Rising Sun Times, Volume 1, Number 16, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 1 March 1834 — Page 1
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tural creation. Its harmonies are al! around him, and their every tone reveal? a God of power, of wisdom ar.d of love. Hi? immediate interests intimately connected with tli" law of the season-, they can r.ol hat remind him of the Being by whom they are governed. How sh ill lie forget dependence upon that
se
d
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(lire
aws? v
in t!i?
t ere-
le.-mg, w nen tne
earth must -here awaii the
rations o! 'as productive
shower that would .",-po rcfiesheii bis parched fields, can be looked for thro" no human agency: nor tin- i loads scattered fi'-jit the sue-, thai must riper; liis harvests. .Thus led to adore his Maker the whole train i f moivl virtue- mu-t he involved in lhi sei.lintcnt alone, nut the chain of results i strengthened by complicated links. W bile the haimony of a mind, to which the physical system rendered healthful !v ac tive lahor.imporls a correspondent lone, is peculiarly favorable to those domestic .'.flections which not only brighten trie humblest destiny, hut nave a t-ihsmunie power to pieserve the soul from contamination, the pursuits of husbandry are calculated to perpetuate the kindred tie?, from which these atlections spring. The quiet but active vocations of agriculture at once ii... .i. .. -i i . i . .
umj me ic.vensa ana resncss impulses ami obviate that stem necessity, which
so frequently hear the 4 household hand
From the Fanner? Rportr. The following essay by a lady of Indiana, distinguished among the literary pioneers of the west, is cntilh d to the premium proposed in the Tanners Reporter. The cause can not hut prosper even in the back woods that has the lips of persuasion so eloquently enlisted in it behalf. (We propose d a!.-o a modest 4 bribe' tor an elVcring of the rustic muse, -and unless Thompson has exhauled the subjec t, in his Sen-ons, w e hope to receive the said wood vx - wild prcions to May.) r LAI MS OK AGR1L ULTURK. '
If we wen- n4:ed w hat more than ail early away from the family hearth and
i.tiier human means would avert from hoard, to lose perhaps the hi ighlness of
our beloved country mat nnai decline, pure and deep nature in the stule ol
in winch the dory ot the proudest lie- lite, and to return if indeed the may
publics has sooner or later set, we would return at all with heart?, whose brok
unhesit:.t;ng! reply the encouragement en and shattered chords can no longer
ot agriculture a policy indeed worth respond to the holier tones of earth. In
ot a people, whose highest boast is, not (he peaceful dwelling of the husband
that their gorgeous banner lloats on the man, they who cling around his knees in winds of every clime, but that no stain infancy are still found in the sea-on of
is borne upon its folds a policy r quir- youth with all its fervid alloc! ion-, and ing no manoeuvring, no diplomacy, but deepened feeling'-, assembled around
In oad and open as the sun, and whose the winter lire, a virtuous and happv
cheering inlluence.like the sun, pierces band, upon whose hearts no moral p ba
the lowest dell and ob-curest paths of Mow lias fallen; and when they at lat
the wtiole carta. go lot tli upon the world, they go with
i he limits oi a m-w-piper column, principles strengthened bv y ears of do
to .a whole view ot u.e sunjecl, are mestic cultivation, and with hahi!s for
somewhat, hke a map cf some square mod to purity and usefulness.
inches, to a dclineati-m o an immeasur- Literature may exalt our intellectual
ably and nngnif'ci-nt universe. The character, and xenius mav s-ve nnnv
t-eneUU ot a.ricultuie are boundless as a blazing name to our scrolls of glory, i- our fne soil; it has an almost imme- but Agriculture will render us a nation
neighboring lodge, while (lie hunter
was conducted to prison. As the first rays of morning gleamed upon the hill the hunter saw through the crevices of his prison, numerous sw arthy chieftians moving amid the vistas of th'- tiiic. Half an hour or more passed, and the hunter, tortured with suspense, turned from the opening?, of his apartment, and threw himself upon the houghs of pine which composed his bed. At that instant he heard a rustling outside, and immediately the window opened, w hicii
leretofore appeared to him to re .-olid ogs, through which a young Indian
maiden entered. She at oner, with a
haip knife, severed tiie withs that coaiued his aims, and set him at liberty.
