Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 154, Vevay, Switzerland County, 24 October 1834 — Page 1

S3 W1SIBMIL1I ME PRINTER'S RETREAT, INDIANA; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1S34 voil.ijz.no. ise.

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PKINTE1) AM) PUBLISHED Vi'illiaaa C. Keen.

E Ci'lJiS" Jf '-! numbers, in advance, two dollars il'naid within the vi-ar. tun r?i il'-i nm! i i fifty cents at the expiration ofthe vear, three lhi-(p dollars, Subscribers served Lv cents extra. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. gcpTheabove suns may he paid in produce delivered at this office, or such other piaces a? may be agreed upon. T..V SORTIM-X3A; OR, THE CHARMED RING. Tx the province cf Andalusia there lived a rich and noble cavalier, named Don Remigio tie la Torre, who had to wife Donna Ir.e Panda, the most beautiful woman in all the land. Long and happily they lived together; so that their feiicily had become a bye word their neighbors, and thev were held P as an example to all youne persons .... I J 1 . ing the blessed st ile of matrimony. Indeed neither tongue nor pen can describe how hapLpi y tliey w ere consorted. "One day, as they sat together in the lady's bewer, their talk turned upon death. The thoughts of a possible separation made each feel melancholy, and they remained silent for gome time. At last Donna lnes said, "If vou should die, I'm sure 1 should die too." " Don Remigio kissed her eyes, w hich were full of tears, and pressed her to his bosom. ''What should I do," murmered he, half choked with his imaginary sorrow, "if you left me alone in this bleak world?" They kissed and comforted each other: and soon the momentary melancholy they had experienced was absorbed in sentiments of increased affection. However, it was agreed between them that the survivor should watch . . . . , r .1 nine successive mahts in the sepulchre of the i j -,i .t A t j., c deceased, w ith the conin opened and the lace fi. , , , , , - ., , ii i hp ri nvp i nrnvtiM : I un uu I i nil t vigil which was to commence an hour before midnight, and terminate an hour before dawn, his or her eyes should never a moment be taken off the corpse. Time fled, and a period was about to be put to their happiness. In one single week from the day on w hich this conversation occurred. Donua lnes was attacked adeadlv malitv. Thro vl.tvs more, and she de parted this life to the unspeakable sorrow of her agonized husband. Her funeral was celebrated with every possible pomp and magnificence. All the nobility and clergy of the neighboring country accompanied the body,

short distance from the castle of Don Remi-j?d

gio, and which had been used by his ances-j1 S"C" " lu"lon. rem tors since the davs of Pilayo. The concourse! Bul Don Rfem'g, I u r1e,Vr,ne from then departed to their several homes, and jan .unsuccessful search in his lady's bower,

the disconsolate husband retired to his chamber. An hour before midnight, according to his compact with the deceased, he entered the -vault in which lay the earthly remains of all 111(11 lit 111 llll, ItlllUI llIl.fJIOUUII.'l! I i !i - i , j, jj. r i P" trie colim lid, an to uncover tne lace ol nis beloved lnes. This done, he A ll on his knees uv,nuu iivi) uiiu nitv,iuair.ii v i z 1 1 ti ti.twiU J - ins, eyes, and cheeks, prayed aloud, in the most fervent strain, for the repose of her oul I Midnirht. which was announced hv thr v ant bell, found him engaged "in this occupa ,t i i. V , i ,r ,i ! ion. Just as the last stroke of the bell reverberated in his ear,hisattcntion was attracted iy a sudden noise at the other side of the vault. He started back in momentary affright, as an enormous serpent with ejes like hie, and scales sparkling like polished steel, sprung forward to attack him. But his dis may was but momentary, he stepped aside instan"'- s-iioi "asl rum and Do .o ptiin-i.. r - - fore the reptile could again renew the attack,' Remigio smote it with his trustv sword, and fcehold, in its place, he perceived a beautiful j. . . r ., - . . ring glittering w .tn jewe.s, lying on a wr uen scrul ol paper, the titers inscribed on which i r ' . . tverc ot bun.islied gold. Don Kemigio ap - , , I.. ii pvoaenca auu roo. me ....g u u. . the latter l.e read , in glowing characters, the iV.Sowing verse Take this line and straight apply it To the corse's lips, thai lieth lit the sleep of death so quiet; Quick to life you'll bring her by it, In the blessed Trine's name tiy it. "While he read these lines the air seemed to resound with strains of wild mu?ic. When he had finished harmonious di 1 not delay a moment in trying the means for the rccoverv of his b loved wife from the grave, which had been so strangely revealed t0 Jilm. " I:i the name of the Messed Trinity Falh- ' m - t r r, b :, arid lloiy Spun, saia lie, loucn-i-.t .it : he. same nine me corses naie i lip's with the talisman, ,4arise and live once icon-."' li.es arofC as if from a slrrp. "Mv beloved wife." "My beloved huljar.cl." Thev could say r.o more for some mmu e ihcr. so ihsorbed were they with each o At latt tears came tolhcif relief, and;

