ' nnuiviiig i mjj.u. i ney irnnicdlnuiei, when Roxburgh delib latch laUl-v anct(d him, and found upon his threw a stone thiough my Mi..dow".';Pprson a pair of trowsers and a hat beanother consultation was held for oi.eiiong"'? to Jf r-Sa) rcvnd in his posses- - 'a i . - ' cinTi f U'Al'iPirii luiiiyH.ii- o,.,.!. ! I

rriiiuue, wnen tw o stones w ere thrown1' through my window. Roxburgh threw the first, and then stones flew in show ers, "thick a the autumnal leaves th.i strew the brooks in Vallambresa ;" the crash was tremendous, and the welki:. rung with (he uproar. His lord hij I wish you would speak in plain tan guage. Mr. Atmtrong. He can'i ' my lord. Gounsel. Well, what cc curred next? "Witness. The moh u,n made a demonstration to move upon me and my house, but I retired ano found sanctuary and safety in that of a neighbor. After barricading the for lres, I reconnoirtered, and saw what was going on by peeping through ;. window. Counsel. Had you any to lors oirt? Witness. The banner of patriotism had been floating from an upper chamber, but I took it in ere the tempest of faction arose. Some mis creant penetrated the broken windows, carried off fhe banner, gave it to the mob, who scattered it in shreds to the w inds of heaven, and it soon became a thing that had not been. Thewoikofl demolition lasted half and hour; smd after destroying, with fiendish hands, the windows of houe and shop glass frames and all they went away. Mr. Armstrong. You make use of tine Ian guage. Are not you and Roxbun'h rival orators? and if so, which of yon has the appellation of lord chancellor? vv itne.6 (pointing to Roxburgh) His honor there. Mr. Armstrong. His honor at the hir.my lrd. (Loud laugh ter.) Then what are you Sir Charles Wetheral or bir Robert Peel? Wit ness (rather pettishly.) Me? Oratory never induced me to go and break Rox-

hSii rub's windows. The cip wa nrn

CXI F rom tltc Y. Y, Com. Advertiser, May. 13. HORRIBLE MURDER. The annals of crime in c.r country i . r , do not furnish a para e t r. " PerPctrat llel to the deeds rpctrated on Saturday infill iii Morriaiown, ix. j. ine ue : r . XT T rvi - i ;uiev nave transpirea, are substantially mi?.. 17 as tollows: Samuel L. Sayrr, Esq. nearly sixty years of age, and formerly a merchant in 1'earl street, in this city, ot the hrm ot ftayer loler, being in want of a terand integrity of the Swiss, an emi grant from that country, who has ulti mately proved to be. his murderer. On Saturday evening, ihc latter went into the village of Morristown, which is short distance from the residence of Mr. Ho came hack in the evening, and is supposed Io have perpetrated the crimes soon alter hi return. Yesterday morning a neighbor who was drn i ig his cows to pasture, saw a bund! . on the sirr-uud be'ore f he door of Mr. Say- , whose residence he had occasion to pass. On examination he found it to contain female apparel, marked with initials of one of Mr. Say re's daughters. He o veyed it to the house and knocked at at the door, but receiving no answer, he gave an alarm, and the house was broken open. Traversing the various rooms they finally proceeded to the garret, where I hey found the colored female servant dead in her bej, where she had been murdered, probably, in her sleep, by some sharp pointed instrument, io the side of the jhead, near the temple. The persons assembled next proceeded to tne nam. where they discovered a hatrhet with blood upon it, wilti traces of blood upon the barn floor. The blood was also traced to an adjoining heap of manure where they stumbled over the feet of Mr. Sayre, whose body was partly covered up by the manure, and on further search they fcund by the side of him under the same heap,'the dead body of his wife, both exhibiting marks of violence, having their heads laid open with a hatchet. By this time, the SherilFand rSe co"colJi"e of citizens arrived, li ;ol Morns county, and others, repaired hithei ward, and at the half-way houseon the Newark causeway, , usually :knwn as the "Musqueto Tavern.' ' s omnv,?, t oniaiuing maie and female apparel, which was readily identified as belonging to the family of the deceased. They also found in his pockets two razors belonging to Mr. Sayre, a gold wateh of Mjs. Sayre, and about twenty dollars in silver. The wretched culprit had taken with him a bag of gold, containing about S2;(. which was ;.ui;d nt Bottle Bill.about four miles from Morrislown, on the road between that village and Newark. The horse which he stole, and rode oil with, appears to have been restive, and, from the tracts in the road, unwilling to pass the house of a friei dofMr. Sayre, which caused the wretch to loose a hag of jewelry, belonging to one of the daughters of the deceased, which w as there found. Since his arrest the monster has confessed that the horse threw him on the road and escaped. This is rendered probable from the circumstance that the hag of gold coins was found near the place w here he is supposed to have been thrown. The horse has been since found, and the prisoner conveyed in irons to the goal in Morristown. It is supposed Mr. Sayre was induced to go to the barn to examine one of the horses, when the monster perpetrated the deed and that Mrs. S., nlarMcd at his unusual absence, had followed him, and shared his fate. They were both dressed he had on his hoots, and she a calash. It is supposed the only motive for the act was plunder. The three persons muraerea were, exclusive of the Swede, the only inmates of the house. Mr. Sayre s two daughters yvere fortunate iy absentone to attend the funeral of

