Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 17, Vevay, Switzerland County, 18 January 1834 — Page 2

T7EEKLY MESSENGER.

day ol O. lo'er in each year, and pro idii'ig tha supervisors of roads shall make report of work done, tines collected, a. id delinquencies to the Uoardf Coaisnissiouers at their January session n each year, was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Smith of F. Dcemher 20. lUrdvrd, That the committee on the judiciary he instructed to inquire into tiie expediency of giving the circuit court a discretionary power to grant a a cha: ge. of venue in criminal cases tip-

l!OI I.AR LAW. The engrossing hill to repeal an act entitled, an act lor encouragement of

education, approved Feb 1832, was

read a third lime and passed yeas la, nays 'JS. Jamtart 2. Ad Valorem Systiim. Mr. Brown of T. made the following report The committee of ways and means, to which were referred two resolutions

adopted by the house on the 12th of

on affidavit tiled bv the defendant, sta- j 1., instructing them to inquire into

lias; that in resequence of the prejudi

res of the people of the count v in which i

the expediency of changing the mode

of assesing and collecting the revenue

second ami third instalments in bank paid; for by the state to the bank, by such! stockholders giving bond nnd mortgage on the fee simple of unincumbered real estate, the fair cash value of which shall he nt least double the amount of the loan thus made for the payment of any such instalment, conditioned for the payment of snch loan on or before the expiration of nineteen j ears, and the interest there on payable temi annually at the rate of

6 per cent.

'ke Plate flank is governed by a

President nnd floatd of Directors. The

Presided is elected by joint ballot of

both houses of the General Assembly, to

such cases is pending he believes he r state and county purposes, and lo re-ra.-r.ot obtain a fair trial in such county, port a bill for the same on the ad valorem Mr. Guion moved the following i-cs-isystcm, have had the subject under uti,vi, (consideration, and a majority of the ilesoked. That the judiciary commit-'committee have directed me to report to,- !,. instructed to inquire into the ex-a bill. The committee considers the rw.V.encv of am ndi ig the act regnl.v subject as one ol much importance and tin r.-e's and iltrio so a to allow 'interest, and entitled to attention. .r,-;,id and petit jurors in the circuit They believe that each individual in courts e tch on dollar per dav; also to tho. community should render some c-i-uriire ntofae xo-Jiencv of making q ivalc,t for the privates and hlessn reduction in the fee of recorders. ' ."'C a!frded him by the administration I of the government, and that taxation Dn (TfcBKu 26. should bt in proportion to the am. ii'it Mr. Fairnian movel the following of property which receives protection jmam'de and reolutio:i which wasad-jand security from the state, opted: j The bill accompanying said report Whereas the habitants of a num- entitled. " a bill to amend an act enti-

ler of district- in t ie western country tied an act for assessing and collecting

ire atKnted wi.ij . d:stru tive disease the revenue,'' approved Feb. 10, ISII. n!kd milk sickness the cause of which and la provide for an equitable and u js a subject ofdispute and hid in ohseu-. niform mode of taxation, was read the

hold his office for five years. There are ,cy of making n lartlier appropriation

o h elected in like manner four direc- lor the construction ol me isumocriaiiu

ritv, therclore

,ti'st time.

tie. it r s e.ved, to it a ro nmittec he Mr. Evans moved to print loO copies

appointed to t.:ke til" matter un ler of the bill Consider .lion in i report whether it is Mr. Wallace, fir the purpose of test xneda-n to I, gi-la! on that Mibfect, in? the strength of the House on tiu

si dw ii i". ni il'a'iv. in;iv arlst '.mestion. and to save the expence of

to the citizen of liiis state by leisla- i printing if a majority should be opposed

tie i.it.rleieiice. to the principles ol the hill, moved tore

VV iierviip.v., Mesr. r airman. t raig, ject it. Ihe qtiestioa was taken on I).i;-ning. lV!-er,and St 'in ford wen- ap- .the motion to reject, and determined in

t o; te i a committee in puisuancc of ;tho negative by the following vote:

oi s-ud resolution.