they wept in joy until the day broke, and they

;!-ft the sepulchre together. i Unconscious, in the fullness of their happi j iiess, whither they went, they wandered un Jtvfftifitttt f 1 w n Ii . 1 1 m nrnlni, ,1 ti 4 1 1 nt t-i rttr . . . iv,l,,l!K')' ; uuiii I ui " im'iv. iiiui ittii;, until in ni'isi I

t to pay 0."'lhey found themselves on a broad beach, the

sands of w hich shone like diamonds in the sun; and the sea before them. They sate down at the water edge, and Don Remigio, exhausted from contending emotions, laid his head on his lady's lap, and took his siesta while she w atched over him as a mother over her child . But w hile he continued in his deep sleep a gallant barque, with all her sails set, neared the shore, the captain, a young man, of most comely presence, leaped from her deck, beside Donna'lncs. "Fair Lady," said he, enamoured at the first glimpse of her extreme beauty, "what dost thou here in a place of such dangar. Know ye not that this cave is the resort of

enter-100"? Zebucs5 at if they find you ' horn I hnv U'l firrtt fl Ia rinllcilr '

here they will carry you ofT to captivity. Don kemigio slept on, and heard not a word of this discourse. Donna lnes imperceptibly shifted his head from her lap, until at .' a s t she laid it on a large stone which was besiu? them. 'Leave yom" drowsy, ungallant companion,' continued the captain, "and come with meon board his barque. A fair wind sprang up, the manuers bent on their oars, the sails iii.-w and bellied in the breeze, and in a very 6hortjof period lnes and her new lover were out of sight of land. When Don Remigio awoke and missed his wife, he stormed and raved like a man distracted. Now he thought she might have been cariied off by the Moors, and he cursed i his untoward drowsiness; anon, he deemed that she had returned home, and left him to .find his way as he best could; but his good aimiiiaii l-i I meal f A A r n (V. li i .-v. f stnf.-... iiiiniiii vj i iiiiiicii uiu itui k 1 1 Li L i nun v yj CIIICl '. . ,, . , c ,u j tain this thought for more than a moment: and ,. ,. . p. ... ... . ... ,. ' . at last he imagined that it mihl be all nothing more than a dream. Filled with this idea he sped back to the sepulchre; but he found the door open, and only the cloths, of which he had divested the bod' of lnes in the coffin.His wife was not there, and he was convinced. He then hastened home. Arrived at the castle, he called to hisservantsand anxiously enquired whether his wife had returned? But the servants, astonished beyond measure, one and all answered in the negative. "What does our master mean?' inquired the hoary Castellan. "I have nursed him on my knee when a child I have shared in his sports when a boy I have waited and watchr.r him, a man-and never before heard " , . " T. . , , . . 6 v terea me casue unnecaea ny nis servants, ex plained to them the cause of his question; and they all stood aghast with horror and surprise at the strangeness of the tale. "Moreover, said he, "I mean to leave my . . ('ictl 1 I ,n r r r . i , a --.i- t aI..km iu iiiui u it , ugit;i i'triiini3 iu iciuill el - gain; so make speed lor my departnre. stay you here, however, and never want support w hile my demesnes atlord it. Uelore the dawn , . . K. I c n 'i I noni rt n nil a r rii An Ii i a nnnl , r , t r i .. f CCk f?r m6 r 6pCak f 1 6,18,1 baVe gone." The menials bowed their heads; they were tilled with crief, for he was a good and a kind imaster. They then w ent to their dinners and discuss his project, as far as they could con jectureits significance. I he hoary Castellan was so sad that he retired to his ward-room, got intoxicated, and deranged his stomach for an entire week on the strength of his sor row, Before the dawn, Don Remigio had departed from the hall of his fathers disguised as a .Kz-diif. Kill with a l.rrr sum ol monpv , valuable iewels concealed about many 'his person. Two days and two nights he lourneyed inus, ;r. pursuance io a ,1 : .. - i ow he had - ' .:ou. (o l U rl,.nff out.0f subsisting , 1 .i r.u - . ,i i ! only on the alms of the pious, until he once i J . , . . . , . . 1 more found his beloved wife, he ate only the "iIiCad of charllv. Qn the evening of the third day he fell in with a poor fellow equiped at "all points like himself, and also bound like him on an eleemosynary expedition, with this difference, that it was not from inclination but from necessity he undertook it. Short ;iime sufficed to make these companions in imWfoitune known to each other, for there !are not many formalities with the poor; and ; misery, savs the old saw, makes us acquainlied with strange bed fellows Don Remigio proposed that they should jioin companv, a proposal which the beggai I most readily -".greed to, since his partner re Jnoueced all claims to further share, in the alms they received, than was absolutely ne i . I a t !. 1 ..... 4 K . . cesrarv to in suppuu, una uuix, hc-y juui-

le i-oId;need on together.