a deceased relative in Connecticut, audi ted uncommon mildness of disposilon. the other at school in New Haven. 'Such, we recollect, was particularly the Had they been at home, it is proba-iin regard to Johnson who murd'ered b!e they would have been added to thejMurray in Water-street, about ten number of victims. Mr. Sayre wnsiycars ago, and we have seen a collec-

weu Known in mis city. He retired from business in 18 -7, and was distin guished for amenity of manners, and integrity of conduct. He was a native of Orange county, in this State, and his first wife was the daughter of the late isaac iom.inson, Lsq. ot Jew liaven. He had been engaged ,n agriculture in his retirement, and was in the commis sion of the peace at the time he was murdered. A confederate was rumored to have I I i , . . m Bergen woods, in the direction of Ball s ;7bt l hough the wretch dee a fed n tlio Nbonlt ho !nl (W.

. , . ".aeea of the prevtoui n ght--a deed llrfnmrilipnc il 1 K.li...n.1 ll.nl K,. ; ...... o uti-u

..i.vv...r.l.-,.i.ouUitituiiiaim:iMllt; su.e pe.peuaior. . , Fromlhc same, nf May I L T M w " . inn .UOKKISTOWNIURDBR A ICIV

particulars, rather supplemental toeing to the family, were found a ho7t taan corrective of, our statement yes distance from the residence of Samuel terday, of the tragical event which it, Sayre, Esq. The front door was found was our lot to record, have been sup- J fastened, and no one within givin- atphed by later accounts. The name of jtention to those who sought admittance, Uie murderer ot Mr. Sayre and his fam-'anfranrf wa

.Iy has been ascertained from his pass - port to be Antoine he Llanc- -not a U1 v,..ate..u oa. me, in i.'..niw, ii,. : i i i y i v described as a "cultivatevr," and his 7 - passport was signed at Mefrin the department Mosselle, and countersigned llivrs in iVl..,.r, U.f fTl at Havre in March last. His appearinee is said to correspond with the des cription which it gives of his person. ue is inirty-one years ot age, about hve feet hve inches high, a round face, and in open, Irank countenance. He could speak very little English, and the con tract he made with Mr. Sayre was ef fected through an interpretei. He an pears to be of the German French race who inhabit the north-eastern departments of France, on the west bank of the Rhine. His route of march as des cribed in his passport, which was in French and German, directs him to Neiv York, Albany, and Rochester. (where his brother Christopher resides.') to Waterloo in Unner Canada. Ihe annearance of the wounds f ii - . il - - - F. Mr. Sayre indicate that he made very active resistance to the assult of his destroyer. After completing the work of death, the latter proceeded very deliberately, to ransack and rifle the whole house; every lock was forced, and every drawer opened. What he could not carry away, he strewed around the floors. After having been thrown from the horse, in making his escape, he oreaKiasted at a small cottage at the entrance of Orange, but his language was so uninteiugioiethat the only word he could be understood to pronounce. was cotlee. Alter taking it he procee ded on his way, very quietly, until his arrest. Plunder seems to have been the only inducement to this atrocious deed.

very slight altercation had taken place jdays. The Coroners inquest resulted the precedtrg afternoon, between Mr.iin a verdict fastening the murder upSayre and Antoine, but of too unimpor-ion him. Yesterday was a Sabbath ot tant a character to give any ground Junusnnl gloom to our inhabitants. The whatever lor supposing that he was evening of the preceding Sabbath, Mr. prompted by revenge. A light wns.Sayre and his lady sat before me while seen in the house after midnight, so I was preaching. Little was it apprethat he must have employed several jhendeJ, at that time, that the place hours in plundering. The Newark jsihould soon "know them no more for Daily Advertiser states that, in convcr-lever." Youks respectfully, sation with a German servant girl at J. Kenn.vdvy. Mr. Drake s, he confessed the robbery, but denied the murder. falsa Alarm On Friday mornm

Ihe wounds inflicted upon the vic-jlat two men on Rush creek, who ownlims. in every instance, show that the led some hogs running in Ihe range, monster was an adept in scenes of blood; went out to catch and'maik thrni. In nor can there be a reasonable doubt doing (big they necessaiilv made it (hat he was a practised villian before he good deal of nohe. A couple of young set his foot on our shores. He was pro- men were ld by (heir business in (hat bably inured to crime in his native vicinity, having the image of Indians

couii.iy.auu came to mis to change the scene ot his operations. There is no truer maxim than that nento rcpente ft turjji.tsimus. All history has proved that there is a gradation in the com mission of crimes, and that no one!

