Weekly Messenger, Volume 5, Number 241, Vevay, Switzerland County, 13 August 1836 — Page 3
As for myself I coajider it
I., . . . I.. " I. . KAU mipt'Kaanri
VIII V Sr illJ'lil .11 IM . IT Mil VC IK1IC .'UH"niv v--. purcuav-.d at b irgain and I think we h-.il be abie to sell it fr as much or more t nine gave. A rg4rd temperance I would say they re. considerably in the hack ground, yd i -have assisted in forming two temperance sot actios, in two different towns since 1 have
been hero, and I see nothing in the way of
temperance nourir-lung :n soon as they get a link' more enlightened on the subject, (k) The inhabitants are not yet ashamed to end u no-
(n) 'Thy Uui produces Q) to 33 ku!ieh.f dick and Hoffman, approhpndad Tor robbing corn to the acre.'5 This writer means kent the mail between Richmond and Petersburg, paid for land in this country, not the produce, have been sentenced to thePenitentiary by (t) ''Land poorly watered, no permanent the federal district court; Burdick, as the acstreams, and very few permanent springs.'" tual robber, for ten years; Hoffman, as the What in ihe name of sense has this writer receiver of plunder, knowing it to be stelen, done with our Ohio river, Luughery, Indian, one. Burdick was found guilty by a jury; Plumb, Grants', and Arnold's creeks. "I Hoffman confessed and threw himself on the
hive the good fortune to have a 'living spring' mercy of the court.
on my premises well stored, we suppose,
with craw tish and bull frogs. II has "been I False J'otions. Owing to a sad defect in
told there was not another eood sprine with- education, too many young ladies consider
in five mile;" this falsehood is so elarinir that themselves to be more for ornament than use
Taken Up
TTTY VVm. Culicott, living in York township, LlU Switzerland county, Indiana, one estray Fitly, roan color, supposed to be 3 years old, a
out 14 and a half hands high, some white on the
eft hind foot, appraised to 21 dollars and 50
cents by James Johnson and Richard Wiles, bo
ore WM. 11. WILEY. J. r.
August 13. 183.6.
tosi .m diunkard to legislate tor then in their jit is only nececessary to notice it. We have fulness; and they cultivate a taste for display
State Senate. j water in abundance; wells on almost every fir more than a taste for the scber duties of Politically, this county and all this section! farm. Within one mile square of me, we life. To these there is a painful waking up
ol the slate a tar as I can learn i an bu- have a dozen wells, of as good water, as ever in after life: and too many hud themselves ut
ren. Harrison, I believe is laid upon the Icamc out of the earth. terly unfit for the discharge of obligations
shelf entirely, (m) I (k) lu regard to temperance, I would say, which they have taken upon themselves to
they are considerably in the back ground-, fulul. But there is no retreat for them, and
yet I have assisted in forming two societies." loo often life's most pleasant anticipations ate The writer just informs you, on entering a far- found lo end in bittterncsi.
mer s house, he enquires "for the whole list
religion
is methedut, and
Thu Trt v.ii.i.i
tney not very numerous, (s) Education, as in many other section is rather neglected. The legislature has heretofore done more to build uji colleges and rho-i'.s of a higher order than they have common sdiooiJ. The people are talking largely fibo u canals and rail road?, but probably talking will be all. If they would do something for the bettering of common roa..t 1 should be
trcrv
Ekd.
To conclude, 1 mast say, that with all the nd vantage of this region of fcountry and all tie iab'Tv'd recommendations of our good Iriendr, I should not advise any one to locate a far down as we are, hut somewhere from the middle of the Hate north for fifty miles, and running: thence across the state 'and con
tinuing into Illinois widening out to one hun
of 'drinkables,' " rum. gin, brandy, &c, and the answer was uniformly "no." The old
-d age applies here with much force "liars
ought to have good memories.
mj His political assertions bear the same stamp of falsehood.
n 44 The prevailing religion is methodist and they not very numerous." Our citizens are generally professors; we have 1500 families 500 may be baptists 500 mcthodis s the balance new light, campbelliles, uni versa-
hits, catholics, with a few presbyterians. o We wish the writer had been a little
more explicit upon this subject; let us know in your next, how many cases of cholera were
MARRIED By George Laud, Esq. on the 4th of Aueust, 1836, Mr. Eli Rave, to
Miss Eliztbeth R. Lineback of this county. On the 7th inst. at Quercus Grove, by M
R. Green, Esq. John F. Jack, of this county
to Miss Mary Ann Ricketts, of Dearborn
county.
vred miles, a very desirable location might bcin your four mile circle how many in Swit
. I I . J I iL .
zenanu county, ana now many in ir.is pan of the state.