M ,ny long days, and many weary miles did they wander on, they knew not whither. Many a kind heart did they meet in their course, many an unkind one the kind hearts pre pon derated, and they were principally wo - men. Ik the meanwhile, each had manilold opportunities of know ing the other. Allengtb.

one sultry afternoon, as they laid in the shade of a cork tree, high in the Sierra Morena mountains, Remigio's companion earnestly inquired of him, whither he ra5 going? Remigio moved by the poor fallow s sympathy told him all. This drew closer the bonds of friendship with which they had become insensibly attached to each other; and in reply to a suggestion of the former that he might leave him of he chose, he said he would follow him while he had life in his permission. When the air cooled they pursued their journey together. Days and days, and leagues and leagues they wandered on, over mountainsand rivers, through vallies and gardons, on on, until they arrived at last at a great city, fatigued, foot-sore, and anxious for a little repose after their toils. Here they made up their minds to remain and rest for a week. It would seem as if this resolve were the inspiration of some protecting spirit. They had been there but two days, when going to mass on the third, which was Sunday, they learned from their brethren in misery, whom they had met with at the church doors in crowds, that the nuptials of a great lord of the land with a beautiful Andalusian lady were to take place the same day, and that an entertainment was to be given in the court-yard of his palace to all mendicants of the city and its vicinity. After mass was over, they joined . pany w ith their brolherbeggars,proceedcd to the palace

!be great lord, and placed themselves at one of the long tables which were laid out in the court yard, covered with wholesome and savoury fdod. Seated behind the jalouses in her balcony, the Andalusian lady and her lord, saw with curiosity, the concourse of mendicants to the banquet provided for them. All of a sudden the lady started back, uttered a half-suppressed shriek, and she grew deadly pale. 'What ails you, my love," asked the lord, in the utmost alarm. 'My husband my own husband," she ex claimed, her straining eye-balls almost star ting from her head. "You are mad," said herlord, half in anger and half in jest. "My husband!" she exclaimedi See, he is sitting at yon table disguised as a mendicant. Look, look; oh God! what shall I do." The mendicant looked up and saw her and fell backwards, for the Andalusian lady was poor Remigo's ungrateful wife. The lord of the castle looked also, and seeing that Remigio was no common mendicant, believed what the Andalusian lady had spoken. "Take your lady to her chamber," said he to her maiden, who had entered at his call , "and send Guzman to me." Guzman came, and after conversing apart with his lord, received a purse of money and descended to the court-yard of the castle, while the bridegroom sought the chamber of his lady. " 'Tis all arranged," said he, "he ehall trouble us no longer." He then told her his scheme for getting rid of her husband without violence on his part, and with due observance of every form of law. . There was a statute in force in that city that visited with the punishment of death all those who stole the sum of ten ducats or any thing over it. "lhavc sent Guzman," said he, "to conceal a purseto thatamount on his person; Guzman will do the business dextcronsly 1 warrant r 1 III you, lor ne was once a origanu, we snail then have the fool tried, and 1 will deal with him accordingly. That will not be our faults." "No," said the Andalusian lady: "No, it will not be our faults, it will be all Guzman's" Guzman meanwhile had executed his commission; under the pretence of helping the mendicant from his swoon, he concealed the purse in the large sleeve of the beggar's garb. In a few minutes he made an outcry, said he was robbed often ducats in a purse, and com manded the castle gates to be shut. A search was immediately begun among the beggars. It came to Remigio's turn to be search las;, when, just as they touched him, out fell the purse from his sleeve, where it had been hid by the treachorous Guzman. I his was alluuzman wanted, on tliey hurried poor Remigio before the lord of the castle for judgment. After a mock trial, which was secretly witnessed by his wife, concealed behind the judgment seat, Remigio was condemned to death. From the audience chamber he was quietly transferred to the castle chapel; and then left to prepare himself for eternity, while the gibbet on which he was to be hanged was gelling ready. Innocent of all guilt, and sad at the idea of such a fate, poor Remigio remained in the castle chapel during the period preceded the time appointed for his execution. However, the godly assistance of his confessor, recencil ed him in some degree to death, and he re signed himself ultimately to hit departure from a worN where after all, he had latlcily experienced nothing but misery and misfor tune. I he confessor shi ived hisi and sained him; and then took his leave. At this junc ture Remigio bethought him of the talisman.

