Rising Sun Times, Volume 1, Number 3, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 30 November 1833 — Page 1

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TERMS. Two Dou.uis per annum, if paid in advance, Two DoU.R5 AM) Ftrrv Cr.vr. it paid in si. months, or Tumi' l.M'.s at ll?: cud of the ear. Aderliemenl imf exceeding one squ ire.one doll tr for three in'i'Ls each subsequent inorlin twenty-live cents larger one in propni lion. Letter addressed to the editor, must he pftpm'd to receive attention. POETRY. V)i Lady? H'H)l ALL AROCXD MIST rERISH. 1'hu mighty Nature spcaketh: All around must perish. All that mankind makelh, All tli.it nui. kind cherish. Childhood's fragrile flower; Youth-hood, bright and tender; Manhood"? giant powci : Strong am!ilioii pleiidour. Youthful warrior'? boldness, Maiden ami her lover, Winter with it coldness Soon shall crush and coer! Battle's brazen clangor; Fame" extended pinion 5 Nation?' envious anger; kingdom and dominion' Gently singing fountain; Hall ot minstrel's story: Adamantine mountain W ith ovation homy. The forest's pride of ago; The universal ocean ; That tn steiy of sages, The st ir?" eternal motion. The lightning's winged lleefnt. s; Tin- tempest's awful power; The thunder's rolling greatness; The cataract's foaming shower. Tite cloudless skies, extended Around the circling world: .li, all shall yet he tended, And into chaos hurl'd. Thu might Nature speaketh: All around must perish, All that mankind maketh Ail that mankind cherish. M.IMI.V. i Vo? t!ir U fstrrn Stall sman.' LINKS. 'Thc leaf that fall in autumn's hour, The lo-o that fade upon the stem, Are emblems of the silent power, Of time and change o'er 11 and them. Vet happier is the. roses fate. For spring will other leaves restore, And summer will new (lowers create. As bright as t hose that hloom'd before. But when life's morning dreams depart, And grief succeed to fancied bliss; Oh! what shall beer the lonely heart, Or soften sorrow's bitterness? Year will n il on and time will bring lt various changes but in vain 7'here is in life but one short spi inn, And it can ne'er return again." S Alt Ml. MY MVKKT WHITE ROM:. My swict white rose, my sweet white rose. O might I wear thee on my breast The dark day cometh let me fold Thy beauty from the rain and cold; O come and he my guest! My sweet white rose, my sweet white rose, Thy cheek is very pale and fair! Alas! thou art a tender tree, My fearful heart doth sigh for thee, Meek nursling of the summer air! My sweet white rose, my sweet white rose, All full of silver dew thou art; The. fresh bloom laugh on every leaf, Oil, ere thy joy is touched by grief, Let me bind thee on my heart ! A man who practises pistol shooting. tor the purpose, ot making himself formidable as a duellist, is uniformly an errant coward. Marriage is like money Secm to wnt it am! never gct i(.

