Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 99, Vevay, Switzerland County, 3 August 1833 — Page 2
WEEKLY 1YIESSEHGER.
From the Providence Herald. Nf.wport, July G, 18S3.
Pear Sir, I saw by reading your pa-; tiot i'ii. Jpinlhlir-:ri lipinlil.of Salnrdav. u 1
' . .1 . , i ,, . ' (ion: 1 appeal to every intelligent mem
"ihed him forever from the pulpit, and (covered his name with eternal infamy. 1 I anneal t.-i the candid and virtuous
r
irriv,-;- m any person of common ii-iici;-
a -eries .' sirictiites on lite tna
i of
t in rwri v I til IMIHII t i L rll nn
l!:... J . " ' . . I:.
i,,v It U -lf I h up vrr. mi.rh!'' "ne ol conduct is most to ne t.e-
"", . j .;. ... i .Rested, either for Eiihtaim K. Avery to
1 1 II' . I. C - L- 1J n KnH llr ri I in :v IaIIAK In ill. 1. V t. Q n 0 I
ooki an illicit intercourse wtiu oaran j "ij biihub ainni .-,
towards you. if you did ool testify in !K case, to prove the charge against Mr Washer, that was set forth in Ihe piece
signed jiii-i- Krtitus?11 He hits not. j 85. Has there been no diSicuity, ori
hard feelings between you and Mr. Hew. itt, touching this matter? (Overruled.)
86. Did you know of Augustus A.
tv throughout, as nearly ns possible
GENERAL ELECTION,
Tn beheld on tht first Alandau in iui-uc'
. "Indianapolis April llih 1"3
- X IlllC. t;V 0,1. ,-r, nt-rwiinT fntl WHS i'IhiI to
learn that, you und ours ware all welh and Fnnnli Mnfirf v isould have Lccn glad also to h ave he a'rJ
J (ot the he alth ol inyown, I sup?e however
that they are wrlb or eu would novo vn-
Coairrcss-
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and mparlitl writer. I should ver
much l:ke to see that trial stripl and expo! to t!ie woild, in it hideous deformity; for, from my own observation, being at the court hmi-e every day, myself, more or Io, and seeing the management that wa iH-)de nse f, in doors and out. ilo sincerely believe it was one of the
m-t corrupt and ahomintp trials, that ver tk place since cnuit of justice were ir.iiiuled amongl mankind.
Vlarift Cornell, er, knowing:, as he andiin which he stated to Washer, that there
his friends pretend to prove, that she was;wai a great difficulty between Mr. Hew-
i common prostitute, to cover over hertettand yoursell? (Overruled.)
'enravitv. to assist her in palminff her- By agieement, an adjournment now
rlf orT on a church in his own connec- jtook place until two o'clock, when the
tion, and, with all that moral pollution parties being present, the direct exami-
FTMRAlM K. AVF.UY. NO. Mr. Siinins: Avery ha paed thro1 the forn of a ieal tiial; his life, thereI ve, is no logger in jeopardy frnm the
jiciion c.C ts 1 . He ha availed
heU' of !! tiie ;iiiitie f and techniralof !vv. t ward ofT lV:e impending blow tint spemfd roa ! y to fill upon him. Slid n.nr. the on'y earthly tribunal to whirh ic is ame-iui.le, i the br of pub lie ordnti i The pullir, in making up
attributed to her, to lead her to the sacra
mental board, and connive at the disgrace that the discovery of her true character might bring on a respectable religioifs community. What confidence ought to be teposed in a professed gopel minister
who would be guilty of such infamous
LEGlSJLtTURE, Samuel Fallis, Daniel Kelso Charles F. Krutz, John P. Lillard.
nation was resumed, to
87. Question by Schoonovfs Attorney. Sheriff of Switzerland CO.
You stated yesterday, Mrs. llewett, that Washer, in the several attempts he made
upon your person, that he. Washer, threw.
