Rising Sun Times, Volume 1, Number 24, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 26 April 1834 — Page 1

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y and Jliee;i;i:seci!. KOIWEKS OF THE RHINE, i uc persons we nave descn:eu low ever, were few in number, perhips ji it more than a doz-ui men and s!n i;- fimilies. here, then. wie ( ho ! iilii who kept the cou;:!rv in t. rvv? who. nmid.-t the r.oie of Uwrrm tliat was heard cvr h df a pro-h-.ee, cariied il! i:es, an.d even towns, oy n aal(, and cither plundered liieai K (I ; ir moveal h iicl.es or Kid ikem ; r i;,-o;n at tao pit.t of ; 1 1 ?w ord. In iho ili'ij;c?, in ti e ..ni:s tl.emS'. Ives, ir.sulte 1 firm houses, in ohfcurc ' r remote inn-, were domiciled hy tVeso ir.ystciion freehoo'crs. Th.ece nio t' e hod y, and li.e f.-i nur t!i' ?ui ; . i -c t!u xecMiive.tind l!.e former ;!e !-:i.-latie po'v. r of ;!.is imisihlc ttale. i'n f ra;er we?o the chiefs and their i-.-.-vd; ite Mter.dants; the latter the ii:l ins of the h:!id, distiihnted o i r in," ! it a -elvc .ami! ;;: t .co el lue country, inhabitir o-t:i I. oasts, woikins their e'es r luofi s-ie!,-. xvl rea.lv i.;na? iitidcfslcod only hy tl.cm- ! to vaiasli from their home and e-, an I (!!ov wherever ihev . ... w re ! !, even unto death. Th y were called apprentices. They u. i ho;;r..l to ociclv hy the most r, :;:. :;!. us oaihs nhicli they were .aielv ' n pttd Jo break, well knowing :'. ;! an i;: i.-ilde da'ge-r Imn over : a ir 1 a-'-, whiih was sure, to descend v.-r. on a n-picion of their falsehood. wr.a. h wh.o had In en taken hy the poli.-o ar..i securely lodged in a dun.'in, oi.ee levcalod, in the agonies of hi.- terror, t!ie rendezvous of his chief, ;:v I'ni'Mi? 1'icard. The next night, while reilectins in horror that, hy his l:e l.-rv, he had been unable to save hi' iii'e, he iicard h.is r.ame pronounced .a a wliifper; and, on looking up, saw w: arm passed through the iron bars the w indow. VIo a: t (hen ?' inquired the rohVr ticinhhr.ly. 'Thy iv.aster Picard. I have veninrt d my life, as in duty bound, to set th'e at l.hcrty '." In a fe.w minutes his irons was sawed otf. and one of the bars wrenched fiera hc. window frame; and following hit conductor, he. scaled the wall and scented (ho free air of the neighboring forest. The band were ready to receive, them, drawn up in a emi-circlc, and standing under arms in de-dly silence. Their delivered comrade was placed in the middle. " chkih nrr.'"' said the. chief, addressing him with a slang epithet for traitor; "dist thou imagine that the word of treason would be unheard hy Ficard, because it was whispered in the depth of the dungeon. Die caw-.-; 1 ia thy guilt!'1 " Mercy! mercy!'' cried the wretch, as the pistol touched his ear "Give me death, hut let it he in battle! Lead :r.e on this very night, were it to the attack of an army, and let me die on the bayonets of the foe.' "It must not he,"' said Picard calm ly, "thou art unworthy of the death f the brave comrades! Shall the laws of the hand he set aside in favor of a hound like this!"' 44 No!"' qrowlcd the deep stern voice of the lieutenant; and the word was echoed by some in cruelty, by many in dismay, till it died away like a prolonged irroan in the forest. The white lips of the coward closed at the sound! and a bullet passing through his brain at the same moment, quieted his fears forever. Another story is told at Aix-la-Cha-pell' w hit h docs not satisfy quite so well one's ideas of retributive justice. A fine young man of that city wa- enrolled as an apprentice hy the ferocious .Iik jak of Merson, and awaited impatiently the commands of his chief, being desirous not only of distiuguishnr; himself in the career to which hi folhc h id driven him, hut of obtaining

money enough to enable him to marry his sweet heart. It is not known whether Us wc:,kie.-s was owing to love or wino. or both together, hut, unhappily, ho div ailged. o-.r evening, the secret of his destiny to the tcniiied girl; am! the

