Rising Sun Times, Volume 1, Number 37, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 26 July 1834 — Page 1
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"j'LEDGEI) TO NO PRTYS ARBITRARY SWAY, V e'i.L FOLLOW TRUTH WHERE'ER IT LEADS THE WAY."
HY PTEVEAS & GLEAX
For the Times. TO " LIGHTNING-LUG." A voice asks "'where is Finching-Bugl" And "why he ?inj;s no more?"' He lies bcnealh the greenwood dirub, Till summer passes o'er. There by an aged beaehen tree. Where sunbeams never burn, He shares of rest and quietude, Till autumn shall return. Did he like thee possess the light, And wings to guide the way, He too would sport away the night, And rest him all the d ;iy. But 'tis not his to shine at will, Nor is it his to fly ; And day too warm and night too dark, lie needs must lay him by. But pray, cay rambler of the nicht, 1'ray tell niesoft and still, Whence is it thou receivest light, To give it out at will ? 'T is said that when the sun is high, Thou stealest of his light, And underneath thy jacket close ' Concealest it till night. Then off with lantern through the grove, Or o'er the sleeping meads, Thou gort forth to seek thy love, And watch o'er other's deeds ; And hence it i, mcthinks, that thou, My pretty little fly, Ha't by lme-ol"g'tts been classed With "Solar Phosphori." But granting thus thy light obtained, And thus a thiff thou ait; (No scandal this "t is ?c ordained, And each must act his part.) Yet by what secret innate power, Are you with sunheam fill'd ? LTow are the rays of m How light Within a bug in5till"d ! "When on the wine in merry tide, Thy way is dark ami drear, Thou op'nest Vut thy jacket w ide, And all around is clear. But is an enemy at hand, And clo-inc on thy van, Thou only butt'nest up acain Then "catch me if you can'." Sure, uLirhtnin!r-T5ug" thou art a rare And brilliant specimen Of Nature's handicraft; you arc A stumbling-block to men Who, ever on the watch, are prone To reason and divine Of all the wondw they behold, And natures such as thine. Then tell me, prrtt y " Lightning-Bug," Whence is thy borrowed light. And bow in day thou eath'rest it, To give it out at night?
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1 N T lilt KSTI N G 1 1 1 STOit V. It is known as a matter of history that the early part of 1775, great exer
tions were made by tiie British ministry, at the head of which was the illustrious Earl of Chatham, for the reduc
tion of the French power in the provinces of the Canadas. To canv the
bjectinto effect, Gen. Amherst, refer-
ed to in the letters of Junius, was ap
pointed to the command of the British
trmy in the North Western America, uid the British Colonies in America
were called upon lor assistance, who
contributed with alacrity their several
" AND did hi: w i:ep." BY THE LATE HARVEY D. MTTLE. lAnd when he Jesus had come near, and beield the city, he wept over it." St. Luke, c. 19, r. 41. And did he weep? that Holy One, That Savior from on hieh, Who is, and was, ere earth bejnn ; Whose essence ne'er can die ; 3h yes, He wept, that crime and sin Such fealty from man should win. He wept! but not as one whose hope Is withcr'd in its prime He felt that Mercy's gates might opc Ere yet the march of Time Should bring man to his final goal With clouds of guilt upon his soul. He wept'. what tears of anguish fell From his mild, pitjing eye Like fountains gushing from the well Beneath a Syrian sky ; Bearing within their crystal tide The blessings which His hand supplied. A messenger of life and joy The "Man of Sorrows" came, To save and cherish not destroy To ransom and reclaim A world that would receive him not A world whose griefs he ne'er forgot!
HISTORICAL.
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATE WAR. The River Raisin. Upon the 1 1th day of January, 1C13, the wing of the North Western Army, under the direction of Gen. James Winchester, reached the foot of the Rapids of the Maumee of the Lakes; the contemplated point of assembling the North-Western Army, under the command of General-in-Chief, Wm. H. Harrison.