or pulled you down; you will now state
in what position you were, while he was
conduct? Is the man that would suiter a h
common prostitute to remain io his church unexposed, covered with the gaib of ap narpnt sanrlitv. when he knew her real
him-l i . .. j ..r..i i,
i i. t! iii-ir i , ana Miueiru iici in ivnunui
in an association with lespectable and innocent females, when he had the power to prevent it, a whit better than the most abandoned debauchee? Avery and
his friends may take which horn of this
dilemma tln v please. He did not make
iudrnent od the cae. will, a they have ,. minlster imA members of the Method
an unq-ic-onable right t- i' lon-e sight jwt churcn at Fall Kiver acquainted with
Of leg-it c.:n;nies. ta;- i.i'iri.sauon on wmcn rests thoi:ands of verdicts f acipiitlal, which, i ) the very face of rational con ricti.i. have tursiod !ooc upon society, th.msao U of guilty v retches onSt to live. Such may hae '.iCH t!:e fact in the cae of Avr rv; -hat s-.;ch is the fact, the jury
her character, or else Mr. Bidwell was guilty of the most wicked hypocrisy, in
declaring, when her dead body was dis
covered, that she was a worthy member
f the church.
In this case, Avery became a partaker
of her evil deeds, as much as a man would b who should receive stolen goods and
conceal the thief. And, on the hand, it
themfilve? declare, sn-i it is doubtful if
even the pulse, nat Hie counsel on both!
s.de-, do Mt entertain toe same opi,.ion.!he m lmparl thi, irrmation, then Mr. In my rev i?w of the ca-e, i shall proceed j.,, n;mt;elt- js lM1MVerable for the
triihont reference to p-onis oj tnw , T,)e ilcia,ice diaw jrom the pre
ff.i.S tHRfl ' Kis. as roey pre-eni ulse. j,, to j a morii point ol view,
s,itc- use my own judgment as to what i.iacken lhe character of Sarah Maria
te-timony oneht, and what ought not oc ,, afforda n0 shic,d t0 Ephraim K.
be admitted; draw such conclusions from
the premises as reason may approve, and dcci.ie accordingly. In the sicgular proceeding under re view, it Ims been said wi'h much aptness, that Sarah Mria Cornell, who was in I.er grive, and not Ephraim K. Avery,
Avery; tor the worse you make her, in
the same ratio you degrade him, tor be
in? acau .tinted with the extent of her
moral depravity, he basely concealed
that knowledge from the world, and ihu
connived at her continuance in the church
and enabled her to mingle in decent so
who was arraigned at the bar of hiscnun-jciety. jut lam not about to disprove
try, vva poi on her trial: anil entering on nn iijvestig-ttion of the facts in the case, the country was ransacked, every nook and crner was searched, and every po-sihle means made use of, to draw every inuty and long neglected old maid
to relate and swear to every tale of gossip that hail ever been told, either in jest or in earnest, either true or fale, ol Sarah Maria Cornell, from her very in. fancy io blast her character, and to prrive hrr th -it abandoned wretch, with whom
an honest man and a christian minister might cohabit without shame, and after waid mur.'er without guilt. And yet, s'range m it may appear, though a hot of thi specie ot testimony was admitted on the 'rial, t a solitary witness was
cTd on to identify lhe murdered gul;
knew a per m by her name, and niahl bve ten forty, and the sins v l. . pre : id upon her (.holders ; ' ;(:cte M' a one who
r...,-! ; ;. ,v. (J, t !..-!a'.en for her, one
n- sr: id.r.e.l character, still living; to...-.:: 'viiues-es, f: . m their own subse - ie; t v i.!r-i : )J, vi:d not know whether liiC- 'As Mtey sv-ore to related to the one or the o:iifrof tho-f persons, and yet on
such equivocal testi.T vny is ttie character of the unfortunate v:ctim of lawless violence. I )ad?d with an over a helming weight of inf-.rav, t great port ion of which a li'rv. ir aught the cov.it and the
witness-: know, to belong to another, as to her. if to any one. Vvritii'ot attaching much importance to the heannsr of the testimony admitted
rerect.r.r the character of Miss Cornell.
