Weekly Messenger, Volume 5, Number 244, Vevay, Switzerland County, 3 September 1836 — Page 2

.'Hex mirii GuzJtr. SCENES IN NSW OILCANS. fKitflor Alexander Ledger, charged with t cnino ot bigamy, anl vhnad lied to Ilav i ma, returned to New Urle.uis a few days 5L?io to the 33ih ul:. He was on that .1 y arrested by JuJgc Watts, president of i is criminal court, on the ain.lavit of Louisa j.jauvais, the lady he m irrieJ in France. He was held to bail in the sana of tire thous--ad dollar, and being unable to find it, he w M reminded to prison. On his way there h ? was tired upon by a young m an, the only n of the unfortunate 1 idy whom ths doctor i. 1 deceived in Xw Orleans, aal received a p tolbt!lin th.2 forcheil. The wound is pronounced mortal. The young man was arrsted. He is said to have been coid and composed, and male no ctfort to escape. The sheriiF of Ne.v Orleans receive 1 from the District court an order to seise the M.e.im b it United States. He confi led his mandate l his deputy who i:med'ately repaired on - aul with an officer who was to take possesson of her. The captain of the United o:ates was absent, but the individual who had charge of her m the interim, after making use .'f the nust ahu-ive la.-iga agi, signified to liie tieputy that he mast leave the boat, and threattnedihe deputy' ciiiccr with personal violence. Things having come to such a pitch, they both left her, and proceeded to the principal, where ten of the city guard were procured who accompanied thcherifflo the boat; but, before reaching her, thev were opposed by a mob of at least one hundred men, who put the law at detiar.ee and prevented its execution. This scandalous scene as is usual on such occasions, drew together a 1 irge assem blage of the curious. In vain did the sheriff urge upon the mob the necessity ot respect and obedience to the law. Ih. zcas only an37v;relzciihsc3rn. Seeing no chance ot sueceeding peaceably, he was induced to retire: his instructions not goi-ig so far as to compel him to engage in a fight on the Lcvcc, in which himself and his little force would, perhaos. have been overpowered bv numbers. r j - i wHJh mio-ht have endn:rere of women ant children, other impudent spectators, as well as combatants themselves. We understand from the Courier, from which the above particulars are taken, that, after a night's reflection and consultation, the mob had "consented that the process of the law might be served! These are startling proceeding, and yet they are of every day occurrence, and are confined to no particular section of the country. Amiric-m II rainn. The Algemine Z-itung. n Gazette published in Vienna, gives an ac count of the upsetting of a pleasure boat in the river there, by which the Princess Adelaide Sophia was precipitated into the water, and would have been drowned, if it had not been for the heroic exertions of Mr. Bell, a young American gentleman, son of Dr. Bell, of Charlestons. C. who happened to be near in another pleasure boat, immediately plunged into the rivei (without knowing ihi quality of the lady.) and rescued her from a watery grave. He was next day invited to the imperial palace, where he was presented by the lovely Sophia herself with a breast-pin studded with diamonds, valued at twenty thousand dollars. Our correspondent, to whom we are indebted for the paper, slates that "it is impossible to conceive how high the JVaiion A mcrccnische stands in this capital. The Anstrian Court is certaily the proudest in Europe, vet the arch-duke has lately been heard to s'ay that an American gentleman is fully on a par with an Austrian Nobleman- I ehould not therefore be suprised if something furthergrewout of this matter particularly as young Bell is remarkably handsome and intelligent." Mirch of Machinery. According to the last number of Mechanics' Magazine, a machine has been invented by one Mr. James Hunter, superintendent of the Leysmill Quarries, near Arbroath, which will entirely supersede the mason's hand-mallet and chisel, and leave all hand labor, in point of economy and despasch at any measurable distance. Mr. Hunter call? this michine a power stone planeing machine; we are told that it is so ingeniously and judiciously contrived, that it will reduce and polish more blocks of rough stone in thirty minutes,1 at a cost of one shilling and seven pence than a -ood mason could reduce