Rising Sun Times, Volume 2, Number 60, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 3 January 1835 — Page 1

"rLKPGEn to xo party's a hi? itrary sway, vrfi.L follow truth where'er it leads the way1

We know not the author of the following stanzas; but there is a tenderness and simplicity about them which is very affecting; while the introduction of the apparition of the dead child, indirectly upbraiding the bereft mother for her intemperate sorrow, confers upon them a poetical and moral c.st. -- Ulster co. Whig. THE LITTLE SHROUD. She put on him a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered early primroses To scatter o'er the dead. She laid him in his little grave, ('T was hard to lay him there,) When spring was putting forth its flowers, And every thing was fair. She had lost many children - now The last of them was gone; And day and night she sat and wept Beside the funeral stone. One midnight, while her constant tears Were falling with the dew. She heard a voice, and lo! her child Stood by her weeping too. His shroud was damp, his face was white, He said -- "I cannot sleep, Your tears have made my shroud so wet, Oh, mother, do not weep!" Oh, love is strong! - the mother's heart Was filled with tender fears; Oh, love is strong! and for her child, Her grief restrained its tears. One eve a light shone round her bed, And there she saw him stand - Her infant, in his little shroud, A taper in his hand. "Lo! mother, see my shroud is dry, And I can sleep once more And beautiful the parting smile The little infant wore. And down within the silent grave He laid his weary head; And soon the early violets Grew o'er his grassy bed. The mother went her household ways. Again she knelt in prayer; And only asked of heaven its aid, Her heavy lot to bear.

-n i - s, r c I'i k :. i . -f v tit i WASHING TON AM) I.EE. We hae road with gratification tlic eulogy on Lafayette, pronounced be lore; the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, bv Fraud 13 i lies. H'c v.-ere nvieh interested in tho elucidution Mr. jjay iics ha given ol "otic transaction, at!ii.!i serin- to have been hidden in the secret pi ices of our history." The following exlraet will pi .re. the whole transaction li.;fore our r.aders: You are doubtless aware of the cxi'lencc of an intiiguc, at a certain period of the revolutanai y war, to effect the removal of Washington from the command of the army; but per haps many of you are not aw are of its extent, ai.d In what slight failed of success. The I alter acts of Washlnglon have covered nis v.-mk with a blaze of light. You cannot now see. the dark clouds which once ovetshadowed his path and obscured his glory. Searctlv had he taken command of the army, when envy and ambition comJ menced their usual operations, by endeavoiing to decry a rapacity which has rarelv been equalled, and to sully a cha'iacter which never had a stain. t his disnosi ion anr'eareil hrst - . . . . . in Charles Lee, the second in command, an Englishman, who had served in Europe with much reputation. So arrogant was his spirit that he obeyed the orders ders of Washington v,ith sullen recUi.ce. I le was too much of a soler to incur the penalties of insuborii . luct l" (in.iu iiiv. uniia ,T ,'1 llstiruiflirtation. :iiul n rin1rivfd in rnnr "ncf 'lS(llVVItUktVl'lls - ... ... ... within tlie limits of obedience. But the emphatic brevity of his sneers, perhaps, produced a more decided effect innn mi . r 1:1111 mi. t v.n toff. - I I' - .. ....... t .... , vv,ivi UV traction or defamation. To sunerfi minrlc tlii i: irr:Kinf nf I i.n c',mrwl justified by the train of disasters which ,,,v- '""''-'l' - fV. IIK.Vl had followed Washington. The hopes of the disallecled began to concentrate upon him, but the crisis was delayed by hi captivity, and that accident, and th". brilliant reputation whi, l,Gatehad acrjuired by the capture of lhirgoynes :...i. ...... i .i... ' r,7.:..f. iiiiiii, IHVIUI.UII iiiliii in iiiiiuiti linn m J 7 i.,,!.,., 4 t c .iiiiiiuia i' nun. i nri Buuii ?nwn a tut.,r,U: iuiinj,ina I'l'vui t iiilii iiiiv.iii i - - ' tions assumed a formidable aspect, and all disanpomtcd politic an, men of . i. v.fril :.r ..,.A .1:. ioined the cabal. ""u'mi n.iu Diuiaiti ut - iiiii J ' mm:i ( ..,.. 1 ft rlal, d,.s,.,M,t. w:,a ..nn;,.i . ..;.... i.im..- v,i,.,i riciiuHiiiiii ui dier General early in 1777. He per ceiveda disposition in Congrcs to de .,-0 vv.Jc!,;,.,rt. n,i 111 !!icimilvilMiiu IW VILKIIC V rHV" ..r-.l hlprinihPd n mL'O h e rn.irt il.JU HV u, iv 1 1H...VV, v mi uio vi.Mii 1 .1. 1 .n....F;nnEn ii llli; IJUI UILI II - r . iti .-'.ii'vn, .. rnrro-nnnilonrp will, flr.fM. and bv contrasting him with Washing ' .. ....... ; .. m...n..i.r oratifvinrr in ' h 1 1 b1 "v-"o self-love of the former, he flattered vanitv -o skillfully, that Gates was f oura 'ed in the design, which he j J'.

