Rising Sun Times, Volume 1, Number 40, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 16 August 1834 — Page 2

Original INay. Vnr Ihr Ilim'nz Vn Times. rnrt vTioN-xu. iv. In the former numbers it has been shown that education is comparatively omnipotent: That mini, as it comes from the Creator's. hand, thong), furnished with all its susc ptiVMlifies ,uu

powers, ami stamped r.i'.h t! of Jehovah, with--, isnae '''. it tne ' . t r;,.A l.-rm inn nn! il '. . t.....v u.oiou;,, c, ,"(.,,, can admire' late our .iion. t ' - 111 ll'.nil' Iil'mtors li:iv Wpn rhihitr l, .1 1 .: t - too u g; .iua i Kin ani extremc we.-;K,.S3 0f a mind void of all cultivation; and with it have been contrasted a mind clothed with the rich majesty of improvement, and decked with the fine tapestry of culture. The one excites our pity "and contempt; tin: other our admiration and respect. Wo heboid the one groveling and debased, fit only for deeds the intanr-: raid .! ,' idle; the other we see in its exalted station, holding influence over other minds, directing the operations of matter, and performing actions worthy of immortal ih. What has occasioned this vast difference in minds which by nature were equal? A firmer essay lias answered Ihequcstioi: 'tis education that mighty agent of good that mightv developing principle, without which the powers of intellect w ould lie powerless, and the whole mind extremely groveling that exalting power, which, together with the mild principles nf chrislianit v, marks the broad distinction between a Hannah Moore and a Hindoo female; or between an Isaac New ton and a heathen idolater. We rejoice to see the standard of education rising. We love to sec; colleges established at public expense, where cur young men may be thoroughly qualified to act in maturcr life, oh this great republican theatre. Hut we lament that, while parents spend their thousands in educating their sons, thev treat, with comparative neglect, the mental culture of their daughters; that while our -Jegislatois make large appropriations for establishing institutions to benefit males, they pass by the other sex as though they po-sosse'd minds unworthy cultivation. Now why is this maltreatment so cruely exercised towards the f u'r portion of our race? We have heard tw o reasons assigned, neith er of which appear to us valid first. they po-sess inferior mind? ; and second. their stations d J-:iianil .teusive culture. Py what or by whom has this first proposition been established? lias it been deduced from thorough and accurate experiment, or has it been handed dow n by unfriendly tradition as the legitimate olT-pring of the t.'.trk ?gev, or some still darker time? We answer, it lias never been eb-d iced from experiment, for the expetiment has not hrcn thoroughly tried. The opportunities as well as the inducements ,.f i!.,-. two sexes f-r improvement, have ever thill-r-cd vastly, .Slides ll in d- s have been taught lii.lt their capacities are limited, while n.ulos havo-: been urged to make high and lofty aim-, a; .'.'.' nrnds are susceptible of unlimited impio omenf. As well might we expect A I equal b in an intellectual capacity, while A had been employed, for the "most part, in manual labor, and H had enjoyed all the advantages of good book-, and the best of teachers. Ti s excee lim.'t mireasonable for parents to treat ih ir id sons and daughters so ditleren: so dillereftlv. a then conclude, becuu-c the former e xcel, that they possess supciior mind-. We ark parents to witness the. de elopement of intellect in their sons and daughters from the day of birth up to the time they place, them undor the lu ilion of the schoolmaster. We then solicit both parents and teach; r to watch their comparative impro omen!, and tell us if the weaker sex do not often prove them-a Ives the stronger, in an intellectual point of view. We know they w ill be compelled to acknowledge lhat the mental superiority of males is not deduced fiom this experiment. Il then fern des equal the oih :r sex in improvement while they have equal opportunities, what rea-en hu e any to conclude that they would not continueto ct'-d them, pro ided th ir opportunities w'en; continued ? Hut some say iUC naenta.' supe rioiiiy of men is i learyic, ''ice-el fi their superiorstreng'li and mag'itude. This argument is as baseless asJiefirKi'.l-h'hucol a mmI it irt 1 1 l- i . ton Lok li. r.u'Mi i!ie ranxs r Soin I IP 'l torian lias M I fit 1111 ii, v. . described, or who '' '-"'" the theatre of life, and J' c " ll:u': been remuikubh: for I;:.- r p!.,c:,l strength. As n general thing, .''"'y hav." not po-ses.-eil either of these cha. :,eterjstics, and some of them have beet.' f n.i.dl ttature and diar.rutive stKiigt.i,' so al-o with womm: the- luge-t and . i i .. . - . i .liv io. i em 1 1 k i tile lor MO il it s l .i i '

