Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 7, Vevay, Switzerland County, 19 October 1833 — Page 2

WBZlKXa? M'BSSSNGER.

From tlif l.s?n M'iH!e Post.

The fiislary o! the devil in New Eng-!0 Ian 1 woui.i heooiie an interesting boo! ii-v'i -ui'i'B hat instructive great ! o-iik ty herf ile enjoy clinng the

;.u;tK.ii:v ii ::- f;rs"t c!miter,and whilsti"1 an)' of the transactions ofTife so lit

the people of Mas-arhuseits chose their own C-neieor-;. I Ju t under the second charter ar.d i! :e dorrduai ion of the crown (Jovt rn!;rs,;i:ii!i- moka different turn, and he muddied Ie-s with public concTrs. His busiest time was when the clergy governed litis by nvansof a sort of theocracy, ar-d when none could vote h"t church member. In those davs th most ent and roli?hing divison of parties was into the Lord's people and the devil's people; as some temperance rr.en now class o;;r prmpers into the Lord's poor, and the devil's poor, and poor ievi!s. file old writers affirm that the nns here used to worship the devil, and that he considered the country as fairIv his own. Ileece he exceedingly suited our pious ancestors as i (ruder, a. id was on all occasions ready to do them mischief. I he following authentic morsel of history will show how he onccgot pos f s-ion of an ol 1 woman, by means of th-.? witcherati excitement. I G3at II -iriford, in Connecticut, th re hv'd a girl by the name of Ann C ol1, whose beauty. prig'itliness, and i g-jjuiity were the deliglit and admiratio.i of all her friends. .inongst the other exquisite powers which she possessed was that of acqa ring languages in a h'gh degree. r .e could t.-lk in En;li?h, S'reiicn, I d niaiid Oifr h. and took much pride a:-i pleasure in t::ese novelties. But to li-.cse atiainme'its, so remarkable as almost to excite supp ion in pious minds, she added yet more hawas a veiurilloquist of tne hrst order: , . , ' ai.a wnen ny repealed eiiort stie necame sensible of the perfection and extent of her powers, sue could not refrain from the amusement their use afforded. Iler first essays Wi re in Dutcii, and with the little ones of her own family, and their infantile astonishment and terror afforded her infinite mirth.--Then when the nighboring gossipscame in to tell and hear the news, the would suddenly hear the cradle sing very prettily to its diowsy treasure, and the old torn cat by her means could master the most approved psalmody of the parish. So too tiie very chairs where they sat would greet them with 'how do you do;" a'.d i; liie isitants started up with surprise; "pray keep jour scat m;i'm," tuld iollow in a low persuasive tone. iiut although Ann (.'ole never suffered liese pastimes to subside without an explanation, yet some remained skepiii al, regarded her with suspicion and P'OjMgifcd strange stones; insomuch tnat before she was aware of the consequences tne rumor had extensively cir :ul ited fiat she was possessed by devils, who held frequent conferences in her, in a strange variety of languages. The imputation of witchcraft, fell 'frith a blighting i .fluence upon this ingenious oung creature; she became melancholy, and in the end surrendered her own judgment to tiie deluion. She seemed even to consider herseif in

the case common report had made her,'ton he will bet upon his head to and that her body a troubled by evil iout jump,ouiru i, out ride, a id out-live

spirits, who used her organs oi speech uncontrolled, for their own benefit. When reduced to this state of mind by her misfortunes, sue consented that two pious and learned divines might ap-! proach lier, and when any conference ! took place hear and writedown its par ticulars; anu tne scneme was successful. The devils were caught through ignorance or inattention to theirsafety ; and the devout listeners heard them discourse of persons in league with them to do mischief. They spoke particu larly of an old woman by the name of Grunsmith, who had long been suspected, and was then actually in prison upon charge of witchcraft. This discovery exceedingly gratified the two cb rgyman, for until now they could obtain no satisfactory evidence ag iinst the woman. They therefore lelt Ann t.ole, to live and to fetrutrc.-e! tfV.L ivitn npr norn hnr frnnh nc -.. 1 . : t 0,m'1": -- ' r iu'i j

1 ' Bu 1 . ",e'itioy is fixed, she suffers nor complains' l tormti her what tbev Uuii lio.r.l I r . .. . "I"1"",

- ...... Iuf onsharp interrogationshe acknowl - edged some familiarity with the devil, yet stoutly denied that she had signed his book, or made any formal conVen- . , .. . ... J. ... to,1Ten r. 1 ... : . I. t.:n. ..1.1, I. it . .