and polish in five days and a half, at a cost of fifteen shillings and nine-pence; and the machine moreover, will do the work in afar more workmanlike manner than the man. Benjamin Ralhbun. We hear it generally Ftated that there is a strong probability ot the ultimate acquittal cf Mr. Rathbunof Buffalo, notwithstanding the enormous charges resting against him. I said that there is no doubt that the value of the prop-ity which he has as-igaed, will be quadrupled in thi course of a very few years. So convinced are ms friends and creditors on this point, that they express themselves ready to take all his pa per, for value received, in their apportioned bhare of his property. That some such dispo sition will be made of his vast estates, aft-r the payment of his workmen, we are at last induced to believe plausible; and the liberated speculator will ere long have it in his power to raise another El Dorado in the Farther West and make the wilderness around him blossom as the rose. We desire the tway ofi-iitice. bat we believe the strong and

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or benefits on thousands of his race, than could 'cougniag for life within the walls of a prison. Philadelphia Gazette. Wo copy the following frtn the Gazette. TriE Whitakers. The tragedv which happened last spring in New Orleans, is probibly fresh in the mind of our readers, but the particulars attendant on it, which we give below, have never been published, probably for the substantial reason, that the lives of the editors of that city, had they published them, might have been the forfeit. The Whitaker family, noted desperadoes, reside at a considerable distance from New Orleans, on the Mississippi, and are the terror of that part of the country. Yonnjr Whit aker, the convict suicide is said to have been obnoxious to the censure of his brothers, on account of his timidity, although he had committed at least one murder previous to that of which he had been convicted. The latter was perpetrated ia a bar room, on the person of the keeper, because he did not wait on him quik enough. Whitaker drew his knife and stabbed him to the heart. He was arrested, tried, convicted and sen tenced to death. 1 he family, consisting of the father, mother, two brothers and a sister, repaired to New Orleans with the determination of effecting his rescue, or putting him to death with their own hands. Our informant states that the eldest brother told him that he had paid to the keeper of the prison $G00!J to be instrumental in his liberation. It is true he sawed off the brs of his prison window, and wa in the act of running off, when he was retaken and carried back to jail, where he was more closely confined than before. The day ef execution drawing near, and little chance being left that he would gain his freedom, his family determined that the gibbet should lose its victim. They therefore furnished him with laudanum, which was either not taken by him, or failed in its intended effect. 4Je was afterwards visited by one of the family, who put into his hands "knife a f peculiar construction, (a pattern of which we have seen, such as are carried by the assassins of that partion of the country, with an in junction to use it on himself; and the whole family have been seen on their knees at pray ers, invoking God that he might not die a coward. A short time previous to the day on which he was ordered to be hanged, he made two attempts on his left breast, with the instrument given him, but his couiage failed. He was goaded on to the fatal deed by his brother, and he plunged it between his ribs seven i . lide in depth, perforating his breast. This knife, covered with blood, is now !seld by his father as a trophy of honor. The body was delivered up to the fomly, taken home, and buried with military honors. To show the utter rec&essness of this horrible crew, tiiey hae s9orn that te governor, vho refused to pardeu him, the jailor whs confined, and the judV-w ha sentenced him, shall die by their hands; and even the sister declares that if these deeds are delayed, she will traia her little boys up for the purpose putting them to death. This fiedirfi woman nad armed kerself for the purpose of asasin.'itin" her brother on the ay to execution, had he failed himself to perform the deed. But the whole of the storv is not told The family immediately on hearing