Weekly Messenger, Volume 5, Number 229, Vevay, Switzerland County, 21 May 1836 — Page 1

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V iKV L" f? US i0. 99. PRINTER'S RETREAT, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1836 VOL, V. NO. 22 IN

riu.v n:i) A.vn pi'nr.isHLo BY YSfJLI AM C. KEEX. TERMS For fif'y-two numbers, three ToLi..vRs,if not paid until the expiration of the

year two dollars ami r;rrv cents, it paid within the year and two dollars, paid i.i i,.,p " n,nanc. No subscription received for less than six inonths,unles paid in advance. Subscribers, who receive their papers by private post, to pay 2 J cents postage. No p iper discontinued until all arrearages arc paid, and notice to stop it sent to the of lie o in writing. Advertisements inserted, at the usual rates. Except persons advertising eloped companions, w hen 5 will be demanded for a female, and .3 for a male. fc5.ppnved produce, delivered at this office, or such other place as may be agreed up on, taken in payment. SILK COMPANY. On Saturday list, the West Chester company commenced planting white mulberry trees upon the fallow ground of which we p ke iri our last. The day was beautiful; and the circumstance of pleasing reflection to those who can look ahead, and anticipate the gradual increase in the cultivation of this article until it shall be. one of the ample products of our country. The. nature of our soil and climate isso well adapted to rearing the mulberry and silk worm, that we should not be urprised if it should grow as rapidly into rogue in the northern states, as did the cotton plant in the south. What strength will it add to our country what wealth, will it prevent from beim: carried into France from our own pockets. There wa in IS31, ten million f dollars exported from the United States for ilk alone and it has been annually increasing. Now all this expense might be saved to the country. In Wyndhnm county, Connecticut. Judijc Spencer, of New York, states that silk has been raised for se-enty years and that in Mansfield, a town with a population of 3000, jsGO.OOO worth of silk was raised last year. The United States rr.ight as well import her bread stuff and woollens as her silks. Neither of the former is rrwe congenial to our soil, nor so lucrative to the cultivator. The capital of the Chester county company is .50,000. It is divided into 2000 shares of 25 each. Upwards of 200 shares have already been subscribed, and the books arc still open for subscriptions. Shares may be obtained by calling on Dr. I. Thomas, or D. Townsend. esq. Those w ho wish to piomote the silk culture, should corny forward and subscribe. Their money will be profitably invented. And the experiment of the company will shed a fund of light abroad, of immense value to the citizens generally. Village Record. It is remarkable that whHc money is ?o scarce as in New York to command, in- me cases, a premium of ten per cent, a month from the safest borrower?, the prices of labor mi subsistence are unusually high. I his is a very curious f.ict, and is without precedent. we believe, in the history of this cooutry- It can only he accouniea lor or me circumstances, equally unprecedented, of the government having thirty old millions of dollars locked up in the deposite banks, and a large proportion of that amount of the currency consequently withheld from circulation. In fact, the government is rapidly absorbing all the money of the country, and if something be not done, and done speedily to restore to circulation and usefulness a part at least of the enormous sum which has accumulated in the treas ury, the most distressing consequences to the community must ensue. Aborigine. At the time of its first settlement by the white. Long Island was occupied by thirteen tribes of Indians viz: theCanarie,thc Rockaway,the Morikuke, the Marsapcague, the Secatogue, and the Patchogue, on the south side the Matinecoe, the Nissaouatrue. the Setauket, and the Corchaug on the north side the Shinec.oe,the Manhanset, and the Montauk, from the l.anoe place or JMontauk point. Of these the Montauks were the most numerous and warlike, and exercis ed a kind of sovereignty over the others, all of whom they had overrun and reduced to tributaries. These tribe?, we believe, are now extinct, with the exception of the Montauks, 15 or 20 of whom reside on a promontory at the east part of the island called Montauk point. They 'ist by fishing and cultivating a little land - cxtre.7e'j indolent, and a melancholy are ...- of mind, no doubt inducdespr ,'. ion of. their former! "inn rtr. inp r mrmvri L VllV VX'V"'!" I. A h r m n I v.. - ..aa a Tl n( 1 iiirrii I ' - - i' i v,l-"a" i. rmir .;u.i. cmucrencrth3nd meir pi esc... - . . cv ,idenly near approach o . pproacu oi -- reflections well caicu. ; -- ... HUM, o intcrc.ting romance. . Foam. Tl,rValunalInt:llietn,:of April20,con.