Winchester encamped his division of rail?, and avast deal ol
ilP armv ahrmr 9 OO moiA nn I ho fur- Ol. L,eWlS putting IMS
ther bank of the Maumee, upon a hand
come rising piece of ground, gradually descending in all directions fron the centre of his camp. His whole command remained in this position until the morning of the l?lh of January. Between the 1 1th and 17th, divers persons had come to Winchester's camp from the settlements of the Raisin, all
urging the propriety of a movement up
sin 3G miles distant, then in the occupation of the British and Indians. Winchester'slatcst information was (brought by a confidential agent of Gen. Harrison,) that if the Americans did not very quickly succour the settlements on the Raisin, that what of property the enemy
could not carry away they would de
mand of Col. William Lewis, would set out earl v on the morning of the 1 7th to occupy Frenchtown. In conformity with orders Lewis proceeded as far as Presquille. 18 miles, where he arrived at night. An hour afterwards he was joined by Lt Col. Jon Allex with one hundred men; thus making his whole command 520. Late in the night, a person had made his escape from Frenchtown, of tiie name of Day, gave information to Lewis of the strength, position, resources, &c. of the enemy. There were two companies of Canadian Volunteers, commanded by Ellio and M aisonville; a fragment of a company of Artillerists; with four hundred Indians, making altogether five or six hundred belligerents, all under the command of Major Reynolds. Col. Elliot
was expected there, some lime on the 1 3th, witha considerable reinforcement of Indians and Canadians. It then became the ir.dispensible dutv of Lr.vis to
anticipate the contemplated junction of
hlhott with Major Reynolds. He was bound to do so, as well as by the first
object he had in view under the orders
of Winchester, as by the recent in for
mation ot Uay. lience oeiore me
dawn of the morning of the 18th, after consulting with his confidcntal Officers lie had three copies of the following
order prepared and in the hand? of th
Chief of Battalions, Allen, Madison and
Graves. This order was not read to
the detatchment until the very eve of
the battle:
soldiers! lour ancient enemy is before you. The wrongs that he has inflicted upon vour country are fresh in
& ml m your memory. That country calls up
on you this day to vindicate her honor and her interest by inflicting upon him
condign punishment. In the hour of
battle remember what the Patriot Or
at or said to you at tjeorgetown, "you
have the double character of Americans
and Kentuckians to sustain." Do so, a
1 feel assured you will, and all will be
well. m. Lewis.
The army moved before day-light
sometimes on land ana a part ot tiie time on the ice of the Lake, on which latter place the soldiers threw their blankets, and on them partook of a cold
snack, about 12 or 1 o'clock. Coming within 3 miles of Frenchtown, where the intermediate country is covered with sedge grass, the commander formed his men in the following order:
Col. Allen on the right, Major Graves on the left, and Major Madison in the centre. It was at this moment the
General Order was read. Ballard, acting as Major, brought on the attack. As we were forming, a piece of Artillery was fired at u. The first fire gave to those raw soldiers some alarm; its contents passed twenty feet at least above our heads A second shot was directed at us,, which was answered bv the well known voice of Strode, who
could, more than any other human being, imitate a cock. That gave moral
confidence for the moment, when Ballard passing the river on the ice. charged upon the town the battalions of Graves and Madison supporting him, the town was carried in a few minutes.
It was at this moment, while the gallant commander congratulating the successful battalions, was alarmed at the noise of a firing a half a mile to the right.
Inquiring of its cause, he found that his second in command, with onhy one hundred men, had attacked the entire enemy which he had driven from the town.