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fail, the argument which it pretends sustain, must be worthless. The Dutch described ',,y Washington Irving, had perfect r :onh!enee in this analogy. I hey wer,, governed by it in sch-oting ,!u'ir '.ocst important oihVcrs. None but rn of superior .W.-V, in tiieir opinions.

couM possess great mmds; they welt therefore particular in placing sue k. and only such, in all t lit; important stations of trust and honor. The result of this was, many literally ate themselves into office. These honest hearted fellows "n (he udt i.'t thev ral lied the principle c !ear out, and thus rendered the absurdity of it evident. Wo think w e have succeeded in showing the fallacy of some of the strongest arguments winch have so long sustained the proposition, that females are mentally infeiicr to males. We shall ct w ith the assertion, that xtensive experiment is the only mentis bv which the comparative strength of intellect of the two sexes can be cfe: rec!lv determined. That there is a difference in tin ir minds we do rot doubt; but we are not prepared so believe that i ! i i s di!!t ice.ee relates to intellect. 'We belie; e the Cod of Nature intended men and w-.me:i to act in diiihret.t spin-res, and accordingly su:td tl-.eir mind:- to aeconqdish tingreatest nmourt of happiness for both parties; but this idea o'oes not imply mental inferiority in either sex. The seco: d propesi! i m, that the stations el teimiies do not mand cx'oiimvc culture, has been f-ir more pernicious in its effects than the first. It ha? contributed much to the inconsistent conduct of parents ami legi-l, iters relative; to fern do education ; and it has done much j towards palsying the c .Herts of females themselves m the good work ol itr.pro; emcut. Let us enquire what are the stations w!iic!i females are to ocoup; '.' They are tliose of sister, mother, frit wl. and wife all sacred titles. And are these unimportant ? Heaven fubidthat they should be generally so considered, lie who would thus pronounce them, has never learned, bv sweet experience, that xv-iimn is the sick man's angel, that she is man's comfort in health, his solace in grief, and emphatically a ministering spirit sent, in female form, to augment his happiness, and render his troubles tolerable'. The influence of females, though silent, is mLty. JT is not sa ing too much to assert that they, indirectly, govern the world. If then they are destined to exert such influence upon community, let this inil jence be rendered salutary, by early affording them every possil.de; means of valuable improvement. Time w ill not permit to describe the wholes' -me influence of the intelligent and virtuous sister over her brothers, and other young men with whom she may associate, or the salutary influence of the good wife over her husband. and other fiic aids; but the intluence of the nivlhrr foims a theme that forces itself upon our attention. To her the infant mind is committed as it comes fresh (rem the Creator's hand, and upon it she is to Mamp ti e first, the ino-t. lasting impressions. Sons as well as daughters, spend the fir-f, (Inmost important ;eais of I heir lives un der her immediate hist rurtion. If sinhe intelligent, she will contrive a thou sand v...-,'.sof imparting knowledge to the tnindsof hc-rc.-Pio-sl, wlucu never would be thought of nV i hr-ioraoi mother; and this, together wit-; ''.r alter etfuts, will contribute immense')' to tlu ir usefulness tlirougli life. W hat more successful method could be adop'-d to elevate the standard of general education than to pay increased attention to the education of females? Let the next generation of mothers be well educated, and the 7"e of the succeeding generation trill he inte lligent. We shall close this article with a few thoughts for the benefit of y oung females. lou, fiir friends, are individuals of much importance. While the eyes of our country are turned upon her ou:ig men, eager to lied in their persons, her hope, her protection, her aid, surely she does not look upon vou with indifference. Though the learne-d professions, and other important posts of honor and profit, do i.ot solicit your acceptance, still there an? stations equally ia-put-ant to vour country's interest, which vou alone can occupy. Hut think not. wo beseech vou, because; the stations to w lech you are destine el are deneminatcd I. timMc, that no preparation is requisite to fit you for discharging their impeutant duties. Let this one truth make; a eiee p impression upon your minds, that, all other things being equal, your usefulness and respectability will be; in exact propiirlioii to your intelligence. Oil! then have; you no encouragement to exert every effort possible to .acquire knowledge which will impai: to you a power and pleasure too ? So..'."- cm you doubtless fee! the foro; ol tins exportation; tint tiol an. i . .11 r . I. 1 loo m.uiy e.i um ...i.....ei .uu mva

anxious to ornament their persons, than to improve their mental powers. To such we have nought to say; thev are joined unto their tollies, if not unto their idols; so we shall let them alone. Out to vou who have a thirst for knowledge.