ratifications of which, it appears, were exchanged no longer ago than the 28th inst. Ti e object of this treaty, the Intel-liencer Mate?, is to revive an absolute provision in the treatv negotiated with Mexico in 1828, and

iraliMcd in 1832, for ascertaining and marking iVhe boundary line between the territory of i . ... . i ... . i t j o. tucxico ( i ex. is in pari) aiiu me u uueu oiaies. Each party is to appoint n commissioner And surveyor for that purpose, and both governmenti solemnly engage to provide any force tb.it may be necessary to protect the commit sioneis surveyors in carrying theubject of the treaty into effect. It is a remarkable circumstance that the ratifications of this renewal of a treaty of limit, this solemn pledge of amity, with Mexico, should be exchanged at the very moment when friends of the administration, aye, and pretty high officers under the government too, are arming bodies of men, and encouraging thm to march into the territory which the government is by treaty recognising as within the undoubted limits of Mexico. COMMERCIAL BANK INVESTIGATION, ALBANY. The committee of the senate which have had this subject so long in charge, reported on Tuesday morning. The Albany Evening journal says the report was drawn up by col. Young, and was adopted by the unanimous concurrence of the committee. It deeply im phcates two of the regency senators, Kcmble, of Rensselaer county, and Uishop, of Washington, in the gambling stock operations of Barlow,thcabconding cashier of the Commercial bank. The Evening Journal ays, "the most material points which are assumed, by the re port, to have been proven, are that nressrs. Kcmble and Bishop were associated with mr, Bartow in abstracting a large amount of funds from the commercial bank, without the knowl edge of its directors, for the Duroose of effect i mg extensive secret operations in stock.' A verdict of 8000 damages has been ren dered m Albany against the owners of a steam boat. The boilers of the boat collapsed last sum mer, and three chid re n of the plaintiff were killed. The charge was that the boat was of a new construction, nnd the engineer and captain did not understand the management oi me works. From the St. Augustine Herald. April 12". Fncf.u the army. An express arrived irv town last night from Picolata, bunging intelligence of gen. Eutis. He wa encamped two miles west of Pilaklikaha on the 4th inst An express from him arrived at Fort King requesting information from gen. Seott- Two or three Indian had been killed! on their route. The;r corn had exhausted, and the guide was unacquainted with the country BeyondPilaklikaha Th army was in good hvnUh. l;i..Li:i...L !-e :t .ir.r. a. t I'irv ii cvm in 13 4r IllllCS 3UUUI WCM Ol T OIUBiav St. Augustine, April 9. We learn from a gentlcnw from the Suwannee Old Town. thesi capf. M'Lemore, with a company of ! seventy-five men and two flats, one laden with Inrnrisions. left that nlare on Saturdu last to jjoin gen.. Seetty on- the Withlacooehee.- He was to proceed to the mouth of the Suwanna river, and thence through Vacassassa Bay tothe mouth of the Wilhlacoocee, and up thm W ithlacoochee to-the beUle ground. From the same source, we learn that it was reported in Alachua, that major Seed, with twenty-frve men from Tampa,, came upon the main body of the Indians, as he supposes, on the WTthfacoochee, in- the- night, and surpris ed them. He opened sharp fire, ami killed SOof them,and wounded a greas many. They fled precipitately. This report was generally credited there. It was also reported that col. Lindsay, from Tampa Bay r had joined1 gem. Scott sbmcw he re-L at, or near the Withlncoocaee. FASHION The Sleeve. The milliner of London and Paris have at length brought the long vexed question of the sleeve to a de cision. Hence forwards the mutton, sleeve is a vulgarity not to be tolerated. Victorine and Palmy re. the reigning queen of the mode in the French capUal, ha.ve provided severaf. Princesses and Dutchciser witlV fong sleeves made to fit exactly the shape of the arm. The. decree is therefore final. Hence lorth stifTners are a mere drug. Every arm and shoulder must sow be admired or condemnedJ accordwig to its own met its. lhere is to be no hiding a wen, or a long" skinny meagre, limb, in the ample folds of the gigot sleeve. The older ladies of the two courts opposed the innovation with all their influence, but the , IF T.i - 1 I L . b.a -.a a ...... ... - I FlllCCaa I IV.IUUN nilU IIIC unillgllllD Ul uiua rnuippe khct v.a.v.. . . , i an(i msisieuupon tueir cnuugc AurrmTl o John Randolpit. When John Randolph was in the United States sen ate. durintr John OuincT Adams' administra tion. he mounted a horse one time at Wash incrton. at an earlv hour in the morning, and accompanied by Johnny, on another horse, he went to Richmond by night, and at nn early