WEEKLY MESSENGEIS,
Vvmlev's Yletvia.t, Indiana.
Saturday, August 13, G23.
cbtaincd
My family have all enjoyed good health
riuce we have been here, and lar as tliey are
cciiccrm d no one has been homesick in the least. Willi ail the disadvantages here 1 believe this to be a healthy as Meredith, except it be cholera I which the inhabitants have been considerably subject (o) in all this
part of the 6tate.
Darby Hill Farm for Sale.
np HE subsci iber from old age ;nd other cir
ip farming, and now offers for sale his farm,
which is in the north west quarter of section
17, in town '2. range J, west, situated near
Long Run, in Ciaig township, Switzerland
county, about four miles west of Vevay, con-
tsttngof lb5 acres, about 0 acres cleared;
an orchard of near 200 good fruit trees in full bearing; three hewed log houses, a horse
mi II, barn, stables, and other convenient build
ings; a cistern close to the house, which has
supplied the family with water for 12 years,
ana a spring in nearly every neia. Terms will be made to suit the purchaser. JAMES ROUS, Vevay, August 12, 183.
We have no late news from Florida or
Texas, the exchange papers being very baron those subjects. The reader will find an
unu$ual variety ol interesting matter, and we
would direct his attention to the letter dated at Alienvillc, in this county, May 15, I83ti.
() But like lago, our writer tells "wondrous tales."' (u) Biain, a little turned here; the Rising S.m i ,n the wrsT bank of the Ohio: but this
is a tuning mistake for a travelling journalist. J A greater absurdity was never laid before the
(c) "lie was told," ly some person inaiipucmc
li. . ,nA n mi vi il :ihi.ut iiinc nine into tin-
if nf Sivi! 7,m l.md wordcr if he had a
puide board nailed to his head.
c . , i ii
I his wise man had removed an
the!
ray from Meredith,in Delaware county, state r . . .si-
About a fortnight ago, there was an at
(empt made to rob the U. States mail, near
New Urunswick, IN. J. 1 he rail road committee have offered 500 dollars for the perpetra-
of .New York, and happened to bring with him tors of this offence. The driver and mail esca
a cheese, part ol a ham and two loaves ol ped without injury
suppose, bragging to even
UR.EEX6BUn.GII, August 0.
AUCTION In Jacksonville.
THE subscriber offers for sale at public
outcry, the lollowing property on On Wednesday, August 1 7.
One Tannery establishment with tools, and
never failing water.
small orchard with 60 or 70 bearing trees
Two lots fronting Main street, with a well of
never failing water, wiih a house on the prem
ises, Also, Hats and Leather, offered at the same time. Sale lo commence at 10 o'clock. Terms made known on the day nf sale. LAWRENCE N I HELL.
Jacksonville, Aug. 11, 1836.
V virtue ofan order and dBriro of tiie Swit
zerland Probate Court, made at its present
Viigu-u term, I shall pneeed to cell at public out cay, to the hihest bidder, on the premises, o Sa
lurday the 24h of September next between the
hours of 10 i'i the forenoon and two in the after noon,
FORTY ACRES OF LAND,
To be taken offof the north end of the south nest
quarter of section 2, township 2, of range 2, west,
Terms of sale, one quarter c ish in h ind, one furth, six months after sale, one fourth 12 months after sale, and the balance 15 mouths after the
day of sale, with six per rentum interest from day f sale, until paid and ten per centum damages
TIIE STATE OF INDIANA, Switzerland County, is. William Gibson, & Co. ) VJ f assumpsit rou Washington Sparks, $l8u5
A writ of domestic attachment was made to
TAKE2Y UP. BY George lieckwiih living near Patriot Switzerland County Indiana, a clay colored MAKE with a black mane nod tail fifteen band high, supposed to be four years ld last soring.