The enemy had retreated before him a half a mile, enclosed by houses, fence
fallen limber, spurs to his
horse and approaching Col. Allen, finding him at bay with the enemy, preemptorily commanded him to retreat and to throw his soldiers on the ground and sedge grass. This order was reluc
tantly obeyed. Meanwhile James Garrard, acting as the aid of Lewis,brought the battalions of Madison and Graves, by a circuitous route into the rear of
the enemy; which completed their dis
comfiture. Twelve men were killed of Lewis' command and 55 wounded and as far as ascertained that 55 of the enemywere killed; the number of wounded not known.
spirit room. Soon the desperate
s catne rushing down together: but
the
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before they reached the bottom of the
stairs, their attention was arrested by the sight of this female, and they came suddenly to a stand. Pointing her pistol at the foremost, and raising her voice, she assured them that the first man who dared take another step, should be laid dead on the floor! And then, in a mild and winning tone, she
said; "Come, my lads, you have done
bravely, the blow is almost over, run to your duty, the ship shall be saved, and
you shall not lose vour reward.'
YOLOS I.--IYO. 37.
consult them grow absolutely weary of the employment. On the whole, it is a situation of a higher excitement, and a darker and deeper agitation than any other in human life; nor can he be said to feel all which man is capable of feeling who has not filled it.
TIIE CHAMBER OF DEATH. A FRAGMENT. I stood silently beside the pall of Hen
rietta, and in mute sorrow gazed upon her placid features, beautiful even in death. There vet rdaveH almnt hnr
i; i. i.-i !.' :
"F3 IKi "unieti smiie, me same in
uotas of men to effect the grand object cd with admiration of the conduct of which her happy spirit had passed from
ot British enterprise. It is a fact still
w ithin the reccollection of some of our oldest inhabitants, that the British army
y encamped in the summer of 1755
on the eastern bank of the Hudson, a
ittle south of the city of Albany, on the
ground now belongeng to John I. Van
vensselaer, Lsq. 1 o this day vestiges
of their encampment remain; and after
lapse of sixty years, w hen a great
proportion of the actors of those days
have passed awav like the shadows
from the earth, the inquisitive traveller
can observe the remains of the ashes
K-.l l .1 t -i ,t
me piace wnere tney uoiied ttieir camp
kettles. It was tins army, that, under
the command of Abercrombie, was foil
ed with a severe: loss in the attack on
1 iconderoga, where the distinguished
Howe fell at the head of his troops, in
an hour that history has consecrated to
hia lame. In the early part of June,
the eastern troops began to pour in company after ccmpany,and such a met
ey assemblage never before thronged
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togcincr on such an occasion, unless
an example may be found in the rargei
regiment of Sir John Falstaff. of right
merry and facetious memory. It would, said my worthy ancestor w ho relates to
me the story, have relaxed the gravity
of an anchorite to have seen the de
scendants of the Puritans marrhi
thro the streets of our ancient city, to take their station on the left side of the
British army, some with long coats,
some with .-mall co.its, and others with
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no coais at an, in colors as varied a the rainbow; some with their hair cropped like the army of Cromwell, and others with wings whose curls flowed with grace around their shoulders. Their march, their accoutrements, and the whole arrangement of the troops, furnished matter of amusement to the wits of the British army. The musicplayed the airs of two centuries ago, and the tout ensemble exhibited a sight to the wondering strangers that they
had been unaccustomed to in their na
tive land. Among the club of w its that
belonged to the British army there w as
a Physician attached to the staff, by the
name of Doctor Shackburg, who com bined with the science of the surgeoi
the skill and talents of a musician. To please brother Jonathan he composed
a tune, and with much gravity rccconi-
mended it to the officer
most celebrated airs of martial music.
the joke took, to the no small amuse
ment of the British corps. Brother
Jonathan exclaimed, it was nation fine,
and in a few days nothing was heard in
the camp but the air of Yankee Doodle.
Little did theaulhoi and his coadjutor
then suppose that an air made for the purpose of levity and ridicule, should
ever be marked for such destinies. In 20 years from that time our national
march inspired the hearts of the heroes
of Bunker Hill, and in less than thirty,
Lord Cornwallis and his armv marched
into the American lines to the tune ot
the female, rather than with the fear
of death, the sailors bowed respectful
ly, gave three cheers, and returned on deck. The srile soon abated, and the
hip was saved.