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begun to entcrtainof supplanting Washington. Gen. Miiiiin of Pennsylvania. alsocommenced a correspondence witii Gates, in which lie expressed himself with little reserve in derogation of the character of Washington. Mifflin's passion for popularity was u nbou tided, and as the name of Washington, however strange the assertion may epprar now, was then ndhajs in Pennsylvania, and the Legislature of that State had even remonstratt d to Congrsi; against him, he migh!, from that ircum-tance, have Iieen indured to ally himself to the enemies of the Commander-in-chief. A he possessed the power of popular eloquence in a Iranscedent degree, and as none lieiter knew tlie way "tpnrgcrc force anibina'' amongst the multitude, to breed discontent and excite suspicion. lie was, under u.e circumstances a formidah'.e enemy. It is now impossible to ascertain nil the member of Congress who were in imical to Washington; o:e i known and he I am sorry to say, was Sarrucl Adam; vet there is not the least rea son for supposing that he was actuated by nny personal feeling of ill-will. It va Ids habitual and constitutional jcaltsy ol power winch led him to support 'lie policy of rotation in command and shot t enlistments. Deriving many of his notions from the histories of the lit tie C'it v-Iepub!ic of Greece, the ostra oimcame naturally into his scheme of government. The secret ballots cannot he traced by which Gates was elected President. a:.d Mifflin a member of the lioard of War, with powers to direct the opera tions ol the (. onimander-m-Chiei. INei ther can it In; ascertained by whose votes Conwav was elevated over al the Brigadier Generals in the service his senior in rank created a Major General and Inspector General, and rendered almost independent of the con trol and orders of tiie Commander-in Chief. This high and privileged office was given to him when it was public ly known that, while he was under the immediate command of Washington, he was plotting his removal, and was as sailing his character in language like this Heaven has been determined to favor the country, ora weak Gen. and bad councellors had ruined it." 1 hi foreigner, who had been but a few months in the country; whose eviden cos of ability existed only in defamato ry letters whom Washington had de nounced ''a dangerous incendiary,' was promoted bv C'-.-tcc? oyer all the na live Brigadier Generals, his superiors in rank. It seemed as if they were de termined to place the firebrand in the M:tnds ol tlie mcenaiarj. It 1 .! I . . . . . . . r Fei ilou indeed w;is inc situation ui H ashington. Uno. ci less urmncs, oi less ability and less virtue wouia na e been prostrated. I he L.oara oi ',r organized with the power of a depart- . .i i i e I ment. was in me nanas oi nis enemies. His friends, Greene, Knox and Jlamil - ton were rmrked out lor persecution, and Greene h id been neglected, insulted, and superceded. Conway, by vir tun of his office, could report on the conduct of all the officers with his own glosses, and by reporting directly to ju: rr.t ..,iai;An wriic ' ' " "J r -7 I Gonirress. their mditaiv renutation was ll','' - ' - 's - ' 7 J I . . i- i 11 - at his mercy. v asmngion touiuHj) peal to no other tribunaffor the redress of his wrongs and the justification of in rbrir.icter . CXCent t ie l-ongreSS, - - 7 I J . - a Congress which Had given oeusne I tl roofs fif their animosity and of their 1 1 - " J . inclination to displace him. By the disastrous fortune oi war, ne nau umi compelled to abandon the two great cities of the middle Slates to the enemy, Ho had been defeated m lliree impor lant battles. 1 he splendid success Gates fiad thrown his military lame in-f-s 1 rlrr-npst shade. A nowerful State - " . . . i ion ip so.it nt war. nan romonsiraieu - :,r:iinst l,im. A veteran armv of eigh i " J ' 1 . ii 11 teen thousand men, wen supplied, anu i . m i . . a. .1 r- well armed, were wunin two uajs m:irr I n lllS finCSm II)e II. al .1 Forr-e. His own army, not a third - , i ' E .at i i- iix,ii"i,i 1 .,.rK.r worn harp-tooted, ha II naked. . fi n-i . boo t .1 da v s orov s on. and - cording to his own statement, reduced

