Rising Sun Times, Volume 1, Number 34, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 5 July 1834 — Page 1

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I IS I O ii K A P II V. KOSCIUSKO. Hope for a eaon bade the world farewell, And freedom shrieked when Kosciusko fell." Campbell. The yirluous hero of Poland, Thaddcus Kosciusko, was born in Lithuania, and educated at Warsaw. When very young he was informed that the Americans were preparing to shake oft" the joke of Britain. His ardent and generous mind caught with enthusiasm Ihe opportunity thus afforded for aspiring genius, and from that moment he became the devoted soldier of liberty. His rank in the American army af forded no opportunity greatly to distinguish himself. But he was remarked throughout his services for all the virtues which adorned the human character. His heroic valor in tike field could only he equalled by his moderation and affability in the walks of private life. lie was idolized by the soldiers for his bravary, and beloved and respected by the officers for the good ness of his heart and the great qualities of his mind. Contributing greatly by his exertions to the establishment of the independence of America, he might have remained and shared the blessings it dispensed, under the protection of a chief who loved and honored him, and in the bosom of a people whose independence he had so bravely fought to achieve; hut Kosciusko had other views; he had drunk deep of the principles of the American revolution, and he wished to procure the same advantages for his native country for Poland, which had a claim to all his efforts, to all his services. That unhappy nation groaned under a complication of evils which had scarcely a parallel in history. The mass of the people were the abject slaves of the noble3; the nobles torn into factions, were alternately the instruments and the victims of their powerful and ambiliou neighbors. By intrigue, corruption, and force, some of its fairest provinces had been separated from the republic; and the people, like beasts, transferred to foreign despots, who were again watching a favorable moment for a second dismemberment. To regenerate a people thus debased : to obtain for a country thus circumstanced, the blessings of liberty and independence; was

TO'.V.N AM) Vlii .NTitY. by J. m'd. Moprtt.. Oh, leave the gloomy city f or the mountain ni:d"hc aie, Where the jdu,hman t'.oiU hi t'.itty, Aliil the sloweM I'prl'unio the sjale. Ayr, liToo.liiiq o'er thy treasure. Like the gnome that uuard a rj-iic, Oh how lofty are r.iv plea -su res, When coiupatiun (I with t'.tine. " Thou ha?t never roamed t'.ie mountain, With a pointer ami a sun, Or reclined thee by a fount tin, Tartly shadtd by the sun; Where the ;.dden gleams that shiver Throu'u the glancing brunches high, Fnl! io showers upon th river, A it rolls in music by. Thou hast never haply virnlered With the lady of thy love, Where the glassy brooc meandered Through a lonely, ,n!it grove; Where the branches darkly Wreathing, Bared the beau'.y of her eves, And the flowers ground thee' breathing, Cave their i!ceiise to her sighs. And oh! the- LliMS of Missrs! Thou nast never reamed the tide In a s'nallop built for kise?, With that lady there beside. Believe me, such a minute On the lonely, laughing foam, Hath a thrill of rapture in it, Worth an age of bliss at home. Then com to where the heather Spreads her mantle on the hill, And we'll ro.im the wilds together, Or we'H rest beside the rill And we'll spurn the canker glooming On thy wrinkled visage now, Till the brightest rofes blooming Shall be mirror'd in thy brow. STANZAS. V.re time hath quenched the fire of youth, Dreubts clad 111 beauty gree't n; Hopes wear the livery of truth, And cver-siiil;ng meet us. We love, and fondly would love on, All change and time defying; A voice sweeps past our !re:m are gone, Ami hopes are prostrate Ij ing. The object of our love lies low Its heart the worm is tasting V ith valley -clods 'tis mingling mow, And beauty's lines are wa.-tin. We pause awhile, the mind lives o'er Lach scene of pleasure telling: We drop a tear the heart gives o'er, sail on the future dwelling. Hut ne'er again that heart may fed Uriht scene like those endeared l or grief it softest part did sterl, And it was lone and seared. Cinriiinali Mirror.