FEMALE SOCIETY. 1 ou know my opinion of female so
ciety, tvithout it we should detrene
rate into brutes. This observation an
plies with tenfold force to young men,
and those who are in the prime ot man
hood . For, after a certain time of life.
the literary man may make a shift (a
poor one I grant) to do without the so
ciety of ladies. 1 o a young man no
thing is so important as a spirit of de-
votion (next to his Creator') to some
virtuous and amiable woman, whose
image may occupy his heart, and guard
it from the pollution which besets it on
all sides. Nevertheless, I trust that your fondness for the company of ladies
may not rob you of the time winch ought to be devoted to reading and meditating on your profession; and above all, that it may not acquire for you the reputation of Dangler in itself bordering on the contemptible, and seriously detrimental to your professional character. A cautious old Squarctoes, who might have no objection to employing such a one at the bar, would perhaps be shy of introducing him as a practitioner in his family, in case he
should have a pretty daughter, or niece, t i.i in i
or sister: although ail experience shows
earth to J leaven. True. ll.r hrilli.m.
cy of her eyes was extinguished, but it
seemed more as if she had softly closed
mem on terrestrial scenes in pity of their carthlincss.
She had scarcely attained her twen-
ty-hrst summer; the vista of life was
just opening; her path was strewed
with the flowers of prospective happiness, and illumed by the lambent gleams of young and buoyant hope, while the charms of youth were budding in pro fusion around her; but alas! the chilling frost has nipped their tender blossoms, and the blooming maiden nojv lies shrowded in the pale habiliment of death! Touching and monitory was the sight; so young, so innocent and' lovely, and so soon torn from the arms of doating friends! 1 tasted the "luxury of wo," and enjoyed a mournful, yet pleasing pleasure, .
while benomg o er the bier where lay
her remains, for she possessed, ulhcpccnc that nasseth all un'Icnt.indiwr her last
moments were peaceful and happy, and .
in numole commence ot being weicomt i
cd ty sister angels, her pure snint
winged its flight to brighter realms.
Religion, thine were the comforts
that assuaged her sufferings and sweetly soothed her pillow: strengthened
and upheld by thy arm, she calmly surveyed the approach of the king of terrors thine was the smile which sat
upon her lips when she meekly sunk int bis nmlirarns. :ind rnccr ; n
that of all male inhabitants, the Dang- swcct rcp03e. " ler is the most harmless to the ladies,
who quickly learn, with the intuitive
sagacity of the sex, to make a conveni
ence of him, while he serves for a butt,
lso. Rely upon it, that to love a wo
man as "mistress,. althourh adehciou?
de lirium, an intoxication far surpassing
that ol Champaigne, is altogether unes-
-Give me but the libei
The Puess.-
ty of the press, and I will give to the minister a venal house of peers will give him a corrupt and servile house of commons I will give him a full swing of the patronage of his office I will
give him the whole host of ministerial .
scntial, nay pernicious, in the choice of influence--1 w ill give him all the pow a wife; which a man ought to set about I er that place can confer upon him, to
in ins sober senses choosing her, as
Mrs. Primrose did her wedding irown.
for qualities that "wear well." I am I well persuaded, that few love matches
ire happy ones. One thing at least is
true, that if matrimony has its cares, celibacy has no pleasure. A Newton, or a mere scholar, may find employ-
! J 1 mcnt in study; a man of literary taste
can receive in books a powerful auxiliary; but a man must have a bosom
friend, and children round him, to cherish and support the dreariness of old
Do you remember A. V? He
could neither read nor think; any wife,
even a scolding one, would have been
a blossing to that poor man. After all,
uitability" is the true foundation ol
marriage. It the parties be suited to
one another, in age, situation in life,
(a man, indeed, may descend, w here all
else is fitting) temper and constitution.
these arc the ingredients of a happy
marriage, or, at least, a convenient one
which is all that people of experi
ence expect. John Randolph.
purchase up submission and overaw rcsislenee;and yet, armed with the liber
ty of the press, I will go forth to meet him undismayed I will attack with that mightier engine, the mighty fabric he has raised I will shake down from its height corruption, and bury it beneath the ruin of the abuses it was meant to shelter. Sheridan.