the death of the young man, employed a gentleman of! i nit; em. uriui uusciijio lase a cast ot fcls face in cement. .ina procure i bust to be made from it. The cast was taken while the body was yet warm, and a young man who accompanied him. ptpJ cuted the bust, which was considered an ad mirable likeness, for which they agreed to pay nim a hundred and ten dollars. After repeated applications for the money, which was not paid, the family having returned home, he left the city repaired to their residence, and demanded the amount promised him. The elder brother bade him be off, or he would kill him, and drew his knife, but his purpose, was prevented by the interposition of his mother. The young man mounted his horse, and was returning to New Orleans, but was inter :epted next evening on the road by two of lite Whitakers, painted & disguised. They iirst insulted him by asking him who he was, whence he came, &c, but he knowing their object, drew a pistol, and shot one of them dead on the spot. He fled soon after ahondoned his horse, and took to the woods, where he secreted himself during the day, and travelled by night. An hour after his arrival at New Orleans, he had been preceded by the remain mg Whitaker and another person, who inquired for him at his lodgings. His landlord kindly informed him of the fact, and placed him -.n board a ship bound to Mobile, at which place he arrived in safety. Our readers will recollect the account which we published the other day, of a meteoric -tone, or clump of pebbles, which fell at Norwich, Conn, on the 2Sth ult. The Norwich urora re. eived yesterday states that it fell during a moH mignifitent display of the Aurora Borr.uiis. Here is a fact for the meteorologist. Ttrribfe A flrav. The steamer Cairolhan. arrived "i Sunday last from Vicksburjr. brings intelligent- of a deadly affray which tool; place there p-" us to leaving, between a danler of the n . of Randolph and a Dr. Vatts; both cifiz. os of the place. Itappears Dr. W. met Mr. R. on the morning of the 1 4iU : i .a. i r - " .

him, and perceiving that he was unarmed he ran up to him and inflicted several severe blows on his head with the butt end of the pistol. Sometime after, when Randolph had recovered from the blows inflicted on him, he armed himself with a brace of pistols, and meeting Watts at the Mansion house, where they both boarded, followed him and fired as

heentered hisown mom, whnin theactofseating himself alongside his lady. The ball passed through his right arm; with the other he R. fired a second pistol at hitn, the ball from which lodged in his side. The Doctor's brother on being informed of the rencontre, seized a rifle and made towards Randolph's "ipartment, threatening to break open the door and take his life. The window happening to be open at the time, R. fired from it with uner ring aim, and shot W. through the heart. Both the Watt s were placed on the same bed; the dead and dying a sight well calcu lated to check the uncontrolled and fiery pasiians of those around. Randolph after the perpetration of the above, walked deliberately from the room into the street, amongst a crowd of spectators, with cocked pistols in each hand. No attempt was made to impede his progress, and he quietly proceeded to the ferry, which he crossed, seemingly under no apprehension of arrest. JV. O. paper. Failure of Benjamin Rothbun. It will be seen by a notice published in our paper this day, that a general assignment of all Mr. Ilathbun's property has been made for the benefit of his creditors. The names of the gentlemen who have assumed this responsible trust, we leel assured, will satisfy the public, mat tne settlement of his large estate is in good hands. 1 he large space which the onerations of mr. Ralhbun have occupied inourcity, render tnis event one ol no ordinary character in the annals of this section of the country, ar.d will doubtless produce a temporary shock in the feelings, at least, of our community. Yet we are happy to learn that the actual liabilities of our citizens, on lis nccount, nre far less than have been generally apprehended; and we feel confident hn.i thev are not surh as to effect materially the interests or prosperity of me yic. r rum tne suddenness oi this event and the ahort time yet transpired, we. have no means ol knowing the extent of his liabilities, of the value of his property; although