Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 94, Vevay, Switzerland County, 29 June 1833 — Page 2
WEEKLY MESSENGER.
Crossxumincd. She sometimes went !f;r. vol IV p. 1-12. The handwriting out evehii.gs la meeting-. She was m-; here is jiot pretended to be the ordinatroduccd lo my famih b Ruth Luw ton;'rv hand writing, and, therefore, utiles si.e war;, lel'ew a church member, at lit can be proved by some one who actuJeast sin? wa? cor.-idercd as such. lallv saw him write it, it cannot goto
nings when there will be the least pas
sing i should think before the mill stop
on payment of the price fixed by his mas-
er, er such poitivn of it as may from
work this I leave with you if i come htnne lo lime remain due, be absolutely
52. falsa- CWe. i am ihe. daugh-;the jury without some other kind oi
tvr of Eiijaij Co!,-, the last witness; 1 j proof equally strong, p. 273 so strong
rer..crn!cr ;.:ai :; v i,.U,er brctjgiii m a letier onihe'J November last, di rec'.ed lo Sarah .Maria Con. ell, and desired iiie lo give it lo her. She had re tired to Ler. room, ss-.rl I knocked, I ushe did not ai.swcr, and I delivered i to her the- i.-xi morning. I saw th. Liter afterwards, and discovered sh
had three otix is
She was often eloo
: ; I I if th. r.- IV fire ip r nr. 1.1 I 1 II t hf'
I. Jill It fcllv.i ii.iv, IIW Villi. j'.VW. ... ..... i-ase it should of itself be sufficient to fix the letter on the prisoner as having been written by him, for surely his deivcring the letter, even if we admitted that he had delivered it, would be no iroof that he wrote it. MctYally's Rep.
lex v Juparlendcr, p. 40;),
will come if it docs not storm verv hard
t it does the first ill come the second write me soon and tell me w hich when von write direct your letters to Betsey Hills Bristol and not as you have to me remember this your last letter i am atraid was broken open were your calash and not y ur plain bonnet, you can send your letter by mail. . S. M, C. Yours &c. B. II.
let me still enjoin the secret keep the
Hon. Duiee J Pecirce It is to be re-! letters in your bcf?m or burn them
jeer
u;i.
:e was never out evenings
except twice a week' to go to. her usu
John
Pu
it. I resi le at Prov.
rr.y a.-d ad.aud o Ia:e had seldom been gretted that the gentlemen on the other
side do not meet us on the distinct ground upon which we propose to give this letter to the jury. We do not offer it as a letter written by the prisoner, whether he did write it or not; but as a letter delivered by him to another pet son, by a second person to a third, and by the third to the deceased. Suppose it were a letter written cypher, or
hiero'Tlvphic Ciiaracters as in the trea-
ide'ice. and knew Sarah M m ia Cornell; i fust knew in ?i-tv ia-t. when she wa
with her i;'r;;tiier-i::-!aw, Mr. VTiii.dill
Raw son. I was at the 1 hompson Camp meeting in Augsit last, and at t he rcqut 5-t of Mr. Uawson a: d herself. 1 t "ok M;?Via Cornell witii me in a ch:rc: she had been disappointed ot tv. crti-vt va.vce in which he expected te have gone with her r:slcr and family. W.ien we came to the camp ground. I took her trui.k for her to the
Elliott, about a quarter ot
up.
1 he Attorney Lencral then proposed lo read the white letter, dated Fall River, December the vth supposed to have been written in I ram Smith's store.
Its admission was opposed on the ground
1st, Tiiat tnere was nothing more than vague suspicion to connect it with prisoner in any way; no evidence thai he wrote it, nor, .as in the case of the other letter, that he delivered it, or even ever saw it, "3d, That it was impro-
son case of Burr, wheie a dunghill fowliper to let any document, thus without
wa used to designate the President ol ipioui iu,un .uliuicu im'j "v l" ll,c
iie Unitee
led that we had not a rijiht to oiler itjuraw a pos
as a document possibly illustrative of;att;lcri 10 him.
the case whic h we had traced from the
possession of one person to another? -'on the principal that the proof of its
Suppose it had been of clothes, even,, connexion with the prisoner diilered rivmto Caswell b the prisoner to de-'fi om that adduced for the admission of liver to the deceased, do the counsel jthe former letter only in kind; it was mean to say we could not submit that! there personal, here circumstantial; it ! midle lo the jury for theirexaminaiion ?, ''cars the date of the very day on which, if the prisoner be innnocent he can ex-nJ purports to be written from the veplain the matter, and dispel every shade !T place where the prisoner was seen o'mvsterv in which it is involved. Wei writ'nur. and where another half sheet
came acquainted with her in the sha.p'irtheletier.lherefore,indcpendently.wa5 found so exactly corresponding where I had clothes ma.de during thai jof any question of handwriting,, as aj wth it that the scrutiny of a microscope sinnrrer. I' was r:ct particularly ac j link in the chain of our testimony, and; only serve! to demonstrate their origi-
free.
