Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 24, Vevay, Switzerland County, 22 March 1834 — Page 2

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3iajr .Yaek tJowiiisig's i ORilESPONDENeii 43 Ty wW frfcn-i Mr. Dzn'ght, of ike jSiac York Didtii .i dvzrtu-er.

Wasii!t,1i,n. 14 freb. 1834. ivip.r since i have been io trie gcv-; erhmfMit, I never h ve b-:d so much on !?: hands as 1 have since I wiote you ny last leifer. Folks are pourin in here from -dl quarters, aiid bringin peUlionsauci meuioria. seme on em jest Rsnnub as m man can it:!, and when they c.me to s'reieb them out they I;ii-r nil Congress. Most of nil ir:. Commit :ees thai tome - ll ' f" iireseutin lh;rr! ! !lv GenCiai has kci.t me b.jr - lit I kii vo-.i The lint and highest c. r ;:n:it oathe here w..3 fi n the H1iv Vo;ic Merchants and liHl-i ! tHPd th.- General, says I, r. -xv G-r cT'-i : our U:ua to brush m ow ;t rot Irn i--' a: owtiy fjr, ays I. i'-', : !f! N ..; a York- '- e. -ii -" - --j: 'ii? tr' -Tijetl bil'iaear e.r3 evt ' :'.- ."leri- at lb: jms -a three Uie mud far nothiit, iy I; and as they are comiti to see u to-moi low. we h.-ller spring to it no', say ! General, and get evry thing cit n -1 ;ri-d f-r esn; and so i and the G vjer-ii vcm !o v.)'k makin a kinder ehirn ligV on';, i .-e pretty quick it iVi'i!'i!:it do, f ir 'ne ginuial would ty right otf t:,, trc .d!--. and talk HOout glory, and Ar.-c Orleans and Reform, and abc it h:s ruzhii, and his governficut, ani ti. grcit csprriincni , and TYi id Jt ;v :.iOA!tg in.' ninlc and Squire Hi id! aii to Sdi. iters. Naw, uy? I. yi": i i . ;int wont do at all, says 1; h-r.n ihe kind of folks to talk to -,; !.'is '; iM.t come liere o talk about Uior . ::.t-v haieeol enougn ot 'hat r! Pa-. i, i N'-'.v Yrk aireadv, and re lonn too. s i 1 V".y, says 1, Gineral, m friend Z-'itcl Diiilow ti-ih me there !? - m icii uf iitut in Nw York, that fJks ae hiaki-i all to bits there, and it has crowded every dollar out of trade. Now, ays I, I t;uess the best way for us is to hear what these New Yorkers have got to say, and then bow em i'lf as quick aa possible, and dont sk - -a any questions, and they won't a-k - any .for if they ust us on that I, we il go bump n snore i; aod so the cinera! bcg in to think that was the best way, j n'.u ii ne w.is so say any ming in reply :"l Would be odd story and the giuiuftt .V.A3 tell'd ttiat over so often, that I t!iik he could say evrv word ont in the next morniri sure etr.if, 1 em co;riin, and 1 teli'd the gineral, nnct he took id stand in the middle ot the rrm uni I stood a lectio ahead on fr.m, wixt in n and the door and in thf t m- tei lor all the world as folks com" to meelin, and I tum'd to and intr.-.d'ired them o the gineral, and we sh-vik h m-ls all round. Tiic gineral I pi-igy tiinmn in such times he was mad eouth ta snap Ms hickory right ia two pieces, but he put on a plagy g od n atur' I 1 )jk, ai.d as soon as .vc threw sha'i -u ;:a-ds, one on em a raie spuaky jooktu critter, jest about sich another looking chap as Squire Ij:dd!, and lalk'd about as glib aoout monv mat-n ae sep'd oui and spoke for the rect on em, and hi- went oo now jest as rool as tuongh he hadn't lo?t a dolftr since we hegun the war. He wa- neivil !;-i., n ,ou" ever see; he' teli'd the gineral prett) mucn how! lhi-is: Wa u irkio, and h -w they were J going to work; and when he came to fpoak of tV giiteiaPs grand exptnmut, i)e t i 'd him pritiy plain il w-juldn'. . k riglil. The gineral was jest a gi.i i let him nave his notions, but I puil'd hin a twicii by the eoat, and he sto.iM; hut as soon as he got threw an l low!d, the gineral began nod tell'd him the first go oti he was mhtaken thai there wam't a man in ths hull state of Tennessee know'd half so much aboui banks and banking and trade as In -'id and so long as he was Piesi-'ei.t ) "d let folks know what was the real nv-- .io of " government." 'Biddlt was a inoiistrr and so was the hank. Calhoun was a tascal, and so wai C'. , Webster, and McDotlii- and the huil raft of the opposition; and what p.i7,z!-i him most, was lo find out which wa- in biggest rascal, the hank or any oj.e vi litem other feliows. and to-d pet um all dawn atore he was done w itii em. Haint 1 saved the coun try, say ;he gineral, more than 50 t.in. g it it htdu l been lor me, says h-', the iofMus would now be in A all si i, t a, sk ilpui all on yon, and the Brit in woui.l he all over Kentucky, and Tennessee and Vi'gir.n)." And so 'be gineral went on, and I couldn't stop lim till hP got right into "glory," and I thought tWK! begt lo begin to bow me folks off, and by th- time the- gineial got threw, he and I had it all to ourselves, and we sat down; the gine ral hi: w a good deal struck up and heat ou., but he is as tufi as all natur, Hnd can g threw jest sich a tug evry day. ony give him a leetle time to take wind; and so he took of his specks, and went to riihbin em, and we begun to talk aii. ut u. Says he, Major, I reckO't 1 !vo -kiery factious that time,dn! it f. Yot 'i-tV!i the Hner . 1, 1 usked cm t,o ..licnions, nui thai