On motion of Mr. Crume,

IiesjTf !,

Jtnry att.U

Yes Messrs. IJenoett, iiradbtiry,

Bramwell, Crume, Dorscy, Edwards,

Phot t)" committee on mil-' Ferguson. Foster, Ji ;e, Lev enwortii,

be rciiue-led to prepare ! M'Donald. Monroe, Noble, Ueid, Smith

an-i it-port to this Ifon-e a bill repeal-1 of F., Smith of K., Snapp, Stanlord,

ii its so much of the militia law as re

quires n on commissioned officers to att d diill musters. xc.,pti:i however from such exempti.m the orderly serJoan's .'..d stalfotiieeis. Mr. ; orguson offered the following rescluliou. which was laid on the la-b!-: ift'u'i-rrf. That the commitle on the judiciary be instruct d to impiire into the expediency ol so amending the interest lovi o! I t session so as to provide that j.-icL in Miw s-hall bear interest at ti e sante i ate. as agreed upon by the contracties parties. A;r.o:!i; isie jiiceedings of the House cr Vo.tda the - d iit., omitted in our ..t. arj t;:.- b.!l ow in resolution-: Mi Ceaiiet moved the iollow ing res-cl-'.tion: i?.--y'rr. That the committee on v. .s ; ! rsr-ans be instruc led to inq.i. :: ie expediency of so amendit;H i.ie ci to licence and regulate tav

ern and groceries, approved Feb. 3,

13 '"2. as to authorize c. rk in the ever--ai r o :ties in tiiis state to grant permits top io;.s who may wih to establish ;rocci ies in vacation of tiie meeting oi

t r - eo jrts doing rouvty bui!u s, in tiie s.i-' t mav er a- permits are now grant t-d to a fen it-keeper:". hit ii. alter bring amend d. on motion !! Mr. Gooki is, by t ie ;idditionol n cl tu-f' directing lti" applicant to first p:icurc the necessary recommendation of ir'-ehoUers, .Ve. was agreed to. O . m uion of Mr. Le-lie. lie.-oktd. That the judiciary committee be it?- i.i ted N i ,q tire into the expediency of authorizit'C the qualified vote o: f tbe -tae of Indiana, to expreson their n'l -ts on the lir-t Monday i Autru-T :. xt, whether thev will or no;

call a f; ention to amend the constitu

tion of lite State.

. . i . rw.1 . . I- U I

Steele, atuart, i nompon, iiioruot-iiy,

Wallace, Wilkins, and Falmer, Speak er

Say Messrs. Angle, Baber, Beem,

Bigger, Brackenridge, Brady Brown of

L. Brown of T., Carter, Clark, Cole-

rick. Craisr. Davenport, Davis, Ue

Fauw, Dunn, Dunning, English, Evans

Fairman, Fields, Fowler, Gookins Guard. Guion, tlardesty, Hargrove

Howell, Hughes, Huntington, ivelso,

Kileore, Iviser, l.elie, Al iiean, Moore

Nichols P;irker, Pearson Piercy, Smith

ot It.. S.attord, ancr , andevcer,

Willett. WiUnn, WooJrufl, W'rt.t u

P.. Vrirht of P. and i) . Vocom 00,

There cre bills reported, from the judiciary, committee by Mr. Evans, a bill to subject choses in action and e quitalde titles tu re;il property to the payment of debts and bv Mr. Bigger, a bill relative to county otlicers which were read and pas-td to a second readii.g. January 3. Petition? were presented ibis morning by Messr. Huntington and Kelso on local "subjects, whit h were read and referred to select committees.

irict; and locating ihe office ol surveyoi

general ut Indianapolis, id tbe stale !