CHOLERA IN IJEXIXC.TON, KY. Lexington June 11 th, 1833. Dear Sia, l our of the 6th inst. was received yesterday. I sent you a netis-
h)"a rui
Is from the ground, at her request.
a:id saw no more of her during th1 meeting. She did not return with me. I saw nothing in her conduct improper or unbecoming in any respect. I did liot see Mr. Avery there. Ct-ss-exnviiaed.-mQ was employed
l her brother as a taitoress, and 1 be
States, would it be preten-jP'isoner. go to the jury for them to ft-e had not a right to oiler it (draw a possible inference that it did
tach to him.
Its admission was contended for up-
cuair ted with her; not more so than oth
er persons who came to the shop. tiiOii lived at Weod-tock, with my brother on a farm belonging to my father. aba't a mite and a half from Mr. Rawson's. I-am ncl a m thodist though 1 was educated at a fnetliodist school, i believe I wore at the Campmeeting a blue coat, atid probably light check pantaloons, but 1 carrot remember whether;! had on a straw hat or a black' beaver O'!0. bu it may have been m ! straw hat -bound ilh green. I cannot' designate any person whom I hearij jweach the"', fori did not know them. JUv object in going to ties meeting wa: to he . d see as others did. I did pot o'- :rve Sarah Maria Cornell i.. company with any voting man during the rr.eeti'ig. Her deportmeot when ever I saw her at home was as perfectly go'-d as ihal of any woman, and 1 never heard nor supected any thing a gai.ist iuT. 1 never knew of any illicit cc neet'O'i' between her and any ma a. and I solemnly swear that I never had sjcit a connexion with her myself. St. Lucrth Rarrson. I am the wife of Mr. trri;id;.li Rawson, and sister ol S.snh Maria Cornell, the deceased. 1
know she went to the Thompson camp :net-;;g with Mr. Paine, and returned wil'i Ecnj. F. Satiiiders, a young man apprenticed to my husband. I saw her at tin; meeting, and rhe walked round with me to the diilerent tents, and eat with her at the common taide I did not see MrAvery there that I know. 1 did net know him at that time. The
witness here seemed greatly affected
a;;d shook her head in very impressive
manner. My sister gave ine lo undersiiuid what her situation might be in
Sotember last, and informed me of its
cause.
the prisoner will be entitled to the ben-!IK1l connexion.
The Cousel argued these and other
coilatteral points at great length, and with some warmth of feeling; and the
fit of any doubt which mav arise in
the minds of the jury respecting it. The attorney General followed to
the same effect, saying he did not offer j-'o'irt reserved the question until after the letter as one written by Ephraim K.jthe dinner recess when the following Avery, hut as one which had been tra- letter, which is supposed to have been
ced I'rosn his possession to that of the .written in Iram Smith's store, was ad-
lecensed, an 4 which snoald be admit- nutted by me court in evidence.
!ed if it were merely in reference to the
question of suicide.
Fall River, Deeemhrr R
I w ill be here on the 20th if pleasant
Hon J. .Mason If it please the court at the place named at ti o'clock if not it is necessary to abide by the rules of pleasant the next Monday eve say noevidence in every case; in criminal ca- thiiW.
ses more especially; in a case like the' I"t be cxtiscfd 1
present, wnicti lias created extraordinary excitement, the necessity is yet more eiii a ced. The counsel for the srovern-
o nie;.t say this is not a question of hand! EXGi. VM)
writing; but is virtually so it they go to. Sir fhn C. Hot home has reined the
a i . . t 1. - I . i iL 1 . .. - . .
uie eoiuems oi ue ieuer; incy assume otlice ot becrettry of IrHnn'l and hi seat theyshouldprove,namelytheprisOier's;in Parhaaient. feeltnc that if he retained
privity lo the contents ol the letter, it be mu?t vote hmibi itM'nisteib for the
iui now can iney prove mis, me letter repeal of the hoase una window dulieo
having been delivered sealed and no n the House of Commons on the 30th
allusion having been made by him tolult., Mr. John Vev. in pursuance of no
its contents ? It was not a letter found jttcc, moved the repeal of the house and in his possession, for all (hat the testi- window taxes. The motion was opposed mony goes to prove is, that it was a let- hv Lord Alilmru, who declaied that then
ter which he delivered sealed. Hun-1 repeat would compel minister to resign
ureas oi letters are a any delivered in. and alter considerable debate, wa nega
tais maimer; and now dangerous, mere- lived.