a work of as much difficulty as danger. But to a mind like Kosciusko's, the difficulty ai-d danger of an enterprise served hut as stimulants to undertake it. The annals of these times give us no

detailed account of the progress of Kos-eni-ko in accomplishing his great work, from the periodof his return from Americano the adoption of the New Constitution of Poland, in 1731. This interval, however, of apparent inaction was most usefullv employed to illumine the mental darkness which enveloped hi countrymen, lo stimulate the igno rant and bigolted peasantry with the hope of a future emancipation; to teach a proud but gallant nohility, that true elorv is only to be found in the paths of dutvand patriotism: interests the most opposed, prejudices the most stubborn and habits the most inveteiute, were reconciled, dissipated, and broken, bv the ascendency of his virtues and ex ample. The storm which he had fet e seen, and for which he had been pre paring, at length hurst upon Poland. A feeble and unpopular government bent before its fury, and submitted itself to the voke of the Russian invader. But the nation disdained to follow its exam pie; in their extremity, every eye was turned on the hero who had already fought their battles; the sage who had enlightened them; and the patriot who had set the example of personal saeri tices, to accomplish the emancipation of the people. Kosciusko made his first campaign as brigadier-general, under the orders of Prince John I onialowski. In the second, in 1794, he was appointed gen eralissimo of Poland, with unlimited powers, until the enemy should be dri den from the country. Without luniis, wiinout magazines, without fortresses, Kosciusko maintain cd his army for nine months against forces inlinitelv superior. Poland then only existed in his camp. Devotedness made up for the want of resources and conragesupplied the deficiency of arms; for the general had imparled his noble character lo all his soldiers. Like him, they knew no danger, they dreaded no fatigues, when the honor and liberty of Poland were depending; like him, they endeavoured to lessen the sacrifices which were required of the inhabitants for national independence; and their obedience to their venerated chief was the more praiseworthy as it was voluntary. He held his authority by no oth er tenure than that of his virtues. Guided by his talents, and led by his valor, his undisciplined and ill-armed militia charged with effect the veteran Bussians and l russians; me mailed cuirassiers of the great Frederick, for the first time, broke and fled before the cavalry of Poland. Hope filled the hreasts of the patriots. After a long night, the dawn of apparently glorious day broke upon Poland. But to the discerning eye of Kosciusko, the light which it shed was of that sickly and portentious .appearance, which indica ted a storm moie dreadful than that which he had resisted. He prepared to meet it with firmness, but with means entirely inadequate. In addition lo the advantages of numbers, of tactics, of discipline, and inexhausti ble resources, the combined despots had secured a faction in the heart of Poland. The unequal struggle could not long be maintained, and the day at length came, which was to decide the fate of Poland and its hero. Heaven, for wise purposes, determined thai it should be the last of Polish liberty. It was decided, indeed, before the battle commenced. The traitor Poniski, who covered with a detachment the advance of the Polish army, abandoned his position to the enemy and retreated. Kosciusko was astonished but not dismayed. The disposition of his army would have done honor to Hannibal. The succeeding conflict was terrible. When the talents of the general could no longer direct the mingled mass of combatants, the arm of the warrior was brought to the aid of his soldiers. He performed prodigies of valor. The fable prowess of Ajax, in defending the German ships, was realized by the Polish hero. Nor was he badly seconded by his troops. As long as his voice could guide or his example (ire their valor, they were irresistible. In this unequal contest Kosciusko was long seen and finally lost to their view. He fell covered with wounds; and a Cossack was on the point of piercing one of the best hearts that ever warmed a virtuous bosom, when an officer inter

posed. "Suffer him to execute his purpose," said the bleeding hero; "I am the devoted soldier of my country, and will not survive its liberties." The name of Kosciusko struck to the heart of the Tartar, like that of Murius upon

