Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 19, Vevay, Switzerland County, 8 February 1834 — Page 3

WEEKLY MESSENGER

COXSTABTESThe election to he holden on the first Monday in Marsh next AT 11 AN I EI. MIX will he a canJj uidaie tor ttw off.-.e of Constable id Jefferson tow nship, at the ensuing dec turn, on the first Monday in March next.

OiiDF.CAl KKDU will also be a candidate for the same otlice. MF K. I.F.WlS will also bo a candidate f r the same office. EUY GEKARD will be a can dii'.atc tor "he same.' !i't"C. r N--.'er -iW ..-tV-t.'i .j-r-i-S '4Ii cirPrinter's ISvlre.it, Indiana. s VTUirrrrFi.UAItY8 1334' Switzerland Prolate Court wrli.L sit at the c- url -l"'e Ve; V, .niry next-being the sec' Wondav in l!ie month. c Kt: a rill ftl C )U' l 1.1113 it"" "jr ... . . - .1 111 ."i 111 l'A I 1.1 nroKPiit a -""'t IllABUH"" c l1""-" - I fair and accurate stitenieul of their epective want's estates. EUWAIU PA1TON, clerkVevay, January 1 8. Tlie last Middleburry Argus contains a notice to the inha Hants to meet f.r the purpose of adopting measures to exterminate the YVoh e WnirpixG Wivks Many gentlemen in our county, are gelling into tlie fahioiidMe habit of Whipping their "A ives, of late S..me persons, when they do a good or bad ir are fond of civioe the nanus of some ni-ichbor. who has aded in a like manner; j an,l,nKi. Iiow consoling it win ne to mrs. A.' while sporting a black eye, smarting wJir-ra lacerated hock ar.d shoulders, ..r. -while binding up a broken head, iidliclerl bv her Wind loving, husbami, for some de reliction l dutv on her part, such as neglecting to shut a dor to light a candle, gr some equally important and flaga:.l fault, U, s iv, I am not slne mrs. B. C. . and 1. have Ikh u ftvored with a like evidence of the kindness of their loving busbands Therefore, we wish to be luimshd hereafter. fr nuhbcation vvtin 1 tie f su h gentlemen. I,. en .w. preacbeo at Danville, Pa givins notice of liis intention to h Id forth reqiierte I the ladies not to bring their children Thinking it was enough to have one crving aloud in the wilderness, at a time It is reported th i; the president of oee of the Bo-ion banks has failed for between one aud two hundred thousand dollars A lad havir.g the misfortune to have her husband hvng himself on an apple tree, the wife of a neighbor immediately rame to besj a branch of that tree, I fcave it grafted in her own orchard; "for who Rnow?." said she ' hut il may beat the same kind of fruit " The Charleston Conner say-, it rain d mcesantiy at that plar for eight d;iys, and when they were hlesed with fhe light of the sun, the effect was betiu tiful. a- the ram had frozen on the treewith w hich the street aie lined, and thev h ' the appearance of variegated chry--ials. The Keesviii fwgo- stale that a me mortal to the legislature of New York joking for the charter of a Printers' bunL is in circulation. Mr. Ftlix Bench, a successful Agricul furalit of Ross county. Ohio, has heeidelegated by a society of that ttate, l repair to Engl aud for the purpose of pur chasing a stock of the finest cattle to bf ohtaroed, which i to be intioduced inn thi country for the purpose ol itnpiove isigr 'ior breed. There were 46 94 3 bairels of mack rel packed in dourest r. Maw. dunii: 1C32. In 1832, there weie 40,674 hai A Cincinnati paper says: "In this cit. there has been killed upwaids of one hundred thousand hogs, tins season They can boast seme of the greatest hogs ever known. During the month of December, there were but 12 deaths in Portland, Me including three bv falls and one by drowning Tlie eirgo of a new steam boat, belonging to iNa-hville, 1 enues-ee, bound lo NOrleans, was 3,500 bales of cotton valued t $175000 A case of spontaneous igfdlion oc: urred opou the plantation of col. Mactnm ua, near S ilisbury, N. C. Some " 7 , " ' l""! Mp in balls and lld away 111 a ha ket, ca iqht lire, and am? very near burn j rg down the house rv? f rt Ihil larl han ivukJ .