appraised at twenty dollar, by John Taylor and Amariab Gustm before me this 1st day of August 185. AUHJEliT G AZLAY J. p. August 6th. Guns: Onus 1 1 Gimsiir
A quantity of good Shot Gun, just received, aud for sale by
CLAUKiON &, DUFOUR. Vevay, April 23. KEW GOOD, TCfE feel thankful to our friends and thq public generally, for tha liberal natron-
age heretofore received, and hope by strict
rtiicniiuii io Dusiness and lair dealing, to still
merit a share of public favor.
We wish to inform our customers that we have just received direct from Baltimore. .
a large assortment of
Domestic Goods. Contitting in part cf the follouirtg articles: 3-4, 7-8, 4 4, and 6-4, brown sheetings aiii shirtings; a fine assortment of Merrimack ptinti; two trunks lady's fine kid seal, morocco, calf and prunella shoes and slippers: lw
men s heavy neceed boots two case
Aribert Gaxlay, a justice of the pence, to
J. II. Frazier, constable, commanding him to attach, sicze, and take into hh possession the goods, chattels, rights, credits, monies, ami fleets of Washington Sparks, that may b found in his county; which writ has been re
turned executed, ihe said feparks is therefore notified to appear at the oftjee of ;-'iid justice in loey township, on Wednesday the 3 1st
day of August at noon, to defend said suit, or
the same will be heard and determined in hi absence. ARIBERT GAZLKY. J. 1.
Potey township, August 11, I82d.
cases
men's fine calf boots, good articles; three ca
ses men's brogans; a few pieces fine 4-4 aproa
cnecK-; ana a tew pieces Une satinet checks.
together with a variety of other articles, lately
purchased at Cincinnati and Louisville, added to our formtr stock, makes our assortment complete; and wo invite purchasers to call
and examine our stock before they purchase elsewhere, as we are satisfied we can sell
goods as low as any other house in the cone 'J- SHAW & ROUS. Vevay, July 30, 183$.
T1Z E.jtS?TJ SOiti
ITZaaziuc. SEVERAL ladies of the highest literary standing in the country, have complied with the terms offered by the publisher, and their contributions will appear in succeeding
numbers, commencing with volume 14.
Sa-ifriirid cmnty. J s-.ye erteiij irouif artv
Fbanch l'AExes, Uknbiktta Babsks, und Jon S. Cuapiajt.
Original bill im ebacry.
bread."' And 1
ntrson he met on the way of his stock of pro-
m - . B . . - - . . . I " T ------ w-
visions, was taken for a beggar. He enquired Suicide. A most distressing case ol suicide, from jav ofgai0i if the payments are not made
ef the nearest larmer, on the road to Aliens- was perpetrated on fndayot last week, in Inromuilv-
ille, and commenced the following queries: the north part of this county, in the neighbor-1 The i-urchasrr will receive a certificate of pur
Can vou let us have some flour can you hood of esquire Jewetts. Henry Dogged chase, calling f..r a ad deed, when the whole
let us have some pork can you let us have who has resided there for some time past, put Ipurchaw m -ney i paid. ENOS El. LIS,
. . r .. .. . r i f w
tome butter can vou let us have some beet
can you let us have some mutton can you
let us have some chickens can jou let u
tiavn some bear's meat can miu let us have
some venison can vou let u have tome gau
can vou let us have some coin can
vou let us have Eumc coffee can you let u
hav.,sume tea can you let us have some rum can )eu let us have some bianJy can you
l.t n i.ivc. some wh.skev can vou let u-
have some wine can you let us Have t?oiiu-
in Can you let us have seme cider can
you let us hae some beer ''and thus went
through the whole cuialla and drinkables, anl t 'is anazcer tta- uniform '7 no.' " tO He 7"ti'"
Ij conduled to spare us a p-ek or ha'f biisJicl uf
putilors ana three pints j miU. Anolhci
i 1 a' t 1 r .
"gr-e us a seconu nan iinei ol poia.oes
a period to his mortal existence, ny Mining
his throat, from ear to ear, with a sharp razor.
