Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 15, Vevay, Switzerland County, 28 December 1833 — Page 4

WEEKLY MESSENGER.

t'hf . o v i i' o , on nu:t:oNvrvr ikmox. BY l.r.ITC'l RICHIE. What Jtiiiei's reflection. were

that i - t- i .

miser-ante oignr, 11 wa noi i-r a "tmpie pen like n.is? t ier,ibe. Father Gott-'ne

lob. it appcaiou. iv is right, and the visit of tiu uuknown bt ing w:i to her. JVloreover. her interest and curiosity hart in deed been ex'.tted by the indistinctness ot" hi fli-t appearance; and th.it part of tue mister . iht: monk hao truly predeMeJ. was not lud aside. The sltangr h id come to befriend her and tor a rerinrpciie! What recompense? The

novice shu.Herrd. a a lh-vrand tales of;"1 ,vnic" imagined herself to be rushhorror crowded upon her memory. Hut.'nff. wheeling, and whirling through the

on !be other han-t. so Im froni hemg dts-c-v,lvpd bv her puer and inovaiion, tie ha I replied, 'Ameii!' H:d an evil spin' feti n mfr to turn even the holt est th' f of retiei'in in'o mockery? Were I 8,irii peimiMe.l o baont the VJ.itb! -. - nke and f! me, nd thunder pot earthquake? fools atttht th it was w-ke I hir in . f.nn so beautiful, a tnu'e so melodious, a-i-l expres-inu so uou'e ;;ift fieo? The l-.'.t p.ri of poor Juliet' inquiries was made iih a belling heart an ! fbsh. in? r ieo;s The srr-rnger, compared with the monks she had seen. walike an anrel, a a 'I with the rude knights "f her fa titer's household, like a hero or a drmi .?- Ifi' fa. e. even when fppi so iodis-tin-'tly as so resemble t'e ph-in'oin of :i drcaia had haunted her like a premie an ! hi vne h id lingerel in hei I:;-. o iine magical melody of youth, even when a yet be v i- scarcely cnntio of h lviog heard it at all Therp wore ii .-reruns specn!alion ; and Juliet felt Uipv were o. A' idea of detinv. dark, IjI.d.I. and rjncontro'able. begin at length to mmgle with iter dreams- and terrible as the desperate thought that roe like sp lit in her meditation, she apring wildly fiom her cou :h. and throwing herself before the crucifix, 'pent the rem li.ider of the nieht in prayer. Mil!''. ! , and vigaid, the once g y And hi i.iiir.g novice i rept through the snnven! on t'i" foitowing day like a cn iemued ci"nioal. The nuns had almn-t foi g it'eo tltur fright in anticipation of tb.e i-erc .. uv of to morrow; but some of the- ridr sisters, as they went about the pre para 'i on, sh mk their heads wisely and moMere-i !t is of no use!" The; h--ur? crep? on. A heiu'iful n.ornins gtw into a rich afternoon; and the af. "tcrnoosi disolv. d inc a venlv even ir. Theomvcn' bill tbf wtary " . . . ' t, re; e : !! ' poters cotef aw n ij1 v o (' . - f"nr liie i '"t time; tbei S'ijnd of retreating steps and fioor died awav: aii wa clci'.g ilenc tvithm 'he preci,ir't oi ' Samt ll icgaud l All wn s ler-.i e. but not ahsoiute sob.

tn e. A -single hfe'iire miffht have ucen j 1 obrved lilt ing througn the courts, now j " Thine thine'." whipred the mai rtausin.T a if' 'iif-n and nnw gliding Juliet sto..d sitli. U.;r heart wa forward as fteelv and as noiselessly as iil'mubled. she gazed upon the youthful fiiori It at length entered Ihe garden, l,,,r "" 'e. and . . . it.... ...i -i i i i