'"H mill .uiii; .iiuiuuyii at ine CODlin",.., ... m,i, 1,: 11 . rs.iclm.., u .a .,i t . dog, to make him follow her. "Come

lor a hieb frohc. at which all was in. have been finished. TT" i ' r ' , . . upon mis conlession Mrs. Grunsmith .iS .n,-, rtun me vonnecucut minis1 1 ii. .

ters and magistrates were thus the favor-'otheir puppy I spoke to." ed and thankful instruments, according ' to history, of preventing the diabolical) Jlnccdate. The late Dr. West havrompact. Nor did they seem to conM-': 1 .. 1 . 1 I. ... 1 . - 1 j ' , m? married a very tall adv. whose der that they had punished no actual J -' v""' crime, hut merely the intention to com- name Was LxPejcnce, was asked his omit one; an that they had moreover P1"'011 f matrimony: to which he redo le the dvil a good tirn, in thus has- lied, that, "by long Experience he tily giUi him pcssessirvii of his woman; foind it to ha a very comfortable,

(although some ntthc times unposed that

A : 1 1 1 liJe was ihe real eject ci his wisn - The. Marriage Voio.-Perhaps there is (scarcely an ordinary oath administered Ile regarded so little even remembei ed by all classes, as that taken in the most solem manner, in the presence o the Almighty, by the husband and witl Love, honor, and obey' How m.i ny wiles'- love, honor, and obey" then lords? How many even think of doite. so? and yet there is an oath recorder again

lst them, every simple violation o ptood originated as follows: The first his adistinct perjury. No woman, English missionaries who established

which should marry without fiist knowing her huband's character so well that she may obey him with discretion and safety. She yield's herself at the altar to his disposition, from which even an af

Indi-!tmpt to ily, is a crime. A wife wlio

contradicts her husband is forsworn. matter what manner of mail he be. s'!:e !Tn,:it 'obey,' ifshe keen her oath. lne has made no reserve on condition at the marriage ceremony. She has not said "1 will honor and obey, if he shall deserve it." Her contract is unconditional. It would be better lor

young ladies before they yield the fatal !h;s last hegistcr, gives the annexed "yes," to lake this view of f .e stibj ct. sketch of Colonel. It may not be amiss Th'1) have a duty to perform to tiicir.toadd that more than one half the sto-

husband, whetnerne be kind or unrea-ines

nnahle, ;r.d they must remember tht.i poet's words, "Vvur is no striP i'o the d irk h ma at.d d.ncsted iL " We shall set through this fVurhl.Inc v.fr knrsn a mon .vfryyW, a mol.i i-

cioly wag. When we rtikct on this 'to .ave received !io school education in subj rt, we shall all set this down as ais yoahi, and since to have had but m it;er of fact, a solemn truth wonhy h; 'i . pp. r:ui,ity to retireve that defect t record on the chiocest tablet of inetii-. 0 he is a man of strong mind and ory: worthy U'. g eal good.-, ess of heart. The man-

"A! -ine t live . . In ved wti book and vclume ofthe brain, iih baser maitr r-.' He have all got a pasport, and let us travel on chterfulh wit!, ii, we. cannot be stopped, thougii we may be cb-"a i tyej, or travel slowly: hit! wo h .11 all come to our joun ces end at last, thougn we travel by divers tout i,s Cheer up then ye metanrhoh ! ( ir n: ye weary heavy laden;; he great rnach othe will bring to a h p at last, take courage, you will all get through t!,0 world for "no man was ever slopped '''

Very Sublime. Some wag has per attentive to the duties of their place petrated the !i)il.wi tgeoi:plel,a!!fIst ir-"1 o more real use than one of ted it on a long journey through the!'at''z "5 aiHomatons, so constructed

ne spapers: "Tlie.-ne i-nrt!iinfT i tifRso .rl.inrt

As a fine girl with a hole m her si trkhi".:118 ''' a F''" f-T, '!