An American Eagle, measuring 7 feet across the wings, was brought to ihe ground last week, in tan neighbor

hood ol Harford, Conn. , Letters from Wshington state lnal the Senate will not confirm the nomin ation of Mr. Taney, the present Secre tary oi the treasury, that ne will reuie? and that Mr. B. T. Butler, the present Attorney General, will take his place. A New York paper states that four treasury warrants, for $50,000 each, have been sent to the U. S. Branch bank of the Metropolis at Washington. There wer 209 convicts in the Ohio Penitentiary, on the 15lh Movember, 1S33 17 ol whom, were foreigners. & the others natives of twenty dillerent slates. Two old Dutch women, lately from

llollad v. ere the lions at the President s -J . " v V late levee at Washington. They were figcd) W idtam Judder, pres t. d.essed in slioi t petticoats, thick soled Has u;e.i returned to the general, and -o shoes, red stockings and mob caps, and 'mnch thereof, as acquits snid maj r, apcomp'etelv eclipsed the foreign minis- The crnrt ay.s, t,,ev .,ad n.. 1 . 1 0 tinnsi to show that sade John Altit-v

ters, !tfc. The Baltimore Chronicle of Saturday states that an establishment in that city lias diMiiissed about one hund

red woi ktnei:, and thai a ship carpen-,mvn

ler, herelotoi e intensively engaged in business, now employs none out apprentices. Il is staled that the number of deaf &. cltl uth persons in the state of Maryland, isa J to be 48 of which 14 belong to the j i'b' ol Baltimore. Of" which twelve are ea i.,catt"u' 1,1 the Pennsylvania instilution, at"' lne expense of the state. The niini..'r f g'dlons of wines imporlcd,intothts .'.ountry.during the year 1SV2, was5,32t.. tnUt mn w,,- he duties amounted 1 0 837,346 33. An eruption between ,he governments of Fr nice and Sweden, t ,n 'e T tnsly apprehended, the commercial le latmn being carried on li ' onular a gents, all diplomatic correpf . ni'e,,ce 'e tneen the two courts havi Hred. ig Cfc On the 5ih iiiis., a li..rii-ad IearK V county. I.y , E-q Ms. dlt'org ll'H&hitlgfOii KHpp, o-f.. ,U, to Ail?- JLUCfi'iii a-ed Until 'f jf V AY, IM)1A.A. B. hereby respecifuil, iih-.miii- tin.' public, that 11. ..a- icccuii eomii.torvo me manuiaclure of . . 1 .. 1.1 i I'wr and Uoul IltiTS. in ihe brick ii 'p, l..i iin r! i-ccnpit d i.y Ira Metideidiail . un l eriy sliest that he inteii'is to keep up the establishment with a constant supply ( HATS, of the best qna!nv. His custoiiiers a e thcretore.snlicited to contribute their support to his estab lishment. The highest price will lr- given, i: rash, for any qnantity of FURS, deliver ed lo him at Vevav, J- 8. KEKPEli. Vevay, Feb 1. Police. The state of Indiana, Svritzcrland co. SS. VINCENT DUFOLU,) lomctic vs Allni-h-VWI.LIAM KF.EX. meul. w OllCL is hereby niven. that on tlie 2;lh t( Deccmher, IS33, a writ ol Duinesti!; Atlachment, was issued by me 1 .eorge Land, a justice nf the tieace, in and for said county f Switzerland, at the instance of Vincent Dufour, against the g orts anl chatties, credits and effects nf 'illiam Keen, by virtue of which writ wo bushels of wheat has been attached as the property of William Kern, nnd that on the '-ioth davof Feb. 1834, at my 'dike in York township, in the county of Switzer land aforesaid, I will proceed to hear and decide upon said attachment.!' which said William Keen and all other persons con- ' erned will take notice. GEORGE MiSn.rSeal.) Feb. 8. Justice of the peace TAKEN UP, Y JOF.L THUS; IN. living in Posey township, .Switzerland couny Indiana. One Wood Boat, 0 feet long and 12 feet .vide, poplar gnnoels, a cabin on the stern nnd a skillet in the cabin had on hoard a steering and two side oars. Appraised to 312 50, bv Jo sephs Lillard and Henry Vanpelt. Re fore me, this 1st day of tnbmrry 1834. AKilsEK T AZLAY, J. P. Pleasant View, Yebruary 8. TAKE UP, y a en it y vanpelt. livm t Patriot, Switzerland county, Inda. a 1 i.t of Twelve hewed Pine Logs, From 45 to 53 leet in length. .Appraised 3 1) Ku anr-iatAr ltn..liia WT . . r M, l.aughlin Betore me, this 27th day nf January, P 24. AttliriuT GZLY, J. p. Pleasant Yw, Ir'ibrary 8.