- to a condition which could terminate plain, yeia.gmned inana manners, ne : ,!.: ki cf,rvntion. disnlution or became assured that tl: Roman matron

111 II'MIIIIIL UUfc 7 In ri.nor, nn n; Ui7i'wiiuiu a ,-.n. sfriiiTjT in? w th X - v " ' SD O frtPmr nff.t,.. i,. (he most sublime 1 . t . l - mora spectacles. I'recious uiueeu thp I flint friorwtchini wliirh can stand the , his of adversity. The prosperous ana

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had I and sycophants. It is the hat oi aivin . . ... .. :. r i-

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dust always gathers around the toot tool of power. Adversity is the touch toncof fidelity. The fortunes of Wash in gton, to all appearance in all hu-j man probability, were on the wane. Ill lame was withering under the lights of audacious slanders and se cret detraction. Open enemies were uirhng their denunciation m his lace. j ivy was seeking to prev upon a char acter which for purity and public vir tue had been unrivalled since the days of Epaminondas. His glory was cc!i;sd and darkness covered his prospects. At this critical period an attempt was made to detach Lafayette from his interests. "Lafayette in his MS. memoirs sars, that he was not included in the general attacks which were made upon the confidential friends of Washington, such as Greei. knox and Hamilton, because it wa supposed a better ue might be made of his grow ing popularity with his country, and of lis correspondence with his friend in Europe' The Board of War, with out deigning to ak the opinion of Y ashington, or even to consult him, reported to Congress in favor of an expedition to Canada. They proposed to invest themselves with the power of carrying this scheme into effect, with the general officers to be appointed by Congress. The report was accepted, and Lafayette, Conway and Stark, were elected. Of this expedition La fayette was to have taken the command, and was to have acted entirely inde pendent of the Commander-in-chief. i hi was a temptation which few couh have resitcd. An independent com mand, with the prospect of glorv anc conquest on afield already illustrated by the glorious deeds of r renenmen Englishmen and Americans, of Mont calm, Wolf and Montgomery was of fered to a youth of twenty years, am bitious, enterprising, aspiring, and en thusiastic. iNo ordinary mind com have resisted such a temptation. Lr fayette restrained himsef. His love of America, and his veneration of Wash ington, overcome the aspirations of youthful ambition. Without consult ing the commander, he repaired imme diately to Congress, and positively declined the command unless he could act under his immediate orders. Young as he was, he saw that the emancipation of the nation rested on Washington's arm, and he witneed the agony of a noble spirit, sensitive to insult and alive to honor, in its struggle between wounded feeling and patriotic devo tion. He saw that his commander preferred true glory to its Dhantom, and had reconciled hi.r.sf .lfU' !ue endurance of petty insults of politica. and military vatn 0f j, C0UI1trv jn sjch hands, by 1 "i-"ilh"hul "l . ..1...V-. demagogues, rather thai risk the sal in(juj n njs feelings, aid resigning. Lafayette ar(etj n the spirit of honorn,ift f1(!elitV: and such was the effect of rrnrPSpntation9.that C moress yieldI i ' . o - , , ,r;tat ons. abandoned the 1 sysern 0f distrust and jerlousy towards w . . . . restored him to powers, Bo.it. Gurirr, general Washington w. a good bov. The Marquis de LafVette repaired to t redericKsburgh, prevous to fns den.'irtnro tor h.urone. in til! lall of 17154. I , . , f,04 parturc lor Europe, in til; lall ot 17o4, 1- , - , I -i..T ins ri,l iiwy roenprv i f (ho mnl - uvF,.; b..... er of Washington. Contucted by one of her grandsons, he amroached the I1UUSC, wjicn 111c Tuuuji icuiicmii uu"I 4 I .1 -u.cu, uv - j j , , er. ' Lafayette beheld, voi king in the I , 1 . - I 1 1.1 garden, clad in domesucnaae clones, au b..v (, ' . , f""" si aw -u, u c -.,, u ... ..e.o. i ne ...uy - - .-!.. ........... oi , - - r j - mj s...v......fe, ..... r of changing my dress. . w w - , . I ll.w. k ..a I .11 f Vol tO linl Psn an(l l, . i- ..I- - heard of the matron bcore, at this ini mun. a ...... .... - 'I . l 1 i 1 I nAtnfv nilnrviuii wt itna rhypmnH it:... .u---- - -...... j nnt LTrnr r u1 i ii'nrirr. unpn n mm CV iuiiuv.v uv. fc.v... "'I. i . rl i. in dent eievauon oi ner a., w,.o, M,rpas 1 I nll wiirole i r f hnr.ro n T ir rtrv ' I ec .1 1 1 . n 1 . , . , flU "'- v. fe.wir ac - " core ou inepaimane, .mu u me same time discovered change in her I , , .. . , . , LUUIU HWUlloil III UlC the l ne marquis spoKOi u'-iwppy ei I - . . 1 f 1 - - , , 1". Jil II of 1 iects ol me revoiutioi anu uie goou ly Jlr -r f idKip i fl-nuni unnn 1 1 1 1 r r0 r-v is -.F--v-. t,..v. "-rr test I dent America, stated is speedy depar ., ...... r. i.:- iJ ..,1 ..;.l il. tne iuie iu. n.s ...u.vt- ra.u u.c . .. t: r., u .ii,. -i.;,i c enn To the - ihuuu iv. ...uan