Boston Tea Party. The Oswego Republican sas tiiat George it. T. Hewe

is now "living in t:iat county, who'ctt?' and tht

was bora in Boston in 1731, that he is supposed to be the lat survivor of the little band of patriots who drowned the' tea in Losion Harbor about sixty years aSO. one Not so fasi Mr Yorker, we have man as far down ea.-t as Belfast

Maine, who helped to do that li 1 lejoiecting a splendid nouse upon a large chore. He lives about a mde and a, lot, and was discloM ! tiie. nian ofit to

hnlf from this village, and we see him riding down our streets almost daily. He can mount his horse in the level road nearly as nimble as any our vou-'C imen John Cochran was born in Bos the York tea man. Belfast. to ir

The Charleston (S. C.) Evening P..t. 11 ,Vl n ';,ii'"j i,rn toe following re-d-scribes a tarrapin taken there a- a ril,;l i u l llm work, which is just pub-

most cnriniw tnnnfrr. It tin . ! hr:i ,i; lict bodil'S ei?!lt cg two tails, two heads, and but one neck. -The noint

of junction is at the breast, and it isj'',oin i: ol''g,:'al baugue. Dale rent;

supposed that it would be imposible t nations eave tiansia-e I it in their own; separate without destroying ijoth these;i;" S a iUL a?,J ebsler has done animals. t:o more than to suit the language of, the present age to its meaning. MaIt appears that Avery has left Iris- ny wordis hav e in the course of time betol with his family, but it is not stated,jrome chaeged in their sense. For innor, we believc,u!idersfod for what des-itance te word prevent, once signitination. Mrs. Avery is said to be a 'tied to go before, or, to anticipate; it most amiable woman, who has met with'bow means, to hinder, tost' p; the word severe domestic afflictions. On this discover meant uncover. Mr. Websul ject the Fall Itiver Monitor says ;ster has very properly corrected these " She could a tak; unfold that would faults of our language, they are not make a Crocadile ween. She could the faults of the Biale. The following

tell of scenes at IiOwell, of transactions 1 l?i-i.?fil l .xi. It ... L . II l . move the heart of a savage. Bui like

a tender woman who feels that her dez- bntton for tache; boiicd lor sodden: st ,fla .'.-.it

nol. ftiie n i know her." I not. She has the sympathy of all who' . r T Uy I,au -a custom of saying to a favorite ihln J on1 . " I t t I - .? . . v ulJ genucman steped up io her I :irw! nrrnclnM lit.t.ifU u I. :.

-"" nn.i i u uk, maa-, i.iui luuiti, 11 win 1101, in 101s nine, oe am. vou called?" Ob. rr sir' uaiiHl'oiit of nl

she. w th Pi-eat rmr.nc..m uif

The Northamton Courier mentions

;a uiscrepancy in the observance of the oauuiiiii .h me ocieiy jsianus. Mr, James Colton of Northamton, who ha: .il. i i. . w Tit it recently returned from a whaling voy-

age, in the Pacific Ocean,r found at the; fare, taken prisoner." She underwentcured in New York at 50 cenUT Sandwich Islands that Sunday and oil,-jmore servility-witnessed more hor-lthey have been , rac,l!if fJf" or days of the week correspond with ror, endured man fully the ravages oftion about thirtv rears-i i mist hi T'

