Rising Sun Times, Volume 1, Number 43, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 6 September 1834 — Page 2

HISTORY or Till: t-MTKU STATES. Tlrtfoll owing notice of a vsh able Jafthygjj tning work, entitled a ' History of thflH nitcd EtaU's, from tlie discovery of the American Continent down to' the present time," by Geop.oe Bancroft, Esq. is copied from the National Intelligencer. It is published by C. Powen, Boston. "Here is an original History, the production of a profound scholar, an enlightened and philosophic mind, and untiring research. The volume announced is the first of four or five octavos, within which the accomplished author expects to comprise his interesting work. The American nation is the only one whose early history is not buried in obscurity, or disfigured by fable. The Continent was discovered at a time when the press had begun to diffuse its light, and the current events of the world were no longer confined to a few musty records, or circumscribed within the limits of a worn-out manuscript. From the first bold conception of the existence of a new world by Columbus, to its entire discovery, settlement, and present condition, every thing has been recorded and been communicated that could illustrate its progressive and rapid advancement to the Hiigh and palmy stale" to which it has attained. The historian's march is, therefore, not impeded by difficulty, or rendered painful by obscurity and doubt. J le draws

more upon his judgment than his ima gination, and depends less upon his fan cy than upon his memory and intellectual labor. The records which em brace the discovery and colonial history of this country are accessible to all whodesite to consult them, and the his torian is not diverted from the nlain and direct path he has to pursue, by I umlous incident?, or the legends of supcrstilon and ignorance. But if he does not meet with the fabled exploits r if i . i . . 1 .. i iii-nuits, or aumus, aial me other pioneers and demi gods of antiquity, he finds men of iron nerves, unbendingcourage, and unyielding fortitude; whose sufferings, and endurance of toil and privations, claim a higher admiration and a deeper sympathy. The history of the colonization of North America is not the history of military heroes who have traced their path in human blood, and acquired fame and conquest through the reeking carnage of their fellow beings; but by plain and unsophisticated men, who, by patient endurance, preserving energy, and high moral worth, finally succeeded in mastering all the difficulties they had to encounter, and in accomplishing the great object they had in view. "Enduring every hardship themselves,' says the author of the work of which we arc speaking, "they were the servants of posterity, the benefactors of succeeding generations. In the history of the world, many pages are devoted to commemorate the heroes who have besieged cities, subdued provinces, or overthrown empires. In the eye of reason and truth a colony is a better offering than a victory; the citizens of the United States should rather cherish the memo-1 ry of those who founded a State on the basis of democratic liberty; the fathers of the country; the men, who, as they first trod the soil of the New World, scattered the seminal principles of republican freedom and national indrpendence." The history of our country is replete wi;h instruction, and its example is destined to be held up to the. world as worthy of imitation by future ages. It is the history of a contest for the liberties and rights of man, and no for the possession of power and dominion; and though it may not have that kind of interest which springs from the narrative of the battles, victories, and conquests of the kings and heroes of ancient Europe, it has the higher merit of affording admirable lessons lo the world of moral and political wisdom. Mr. Bancroft's work will illustrate the truth of these remarks, and will be read with interest and profit by every one who loves his country, or who wishes lo become acquainted with the origin and progress of Ann rican Colonization, and the subsequent establishment of Amcrican Independence, lie has brought the history of the di-covcry and settlement of this country down to the year 1GG0. He traces the progress of the colonization of what arc now the United Slates with great accuracy and impartiality. His narrative of the first settlement and advancement of Massachusetts B iy, is more in detail than that of the other colonies. Being more at home there. His narrative hern is peculiarly interesting and lucid. He lias evidently consulted all the printed authorities to which he could obtain aci ss; and which, no doubt, contain all that may le necessary to be. known in elation to the early history of our coun try. His reseat cli seem to have been indef atigabl, and his labor unerasing, . . i - . i " lie examines trie amiioiiti'.s nc nas

found necessary to consult with great impartiality. and discrimination; his narrative is interesting and unbroken, and