Indiana. IN SENATE. Friav, January. On motion of Mr. Hendricks, Resolved, that the committee on Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing on the Fen sion list upplicanti who shall be able to prove three months service in the revolutionary war, agreeably lo ,ne requisitions of the law of 1882. Resolved, That the committee on roads and canaU be instructed to in

structed to inquire into the expedien

tors on the part of Ihe slate, holding their

offices one, twc, and Ihree, and four

years. The .other directors of said

board are made up by one director being -ent from each branch. Tbe state car

ries on all its operations through id Inanche and has a controlling power over thein.

The branches are governed by a Pre

sident and board of Directors, not less in

number than seven, nor more than ten, three are appointed n the part of the tale by ihe President and directors on the part of the state in the State Bank;

the other by the stockhnliier. I he

preident i selected by the board of director of the branches, and is one ot

thjir number. The divulens of the branches are declared upon their respective operations by the parent board, and

! be paid to each branch accordingly.

I'be everal branches ate responsibletor.

the pnient of any loss oixasioned by

t.'ie .aitore of any branch in one year

the debts on such failing branch bearing ui interest of 1 2 per cent. For the paymeut of her stock in the bank, and to enable her to make the loan i. citi.en stockholders for the payment of tbe 2d and 3d instalments on then nock, thp tate is to negotiate a loan ol

5" 1 ,500,000 for 50 or i5 years, at an

nleif-t of A per cent., it the whole num

iter of branches should organise; if theie

-should not be that number the loan is to le in prop .rtion to the number of (tranches organized according io the foregoing

provisions.

A sinking fund is created, consisting of

the unapplied ti ilan en of ail loans on the pari of the st ile, m.vie for the purpose ol paying for the st le stock in M0k loi paving the instalments of the stockholders, the dividends of the state stock in the bank, &:.. and the principal aod interest of the loans that shall be made to stockh llders aforesaid a the same shall be paid in Tin fund i under ihe di lerti. hi il'K ;.- ... I J. the pari of the sta'e. in th? state bank, who are tyled tht commissioners of the Sinking Fund It i made the duty of

sud board to see to the payment of the

liiteret on the state loan, and tor this

purpose they have ttie right to require the services of the bank fiee of charge.

road, in the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

nan" to the Cabinet of the Kitchen-

nullification and consolidation rail roadi and steamboats,--bursting boileis and broken axle trees icebergs and orange trees indian corn and indigo cnttoa bags and cholera all mingled up to gether in delightful confusion upon the miniature picture which the indu-driom

journalist spreads out fur the weekly re-

pa-t of his readers; Atd is this a concern for an honorable M. C. to turn np his nose at ? Pooh ! A". Y. Evening Siar,

DON'T BELIEVE TIIE.'NEWSPAPERS. "Don't believe the nemspapirs" is a

common cam word with some politicians

who do not admire the truth. Don't read my speech in the newspapers, s.ijsa M C. Hides myself report it. Take what jou see in the papers, says another sim-

pering member of the common council,

with many grains of allowance.- And

why so? What is a newspaper, Us uses, appliances, npputenances, and character.

that it should be thus jibed and jeered

at What is a newspaper? It is an

olla podrida an oaniuni gttherum a

mulium in parvo .an impeiium in iui. perio "Ihe mirror held up to nature"

the very form aod pressure of the

times" the bieathing image and type of this bustling, restless world a man

and picture of human life the text-book

of mortality and record of human tho'ts

and feelings, and of every accident, ill,

event, or circumstance that -fleh is heir lo," from the helpless infant lo the pow ful despot on the throne from the humble obcurity of the cottage to the clond c.pt towers and gorgeous palaces"- from ihe peaceful abodes of rural life to the 'pompand circumstance of gl iriou w ir"

the mitred bishop the plumed hel

met the pale faced victim of poverty and disea-e the living spectres immur

ed in dungeons to the husbandman that

breathes the airof heaven, and, when his

.laily task is done, slumbers sweetly on his pillow-the haggard politician that

murders sleep" over his midnight lamp,

scneming oui plans lo delude ihe mulii

tude, and to clutch the glittering; diadem

of "vaulting ambition that o'erleap it

elt, tne hardy huntsman, scorning the in', r i i . , .