hour the next morning, fie arrived atone of his

plantations. After haying a large number of his negroes whipped, and several of the dog9 killed, he joted off to the other plantation, had the negroes whipped and some of the dogs killed,and then soon afterslarted off for Washington. Roan"oke,he had an aged negro who had done no work for fifteen or twenty years. He used to keep him as a sort of companion, and always called him "daddy:" but on this occasion he had the old,man up, whipped, nnd set at work. He wore, on this mission, his night-gown and a white handkerchief tied round his head, with the ends hanging down his back or floating in the wit.d. One of his warmest and most intimate friends near this place undertook to reprove him in a friendly way, for riding such an immense distance in soshort a time, giving neither sleep to his eyes nor rest to his body. Randolph looked at him very attentively for a moment, and then replied sharply: ttSir,'do you know there are two considerations for a gentleman to cntertatn who gives advice? He should first ask himself whether he is capable of advising others; and then he should consider whether his ndvice is likely to be received by the one to whom he offers it.w After Randolph had got some tittle distance on his return to Washington, on this occasion, he turned round to his servant and said, "Johnny, where think you we are going now? Don't you think we are going to the devil!" "Yes, I do, master," replied Johnny, "and I think we shall get there mighty soon, if we don't have more rest." This reply of Johnny so in censed his master that he ordered him to turn about and go home, for he should not go to Washington ith him. Fat Mutton. The Troy Whig mentions a sheep in that city, raised at the Shaker village, in Watervliet, which weighs 265 pounds, and was sold for 30. There are two others from the same village, one weighing I8S, nnd the other 196, and which sold $22 a piece. . -i -i

American Marvels. fche be a pretty

craft, that little thing of yours," observed old Tom; "how long may -she take to make the run7 "How longr I expect in just no lime; and she d go- as last again, only she won t wait for the breeze . to come up with her." Why don't you heave too for it?'; said old Tom. " Lose too much lime I cues?. I have been chased by an easterly wind all the way from your Land's End to our narrows, and it never could overhaul me." " And I presume the porpusses give it up in despair, don't they !"' replied old Tom, with a leer; "and I've seen the creatures playing before ihe bows of nn English frigate at her speed, and laughing at her." "They never play their tricks with me, old snapper; if they do I cuts them in halves, nnd nstnrn they go, head part floating on one side, and tail part on the other." The forty millions of dollars now in the National Treasury i? not wanted by the Government for any lawful or patriotic purposeThat money is wanted by the people for the enlightened and laudable objects of improvement and Education. Nor is this all. The money belongs to the people. And what is it withheld from them! Because it is to be used in promoting the election of Van Bureu. Can the people afford to pa 40,000,000 for the election of such a president? Albany Jour. Frjm the. United Stairs Gazelle. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE. It has been frequently asserted that circumstancial evidence, when well connected, link by link into a regular hain, is the most sure criterion from which to judge of a person's guilt or innocence ; at all events, it will beeen by the following circumstance, thnt positive evidence for once convicted an innocent man ! On the 23d of February last, a man calling himself Joseph Tyndull, with an alias or two, an old acquaintance' of the police, was taken before the Mayor of this citjEjrwnd charged with picking a gentleman s pocket, at the liobinson Crusoe Inn, 3d above Chesnut street. After a short examination, he was committed tn Arch st. Prison, for a further hearing. On the 2 ith of Feb. he was brought out, and underwent an examination, ind was recommitted for a still further hearing upon a new charge. In March he employed counsel who with a writ of habeas corpus took him before a magistrate nnd entered bail in 1,000 for his appearance at a stated time. He then left the city on business, to Pittsburgh, and was immediately upon his arrival there, arrested upon the charge of robbing the Pittsburgh bank, on the 20 h of Feb. Court being in session, he was put upon his trial at once; two witnesses swore positively to his identity, and the jury without leaving the box, found. him guilty of burglary! as charged. Tyr.dall made oath that he was in this city on tle day of (he robbery, and begged judgment to be suspended till answer could be received from the authorities here, which was granted, and it was discovered as wc have stated, that at the time of the robbery, he was lying safe in Arch street Prison. Singular course of Justice. e notice in the English papers, the trial of a man for murder in the Island of Jersey He was procee ded against by accusation of the Attorney General and found guilty. The prisoner then demanded a grand jury, which declared him guilty of manslaughter, and judge sentenced nm on the latter vsrdict, to transportation "or life and confiscation of property. General Lee and Doctor Cuitmcr. Jhn B. Cutting was a surgeon in the army of the re volution; and coming to Philadelphia, lodged in a house where Gen. Lee was then boarding. The doctor was a personable man, and not in different to drt. The general suddenly en tering the sitting room found the doctor before the glass, carefully adjusting his cravat. Cutting,' says Lee, you must be the happiest man in creation. The former turned round with a smile of self-complacency, 4 And why, general?' says he. Why?' replied Lee, 'be cause you are in love with yourself, and have not a rival on earth. Profitable Legislation. A Washington cor respondent of a New York paper says, that up to the date of his letter, Congress has been in session US days. Ihe time has been exhausted thus; 20 days in debating the New xork fire bill. 20 in adjournment, to gratify those who wish to indulge m parties of pleasure. 20 in talking about abolition, without any result. 20 in talking about Judge While Mr. Van Buren and Gen. Harrison. 20 arguing questions of order. 18 in attending to the quarrels between Mr. Henry A. Wise and Mr. Polk, and between Mr. Wise and M. Bynum Total 118 days. Was ever a nation favored witb wiser and greater legislators! Banking Capital of Massachusctlt. During the recent scsion of the Legislature of Massachusetts, 10,320,000 was added to the banking capitol of that commonwealth. Capital