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enconinms which he had lavished upon his hero and paternal chief, the matron replied in these words: "I am not surprised at what George has done, for he was always a very good hoy. 'mi: lioTiisciiiLDs. The following informal ion concerni the House ol kothschiid, is given in the London Metropolitan for Ociokt: "The financial business of the Ilousn of Rothschild Ifogan to assume impor tance, in consequence of its hrst loan. ot ten millions oi i lonn. to the v ourt of Denmark. In 1C12, M ' or' Anst 1mo Rothschild, the father, was attacked by a mortal illness. Aware of Ids approaching cnd,hehadhi ten children ailed to hi bedside, gave them his dying benediction, and made them promise never to change their religion, and always to remain united among thctnclves on Change. These promises have been religiously kept, and amply has the fable of the bundle of sticks been verified by the five brothers. henever they are about to under take an affair of importance, the united brethren invoke the memory of their father, which is venerated by them in a manner highly honorable fo their filial feelings. Their great political opera tions commenced in 131 3, and up to the present time it is computed their I louse has negotiated, in loans, subsidies, fcc. upwards of 140,000 millions sterling, principally for the different monarchs of Europe; their pro'its have, of course, been immense. Their long and uninterrupted success was owing to their unanimity, and community of interest. Every proposition is decided by mu tual deliberation. Each operation, of major or minor importance, is conducted upon a concerted and common plan; and all their individual and combined energies are employed to command success. Although for several years, they have resided at a distance from each other, that circumstance has by no means caused a distance, or discord amongst them; on the contrary, it has proved a great advantage in contribu ting towards the prosperity of their im mensc cnderlakings, by thus making them o:i couranl oi the state of the prin cipa)moncy markets of Europe, throng! a continual exchange ot couriers, which generally precede the government mes senger. In this manner, eacn ol tne five brothers, from the point where he is placed possesses a great facility for preparing and negotiating different af lairs for the central establishment. "The slntistinuc of the wondcrous fiTC is as follows: " Amscha, or Anselmo, resides at Frankfort-sur-le-iUaine. He is senior, ind chief of the family, aged sixty-one years. At his house tne general in ventory is made out, from the private inventories furnished by the other four Banks. It is there, also, thst the con gresses of the fraternity are generally held. 'Solomon, the second brother, born September Uth, 1774, has passed his professional time, the last eighteen . . . . i i ii:. years, between isernn anu v lenna, chiefly at the latter. -Nathan, the third brother, is in his fifty-seventh year. He is the London Rothschild. "Charles, the fourth of the five bank ers, is forty-six years old. He has been established at Naples since 1 82-t. "Jacob, the youngest in years, was born May 5, 1792. His consort, the baroness, is the daughter of his second brother, the Baron Solomon. Jacob has carried on his business since A. D. 1312, at Paris." WARMKl" DISPOSITION OF MAN. Carthage, for the conquest of Sicily, 480 years before our Savior, made pre parations for three years. The army consisted of 300.000, the fleet of 2000 men of war, and 3000 transports. By ihe interposition of Gelon, the tyrant of Syracuse, at the investment of the ci ty of Hymera, every man was either killed or taken prisoner, and only eigtu ships made their escape. The first Fu nic war lasted Si t years, the second 17, and the third a little more than 4, when the renowned city of Carthage, con taining the immense population of 700,000 human beings, was so completely burned that not a single house remain ed. Being fired at all points, the con flagration was terrible, and burned with prodigious fury for seven days. The plunder carried away by the Roman soldiers, in precious metal alone, a mounted to -1,170,000 pounds of silver,