kept Ihisgs ?nu. Do you know, ma jor, says the ginerat. 1 djd'nt iikc thf iook of that follow a bit who did all

the be talking for his companion? did foil uoderetat.d,$rajnr!5iS that he tidi'u ibonti jajs the gineral. Preity con?iderafcle,said !. And so 1 lell'd it all

over tu the giiicral in my own waJ ,v;..jll and scrape ont, over on my '1'riend funds and public deposiie if obtained, Well, says the fjtt.eral, I am gia J jSwrtwout'a meadows in Jersy. Ill let 'may examine the u8 did'iit understand hirn, for no';, as )ouiyouknow that I'm tryin an expermcnt, the branches, and may make all neccssatcll it, it stumrs me tonsL.eiable. The and will try it; come what will I've said r3' by laws to carry their powers intoe. general he gat still n moment and be I would.and right or r.ng HI do it, if feet.

tt coop' on hi? tinners: and toil right s.,js ,e, nifij-r, who waa that? Wi;t Bays I liinTal, he is the ?on cjf a man I've heard you tell or, :i th.j?arid tirriej. And as soon a I spoke the

nam-:, the ginernl t irtd op ami savsiplnpy sad and heay to see folks come

he tv ijor, lis vinpospible viat tbe sou he w s always one of rry best friends, t.-,d u-h iuM the kind of man I liked

he wr4 a Hrm as a earnit, and knowdiof the C onaressmen trom York

rn re .ibut hank and all public mat (ers than any man I ever met he n;i. a rale patriot and an honest man.--Well sa I gineral, that you said; and I have a iiot.io i too he was in favor ot a National Bank, and jest sich a one as wq iot now. That is true esiotif, -avs the t;!nral. hut that was when I tlud o too: folks nvit change tlif-ir oyo.i