Vnnl-vo Vinmllr ,Y1 V. Statesman.
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It would be difficult to convey to the
mind of an ordinary reader any thing
like a correct notion of the state of feel
w hich lakes possession ot a man
waiting for the commencement of a battle. In the first place, time appears to
move upon leaded wings; every minute
seems an hour, and every hour a day.
Then there is a strange commingling
of levity and seriousness within him
a levity which prompts him to laugh,
he knows not why. and a seriousness which urges him ever and anon, to lift
up a mental prayer to lh throne of
trrace. On such occasions liffle or no
conversation passes. The privates gen
erally lean upon their firelocks, the
officers upon their swords; and few
w ords, except monosyllables, in reply
lf mipstinns mit.arrt snnken. On these
Tl JUirmin,! V inrlr l Prions alluded to, on thel5thiAagustl8l2. . . . if , .. OCCJ1,ion. loo, .,, faccg of t)u; braves
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Hfnrv ClA in an address at Georgetown,
Kv.. to the Army of Citizen Soldiers there as- - . . s . ... r - . 1 .1
sembled under lien, jonn i niw, uku hic
l'EM ALU INTREPIDITY.
Extract from an address delivered at Newport,
N. 11., Feb. 25, 1834, by Rev. Orren Tracey.
An amiable ladv, the wife of a sea-
captain, accompanied her husband sev
eral times across the Atlantic . On one of these voyages, the captain became
dangerously ill. At the same crisis,
the vessel was overtaken witn a severe gale, which blew for several days with I tremendous violence. For a while the
brave sailors endured the greatest hard
ships and privations without complain
ing. At length however they became
discouraged, and refused toobey orders
The alarmed mate immediately made the captain's wife acquainted with af
fairs ; and begged that the captain might j if possible, come on deck; for, added
he, if possible, the sailors will break o-
Graxd Discovery. The immense loss of properly and lives in the river Mississippi, by the sinking of boats, would be sufficient to turn the eye of the most indifferent, to the important invention of Dr Plantou's new mode of constructing and propelling steamboats.
His designs are now in the Rotunda of
the Caplol; they have already receive'd
approbation ot scientific and prac
tical men. By his plan il is demonstrated that the river Mississippi will be
navigated without the danger of snags and possibility of sinking; that canals
will be navigated by steam power with
out injuring the banks; and that by the
great buoyancy, not heretofore obtained, shallow rivers may be navigated.
burn inventions deserve the patron
age of Congress: it is the interest of the
country that it should soon be tested.
U. S. Telegraph. Curious custom. When Poland was
a kingdom, some of its laws and customs
were odd enough. When any person
was convicted of having slandered another, he was obliged in open court to prostrate himself on the ground, lying
between the extended legs of the party whom he had unjustly accused, and there to confess, with a loud voice, that in publishing or asserting what he had asserted against the person then stand ing over him, he had lied like a dog and then at the three several and distinct times, to bark as loud as he could after the fashion of the animal he had just mentioned.
rnn:;r th matter. He accord nelv. Gnrd nature, as a bee, gathereth. ho all is lost, and not a soul on board can ollen change their colour, ana me umns
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during the night of the 1 6th, held a con- ney out of any herb malignity, as a be saved. Ordering the mate on deck, of the most resolute tremble, not wun .Mltaiirvn with hi Field Officera: the re-Unidpr.surkethDoison out of the sweet- the lady seized her husband's pistols, fear, but with anxiety: whilst watches
ult was that 420 men, under the com-1 est flower. 1 and placed herself before the door of I are consulted, till the individual who
The cargo of the ehip Ann M'lvim ar rived at Baltimore a few days Bince, from the Pacific, amounts to 215,000 dollars in gold, silver, copper, &.c.
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