I., .or in hr w nte i res. anfl t hp veil o her noviciate, miht indeed hae tipen taken rather for some poetical cient on of fancy, tb n adoghtei of sin and She paused upon the violet bank, and cros'osr her hand' upon her t,oom. said in a clear. fe dv. but weely mournful Voice Lo. i am hvc !" The sh i fe stood before her. Ldv," ad he, in a sad and almost solemn tone "to morrow the gates of thp world are rinsed upon you for ever. Even 1. who ivilli gly ilnndnn a loftier dstinv 'o haunt the step of Juliet of Leibeos cbi. most nexer dare to look upon thf. f,o ,.f the nun Ibleg mda. Do ynu know what you forsake? Have you ever H'ned to the prattle of children or the TMpes of love, Hue A no ever seen n nvUher weeping tears joy "er the Cradle of her firstborn? Hive you ever prayed he-nle a deathbed, fenced around fr-m ev l influences by the holy connexion of love and kindness which continued even beyond the giave? Do yon feel the meanicg of the magieal word hotur ? In a word, do yon know the world you fl from?"' While the tempter spoke. Juliet trembled from 'head to foot, but not with tear. Hi? words fell like ram drops upon her pari-heil bosom, calling up from its recesses, a thousand beautiful thenghts and pro found feelings which she had never dteamrd of The novice lelt a thrill cf mingled fear and delight as she was corscious af the upspringing of the flowers rf the heart; but, sttujKling against ti e deluitn. she answered lamlly I know the world It is a theatre cf sin. and strife, and I Inod and tears. lis love is bnce its friendship deceii tie. ..I..c..... ...I! i il a 1 1 icrmn tiprps v V TI e strai ger -book his head ; It i-ur wi.i e than no think. Juli t ' " t-r--j.i-.rJ far bellei. ll is as t'ore a yonder sky, when the aznte and pnhi aie' tco -n.fr ed by innumerable spots rt dark vapor; it is as lertdc as this gar den, when showers and sand are inter i , .oi with vegetatron. hut if th f flv liom the world, it is they who r p to blame it il heroine all bad. We We time, however; my purpose is to .... I.- i cl i wl.a' . si r-uhl do ti rr otrnw, "' auo he took the biutf of the notice

'l do not desire to see it," said Juliet. ''What! Take care yon have not poken ttuthr1 The novice blu-hed: tmt as she toond herself the n-xt moment

