Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 154, Vevay, Switzerland County, 24 October 1834 — Page 2
rordc-n Paragraph. gy o Sf. Pc'erhurgh July 2G. Tula, one of our largest, handsomest, and mot populous provincial capital, was destroyed on liio 1 1 til of this month, by a dreadful conflagration, which hroke out in a private house, at three o'clock in the afternoon, and tliere being at the time a violent storm, and lite weather excessively hot, it spread in a few hours over the whole town in such a manner that no exertion c ould arrest the progress of the flames. Nine churches, G?0 private building, the wood dwelling ho-.ies of the numerous masters and
workmen of the celebrated manufactory of arms, the iron magazines, the fish market, the butcher's market cc. were consumed. Tendon, August 21. The accounts which the last German papers bring of the harvest arc alarmir.g in the highest degree. In Russia, Poland, Hungary, Prussia, Silesia, liohcmia, and even in Auli ia, according to the papers, se. ch a continuation of drought ha prevailed since the commencement of the present spring is unprecedented, and the consequences are must miaous to the hopes of the farmc r.
f.f .V nokon's Army. Between 2;M)
or ij.!.!p:.'y b.irca v iuny,ai.a oiisi wi!. loud explo-inn! The crowd at fust gve a cry of horri ; but niiirkU recoveiin?. thev rushed noon the fall
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log balloon, instantly toie it to pieces and c urieo it elT in portion, which were exhibited and solfor a few toil the mrel, every part of Talis, in the couri't of the afternoon. This outrage must considerably adjourn ll. period at which the projectors can renew- th attempt, winch, however, they tleclaie to be their intention to d with the least pos-iblc loss of time. The cr luckily e-c;ipcd li-'m the h inds of the goths who destroyed the balloon. It n said ili il some slight lis-nres had been
observed m the tsne, on llie evening beloie the
balloon was to have a-:rti''ed.
Whatever may have been the cause of the
accident, it is veiy fortunate that it took place
adore the voyagers had liken their departure.
I he form of the balloon has been objected to
by st ienMtic men, and the slender tissue ot vhi':h it was made, as well as the ilaik color of the Indian rubber varnish with which it was coveted.
.. ill'. ilrM.k, CUIIf: til g lC '.ifcht Clltl til.lt h.li! een purposely introduced, The gentleman Mien asked him for the ninetieth vesse of the eenth rhiier of Numbers. Ahck was again
,)n..lrd for a moment, hut then said ImsuIv,
Vou are fooling me mis', there is no such ver-e ;
hat chapter ha only eighty nine verses " Sev-
eial other expeiimente of the sort were tried
upon him wih the same succe-a lie has often !ren questioned the day after any particular sc r mon or speech; and his examiners have invariably IoiiikI that had their patience allowed. Lhol Alick would have given them the sermon 01 speech over ogain.
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it willi alacrity and chcei fulnip, and it will Income a habit which will make you respected and beloved bv jour mistcis or emplov its; make it v ur business to seek and pr
mote In- ii.W.-nfl; t!V lauiu" care i.l tils u
will learn lo t ike cat C of loiironn.
Young im u at llie piesentdav are ho fond
f getting lid ol work; tin y seek (or the easy
md lazv employments, and (i iiuei.tly turn
out to he poor miserable
mul avoid all wishes to
ll.c vmk ;.i !,w.i ail (!, ti c It.: I. if August. Oi.e ol tlcc was a poor woman who expired on the foot path in Marlborough st. having been refused all ingress by the affrighted inmates ol the house? in whose vicinity she was seized with the symptoms of this dreadful di-ordcr. Accounts from Custlcbar, rouiitv of Mnvo, speak of the speed with which sufferers are now carried oil with astonishment. The physicians say, that the attacks
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vaiii)iiiif. inn ni cms reason mucti more rescmoie me vsiai-
V;; without lanor; ic ciioicra man i.iosc 01 ioJ.