He made np his mind at once to the course he bhould pursue : and taking leave of his con-! fessor, hr prayed him as a final favor, that lie would seek out his brother mendicant and

send him to him without rfvlav. "Vulsnic Dio$, niy ion," said the confessor, : 1 "thy will be done." j The confetsor departed, and in a short lime the beggar arrived. 'Brother, said Remigio, "you have prcvec yourself a real friend, will you do me one favor after I die?" The beggar replied that he would if it were in his power. 'Take tbii ring then,v aid Remigio, giving him the charmed circlet; 'Make also this purje, which contain! all my money. When I nm removed from the gallows, touch you at midnight my lips with the middle stone of the ring, in the name ofthe blessed Trinity, and keen the

tents of the pure for yourself when you have ,"e ,iaKca eyc, teemed lull of niggcdi.eis. done so- '.holes and scratches. In short, it resen.blca Themendicrtnl promised all that was req-ured ,an iron oar out f a smith's forge, ol him, and left the chapel , taking with him the ; ut lllc 8,inS a ,,ee viewed through thn ring and the purse. jsame instrument, showed every wheie a In a few minutes afterwards the axecutioner : l)oliih amazingly beautiful, without the least came in, and took Remigio to the gibbet, where i"avv' blemish, or inequality, and ended in a they hung him at once. When he was dead jpointtoo fine to be discerned, they cut him down and carried his corpse to the A smal1 piece of exceedingly fine lawn apcastle chapel; there, leaving it on the steps of , I)ecred om ,he ,arSe distances ofthe holes

me aner uniu morninE', mey oenaried. At midnight, the mendicant, faithful to his promise, stole into the chapel on tip-top, sadly frightened at the solemnity and singularity ofthe scene in which he wai to perform a part. "In the name ofthe Blessed Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit said he. as with the charm, ed ring he touched the lipi ofthe corpse. That which was the corps at once stood up, and the. mendicant swooned from fear on the floor of the chapel. "Fear nothing," said Don Remigio; "folio w me; all is right." They left the city together in the silence of the night; and left the city together rejoiceing in the darkness. Days on days, and nights on nights they wandered on, until at last they came to the cspital city of the kingdom. Just ai they entered the gatei they heard a herald proclaim the sore illness of the king, and otter of a third of the realm to whoever would cure him of his grievous malady. "Come, said Remigio, who had resumed possession of the talisman, to hi mendicant companion, "Til go and cure the king." His companion, who now of course, nothing doubted his ability, did as he desired, They proceeded together to th royal palace. After considerable difficulty, they obtained access to the monarch; and Remigio at once proposed to make him whole again. The king wished him to try the experiment in the presence of his council ; but this he would not consent to. The chamber was accordingly cleared of all but the patient and his new physician. After a few words of good cheer to the dying monarch. Re-

migio touched his lips with the ring; and bade hewn witn an axe, or struck out with a malhim to be healed in the name of the Blessed j let and chisel; it will show bungling inequalTrinity. He arose at once, sound in mind, andjity, and imperfection in every part, and that body, from the couch in which he had lain in j the whole is disproportionate and monstrous, sorrow and pain for many long years. The grat-; Our finest miniature paintings appeared beitude of the monarch had no bounds. At the fore this instrument as mere daubings, plasend of the the days he summoned Remigio be-jtered on with a trewel, and entirely void of fore him; and in the presence of his council he : beauty, either in the drawing or the coloring, proceeded to partition his kingdom according Our most showing varnishes, our smoothest to the proclamation made by the royal herald, polishes, will be found to be mere roughness, But Remigio, who had been lodged in the palace full of gaps and flaws. during that period, would not hear of this, and he simply asked to be made comm andant and! A SHORT SERMON, governor of the city in which he had, through The following pithy sermon, from a pithy the instrumentality of his wife and her gallant, . text, has been published in England, and h, suffered so much in mind and body. This the met with a very extensive circulation in that

king ceded to at once, and entertained him sumpluously till his departure Accompanied by a magnificent cavalcade, and followed by a sumptuous retinue, he set out for this city. After some days pleasant travel he reached it in safety. Arrived there, he immediately convoked the nobility and gentry, and invited their wives and daughters to accompany them to a great enteitainmenl to be given in his palace. They all hastened to the scene of festivity. Among them, the causes of his misery, were not the slowest in coming. What must have been his feelings at seeing his wife and her lover, may be better guessed than described. However, he made great show of kindness to them, and especially singled out his, wife, to whom he was completely unknown, as the object of his particular atteution. He seat - ed her and her lord beside him, and induced her

by degrees to relate to him her whole history.) 3d. lo the past experience of what you She omitted, however, those portions of it hich jhave seen, read , and suffered, in mind, body,

reflected on her own character, and thiew all the blame of her former husband's death on her lord. At last he discovered himself to her.

