Rising Sun Times, Volume 1, Number 55, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 29 November 1834 — Page 1

FLEIKHin TO NO PARTY'S ARBITRARY SWAY, WKI.L FOLLOW TUfT!I WHEUEElt IT LEADS THE WAY.'

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nv.nx or x.vrriti:. ur o. w. rKAr.ouv. tJon of (lie r irtli's .Moil Jul plums! The el.irk trim lie! ! contetm ! lie: The mountains ri'p I Uo llv tower. Win re man miclit eouiunme with theskr: The t;ll 'liiih;il.t ?! -' s ll:e norm That lowers i;pon the i.lo l elow, Where shaded f int.-ti::s rml Heir stream., With jovous neisie. in tlitir ilovr. Gon of tl, ?.!.-, rk til hi n t'repi The v.ivi' lie ?eepin- o.i l In- :iiu!j, Till the I'.oieo trumpet of the hirm Hath tiiiii)i(MK'u ii ; (heir lliiiiu.erirttr haiiits. Then the hite nN are da-lied liUe loan;, Or hnrrv, trembling o'er !he e;is, Til!, calmed by t;.ee, ilu tnkin; yale cretcl brcatlir, IVpart in eace. Uor of ll. e f.rei"s solemn s!.n!e ! The cnoxleur of ti.o lonely tree, That wrestles singly with thebaic, Lifts up aihnii uic iv es to thee; lint more n.aie!ie far they stand. When, side by sii'.e. thi ir ranks they form, To wave on their pleme of preen, And light their battles with the storm. Gon of the li;;hl and virwles i.irl Where uiniirr breeze vreetlv ilow, Or, catherin; in their anry iniuht. The lierie an I winTv temee-ti blow; All from the evening' plaintive sich, That hardly bus the dvoiipi'ic flower. To the wide whii !w iid's tan'i'tcht ery, Frcathe lorl'i th.e Iuv.-ikkc ol s!u ) ewer. lion of ti e fr.ir and open kvl How plorions'y a! ocn rinj;j The tented dome of hea ml v hlne, Suspended on the rainbows tine; V.aeh brilli ml ;ar that sparkle thro'uh, I'.ach fil led elei'd lh,.t wmi Itrs freo In eveniiit's j nrpte T! e bi-autx of iS raeiaitcr, eiv ; r ai e to tl.ee. Gon of the rolling irh above! Thy name i wri'.to'i idearly i;ruht Jnthe w .11:11 day's unvarun b!;i7e. On evening's n'den 'bower ol h.,ht. Tor every lire that front - the sun, And every patk that walks alone, Around the otmo.t vetce of leaven, Wete kindled :;t thy bisrninc; throne. Gon of the world '. the hour mint come, And nature's i If to ;i;t return '. Her eruiiiWiii ; ultats imut decay ! Her incene It -s (p! cease i- nrn! I'nt 1ill her cr and ami lnv ly -erne Have maiie man's w armest rai-r Cow ; 'or lieart j-rov holier they trace Tbebeantv of the world below. St I O 4i i A E n V. ST. r.VTURK. The 11:1ml1 rf llie patrosi ?aint of Ircland is, we dare presume, (amihar even to our young readers; but his history is, we believe, not very generally known, and therefore we proceed to give a brtef sKotch of it. The earlv ages of Ireland were tinguished bv verv ureal turbulance. I In their own jam! the Irish were contintiallv engaged in p-tty hostilities; and iipon the ea they were notorious as ttirato. lTnn the opposite const oi Scotland they made very frequent defcer.ls, carrying away not onU all the booty upon which they could lay their despoiling ham! but aNo great numbers cf i. natives. Upon one of these occasions I'aev landed in the town ol r.iburn, in the tilth of Clyde, and as usual tnaikoil tlieir course witn niunt .t 1 iler and destruction. Besides other booty, they carried awav from this luckless town several captives of both sexes. Among these was a ouih i.anu d Patrick; who, on the arrival of the piratical expedition in an Irish port, was od by its commander to an Irish chieftaiu named M"Bain. In the si ricc of this chieftain. Patrick, who. when captured, was ot;lv sixteen years of age, continued for G years, employed in the grovelling and degrading duties of a swineherd. This mean condition galling to thcMouth from bis being, for the period at which he lived, well-sktll-cd both in prol ine and religious learning, and of a nature peculiarly inclined and adapted to learned pursuit. But, however galling and disagreeable his yoke proved to him, tie submitted himself to it patiently, and without exhihiting any symptoms of discontent or indignation. His p itiem e, at length, was suitably rewarded; and he regaincd his liberty by a mere accident. ti-i 1 1. . . 1. nue wan ning 111s mazier s swine ne ohscrved one of them rooting up something brilliant from tnc ground, and on approaching to examine it he tound, to his intinite surprise and satisfaction, that it was Cold, equal in value to the ium required for bis ransom. He immcdiately applied the welcome gold to the purchase of that liberty of which lie had been unjutly deprived. It is necessary in this place to observe that, though the young captive was a Christian, the Irish were plunged in the most degrading and barbarous heathenism. Dnrinir hi residence among them, Tounir Patrick had had abundant oppor t unities to observe the injurious etlects orndnro.l Siv their ttiDerstitiou tinon