A LOCK O V II AIU. Few things in this weary world are so de
lightful as keepsakes. Nor do they ever, to my heart at least, nor to my eye, lose their
lender, their powerful charms! How slight,
how small, how tiny a memorial, saves a belov
cd one from o'divion; worn on the finger; or close tothe heart, especially i f they he dead. No thought is so insupportable as that of en-
Itire, total, forgctfulncss when the creature
M.vuRin Riots. The correspondent of th?J that once laughed and sung, and wept to us London Morning Herald at Madred gives the ( close to our side, or in our arms, is as if her loIlowinr scenes: ismilcs, her voice, her tears, her kisses had nc-
Among the persons (Jesuits from the , ver been. She and them all swallowed up in j church of San Isidro) who tried to escape in 'nothingness of dust. colored clothes, w as one who, the moment he j Of all keepsakes, memorials, relics mot came into the street, startled with fear on dearly, mist devoutedly do I love a little lock seeing such a force, ran with all his might. !of hair; and oh! when the head it beautified This "attracted the attention of one of the j has long mouldered in the dust, how spiritual mounted Urbanos, who challenged him to seems tb.2 undying glossiness of the sole re-
top, and then gallopped after him. The.maining relic. All else gone to nothing, save
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man ran uie tasicr, uui niu noiseiuu muic i.mu iiivin cvn, cii""i
up w'.lh him at the end of the street, and as 'glorious fragment of the apparelling that once his hat fell olF, betraying the shaven crown, ! hung in the clouds and sunshine over an anthe Urbano calling out the poisoning Jesuit !' .gel's brow.
cut him down. His horse alarmed threw him j Aye, a lock ol hair 13 lar better than any olf, and he was severely hurt by the fall, and picture it is part of the beloved object her-
there lay the corpse and the slayer, until the sell; it belongs to the tresses that oiten, long latter was assisted to a surgeon, while the aio, mny have been dishevelled, like a show-
other received every indignity which could icr of sunbeams, over your beating breast!
be offered to it. And three other Jesuits who But now solemn thoughts sadden Uie beauty
attempted escape, shared the same fate; and .once so bright; so refulgent! the longer you
I ibor is ables-int! instead of a curse; it makes men healthy it procures them food, clothing, and every other nece-s iry, and frees them from temptations tube dishonest.
Next to your hand labor, vou should be!
constant in the labor of your mind. Vou can never hope to iie to a respectable standing ii the world w ithout nci eevei in" , and i on
slant annlication lo study. W he
if
The Mayor of Quebec recently slated at a public meeting, that the cholera had carried offO-owi fourteen lv fifteen hundred residents of that city, during the present year.
you must not throw away yanr lime readiiii: novels and romances; you must study natural
1 moral philosophy, geography and the
The value of real and personal estate in the city and county of New York, by the estimate
a vou read, 'of this vrars assessment, amounts to one hun-
a:U
drcd and eighty-eight millions of dollars!!!
1 imcs.
I.etlC st
and ?A)l) tons of the bones of the horses, and
nmongst them some: of those of the men, which
were lust in Napoleon's retreat from Moscow,
have arrived at Crimhy. 1 hese arc the re
mains of the IlOJXX) almost famished horses, and the miserable men, w ho as history relates perished through eolJ in one night almost at the commencement of his retreat from that
citv, which the flames kindled by the hands of
the Russians had reduced to ruin and desolation. Shocking catastrophe of the Holy Sepulchre. Extract of a letter, dated Beyrout, May II. Si:icc writing the above, I am sorry to inform ou of a serious loss of life at Jerusalem, in the church of the Supulhcre. From 1.3,000 to 20,000 pilgrims as I am informed were assembled this year at the fete. Hundreds of them flept in the church the night before that on which the holy tires appear, and during the dav thousand were wedged together within
its walls, the aged and the young, men, wo
men, and children, standing lor hours without sustenance, and inhaling a contaminated and glowing atmosphere; at length moans were heard in different parts, and a heaving and screat excitement was observed, till, when the flame appeared, the whole mass made a simultaneous movement towards the holy Sepulchre. Thousand of torches were instantly illumina
ted, the air became rarified as fire, and nature . and iawfui... kiied. Shall I say murdered! overstrained and exhausted, gave way; num- tmj mob stm unsatiated) proposed to atbers, fainted, were borne along, fell, and were Uck the conventofSan Francisco el Grande,
trod upon. -m (ne streetof the same name, and a numerThe attempt to .are them precipitated oUi-1 q( them directed themSelves to-
erSIn their lete. ine screams anu wards it. The friars advised of what was
ment caused those nearineaoor losee meir .... . "A - . I
escape. 1 heir example gave a panic to - and ag the oached, one of whole mass, and now a scene of death and d.s- J (q bdf nd began to toH order ensued bevond description, Ibrahim t a- A. , fl , , !f
:trs. I .el not a latfe nook tllrcuu l a Lie oo
or a long story or other work prevent you fr.m reading it tbrou-fh. Wlion you have
read reflect upon the principles and lacls y u
have persued; revolve them in your mind and endeavor to understand their meaning and utility, so thai you may apply them to all the ordinary purposes of life If you do uotuudeistand and comprehend whaty u read jou may as well let reading alone. You have to deny yourself the amu-ement njoyed by most
young men, if yon would prepaie yourself for being a respectable man.