She then placed her hands iij;c-n her
breast. and liftinir her o cs. while a cec:
igh burst from her lips; said in the ranters tongue, "the Sioux chiefs have
doomed you to be burnt; but the Sioux
maiden laves the pale ;ce in return.
. the light fau n live in ids . am." 'God knows I will,' cried the. hunter
in rhapsody: The pale chief will not
he hke the French dogs!'
'It is enough,' cried the maiden, then
turning she blew a small reed, and soon
lliree savages entered, bearing each a knapsack, gun, and olhei equipments for a mate h. She pointed u a heap of dry drift wood, which the a.wagcs
quickly moved, and handed the hunter
his tiusly rifle, and a knapsack well lined with provisions. They :!:; n as.-is-I . i i - i t
leu tnc maiden to climb tin- w indow.
and she was soon sate on the other fide
followed bv the hunter and the Indians
who struck oil' into a lonely trail, and w ere soon far from the Siou.i Kid go. And when the evening shade settled dow n upon the leafy forest, they re.it hed a tJhippeway village.
Here upon dv-clanng them-.u c? to a
Fn hcii Jesuit, w ho married them, they
were received with open arms by the
(. hud, who gave them a beautiful hut
on the borders ol a pleasant stieam
and bade them live with safety. Th
white man sooti became a favorite w ith
the Chippeway chiefs, and one morn
ing, against the wishes of hii loveh
wile, joined a hunting expedifi'. n to-
w a i d t h west.
ihiee wceki rolled away. and naught
was heard of the little band: but on
w hich hung by his side then uttering a hideous yell, would bound into the gloomy forest, startling the ravenous wild cat from lit r prey, and leaving the strangers to pu'sue their route, unable to learn what he was, save that he bore, among the white hunters, the apptdlationof the 'Wandering Red Man of the Miami.' From the, Oxford Lyceum.' THE ANCIENT BRITONS. All subjects connected with the early histoiy of the inhabitants of Western Europe, prior to their subjection by the Romans, are involved in fable and obscurity. From the long lapse of years and other concurring causes, this veil must lorever obscure their early histo
ry, consequently their true condition,
can never be satisfactorily ascertained.
The Island of Britain was known to the
Phoenicians, and other commercial nations, at an early period; 'lyre, which
yet, remains a staple of the island attracted the adventurous and cnterpri-
zmg nations of antiquity ; their object
being trade, they have leit but a very imperfect account of the island, or its inhabitants. The only sources, except
the traditions of the aboriginal inhabitants, which is very unsatisfactory, are the writings of Ca-ar, and other Ro
man historians. Britain was first peopled, by a colony
of Celts, w ho were the descendants of
Gomer the son of Japeth ; and at the present time, the remnant of the old
Batons, living in the principality of
Wales, are, in thur vernacular language, called Gomeriac. The lime of
their migration from among the Cetk tribes of Gaul cannot be fully astertain
ed; it is probable that their emigration
took place al an early period. Win
Julius C;esar visited the island, it was.
populated; ana se". era! remains w ere
discovered, which indicated that they
were a people ol considerable .antiquity,
and nad long inhabited the Islariu.
Previous to the invasion of the Romans, the Britons; were a rude, and gen
erally speaking, uncultivated people,
how ever, some traces ol civilization ant:
literature were uuinu among them, es-
Jli
;oooiiir
lie
1);
Ui'J
w oo were
They believed that the divinity tilled all space, but that his immediate habitation was among the oak groves; these trees were looked upon with the greatest veneration and respect. Sacrifices were frequently offered upon altars erected in the groves, and in times of great emergency it is said their shires were stained with human gore. These priests exercised great power in the civil government; their persons were considered sacred, and by their mandate, contending armies consented to sheath the sword and return from the field. From their general character, and their inlluent e over the people, we may rank them among the Magi of Persia, or the Sophoi of Greece. The system was in its zenith when Ctrsar inva
ded Britain. By the extension of Romay power, and the introduction of Christianity, Druidism became extinct
iboul Ihe second century of the chris
tian era. Ihe bleeding victim, the smoking allar, nnd the officiating priests
were supplanted by the benign influence of revealed truth and the Britons delivered from the degrading tendency of this blind and cruel superstition.