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From Skinner Xmcrkan Turf Register. wild horses-thegame and sports of the west. Fout Gibson, Ave. 1, 1033. A detachment of infantry and ranger, amounting to about three; hundred and eighty men, left this post on the Gth May last, charged with the duty of scouring the Indian country to the southwest, with the double object of preserving the friendly relations cisting between the tribes in alliance with the U. Stales mid of preventing the hostile incursions of their enemies, the Pawnees. On the 7th of May we left the hank of the Arkansas, and advanced on 0111 line of march, in a southwest direction, acros the northern branches of the Canadian river. The season of the year was most propitious to the purposes of hunting, a well as military operation. Nature had fairly unfolded her vernal beauties, and we were traversing a lovely region of undulating prairie, mantled wiih green, and diversified by "hill and dale, cops-e, grove and mound;" its deep sol hides occasionally enlivened bv herds of deer, whose timid glance and airy hound, as the stirring notes of the bugle fell upon their ear, bespoke a fear and distrust of their civilized visiters. It was not until we had advanced some ninety or one hundred miles from Fort Gibson that we fairly reached the game countrv. A we were now on a neutral ground, between the Pawnees and the tribes friendly to the I . States, and as the danger ot hunting operates in some measure as a check on all parties, in resorting there, it results that the. game (particularly the deer) is more plentiful in that section than it otherwise would be. The buffalo was here first encountered a striking proof of the rapidity with which this animal recedes N'lore. the advances ot civ zation. Ten years since they abound ed in the vicinity ot tort Gibson; and in the summer of 1822, the w riter of this, willi Major Mason of the army, and a party 01 keen sportsmen, killed a considerable number of them near! Fort Smith, about forty miles east of us. They have receded.it would seem one hundred miles westward in the last ten years; and it may be safely assumed, that thirty or forty years hence, they w ill not he found nearer to us than the spurs of the Rocky Mountains, unless the numerous bands of hunters of (he Choctaw. Cherokee and Creek tribesestablishedin this country, should relinquish the chase for the arts of civilized life. On the 2Glh May we reached the main Canadian river, near the point where it enters the timber bordering the eastern verge of the Grand Prairie, in its llow from the west. The Grand Prairie extends to the Rocky Mountains, and presents to the ere a boundless extent of rolling champaign country, occasionally intersected by small streams, thinly bordered by dwarfih timber. A formidable herd of about one hundred buffaloes was here discovered; and, as the command needed fresh meat, a halt w as ordered, and forty horseman detached to attack them. They gaily moved off in a gallop, armed with rifles. As they neared the herd they quickened their pace to half speed, w hen they were discovered by the graceless buffaloes, who started off as fast as they could scamper, with their peculiar hobbling, bouncing gait. The hunters now pressed them closely, and penetrated the moving mass at full speed; when each man selected his victim. T he sharp, quick report of the rifle was now heard in rapid succession; while the rush of the horses and buffaloes, the shouts of the party on the heights, and Hashes and smoke of the guns, presented altogether one of the most animated spectacles I luid ever witnessed. The whole chase was visible for a long distance to the command, halted on the eminence; and so great was the interest it excited, that numbers were unable to resist it, and dashed off at full speed, to join in the work of destruc lion. The pursuit terminated in the death of a large number of the buffaloes, whose huge unwieldy carcasses lay strewed over the plain, like hcroe6 on the battle held. The buffaloe is, when wounded and excited, a very dangerous animal; and there are many instances related of hunters, who, relying too Far on their seeming stupidity and unwieldincss, have fallen victims to their ferocity. On

one occasion, dmii g our tii;, two roigers, in thn impetuosity f pursuit, drove a IniiTilop into a narrow pas, w here, finding himself closely pressed, he made battle, goring one of the horses in the thigh and overturning him and hi rider. The horse of the other ranger stumbled during the conflict, and threw his- rider on the back ol the buffalo; which becoming alarmed at this new mode of attack, now set offal full speedr carrying the ranger with him about twenty yards, until the latter finding the gate not very ea-y, and licely to c.oi tinue some time, rolled 01T the buGaloe into the dust each party mutually willing to dissolve the connection. This remind me of the anecdote related to me by Col. A. S. C. of Su Louis, a gentleman of veracity. While 011 a trading expedition to Mexico, he had in his emply a molly, but daring set of fellows, consisting of Frenchmen, Spaniards, half breeds and Indians, w ho were in the habit of bantering each other and boasting of their individual feats of prowess. On one occasion a Spaniard boldly wagered that he would ride a bujfalo; which being taken up by one of the part), a suitable place for mounting was accordingly found, on an old trail that had become deeply worn by the buffalo; and having secreted himself, a fine old buffalo of '"gentle mien"' was encircled and driven into this passage; and a he passed slowly through the defile, the Don made a spring and lit on his hump clinging with boih hands to the hair of the shoulders, and pressing his knee3 to the sides in true jockey style. The. old bull soon got into open ground, and commenced a series of curvets and caracole, such as a man never saw before, to the great edification of the spectators and trepidation of the rider. The Don a little while kept his seat like a knight of the olden time; but finding that bully possessed both wind and bottom, and that he was getting a littk"tircd of the sport,"' called out to his tickled companion lo shoot the buffalo. They replied they were afraid of breaking his leg. "Break ,thc leg and be d d." cried the im