text RKri:i;:; ho was eal.ed hv (no Jik jak, in pernor, la iccompai v mm iaaiM xpeu;i;on. i i.e. omi;i ioiio veo more in shame than fear; itiwnrd'v resolving to make up fir hi-; harn loss treason by gaining that d iv a character of courage which should command the respect of the whole hand. And yet. as he followed his mute and gloomy conductor, a misgiv ig. at times came over him. There were numerous other apprentices, lie knew, in Aix -la-l'hapci!e, run! in th napciie, run! in the Vi.-iagcs throneh which ihev naed. What bind of entered,.' ,!,,,".. lb. i v rent-wind clue Ainu contemplate, in which he dehed the u-v-iMnuee of ot.lv single unknown, uuhiod individual. The yearns man shivcicd a thov Ci.t !d th e black shade of a finest; on. wi.en ins ceu-.iuelor Sionneu i at a new made nit. resem bling a grave, his knees knocked together, and his hair ro-e upon his head. "Perjured wretch!" said the. chief, "say thy palet nosier for thou must ae! "I deserve death.," rejoined the -apprentice; "yet trv me once aain? To-morrow the gi;l will be mv wife, and we shall remove far from her fiienus and acquaintance'? wherever oa command? Only try me ? I am as brave as thou !" "Thou hast broken the. laws of (ho band and therefore thou mnt die! Down on thy knee! down," and w ith one Herculean arm he bent him hy main force to the earth, while with the other he raUed a hatchet above his head. " Only hear me!" "Reprobate wilt thou die. without prayer." The youth submitted; and, by the time the word "Amen" had fairly passed his lips the iron was deep in his brain. The band of Urahant became distinguished at once for the talents and ferocity of the rival two leaders, the above named Picard and Rosbcck. The latter especially, was an incarnate fiend and yet he loved ami was loved by the beautiful Rebecca Moses. The damsel, however, was too religious to marry a Nnzarine; she made him a sine qui non that he should conform to the ancient law; and atler many struggles between his devotions to his Cod and his mistress, Rosbeck became a Jew, and took the name of Jehu. Rebecca now became the fondest, the most devoted, and for a lime, the happiest of wives but Jehu at length wavered. His suffering, indeed, w ere enough to turn any man's temper sour. Ills first little accident alter his marriage, was a captivity of nineteen months, in a subterranean tlungeon, so deep and so small he could hardly breathe. His feet were weighed down by the chains till they were buried in the damp mud; and the only change of position allowed him occasionally when he was taken out to be put to the torture. He was steadfast, nevertheless, in his refusal to confess, and was at length set at liberty when, in order to stretch his limbs, and give his lungs play, he immediately run like a wild animal, capering for joy, and committed a robbery in open day. Taken the scconel time, he was delivered by the strange, deep, fearful feminine devotion of his wife, who gave her liberty for his. When they met again, his thanks were delivered in stripes and curses. On one occasion, the neighbors w ith difficulty saved her life, and tore her from his fangs, hleeeling at the. mouth and eves vet Rebec ca loved on: Jehu at length was un faithful. I hen rose the demon in her woman's heart. "Earth has no rage like love to haired turn el And Hell no lury like a woman scorn el. She saw him saw him with her own eyes walking arm-in arm with her rival, she flew to the police betrayed and convicted him and her once adored husband swung on the cibhet of the Hague. The hand of Merson was once so gentle, so quiet and so elextcrous in their operations, that they were com monlv supposed to he the result of sorcery; but when the devil was lairly

laid by, the authorities w ho were al

ways doing mischief there ro?e in his place a human fund, John Rebeck, the brother of (he above named Francis, alias Jehu. We could desciihe many attroeities committed by (hi? '. e i r . . "i -