Plan ofJegro Emancipation. London, .:ay 14.
I. That every slave, upon the pasi-ing
fore, would it be to infer a privity to the contents of this one, merely from
such a fact. No principle could be
more dangerous. If Orswell himself f.f ihist act. should be at liherU to claim.
were on trial this letter would apply -before the nrotector of slaves, cnsloe .l
equally to him as to tiie prisoner. Mhe panh, r such other officer as shall
Attorney Uencral. 1 admit that it be named by In Maiety for that i ur
would so apply; and contend that it'pose, ta be regi-teied as an apprenticed
would jusiiy aply to every case under, labourer. similar circumstances. j II. That the term ol sucb apprentice The court having consulted sometrW, ship should be
tne Chief Justice said The court has. 1st. That the power of corporeal jnn
given ihe question their best consider- ishment would be altogether taken from
She dated her situation from';t'on, and are of opinion that inasmuch the master and transit ued lo the magis
as the letter has been traced enrectly traie.
lioni the prisoner to the deceased, it is material evidence, and as such, ought
to go to the jury. We do not consider made, by law, to the slave, the laborer
that it goes to them a3 conclusive evi-i should woifc for his master three fourth
deuce that the prisoner wrote it or vasof his time, leaving it to be settled bv
privy to its contents, for this is a ques-'contiact whether for three fourth of the .: .- i ii. .,.,. .)..
the time ot that Hireling. 1 had the means of regulaily know ir.g her peculiar state of her.hh as a female. I wash
ed her lhien, and know- that she was
ss fems.l"S periodically arc, exactly one r. eek and one day before the Thompson camn meeting. She had aiwavs been
2d. That in con ide ration of food stnd
rlolhing, and gticli alluwanres as are now
ceifectlv ! re-Knhu prior to that time, butition for their own consideration, audi week or of each day
. ; . . i . .t n ri .i ii
sribsequenliv to that t,me the appear-jone irom which mcj must draw ineir
m r s w ere suppressed, and I ascertaiir
own inferences.
The llo.i. Dulee J. Pierce then read
the pink colored letter to the jury. It is addressed "Miss Sarah M. Cornell,
e1 that she was pregnant. I never kew of anv attempt to commit sui
cide, nor ever perceived in her a state of
m;: d tending to stifh an ect. (Fall River, Mass. to be left at Mrs. .".". Ruth L:.vto,i. l worked at Mr. Cole V We give it verbatim ct lileraRawsotes with the deceased, a d slept as in the original, with her until the period of the The-mp-i Providence, JVor. IS31.
;-on camp meeting. 1 know she was in! Dear Sister 1 received your letter regular health as females are w hen not in due season and should have answer-
pregnant until that time. The court edit before now but 1 thought I would
adjourned till 0 o'clock. A. M. (wait till this opportunity as i told you' eighth hay. It am willing to help you and do for youj Tuesday, Mny 14. ' as circumstances are i should rattier you jlltornry G neral If it please the would come to this place viz. Bristol in court this U the proper time to read the lite stage the ISlh of Dec. and stop at letters to the jury: I first propose to the Hotel and stay till 9 in the evening read this pink letter which has been and then go up directly across main
traced bv the the testimony oftwowit- street lo the brick building near the
n, Com the possession of the prison- stone meeting house where 1 will meet
vf that .f the deceased. :you talk with you when you stop at
M . Hrn hhh If it please the court, the tavern either inquire for work or go
I object to .!? being passed to the jury out lo the street in pretence of looking cn the principle that all writing admit- for some or something and i may see ted as evidence must go to the jury on you say nothing about me or my family
some proof, liven in civil cases hand should it storm on the 18th come the writing is not admitted upon less proof 20th if you cannot come and it will be than that of a witnes who has seen a more convenient lo meet nic at the mc-
man write, and surely in a case of lifeithodist meeting house in summersett
and death, less proof will not be consi- Just over the ferry on either of the a-
dered sufficient. Bat the ordinary; bove ergs I will meet you there at me
proofs require 1 in civil cases will not same time if you cannot do either i will
-rv ly he re Eyinassc's Rep ; Rex v. Gi-J come to fall riv. on one of the above eve-
i IM.. .1... -. IJ I
jj. i iifti u:e lauuier iuniu nave a
light to claim employment of his master
lor the remaining one-fourth of hi lime
according to a fixfd scale of wages..