"Do you know me?" cried he, in a voice like ' happiness and long life,or Intemperance, w ith, thunder. "Look, 1 am your much injured bus- misery and premature death, band!" J She fell down in a swoon, the whole company j Cutting Tii.tlcr. In reply to the inquiries was in consternation, for no one knew the cause. : D. K. respecting the proper season for cutting At last Remigio cleared up the mystery by call-j timber, we say, that where durability is the ing iu his guards; and after ordering them Jo' object, timber bhould be cut at that season, cairy ihe two delinquents off lo prison, related when there i$ the least sap in in it, say in Febto his nobles the nature of their oflence, and ruary, but w here it is for the purpose of clear-

the whole f his own history. Lvery one pitied; him, and approved of his proceedings. Next day they were put on their trial, and condemned to be hanged first, and lo he behead ed afterwards. Guzman was the principal wit. ness against thenn At the lime appointed they

i'ee accoidingly executed, Hnd jouinay t-esuie Pern igio did not ap, ly the luijr to the niculh of jither. Gnzoian wapnt totbe qaicksdertr.ir. (Their heads weie set ca the piincipal etts cf

i'he city, where th-y remained nt the Inn ll.u; 'he story was wtitlen. WONDERS OF THE MICROSCOPE. Upon examinitg the edge of a very l-et-n razor by the rr icrorcope, it appears as bruml ai tne hack part or a cry thick knife ; rouh, uneven, lull ol notifies and furrows, and so far from any thing like sharpness, th.it an instrument so blunt as thi seemed to be, would not serve even to cleave wood. An exceedingly small needie being al?o examined, (he point theTeof appeared above a quarter of an inch in breadth, not round nor rial, but irregular and unequal, and the sur

con-!,HCC' l',0"?! extremely smooth and bright n

v.,.v.v.n wi.i.ivjj, .hiCuii une n urui( or lattice; and the threads themselves seemed somewhat coarser than yarn' whciewilh ropes are made for authors. Some Biusscls lace, worth 5. a vard, looked as if it were made cf a thick, rough, uneven, hair line, fastened or collected together in a very inartful manner. But a silkworm web being examind, appeared perfectly smooth and shining, everywhere equal, and as much finer than any thread ihe tinest spinters in the world could make, as the smallest twine is finer than the thickest cable. A pod of this silk being wound off, was found to contain nine hundred and thirty yards; but it is proper to lake notice, that as two threads are glued together by the worm through its whole length, it makes really double the above number, or eighteen hundred yards; which being weighed with the utmost exactness, were found no heavier linn two grains and a half. What an exquisite fineness was here! and jet this is nothing w hen compared to a web of a small spider, eleven with the silk, that issues from the mouth of this very worm when newly batched from the egg. Let us examine things with a good microscope, and we shall be immediately convinced that the utmost power of art is only a con cealment of deformity, an imposition upon our want of sight ; and thatour admirationo it jarises from our ignorance of what it really is. j This valuablediscoverer of truth will prove j the most boasted performances of art to be ill shaped, rugged and uneven, as if they were country. "J5c sober, grave, temperate." Titus, if. 2. I. There are three companions w ith whom you fchould always keep oh good terms: 1st. You Wife. 2d. Your Stomach. 3d. Y our Conscience. II. Ifyouwishto enjoy peace, long life, and happiness, preserve thm by Temperance. Intemperance produces 1st. Domestic Misery. 2d. Premature Death. 3d. Infidelity. To make these three points clear, I refer vou. 1st. To the Newgate Calander, tho Old Bailey Chronicle, and the I'olice reports, ! 2d. To the hospitals, lunatic, as)lum,and woik houses, and and estate. READER DECIDE. IVhick will you choose. Temperance, with ing land and the timber timber to be cut is of. a Hind that is likely to sprout, tnen it is desirable to have it cut whan there is mtfst sap in it, as that not only prevents the stumps from sprouting Lut they rot much sooor.r than w hen cut in rebruarv.