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thcir rlutractcr and condition. Il is ptobaMe that vxvii d'triii t!te lupc-lossiii-ss of flavet), he had meditated upon the importatit and benevolent work of leading them into the knowledge of Christianity. Indeed his sn!s( iu nt conduct renders this more than ptohalde. Tor he no sooner regained iiis liherly than he commenced, wisely and deliberately , the course necessary for jiiaMii)g himself for that great and uloiiou work. His uncle Martin of Saint Martin, was at that time Bishop of Tours, in Fiance. Hastening to this relative, the young enthusiast unfolded to him his views and wishes. I lis description of the miserable condition of the Irish greatly interested the good bishop, who at once commended his pious wishes and assured him o( all necessary assistance in their fulfilment. Pali iik. though already a scholar, was placed by his venerable relative under the direction, and tuition of Gcrmanus, Misliop of Auxcrre. With this learned and pious prelate he remained no less than forty years sedulously pursuing all the various branches of learning calculated to facilitate Iiis proselytizing endeavors. During this Ions: period o! study, Patrick was fre-jncmly and diligently engaged in preaching, and made himself exceedingly fatuous for learnft k . tng, eloquence, and piety. Having completed the long and arduous course of preparation hich he modestly deemed necessary to qualify him for the conversation of the unenlightened Irish, lie proceeded to Kome. Celestine, who was then pope, heard his relation of designs and desires respecting Ireland with great attention and entered most enroiallv into Ins ler.hng. In order the more ciFoctuallv to serve Patrick. tnd to forward his great design, the pontiff cr;:Ued him, by anticipation archbishop of that unenlightened land which he had devoted himsell to redeeming front superstitious barbarism. Towards the middle of the fifth centurv of the Christian era, Patrick land ed, not as formerly, an enslaved youth. but a learned, famous, and dignified prelate. He spoke the language ol the country as though he had been a native; and in that language preached the. majestic truths of Christianity.