Mi-eiMei ; i mii we; nreier recorain a solitarv instance of eenerositv and rather, as it is connected with a play of heroism on the part of a Lu-Ihe-ian minister, which is altogether admirable. the nana arriving at the Rur-i of Mulhcim, on the Ruhr, in the jurisdiction of Hesse-Darmstadt, and having seen real the w atchman, surrounded the devoted house, and lighted the ton lies. Srcun hnn aria)), they began to thunder al the door with the ram. So little was their visit expected by the in mates, thai at the first noise (lie pastor's wife awoke him, saying that he was w anting by some sick person. Pitl.ahn (the husband's name.) put his head out of the window, and was immediately shot at from below when lie at once snatched up a musket, which he kept ia the room for his protection, and returned (lie compliment, wounding two of the assailants. The attack, how ever, was continued, and at length one of the panne's of the door, driven in: through which a despardo leaped, and unboiled. In another minute the whole hand was in the house, and the servants seized, and hound hand and fact, and locked np m a stable. Pilhahn and his wife were alone. The courageous pastor was not ignorant of his eianger; but he fought for his life, and for a life dearer (ban his own. iiie eloor at the bottom of loe stair case was still entire and from a sail opening above, he kepi up a con tinued fire upon the robbers till hi immunitton was expended lo a sincle diet. 44 To the back window, said he, lly elear w ife rouse the nighbours. ' scream for thy life!'" And the woman went and screamed, ami screamed again; but their craven heails only trembled the more at the sound, and no one stirred. The door flew open wiih a crash. and the bandits rushed up the stairs, howling like hungry wolves. Ihe iirst door of the bed room yielded to a blow and the inner bent and cracked, and uroaned under the assault. The wife sunk on her knees, and recommended her soul to heaven, 44 Tell mc what you want?" said Pilhahn, approaching the eloor, "name it and it shall be yours." 14 1 hy body, 7 was the reply. 41 Then it shall not flow alone! Fly sweet wife by the door behind the bed. I shall at least be able to gam (lice a moment of time; and I will then follow myself, if il be Ihe will of the Almigh ty. ' One moment of irresolution one cry of anguish and despair and the wile vanished at her husband s command. The room door Yielded at the same instant, and the pastor was seen standing in tlic mitlule ol me uoor, with his musket levelled and finger on the trigger. "On on!" cried the astonished gang, one to the other, but all he!d hack. Ihe next moment the pastor tired, and hurling his musket after the shot, sprang through the 1 it t lo door and fastened it behind him. He found his wife fainting in the garret; descended with her Ivy means of a ladder, that hael providentially been in use that very day; rushed across the hack court, and let down his burthen in safely on the outer side of the wall. Out when about to follow himsett, he was drawn backward by a young man, an apprentice-thief, and while disengaging himself from his pun assailant, was felled to the earth by one of the sentinels. Ry this time the robbers had discovcrcel his track, and were seen clus tering on the roof of the house, and decending the ladder in dozens. The shout of the 6enlinel brought them quickly to the spot, and in an instant the pastor was surrounded by these hounds of hell, braying with open throat for his blood. 44 Speak, before thy dicst!" cried they "Where are tlic keys thy plate, thy money? Speak dog." And as the pastor gasped for breath, just recovering from the blow which had stunned him, one of them to hasten his speech, smole him upon the face so violently that the blood gushed in a torrent. "Is this permitted," demanded Pilhahn, looking with stern dignity to the bandit chief "Has the ruffian acted hy thy orders."

John Rosbeck, base and brutal as

he was, gazed for some, moments on his victim, with undisguised reverence and admiration. "No!" said he, at length "Shi out Ilerson, thou hist presumed lo act witliout wailing for ihe orders of thy chief; and he struck the subaltern lo the. earth w ith his baton. The pas tor described (he place where his valuables were deposited, and the keys that belonged to them. " I h ive now disclosed all," said he, "and since death, after the execution I have m ule among you, is inevitable, show yourselves once lo be men, by making mv suifering as short as possible " " The captain gave the word of retreat! A murmur of surprise and indignation escaped from his men. lie slung (he baton over his shoulder, pulled out two pistols from his belt, and placing his naked dagger between his teeth, looked round upon the crowd with a ferocious glare. The men began to move from the spot slowly but in silence and Rosbcck followed them. They vanished, one by one, round a corner of the building; hut Pilhahn could see the face of the last, visible m the torch-light, with the blade glittering between bis teeth turned towards him for many moments before he disappeared in the gloom. THE PEVir. IN' TIIF. Ii FTTKR-MILk. During my stay in Ireland, being on v visit lo a friend who resided in one of the distant pari-hes, I was stricken with Ihe "cherry checks and tempting lips,"' of a younu dairy maid, whom 1 often saw pass the house in which I resided. I inquired her name and residence, and found that she lived with a protectant par-on, who, besides preaching the doctrines of the gospel kept a very extensive firm. Alter a tew side-winks at this pretty damsel, I determined to make her a visit during the time the preacher delivered from' the pulpit Ins "twice told' sermon. I went accordingly, as soon as I ob served the parson and his dame enter liie church. It is needless to leu of the many soft words whispered inlo her ear; suffice it lo say, I found her just as 1 would wish but urduckly love is so sensible to every thing but his own generous feelings, that I overstaid my lime. We were aroused from cur pleasing enat hv tne old man and lus wile thun dering at the door for admittance. What was to be done? there was not the usual retreat of lovers the back door; and to leap from either of the window?, would have been to plunge into the jaws of a lion. " For heaven's sake my dear, cram me where you will," cried I, 44 1 would not have the parson catch me here for worlds!" " I am half out of my wits," said she," let me see I have it! get up into the big churn, (pointing to a large churn that stooel in the corner of the room) be quick, for God's sake; they'll not suspect you being there, for they never use it on Sunday's." In 1 jumped, and in a moment was in utter darkness, she having put on the lid. In this situation I overheard all that passeel. The parson and his wife were let in; the latter not without scolding the maid for keeping them sc long at the door, who said she was asleep and all was well. The old lady then told the maid thai she must immediately put the cream into the large churn and go to work for it was expected that there would be a scarcity for butter in a little while, and they had better make the best use of their time. "Ma'am," said the frightened girl, "would you break the Sabbath V "Break the Sabbath, you jade! there is no harm in working on Sundays when you are brought to it hy necessity; put in the cream I say." The maid then asked if the small churn would not dot "Not a wit, not a wit, girl! the large churn will work more at a time." "Dear Ma'am, I have always been bro't up to keep the Sabbath sacred."1 "Tut, tut," replied the dame as the parson entered, "hear, my elear, this wench will not churn because it is Sunday, when I tell her butler will be scarce in a few days." "Out upon ye, girl! do yc think, if I got my mare into the bog this morning, that I would'nt take her out because it is Sunday t Pish, go make your butler, 1 say." All was vain; she was obliged lo do the bidding of her superiors. i set all Ibis time snug in the churn resicniiur mv fate, when down on mv