Hank Ilnhbcry. James Fulham, porter of the Western hank, aseonded last week, with three or four thousand dollars in specie, which it i supposed, he abstracted from the vault of the Rank at different times. Pouhoiu
a friend of mine saw them hauling .their bo
dies about, and plunging swords into them at every pause Blood beirg now shed, the mob rushed into the building, and as they crossed the inner square, it is staled that the Jesuits fired unon them from above. I have no
means of contradicting this story as my witnesses were all oulside the doors, and none but
those who were engaged in the subsequent acts, and w hose testimony must, of necessity,
be subjest to doubt, can lurnish evidence up
on the point, i he result, however, was that
15 unfortunate Iriars were hunted irom ceu
to cell, and killed. Here the people say,just
A rich tanner has just died in Paris, leaving a will by which he imposes on his heirs the obligation to bury him in a well tanned hide, with the tools belonging to his trade, lie also requires that a monument should be erected to his memory in the centre of his es
tablishment, in order that he may be. in the midst of his workmen even afler death.
I nninv All Irk aIiai nlaAC tkSI rr A f( their
Their example cave a panic to the . to t
order ensuea oeyonu -4'u . '" - the alarm bell.
cha, who naa descended ro u.u uouy . .c MinnoS(S(1 fo he asi , to the Carpists to
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It enraged the crowd, as it
church, was borne out by overwhelming force
in the arms of some men, and nearly overcome All considerations for the prostrate and sutler
rise in favor of the monks, and one of the Urbanos levelling his piece shot the friar in the Z . I. 1. .. .1 ...III. nKt.ri sa wnc milliner
ing were lost in the wild sense of selfpreser- nu com ions then attacked the vation, the voune, the aged woman, tne laint- i i,.wk.
ing and fallen, were trodden under foot by ing an entrance drOTe lhe inmate, from cell the outrushmg multitude, and the last eye , , , 15 Qf 1(Jof them h is
that turned to glace upon tne now fUaid thai in one of ihe cells was found a man
,cene ot tumult, beheld ine v as. assiies . cue afs R isonerj and this lioly church strewed with the dead and dy- Lircumstance added so much fuel to their fil
ing pilgrims. ine lowest siaitzmeui that not a frair that could be laid hold of the loss of 150 lives; one which is respectable, J Knff . fA psrane. Another mob had
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between W and ana report SayS u,.u mean rushed tQ the convent of La nearly 100 have been lost, among them many M d a d th similar barb;uity was rc.