i-miivHt ill. in iho nrirta nf iKa ilrnt.nar fr" e - --. ,1iui "early fainted with terror and jsurprise 'Fear nothing,'' said he; "inhale this perfume, and it will support you.1' She suffered him to hold something to her (Vice, and immediately dropping iher hesui nnon m shoulder. ie lost ail consciousness of her situation. Ever thing around her was indistinct and conlused. She felt a if in a dream. an . I he hrt acute pen eptnm was of inienee co! I; but this gradually subsided, and w hen at length a the idea of motion censei!. he opened her eyes, she found herself in a glow of warmth. They wete in the open country. ur rounded by groves, and hills, and val leys, and s'rearn: and the convent of Franenlob wa not even in sight. Juliet, who was an en'huia-tic admirer of beau in-insniate nature, felt her soul giorv calm utide? the inrluence of the place The sun had sunk behind the mountains in the distance, but threw a stream of glory over the widt west, which still il !nmiiia!ed the world. The roman'i'Rhine was een here and there, in the form of a tonad lake, through the rankol het hundred hillsj eveiy eminence a loiiiid was cro vned with wond.-n whi b the mellowed light gave a mytic a.d religion effect, at once exciting to the imagination, and chi'tenmg to thp heait. I'hi" i 'he w orld P i;d the tranci "what do yu llnrik of it. Julie;?" The novice startled at bis ,.ice. foi in her admiration of the scenei , she h d almost forgotten the unf ithomalde bemj to whom she owed die spectacle. ' It is b-'autifiii."' said she, limidU and more beautiful more giaud and gori.u than I can FX('tes ,, ' hev walked on in silence, till, cin-ung a ti. vupt, they entered a natmal .Jc e of flowering hrubt, mti vnici, ijc mellow ed light fell -till more mellowed thl.'Ujjh the leaves and bluss m A' the further end weie seated two numan tiiire. clu-e beside each other; l Juliet, in tie dioihtlul rnmpai.y m whicn she found herself, fel' htr heait warm to her own peiit-. l'hey advanced, and saw the MH" Rtr a te n!itnl maiden, w Ii..e j 'Ht w'f" ;'' lh c-.,-flueixe of tt.t noon jn,i '""'""I ' "'"' a youth with a .s,,,,l, he-K jut ripening into the rich !kl I I, ,1 II... ' I """ "' ' as rounn hPr wait; lier heart reclined uimui his Uhouider, and iheir liauds weie locked to gPer. Vu ate mine, fanet and deareslT' said ihe youth, as the tiemhimg novice u""c" nei liiii-hi Are they nol beautiful?'1 said her guide, a he led her :loe beside 'hci;. They raised their ces nncnnsctou "fthc presence of witnesses, looking apparently through antl beyond them, JnliM turn ed a look of wonder sod 'error upon the sli -ir-gtr as slip found both she and he were in i-ihie ! 'These,1' sai l he, leading bet away. -are called loer, in the language of this world of sin and shame; and to mor row is their wedding day. A the novice walked on mus.ng sh thought of her ow n nuptials that were tn take place t the same time, and stared and grew pale. LSy and by, they heard a sound of mu sic and festiity, and soon af'er rea.heu a cottajre where a joyful company weif dancing on the green. They were young men and women in their holiday dresses. and looked love and laughter tmm 'heir tnnv eyes a they flew thrm.-li tt,f dance. Some ld people sat b ihedoor. at a table on which were pieced wine at d fiuit. They kept time with their hnds. snapping then linger" muI shouiing glee somely to the dancers; and ever anrl anun an old man would jump from his seat compelled by the united magic of music and memory, and'try a sprn g open the ground, than shake his head hikI sit down laughing The novice, whese heart was naturally disposed 13 the sin of innuceni merriment, could hardly refrain from clapping her hands. She quickened het pace unconsciously as she advanced; and at length, taking advant- ge of the excuse auoided by a slight declivity, fairly skip ped to the measuie of the inspiring pipeWhen she saw, however, that even when they passed through the ring, and felt the waving of the dancers1 garments, their presence was unknown and unseen, her row again grew sad, and she turned a look of distrust at her companion. "This," said he, "is called recreation in this world ol sin and wo!"1 They walked on in silence as before till the cortege of the sun had completely disappeared behind the heights of the west. The air became chill; the wind of evening began to rise and murmur through the trees; and n dim, heavy grayish hue spread itself abroad upon the world, ci-ienng lull and plain, and grove uud river, as with a veil. Juliet lookcu

anxiously around The cold seemed to diapprobiilin, was heard among tht slnke t her hear'; her spirits were de ' viitrs. pressed; and whether she thought of her i "Dauchler," said brother Golllob. c.nnvent or of the world, she could hatdly'Hppro.icbiug her, awaken I beseecr. restrain her tears. The stranger in the you. Your manner would almost seen mean time, walked hy her side, wrapped j to give our friends to understand thi.i in his mantle, tall, calm, and beautiful, jwe have used rompuWion; and yti like one of those images of lofty pride know this is not the case. and indomitable courage, mingled with j "I know it," answered Juliet, qti'u U