we beuee me laiier to amount to near, or pernaps exceeding two matrons. We hope the a short time to be enabled t learn more of the particulars of this unfortunate termination of mr. Kathbun s affairs, as we are unwilling mat reports other than such as may be relied on, should go forth throiign our press. Unfortunate as the devtlopement'of this affair appears in a business view, we are pained to say, that it is apparent that forgeries to an amount exceeding a million ol dollars, have been committed upon the names of many ot our prominent citiz. ns, and immense amounts of this forged paper sold in New York and elsewhere, ai enormous sacrifices, to supply lunds for the concern. Furluer ihan this e are not iulormed. Mr. Kathbuu- and his brother, lytnan Uatiibuu, were last night se cured and committed to jail for further exam ination. BuJJulo Commercial Adv. Aug. 4. IMPORTANT. In Boston Liberator, of the 13lh, we find a i . ' er lrom ,av,d i Child, fcsq. of that city to a gentleman, (a JhVxtean as we infer,) in new lork. vve couv lioin the eieistle the suujoiueupar.igiapl): vVy object is to impart sne particular facts whicn have come io my 'iuiowJcdge during recent isit to Philadelphia. 'The Hon. iiuchins G. Burton, formerly a representative in Congress lrom the state oi North Carolina, nd mre recently Governor i , . j - - of that state, has made a purchase of 40,(WD acres in I ( I,i5. Week bemre lai iicw.i- in Pluladelpnia, and declared to a near relative (to wlncli he proposed to give J00 acres and a dozen slaws K he would remove thither, i that the reason of his making said purchase, was, that Texas was soon io be annexed to the Ceiled Slates, that President Jackson had declared to him at the city of Washington on the occasion of his calling upon him in his journey io i iiiiadelplua, that we must huveit . ii: 'I t t - " lhat it IU,IRW men would not do 10U,(v.n should, and that it was his intention to make Burton the first Governor of the new lerrib ry.' My informant likewise slated that Jack son made a similar declaration to othe persons whose names I have belonging to v irginia anu iortn Carolina, at two several nines. More Humbug. The Pitsburgh Advocate says "There is at present in our ncighboroornood a man who knows how to extinguish any fire, burning house, steam boats and car riages, sea vessels on fire and even if a whole city is on fire without the use of water by means mai can oe applied at any season. whether hot or cold at any place or withou any expense' What next? Ball. Chr. Loan to the bank of the United Slates. The Paris papers of the seventh ult., announce that Hoitineur & co. have just concluded a 'oan of twelve & a half millions of francs, for a Coum ' the Bank of the United Stales. This 15 IS a: t( e tne first American loan ever di, i' (1.v contracted in Paris. Bull. CAr. t. e nave witnessed some remarkable int,.: ,", . .-.('i!. r i. . 1 . piogr.-s., in wuai appeared to c puluwaai y coiumptioa arrested in a

very late stage of the disease by a removal

from the Atlantic otates to the country beyond the -Allcghanies. One of these was the case of an old lady who we saw several year? since in the state of Illinois, in whom consumption appeared already to have done its work. if one might judge from the pallid complexion, and the frightfully sunken chest. Eleven years previous she was living in the eastern part of the state of Massachusetts, and had been given out by the physicians, when the family determined upon emigrating to the val ley of the Mississippi. Here among the vast and rich prairies of Morgan county, then untouched by cultivation, she recovered and was living in the enjoyment of comfortable health notwithstanding the vestiges which the dis ease has left in her physiognomy and figure. Another instance occurs to us ot a young man who was cured of an alaiming pulmona ry affection by fixing his residence in the western part of Ohio, and who feels a return ofhis ancient symptoms whenever he visits the eastern states. We have been told that formerly the country on the Gennessee river in this state had the reputation of bei eg remarkably friendly to the constitutions of those who labored under complaints of the chest, though now it is said aifections of that kind are as common there as elsewhere. Be this as it may, the people of Illinois boast that the consumption is not ind'igenions in their region,, and affirm their climate to be a sure antidote in all cases of simple predisposition to the disease. J Y. Post. Mr. Van Bnrert and the Anti-Masons. The following is Mr. Van Boron's reply to a letter asking him certain questions in reference to Free Masonry: Washington, May 19. 