Me had manifested a disposition some days
previous lo commit the act. On the day of liis death he had arranged his papers, threw
away the useless ones, &c. carefully sharpen
ed his razor, hid farewell to his children,
walked out to the end of the house, and there 1 1 '.1. a 1 r.t
etioeu 111s 111c, wun two siroKes 01 me razor.
This is one other instance of the awful effects of intemperance. Greensburgh Repository.
Guardian of James IV. A'icholls, minor
heir of John Ii. NichollitlaU of Switzerland county, deceased. August 12, lb3G.
ELECTION NEWS. We have unofficial statements
f the counties, as follows:
SENATORS.
Morgan county Grant Stafford.
Carroll Clinton Samuel MiJroy
'mother, two chicken- another, an oi l rooi- Johnson John S. Thompson
ter and another, ; tew j o md? ot h cow.
Good lord what a mess tor a beggar. fEt For four miles roun J, am ng the in'
itanU who had resided hcte liom tea to eigh
teen years, and almost every section in: ;uut-
CJ h t.irmers, wc louiu n imp-ime ti
.r, .".o,.a.ips nf life If the centre ol mi.-
circle of families is Alle:;sv ii e, n e j i ..r.,.unc
the writer a libeller, wi.n a. ir.uo 01 e..uiij
Now does this writer b.ls ,ve Uiat I.e c;.n i-n
.... k r- Amin ' In !iv U.is sTr.tCil'.'. that
in a neighborhood w :uu- st evey sec
..... ;..K-.t.'iir-.l tiv l.uiii 'iv ol If-.. " ;ca to
NOTICE. fTfriE undersmtied hatinij removed to Ken
11 lucky, twgs leave to inform thoso indebted
to him, that his noti-s and accouut are left in tho
hands of Samuel Beal, Esq of Mountsterling
those interested will please call and settle assoo-i
as K)9ibIe. and ob ige J. li. LAI OiM. N. R. I want to sell mv house and lot in Munt
from a few sierhuj; any inf' nnation concerning it, may b
had from It.'S. Cotton, of Mountsterling. S. K. EA ; ON. August 12, 1833.- 3t M m. urcorlile's Estate,
E it remembered that on this the I8tb ivf pf'July lSJt, the s.t 1 1 complainant Edward i ly Steven hia solicitor fi'.ad in the said. It court of frtid county, his original billin
cbanceiy agiinst the in'ul Francis l?Hrnea, Henrietta Ciirnes and J4.I111 .0. Cfcupman, and also fib-d the atlitavit anrxned to said bill, of a disinterested prson by which it satisfactorily appeared lhat the said defendant are all non resident. liar id to sny, that neither of them reside in the state of Indiana. Theeforo notice is beret r .: ... :.i jr i , .
mvuu in me ijcmiiuitiii, na cacn 01 ineia that if they dont appear in the said circuit court, on the first dav of the next term thereof to ha
hohlen in the court house in the towr. of Vevav, in said county on the third nmnday in September next, and defend by pleading, 'demurin. or
aiiswerni" to said bill that it will be taken for confessed, agHinstihr'rij,&. the matters and thinus
mcrm ucciuea occoraintiy.
EoivAfii Fatt" Clerk. July ISth 1S3U, by P. M Kknt deputy
Cole.
Ens-
ti
thai 11,
I 1 li
e- ua
eighteen years residence, n,'t t'e.e n cessaries of iue.
ted Mav 13, lj3J, it :s n w tt.e I lia d-y I
August and alihouuh mv earn is !!- i!ion g
but nut ripe" and 1 live jut without Lis
m;t.. I.. I will l;.r tike lasii. en;': to
IUUI ii.nv.-i.-.,- ' 1 w Aiiniili hm willi une thousand bu?heio m In-
VJSB u: - corn of last year, for thirty lime cents je
bushel. As for wheat, although - sa
t m. . 1 . tt r... .-.I
crops are aimo-i ram i; -ui -have, within his four 11 lie eti h , fiv e iiiou0 -id bushiL f r the wiA. - (f) "You may loe.k for miles. U-z -thet , af.d not find ever, an apology for a b;.i... i niwriter mut have been crazv, or wilnihy mlendcd lo falsify facts. umn hw " p"ate circle, lie will -find 1'"S one hundred feet square and Irom lhat size down lo 16 b and indeed, I know of no farm r, who
has been residing here ten years wuo i.-.i i, Jk bari. Have )OU, Mr. I tur it , t tr. n the farms of the Mr. IJicWhis-mi s, oiia:u..trlinV, I'eabodyV, Cochran's, Gill.ly tl. Keen's, Cummins', StuwV, Il-m, Wahers ithd Montanye's, lf)ou havo,ple;ise tell us in jour next, what has In c ine l"eT brns; each nd every one of tliem had large (lamed bairis, cne day before your famous letter wfij writtrn.