mums i.n.fi-, nun leariesxiy roaming

ih rough the trackless lorest, or clamber in the highest crag of the precipice

tiie mierHi.i n h, rii ....n,.n

his chains to beguile away the long ugo-

nizmg noiira mat are to make up the measure of his guilty hfe the lover,

wooing at bis mistress' feet mur

nercr, plunging tits poigliard in the blood

of unprotected innocence; from the tu

denl cloistered in Ihe depths of solitude,

revelling upon the cobweb fancies of h

The Judiciary of Ohio Supreme Court. lu 1803. the salary of the Judges of this court, wa g9O0, and the number of miles travelled while holding court, was G45. VVe are unable to pre. sent the number of suits brought and tried. In 1810, Ihe salary was 1000, the number of miles travelled 1133, -aid tho suits tried 499. In 1816, the salary waj increased to 1200, the extent of the circuit 152l miles, and ihe cases tried 838. Thi year (1833) the salary is tbe ramii ($1200;) the distance travelled 2202 mdes; the number of suits 1327; and 394 lawyers to conduct them. In the last named year, there were 1 98 applications for divorces, of which number 51 were granted. 2G of those arose front habits of intemperance. The number of divorces granted is nearly one half of

those brought n to a bearing the hal.

an-e being voluntarily abandoned, con

tinned or dismissed.

A GOOD ONE.

The contested election Moore & Letcher-

One of the witnesses, whose teslimo.

' v is sHOmiuea to ine committee oi

Privileges and Elections in writing,

thus answers the lutcrrocatoiies ac.

ministered lo him:

Question. Did or did not your

brother, who ws and is a minor, tell

yen that he had sworn (in order to vote) that he was above twenty-one

years old?

jinsti'tr. No! My brother told me

I tie board is to loan all llie monies aown i(Jea, wo.,jf t( ..(he . on ,he l.mjrinjr to said fund at lh same rate ol,. . , ...

interest, and lor a like time, and under

Dl.CKKBKR 28. Mr. K i-io moved the following res tilu: ton: i'iVo.'iY, That the committee on mil

itai y all r bt instructed to take into

to :s deration the subject ofimprovin

the tiiiluai , system iv icouraing ol

ficers lo uuitorm the m. Ives, and vvheth

er it would be xpdient to exempt

Irom military duty at! com Missioned of

ticors who shall uniform themselves

an I serve for the u im of five year sue

ce-sivel v m except m limes ol insurre.c-

tio and invasion, and w hether it w ould ik expedient to cm mpt in lik manner, all non-comrriiesioned officers who

sh.li have served a civen period of

tune, and who shall have arrived at the a '.0 vrs; and whether it would b . advihide to exempt persons over ihe ne of thirty years from serving nore than one day in eat la year.

Mr. Steele moved to amend the same

so .s to provide lhat there be but one ni ;- r in each year, which motion did rol prevail. Mr. Noble moved to lay the resolution on the the table, which did not .wail. 1 .e question was then put shall snid restdution be adopted, aud determined n iie ai'rmative.

Ism vtfvpni.is, Jan. H. STATE IUXK. Eclh Houses of the General Assem

bly are now fairly engaged on the bank

luestion. A considerable battle has

heen fought in both Houses on the first

cction of the bill, in relation to the

number of branches. A proposition to reduce the number to five failed m both

louses the vote standing in the K "n-

ne 1"2 for reducing the numlvr and 1G

tgainst it, and in the House lor and

iS against it. Considerable debate

ook place yesterday in both branches m a motion to strike out the second

section, which divides tbe state int

ank districts. This motion also failed . i w w rri ji

ui ooin nouses. i ue aeoaie whs con-

inued yesterday iti the house, ob the

proposition to reduce the number of

ranches, by JWrtsrs. Ailforey Kroun ol

'f., nrarkcn.riJgC) P',ner, SjHakcr.)