the Cambrian warrior. The uplifted weapon dropped from his hand. Kosciusko was conveyed to the dungeons of Petersburgh; and, to the eternal disgrace of the Empress Catharine, she made him the object of her vengeance, when he could no longer be the object of her fears. But the Emperor Paul, on his accession fo the throne thought he could not grant the Po!i nation a more accep'able favor, than to restore to liberty ihe hero whom they regretted. He himself announced to General Kosciusko, that his captivity was at an end. He wished him to ac cept, moreover, a present of fifty thou sand ducats of Holland; but the Gen eral refused it. Kosciusko preferrc rather to depend for subsistence on the recompense to which his services America had entitled him. in Willi tins humble fortune, omameu in so honorable a way, he lived for while iu the united states; then in France, near Fontainbleau, in the fam ily of Zeltner; and lastly in Switzer land. From that time, he refused lo take any part in the affairs of his conn try, for fear ot endangering (he nation tranquility, the offers that were made to him being accompanied with no suf ficient guarantee. Bonaparte oftcyi endeavored to draw Kosciusko from his retirement, anc once issued an address to the Poles in his name; but though ihc virtuous gen eral still loved his country, he we knew its emancipation could not be achieved under such auspiees. Though an exile from his country the Poles still considered themselves ns his children: and presented with just pride, to other nations, that model of the virtues of their country, that ma so pure and upright so great at the head of an army, so modest in private life, so formidable ' In enemies m battle, so humane and kind to the van quished, and so z alous for the glory and independence of Ins country. In the invasion of trance in 1814, some Polish regiments in the service of Russia, pissed through the village where this exiled patriot then lived The pillagingof the inhabitants brought Kosciusko from his cottage. "When I was a Polish Soldier," said he, addres sing the plunderers, "the property of the peaceful citizen was respected. "And who art thou," said an officer, "who addresses us with a lone of authoity?" "I am Kosciusko." There was i magic in the word. It ran from corps to corps. I he march was suspended. A They gathered round him, and gazed with astonishment and a.ve upon the mighty ruin he presented. "Could it ndeed be their hero, whose fame was identified with that of their country? thousand interesting reflections burst upon their minds: they remembered his patriotism, his devotion to liberty, Ins triumphs, and his glorious fall. Their iron hearts were softened, and the tear of sensibility trickled down their weaIhcrbeaten faces. We can easily con ceive what would be the feelings of the lero himself in such a scene. His great leart must have heaved with emotion to find himself once more surrounded by the companions cf his glory; and that he would have been on the point of saying to them, "Behold your general come once more To lead you on to laurelled victory, To fame, to freedom." The delusion could have lasted but for a moment. He was himseir, aias: a miserable cripple; and for them! they were no longer the soldiers of liberty, but the instruments of ambition and tyranny. Overwhelmed with grief at the reflection, he would retire to his cottage to mourn afresh over the miseries, of lis country. Kosciusko died at boleure, on me I5lh of October, 1817. A Mil from lis horse, by which he was dragged . . . f r r over a precipice not tar irom vevay, was the cause of his death. A funeral service was celebrated in honor of him in the church of St. Roche at Paris, which was honored with the most distinguished personages of every nation, then in the French capital. The name of Kosciusko belongs lo the civilized wor Id, and his virtue! to humanity. Poland laments in hint a patriot whose life was consecrated to the cause of her liberty and independence. America includes him among her illustrious defen-

and Switzerland ad miman of benificence and virtue; and Russia, by whom his country vyas conquered, never beheld a man more unshi.ken in his principles or firm er in adversity. Woman1. We are informed in the hook of Genesis, that our common mother Eve was formed from one of the ribs of Adam, and hence the vulgar opinion which has at times prevailed, that one lib is wanting in all his male descendants. Some commentators have said, that the Hebrew word, which in the common version of the Bible is translated "lib" should be translated "tongue," thus slyly insinuating, that woman in consequence of being formed from part of the tongue of Adam, has a greater propensity for talking than man, which bye the bye, is a vile slander, for men love to talk, and love to hear themselves talk, as well as women, which may be plainly proven by attending our legislative assemblies and our public meetings. But the most singular notion we have yet met with, is that of a Jewish Rabbin, as contained in the "Dicfionarie Infernale," a book made up of rare and curious items, which is as follows: "God having taken a rib from the side of Adam for the purpose of forming woman, and having deposited it by his side, a mischevous monkey snatched it up and run oil with it; an angel pursued him and seized him by the tail but the tail coming off", the monkey escaped with flic rib, and iu consequence of l lie loss, woman was made from the tail of the menkev." Absurd and ludicrous as this story is, il is equalled in absurdity by the opinio! held by a late French philosopher. that man was originally a ti-h, and by a subsequent transformation receivet his present erect form, and endowet with the powers of reason. ILtOuistJlc Herald. , This woman should be ranked amen the heroines of antiquity. She was the wile ol iliotnas D.islou of Haverhill, in Massachusetts; horn in the year 1G59 md married 1G77. She had, altogether, thirteen children. When the Indians, w ho dwelt at the sources of the Merri mack river, and in the region round ;ibout, after the great freshet on the fifteenth of March, 1G97, came down the river and attacked Haverhill, she was confined to her bed with an infant onlv a week old. Her husband catch ing the alarm from the field, fled to the touse, and consulted his wife on the course fie snoukl pursue, one calmly told him to leave her and her infant to their fate, and to make his escape, with ler other children. He sent seven of lis children on a path through the woods, on the way to the garrison, and mount ing his horse he followed in the rear; with his musket he kept the pursuing Indians at bay until he found his charge in a place of safety at the garrison. Before Mr. Duston reached the garri son, the Indians returned and captured us sick wife and Mary JNeif, her nurse. They with other captives took up their march, by order of the savages, for the north. After they had travelled a few miles, the Indians found the infant trouilcsome, and they took the child from the nurse and dashed its brains out against a tree. Mrs. Duston was feeble md wretched, but this outrage nerved lersoul to every enterprise. After this torrid outrage, she wept no more; the igony ol nature dranlc ine tear drop ere it ten. sue looked to heaven with silent prayer for succor and ven geance, and followed the infernal group without a word of complaint. At this instant the high resolve was formed in her mind and swelled every pulse of ler heart. They travelled on some distance; as she thought one hundred md fifty miles, but perhaps, from the course they tooK, aoout seventy-hve. .'he river had probably been broken up but a short lime, and the canoes of the Indians were above the upper falls, on the Merrimack, when they commenced their journey to. attack Haverhill. bove these falls on an island in the iver, the Indians had a wigwam, and getting their canoes in order, and by rowing (en miles up the stream, became much fatigued. When thev reached (he place of rest, they slept soundly. Mrs. Duston did not sleep. The nurse nd an English boy, a prisoner, were pprised of her design; but were not f much use to her in the execution of it. In the stillness of the night she arose and went out of the wigwam, to i