we say. accomplish your obieet, and w ur reward will be certain. Some of your parents may oppose your laudable desires for improvement, but thejr opposition may be overcome by the right kind of means. Plead with them to gratify vou in this request, though the do not in others. Tc il them to den; vou what else they pleae, but not to (u iiv you the opportunity of acquiring an education. Finally, we sa; . receive tiiis advice, and act upon it. and the icsults will be fraught with good to ou. and ail with whom you may be con nected F. From t!n- itandedpb, (T.-nn.) Ili-ei.nU-r. AUKANSAS K..I?n!:!JS. Krir;l il ion nrinsl, lr'i(in(t'. litrn'ltt'i'20 itrinoiier.il - n Atl in in i.i 'uii:'H of lynch's Laic. it. Our peaceful town presented la.-t wee k, more the appearance of a war camp, than the; abode; of pe ace. An e-x pedition, composed mostly of our chief citize ns. " thrice armed, their eiuarre l being just,"' set out from this place, to take or exterminate a gang of law h ss freebooters, infesting the At kansas shore ct the Mis-issippi for some hundred miies. who have; been for several years past, commit ting continual de-pre-dat'ioos upon the. lives and properly of indiviuuais upon the river ami in tins Mate, and becoming at length so bold as to re epiire the measures adopted by cur citizens for the preservation of their lives and property. Their last depicei.ation, was tlu ir seizing, some 1 2 or 20 of them, a fiat boat owned by M r. IVm. Mitchell, ef May's Lick, Ky., laden it!i flour and whiskey, that had stranded on a sand bar about 12 miies below this town; one or two of them standing over (he boatswain with leveled rifles, while the rest plundered the boat, and took olf, in other boats, w hat they could convenient I v remove. Horses, negroes, cattle, ami every specie s of propc rty is their prey ; and sue h is their adroitness, and so impregnable their marshy skulking places, as to make their detection almost impossible, burying themselves when pursued, in the most impervious canehi ake.-. This last audacious w hoh;sale robbery, aroused our citizens, many of w hom have suffered by eounter-f.-it money and prnpeily stolen, to march against ihem armeel with lii'.es. The robbers, held their quarters ahoul 2o miies below this town, at a dace- called the Shawnee v ilia ge ; t hit lic r abeiut thirty of our citizens wont, fully anticipating a warm reception, but returned without battle, after t urning tw oor three ciazy cabins, bringing w ith them C or 10 prisoners. The next morning, the citizens of Covington came in. to the number of 40 or 60, gloriou-iy i lima vj lui tu n iitr.iiiii...I i,.,.l (.....,.... .. -.A. leg operation among the; canebrakes. Aceordingly they boarded a flat, well provided with blankets ami provisions i v a campaign, and floated down the se If s.ame way as when they went to tight PackenlVm. Alter scouring the country for a day or two, they returnee! w ith 12 or b prisoners, some cf whom were engaged in the robbery, some known te be rogues of cb-ep eye, and euliers refugees (rom justice. Scouring parties were kept up for a week, re- ... i i . i i . lung iany witii victorious trophies ol fresh prisoners or recovered proper ty. 1 wo or three guns only were; tired by the party, at some of the robbers as they were "breaking" for the canebrakes. One. of the boatmen, that is supposed to have stranded the; boat in order thnt it might be plundered, was found dead in the canes, w hither he had fled, the victim of dishonesty, hunge r and mosquitoes. The prisoners were brought before M agistiates, who sent seven of them to jail, some were discharged, and no proof being found aguiiist 1 or b of the most noted villains among them, they were very ' politely escorted back to Arkansas by Sheriff Cahncs and some of our citizens, and under its shady banks were so chdighle d as being the happy recipients and IrnJiees of Ly nch's law, as to pipe and dance most melodiously. Indeed they 'discoursed most eloquent music," which fell upon our own ear softened by a voy age across the water of upw arfs of a mile. After being amused awhile in this manner by our Sheriff, they departed on their way rejoicing, with feelings not soon to be forgotten. One v illain named or pronounced Ceno, alte r being stripped for the dance, howled and beg geel so pitifully, that, altho' his backbore stripe-d evidence of his having be--fore danced around the whipping-post, he was spared the lash, and taken back, as he promi-ed to divulge secrets of importance. Out finding he could be of little service in this capacity he was suffered to r"urn to Ai kansas, where