his slyJe perspicuous and flowing. It is a work that will establish his own repu tation, and add to the literary reputa tion of his country. It is to be hoped that his laudable undertaking will be liberally patronized by his countrymen, because it promises to be a good history of the United States, and such a history is a desideratum in the literature of our country. I he typographical execution of this volume is worthy of all praise. It rivals that of the English press, and is highly creditable to the taste and skill of the publisher. In the subsequent labors of Mr. Bancroft, we would sug gest to him that his progress will be essentially facilitated, and his history rendered moie accurate, by consulting the very valuable collection of docu ments now in the course of publication by Messrs. Clarke and Force of this cilv, and the edition of American State papers lately authorized by Congress, These sources will enable him to cor rect many of the errors which have crept into almost every history of the United Stales. 7 Till: UPPER WAHASIl. 1 no counties comprising the upper Wabash country aie daily becoming more the settling points of emigrants from various parts of the Union, as well as the subject of enquiry of the Eastern capitalists. Although Indiana contains, throughout its limits, a soil remarkable far its richness and fertility, yet the ob vious advantages of the upper vV abash country have given to that section of the stale a superiority, in the opinion ol emigrants and others, i he rapid in crease of our enterprising and prosper ous population affords the strongest evi uence ot iiiii I. id. the counties ol Parke, Vermillion. Fountain, Warren, Tippecanoe, Carroll, Cass, Miami, Wabash, Huntington, and Allen, compose what may properly be termed the upper Wabash counties; al of which have been organized since 1021. These counties contained, in 1830, according to the census, a population of 3.5,163. Their present population, estimated upon the best information which we have been able lo obtain, is about 7,000; shewing an increase almost unprecedented in the settlement of a new country. The principal towns lying upon the Wabash river, above Terre-llaute, are Montezuma, in Parke county; Perrysville, in Vci million ; Covington, in Fountain; Williamsport in Warren; Lafayette, in Tippecanoe; Delphi, in Carroll; Logansport, in Cass; and Miamicsporl, in Miami. Fort Wayne is a flourishing town on the Maumee river, in Allen county, near the head water of the Wabash. It is not our object at present, to enter into a detailed description of this section of the country; but we cannot close this short notice, without making a few remarks in relation to our own r , rni . town. The Wabash and Lake Erie canal, about sixty miles o which is now under contract, or finished, passes through llus place. When completed, this work will alibi d to the farmers of Cass, and the adjoining counties, a mar ket for their eurplus produce, which may be borne by water to New York, or to JNew Orleans. the jHichiiran twi:wf nmttliitr frrtiri M .1 r1 t:sti through Indianapolis, to Lake Michigan, also passes through this town, and forms a direct line of communication between the Ohio river and the Lake. Logansport is beautifully situated on the point of land formed by the confid ence of the Wabash and Fel rivers. The place where it stands, was, five or six years ago, covered with erowinir timber; and it now presents to the view of the traveller, the aspect of a neat and rapidly increasing town. The fresh appearance of the place, and the number of improvements in a state of pro gression, forcibly strike the attention of strangers, and become the subject of their remarks. The surrounding country is, in every respect, susceptible of the highest state 01 improvement. I he land is rich well limbered, and generally level, or rolling, with spring- of excellent water, line limestone quarries', and numerou i tinning streams, affording excellent sites for mill-seats, or manufactories. In regard to these advantages, we venture to assert, withoul fear of contradiction, that Cass county has no superior in the slate. Ijogansporl Telegraph. This ii the same Michigan Road whiih ought to have it-rininalud at Aurora, in this count,)', and wai within one tolcnf terminating at that point. Put tin: inciiilicr from Lawrcnoct'irc;h wa instructed to oppose rvcry pla t.'in th- county, save and rxcept the all-important tow n of Lawrcncehurph h volrd against Aurora, nod so our county lost the road. Eds. Msi'th; Sun Timet. A public dinner has been riven Kgt B. Taney, al Baltimore.' to