Hamilton 6 Roone
Shelby John Walker.
Ripley- -Thomas Smith.
REPttESEJtTATIVM.
Marion A. W. Morris & R. Hanna.
Clinton Jacob Anderson.
Tipprcanoe Thomas B. Brown &, mi tiger. B on Abner II. Lonley.
Johnson James Lusk.
Hancock Thomas D. Walpole. Ft.yetle C. B. Smith & Marks Crume. Union Messrs. Bennett St Watl. Rush Messrs. Posey, Rush, & McMillan. Hamilton Wm. Connor. Morgan Mr. Matthews. Dearbirn Messrs. Guard, Dunn Pepper & James. Switzerland Mr. Eggleston. Hipley Mr. Shook. Shelby 'Erasmus Powell Jc E. Gird. J Jfrsm Messrs. Stapp, Chambers and Mar
shall. Decatur James Elder.
TIIE undersigned gives notire to all concerned, that he will be prepared on the 3d day nf November session of the Switzerland Probate t ourt, to be holden at the court I otise in Ve vay. on the 2d Monday in November next, in settle said estate, and close the administration thereof, of which all persons interested wi'l take
notice. JAMES JOHNSON, AdmV. York township, August 10, 1810
I was not aware that you knew him, said we to an Irish friend the other day. Know im?' exclaimed he in a tone that comprehended the knowledge of more than one life :ime,l knew him when his father was a boyj
Christian Cooper's Estate.
rjHE undersigned gives notice to all c.oncern-
ed, that hsvwill be prepared oh the 3 I dn l the November session of ihe Switzerland Pro
bate Court, to be holden at the court house in Ve
vay, on the second Mondav in Nveml er nei
to settle Said estate, and close the administration of the estate of Christian Co -j er, late ofT r'
township, deceased therereof of which all per sons irterested will lake notice. The estate is supposed to be insolvent. UEOHGE LAND, AdmV.
rlew York, August 11, 1636. Administrator's Sale,
nnrlLLbe sold at mv office in the town i
V V New York, on Saturday the 3d Hay of
September nxt, commencing at 10 o'clock. A. M The personal property Ik longing 'o the estai, of Charles Cooper, dece ived, c n-asiincofa watch, clothing, umbrella, trunks. &c. Terms ma U
known at sale lK KUE L.AIU, Adiu'r.
An English company with a large capital, -w Yoik. Aiivrnst 11. 183G.
ire ostablishing at Troy, on the Ohio river, - Perry co. in this state, a manufactory of por- TaliCIl Up ct -lean and queens ware, on a large scale. It fjjY Benjamin K, Warner, of York township
latmot lail to be advantageous to our ctuiens, IQj Swiizerland conntv, Indiana, one estr.y
a wni a 10 me piuniriuis, buicc iuc iraos- mare, a blight bav, Mrk main and tail, with
portation of the description of ware which they intend to make, is now as great as the first cost. Wabu$ Courier,
Cmvictiftn nfMnil Rahhrrs.'W& learn from
the RicbtaoDd. Whig of Saturday, tbitBdr-.
4 small bell on, and blii d of th li.iht ey, suppo
seJ to be ten j eais old. ino other brands or mark-perceivable- - appraised lo 13 dollars by ErastnMoor and Louis F.Sheppard, before me this S7il
July, 1836. UEOKGULAND, J.P. Aogvtt 1
This nnnnbir nprindica haa now rooiiil.-twl l"i-t "J o'evn ma solicitor Ulea 10
r 1 - a
the sixth year and VZih volume of publication, and still continues, ns at first, the rnott
popular work of its class.