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were passionately fond of eloquent langnago; and Patrick was eloquent both in substance and in manner. His elojqnence, and the simply beautiful truths l of Christianity added numbers daily to the ranks of prosehtes. Among the people cf Ireland he was almost miracnlously successful; but he found the superstition of Loigerius, their chief prince, utterly unconquerable. lie did not directly or indirectly, interfere to prevent his subjects from listening to i . . r.. me iiiisuau preacner, or, iroin assent ing to his doctrines and joining in his devotion. But this was the utmost ex tent to which Loigerius would stretch his toleration, he would neither listen to the sreechings of the Irish apostle, nor accept of baptism at his hands. Patricu, whom we must now call $amt 1 atrick, seems to have been, at length, seriously displeased with the immov ble resolution, or obstinacvof Loigerius. In his exortalions to him be was un - ceasing, ami he at length declared that, as a punishment for his obstinate supass into the possession of his children fs As has already been intimated, Saint Patrick, on aniving on his Christian mission, in Ireland, was nearly sixty years of age; for sixty years more he toiled, zealously and unceasingly, in his benevolent and blessed work. He visited every part of Ireland, and converted Pagans into Christians, and the temples of idols into churches and mon.itcries dedicated to the one true Cod. Having spent bis life with equal benev 1 .1 . 1 . olence and success, ne at lengtn aeparird to abetter world, at the patriarchal I age of one hundred and twenty years. JOHN Wfnlki. In disposition, John Wesley was kind, peaceable and affectionate. He practiced a strict economy, not with any sordid motives, but for the purpose of administering extensively to the wants of the poor. His integrity w as unimpeachable; and money yvould have been of no value in his estimation, but that it afforded him the means of increasing bis utility. He passed six months in Georgia 'without possessing a single - shilling? and when, ns it has been sur mised, from his own account of a young I man nt Oxford, his income was thirty

pounds per annum, he gave away two; 'next year receiving sixty, he s'.iil lived on twenty eight, and gave away thirtytwo; and the third year he received ninety and gave away sixlv two; the fourth year he received a hundred and twenty ; still he lived as before, on twenty-eight, and gave away ninety-two."' In the plenlitude of their power, the commissioners of excise, supposing that he possessed plate, which in oruer to avoid the duty, he had not returned, wrote him a letter on the subject. Wesley replied, MI have two silver spoon in London and two at Bristol; this is all the plate that I have at present, and I shall not buy any mote while so many around me want bread."

.IMPOUTAXCE OF IMIl St'ItV. It may be advanced as a sale position, that one very prevalent cause of the ignorance, idleness, and consequent wretchedness that we witness in the world, will be found in the fact, that vast numbers of the young are permitled to grow up without any employment, and without ever having been stimulated to propose to themselves anv prominent and valuable object of pur-j suit. iielner it be owing to the mistaken views and the false ideas ol indulgence in parents, or to the natural propensity of the human mind, certain it is, that a vast body of children are allowed to take their own course, and as soon as they are strong enough to run, commence their career without a sing-ic thought of what is due to society, to their parents or themselves. Look around you in every direction, and will you not find hundreds who have apparently no single object before them, beyond the indulgence of the hour, or a meagre provision for the day? Can you wonder that folly and vice prevail where this is the case? And would you look among youth growing up in this way, for those who are to benefit the community w ho will furnish good examples, and add to the stock of human improvement, and human virtue and happiness? No, indeed you will see him in that herd of leeches that are to arain me vnais of society ol loeir blood. You will see ihem banging like an incubus upon Ihe institutions of the community. If, as every one will admit, that man is to be regarded as a public benefactor who contributes in the slightest degree, to the improvement of a plow, or to the structure of a useful implement in mechanics, then surely, he who nei ther adds to the stock of public villue, nor the means of advancement in the arts of life, must be regarded as a public, injury. It is, then, of primary consequence that every young person should set out with some point of importance in his view, and 10 which he is to direct his intellectual energies. And here it should be remembered, that in a very great degree, men become what they determine to be. I do not mean to say that they can counteract and prevent the course of Providence, or that all the mad schemes of ambition and fraud will be successful; but observation will justify the remark, that as a general rule, men accomplish what they pursue with a steady, honest, per1 severing aim. Calamities and disappointments will indeed overtake them, because these are the allotments of a w ie Ruler, to the world in which we live; but even lere, it will usually be seen, that but for these calamities, the results would ave justified the previous calculations. Aim at excellence, young men, in what ever laudable undertaking you select, and excellence will be yours. Aim at an honorable and useful position in your country, and that position you will reach. An ancient king of Sicily was trained a potter, and when he reached his high distinction, he Jed to place vessels of earthen ware,and others of gold and silver before l.i courtiers: "These,' said he, pointiig to the former, MI used to make with industry and care, till by my strengtl and valor I was able to take hold o the ethers, pointing to the richer implements. Without going to anliqiity, we might find, in our own times ail in our own country, nosmall number -Teases which an early resolution to aim it excellence, has led from the ret ire mill of country life and humble birth, to lie most honorable stations in the giflf our republic. It was this principle,hat working in the mind of Prankli when as a stranger boy, he ate hisrolls in the streets of Philadelphia, hile he was without a shelter for hit bad. It wai