Crume. Lvans and (.lark. I he pro

ceedings thus far, have strengthened

our belief that the bill will pass.

similar provisions as ate required by ihe several acts now in force regulating the

Seminary fund. This fund is pledged for payment of the state loans made lor the purpose of purchasing tbe state stocks in bank and for loans to stockholders, tbe interest thereon, and for incidental expenses. The residue of said found to be a peimen.int ne for the purpose ol education, under such provisions as tht legislature may hereafter presrnbe. Journal.

:y?tts ' j

Congressional.

th.,t be had written Ihe figures 21

on

i scrip of paper which he put in hi a

shoe, and swore he was above 21.

Increase of Crime Surprise is exnessed in many of the northern pers at Ihe increase of crime. W be

lieve this is owing, in no small degree, to the improper exercise of the par-

lining power, and to the great chance

of escaping with light punishment for

enormous crimes. e ?ee that r

individual who lately commit' murder in Delaware, and v guilty by the jur,has hr-

I He last moKi'.T

Mm state wa ;Iso

in Maryland, a r

and was pard

.ne ately ted n rape, a short fav ir

ten, in a

hori

r, ""w- I." v Comlitiv.i, sjon of

Fridat, Dec 20h. 1833 HOUSE OF REPRESEXT.i I IVES On motion of Mr. Pearce,

Besolved. That the committee on Ke-!

volution-try Tensions be instructed to inquire ioto the expenienry of extending

the provisions of the net of June 7, t 833. entitled An act "supplementary to the

vet for the relief of certain surviving em- - eis and soldiers of Ihe revolution," to

officers, mariners, or marines, who ser

ved on board private armed vessels, do ring the war of the levobitioa. On motion of Mr. Ewing, Resolved, That the committee on the

teintories, be instructed fo inquire into

high and giddy mast," bounding cheerily

over the mountain-wave, thoughtless of

danger or care! All these, and number

less multitudes of minor actors are the

dramatis penance that successively move

through the shilling scenes of the tableau

to'vant of which Ihe columns of a news paper are ihe theatre. And what an in

congruons heterogeneous aggregation ol

discordant materials make up the ingre

dients of its composition of contrasting

and wondrous incidents- marvellous tale

mysterious enunciation verbose dis

cusion metaphysical disquisitions sportive essays "tern alarums" and

dreadful accidents bombastic panegyr

ics. jests, anecdote, deaths, marriages

conundrum, enigmas, nuns, poetry.

rrosfics and advertisements of every hide, color, and form, "from trrave to

I lYsim livelv in sot'oro . Iko ...in

u ... - - r w . . , 1 ue i our bow. cameleon, nor kalaidescope are more diversilind, nor p.andora't box more

prolific in its contents, nor the lumber room of the most erudite brain of ihe three kingdoms more cluttered up with the disjecta membra, the 'hreds and patches" of all things on, within, above, or upon the eaith from the aerial

ascension uf Mr. Dnrant to the la't down

ward jdu'ge of cataract leaping Patch; from the chase of the sea seipent and

grisly bear to the capture of Mack Hawk and this horned frog from tbe Siame-e twins to the twins of Latnna from the

the penitcn'..iy. "' lime afterwards, h

der, nnd was pardont

that he transferred his ct

f l m 1 1 a 1 1 emu .llin. n ,K 4

uii.i" a . d,iji 1.HIC1 sinic; -5 cri

minals might not be so plci AnJ some time since, in New Jerev. a si.

tm hi r violence, t int ought to have been punished with 4 nth, was puni-h d by

ttiree in one in;a:.re and in another by four years imprisonment in the oen-

ileutiarv, vfnere we presume they viil stay a few mouths, get religion, and

cme out sainte ! Ought we to be sur

prised lhat crimes increase? U. S. Telegraph. We are requested by a friend of mr. Ewing, one of oar Representatives in Congress, to state that the allegation in the Weekly Messenger, printed at Timer's Uetreat (not Vevay) in this state, that 'Messrs. Kinnard and Ewing are whole hog against the bank of the

United States," is, so far ash concerns

mr. Ew ing, totally destitute of founda

tion. Mr. Lwinc prefers the currency

of the existing bank to that of state inj sttutions, but prefers a national currency, issued by a United States bank, o-

vvhich the stales shall be only storkholf ders, acd under general regulations exercise the power and enjoy the prolit each stale in proportion to her popu tion. The reader will have perceive in our last paper, a resolution intcod ct d by mr. Ewing to ihe abovfc cflGLv This statement was niae a an act

justice to mr. Ewing, anj wfthout v

Mate Hank of Indiana.