4'h. Thai during such one fourth of hi
time, the labourer should be at liberty lo
employ himelt elsewhere.
5th. That the master should fix a pric
upon the laborer at the lime of his ap
pieiilicesmp
6tu. That the wages to be paid by the
master shmifd bear such a proportion to the price fixed by him, that for the whole of hie spare tune, if given to his master,
the negro should receive 1-1 2th of his
price annually, and in proportion lor each lesser teim.
7th. That every negro, on becoming
A. M. on the 8th. The deaths on Satur
day, however, were ascertained to be thirty-four. So far I believe the statement i correct.
Th deaths on Sunday are said to hate been 27, antl jesterday 32, although a large portion have fled. Yesterday was truly alarming some have eel down the number of deaths at GO. I forbear names. Mr. Towler, Cashier, and Mr. Smith one of the Clerks of the U. b Bank were well yesterday at 2 o'clock and they are now dead. I do not believe there is a store in town open.
11th. That everv such apprentice may paper of the 8th, which gave the namti
borrow the sum so required, and bindjof 47 persons, (and 6 more cases,) being himself, by contract before a magistrate, !he number of deaths to about 1 1 o'cluett
for a limited period, as un apprenticed laborer to the lender. III. That a loan to the amount of 1,00.000 pounds sterling be granted to
the proprietors of West Indian estates and slaves, on such security as may be ap proved by commissioners appointed by the Lords Commissioners of his M-ijesty's I 'leasury. IV. That surh loan be distributed among the different colonies, in a ratio compounded of the number of slaves, and
the amount of exports.
V. That the half yearly payment here-
in before authorised to made by the apprenticed negroes, be taken in liquida
tion of so much of the debt contracted by the planters lo the public. j
VI. That all children who at the time
f the passing of this act shall be under
the age of six years be free, and main-l tamed by their respective parents.
VII. That in failure of such mainte
nance, they be deemed apprentices to the
master of the parents (without receiving wages) the males till the age ef 24, the
males to the age of 20, at which periods
respectively' they and their children, it
tny, shall be absolutely free.
VIII. That this act shall not prevent
hi Majesty from absenting t euch acts
is may be passed by the Colonial Legis-
ttures lor the promotion ot industry, or
te prevention of vagrancy applicable to
II ch sses of the community.
IX. I bat upon the recommendation of
the local legislatures, bis Majesty will be
prepared to recommend to Parliament,
out of Ihe revenues of this country, lo grant su-:h aid as may be deemed neccs
iry for the due support of the adminis
tration of justice, of an efceient police
establishment, and of a general system of!
religious and moral education.
Appointments by the President. Louis McLaite, of Delaware, to be Secretary of State, in the place of Edward Livingston, appointed Miuistcr to France. William J. Duini, of Pennsylvania,
to be Secretary of the Treasury, in the
place of Locis McLake, appointed Secretary f Stale. Edward LtviNcsTow, late of Louisiana, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Court of His Majesty, the King of the French. Thomas Pennant Barton, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of the Legatioa of the United States, at Paris.
The Cholera has appeared at Steuben ville, at Sharp-burg, 5 miles from Pitts, burg, and at Washington in Penn.
Pe, :uliarities of the Flea. A flea is the only insect whise tread produces audible ound. Dr. Kirliy knew a lady who de. ncribed the march of a flea over her night cap to be like the clack that would be produced if the creature walked in pat tens.
The city of Frederick, in Maryland, i, by a mistake of the Legislature, excladed from any vote for member of Congress. It was struck from the list of towns which form one district, and in making up another it was overlooked.
Agreeably to notice that had been
previously given, Mr. Stanley brought
lorwara on the 11th tilt, the plan that
has been so long maturing by the Government for the abolition of slavery within the Drithish dominions. The outlines of the plan were given in this
paper ot 1 uesday. Mr. Stanley's
- 1 ... n.
peech occupies between six and seven Hints to lratellers. Persons exposed
closely printed columns of the London!'0 l'ie sun m warm climates should line
Times. Ii ii impossible even to pre-'tne'r ',Kl3 at croHn w'th writing paper
sent an outline 01 nis exposition. Jt is ',cl':"' uouoiea; iney snoulrt likespoken of as a being distinguished not! ise. 'P0""6 themselves with vinegar, only for talent and eloquence but for; particularly in tboe countries where tho
temper and discretion. Lord Howicki0Q:i,ani1 19 l,K,J' 10 prevail.
expressed some doubts as to the fea
ibihty of the plan. The further dis
cussion of the subject was rather con-
Morlality of Astronomers. Out of 85 persons who devoted themselves wholly
versational than argumentative, and tn a"trono'cal pursuits, five lived to bewas finally disposed by a postponement! tiveen 90 ilU(i 100 years; eighteen to beofits further consideration to the 30th UveeiJ 8 and 90; twenty rive between
ultimo. pO and 70; ten to between 50 and 60:
It is stated in the Courier as a report fie t0 1'eltv('e" 40 and 50; and four to
that Mr. Cutler Ferguson is torPrMVP betwen 30 and 40.
the appointment of Secretary for Ire-
aud.