Ihe publisher is gratelul forjhe patronage
extended to him, and will endeavor by unre-
mttted exerlions.to mer.i it. J he L.aoy-s liook
was the first publigHtion that attempted to give rrrrect coloured representations of the
Philadelphia fashions. Ihe work, as stated
above, has now been published for six years, and the proprietor ass a careful examination
of it, from the many who have been subscribers from the commencement, and in their candid judgment, whether it has not beeu constantly improving from volume to volume, lie
may with safety say, lhat the engravings which adorn each number, are such a would be credible to the same class of periodicals in England. The fashions are superior to all but
those in the Court Magazine, and equal to them. If the subscription shall still continue
to incrfase, greater exertions shall be made
The promises made in the commencement of
year, have by lar been exceeded; and this is
a fact thai few periodicals can boast ot the
pr miscs made in advertisements, in general,
f .r exceeding the performance.
MANNER OF EMBELLISHMENT. January, March, May, July, September,
Novrmbtr,colorcd engravings ofPhiladelphia fashions.
February, April, June, August, October,
December, steel engravings of difTcreut sub
jects.
Each number also contains either two
views or heads from the Portrait Galler
Embroidery, fac similes, music, 48 pages ol reading, and other natter, so vatied, as to re
quire more space than can be spared to men
tion them. The price s three dollars per annum, or two copies for five dollars, in all cases payable in advance. Orders, post paid, to be addressed to L. A. GODEY, publisher. Philadelphia, August 1, 18SG. museum, PUBLISHED BY E. L1TTELL. Sub
scriptions received at No. 11 Bank et. back of
71 Chesnut s. Contents of the June A'umber. The Tin Trumpet, of Heads and Tales; Winter Skcthes, by Delta; Bloom and Blight; The Snow Fall; Light in Darkness; The Hack woods of Canada; Tocquevillc's Democacv in America; The Pope of (he Sixteen and Seventeenth Centurts; Fanny Fairfield continued; William Pitt; The Captive, a Tragic Scene by M. G. Lewis; Snaileyyow, chapters, VI., VII., VHL, by Captain Marryitt; Liberty and Slavery in America; Scene n Calcutta;. Wilfred IVmberton; LitearyStaistics of Austria; Discovery of an Englishman it Port Philip; Irish Varieties, Humanity of hitish Naval Officers; Florence O'Brien, ontined; The Charity Sister; Snarleyyow. Chapter IX; Fanny Fairfield, part 111.; Pronunciation in different Nationt of Europe; $abbatbJUimtr9
Whiskey. Vy E have a few barrels rectified whiskey ' which we offer to sell low for cash. CLARKSDN 6c DUFOUR. Vevay, June 23d, 1S36. PH1NEAS 33. ISiJT, Attorney and Cpunsi lor at L,a9 JT 1 lA' be lou"d at lhe Clerk Office ic VoMay 9. ' Eadies Look Here. A fine selection of LiadscsHonncttf, j'JSt received and fir wile by CLAKKSON &z DUFOUR. VeTay, April 23.
011 the
BOOTS. f Cases thick BLOTS for sale by SP F. G. SUEKTS St a,, Vevay. May Farm for Sale.
flMIL undersifnrd is ilr-irr.ii nCA',
posing of his farm, containing 123
ACRES, and b?ing a part of section No.2, T. 3, R. 3 V., and situated
tate road running from New Yoik.
on the Ohio river to Indianapolis. Forty-fire acres are under good fence and some 20 acres more partially cleared. A bearing OUCll RD of about 200 trees of good fruit The buildings are a comfortable log cabii a log barn and other out houses, with a well of good water, and never failing springs. The road from Wilmington via. James' mill to Vevay, aNo passes through it making it a desirable point for public business. I or further particulars enquire of the saS -ciber on the premises. LEMUEL WILEY. Cotton township, July 18th 1836.
MOLASSES
1
TIEHCE first rate mohssess. just reeeft-eJ and fur sale bv CLjJRA'5'OA fr DUFCVR.
Vevay, June 25 tf. t UUWK DEEDS tor sate at tsi office