ion.j, mijor, when "the gvvernmtndout, and let our folks have a hollow-

chingee theirn, Well says I. 1 did.i't think of that, f wish, says the gineral, I'd a kn wn who that c h ip w a, I'd a mad" him shake in his shoes for darin to jine them rascally merchants and traders agtn my experiment. I gucs says I general, that would'nt a been an easy job, for I kept my eye kept m eye on that criller the hull time, and kepi tliinkin ail the while of what I've hearn you say about his father, ad thinks I "that's a rah: chip of the old block." Hat says 1, gineral, we've go! more work lo morrow agin; there's another committee from New York, bringin another mile of nanvs, nil mechanics, says 1, rale hard fisted fellows. Wiiat, says the gi'e-ral, Mechanics, major!! And he spi ung up-and dan ted round tike a bov. Tf.. n are the tellowe, major, says he, si rait from Tammany Hall, says the gineral, now you 11 have another story in jor. None of vour traders and Merchant for me; there aim a spark of patriotism in the hull on em; hat the M'ichanh give me the mechanics; and now major, turn to and get a table weli ispfead and dinner oo it. al 1 2 o'clock, .lhr.ls the rod workman' hour dinner hour; nod let u put on our old co.r.s and dont shave to-morrow. (The gin era! is plagy cunt. in in sich matters.)

bo nexi day 6nre emif in tuey ome,irlso had its intJiei.ce in the adoption ol

,;ol we tumor! to ctt'.ltin hr,r-Ja. Ai...;!ihe plan ui-vjsed tor the bank. By re my friend, sa s the gineral, these are j furring to the map or the slate it w ill he the hands 1 like to shake: no glove ! seen nhat iis commerce and busioCRS mu?t

work here; you are the men to tell Congress what to do; ;id, says tlie

gineral, any man in ollii e from Iheltiade, by diffcicnt route, to Cincinnati President downward, ought to mind jTne southern part aie accomuwdated by what you tell em." And the gineralithe river Obio, the welern have the he he walk'd roui d among em and shook jnefil of the VV.ibah. and ihe i.,rthern of hands agin, and slap'd em on the shoui-' ihe Maumee and Lake Blichi'gan. Ac ders; and took a quid of tobacco from jcordingly theie is no pomi in the t;tr one oo em, and gin another a eliaw out i c:lcolutc.i lo command the busine ot of his own box; and was as happy a extend il acquaintance over a.iy considyu eer see and spiy as a cricket too. Arable portion of its surface, and it is not Now my friend, says the giner-.l, let "i,le i 'gular that in locating the brau talk over public matters; and with that ! rl,cs of our bunk onlj r three of t tern should one on m slept oat and spoke for the;bfe situated in the intei ior of the state,

iet, and I never in my born days heard a critter f his look and trade lain a!out rank and money m uter; and he begin back nvoe than 30 J ear.

when he was a preritii", and come up aM,have l,:Cn extremely didicult, under such

ilong, and he did shave down and saw up party me.iruies and parly lolks, and dove tail d matter so, the gineral was! t-tuu'd ; the ginetal walk'd up to him and made I'higv ngiv faces at h m but the critnr went on and talk'd right up to the gineral, and there want a lump of sugar or a drop of lie in the hull ont. As soon as he siop'd, the gineral gave him a hard look, and say he Stranger, what's your tiade?" "A master rarnentcr. sir. aid he. I vas your friend, jjinerat, and evry man I employ'd was also, and we tuck to ymi till the measures of your admir.is traiioo have driven us out of emph'v, and here's a blacksmith, and a rope-maker." Ami so he went on pretty much threw all trades.. lt gives us pain, gineral, to tell you that our families and here he siop'd he tried to speak, but he couldn't: he lurn'd and walk'd to the window, and come back and tried it agin and as soon as he'd come to speak about unemploy'd workmen and their families, he'd choke right up, and his lip would quiver 60, i was jit agoin to step right up and tell the gineral what this man wanted lo ay : b it he got on to right himself, and wonnii up by bringin bis tit down on the table. I had a notion it would go rite thro, Hnd ihe ginerals hat on the table bounced up I tell you : aud says he, "there must be a change, gineral." The gineral didn't like the looks and talk of this critnr mgh as well a ihe merchant and traders man the day afore. He tried em a upell with glory and reform," but that did'nt do no good, am! that got the gineral's dander up loo, and so says he, '-Strangers, the

next time you come to talk with the go rh9 bi(Hnj may ,mit ,hfi oan. fthel vernment,1 you must get your iepresen.'iir.ulC,,os H,ier they exceed once and a tntivp to come with vou." biit thev telPd Ci.rtl. the onrk .....d .. mv renuire re.