an maniy gentleness and grace, which!l; "but 1 am betrayed and abandoi

iiaont me virgin oreams even ot a nuo. l'hey anived at n cottage so deeph embowered in wocds, that they had not soeii it belore. 1 lie possessors ap pered to be of a sfill lower clas in so nety than the had yet seen; for eve ry thing proclaimed the piesence of extreme poverty. I be strntiger led bis protegee to the window, and she looked in. Seated by a bright fire, there was a pretty young woman, although appa rently the mother of half a dozen chil dreo, that were scattered about the rom in various employments or amusernenrs. She was busily engaged in preparing the family supper; while one boy was eled on the floor mending a net, another was cutting bread, and a third iiv dilating between the vounger Iry atid a do, with whom the were engaged in a playful contest. S iddenIv the iaicfi was raised, and the whole (j irH Si'iriod up. A man, habited like .i wood en Her, with soiled dres9 and a w-p;ri-J lo.-k, entered the apartment. .!-. I-.t tt. . . ... r liiict: r Miliar: shouted the chil lien, as they sprang towards him. O-.rt s. iz.-d bis hatchet to lay it aside, ni .lhei his coat that htn.y over his shoulder; a third tugged at his soiled um! Iii'hvj IjooIm. and 'he rest citing roo-.d bis lens. He .. uotnrt. iili loud ries, in his chair of elate, and and took Uie two youngest on ni knees, and r-inbraced them all, one by one. His hiow cleared his ee grew bright, his h.k of e;u nifess fled; and when his wife, wfln h,,d hardly seemed to notice him, except by her smiles, so -iuilv was t.he engaged in ren oving 'tis supper from the (ire, suddenly threw her arms round his neck as she paed him, he strained them altogether in his arms. The novice, at a scene so new, so lnteie-tini: and :-o delight ful, rould not test rain her r-mo'ion. She felt a sense of soff-caiion in her 'hroat, that only relieved by a gu-f of tears. ".loliet," said the stranger, "is nol iliul beautiful?" "Heavenly !" replipd Juliet, sobbing as if her In art would bieak. 'This is what we cal! d UmcHic happiness, in Ihis world ofsin.ii.d tl) !"' Th"t had lingered so long at the wir-dow, iba' when they raised Ihr ir heads, they saw that the nio.oi had ris

en, and spread a new r:enof enchant-jarrnour. n,d dropping the former and rr.ei.t around them. Leaning on the cluing my vtser when necessaiy. I imiiarm of the slrarger, whom she no long filed undetected Hrnng the crowd of feaud, Juli. t walked on, innn rsd it. 'knights and ecr le-iii.-tics oa the man b. a leveiie, so compounded of lb sweei Last nihl my sopi ions were fully and (he bitter, that she knew net which, nhrn,td. She ihn saw the world pred-initiated. io t'2 first time although only a

Juliet,11 said he, quickly, pausing ' suddenly, "y.ui Inve seen nol the w.irld but a portion of what the world in In-jitow ' veti in the humblest walks of life. You abend v shun the convent. its vi 1 1 lies, and its uf s Choose beween l hem. I pledee myteif (and ou ;r..-w my power) thai u shall be fiee follow your chcice."'

lie sprinkled something upcn ncr'1"" k uPon the italue vi Sfli,,t Udegau-

ice. nnd her liraH instunl I ir a a ,.L unnn ;is shoohh r. Then she raised it, r.he ; vas ti,ri,;j,.g alone, on the violet bank, in the garden of Saint Ildeganda. 1 be gieil day at length arrived, and the siters, grttii g up early, prepared or the important ceiemony which was give a new bride lo the church. riiere w as something so strange in J v net s manner, that they suimosed her v T imagination lo be bewildered by the awful circumstances in which she wa placed. She could not rst even at prayer; hhe wandeied from cloister to loisler. fiom c II lo cell, as if looking ir something thet s5k was surprised and uneasy nol to find. Then she tra versed (he garden, gathered a flowed upon the violet bank, and gazed long and earnestly into the old well. Atbe hour approached, she became pa ler and paler; and when Ihe sisters irraed her in her bridal dress, she looked like one who would better betome the gaiments of the grave. At every new arrival of the visiters, she started and flew lo the window, and then turtle'1 away ringing her huds. When the Baron nt last came, and would have received her in his arms, ehe sank at hit feci and clasped his knee. "Father " she snid; but the at, lempt was vain; her voire was choked and dropping her head, she sobbed long and bitterly. When she rose, her manner was ralm and her ftep film, although her face was not simply pale. but as white as marbla- She was led into the chapel, and the solemn service of tht dead alive commenced When socne prouruss had been made m the ceremony, the notice leaned motionless against Ihe aller, tltat the 'pei-tntors imagined she had bt ci me jmsuiBiblc; and the Btir, amounting to