BRIGiV.DS ORDHEt. TENTH. BRIGADE OF IGUANA Mtl.lTI.V Pnyiters Retreat, Feb. 3, 1834.

The final decision of tne brigade court

-Imartia, of which colonel wniiam ""cuajH president, and the following officers

were members: Colonel J hn F Siebenthul. Captain David Sctidder, James Mcllenry, Eden Edwards, Philip B.-tiens,j.in. Daniel J. Sheldon, Lieut. Isaac Matis which decis on is in the words following After due consider the cort dis .iiss the sade John Alfrey from the charges now exhibited against him for the tnis reeon the prosecutors did not aten, nor no one else to prosecute the charge and the cort !mi nothing to show thut sade John Alfrey hud been arrested accordir to ate, and the cort thar fore sade John Ahry w.tuout bad neen ariestetl according o law." I his shews, in what a care!es9 manner, a court composed of high military otfi ers under oath, act on a solemn and important pait of their duties a t tal disregard to their previous proceedings and record: fo jthoir previous proceedings that the major. tiled the plea of not guilty, in his owo h.md writing, and asked f.ij a c-ntinuance of the trial. His plea and request was as foh twa: I'lie state of Indiana,! The defendant, vs pleads XOT GUILTT, J hn Alficy. ) to the cliar.e. and moves fur a continuance unti the 30 inst. Having a legal call which compels him to be out uf the at tins time. JOHN ALFKEY The said court i iierehy dissolve!Bv order of brigadier general William C Keen ' ISAO CHAABLMRI.IN, aid. vgwtc Ovde.v. tfnth ehigaoi: of inpiana mii.itt. Printer's Retreat, January 18 1831. The several n.-giriiei:t.- i:liiiihs:d lui'rade will he mus'ered and at such place;,g the commandants of each may designate, on the following dajs: The 3 r g- on liinsday, October 9. 13: h dt S.ituiday, ilo 11 15 h 4fe h 55 ii 6C:h do iIond.i', do t it,, Friday, do 10 Tues.iay, do " d vetesdav. lo i vil,jaM c.'keen. Jfe': .'.uiier O-neral W VD immr dialclv, hy the sub scribe an Ik '."N inousti ious,so"t: " with a family. A 1,0 tuiilerstauds b.'i mg generally, aiid tlx ra sing of stock, vVc. Sucli a man. who w n rome wen re ci m

ded, will be en.'l hned one or, morM. (i-ph,v ihe virtues of bis dic.