THE FATE OF THE .ERIAL SHIP. Extraordinary Phenomena. Yesterday evc-
r.;.n lhp London Momm? Chronicle. nine Mr. John Parker, Mr. John Rodgers, Mr,
In our Journal of the 15th instant, we gave Archibald. Scott, and several other persons nn arc-unt of the aerial ship, which was to have being at the Three Mile House, observed
ascended oa that day from the Champ de Mars somethtng in the air, which they at hrst took
at Taris. Various circumstances caused the to be mist or fog, but as the evening was vcexnerimen' to be delayed until the 17th. ry clear, they were induced lo take more no-
At about nine o'clock id the morning, the gi tice of it, and by holding the hands aoovc the
K.mtic balloon was letnoved from the place eyes so as to exclude the rays ol the sun, they
where it had been exhibted, to the Champ de could distinctly see bodies ol insects, appa
Man- and from that hour the whole population rcntly of a red or crimson color. And they
r.f the capital wss in movement. Near to thelWCre in sheets, w ith trains after them, resem-
spol wheie the balloon ship was prepared, aulbling that of a comet, each sheet of these in
experiment had lately been made ol a railroad, sects,appeared by itself,and they were moving or ehemin de fer, bat this did not excite the in a direction from West to East, about 25 or curiosi'v of the say Parisian by any means to 3Q fect from the earth, and at least 20 yards
an in-i -A deceee, as did the hardy attempt ol m width, following each other in flocks like
the eighteen navigators who were about lo go the pigeons; they observed the passage of
on a voyage for the discovery oi a encnun aims those insects lor more than twenty minutes
t''s aim! Thus the inhabitants proceeded en the sun at the time being more than an hour
., m tliat same Champ de Mars, w here so hirrh. JSuva bcolian.
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many waxen wings nave vu un.n- "'--v
gaze on it, the more and more it seems to say, almost upbraidingly 'weep'stthou no more forme?" and, indeed, a true tear to the imperishable affections in which all nature seemed to rejoice, bears witness, that the object to
which it yearned is no more lorgotten, now that she has been dead for so many long days, months, years; that she was forgotten, during
an hour of absence that came like a passing sound between us and the sunshine of our living her loving smiles. Abolition of slvavcry in Massachusetts. In 1G45, (only 15 years after the settlement ol
Roston) the public sentiment in jMasschusetts was so strong against the slave trade and all slavery, that the General Court ordered a neero who had been brought within their juris-
piction by a slave captain, to be earned back to Guine , and soon after passed laws prohibiting
the buvineand sellinc of slaves, and punished
men-stealers with death. The honor of being the first government in Christendom to abolish slavery, belongs, therefore, to Massachusetts
in the days of her primitive simplicity ana integrity. Murder by poison. The Jacksonville Mis sissinpian of the 5th instant contains an ac
count of one of the most revolting murders by
poison that we ever heard of. 1 he crime
was committed upon the plantation ol a Mr.
Rriggs, of Reatty's Rlutt. It appears Irom
the disclosures made by some of these
implicated in the murder, that the wench who
cooked for Mr. linggs and his wile, procured
the heads of a rattlesnake and a scorpion, and caused them to be steeped in the coffee which
she served at her master and mistress s break
fast. Mr. and Mrs. R., shortly after break
fast, were taken very sick, from the effects of
the coffee, which they ascertained had been
poisoned. Mrs. R. swelled up and died in a
few hours; and the life ofM. L. was consider
ed in great danger at the latest information
ite negro women and a negro man had been
odged injnil charged with the crime.
Reds of oyster shells have been discovered in various parts of East Florida, twelve or fifteen feel below the surface of the soil, showing that this region was at one time covered by the sea.
rilOGRESS OF INVESTIGATION. The Committee of the Senate, appointed to make investigations into the business of the Genenil Post Ollice, addressed tothe Post Master General the following note: 'Tothe Hon. W. T. Barry, Postmaster General. Sir: The Committee of the Senate on the Post Office, ask for the inspection of all the orig innl letter? and papers in your oflice concerning the removal of 11 SafTord, and the appointment
ot J. llerron, as Postmaster at Putnam Ohio.
Very respectfully , ir, your ob't serv't. FELIX GKUNDY, Chairman. Washington, 22d Sept., 1834. To which the Postmaster General replied at considerable length, positively lefusing to comply with Ihe request.
Silk. We learn from the Westfield Courier that Mr. Clinton Fay, of Portland in this state, is preparing to manufacture silk from
Mr. T. Santom, of this village, (Coyabcga the mulberry, to a considerable extent. He
Falls,) has raised in his garden, two crops ol
peas the present -eason, and the third is now
full of blows; we noticed yesterday, seveiai pods that were jut beginning to make their appearance. Should the weather continue
favorable a few d ys longer, he will undoubtedly realize a mess" irm the third crop. This we think speaks well lor Ohio.