for in mv view, it has but little to do with a rational investigation of the cae. a Cimri s-liiite at it, in the gros may be expected Aod now, permit me to
nor deny the badness of her character
though, in my next number, I shall de
scant pretty freely on the natuie of lhe
testimony on this point, hit whom it may
In this place. I only ay, bad as she may
have been, Ephrain K Avery, it not he
murderer, or even her paramour, both ol winch I have no doubt he was, and think I shall yet make appear, was, at least, no better than she, and deserves to be detested by every member of community,
who desires to preserve Iree trom every contamination of vice, which he has mauilested a disposition to conceal and couotrm,i.ce. ARISl'inE
olding you down? He held me on my
back.
88. Did he, Washer, get upon your
ody, in either of the attempts, after he
iad thrown you down and was holding
you? state his position? Yes, he laid on
my body.
59. Did he, Washer, at either ol the
times, attempt to pull up your clothes?-
le did.
90. Did he, at either of the times,
attempt to get apart your legs, and get
between them? He did.
91. Did yon discover, at either of the
attempts, whether he had, or attempted
to get his pantaloons down? I believe
he did.
82. In the last attempt made hy Wash
er, did you release yourself by crying,
or fainting away? I fainted
93. In the several attacks Washer
made upon you, did his actions show that
he wished to commit a rape on youi-
Yes .
91. Did Washer hart, or bruise you
any, in his attempts to separate, or force
apart your legs? 1S0.
95 Did Washer, in any ol his atiacKS,
attempt to lay his hands upon any of the
private parts ol your person T xes.
96. Was Mrs. Hyde s child Dorn anoui
the time Washer attempted the last rape
upon you: and if so, what was it called?
It was about the last tune, ana me
chihls name is tailed Adolphus.
97. Did you ever live any at Mr.
Peabodv's? es
98. Question by Washer. Yon say
Mr. Washer attempted to commit a rape
did he effect his purpose? Not unless.
he did it after I fainted,
99. Could vcu t.ot knew whether he
Ralph B. Cotton, George E. Pleasants, Pructt Harvey Bela Ilearick, William Keith. Israel R. Whitehead. CORO.YER, George Brown Stephen G Peabodj, John Steplcton. Cosby M. Lewis. SCHOOL COMMISSIONER, Thomas Cole, John Shaddy.
COU,TY COMMISSIONER, Moses Bronson, Colin McNutt, Jun. William Scudder.
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PRINTER RETREAT, INDIANA.
sati' rd ay, aig. 3, 1833.
WEDNESDAY, July 31.
ten I heurd the Death of Thrown and El
ton the would-hr, ha adiuira'ule' ertrs,
to hear men die at Ot or 9." miles dislam e perhaps with tonmoh CUhits l ut I hpr; there tin naturab and untimely Death mav prove an eflectual marningtn those trave-
in if the some noad as for rfieri:i rnysi If
as a Candidate for the legist atnie I hav-o no knowledge of ever outhoriseiii-j any porsmn to announce me as such in.
iss in the way ol a Joke it wi'.i be tviccat
that 3 C'HilJ expect to Dmive either honor
or prolht Irorn it ware I Sure of l ri :p E
ected mv ahilety to Discharge the Duties
incumheiit on suh a trust would f ibid the
lope of th- f onmen, Sa w ;uid the pay for
hose Duties, (C ompared with the wages am abl to ( otnmand lor my labor equ ally orbid the dtblp.ui as for the insinuation
which is in 'irenhtif n ne" 1 nv
licre mr. Vash i .s ne ti iir
better acquainted with matters and things than Peabody, supplied the name of the Crime tnr. P. s;iid imposed ou an or
phan girl of twelve years old' mr. Washer wrote it " attempted to seduce an or
phan girl of," and then er.ieed th'ise povcu words imposed on an orjiiian girl of twelve
rears old I have not the nemotesl idea ot
whare it h:is oriion ated as to the advise you give me to leave the Coun lrey and not attempt Ae establish a Caracter for truth and honisty if You mean it for my good 1 am in duty hound to thank you for it but that it would have the effect of good Connot be iniinogined it would he acknowledging a Crime of which I have no knowledg f having Committed and w l.ich wilb be likcley to pnove f a'.se from being pri
vately insinu ated ond not onenlv avowed.