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test the soundness and security of savage sleep. They moved not; they were to sleep until the last day. She return-' ed, took one cf their hatchets, and de

spatched ten of them iu a moment, each with a single blow. An Indian woman who was rising when she struck her, fled with her probable death-wound; and an Indian boy was designedly spared; for the avenger of blood was a woman and a mother, and could not deal a death blow upod a harmless child. She surveyed the carnage ground by the light of the fire which she stirred up after the deed was done; and catching a few liandfuls of roasted corn, she commenced her journey. But on retlecting a moment, she thought the people of Haverhill would consider her tale as the ravings of madness, when she should get home, if ever that time might come; she therefore returned and scalped the slain then put the nurse and the English boy into the canoe, and with herself they floated down to the falls, when she landed, and took to the woods, keeping the river in sight which she knew must direct her on her way heme. After suffering incredible hardships by hunger, cold and fatigue, she reached home, to the surprise of her husband, her children and friends. The general court of Massachusetts examined her story, and being satisfied of the truth of it, took her trophies, (he scalps, and gave her fifty pounds.. The people of Boston made, her many presents. All classes were anxious to see the heroine and they found her as modest as brave. The following story is told by Cap tain w'aiaco, of a lover and hismistres.s who were saved in a singular manner from the jaws of a shark: A transport, with a part of a regiment on hoard, was sailing with a gentle, breeze along the coastTof Colony ; one of the officers was leaning over the poop railing, conversing with a young lady who had inspired him with the tender passion. The fair was in the cabin in the act of handing a paper to her lover when overreaching herself, she fell into the sea, and, supported by her clothes drifted astern; the officer lost no time in plunging in after her, and upheld her with one arm. The sails were, quickly backed, the ship lay to, and preparations were made to lower a boat, when, to the dismay of all on board, a large shark appeared under the keel of the vessel, and gliding towards his victim: a shout of terror from the .agonized spectators called the attention of the officer to the approaching danger; he saw the monsters fearful length Hearing him; he made a des perate effort, plunged and splashed the water so as to frighten the shark, wdio turned and dived out of sight. The current had now carried the officer and the lady close to the vessel, when the shark appeared a second time, and 7 was in tne act of turning on his back to seize one of the helpless pair, when a private of the officer s company, who was standing in the hammock nettings jumped fearlessly overboard with a bayonet in nis hand, which he plunged into the back of the shark, which instant ly disappeared, and the three were reeased from their perilous situation. Leisukk Hours. In what way can your leisure hours be filled up so as to (urn to greater account, than in profit able reading? Yountr men. do vou i know how much is depending on the manner in which you spend your leisure lours: Ask the confirmed inebriate where he first turned aside from the path of sobriety, and if his memory be not gone with his reason, he will dwell with painful recollection upon the hours of leisure he once enjoyed. Ask the victim of crime, when he took the first step in his reckless career, and he will remind you of the leisure hours he en joyed in his youth. On the other hand, do you see a man who once in the hutnIe walks of life, now moving in a sphere of eternal usefulness? lie husbanded lis leisure hours. Multitudes whose names look bright in the constellation of worthies, owe their elevation to the issiduity with which they improved fhe interval of leisure they enjoyed from the pursuit of the plough, the awl, or the anvil. I hey substituted the study of useful books for those trifling amusements which insidiously lead the unwary into the paths of profligacy and vice. The first young leaves of the com mon currant bush, dried on nn, can ardlv he distinguished from green tea.

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