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and cowardice at Lynch's altar, strip ped him, tied him to a tree, and gave him a smart sprinkle" of tin- lash themselves. Since this. (ent, with a companion, robbed a Tennessean about 30 miles from fins place, ot anout .S-'U, ami tied him to a tree and whipped him -evert Iv they have bee n pursued, but without success. This district of Arknnsis is so sparely populated and wild, that justice cannot reach these freebooters, and it is said that even th- county officers participate i:i the pn lit- of the plunder. One- scene occurn-d in the expedi! ion wduch brought back the days of llob Ih-v M (iregor among the; Highlands of Si o'lond. The sccei.il excursion of our citizens the robbers were prepared for and had somewhat concentrated. To reach the Shawnee village, the- bank is to be; a-eenebahand a narrow defile e ut through the cane, passed thi ough. While entering this lane , the gent Ionian in ad vance el isoovereel a man innniniisii,;; no instani iy uttered a shri! i. ''.en unsee n fireloc ks witisUe ;h d a j were as soon . .. j c-.ring hack the ir lot ks. n,e gentleman ki." spoke to him in a i the; man he saw. ncr that induced him to rise with his con iloll-, wuo were; determined, the; said, in c'.ise; of being banne d to kill all they could. It is to be hoped, that the robbers may have; all been taken or driven off, as our citizens are- elc leimined, if compeiled, to take the law into (heir own hands.'r Col. Stephen W. Foreman, a noted counterfeiter, w ho broke St. Louis jail, about four months since, was taken at the: village, and the Sheriff of St. Louis count; c ame and escorted him hack to nis e; iougmgs. Much credit is due Capf. Johnson, of the steamboat Kt nlne!. inn, for the assistance he rendered in taking the prisoners, and for his generosity and urbane deportment while talcing part of our citizen? to the village fre e of expense. Capf. Miner, of the steamboat IVnneyst(, aho brought our citizens home from Memphis free of charge for which, togeiher with his kind attention and gentlemanly deportment, he will receive: their warmest thanks. The citizens of Memphis will also rect :ive the best wishes of (hose whom they so generously and hospitably entertained while among them. Oc u Nvtioxac Mr.Tnoi-OLis. It is a melancholy affair, now-a days, to lake up a Washington paper. The city which was so lately the great focus of political interest, has become duller than a country church-yard and more stagnant than the waters e f the Dismal Swamp. The "news from Washington,"' is no nun c; seuight after than that afforded hv I lie latest arrival from Kennohunk or Oyster Hay. The lb evident has de parted for the Hermitage-, the Kx Secret iries have gathered up their moveaides, and their successors have gone quietly nhemt (heir business. ni( ( 'ongressional gladiators have returned "to the bosoni of their constituents," and are: now busily cnga'-ed in givine c? bar-room and slump reiterations of tingist of their oratorical c florls, wit'a an eye to the fill elections. Hardly erne paragraph of round, wholesale abuse of political opponents can now be gleaned from the Washing-oil journals, and the declamation that is still indulged is so obviously intended for other than elom-stic consumption that it loses half its i ii 1 e lest. I he national banner no longeu- waves over the Capitol, the ladies no longer flock thithe r to drink in the accents of Senatorial eloquence, and stenographers and messengers '"do rest from their labors." Silence reigns unbroken save by the murmuring of the classic Tiber, or the gentle ripple which sings beneath the bow of the passing canal-bout. Truly, 'lhc glory lias departed." Till- INDIANS. Letters have: been received in (his city from Cell. Lk.-vvenwohtii's headepiarters on the; southwestern frontier, t ear li e Arkansas river, dated I7lh June. This portion of (hat fine command has the prospect, it would seem, of an active campaign. The Paw nees w ill make pe-ace w hen ennijxlled to do so. We give an extract: "I nc dragoons are crossing, and we have thus commenced" the campaign. Since the 1st of May, 300 miles of mid have been completed. The; dragoons are moving upon it to make a peace with the Paw noes. Wc expect to fiml them about GOO or 700 miles from here, and w ill have a pe-ace with them, if w e have to fight for it. They arc killing our citizens daily, ami robbing everyone they-can find." .Vat. Gnz. 'I wo females residing near Fincastle, Va. lately poisoned themselves bv eath'tfthe Wild Parsnip, or Hemlock, having mistaken it for Angelica. They were interred in the same grav e.