mi years. Apply nt '""p"" v.uuun .1 1- 4 i township, Switzerland c.'""i.V, mm ana. ItOBEBT N. CCC'11KAN. January '25. Barking Dog- U.V n very h"t puueluie on the si.le of tlie nec k of a do'g, skillful giirgeon ran divide a nerve w h.'ch controls the vibrations of ife vocal coil's and thus forever prevent the animal Irom uttering bis charactei itic voice. 1 ne ceieoraieu uaviu irocKet na lately written the editors uf the Na l tonal intelligencer a denial of the mar riage of his daughter at Columbia, Tcnn, a while buck, lie adds, that -'there's a heap of Crocketa in that state, but none ot them of his blood A a I II . I vi an inquest nei.i in London on me body of a man who had been accidentally -hot by a gun in the hands of a boy, the jnrx returned a verdict against the gun. which was ordered to be broken up. At intelligent dozen of "plain English good seoee, no doubt. A correspondent whose name i a snflicienl guarantee fnr his arenracv has been curious enough lo note Ihe num b r ot deaths, by violence, lerorded in our paper during the year IC33. The lollowmg statement shows (he icsult of nisi obsei vations: Mniders, 434 Suicides, 4g Shipwreck, 2157 He inform? us. moreover, that in five other papers to which he subscribes, he finds about an equal number of murders. ind a greater number of suicides, in tin ame space of time, none of which are mentioned in ours. If his calculations are light, accounts of neatly nine hundred murders in one year, have come under his single observation, and a large portion of thrfse ate alledged to have been committed in the United States Phis, as he well remarks, "is a fuhject for the reflection of the philanthropist. and the legislature. Saturday Courier. It has been fully ascertained that an extensive robbery of the mail has been committed at Milton, N. C. by roan na med John Brace. He left Mil ion on the 27th for Danville, bat ha since nrtived id ibis city, vberti be obtained Mftoo for