NEW GOLD COIN. The following is the description of

the new Gold Coin now made at the United States Mint. Mint of the United States, ) Philadelphia, 1st Aug. 1834.$ Sir: I have the honor to inform the Department, that the coinage of Gold, according to the new ratio of gold to silver, commenced this, morning, being the earliest day permitted by the pro visions of the act. In making this communication, it may be satisfactory lo recur to the peculiar tues uy which the new gold coins are to be distinguished from those of former issues. They are the following: Oil the face, the new coins will be readily distinguished by a head of Lib erty disencumbered of a cap. On the reverse, the surplus motto, "L Pluribus Unum, which for many years has occupied a portion of the disk above the figure of the Eagle, is now omitted. These changes, independently of the facility to he derived from them, in distinguishing the future from the past emissions of our gold coins, arc recom mended by a nearer adherence to the provisions of the law, as well as by the rules of taste and classic authority. The views in these respects, presented in my communication of the 9th ult. having met vour approbation, will, I doubt not be sustained by the judgment of the public. In regard to die omission of the mot to above referred to, the same improve ment was introduced in the quarter dollar in 1831, the subject, having, by communication of the 2Jth January of that ycar,bcen submitted to the Presi dent, through the Department, and ap proved. The Eagle of the former issues weigh 20 grains, Hie Half Lagle 135 grains and the (Quarter 07-1-2 grains. Ih Lagle under the presnt law, will weigh 258 grains, the Half Eagle 129 grains and the Quarter G4-1-2 grains. These weights arc recited because desirable lo be kept in mind, rather than as affor dmg a further criterion of distinction neiwecn ine iwo classes of cuins since an inspection, much more curiosity than that of weighing, will distinguish them by Ihe proceeding characteristics. The Eagle and Half Eagle of the new coinage will be less in diameter than those of the former emission, and that in a greater proportion than the diminution of weight would indicate. This, however, though a decided amendment of our coinage, is of less value as a distinctive mark, since the comparison would require the presence of coin of both classes. I have the honor lo be, with respect, your obedient servant. SAMUEL MOORE, Director of the Mint. Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasurj-. TIIK PRESIDENT. Intelligence has been received from the President since he has entered Tennessee, from which we learn that he is well, and sustains the journey astonishingly, considering the extreme heat, and his suffering a sharp billious attack which detained him two or three days at Salem, Va. The complaint yielded immediately to remedies. We have no doubt that he carried the seeds of the disease with him from this city, as some acres of stagnant water have been formed in the President's grounds by the embankment of the canal, the miasma from which had greatly affected ihe health of Mrs. Donelson and her chil dren, and others of the President's family, before leaving the city. The vigor and elasticity of the President's constitution was' remarkably evinced by the endurance which he maintained in discharging his arduous duties throughout the late prolonged session, under the circumstance of laboring in a sickly atmosphere, which subjected even the young and sound of constitution lo agues and intermittcnts. Globe. TEXAS. A leller published in the Southern Banner, from a ge:-.llcman "well known to many of the citizens of Georgia and Alabama, as one upon the correctness of whose statements Ihe utmost reliance can be placed,'" speaks in glowing language of the prospects of Texas. The emigration during this year has been unbounded greater, indeed, than the resources of the country would admit of. The crops of corn were insufficient to supply the emigrants. The ideas entertained generally in the U. States, of the society of Texas, he represents as erroneous. J here arc, he says, lew Spaniards or Mexicans, the population neing exclusively Americans", and "hon est, industrious, enterprising Americans." A man committing a breach against Ihe laws of society, is as readily and severely punished as in the United SlUlCs.

SQUIRREL HUNTING j The inhabitants of Craig township,

in this county, nnumg mat uie gray squirrels were making great depreda- . .. I I t 1 lions in their corn-news, neta a consul tation on the subject of quelling their mningness, by hunting them down. Three men were appointed to act as captains, in three different neighbor hoods, each captain choosing eight men to assist him in the hunt, when a subscription was got op and agreed upon to be divided as follows, viz: 1 he cap tain and his party who produced the greatest number of squirrel tails, lo have half the subscription (he next best to have two-thirds of the other half and the remainder, to the least successful party. At the close of the day, (the 21st inst.) upwards of three thousand Jive hundred squirrel tails weie produced. While the people were assembled the following question was discussed: "IIow much corn would these three thousand five hundred squirrels have eaten and destroyed, in the next seventy days, that is, before the first ot November, the lime when the farmers begin lo gather in their corn?"' And it appeared to be the general opinion that each squirrel would destroy two 1 r ears of corn, per day, and allowing one hundred and twenty ears of corn to make a bushel, the quantity destroyed in seventy days, would have been four thousand and eighty-three bushels, which, at twenty cents per bushel, amounts to eight hundred and sixteen dollars!!! This is certainly a very serious consideration for farmers, and we hope 'to hear of more squirrel hunts, both in this county and the neighboring county in Kentucky, from whence many of the gray emigrants may daily be seen crossing the Ohio river, peradventurc lo reap the harvest of a more fruitful soil, but the poor animals soon become beguiled, and hoosierizd. 'cvay Jlmitir, Jlvgust 2!J. DEATH OP JUDGE JOHNSON, The following brief but particular account of the death of Judge Johnson, of the Supreme Court of the United States, is copied from the New York Evening Star of the 5th ult. Ihe Hon. Judge Johnson, of South Carolina, breathed his last at Brooklyn, at one o'clock vesterdav. He had ar rived here some weeks ago, for the pur pose of placing himself under the charge of an eminent medical practitioner of this city, having for some time suuered with an alleclion of the law, to eradi cate which it required he should undergo the most painful surgical operation. Ur. Mott, of this city, was selected for the purpose, who expressed his opinion of the inability of the Judge to survive the operation. With a knowledge of the expression of the surgeon, he 6till determined upon placing himself under his hands ; and without the aid of friends, or being bound, he submitted, with the utmost fortitude and calmness, to the most excruciating tortures, but in the course of half an hour after the comple tion ol the doctor s labors, he died of exhaustion, produced by the sudden re action of the nerves, which had been excited to their utmost power in buoying up his mind throughout the whole of the operation. The Judge was in his G4th year, and was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Canton, Ohio, August G. Suicides. On the 31st ult. Mr. Samuel Stock, a wagon-maker of Kendal, in this county, put an end to his existence by hanging himself iu his own house, lie was about 35 years old, of intemperate habits, and left a wife and four small children. In this town, on the 6th inst., a German emigrant, named Ignatius Tantzeisen, a wagon maker by trade, committed suicide by hanging himself in his shop. No cause is assigned for Ihe act. He has left a wife, and several children. On the 29th ult. a Mr. John Baker, of Fairfield township, Columbiana county, Ohio, committed suicide by hanging himself in his own house. He was an aged man, and no cause can be assigned for the act. Interesting Incident. A few days since, just as the steam boat De Witt Clinton was on the point of leaving the wharf, some person handed an infant lo a gentleman on board, who supposing the mother to be near, very readily accepted the charge. In a minute the boat was under way for Albany. The gentleman having very patiently wailed for the mother lo relieve him from his little burthen, began to feel some nlarm at the delay. He run from stem to stern offering to every person his unlooked-for legacy, but could find no one disposed to accept it. As a last resort he applied to the caplain for relief. Orders were instantly given to put the vessel about, and in a few minutes &hc was on her leturn to the city. Ia passing the steam boat