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u'l'l .iJ1 total bank capital of the commonwealth' -830,000.. Fine timfi fur the Brtkeru Ti evincH.nnti Whig of the 20th inst. says, "Yesterday the hanks In this city carre to the conclusion not to receive the r.otcs of ar:y banks out of" Cincinnati. The consequence is that every body w ho has any money at all has a large portion of it in country banks' paper, of which he can make Utfle or no use without having it shaved at the broker's office at a Ios of from one to five per cunt. Of course the banks in other places will retaliate, and this will prevent the remission of bills fiom one stale to another, cr the payment cf a debt out of Cincinnati, without a considerable loss. In the mean lime the brokers have a One harvest and will shave their customers la the most dexttrous approved style. The diction Ln&. During the winter an clection Inw was passed by the Legislature for the purpose of preventing fraud in the Philadelphia elections. The pTun is to keep a registry of the names of voters &C. Notwithstanding the obj'ect of the law, and its important check upon the honesty of nil parlies, the Van Buren prints have ce mmenced an opcu and systematic ntlack upon it, as calculated effectually to destroy thcif power. Does not this very circumstance prove that their power and majority is obtained by the illegality of their vwtes. JV&rrUtozcn Free Prm, We learn that several Sperm Whales not fully grown have recently made their appearance in the waters of the Patapsco river and four of them have been captured near Hawkins' Point. This morning one of these captives was brought to town and placed iu the Museum. It is about twenty feet in. length, and being truly a stranger in these latitudes', will no doubt attract general notice, A poor man of the name of Lcfebre who is become heir to the fortune of the Duke of Dantzic, was too poor to pay the postRgc of the letter announcing his good fortune. The Providence bunk Robbery. Wc are sorry to learn that the nmount of money taken is even larger than was at first supposed. In addition to 116.828 dollars in bills of different banks, chiefly in Rhode Island, 10,727 dollars in gold sovereigns, ond 21,tS0 dollars in bills of the Merchants' Bank, principally 500 dollar bills, were taken. The bank has increased the amount of reward offered to 10,000 dollars. Tho robbery was effected by means of false keys, and it was not discovered until the opening of Ihe bank on Monday morning. Cruelty in the British Array. A late Lon don paper contains a detailed account of an inquest held on the body of a marine, who was flogged very severely by order of a court martial, and died shortly after. Cases of this description are by no means rare on the other side of the water. The deceased was guilty of disobedience of orders in refusing to go thro' the "long drill," a minor sort of punishment to which he was sentenced. He was accordingly tried and sentenced to receive trco hundred lashes, which were commuted to half the number. A surgeon swore that his death was not occasioned by the punishmenf, but by the effects of a fever and another on being interrogated, said the man would have died of the fever even if he had not been flogged! According to this evidence the poor wretch was at death's door when they commenced lashing him. The jury, says the paper before us. were at first inclined to return a verdict con trary to the evidence adduced, but eventually thirteen agreed in opinion that the deceased died "by the visitation of God! Trope for Trope.- A clergyman preaching in the neignoornooa oi wappmg, observing that most part of his audience were in the seafaring way, very naturally embellished hi discourse with several nautical tropes and figures. Amongst other things he advised them to be ever on the watch so that cn rehatroever taek the evil one should bear doten vpon : Jietn he might be cripled in action. "Ay, master," muttered a jolly son of Neptune: " but let me tell you, that will depend upon your naving the aeather gage of hini.r, A ju-t though whimsical remark. Probably most people have reen or heard of a caricature representing a gentleman at dinner, upon around of beef, with the landlord looking on. Capital beef, landlord,' said the gentleman; a man may cut and come again here." " You may cut, sir," responds Boniface; " but I'll be Mowed f joxt shall came again." A hard Case.' The New Ycrk jv njrelist considers it very hard that a colored man by the name of Hewlett should hav been refused a license to drive a cart, although accordsng to the Evangelist he actually owns prtiperty tn William street to the amount of O).000. Poor fellow this is a hard !c sc indeed,, very!

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