a check takrn from a letter of h recent t

j-te He i repre-ented us a stout, pol i ty man, of annul i7 yeais of age and very neat io his dress and appeaiance. During the last month, Georgia was visited by a very vrr siorm, which strewed the roads whit tires so hs to ; it render them almost itnpasable. The number of trees which were removed by tl.e assistance of the passengers by theMa can staee was about one thousand The wiiter caures were wdn and inundated the country, and the roar and crashir.g of the falling trees is dei nbed to be of moot alartnu.g nature Cfcievedo (says the N. Y Standard) ha a pretty conceit, which runs somewhat in this way: 'A prudent mother, in discoursing on modesty to hi-r lUughter. jays. There is nothing so gtacelul -s a ilowncast expression ot the eyes. When vou meet the me. d' not stare in their faces, but c t yir eyes on the ground. for it ill "lit!' the modesty ol your eex to meet the voluptuous glanr.es of their.' A ord. dear mothei.' aid ihe. arch gtrl, Yon; notions are somewhat aoliquated and I will prove to you that thy are entirely inconect. In the beginning, man was made from ihe earth, and it is proper fi him to look on the tlay from which he sprung; but woman was made from man, nd he should always hve her eve tixeri on tlie neing Iroiu whom die was created.'" Whe'her the moth er gave tip the argument, Ihe gieat Spanish humoiibt gays not. but the an swer would stagger a phylosophcr. It has been ascertained by aseariesol experiments 111 England, that the we:ght of atmospheric air was cnnsidvi ai-iy crreater Uuriu the 1. ievalei.ee ot the c holti a in that country than usual ly which it would appear that some heavj loieign body had heeu oido-ed through. Ihe l er regions of the atmosphere .1 hou'. that period, and tva in touie way connecleJ with that di-ea-e. Pauperism. A Canada naner say84it is unttei sio-.u mat government lias oai gained to hung out a hunciieil thousami polish (:inipti- irom the three kmguouis next season, locate them en l.tinis, give ihein dieds, take bonds and iiioiigages, ami thus trnliiiiiClltd, Canada diutpaliy like, marshii them on tu the elections. I lie pierpecl is leally gluumy lor ihte inleptotieul iieetiuldcis.' "Timotby," said a certain grocer to his (Ink, -fit joined the leniperance society, u ud It Wiiu'i look well lo sell liquor in lulure, be lure I. Iks. Urn il any persons call for any, you uiust take them niio the haik rnofti." " '1 his breathing world." It is stated in toreign prints, tnai ao ingenious pain san lias invented a eub-tatice whi. h in coloi, i-.nuess iind eia-iihiv, exncliy if.6fm.ti numan n-sh. I h it he mihi very to ulV"aoiage, he has modkd a pictuie Ihe ewperoi ja..oleon. who is ienie senteci reclining on a couch, apparent ly asleep1 J be motion nf re-pnation is so closely urn luted as to give to ihe figure (he appearance ' breathing, as though in a gentle slui.nl r. Though this etlecl is nearly mechanical, 1: is tanl lo as the alln-ion J bp mvenfor ceolares I h is object to be that o '(finishing mo. ll of the human figure, bu(, or any other portions, either in a beaiihy ur moihid latc, teeembling iile asnafly Ai possible. 0 0 Avarice. A neighbor once rEfused an other Ihe privilege of his rpring. He was Ihos compelled to dig a well, by means of which he accidentally tilled op a vein which supplied his neighbor's. Thus avarice often defeats itself by its nn meannesn, and our enemy as frequently benefits us an injures himself. An nfiVerof a disbanded regiment ap. plying to the paymaster of Ihe forced for 'is arrears, told him he wadin ihe most extreme want. The treasurer. Feeing him nf a joval and rudy aspect, told him that his countenance bebed hid complaint. For heaven' sake, my lord, said the. officer, do not mistake; the vi-tge ynii see is not mine, but my landlady's; she has fed me on credit above twelve months. Cm a man's pocket be empty,' inquir ed a Hibernian the other day. when i'ts gol any thing inil?' 'Surely not.' was the reply. 'Then ' renin.' Vt t, pockets are not empty yet, for surely. trive they not gol thundering jreal holes m theai. A morning eofemprary has the following notirw of a notice. 'The Norfolk Beacon in it?, notices to cnrrespoi,. dents, sais that Truth on a Rail AW shall soon appear.' We are glad lo see (he old lady accommodated wilh so ra pid 11 conveyance. She has beer, raveling heretofore upon crutches.' Amongsl the petitions .or (he change of name prestnted lo the Maine Legis lalure, is one from John Goodale,for the change of Ihe names of his wife and children. Mr, Gorda!e r..

hm.gpd to Good ale, but unfoi lunate"