Another class of men among the Brit
ons deserving particular attention, were
the ir bards, their poets and their writers, the conservators of chil and mili
tary records.
The primary intention of bardism, as far as can be ascertained was to preserve authenticated reccuds to keep geneological tables, for widt h the ancient Britons were very celebrated, to accompany armies into the field of battle, and to attend public festivals. They were musician-, as well as poets, and convened in large assemblies several times during a year, when theii poetical effusions commemorative of any action were composed; in this manner they preserve truth, to a great extent; pure and unadulterated, and thus the history of Britain was recorded, and transmitted through successive generation. The most distinguished of these bards were Lly 'warch-hen and Taliesiny who- flourished during the third century; many of their poems are still extant, and in the sixth century Merd-
cyn-wym, gained a c'ebrity lar tx-
diate bearing upon most of the interests of that proudest name under the whole the first day of the fourth week, an In
ot tmmanuy; nut we may not. attempt heavens practical Lhristivns.
to trace the thousand links by which it
h connected with human happines
We will not urge its support upon the
phil anthopist as the cause of nenevo
leace, inasmuch as it increases the sour
ces of human comforts w e w ill not re
mind the commercial world that it is
the support ot commerce we will not
appeal to national pride tor its claims
as the operative u tiin ra e w hich must
clothe our land in beauty we will only
attempt to consider it in its moral and
religious tendency, that sublime result
from which all of
ly spring
TIIE W A N D E RING R E I) M A N
OF THE MIAMI.
And oft as evening shade fell on the
pi on, n aged man met the hunters gaze,
List'ning attentively to the night birds
strain, Or musing o'er the deeds of by-gone days;
Seeming, in look, a man of care and
grid,
than runner, breathless with haste, en
tered the village, and soon communica
ted the unwelcome news of her hus-
a class of men devoted to religious set- cccding his predecessors
vices. Druiuism at that lime was the When tyranny erected her standard
popular religion ot all tne tribes, in- ni Wales, by the cruel and inhuman,
naniiing western Europe, and is cer- though not impolitic measure of Ed
tamly one of the most ancient systems ward, the hards were massacred ; and
of superstition, with which the human this ancient seat of poetry and music
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nana being captured and doomed to race Have even been cursed. Was m a great degree deserted by the
death by a part v of her incensed nation. Ihe origin ol Uruidism, has ever muses. Willi Hie destruction of the
She spoke not, but stood motionless for been a subject of controversy, nor has bards, was quenched thaf spirit of free
a long lime.; then as though a sudden the truth been fully ascerlained. It is Mom which had characterized the Brit-
ray of hope had dispelled the melan- supposed by many that it originated in ons from time immemorial, and with
choly forebodings of her imagination, Britain, and thence was disseminated them perished that love-of liberty which she departed towards the west, with oer Europe; this supposition is sustain- had forages glowed so brilliantly on
the utmost secrecy, and in the course oil by the direct testimony o! L-;esar. the heart of every Briton. Hundreds
of the next day stood upon a high lie say s that it was invented in the is- of these inoffensive men. were murder
ascent, whicn overlooked the. village of land, and that those, who wished to ex- od by the inhuman hands of Edward's
goo i must neees-an-
p I , j 1 l I " " . . v. I 17,.. a.' la 111'. IM.11.,1. ! a... a. a, . a . . v. a.., . . . a v.- . . a 1 . a aj n. V.A" l( I 1 111" llllllallMa.il I la 1 11119 V) I 1 ad l (I 1 tl S I oyvhom no change, save death, could Lhe Loud Wrtr hoops now fell eel in the mysteries of JJruidism, often Pmmissaries, and justly did the poet con d !'ive relief. 1 ... . i .1. . , ...1 . 1 ... . . 1 a 1 . J J
upon her ears, sending bat k the w .arm j went from Gaul, and w ere taught by
sine.