1836. Gentlemen I have to acknowledge the re ceipt of your letter, communicating to men. resolution adopted by the " National AntiIasonic Convention," recently assembled at Philadephia, instructing you to ask me wheth er, if elected President of the United States, I would appoint adhering masons to office, ami iave the honor to state, in reply that I should not in the event alluded to, feel it to be mv duty to inquire whether applicants for office were either adhering masons or opponents of the Masonic institution. Whilst the fact of iny such applicant b.ing adhering mason would certainly not be regarded by me as constituting a ground of preference, 1 could not at the same time, look upon either circumstance as creating lisqualification for office ifthe applicant should prove to be, in all oth er respects entitled thereto. I an, gentlemen, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, M. VAN BUREN. To Wm. W. I rwin, Ezekiel Birdseye, WmA. aimpson, f haddrus Stevens, Edward S. Williams, and Charles Ogle, Eqrs. Wood, th treasury robber. The persons who! were arrested on suspicion of robb'ngthe treas-j ury theofthiscounty,a few weekssince, were ironed by putting bubbles on them. A few days after their confinement, Wood's hobbles ere discovered to be in a situation so that they could ba taken off with but very little troubla. Raving the privilege of the yard, he had managed to rub dovn the rivets by which hii irons were fastened, so that they would easily come. There was found on his person a small file, made from U-e spring of a watch which he had conceal. d in in In boot, and with which he could soon have filed off the iron grite at his window. He was immediate ly ironed more securely by a larger pair of nobbles, wiih the addition of pair of hand cuffs. Vilh these he was thought perfectly secure. But he has shown himself to bean adroit, accomplished member ofhis profersion. On oiiteay evening last whilst the deputy herilf was silling in his parlor at the jail, he overheard the prisoners apparently engaged in taking out ih- stones of the wall of the prison. He was in a room on the second floor in company with-anotlier prisoner there not being rooms enough to accommodate all the prisners separately. Mr. Bradin immediately called several gentlemen to his assis.'ance, and proceeded to Wood's room, when they found n:s irntiB off both his hands and feel; and he had succeeded in getting a hole almot thiough ne wall, q-iiitj large eooug'i (or him to pass through. He had laid his bed on the floor for the purpose of letting the plastering and -tone fall on it, to prevent making a noise, hut he was not quiet enough for his purpose. Had he succeeded in getting through, he would still have had to scale the wall; hut he doubtless understood his business enough to ccoinplih thi. e was immediately re-ironed and chained to the floor. It cannot !,- ascertained where he procured the mater'.als for cutting his irons. IVdliamsport Car. Columbus, (Geo.) Aug. 5. Wc 'nave just heard from a source ontilled to m.tich credit, that the Government has delern.anad to make arrangements, if possible, with the friendly In d'ans, to enter theserviceoi the United States against the Seminole, in the approaching campaign. W e learn lhat Col. Cane, one ol general Jessup s Aids, is at this time enga ged in bringing about this desirable object. I his scheme seems to us to be a measure of sound policy, particularly when w h reflect how very sei viceablo the celebrated chief Jim Boy and his command were to Gen. Jessup, in iighting the lower Creeks. A TTiird Ship Canal in the Empire Siatr, rteside the project for a ship canal round the Falls of Niagara, an 4 another from Ose.r on Lake Ontario to Utica, we have a third hom

Scd.s IIhjt c r. I lt Ci.fario (cCnjup, I.f.Lr, which, (hcugh it has. l.itlrct to attracted Lut little ntfentien, appears nLcut to I o undertaken in por.d earnest. The Ithaca CUcr.'ule of Aug. 10(h says, the becks for li e irci rated capital to effect (his cbjtr, 1. adjust been cpened.at Geneva, r.d f00,CiO promptly subscribed.