'y his wife and chiljien were not inclu ded in the ait, mid their names i tn;tu tied V oodcot U ! John P.ivi-!, was ton the 0"h in(. eletted Governor if IViasarl ntu. , -,, , - , ,, of Representatives, and Marcus Morton received 99. These i.:.ire wne seat up tl, t(e efMi;,,e H,..i j);,uOI( tt for. The result whs Divis 30 Mrtoii 4. A i rti-t i orj aid Lathrnp are tptnned ' the fe'Mia'e cai'd"i;H!e f Ueiit. G.ivernor. The Senate wt re to c hocse on Fi iday. O i opejiiue Ihe mii wbi h arrived on J :!eiiav morning at P w inK i in iVew Oi leans, it was discovered iiat upwards of m hundred lctictg, ontaiiictl in two buridle. w ere missing. he postmaster has adopted measures lo ascertain whether I hey weielosior siolen. Forbes, tho murderer of Col Brailsford, was haoged at D-Tiien, G on the 27th. A few minutes before the execution lie attempted to cut hia hroat, Rtid appeared on the scaffold ovetcd with blood, lie refused to ufTer a tap over hi- face; i.d used the. most profane language to those arouod. lie was swong ' If with a half uttered curse upon hi lipj. The Philadelphia Bnk, between ihe horns of losing on Saturdav afternoon, arid the opening cf'tf.e driers on Mondav, was robbed r.f pr. h. il.lv about &ixly four thousand dollars, in Bai k notes. Among the note taken, we un derstai'd. were about thiity eight hundred dollars Dovlstown hank, in iily an equal amount of the Bark at GermHiitow i , a. d a ronsiderable umount in Trent n noe?. The rest wa in notes ol Philadelphia banks; including those ol every denomination except thousand and five hundreds. The number of fifties stolen is very small. After gelling within the hank, the roher o u-i have opened, with false ke)s, the three doors of the vault one ot Word and two oi iron, and also ;he iron chest in which thr nctes are kept. A'l ihtse doois wr.rc found loose when, the vault was tint v isiti d - Two thildren were burnci within a lew days, at Easton, Pa., In (le Ite. cessary absence er their moThere. O of the liltlo sollt rer lived m great torture tl it ee or foui day? fup. rings Ihe other happily !.,(ed ,, a vh ,,,5. frequent and melancholy hare be n the warnings in ihosu case; and ifMlo titers mutt to out on ibr ,1 , ---sai-v tu- - sli.es of ihe 1,-imiK, lt would e heller ,eveuatn Uni'tiVrnience, to lake ii;t jf helpless children with them, than leave them exposid lo so destructiuve elcmtnt as lire. The Nrw Yoik Jotimnl of Cca ofj,mro" minks that the exigencies . the 1 : mes require Ihnt the U. 6. B.nk be chartered, or thai a new bar k be .- thorised. Thai paper m. ' On the whole, ihe prospect is dec'icedjy favorable !o the eslfibli'hment nf a ha,jon. ai hank without delay either a new one here, or Hie rerewal cf the old ore at I hi hdelnhi;i. Tie fcMl . - the question would at once relieve the commercial commui tfj r it w0m' put an ,.d to Ihe causes of ihe piefent iinbaria.-iUK-nl." The freqijorcy with which sfage nccidenl nnnr, has created much con cern in the community, R,.d no small! afflictions inrfividu dlv. Those atciderds are Ihe result of various raiisrc. snch as the rarle.ness of the driv.r. (he shyness of tlv horses. &c. To rm . vide for Ihe safety of the passengers i ne latter cafe, Mr. J. H. Slownrt. Knuckle street, in ibis city. ba invr-ni. ed a sprint rhrb kv. ...!,'; ..1, i, 1.:. . , - - . - v. ix , it , , 1111 ii inn mi )( wheels ran bit stftpprd. and which i ti tne perlect disposal of any of l padsencerp. w ho can. br availini? thr.r -'l es of it , prevent accidents vb ,1 "if peiirraiiy produced by the "tr nia ageableness of the horses. Mr-'o'uart is possessed of considerable n' , 1. . , 1 'iJII'ICnl cpniua, and is the patent' oc of ti edobo srrew slandirp rr' e -1- 1 so l..hly approved of by V i .ters. A. ?PrnY7-k, rT r rrvr, that our hfest Lechsb a, F-.rm h dates arc MKfv days eld. nnd f - . v- . . '"''t no I.rgluh pa-r-ers have been rer. ;..-,! r,r ,...' five dsvs. Tbi, , V j.is iiaiin, neen otserved by our ,M , rotn ,(,.lv have been l? Ke n up by domestic affM s.ncc tW.o mpnrcme.,1 of (,f. piP.(tt session ,,f 'OoPress. Tl-.ree or four y niro, tiC faverpo.,1 pu.s. of of the winter or e,v p,i BiOTHins Wp rviliot exnetly s ,v vtbidi M lived a 1 NVw York in romiMnv wilh 1. . ... ' w io?u inni saiivo a month Jtlcr. A VOUP.e lawyer. v I10 was .ilmml lisrnurnrpd of gelling a living by hi profession, entered into Ihe tanning b. iness; a gentleman one day nskrd him 4 w hy he (anncd for alivin-" ..(1t nave, skinned Ion? enough, and notv

tus oouoeu, anJ was last winter1