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Am vj c; m vtio.w A negro man advertises in one of the northern papers for a irhiie wife. She; mn-t be rich, accomplished, beautiful, else he will not emutstrnd to unite his fortunes (complexion) w ith hers. 1 1 vnnoiuiom v. A case of hydrophobia, in a female, was lately cured at Oordeaux, by copious draughts of vinegar and eon-bint bleeding. She was ahh- !e (a-to- the: vinegar, w hile the sight of water threw her into convulsions. Tr.x.vs. The N. V. Mi.quircr, says 'it is supposed by many, that there is a negotiation pending between the U. S. and iI xi(o, fi-r the purchase of Texas." The lT. S. imports from the vh x'can Republic, .already amount to 1 .000.000 J and the exports to 3,000.000 Cue i" Ta WF.LLi.vii. The s teamboats on Luke. Eric are striving to break down each other, so that they may af icrwards JJ 3 exclusive monopoly, ami prariice what imcks llicv rnav tiiink piopcr upon traveller?. Three boats lately left Ruflhlo for Detroit in which passengers went through, over 300 miles, some for a dollar, others for 25 cents, and many for nothing at all. Piixt-i"." Hot. The editor of the Liverpool. (Pa.) Ma; r ury says that it was so hot in that place, fhr't his inkstand melted away and it was as much 1' I I III j ! il as nis fci-zs couiu uo to pitK up me pieces! It ought to he known generally, that per-ons struck with lightning, and apparently dead, aie sometimes recovered by the: copious application of cold wafer externally, particularly upon the face. The AVasiiingfon Globe slates that the: whole revenue of the present year will probably exceed the estimates full six millions of dollars, and that ti e revenue from imports alone will probably show an excess over the estimates of more than two millions of dollars. The Governor of Mississippi had offered a reward of two hundred dollars for the arrest and delivery of Jacob Skinner, charged with the murder of J. Jennings, Esq. Post Master at Port Gibson, in that state. There are now 1300 dollars oilered for the apprehension of Skinner. The Lancaster, (P.i.) Journal say that veins of gold, having large deposites, have been found in Lancaster county, which are thought (o be as rich as any mines that are in the south. New Orleans is described as unusually healthy for the season. There had been no cases of malignant fever, and a few only of chole ra. The Cholera has broken out in Quebec, Mont i eal, Reaver, (Pa.) and V heeling, (Va.) The 1 iosfon Trav eller has this appropriate remark: Hf there be a centre, towards which an American may turn his eye with marked exultation and pride, it is the Navy of this nation.11 lucre were 1S3 interments in the city and liberties of Philadelphia for the week ending on the 12th ul t. Thirty thousand engraved portraits of General Lafayette-, has been ordered from Paris for the United States. Upwards of eighteen hundred emigrants arrived at New York, in foreign vessels, in a single day last week. During the late riots in New York, between three and femr hundred Vfintn waited on the Mayor, tendered their services, and were sworn in as special Constables, to support the civil .authorities. A new mode of placing buttons on coats has been discovered in Europe, by which the button is rendered durable as the garment without sewing. The plan is hy riveting the button to the cloth. The Savannah Georgian states lhat the prospect of a good Cotton crop in that state is very favorable. The Corn crop also promises well the show ers of rain having fallen very prematurely for the latter. The prospect of the Rice and Cane crops is also promising. The furniture; of the legislative assembly of Newfoundland, has been distrained for rent, and will be sohl at public sale. It is reported (hat Robert Potter, late a member of Congress from North Carolina, was assassinated, a few days since, by Spencer C. Prion, an opposing candidate. Mr. Welsh, of Annapolis, Md. freed his hands from warts hy sending sparks of electric matter through them, for 5 minutes laily, during f days. A steam frigate; at Toulon, 1 GO horse power, built by (he French government, hears the honorable n imo of our fellow citizen, Full on.

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