The State Priso7i .Murderers We leara
An awful explosion took place re-! from the Hertford Review of Friday, that
oently in a coal mine belonging to Lord ne lJouse Representatives of Connec-
KaTensworlh, about five miles from "" a,,er 10"g n animated debate, Newcastle, by which forty-seven persons! n;,ve ref'C(1 10 grant the petition of
were instantly deprived of life, and ma
ny received severe fractures and contusions.
Lonijox, May H.Riol The me
tropolis has been in a state of unprece
dented commotion lor the last twenty-
lour tiours, in consequence of a meeting in Spafields, which ended in a violent
conflict with the authorities, in which
blood has been shed. During the night the peaceable inhabitants were in a state of the greatest alarm appre
hensive of the renactment of Uie dread
ful scenes of 1817. But this evil is per
haps, not without some mixture of good;
it has opened the eyes of government
to their true position; and it is current
ly reported at the west end of the town
that they have at length consented to adopt some strong measures with the view of putting down these pestilent associations, which are now admitted by the peaceable and loyal of aU parlies to be wholly incompatible with the public peace. ' This morning the flags and banners
which were taken from ihe people at the meeting yesterday, were conveyed by Superintendant Thomas, and an escort of the force, from the chief station house, in Bow-street, (where they had
been deposited during the night) to the
Secretary of State's office, in Downing
street. I he poles upon which the ban
ners were fixed, have been constructed
Wilham Teller, alias John Scott, uravinr?
that Ihe sentence of death, passed upoa hint at the late Special Superior Court, might be commuted to hard labor in the
State I'rison lor life. Cesar's petition, it is presumed, will share a similar fate.
A suit at law was recently brought at Worcester, M ass., by an individual against n Woolen Manufacturing Company for damages sustained in consequence of the horse behind which he was riding in a wagon, taking fright at a piece of cloth spread oot to dry before the factory The horse ran, broke one of b: own legs, and caused some injury to the ewner. The
jury found a verdict for the plaintiff,
j).uo uamagee.
an apprentice, shall be entitled to a mo-lin a manner to be immediately turned
ney payment weekly, to lieu of food and,into a weapon of defence, being joined clothiog, should he prefer it; the amount together in the middle by a hinge, and
to be tiied bv a masristratc with reftr-i strengthened by a sliding tube passine
ence to the actual cost of the learal pro. over: thus, by removing the tube, tlie
vision. j ends which joined, and which could be 8th. That e?erv apprenticed laborer divided in an instant, could be turned
be bound to pay a portion, to be fixed, of into a weapon of offence or defence, as
his wages, half yearly, to an olhcer to be iCacli end was bound with iron. Some
appointed by bis Majesty. 1 VlKe neaas 01 ners were adapt
9ih. That in default of such payment ed for the purpose. That on which
the master to be liable, and, 10 return,! the cap of liberty was placed, had a
mav exaet an equivalent amount of libor complete pike head.
without paymcul io the succeeding half; Murders and the other atrocities con
year. nected with Whitefectism, continue to
10th. IhAt everyunpprealiced. negro,, prevail in various parts ol Ireland.
On Thursday th 2Sd ult . at Greens-
burgh, Pa , Jacob Ovler was convicted
of murder in the second degree commit
ted pd the ptrson of his infant child, and
sentenced to eight years imprisonment in
me renitentiary. During the trial be. exhibited the most reckless indifference.
arid appeared to be unpossessed of a hu.
mune or virtuous feelinc.
The ne plus ultra ofPufferu. k New
York paper (ells us of a Scythe, manufactured by Messrs. & Co.
which was so sharp that even its shodow, as it hung on the limb of an apple tree in the bright sun, cut off a man'i foot.
A female, whose husband had been for
a length of time a convict in the State
Prison at Sing Sing, petitioned the Gov-
ernor a few daya since for bis release.
On Friday last she presented herself again, when the Governor, who had ia
the mean time investigate! the case, and found the husband a proper subject for hit release. With the pa id 0:1 in her possession she proceeded on Saturday to the prison, in Ihe expectation of speedily restoring him lo liberty, bat on arriving at the place and presenting the paper, she was informed that it came too lati ht died the day bql'ore.