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"Dy whom, ia the name of the Vit ginr 'By a demon! Rut it matters riot there" and she shock out her hai till it rolled in gloomy volumes even t. her feet "there it is my own will!" and she held il up to the saetilkiul firei. 'Hold!" cried a voice, at the mo ment, n;ar the door, that (.hook ih chapel like a clap of thunder; andJu liet, bursting with a wild scream tliio Ihe circle of priests ana nuns, threw her.-lf inlo the arms of the stranger. Untie the monks threatened the in truder with their curses, and the sisters fled shrinking to the Hilar, the knights and men at arms drew (heir swords. "Lord of IVildestie rv" cried thp Ba ron of Leibenstein, firmly, "wore than madman! do yon dare at the same in stant to insult your Saviour and dis honor your unerny? Give up the infrtuated girl, or 1 will stab her in your arms!" "I am no madman," said ihe voung baron, supperting Juliet with his left arm, while he waved away the pha lanx nf foes with his righl ; "hear me but for an inslanl, nod shall prove to you thai I mean i- outrage either upn vna or tnan. "This territory, you are aware, belonged, many years ago, to my ancea tors; and it was therefme with more pleasure than surprise that I discovered in the curse of some imrovemaats a sublet raucous communication te tweem the castle of W indenstein a : ihe convent of Franenlob. The oe I made at first ef ray knowledge waone, I crieve to say, of ere (rolk , fr which 1 shall duh pay hfh in purse and penance to the holy . Ildeganda. But when I beheld the damsel of L i benstrein, my heart was changed. I loved her. I saw, or imagined that she deceived herself in supposing thai tdis had a call to be Ihe spouse, of the the church; and by lh arts and contrivances of skillful mechanics, who made one of the huge stones of n3 old well serve as a door, so nicely adjured that the hmd of the architecture could nt be timed eves by father Gotlwb, I obtained the means of pulling her to Ihe irinl. Ai Iter visit tw Lesbenstein, b wearing a monkirh halrdt ov. r ";rld of aclors helcted from my own v bals; aod I know it to be my dut, as.i li ue son of the ch".rch, to prevent il from receiving a hand far filler for that of lh barm of Wildeiistein!1' This explanation excited a murmur of surprise among the throng; and Ih old baran of Leibenstein was observed to siith deeply, aed to turn an unloving "I have an oath! I have an oath!" said he? away! depart in peace!" ' Be it mine to dissolte the oalk,1' rn.d the young IokI; if it w ill not unloose, it must be cut in (w-jin. What, ho! for VTildenslein I11 and the door ol the chapel flew open, and dis covered thecourl and garden tilled with us Knihls and meii-al arms. Is it unneci ssarv to tell the result? The baron ff Leibenstein neither kepi bis oath or lewt his honor; the church 9" robbed oi an unwilling brde; and, n iidenstin gained a lovely and devoted wife. In leavint! the convent. Juliet ook with hr the beautiful simplicity lial had shed a halo orcr her novitiate md in the course of a long, happy, and useful life with her demon lord, realized all the pictures with which his suc cessful stratagem had delighted her in. gii.aiion in a humbler spW'e. Printer's. Retreat DecemLor 18 lS.i.l ARRIVAL Or MAILS. The Western and Southern mails, nu Mondays and Wednesdays, about 8 of the clock in the morning. The Eastern and Northern mails, on Wednesdays and Fridays, about 7 of the clock in the afternoon. DEPARTURE OP MAILS The Eastern find Northern mails, on Mondays and Wednesdays, about 8 of the cloclr in the morning. The Western and Southern mails, on Wednesdays nnd Fridays, about 7 of the clock in the evening. The office will be open on Sun davs, at u 11 hours. WILLIAM C KKEV, Post-Mter.