ti e f-iceral ihey had .ouo, a..- bd'nt

had aSy for a lon uhile: but thry would atcr next election

Tbe guief.-i took the hint in annuit;

land says he (for be was plagy &trutk,f"r ref'itnrig to pay debts or mismanage jup by it) if vvjU dare change any ofjmeol or any gnr;d caiTe, may curpend the your reprr"' atives at the next dec-!oneration "of aoy branch eelt,e 11 ul

tioi ' ,,1 one I'll nut vour citv. the di ten thousand Spanish Inauisitions. ! And now- strangers clear out and go home; and as soon as the gineral put on his hat, they put on Iheirn, and walk'd out; but it did make me teel llll C-T lilt; Uliuuiu vJ l Hiuii- n emu go home empty handed. The gineral was in a pesky bad temper all day and j so was I; but Mr. Van Burcn and some!

rmp. In .i.ul made, clear weather aLnnJhy the solvent tiranclies.

by tellin us they expected evry minitl T furnish the capital for each branch another committee from New York,ofi"dJa'' ra,,?t euhcr.be lor 1.600 the rale stuff, and no mistake in cm. and !sn" $ each ol wmch b18 75

right strait from Tammany Hall loo, and they read over the names. Well says the gineral, this somethin like; and now, says he, the test way would be. when thev come, to let Congress day. Well sure eul they imecome, and we've had some on em here, but I ha.it got time to tell you about itln this letter, but will in my next. J. DOWNING, Major, Downtngville Militia, 2d Brigade. From ihr Indiana Journal. TIIK STATE liA.NK. OF INDIANA. .tfrssrs Douglass and Migwre: I beg leve to submit through your columns a brief ketv:h of the charter of the State Bank of Indiana, with such explanationas will, I trust, render it intelligible Something of the kind appears to be cal led for, as th charter itself is very long and requires more attention to understand it than many have time to give. The general interest that i felt on the subjert occasions mure call for mfonna iifii man can be answered separately, so that this may be considered us a reply to 'such communications as are not otherwire attended to. The constitution of the state prohibit? the incorporation of a.iy bank cxcr.pt a state bank and branches, not exceeding one branch for any three counties, and no branch can be established unless there be subscribed and paid in specie by indi viduals thn:y thon-and dollars as part of the stock of such branch. The peculiar situation of tin tate it is presumed, has uecessaiily lake very diiYerent directions. The VVhileuater teeiou and ea?ten nail while the other seven are located ou its cr.V confines, and it i probable that the ... i. . ... . . i, . i i ;iv iicreancr 10 oe ci lousneo win oe ! 'tmlaily situated. It would theref.ue circumtaaces, to have constituted Mich j a parent oank as conhi, salis-t ictoi ily and prcMtably, regnl ttc all the movements ot . 'he brunches The plan adopted it is ! confidently believed will not be liable to he aflected by local jealousies, or rufluen oed by political considerations. That the state,may, at all times, be a ble to ascertain the situation of her luter trst in the concern, it i provided that the !egi!ature shall elect the President f the parent board for live yeais and lour Diiectora for four jears, one however giut-g out of office every year. Thiv board is to appoint their own clerk, lo cale the branches in districts pointed oui in the charter, appoint commissioners b receive subsciiptions of stock lor the hranche. appoint three directors foi each branch, and are the commissioner of ihe Sinkin? fund. They also procure the bank paper for ihe branches which is to be signed by their president but lo ne countersigned at the proper branch. All tbe other duties of the parent bank are performed by the whole board of Direc tors, w hich, w ith tbe four above mention ed. is composed of Delegates from the branches; each branch electing one, so that the whole number will be fourteen, and hereafter sixteen. The branches being responsible for each other, in case of failure, hut not participating in each other' profits, the directors elected by the stale, can have no common inter st ex cept the welfare and prosperity of the whole concern, and as this board cannot jnvtke discounts they will have no power to exercise any political influence i ports from branches at leastooce a montb,