Review Singular. A gentleman of our acquain
tance informs us thatwhilehe wastn Schenec tady, New York, a few days since, an insane
person was suddenl) attacked ny me cnou ra,
and died. That from the tirsl and during
the attack, the individual whs perfectly sane,
and conversed freely with his relatives ar.d
friends until his death. A pnvilage he had
not before enjoyed tor a number ol years.
lievirw.
aiiv un-iects exploded!
A; noon approached, the re-erved seats be an lo fill, and hundreds of horsemen, private e.pii;M?e, cibriclet, carls, in short every pos l.le description of vehicle, flanked by count-
lsihou-ands of petUitrians weie seen con.
verging from every qaaiter of the city towards tiie noiat of attraction. amidt clouds otdnst.
;m I under a sun worthy be meridian ol Madras
A ihe immense masses of curious individuals, h i vever, approached the seene of action, van -is indications that something had gone wiong
has had 12,000 worms the past season, which
have just hnished leeding, and wound themselves in their cocoons, lie has a nursery of about G000 thriving mulberry trees, of two years planting, which will enable the proprietor next season to enter much more extensively into this lucrative branch of domestic industry. We are also pleased to observe, that the legislature of Connecticut, with a wise and commendable Ubnralir, has granted .$'11,500 to the Connecticut Silk Manufacturing C3... pany, to aid in establishing a silk factory
200 to Messrs. Gay and Rottom, machinists,
for labor and expense in inventing and con
structing silk machinery, and '2,500 to the
Mansueld silk factory. n alder Banner .
A quxr Shoe. In the Ashinulean Museum,
at Oxlt.rd, there is a shoe, once belonging to a monk, of existence man) year? hack. Il is
made of peices of leather, nailed together; each nail is well clinched or hammered down
to prevent ii jury to the foot. As one nail, or piece of leather, wore away, another was
nailed across without removing the old ones;
this mode of repairing, the specimen of ai.li
nuity now at Oxford, must have beea pursued
for a considerable number of vears, as there
are now leather and nails enough about the
shoe to make several pairs, after the same
mode of construction. Its weight cannot be
leas than 10 pounds.
The West Indies. Almost two months have
transpired since the slaves in the Rritish colo
nies were emancipated, but no intelligence
las been received of the murder of a single
planter, of the burning of a single dwelling, or the plundering of a single store. On the contrary, every thing remains quiet, and the
abolition act is in the full tide of successful
experiment. How afflicting must be these
tidings to the alarmists in this country, who
have been dwelling so long, so pathetically, and so oracularly upon the terrible consequences that must result from immediate emancipation! Liberator.
MARYLAND ELECTION.
The following is the result of the late election
in Maryland for members ot the Legislatui e..
Il has never fallen to our lot to tecord so com
plete a victory . The Whig majority on joint
ballot will tbi year be bO last year it was only
ONE:
ASTONISHING MEMORY.
The following story, though almost incredi
ble, is found in the English papers:
There is still living at Stirling a blind old
beggrr known to all the country round by the name of Blind Ahck, who possesses a memory of almost incredible strength. It w as observed
u-iih nsi.inichn.ent. that when he was a man.
u.wl M.t.rrol l.u ihp flpth of hi nnrents. to srain ! eagles.
' J a livelihood by begging through the streets of his native town of Stirling, he knew ihe whole of the Bible, both Old and New Testiments, by
heart! from which yon may repeat any passage, nd he will tell you the chapter and verse, oi yon may tell him the chapter and verse, and he will repeat to you the pasage word for word. Not long since a gentle.nan, to puzzle hirn, re;id, : with a shell' verbal alteration, a veisc of the
North Carolina Gold Coin. The Carolini
ans have contrived to put their gold into a
snape to pass by talc, beveral skilful assay
isls have established themselves in the gold
reaions,and have acquired so much reputation
for accuracy, tnat their pieces ot gold mark
ed "-five dollars.1' pass every where as half
It is a kind of inspection, yet we
think it may finally make trouble, ns these
pieces may be counierieiiing ine naiiona coin, or in fact any pclalty at all.