hose on board the vessel; but when he arrived at the Society Islands he was -urprised to find the English missionaies and natives observing his Saturday r their Sabbath, and every dav in the veek thrown back one day. This disrepancy (says the Courier) he underi hemselves at the Society Islands sai led eastward by the Cape of Good Hope, and the American Missionaries who first planted themselves at the Sandwich Islands sailed westward by Cape 'lorn, and -hen they reached the other side of the glob-, there was a davs difference in their reckoning, though neither had committed any error. This, it is sgtreeted, i always the result wbn vessels sail in opposite directions and meet half way round the earth. David Crocket. Ilezekiah Nilcs, in toid of him have been manufactur

lured ' wags out of whole cloth. Tho;w,u us d ,ew ago by a gentleman

bacon and greens" story when he denied with the president, is said to have been fabricated a: d imposed o:i him by a facetious member of congress from New York. "It v. as a m.sfortuneof the Colonel n ' of "is remarks is so peculiar that jtbey cx ne niach attention, and are reSl'Caied becau e of their oritlinalttv : but !t"''!v 's a .undness, or point, in some oi t;ifn which shows the exercise of disciplined judgment; and we think it oot easy for an unortiudiced !" 1:1 to tffnr"("icate with the Colonel w::.,i.ui teeling that lie is honest. e have had some opportunity of tiie talibre of many members ol congress tor twent-tive or or thirty ;irs 'VR havr-niet vith many, v,'r- m;i!1.v- 'fries- capable ofascertainjing tru:;i than ( olo -t 1 ( much less ;as io pronounce to p- onou ice the 'W ;,nd no ia' hf C olonel docs not 'icther right or wronfr, the tote is his own, " We have een of;eu times asked, ' what sort of a man is Colo. .el Crocksuch a one as yon would de-ireto meet IL-J.ll ICUIYWrtS JUSl with, if any accident or mirworlune had happened to you on tiie highway.' " ftltin! r r,f the Kings English. A wenltny owner of real estate was about his neighbor. 1 have employed," said he, -a man who ha- tructurlcd many buildings; and my design is, for to have erucl an edifice with a beautiful Poitorico in front on the streets, and :z f behind, with a hat I tneu-. bath-house conM: H fhsicr's .Yao Bible.--The New ,ilMiea lie has done no more towards altcriv.tr ;t"'i u..u I nan those who translated it arc other specimens of his improvernn;tc I Io C 1 1 f t 1 1 f oi4 r-j i . .... "core, cows lor kine; tersons tor fol :; for Have; shun or enm. , ..... The I'alladium asserts that no cssentiai coniroversai alterations nave oeen made by Mr. Webster. MAItY JEMISON. Died at Seneca village, New York, on the l'Jlh ult. in the 01st year of her

one ilav.age. In recordini' the demise ol this

' l..Al.,:J f . her life. S.'ie was born in ITili.in one of the Eastern States, and when but two years old, we believe, her parents, leeimg that general enlerpnze which glows in the bosoms of Yankees, emigrated to the western part of the Slate of rew York and located near the now village of Canand iigua. In 1751, when the turmoils, the difficulties, andall the

... lummouon netween ttie iiert certified by a notary ruhJJc to be Lire men of the forest and the settlers oftheThey usually pretend to be i-norani or Vvest,who wns,after her near relatives our, language, a!thouelwhey will to were destroyed by the Indians, accord-!somc speak it well. in; to tne general usae-es in Indinii w.nr.i Tl.r. nu; .. .

"" -" u ....eu.u.e sayageme, better, and with mor fortitude, than, perhaps, any other individual we ever tieard or read of. She was called the heuliful, pretty squav; and the Sachem oi tne tribe a few years after her capiuie, married Her m the Indian form -at which time she had a powerful in Ituence with the trbie. She had four sons who died in "single combat," we believe, with each other, and has left two well educated daughters to inherit the rich legacy she received from her Indian friends and the Grand Sachem of the tribe. Mrs. Jeminsou, notwithstanding the earnest frequent entreaties of her friends could never be persuaded to leave the red man's home, and she continued with them till the day of her death. She has left an immence. property on the borders of the Genesee river, amounting, we believe, tn lfn r- t',l.. 4l. j . IWIV,C itiuusana acres, ";.j """"""v.'. 1 partof,; ...v... u.iuci yuuu cuuivation. Literary Puna Thp fr.lln,;nn. j who was a member of Yale College not many years since. The reader will near in mind that professor Silliman is a distinguished lecturer at Yale, and Pro.essor Hare eanallv emint - Pieman invited the former to attend one