FRANCE AND TURKEY. A brcsh expected. London, July 18 The Paris papers of Ihe 15th contain f,'me notices of a supposed collision between tl e Turkish and French fleets off the coast of Tunis, upon which great interest andtnot a little uneasiness appeared to be felt. It has been already stated that the two governments are at issue, and rather intempcralcly too, urcn the subject of the remotal and replacing of the Bey of that place. The rumors upon the subject were more alarming than exact. One was that Admiral Hughori hnd sent to Toulon for reinforcements, as he was upen the point of contending with a very superior Turkish naval force. Tahir Pacha, the Ollcmar Admiral, was stated to have appeared oil Tunis demanding to enter, in order to land the troops he had on board, but that Admiral Hugon had determined to prevent him; to defend the entrance of the Goletta, ai.d that in fact an engagement had already commenced, vha results of whith were not know n. The Turk was understood to be accompanied by ITthiosofwar, whilst the French romnmr.der l,:.ft but four, which were ships of the line. He was, how ever, in expectation of being joined by another ship. Paris papers of the ICth, do not c oi firm. the statement of an actual collision between, the two. Eeets. Explosion on board the Motto. The Wheeling Times f Saturday gives ihe following as a list of the deck passengers, and hands, kilh d and scalded by the explosion on board the Motto, so far as known: Killed. Fisher 1st engineer: Na thaniel 3d do; KelU Devney, fireman; Jonas Smith, do; Robert Lowry, deck hand; Seth Jones, fireman; T. Beck, cabin boy; J. Helve, deck passenger. ScnlAvA Tmn in..v - ... tutiHs, neeimg, very badly; Sides, Warren, Ohio do; J. M. Hartford, do; - South, Wheeli , badly ; J. Davisson, Pittsburgh; D. FuderUh Wheel- , oaaiy scalded; Y. J . Crouch, slightly Ided. F our others wsre mis&sing. sea 1 he accident occurred by the boat running aground, and after laying "some lime, an at tempt being made to back off without letlicg off steam. Bank notice to Endorsers. It was slated some time since that the banks in Boston had. adopted a rule to notify endorsers as well as drawers of notes discounted or lodged for collection, excepting when the only endorser was the person depositing the note or draft. Would not this rule have prevented the ex tensive fraud of Ralhbun, had it bten put in . i... ii i t . . . practice oy ine oaiiKST And w there not as much necessity for such a wholesome rule being put into use, as before his failure? Let some hrading bank begin the practice, and uie otners win soon lollow. Jour, of Com. The United States and Mexico. The governor of Temiesse has caused to We published in the Nashville Republican the important documents which will be found under this head, in another column. We luid been led to believe, not nly by the tone of the Globe, but by the alledged conversationof the president himseK, that he did not disapprove of the measures contemplated to be taken bv General Gaines, and anyone who will examine Ihe instructions of the War Department to that officer cannot be surprised p.t the language of General Jackson. Our cotcmporai ies, we perceive, are disposed to award the president much credit for his last move in this business, and might unite in approving of it, also, if we could forget that it was by his express command lhat General Gaines had laken a position in reference Io the Mexican government which 7night lead to ho,tiliticp. Besides we are at a loss to understand why the reqnsition of Gen. Gaines w .-.s k ot countermanded by the president, brfure the expense and trouble of levying and enrolling the troops had been -incurred. Tfie president was not certainly ignorant, thot the governors of Tennessee. Kentucky, Jlississippi and other states had: made a call for mounted gun-men and that the enrollment was going on. The proclamation-, of the Governors were issued months a--go, and yet the president permits four or five thousand men to leave their families and incur all the expense of arming and equipping and repairing to head quarters, w hen lie has resolved in his own mind, that they have been illegally called for and must be disbanded. So far from discovering any merit in such conduct as this, wc cannot but regard it as in the last degree improper and unaccountable. Both Gen. Gaines and the States have ample cause of complaint, ai d we have not ihe lensi. j doubt, that, when thev come la be hcanLat, the bar ef public opinion, its verdict w ill be-, in their favor and against the President.4 " A Leader "called out." Mr. C n pr--mi i.ii manager, wnrt several smail tow r. within forty miles of the metropolis, (Guilford, Reading, Croydon, &c.) engaged a new leader of the band, a very ciEcieit musician-. But this gentleman was eternally tens:! - Mr." Ii wh hopes lhat he VaR'n" 'to Croydon. What hn Croyilen.done tp y r u?" asked the manager, Arejou in dht li't :?' No." 'Haie you a wile there?'' "No.' A dozen, interrogatories ver r-M'f d, nrd ..:..:..! ...i i .-, 1