New London, they were hailed by that vessel and asked if there was a strange

infant on board. On replying in the affirmative, they were informed that a lady was in great distress for the loss of her child, which to the infinite relief of its temporary guardian, was soon restored to the arms of its delighted mother. Y. Y. Enquirer. Mmi. Uoufttiits taken. We are pleased to learn by a letter inst received from the Postmaster at Cumberland, Md. that four persons have been arrcsteu lor me recent nuempi m run me great western mail near that place; one of whom the driver says he; is abb; lo identify as one of the two who made the attack. The Postmaster adds, that it is supposed there is a gang of them scattered throughout the neighborhood. Mr. Lucius W. Stockton, the spirited contractor on that line, is, as he writes, taking such precaution as will enable his driver lo "stand,"' if hereafter demanded to do so, and dispute the ground of these felons. Globe. Emancipation. Saturday las!, tlie first day of August, 1831, will be one memorable in tlie annals of history, for on that day Slavery ceased throughout the British Empire. Millions who had hitherto been held l 1 I . I r m in bondage, win imis do set free and raised to be citizens, possessing all the rights of the privileged class. The law proclaims them no longer tlie propety of others, but they do not become en tirely free at once-they are to be ranked as .apprentices for ten 5 ears and (hen to be entirely free from all manner of servitude. York Gazelle. DEATH OF UENEUAl, LEAVENWORTH. The Arkansas Advocate, received by yesterday's mail, dated Slh of August, stated on the authority of a postscript upon the way-bill from the postmaster at Washington, Hempstead county, that an express had arrived there. bringing news of the death of General Leavenworth, of the U. S Armv. lie died at a small post on the Fausse Wa shita, in the Choctaw countrj'. It is also stated, that Lt. MeClure of the Dragoon corps, died at the same post. The disease is not mentioned. .Mo. Rep. Passengers fkoh Euuorr:, Last year the enormous number of more than forty thousand passengers arrived from foreign Ports and places, at the single port of the city of New York. But this year the arrivals are still more numerous. Within the last 7 months nearly thirty-five thousand arrivals at New York are reported. The New York Daily Advertiser states, from daily personal observation, that by far the largest portion are able-bodied, respectable persons, with sufficient means to pay their way, and nearly the whole of them merely pass through (he city on their way to the interior. FU03I ENGLAND. The packet ship Virginian, Captain Harris, arrived on Saturday, bringing London and Liverpool dates to the 7th August. They con'ain few items of importance. In the House of Commons the subject of preventing drunkenness by legislative interference had been taken up, and the example of 'the United States was referred to. Cubhell proposed that Parliament should advance (he end in view by distributing two or three millions of his sermon 011 drunkenness. The subject of promoting general education by legislative interference, was also introduced before, that body. In the House of Lords on the Gth, a discussion was brought on by some observations touching the new organization of the ministry. The Times of the 7th June remarks upon the subject thus. 'It is clear from the deprecatory tone adopted by lord Gray towards the close of his speech in reply to the earl of Wicklow, and when speaking of possible collisions between the House of Lords and Commons, (hat the noble earl is conscious of holding the reins of power not otherwise than at the will and pleasure of the conservative party, and that whether in cases of local or general reforms; whether in that of the Warwick election bill, or of the promised measure for the reform of the Church of Ireland the determination of the Tory Lords is, that nothing shall be done which ministers propose to do. Lord Gray and his party have already avowed their fear of the House of Lords and the propriety of yielding to their wishes. The House will give Ihe mil), isters plenty of opportunities of submission, but is this a position for any Minister with a hcai t in his body lo stand onJewish Disutilities. The petition of the U ouse of Commons presented by Mr. Alexander Baring on the 4th inst. was signed by 23,000 merchants, hankers, and other inhabitants of London, and praying for the removal of the dishilitiei affecting the Jews.