as to with Drawing my name J beveled
authorise you to Do it in my tnaml, ns 3 horce no necolleclion of authoriseing any
ersora to banc my name insented as a
Candidate I Know not to wh in to rites i:
is tune I have been S .lisited to become n Condidatcs and ar Such S-dicito tionsj made
beg person 9 wif. hove Known me for mony gears and with whom 1 had trate Considenable Deul ings war Calcula"d to fla
thed 1 havt A times indulged th" thooK per hops 3 Could Wo as welb as S' nic that been sent therrs Mr, Merrill told me ho understood frotir Wm. 1 Stepr i v?.s a
Candidate for the legis lalureS told him 3
5fP
WE anticipate our n- Would h ovc it stopt bu he advi-d rne tot sual day of puhli- to 3 yOU to mile me aain if vo j
had effected his purpose to commit a
rape on you, or nn? (Overruled, at the j0bs. suggestion of Schoonovei's attorney.)
- T.I
100. You say he attempted twice, in IJlilll iflFj
the day time, to.commit a 1 apt upon you :
the of V-it
im:iositiox of loklnda iikwitt.
The slate of Indiana. Switzerland co. ss
tl:tiil rhomtnver.) Attidavit&
;,. . notice to
perpetu ate lhe
Solomon Wnlicr.
cation, to enable us to give Uhinlv the letted ne ill vet here bv Jlid 'Jih
our attention to numerous ,,r joth ob may al whi h time 3 x;e:t to
Come home I hove wrote home to D.tv be
fore 3 vot yours 3 wish you to See m f
ifc 1 ..i 1
llljliol lamilV OClOie V" wine, Willi uiumi esirrm
1 l.o Unit. rl Rrethieu will bold a camp 3 nemainyoti w tiucnd S. WAJI1ER."
toll hr, vo,i defended yourself, nd how mid in, on Webster Marlr larni, on the Mr. ould-he, lias some rsmarhaoie pa-
- 1 .
you prevented it, al those two times, by 9th day of August next
ragraphs inlheliandbillato which his name
inquire
!n its nature and amount.
Tbr. first and most prominent witne
in the cae, is the prisoner himself! at
least hi- firmer letters and converations
nre Kom'hi to show what he had I ho I
of her. An ! what had he thought of her? Whv he thought wfll enough r-f her to
testimony of LOKIKDA HEWITT.
CROSS EXAMINATION, CONTINUED.
74. How lar did your mother and sis
ters live from you, when you lived in the
state of New York? I was young when grandfather moved to this country, and I
cannot tell how far they lived from me. 73. What name , was you known by, besides Lorinda, before you was married? The school children, before Washer was married to Mrs. Washer, called me
Lorinda Peabody, after that time, they
called me Lorinda Washer.
74. Did you know that your true name
waa Schoonover, and neither Peabody nor Washer? I expected it was, my
people lold me o.
75. When you say your people, do
yon mean your mother's family? My
aunt told me that Mrs. Schoouover was my mother.
76. State whether your mother called yon her daughter, and whether yiur bro thers called you their sister? I do not
remember, at That time, of ever hearing them call me so. 77. Was your aunt ever married, be. fore she was married to Mr. Washer?
receive her inti
the church to ex'end I never saw nor heard tell of her being
tn her the ' .:id of fellowship to sit w
ith
1
her at the sacramental Doani ann unite with her m the service of religious devolion. Preiendedly afterwards acquiring a knowledge of delinquency, and of
her aberation Irora the pain 01 virtue
and whpn she bad been ca
church, be attain received her into its ho pom Satisfied, as it would seem by his letter to Mr. S'.oir, that she was a liar, and knowinar that she was at. abandoned
ini'med, till married to Mr. Washer.