poor ill fated head came a pail of cream! I held my breath until it passed, and then breathed again, hoping it was finished here; but no in came another and another and another! There 1 sat, up lo my chin in milk, one bucket more and I should be a drowned man. What was to be done? I hit upon something at last. J list as the deadly fourth was impending over my head, I leaped up to tlic fop of the chum, all besmeared w ith cream, shaking myself, and making the most diabolical faces the human visage could form. It had the desired elite t the maid favoring the trick, scream ed out the devil was in the buttermilk, and ran up stairs. The parson and bis wife scampered inlo the kitchen, tumbling head and heels over each

other! I lost no time iumped out of the churn out of ihe window, and did not look behind mc until I arrived safe at home. Thus ended my adventure with the dairy maid. A story got among the preacher's superstitious flock, " that the devil had risen from the churn, and accused him of impiously breaking the babhath. The parson himself really believing that it was the devil, never again attempted to make butter on Sunday. "John," said a gentleman the other day, "I am going to church, and if, as it now has the appearance, it should ram, I wihyou lo come with the umbrella for me; however von need not come unless it should, rain down straight." The gentleman went. it did rain, but according to John's con struction of his orders, it was net necessary, from the appearance of (he rain, to go with the umbrella. While standing in the door, watching the weather, he was not a little astonished to see his master approaching the house with drenched garments, and a look of implacable anger. "John! John!" said the good man, "why did'nt you bring the umbrella?" "Because, sir," replied John, "it rained slanting." .7 French mothers advice lo her daugh ter, lately given in evidence in a law proceeding. "I must repeat lo you what I before have saiel you must take more care of your husband, and seek to please him, for he is a worthy man. I on know that he is a little inclined to vanity; I do not say that you are therefore to be a coquet on the contrary be simple; but let it be a simplicity recherche. Uet up early in the morning; that is to say, 7 o clock, or half past 7 at least; arrange your hair, and put a little gum to the curlthat they may remain firm during the day, then put on long stays, and a plain but neat gown, that fits well, and which suits your face and figure; this alone will give him pleasure. Then pay great attention to your household work at useful things spend no mon ey in lollies do not make, loo tree with your husband's pupils do not lend money without his consent, and never put yourself inlo a passion. One thing, of which I never ventured to speak to you is, that, without your perceiving it, you have a great fondness for strong liquors, which get into your head, and heat your imagination: pray, think of this fault, my dear girl, and correct it." MAXIMS. Intemperance and idleness, are two of the most dangerous enemies which a man can loster. The love of your neighbor is as essential for the well-being of civilized society as it is necessary for the security of eternal happiness. How many do we meet with in our intercourse in life, who affect to despise what passes their comprehension. A mind devoid of reflection, may be compared to an uninhabited house, which contains drift and filth, and increases its ruin daily. Think not tho3e faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who reprove thy faults. Ankcpote or Isaac 1Iu.l. Isaac Hill, of New Hampshire, reads all his speeches to the Senate. One day, recently, he commenced violent tirade against Mr. Webster; turning leaf over leaf, as he went along. Mrs. Hill who is quite a politician also, sat behind him on one of the seats, watching his progress with great interest. Mr. Hill went on reading his task, with great industry : On a sudden, the lady started up exclaiming, "My Cod! he has turned over two leaves" ! The Judiciousness of (lie see no excited much mcri imHtit.