no ordinary boyish caprice, the impatience of control that drove him from his home, but his mind would not hear 'the pressure thrown upon it. IHsav.-is a lolly maik. and he kept hisce upon it with all the steadine-s of the most plodding artisan, and with the coolness and sell-denial of a philosopher. J!e reached that mark and a most noble one U was. His aim was usefulness, and hile vii lue.and literature, and science, have friends, the world will not forget, that il can never pay the debt thai it owes him.

fouci: or i'iacjiv vi tox.. A few years ago, a celebrated pliysicia.i, author of an excellent work uf, the force of imagination, being desirous to add experimental l his theoretical knowledge, made application to the minister of justice to be allowed an opportunity of provi:.g what he. asserted by an experiment on a criminal condemned to death. The minister complied with his request, and deliveicd over to him an assassin, a man who had been of distinguished parents. Tin? physician told him that several persons v ho had taken an interest in his (amity 1 1... .1 ,.Kt. 1 . f 1 1.- ...;,.;,.!., it... 1 IhO.I UIMrXIIIV'VI It n WL lilt. Mlllfint l llll he ?hould stiller death some other way than on the scaffold, to avoid the disgrace of a public execution; and that the easiest deatli he could die would be bv blood letting. The criminal agrced to the proposal, and counted him self happy in being freed from the painful exhibition which he would otherwise have been made of, and rejoiced at being thus enabled to spare, the fee lings of his friends and family. At tlrs lime appointed, the physician repaired to the prison, and the patient having been extend. d on a table, his eyes bound, and every thing readv, he was slightly pricked near the principal 1 eins of the legs and arms with the point of a pin. At the four corners of the table were four little fountains, filled ilh water, from which issued small streams falling into basins placed there to receive Ihem. The patient thinking that it was his blood that trickled into ti.e basins, became weaker and weaker by degrees, the remarks of the medica' men in attendance in reference to the quality and appearance of the blood (made w ith intention) increased the delusion, and he spoke more and more faintly, until his voice was at length scarcely audible. The profound silence which reigned in the apartment, and the constant dropping of the fountain, had such an extraordinary effect on the brain of the poor patient, that all his vital energies were soon gone.nltbough before a very strotig man, and he died without having lost a drop of blood. TWO CASES. Some weeks since we met with an acquaintance who had been a subscriber to our paper from its commence meat, and the conversation turning on the expense of supporting his family, which was large, he remarked that he could scarcely afford the expense of laking a paper, but added he,it has been the means of making my children all readers. My eldest son having nothing to amuse his leisure hours at home had contracted idleness; but from his taste for reading, acquired from reading your paper, he has now become passionately fond of books and his leisure time is spent with profit to himself, and satisfaction to his parents." He spoke of its effect on ether members of his fimily, as being the cheapest education he had ever given them. That he had saved more than the amount of the subscription in tuition fees; and his children instead of regarding learning as a task, look upon the gratification as a luxury. On Ihe same day we met with one possessed of some thousands but he could not a Jord to continue his paper, though he expressed bis entire approbation of its course. We felt rather too independent to ask his reasons, but a friend to whom he had been more communicative, afterwards told us his objection? to taking not only this paper alone, but any paper. He said he had several children and they wasted loo much time in reading the papers; that they were not satisfied until every one had read them through, and that even the girls let their wheels stand, to read; therefore he would take none of them. As we jogged on homeward we could not but reflect on the course pursued by these two men. The poor man was pleased to see his children employed dnrine their leiiure hour, in poring