j. r ented themselves in the ulrrpe ol" returning provision carts, frieghted with uneaten cargoes, (tr.iPrant piemen with long taces , &c. SiC. inc. and il was speedily ascertained lhal at about lulf past twelve, the balloon, which had been ror.i'iletely inflated, and ws dialing at a ceilam
i.rt..rl.t la which il whs confined by coi.i, ;tu,l liib'.e. Ahck
..t the moment when it was beiag drawn do.vi, j wie:e it was to be found, btil said it had not been -L order that ihe aerouails cmgbl cml-aik iu the' coriectly dehvcied; be then gave it as it stood
a!.. -It l.f.ttated a moment, and then told
TO APPRENTICES.
When serving your npprcnttccship, you
will have time and opportunity to stoc k voui
mind with much uselul iniormauon. i m
oi.lv wav for a young man to prepare himself
for usefulness, is to devole hunell lo slUJy
Jaringhis leisure hours
First.bc industrious in your business never
Counties, Whig. Jaekfon Allegany, 3 1 Washington, 3 1 Eredeiick, 4 0 Montgomery, 4 0 Prince George's, 4 0 Calvert, 4 0 Chailes, 4 0 St. Mary ,s, 4 0 Anne Arundel, 4 0 Annapolis City , 2 0 Baltimore City, 0 4 Hartford, 1 3 Cecil, 0 4 Kent, 4 0 Oieen Anne, 0 3 Talbot, 4 0 Caroline, 4 0 Dorchester, 4 0 Somerset, 3 1 Worcester, 4 0 0-2 18 Whig Senate, 1 5 77
A compliment Returned. Mr. Pellham,7'
a young lady, who had been showing off her wit at the expense of a dangler for the last
mlf hour "you remind one of a barometer
that is tilled with nothing in the upper story." ' DiAtne Almira," meekly replied her adorer, "in thanking you fortius flattering compli
ment, let me remind you that you occupy my
third slory entirely ."
Discarded Lover. A young lady, a member
of one of our churches, having discarded her
suitor, was interrogated by her friends res
pecting the cause of his late absence. She,
in reply, observed that her minister had cautioned her repeatedly not to countenance the company of profane characters; and, said she, 'John, the last hour he was with me, called
me his cm-sel, and I am resolved not to asso
ciate with such as damn any thing or any bo
dy. LjucII Uullittn.
Choleta in Dublin. The authorities of tli;; city have been compelled to re-opea the Me
tropolitan Hospital at Gr.inge-Gorm in l ine, (MasO
tor uie reception oi cnoiera patients. ;v
ll. in n ii' niniili i'.l .-IM.I 1 1 ; 1 1-i !
The Committee appointed by the House of Representatives to investigate the affairs and condition of the Post Oflice Department, have assembled at the cat of Government, and are
engaged in the arduous duties of their appoint
ment. 1 he committee consists of Messrs. Conner, of North Carolina, Whittlesey, of Ohio, Everett of Vermont, Reardsley of New
York, v atmough, of Pennsylvania, Hawes, of Kentucky, and Stoddert,of Maryland.
St. Louis, Sept. 12 Eighteen kegs of specie were landed rJsthiv
port on Tuesday last; by the John dson
Irom Aew Orleans. They oont3in about, .ib,000, the amount of the dia&scnt to Major Rranl, from Washington upon the Pet Hanks at New Orleans. We have uot been, able to ascertain the preslsc loss vhich thcCoverntnent will sustain, by this operation; iu the payment of the freight,' I be mileage. &c
u.u uuiccis oi uie At my in whose custody the draft and money was placed. '
Rut that is nothing. The poor Indians, to whom it was due, aie the greatest sufferers, as they have been waiting since tte first, of last June for the payment of their annuities. JupvHicaiu Teaf persons may talk to each other thro" rods of wood held between the teeth, or h.hl
to their throat or breast.
" .Vtl Jiwrcrh."' A
oil
eiir'it :iesv cas -s in
W -w . . .
huwlnd and ,-i'iy pigeons at
ict. It'odiioua!
man in Chel
y evening last, look nine
one spring of Ins