tmt cllener if hectsary ; may adjti-t th

accounts t'Ctwcfeen ttau;-.he3; may permit one branch to loan to another branch; .s insolvent; bey may eqnjhz toe Hate AN the discounts arc to he made solely A'! "'Y" P k T V. through the branches. Each branch M I elect its own directors, except the three before mentioned, and divides ita own prorits; and when any branch tails after its directors who are in any measure culpable are first made liable, then the pri vale stockholders to the amount suneorie(. anrl thcn Uie 8ta,e "oCK 10 ,ne """en, l " at,y fiance sun remam must he paid on each ehaie previous to the banks commencing operations, and t e balance in two annual inntalment. If the stock requiied from individuals be subscribed by responsible persons at any of the bianchss within thirty days after the books are opened, the state will make a loan sullicient to enable it to subsciihe for an equal number of shares and pay in '.il 23 on each share, so that each branch on commencing operations will have in its vauits eighty thousand dollars in specie. The State will also boirow ihe sum of 40,000, ter each branch in one year, aud the atne amount in two years, of which a portion will pay her second and third instalments, and Individ, uals, subscribing stock may have their second and third instalments paid by (he state, on their state by mortgage of dou ble the value of real essite without im provements. to pay the amount in 19 yeais with interest annually The capi tal stock of the branches may be men-ashy individual subscription of stock, with the assent of the legislature and the di rectors of the state hank. The loan made by the state is to be redeemed in uot less than twenty nor more than thirty years The charter is to continue iu Ion e uutil the lirst ol January 1 859. Such parts o ihe state loans as arefnot applied inpayment of stock or loaned to individuals to pay their instalments, and all divideuds not required t pay inter est on the loans, are to constitute a sink mg fund, to be loaned out on mortgage, 'for such term and en such interest as the CommisEiorici8 ofthet fund shall deter mine. The bank is never to have more debt due thau twice lis i apital paid in, hut as the brunches may accommodate each oth er, and as tbe folk season, when the great discounts are needed, conies on at ihe Ohio river m November and Decembei and on the Wabash, iu February .ud Match, while in the interior the purchases of hogs and cattle for fattening are generally made still lalei, aud the take trade does not commence until a sub sequent period, there does noi scctn much difficulty in managing the whole concern with no lit to the stockholders and advantage to the stale. No other bank can be created in the !tate until the year 1857, when our pop illation will, iu all probability, be a mill ion and a half. One additional branch is authorised to be established in one year and another in three years, making onl twelve that can exist until the charier shall expire. There seems not so much reason lor the inquiiy why a hank is uow created to accommodate a population ot half a million, as why the subject has not soon m excited public attention. The expe ritneut will Le tried, and for the future c redit and welfare of the state, it is all mportant that it shoulJ fall into Ihe bel hands Ten bram hes have been located where books will he opened for the subscription of stock, from the seventh of April lo ihe enth of May. inclusive, and where the n.ck is subscribed, banking operations v 1 1 commeuue as soin as the loan is et tectcd and other preparatory proceed ingshad, which it is supposed will not be completed till August or September ext. Of the places selected lor the lo cation of branch??, Indianapolis, Lawrenceburgh. llicbmond, Madison New Albany Vincennes, Tene-li.iutc, Lafay ette, Bedford, and Evamville, six of (hem contain a population of more than two thousand each: the others have not so many inhabitants, but all of them ate p!a ces of extensive business, and banks have prospered in other states in situation3 possessing fewer advantages. There are no mems for estimating with much correctness the amount of business done in the state. In obtaining in formation for another purpose, a short time since, it was ascertained that in fourteen counties selected promiscuously and containing a population of 106,000, there were one hundred and ninety one nersons engiged in merchandize. This would muke ahoul 900 for the whole state an equal number must be engaged in the river trudeand as horse, cattle and hog drovers. Tbe persons engaged ia