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The general orders the decisu n made in Ihe appeal case of captain William C. Mitchell to be recorded and promulgated : the statk rp indiawa') Appeal from ihe V8 (' cission of a reWILUAM C. MITCHELL, ) gimelltul courtmartial, (of which lieutenant colonel I': net Ilaivey acted as president,) which met on he 25th of October last, finding captain William C Mitchell euiltv of m.i H.n.,like conduct,carne before WneralW' ilimm iC. Keen, at his Head Quarters, oi. the ilth of December, lS33,b.r his final deeisSion. TJie points relied upon by said appellant were as follows. 1. Thai the court ruled him into trial, when he had never been arrested. 2. The charges investigated, differing from the copy delivered to defendant. 3. The court receiving testimony on two charges not embraced in the original charges. 4. I H court faxing ihe defendant witfc Cii9 of prosecution. With regard to the fust poiDt it dot not appear from the record or any other e-1 vidence.that snid defendant ad ever been formally arrested. The return of the ad jutant, on the back of the original affidavit. icing "executed by reading" but that objection ia done away, by the personal appearance and pleadings to the charges by the defendant; thus, niacin himselHn tbs custody of the cojrt. d point Ihis objection ii trifling nJt beneath notice; the only variation beings in one letter. 3d point This objection is not founded rm fact the evidence of the witnesses ob jected to, w as strictly legal - going to siew mer ana similar actsot ur.cmcerlike connuct. 4th point This obtection arrears tnh. well taken costs of military orose.cn tinnr do not follow the conviction; but are to b iM.a in ine special manner pointed out ia the 7Sd .stctiori of the Militia Law ,.r:l. - .. v. . dtana. The general discovera other inform-.?,-lies, which he believes he is hound t w tice. Firstly, the original charaes wr not sworn to, in the manner pointed ut in the Militia Low. Secondly, the record of ihe regimental court is without tknue, it appear from that record that certain menk some w ith and some without rmlitarv ritlv j prefixed to their names met at the court, iliouse in Ve av. uoon a certain ilav r.amJ hut does not say whether they belong t0 Kentucky, Ohio or Indiana nor by what authority ihey met there. Whereupon. atW mature deliberation, the general adjudges that the proeeedinge aforesaid, are informal, illegal and voidthat captain William C- Miich-dl as to the said charges made by major John A frey, go acquit, hence without day. By order of brigadier genejal William C. Keen. ISAAC CHAMBERLIN.aioV THE, GALAXX OF COMICALITIES, t-R 7 SHOUT STOniES WELL TOLD. To le embellished uwilh yne hundred and fifly Comic and Humcroue cats. rrUK subscribers issues on Wednesday ihe 2nd of October 1833. tbe firs number of an entirely new and, amunng and highly interesting work., to I entitled THE GALAXY OF COMICALITIES., OR SHORT STOKIBS WELL I'OLD. In offering to the public a oeir paper, when there are to maoy at pre-, sent, it becomes us to say word or two relative to the peculiar qualities it will po-sess. In the first plaee we intend to strike out an entire new and original course. We will not follow rhe stale path of any rolemparary Journal, but depending om our own resources, and the favors of & number of valuable correspondents, prom,cc at or' something worthy of pat ronage nn tne smiles o the public. Aa "ur ',,e indicates. The Galaxy is inj'enciea as a source of pure and cheeriof !amusement to drive a wrinkle from the Prow of care to ease the woebegone ;;nean oi a portion of the wretchedness to light the face of beauty with an addi tion il smile to oittke youth laugh and age forego a frown, will be our chief endeavor, and in short With mirth and humor drive dull care away, And make this life ever smiling day. " The contents of the Galaxy, will con' sist of short humorous stories, anecdotes, conundrums, comic songs, poetry, &c'. and will aflord to the reader a rich fund of original reading, calculated to raise a" laugh, and yield the most inoocent delight. It will be published every Saturday",' oo a respectable size sheet at (he exceeding low price of One Dollar and twenty-five cents, or five copies for Five Dollars, payable in all cases in advance.. Post masters are requested to act as a. gents for the above work. All letters and orders, post paid, rausl be uddicsred to L-rSUF.lt L. SHELLY. No SQ3Callowhill6t. Fhilad'n. TTB V! ENT TAILS, TUBS, &c . Tr IL salt by M HANBEltLIM. Jacksonville, Sept. IB