u.asie. ui me same science fn one of.hi.i.seif the nrooiietnr , f ti . ri . he Unersities of Ihiladelphia. Pro-i-land uns In 1 J fessor Hare visited New HaVen one me. ica-suriinen t- r.,, r f 1 year when professor Sillinw,, was deli-jhis family n , ? .1"d vermga popular course of lectures to a Lea ,h.' And i chuT' lanro class niuf...,., nr i .. . . J .... - 11 ,a,,a '" fi pro-

o - wiuuli ii w n i . 1 1 i i r rrnn- t iron i i h ..

i .. v.vp.. i uiiuiits up- iiru.eiu III Ulat (Sistrir! urc fnn l. on glass The New Haven Chemilt1 to require spenfica ion ThlZT succeeded in drawing out the brittle who., the cL Z r nlrtf f wHl ' substance to a very delicate thread, and j ih, choice of the X w Y 2 M r ! and holding it no to th class. .! tJnA M.. o . e V 'rkV Moreai

his brother in the art, remarked wUhjsprein; htiUVhh t pleasant emphasis--Gentlemen, this mhabitits ri,, . "

.s ie,uiy very heautiful it is as fine as a Hare hair; at which the Phibdelpnia i rotessor immediately re

with equal good nature and fW: .v TJ.vrL , " 7 r,Vfrnnd

the amusement of rh n,.clJo" ol if ... ;n a . ... " ' . m r. i

rw.n; t " ------ -" ..kw.jvm, , u.r,, i unninir mi pi n n,,ik

Silliman.

Tll C f t t .... great excitement by a sermon preach--v, '"iftt tfinuuiM! oi macks hy a Reverend Mr. Finney, from Liberia. The following day a nubhe me ' was held, al which was resolved that hul.l ..i .i.: "i - - - - - nis aoctniies were of the " dangerous and fatal character," and he was employed by a " hypocritical society, that , ii-lii inr one tiling; in tne aouth, and the very opposite in in England and the north," They are determined to nullify nil the proceedings of the society, "no matter how subtilly contrived." Finally, they are det.rmmed to punish anyone who will attempt to teach a negro to read or write and they "will roll a dreadful and dP. olating tide of wrath upon the heads of tnose who dare come amongst them for laying a finger's weight upon that species of their property." Republican Banner. A good Conscience. How sweet the slumbers of him who can lie down on his pillow and review the transactions of every day without condemn-i-g himself. A good conscience is the iu:""st opiate. The Mateira Mcdica.cannot supply one half sj efficacious and pleasant and all the nabobs together if they were to unite their fortunes in one general contribution, could not purvairiat; .1 similar one. Stcamboni Fare. An Irishman, with his wife and child, wished fosemrp , deck passage down the river, made nppi.niiuaio uie captain in the following manner: " Capting! areyou the matc-P "To be shure not but what is wan ting?" ' te What do you charge for a deck passage for three of 119 to Cincinnati?" " Four dollars each." . V 11 T .' Pa.ce'Kut tbat 8 jCiear vvell t -antinir. do von atn .- jdo we ate ourselves?" 1 o- J UO, V. I I n, ' " Eat yourselves; to be sure." V aorattt Ivrosroua. Under this head, the Westchester Herald gives the io lowing lacts: " There are a number of middle a ged well dressed men, who traverse lhr United States through, and impose onj the generosity of the public. They have ptinted petitions pasted on muslin which state, that they have been wrecked and lost their all, on a voyage from Europe to this country; others, that they have been wrecked among the Turks, and their families at this time held in slavery, and they wish to raise funds to purchase their liberty. They generally have the name of the