"On dreary Arvmi's shore thru lie,
Besmeared with gore, and ghastly pale.'1''
At the Roman invasion, the govern
ment of Britain was a limited monar-
chy, exercised by a selected chieftain,
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A tall, athletic white man, as the sun blood of her heart. She looked aiin the British Druids. Bv cxaminine: the
Virtue is a pillar upon which our na- U'ink slow ly behind the western shade, towards the village, and perceived a etymology of the term, we have addi
tional edifice may rt t forever in deli- was seen to enter a lonely cabin upon prisoner led out and bound to a horrid lional evidence; it is undoubtedly deance of the tempest or the decay of the woody shores of ihe Miami, but he stake. She uttered a faint scream, rived from the British word, "drew,"
time; and among all the pursuits of man had hardly thrown oil his hunting apa- ;ind darting down ihe hill with the. ra- sicmifv intr oak. a tree peculiarly sacred
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mere is no omer tnai nas so sanitary i.uus oeioie ine noriiu war t iyoi uie ,MC!ity ot an elk, entered the circle and among the Druids, and ol great import- and his Uchelw er, or celebrated men
ana ennobling an ellect upon human uioouy oioux sit u-k upon 111s ear; ana threw herself upon her hush u.d s nock, ant e in their religion, which from its In its administration it was productive
character, considered either uidividu- soon a numerous band of that ferocious Tho squaw of the pale chief will strength, and durability, they consider- of general rood and private prosperity.
ally or m a mass. While the increased tribe hounded like startled deer,tlirough die with him,' said the maiden, in an- ed as the most tit emblem of the Divin- Under the government of Ilowel Dda,
swer to her husband's reproof for seek- iiy. The priests, seduously concealed the great legislator of Cambria, their
ing him. their tenets Horn the great mass ol the sy stem of laws were reduccu to a ren-
Iheexesot the painted warrn rs ghs- people ; their knowledge and sacerdo- ular code, and greatly improved.
toned with tears of admiration, at the tal character, secured the veneration I The language of the Britons has cer
means of subsistance lessen those crimes Hie frail barrier of his dwelling.
which are so frequently induced bv that Here, however they met with an mi-
strong need under whose iron pressure triendly reception; for soon the sharp
men grow desperate; while the lofty report of the hunters rifle announced
spirit of independence is cherished the departure of one red chieftians spi token of love, but their heart, was soon and regard of the ignorant multitudes tainly strong claims to a hHi antiquity, throughout a land by the improvement l it to the hunting ground of the blest, changed to stone, by the hoarse voice over whom ihev exercised almost un- In its formation as well as Usgrammati-
01 its resources; wnue tne noiy semi- 1 nej men oounu mm anu aepaneu of their chieftain, commanding them to limited authority. It is said that in or- cal construction, a striking analogy may
!wmu ol natnoutm i? mr.rr i:''tKM v mow arus iuc sluing Mm, ana on me
uilluscil by an mihKMice that renders c rning oi me succeeding day drew at. a. k I .l' I 1 a . I a -l
the homes cf ali garners of abuudanc-: ti; r the village ot the tribe. Here is.vcet sanctu irh-s of quietud", upon they halted, and sent a deputation forwhich no unbidden foot may intrude, ward to inform the chiefs their return.
smg tne
war song ol the Sioux, as he tier to arrive at the l'ruidical priest- be traced to the original languages.
advanced witli his lifted tomahawk to- hood a long course of preparatory dis- Persons competent of judging, have 1. .1. . . l.' a I I- . I 'I'! 1 ! - . II 1
H.iius un; iinsuiiei. rui a moment ne cipiine was requireu. 1 ney were sku- Mound a very great resemblance, ne
gated upon the hunter's features, and J led in Philosophy and Astronomy, they tween the Cymraeg and the Hebrew,
then with a horrid denunciation let fall wrote the Cwnraeir. or their vernacular in simplicity of si vie and signification
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the abstract occupations ot th" practi I bese immediately returned, and soon t,c glittering hatchet ; but the maiden tongue with greek characters, inscrip- of words. It has but sixteen radical
cal agriculturalist have a direct ten- the whOie party began lo move. theUm-ann forward and received Use blow, tions of this nation have been found in letters, expressive of the nrimarv sounds
dency to foster all the better feeling of whippoorw iU s plaintive note was heard Then, with an angelic smile, she pressed various parts of Britain, especially in eiu-hl other leffers have been more lat-
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ins nature. 110m me oinerwist; sneui yvuuerness. ho 1:1m n ber iik imih ..m . ;r,, l ...... M.m n.. ' 1 h.. K M..,,.;! ;., i.
ihe village exhibited long dark rows of lcss into the arms of her agonized fath- of Druidism lived. Thoueh the Ancient Britons, bv the
.May not the sentence be e.mallv passed swarthy old men, squaws and children, Cr. The chief cast one solitary look Their doctrines are but indistinctly vicissitudes of fortune sire no longer
upon him, who a Lumbar laborer in the who lined both sides ot the open trail, towards the remains of his love ly daugh- know n, a few particulars can be col- the independent inhabitants of Cambria,
temple of nature, becomes not a wor- and upon seeing their well known ter, and then bidding the hunter denart lecled from the records of ancient his-hboiurb their former dorv is denarted.