78. Tell how, if you can, lhat your
sister obtained the belief, when she was ten years old, that you was your aunt
Washer's daughter? I canuot tell.
79. Did you ever tell any one that
st out from lhe' Washer had always treated you well,
since you quit living with him? I do not
remember of telling any person so
SO. Do you know of your husband
having promised David Schoonover, to
prostitute, he find her in the church at
Fall River; and instead ot taKing imme diate n.easuie- to rid the church of her hateful pre ore, intead of instantly retiviv 'ng such a nuisance from religious Ci if -v, he r.: .n'y and basely compro m:?c uii 1 to permit her to continue
ia c-"hc f. i his of itelf, is a transaction,
cf v.!i h nn r-rtleman, no man of honor
or M ik'. worth, nd certainly no houest
s',. M i! christian minister, wonld
rcrm. 1 l.iaieW to be guilty. It is a trans
act;cn that 6hor.ld, in justice, have ban-j
pay (he whole or part ef the costs in this
suit? (Overruled.)
81. Did your husband find fault with
Mr. Rggleston, on yesterday, tor not ask
ing the questions properly? (Overruled
82. I your husband to pay Mr. rg
gleston for attending to this examination (Overruled.)
83 Was you perfectly willing to come here as a witness, or did yivur husband
insist on your coming? I was perfectly
willing;
84. Has yoar hushatiu need any threats
day light?-By crying, and begging hun
tn tpt me ro. and trvinc witn all the
strength I had.
10 1. Did you, or did you not, call or
cry aloud, in hopes that some person
might come to your assistance! 1 dia
call or cry aloud 102. VVhy did you not give this answer, when you weie first questioned on this subject? I do not think the question has been asked me; if it has, I did not understand it. 103. Could Washer have committed a rape on yon, when you fainted, if he had
wished to do so? (Overruled.)
104. You have stated that there were
two little boys in the room, and you might have waked them, but you might as well
be dead as to make it known. State
whether yon thought it a disgrace, to use
means to preserve your innocence? At
first, I might have waked them, but I
thought I might as well be dead as alive
as to let it be known; he had told me be
fore, lhat if I made it known, people
would believe him and not me; and
thought if I could escape by crying, and
hallooing, I would do so I did try to
awake them, when I thought he would be likely to accomplish his purpose. 105. Are you certaio that he did not threaten you with any violenve, or injury.
if you told of it? I do not remember of
his threatening any more than what I
have just said, about his denying it.
10G. Did he promise you, r give you
any presents to keep it a secrel? Never, that I remember of.
107. State the name of the neighbor
woman that was talking with Mrs. Wash er, when Mrs. Washer said, she would
not believe, if she saw her husband in
Ihe act of adultery? I can not say lor
certain, but I think it was Mis. Hyde.
LORINDA HEWII l.
The above deposition, having been by
me taken, at the times abt e elated, and
carefully read to, and approved by said
Lorinda Hewitt, the same was acknow ledged, sworn to and subscribed, by her
on this 21fit day of June, 1033, in pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the
Legislature, entitled, an act to perpe tuate testimony, approved January 2Cth
1824." Witness my hand and seal, this
2lst day of June, 1833. ISRAEL R. WHITEHEAD, .
1
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The Methodists will hold a camp meet- '' ., . r,
ing, on the ground near mr. Lee s, on the Ys,thou art ever constant sure
10th of August nc.t. f j ,jnWav'rin2 stin?