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over the news of the day, and cultivating a taste for literary enjoyment. lie felt no doubt a secret pleasure in indulging th.e thought that his sons might one day fill respectable stations in society, and his daughters be qualified for intelligent wives and mothers. But his miserly neighbor with his thousands could not a fiord the sacrifice of so much time. Poor fellow! i'v his anxiety to accumulate wealth for his children, he was taking the most effectual means to debase their minds, and diive them to fno haunt of groveling vice and ignorance; and a few years may probably change the relative situations of thesu very families, the children of the poor man faking those sfalions in society, to which the children of the other seemed promised so much easier access, had not the penny-wise policy of their over anxious parent closed the door upon them. It is very (rue that ignorance sometimes triumphs over intelligence, but it is far from being true that this is a general rule; on the contrary all the other circumstances being equal, the. avenuca of respectability are ever most accessible to the well informed; and when by some train of fortunate circumstances, the man whose education has been neglected, chances to reach a conspicuous place in society, it is but to learn the painful truth, that the loss he has sustained in being refused a proper education is incalculable and irreparable. ZanerW'e Gaxett;. splendid cornx. The coffin w hich received the corpse of the I tie king of Madagascar, Randarn, was a large 'and massive one of silver. It was about eight feet long and two deep, and the same in width; il was formed of silver plates strongly rivited together with nails of the same metal, all made from Spanish dollars; .$1 2.000 were employed in its construction. Immense quantities of treasures of various kinds were in or about the coffin, belonging to his late majesty, consisting chiefly of such things as during his life he most prized. Ten thousand dollars were placed in the silver coflin for him to lie upon ; and in the coffin were placed or cast all his rich clothing, especially military; there were 8 suits of costly British uniforms, hats and feathers, golden helmets, gorgets, epaulets, sashes, gold spurs, very valuable sword, daggers, spears, (two of gold) beautiful pistols, muskets, fowling pieces, watches, rings, broaches, and trinkets. His whole and fine sideboards of silver plate, and large and solid gold cup. with many others presented him by the king of Kngland; large quantities of costly silk, satins, fine cloths, very valuable silk Lambas Madagascar, Sec. The missionaries say that the expense of the funeral could not have been less than sixty thousand pounds sterling. UK ESS Ol' MIND. On Sunday morning before going to church, what a dressing there is among all classes, and what a stir to appear gay and pleasing! It is quite sufficient fo? the great purpose of our existence to wash the outside of Ihe platter! Curls may be arranged, fine tortoise shell combs fixed, sparkling ear-rings hung, splendid garments displayed, and yet perhaps the gay fair one's mind may be poisoned with conceit, troubled with rivalry, and kept on the torture by ignorance and vanity. Windsor soap does not wash out the stains of the heart. Cologne water cannot throw a fragrance over an impure mind, nor will all the rubies of (Jolconda dazzle the recording angel into a forgctfulness of filling up the leaves of the book of retribution. A.NF.cnoTii. As a minister and lawyer w ere riding together, says the minister to the lawyer ''Sir, do you ever make mistakes in pleading?' 41 do,' said the lawyer. 'And what do you do with mistakes?1 said the minister 'Why, sir, if Inge ones I mend them; if small ones 1 let them go,' said the lawyer. 'And pray sir,' continued he, do you ever make mistakes in preaching?' 'Ye? sir, 1 have.' 'And what do you do with mistakes,1 said the lawyer. 'Why sir, I dispense with them in the same manner you have just observed; I rectify large and neglect small ones. Not long since, continued he, as I wa$ preaching, 1 meant to observe that the devil was the father of liars, but mistook, and said lawyers; the mistake. w! so small I let it go,'

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