... pup.eoi toiutnma rsoutb Car- Sandusk? river ...i i l.na,wta. thro,,, Mo , s,,,e of!,he r,J .".' il

questionably the duty of evert citizen to expose the in.po.loM to the pubVc that wemavPuar af.M;nsf , uarn S, n,c

y guard against them.' taluMeMlchme.- "curious creup some where down East, has inrented a machme for making orations on my given subject. It is only to throw m letters of the alphabet and hey will come out a speech. Me -calculated on ending a good number at Wab ington next winter ant is now hard n't work at a mill for grinding quarfz pebbles into mill stones Courier & Enq. Wabash and En; CW. Here h -mother m;igm(i ient tvoik nn,!r in the west ai.otb. r tl h,... .u. lakes and the IM;..;;.,; t. Voiirt5; a? she i. b deerfnirlfd ' be behind Ohio in entei nrin. Tk;. I Wti rri.if c if 1 1, 1: r . . J . ....... .. ,(s lfll? e. irom within a i,,'lv c,f - - "' 'o Uunliegdof, o:, the VVahas!!, will hf r.if..l.,t t ... :.i year. one v r nave once before sroken of tbo Ifetlility of tl!e soil i hi m k k J V ", , u " n,f,3' now e had, and the ra- ' wr,lcn "3 euh.,r. An . Xl" " i r' tOC r klii-r. I., i . . - -rw.. vHti.ii. r;ii in nnm - I the canal. ve miles ol the r M The advaiitacs nf o .Cincinnati Republican. , li lo be a? vu ii!ii'in ir 't i n ih.t ii... . r HCJ,eni oreciion t.. Tffi.,, in Seneca county; thenre soalhprlv. l ... A- . .j , ..sw.j am..chite and thr-.uh il... V. croiri2 andot and Seneca reservations. Cro. -nil' the Sw-i.. . n i..n..r ....... . v. . . mm irom tneuise Xv. " . u. '.' "n Con7iiM.ue.oma i ne, seven mil. U strikes the valley of M id river, and along this Valley fifty miles, by Why of Url-inna and Springfield, to Dayton, us southerly tf-rmh.ation. Ferhapa no slate in the Union can boast of a greater portion of land for beauty and r... ill:... .l .1 . . r.wmy, wan mat through which ibis line of road pas. Gen. Vance, one of the commission, ers of this road, has opened books fot subscriptions to ihe stock in the citiea of Albany and N.-w York. The route was surveyed by V. P. Antwerp, Eq. U. S. civil engineer, who speaks vei v flatteringly of the feasibility of the projected undertaking Ohi't Arui. Impoi lance of jYewsjipers. "The basi ol our gcv, iniiif nt, (sn9 Mi. Jef. ferson in a letter to col. Caring'. .n.) being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that 1 igbl ; and were it left to me to decide whether wo should hve a government without newspapers, or newspapers without government, f should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Dr. Johnson, than whom, perhaps, there never was a closer observer of the world, speaking of newspaper?, gives them a preference as a medium to all other means. He observes that nothing adds so much to the glory of a country as a free and independent press, which faithfully records all vicisitndes of politic and power; notices the moral and physical career of nations; records all accidents by flood and field; aids the cause and dissemination of knowledge; and while it amuses, al-o instruct. With such manifest advantages (he adds) who is there that will neglect an object so worthy of rejjard? How to revive gilt frames. Beat up three ounces of the white of eggs with an ounce of chloride of potath or soda, and rub over the gilding with a soft brush in this mixture. The gilding will immediately become bright and iresn. Caution to the Ladies! k ludicrous scene came near being exhibited in ihe old church in tKis town Sunday before last. We giTe it as a speceial admonition to ladies who wear capacious great sleeves, o beware what they harbo and conceal in them. The individual to whom we allude attendehurrh. ami H.ir!nn n..

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