The following i a brief epitome of the

I ink bill which wn reported tr tbe

Senate a few days ago, and ordered lo

be printed.

It provides for ten branches, and it?

char'er continues to the year 1859. Its capital is J . 600 000, one half of which to be owned by the state, and ihe other by individuals or corporations. The ra oital of each branch to be $ 160 000, Hefore any branch can be organized

$30 000 of its stock must be snb'tibed-

by responsible individuals or corrpora

lion, and $30,000 paid in tpecie, ihe

the residue .f tbe stock 111 two equal v.'

nual instalments. When the sum nt $30,000 has been paid in at any brain h the state subscribes hei jj 80.000 of stock

ihe expediency of extending the northern

boundary of the state of Indiana, so as tolgold mines of Georgia to the gold vaults embrace a "light tract of land (now at-of the bank from Col. Crocket wbip-

t ached to ihe territory of Michigan) south of the St Josenh river, so as to render

said river tbe boundary line from its

junction with lake Michigan, and allow

concurrent jurisdiction t Indiana at its

asoutli. On motion of Mr. Boon,

Resolved. Thai tbe committee on roads

and canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to au'linrise a survey of the two

White rivers in the state of Indiana, with a view to ascertain the practicability and

expediency of removing certain obstructurns to the navigation of those rivets. Un motion of Mr. Kinnard,

Resolved, I hat the committee oa pub-

and pays 60,000; the balance to be i lie lands he instructed to inquire into tne paid for in two equal unaal installments, jexpediency of embracing the state ol In. I in st i e give to any her citizens nhojdiana and the territories of Michigan and .holders tbe r A of having thir Uur-n. in one Surveyor' funeral's di

ping his weight in wild cat9 to major

Downing bastiiiading the British at Ma-

dawaska from Mr. Taney of the Trea

sury, to sir. Ziney of Pi imer fi otn Ata-1

bema squatters to psalm-singing Puritans '

from Carolina crackers to wooden meg venders from advertising bachelors to rrim. con. elopemenV from slander-poisoned paragraphs to pistolshooting duelists from Cincinnati pork

to ivrusseis lace trov the Yankee Poodie of the menagerie to the Dalla Ginia

of the opera Icom logic to physic From the Five Points to the Magdalen

Society from A. T. Burgundy to the

Newmarket races from Don Miguel to tueen Uabellc from the Jim Crow of

Mr. Kite to the gymnastics of Mi. Fuller from the collar press to the press on

tending toexpressp.ny pinion ourselvV

... ... jM;m OT a ijjuonai: bank. Ve will just ndtthat we have. Lie fullest confidence that. mr. Ewinj will pursue Hint course which he rwiy believe will best conduce- to the interest of tli country, without reference to

existing parties, Indianapolis Journal

A very severe storm and fresh was ex

perienced on the sea coast on the IGth

and I7lh ult. A Philadelphia naner

says, "it blew a hurricane for about

twelve hoars, the rain descending in torrents nearly tlw whole time." tlrcat damage was sustained by the shipping.

A considerable portion fhe city of New Yord was inundated with water. Such was the case also vt Alexandria,

Extract rf a letter from a gentleman A Philixlslphim, to his friend in tfiis ci v, dV ted liccember 20, 1833.

" Ho w is business, with'vmif I Tinnf

Ihe money marl et from Kendall real to it is otherwise than with us. Ourcity Aroos Kendall-from tb prent Magi- is in the ntmst consternation, The-