patient Don, when a volley brought down btiUj ;luj njor together; the latter reolvim that it should be his last attempt to ridu a buffalo. Progressing southwest from the ( .1imdian river, we reached the head waters of the Blue water river a beautiful limestone region of elevated er.iii ie. abounding in game of all kinds. iiuiFloes were astonishingly numerous here; and I shall not fear contradiction in sav ing that I saw, in one view, as many as two thousand head. The country lying between the head of the Blue Water and raise Ouachita rivers is particularly noted for the abundance and excellence of the wild horses w hich roam in its fertile prairies. In one drove I estimated as many as one hundred, and twenty head, most of them large and well formed. What struck me as peculiarly remarkable was the predominance of the grey co lour; by which I mean to s,av, there were more, as I thought, of that color than of any other single color. The same observation has been made, by oriental travellers, of the far famed stock of Arabia. Several horses were caught by the rangers; but they were not of course of the best class, which is seldom if ever overtaken; it h's a natural impossibility that jaded horses, on a journey, can carry one hundred and sixty or one. hundred and eighty pounds weight, and outstrip a naked and untired animal of the samespeciess of itself At our encampment on the Canadian, an incident occurred which very fairly tested th'j enduring qualities of the wild horse, and will enable u to form a pretty correct estimate of his general powers. I here was a fine looking an imal discovered near the camp by a party of rangers and several of them gave pursuit, rhey run him alternately a distance of about two miles, when they relinquished the pursuit. A third horseman then gave chase on a fresh horse, noted for speed and botlom in a company of one hundred men. The issue proved the vast superiority of the prairie horse, which at lirst ran before his pursuer at his ease; but, being at length pushed for the disfance of a quarter of a mile, evinced such prodi gious speed, and wind, that, in the words of the ranger, he "just stood slil and looked at him!' The wild horses and mares taken by the rangers, though small, were remar kaiSle for deep hard, Murk hoofs, flat

sinewey limbs, full tine eyes, and large nostrils (our of the cardinal attributes of the courser. Of all the varieties of sporting in which I have participated, I have certainly (uut;4. none so animating as the chase of the w ild horse. There are. two mode of taking hcm: one by throwing a running-noose around the neck, from a coil held in the hand, and the other by fastening one end of the cord to the pommel of the saddle, and the other to a stiek about eight feet long, in such a manner that the noose is alwari open and ready to put over the horse's head. The first mode requires great practice and address. It is employed by the Spaniards of Mexico and South America, who can, it is said, catch a horse by any foot which may be named. On the head of Blue Water a party of four of us determined to lake a run after wild horses Having equipped ourselves with a noose and etich, tightened our girths, and tied up our heads, w e rode forth into the prairie; and soon discovered a large herd of about one hundred head, quietly grazing-and maware of our approach. As soon as we approached near enough lo be seen by them, and were gradually recognized, the whole body began lo nicher, and was soon in commotion, stamping the ground with their foie feet; while a few of the bolder spirits moved up towards us, slowly and doubtinglv, eager to ascertain our character. Each rider now stooped on his horse laying his head (lose to hi horse's neck: and in this manner wejilently advanced, watching closely the movements of the

herd, and making each a selection of such a:t animal as pleased his fancy. This part of the sport was very tine; and, in the present instance, so many elegant form of both sexes, and alcolors, and sizes, presented themselves, that it required not a little promptil lude to form a decision. We had not long to deliberate; for, by the time we were within one hundred yards, the increased nickering and confusion showed they had winded us; and the whole herd suddenly wheeled round and dashed off over the plain, closely pressed by their eager pursuers. We ran them about two miles; hut the rock) nature of the country and the number of deen ravines crossing our track in every direction, prevented our coming up with such as were desirable. Could we have had a clear run the whole dis tance, we should doubtless have secu red some tine animal; as their number prevented their running lo advantage caused them to crowd and impede ihe progress of each other, bv which the disparity as the weight, previously re ferred to, would have been neutralized. On our return towaids the main body of the troops, we. saw a large ttallion whose fore leg had broken tn the chase; yet, in spite cf this he managed to hobble off on the remaining three very cleverly. Nothing in natural scenery can sur pass the beauty of the prairie when we vii(ed it; and it may be imagined with what delight we stood on a mound, on one occasion, and took into one view the wild horse, the buffalo, the elk, the deer and the antelope, in their native strength and beauty, roving free and untrammeled a the air they inhale?! Of each of thee dilierent species, with the exception of the elk, a number were killed and taken by the party; in addition to bears, wild turkeys, one wild hare, and a number of prairie dogs. From this point we made a short detour southwest and thence turned northeast, on our return route, as our provisions of every kind were nearly exhausted; and we were, a short time afterwards, compelled to subsist on wild meats, part of the time without salt, for the period ol thirly-hve unys With- what a prurient fancy did we conjure up in our minds the delicate viands, rich sauces, and, ruby -vines of our northern Barnutr i and iNiblos. In our reveries by day, and dreams by night, we invoked the spirit of the un mortal Ude, to gift us with tlie art o transmitting the odious buffalo jerk in to something palatable and digeslable Long privation had, by the lime we reached the point of departure, sensi bly affected our rotundity. Our clothe hung in graceless folds on our gaunt and famished limbs, and we were near ly circumstanced like Falstaffs troop almost without a shirt among us; the "cankers of a calm world and a long