vaults at a single leap, from innocence slaughter, of course actingupon these to the. extreme of wickedness. An en-jconvictions, they very naturally ave tire ignorance of the nature of our laws'the alarm to (he neighbor on' Apple

and institutions has probably Jed this reckless malefactor into deeper guilt than he would otherwise, have incurred. Educated in a country where fhe sever-

ity of penal enactments is such that! g. eat many people bein" here from burglary and murder are a subject a-idifiTerent narfs of (he ro.ii.rrv. .-r- Jiiin.r

like to the penalty of death, no altcrna-jtho report, posted oirwiiluwt delay h tive, placing the restraints of conscience give notice to respective fiiends. Beout ot the question, is presented to the fore (he report could be contradicted .

robber but to take the most otiicient course to escape detection. To put it out of the power of all who might have been privy to his guilt to testify against him, is the natural resort; and it is probably owing to these circumstances that Mr. Sayre and his family met their untimely end. From a variety of sources we learn that the countenance of the prisoner is open and frank, and that he "has more the appearance of a natural simpleton, than of one capable of such a fiendish murder." Physiognomy, we believe, has made but little progress in developing upon the countenance the impress of a murderers heart. Many if not most of these deeds of blood have been va sitywu itct i; (perpetrated by men whose facca iud lica-

Hon of similar instances which corrob-

orate the fact. The examination of the prisoner was to have taken place yesterday. OCrAfter preparing the foregoing aritcle, we have received a letter from a friend, the Rcv, , Knil,, , x.. tovvn. ivi fuHher . of thi4 horrid transaction, of which we present a copy: Morristozcn. (jV. J.) Mw 13. At an early hour yesterday morning, 1 l U VIII 1 our town, ot so much tranquility, -a thrown into the highest excitement and consternation, by The disclosure of the vul L,it-n-hirb. n 1,, r,. I 1:1.. ... uiiui .11. u ii.ii unit scarcelv a nar:.llpl i,.fh h;.. 'c.. scarcer country. A bundle of garments, &c. I ... some O tth fh Worn mnrU.I ,.c KQI i ' door. The beds were found ready made, and a tlmoo-K n occupied. Ao one was found until th . garret was reached, though every closet,drawer, trunk, &c. had been opened, luiiimageu, anu nued. They were all yet open, and cIothes,&c. were spread I.I , .1 . . .. inrougn uie rooms and halls as with the hand of a whirlwind. In iho r,tr.r. chamber was the poor colored girl in her bed, dead, and iu her blood. She was stabbed in the ear and temple. I saw her soon after the discovery her hands were folded on her breast, and she ivas lying upon her right side. 1 have no doubt but that a sure-aimed blow dismissed her life so speedily, that her eyes were not opened upon her murderer at all. Search was soon extended (o the barn4 where the toes of a pair of hoofs were seen projecting upward from the dung heap. In a moment or two the murdered Mr. Sayre was d-igout from beneath it. He was fully dressed, even to his hat. Presently the beaten face of his wife was discovered, and she, too, taken from this unseemly grave, most horribly murdered. She had calash upon her head & was also fully dressed. Providentially the two daughter were away from home, the one at Newton, in this state, the other al New Haven, Connecticut. Had they been at home, no doubt one common fate would have befallen the whole family. Every circumstance fastens suspicion upon a Swiss, named Antonio. He fled with the horse of Sayre, but in two hours and a half from the time that our indefatigable sherifl' left here in pursuit of him, in compa.iy with Mr. Luse, he was arrested at the half-way house, be tween Newark and New York, His Anamination ill r.-A-o nl.-,m i.. v..., imprinted on their minds, hearing the barking of dogs, (he squealing of hog?, and (he hallooing of men in the woods, took it for granted that the noise proC. lJ: oroachiiu' the sol Moment for w:.r iscacu Hum inuians, wno were an river, who all, without delay, started for Galena. They were preceded bv a special messenger, on a fleet horse, wno orougni the alarm to town. Ar (he whole country was in motion. The report gathered strength in ils passage, and by the lime it reached Platte, it was stated (hat Galena had fallen into (he hand of or 5,030 Indians. This verifies the saying of an oil I idy of our acquaintance, who said "she never knew a story to lose anything by (he totin of it. Trifling as thi occurrence may ap pear, it Wiis attended with serious consequences to the whole country. Peo pie were flying in every direction frcin their house, Hnd we doubt whether they have all yet gol settled. People should be cautious h-ow they give alarm? and he who would wilfully give a false one, deserves, to be tarred and feathered at least. Galenian.