After mature deliberation, we have! hile meury lasts, thou will endure,
concluded to suggest to those who manage J Though darkness shrud thee quite.
thoFe things, that the Camp Meetings pro- ,n lie handbill cf June 12, Washer np-
prosed to be hoiden as above, be postponed )Cars to i,e conscious tiiat " the heart of for the present; because casen of Cholera, man js hiieri, and his imaginations ar
have existed recently, within 3 or 4 miles mrsterious." Thev are indeed, and
of each encampment. It will be retnem- When thou sit'ft alone,
bered,that last year, the Cholera broke out .n(j suUen? dark and dreary thought sur-
at a camp meeting in 1'ennsy ivania, wnen ro)nj VOUt no cases had existed within thirty miles of f)na Jier piercing shriek, half drown'dby
the ground, and live persons oieu me cfloakin, camp hmke up, hut the contagion spread causi uv your frul hand upon her month, i! It A- I"1 r, " ' 1 , 1
in every tuieeuon. J- - startle your ear, ana suik your soui vu;i
horror?
CHOLERA. Aftain, the would-be, savs, in the same
Since our last publication, the followirt I nara'Taith There is a beginning to all
deaths from Cholera, have taken place in |‖| iniquity, and men have been guilty vfhorour county not before published, |‖| rible crime., whose previous character was
31 Cornelius A. Voris' wife, |‖| fair." True, nine years and more, has
32 George Ktphart, passed, since this horrible crime has been 33 John Iluckslep all of Pleasant coinmitted an " attempt to seduce an or-
towivdnp. phan girl" of 1VJ years ol age an infant,
34 Henry Martindale of Poecy. own ncice, in his own house; yet he
has continued for the whole time, a stnk-
A novel case. Cheng and Yang, the ing evidence, that man, can
Siamese twins, have been irica in a gmiie. and smile, and be a villain still."
Trumbull county, Ohio, for an assault
and battey committed on an old and respectable citizen. The defendants pleaded guilty, and were each lined
five dollars and rosts.
Black Hawk and suite anived at
Hutfilo on the 28lh of June, anil lelt
there 011 the Sunday morning follow-
inrt. in the steamboat Untie m tor
.... . r
Detroit. They availed themselves 01
the opporlutnty, whilst at tJutlaio, to
visit the benecas in tnai neiguoouiuou
Master in Chancery.
The reported death of the hon. Alex
ander Buckner, of the Senate, is confirm
Jed ia the Missouri papers.
Again, in Washer's handbill which con
tains Robert Walker's affidavit, the would-
be, says, This was a deep laid plot, and it might have taken effect with any honest citizen, to scare him out of the state."
Having no pretentions to Honesty, the
wise would-bo determines to brave the charge, telling his neighbors, " they may
prove it on me; but they cant hurt me, is t is OUTLAWED." PAUL PRY. July 26.
A trader in bees, during the last
month, carried safely several boxes of
hives from kennebeck, in .Maine, to Quebec He travelled during lhe
night, and set his bees out during tne day to feed and continue their work,
which they did with their Usual activi
ty and regularity.
' I hope I don't intrude." Messrs. Keen and Child As 1 hereto
fore promised, I send you another letter, written by our would-be-representative, Solomon Washer. It has beco made pub
lic property by mr. Washer's own acts he has repeatedly named his correspondence with one of the conspirators, as he calls A
A. Peabody. It is an answer to one, in which mr. P. tells W. that he is accused
of having " imposed on an orphan girl of
twelve years old I shall preserve its beau-
NOTICE. The subscriber gives notice, that he has been appointed attorney in fact lor James S i'u vNOKR, of Petersburg Ya. and that the notes, books and account of George McCulloch. and all debts due him, have been assigned to said lirander, and are it the hands of the undersigned for collection.
To those residing in the neighborhood of
Vevav, the undersigned gives notice, that
he has left a list of their debts in the hands of mr. George McCulloch, who is hereSy
authorised to settle ami collect the same, according to the terms of contract between
them and said McCulloch. Those residing in Jefierson and adjoining counties will make payment to the subscriber. JEREMIAH SULLIVAN, attorney in fact for James S. lirander. Madison, June -1. P.S. A good horse Prarhorn wagon and harness, for sale. Apply to William Brander. J.S.