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...n . 01 me Aimigniy vrcnueci t irienos, scie.imeu uui iiu iieniiii juiis. nn satety to tne lar.d ol Ins fathers, he lorians. 1 heir professed object was, and the bard has ceased his song.
wnue man, dwelling in the. crowded Une singularly tiresseu squaw, ime wne buried his head in Ins blanked, and was to reform morals, to maintain peace, Their language, the most primitive city, feels the higher capabilities of his of the fallen hid.) tore handsful from led by the young warriors to his lodge, and to encourage industry . Like Dio- living language on the Continent of Eu-
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soul uimmeu wuit the moral dut ol its her disheveie.u iocks, wnue sue laiu nei 1 ie hunter after ehcddiiitr tears of penes. Lacrlius ihev tamdit and inenl. rone still remains, sunken in il n.ntiyo
thronged paths; while amid the pur- ll sh open to the bone, with a sharp in- deep sorrow over the light fawn's grave, caled to the people, tibedience to the purity, by their oppressed decendants
mius 01 cuiiimiau', ine generous impuls strument, nowiing imimSm.ui uhj ope- returnetl to tne settlement ot Ihe whiles laws, or regard lor the welfare of man in the principality of Wales. Cymro.
cs ami m j memoes 01 nis neart ration, me song eu me o.uu ouup , otu on tne snore ol the Atlantic, w hile the and resignation under (he evils of life. I...1 l,..a, ....... :i I... .1 1 , I I 1 I. - I.: a.. I,,... I ........ I 1 a 1 a . I . ' " . ... . . . . !
t iunuui w.h.r iiiujii u ,y me s iiisii upon seeing me wum; nuiiici i3iici.iii pioiix cmei wamiereu lortii upon the J hey also tatM'ht the iinmoi lalif v of the
vices and corrupt nnnrioles. nitli I. lb., .riiniibd. she randit fhe halrhft ..f t... At; : I .1 i... .1 1 -,i. som 1 exclaimed a dispairmg lover to bis
1
lie. comes in hou
tive delicacy of in the frequent
ests, the husbandman
M swear by the consfancy of my ho som !' exclaimed a dispairing lover to lib
I - "alia nana. aaaan, Cia.aii.av!, .'. v.- .....viiva .....in.M .. . 1. .1 I I .I IU ilUlll II It IT. Villi ' lllll llll Wllaa f'lflll fl Willi h i I a .
rly ronlact.and the na- from the hands of the warrior, and gave and often in afler vears. as tbn wliii. driinn ilmt it nmnnni.xl tn nnililmr m, mistress) that my passion is untcigncd
his feelmgs is destroyed the victim a deep wound on the thigh; passed a lonely hut on (he banks of the (ban the doctrine of transmigration now and s'(ere-' 'Swear not by thy bo(t .ii.i I.,,.. I -v t ; : . i. . I . ."... .. som. returned the adv. Mor that is
a . ....... lint:i ., (,u-ii iiic-ssniL- iii v in.. .....v. ,u .... un. inn ,u oyeiuug a noui, a sirance rcti prevalent a mom? some oi me Asiatic ' . . .
goes forth upon lips, returned Ihe instrument to its ow-1 man, with his flesh torn bv the sham nations. Thev yvere nolvtheists. but FALSF" It was made ol linen.
his daily paths amid the thousand be- nor, and shaking her finger at the hun
nj,'n rd dtfvating influences of the na-1 ter with a hollow laugh, entered a
thcnis of the thicket would meet them as far as can be ascertained, they did !
ana point towards a iock or raven hair not worship images.
A man has often more trouble fo di
gest meat than to get meat.
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