We really pity the terlorn situation of our brother of the Liverpool Mercury ! A cold stove is a cheerless companion at any time (excepting dog-, dav's) but for so dignified a personage as an Editor lo become his own devil is devilish hard. We like the spirit of the following article from the "Mercu-

rv ana. mercjorc give it to our reaars without any Ai'omnjv, gratis. We honestly owe m apology to our patrons for the bar renness ot oar editorial columns tins week, atid most cheerfully "promise to jay" it, 'ten days after date." The fact is, we were compelled to discharge our journeyman, because he would do nothing bul wait on his "friend and pitcher;"' and have not as yet beenable to procure a substitute. Our only ap prentice is on his- annual visit to his pa pa and ma ma. So between the two eprivations, we, the editor and pubishcr. are under the imperious necessi ty of wielding the composing stick and the rounce, leaving the "grey goose uill to enjoy a jovial holiday. Be tween us, we set up the type; one makes up one page, and the other the o her;. the publisher takes proof, and the editor reads it; when both fall to, ind correct Ihe form. W hen it is reaIv for the press the editor beats, and the publisher pulls; and forthwith out comes a full grown 'Mercury.' When the form is worked oil the editor folds, and the publisher packs up the mails, which m this establishment is no short job. A little difficulty being likely to u ise as to which of us should "plav the devil,' in distributing papers to subcribers in Ihe borough, we agreed to ieff for it; when humiliating to record it fell upon the editor! So here he goes with "News from all nations lum bering at his back." Cold Comi'oiit. Our friend of the iverpool Mercury-is in a bad fix he complains bitterly of his subscribers iot sending., him wood according to )iomise, :nd adds, "Chips-answcred for 1 week, but they loo are out; and wc are now warming ourselves by a cold stove." P oor fellow! let him do as many others do cram the stove full of exchange papers, put a light to them, sit cross legged upon the imposing stoiie and meditate upon the mutability of iiiman allair. Ball. Visitor. l.VES VI'. CASTRO. Peter of Portugal's passion for Incs de (.'astro, was so excessive, as to serve, m some measure, as an excuse for the cruelties he practised onhermurderers. They were three of Ihe principal no blemen of his kingdom, named Gonza lez, Pacheco, and Coello. They had stabbed her with their own hands in the arms of her women. Peter, who was then, only Prince ef Portugal, seemed, from that moment, bereft of reason, and the mild virtues by which he had hitherto been distinguished, w ere now converted into brutal feroci ty.. He took up arms against his father, and wasted with fire and 6word, the provinces in which the estates of the sassms were situate.. As soon as he succeeded to the throne, he required Peter the Cruel, of Castille, to deliver up to him Gonzalez, and Coello, who had sought refuge in that prince's dominions. Pacheco had retired to France and there died. Peler, when his enemies had thus fallen into his hands, inflicted on them the severest punishment he could con trive, lie had their hearts torn from their bodies w hilst they were still alive, and took pleasure at being himself a witness of the horrid spectacle. After glutting his vengeance in this manner, the lover, in all the extravagance of love and grief, had the body of his dear Ines taken from the grave; arrayed the corpse in magnificent robes; set the crown upon her livid and disfigured brow; proclaimed her Queen of Portugal, and obliged the grandees of his court to do her homage. Histoirc dc Portugal, par fcquin de la A'eville. A wag having run himself" overhead and ears in debt, and seemed very unconcerned about it, his friend fold him that he wondered how he could sleep quietly while he was so much in debt: 'For myself,' said the other, 'I can sleep very well, but I am astonished that mv creditors can." "As it is the chief concern of wise men, to retrench the evils of life by the reasonings of Philosophy, it is the employment of fools to multiply them by the sentiments of nipprtitin'