jmBtrnfartures are nn at present, hat

eety. yr;ir is rapidly iirra-jrg their number and the time is not distant when ocf namilacturiiig capita! wil equal' the com. inercial. These hasty crude suggestion? it g hoped will call the attention of e there more capable of communicating useful information. S. MERKILL. The turn cvf atLorocll We arc infor med by a gentleman from Lowp!1j that our account of the '-turn nut" amont the fema''e "ratives . far from beineev, ... e d:.,fIrta "J"?' aggeratcd. The disturbance continued through Saturday. Mnny of the operatives had left Lowell for their home and oLhers had returned lo their mills. The following proclamation, declaration, monifesto, or whatever the reader pleases to call it, was circulated at Lowell on Saturday: hfucd by the Isidics who vcrc lately employed in the Factories at Lowell & thci associates , they having left thrir former employment in conscqvencc of thf proposed reduction in their tcag'es of from 1 2 lo 25 per cent, lo take rjjeel on the first of March. Ukios is Power. Our present object ia to have unioo ami exertion, and we remain in posBesioo ofouron unquestionable rights. Wo circulate this paper, wishing to obtain fi.n r..M - . . ,. u"m" o .Hi no imoiDie the spirit of our patriotic ancestors, who preferred privation to bondage, unir pa,jed wjih a!l that renders life desirable and even !if itself to procure independence for thei children. The oppressing hand of nee would enslave us; and to gain their object, they very gravely tell us of the pressure ot tbe times; and this we are ilreadv sensible of, and deplore it. if :my are in want of assistance, the Lalies will be compassionate, and assist them; but we prefer to have the disposal of our charities in our own hands; and at we arc tree, we wo- Id remain in posses sion oi nat kind ot Providence has be llowed upon us, and remain daughters of trceman bliil All who patronize this effort, we wish lo have discontinue their labors until terms of reconciliation are made. Keolved, That we will not go back into the mills to work unless our wagee are continued to us as they have beeD. Hfolved, that none ' as ill n& back usless they receive us all as one. 1'esolved, That if any have not moo. ey enough to carry them home, lhat Ihey shall be suplied. Let oppressions shr ug her shoulders, And a haughty tyrant frown. And little upstart ignorance In mockery look down. Vol I value net, ihe feeble lhreai3 Of Tories in disguise, iviii!e the Hag of Independence Oo'r our noble nation Hies. F rum the Indiana (Madison) BrpubUcaa. Last week as ne were prepating the paper for the pres. a stranger came iuto the nfiice and informed U3 that he had been robbed of seven hundred dollars', and wished aid in pursuing the men who had committed the offence. We thetj published Ihe following advertisement for him and assisted him in some other respects. The subscriber had seven hundred dollar stolen from him in United States Hank bills, consisting of seven fifties, and the balance in ten's and five's. The money was taken from on board of a steam boat at Louivil!e. The thieves entered their names at Pugh's tavern tbis day in Madison, as R. T. Edwardson and Job Spalding. Tbe trst is a small man about 25 years of ge, with an impediment in his speech; (he other a larger man. light complexion, havieg on a steel mixed tight bodied eoat. with steel buttons A reward of $100 will be given for the apprehension of the thieves. WM HITCH Y, of Wheeling Virginia. Madison, March 5, 1834. Mr. Rilcl.y informed us that he vta9 a journeyman printer, had lived in Nashville for three years, and was on his way home, hue: got as far as Louisville where his money which was in a trunk, was taken from him. He immediately suspected the above described persons and pursued them He found bis trunk broken open on the northern bank of the Ohio, nenr New Albany, and pursued the perpetrators to Utica, 16 miles above, where they took a steam boat passage to Madison. Mr. Ritchy arrived in town but a few hours after they left it Sev. eral citizens recollected having seen the per sons described, and pursued them, but the pursuit has been fruitless. The most melancholy part of the lair is (his, that Mr. Ritchy is also miss ing Uuring his slay in Madison, he wn quite unwell, and expressed a fear that he should have a "a fit" said he had two before: had one on his journey, and that his feelings indicated the approach of an other, and puchased medicine to guard agHinst'it. He was last seen on the bank of the river, on Friday evening, about G o'clock. . His not returning to the hotel as expected, produced an anxiety on the part of the landlord, and others, and search enquiry were immediately made for him for several hours. - What ha become ofbitA it aokoewn.