Julius Ca'sar, in Germany, is said to have slaughtered 400,000 men in one battle. When Attih, king of the Huns, was defeated in Chalons, 590,000 men peiished. But the most, remarkable devastation of huma-i life on record, which was melancholy beyond all precedent, was tho memorable armv of

Xeixes marching into Greece. It consisted of 5,2S3,::20. ..cconling to all ancient authorities. Nearly the whole of that mammoth collection of soldiers were entirely destroyed. It was eqmil to the entire mr.le population of the Cnilcd Stales. EFFECTS OP INDOLENCE. ?iluch of the guilt and misery of (he world results from simple laziness, constitutional or accquired. The remark is common-place enough, and we repeat it only because we have been led to think of it by the fate of one with whom we were once slightly acquainted. He came to this citr from Massachusetts; he had been educated at Harvard: was a young man of very good talents, and an uncommon amount of available information. In Boston and Cambridge he was in the best society, and was a general favorite. He was by no means passionate, but, on the contrary, was amiable, social. and some what apathetic, lie was indolent, notoriously so, but none foresaw to what that indolence and a want of principle and honorable feeling would lead'him. He studied law, and at length emigrated to Ohio, with letters of introduction from tlie first men. He was received here with the hospitali'y, which, we. think, is so strongly marked a feature; of Cincinnati Society. He was still indolent, however; did nothing by which to pay hi expenses; borrowed money-, ran in debt for bread; was sued, shunned, and finally left u--, about thirtymonths since. We next heard of him. being advertised in New York, as ;i swindler; then came accounts of his being arrested as a thief: whether he was tried we never heard. His next step was to run away with a gig, but some how he escaped the consequences of this act also. Again he started for the West; he reached Wheeling, put up at the hotel, was caught eloping with a trunk; was arrested and tried; he defended himself, impressed the jury with the belief that he was subject to fits of insanity, and got clear. He passed through this place a year since, without baggage and destitute. We sup posed him then on the way to New Orleans, the grand reservoir of western vice. But he stopped, as we sincc learn, at St. Louis, committed some theft, and was imprisoned. His namebeing l.i.it of a very respectable family in one cf the Atlantic cities, which fam ily a son of the same christian name al so, was then in the West, the culprit represented himself as being tins young man, and succeeded in obtaining buiL not long after, the true man came along, discovered the trick, and set cut with the bail pieces in pursuit of his namesake. He found him at Galena, in a low grog-shop, bloated, drunk; he had neither hat nor shoes, and his coat had been given him by a man, whom he would two years before have felt himself disgraced to speak with. Such was the state of utter degradation at which he was reduced by the vice of indolence and its followers. He was taken back to St. Louis, and is now, we believe, in jail. Cm. Chronicle. Great Guns. Duck shooting is very common in some parts of Maryland, along the Chesapeake, and ducking guns much wanted. Just before the last war, a country merchant who had laid up a few thousands, and who wished to speculate in the long ducking pieces, wrote to England for so many "great guns.11 They came out: not fowling pieces, but 2i pounders, calculated to kill off a vast many geese, if not ducks. Great was the wonder and astonishment of the worthy man, when he saw them; he was ruined and undone, and was about to sit down in sackcloth and aehes, when the government, who were much in want of cannon, and could not at that moment obtain it, stepped forward, and taking from him his "great guns,1' put into his pocket in place thereof an independent fortune, which he enjoys to this day.-i& Ciiari.es V. was the most potent and! widely-ruling sovereign of his age; for he was King of Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Sardinia, Emperor of Germany and, Governor of the Low Countries,