Rising Sun Times, Volume 2, Number 62, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 17 January 1835 — Page 1
' plijig::!) to no pttnvs vrb;tkap.y sway, we'll follow trltji wheue'lii it lends the way. BY AI.EX. 12. UMtti:. KiyiAU SHA, t.tIAAA, SAiX'IiDAV, .?A.5'AI!Y 67, IS S3. VOLCIE DE.--i0. 61.
lion- bis; was Atex nidi r. Pa? The wople call tiiru sreat! Wn he, like old Goha'h, tall His speHr a htiiidrjd weight? Wa l.o so largo thut ho could stand Like Mine tail !code hiu'h ; An I while liis feet wen-on (lie eronr.d His V.aii Is could tiMicli tl.; sk ? ' Ch ni, my child ; about as laru As I, r r.ui lo .1 in-.' -; 'T was nut hi sfjl'i r mado him tun!, Uat ireatncs s of lu nam. ill; miiif . cr at! I know 'tis ..?, Hut i a-y cjtnto to -pell : Aa 1 in nv tii ut ti a year aga ! knew it very wt!i." " I moiti, niv chil l, ! i artinui v re S cn at ho cit a nam" That ev rv body speak-with j r.iiH', And teils about I. is lame." " Weil, whit crrjt acti.n-s di 1 ho do? 1 want to ktn-w it ad."' W!,v he it was tl.:.t co:i.ri red T re Aid leveled i':i her wall. And thwvid? of hr pro; do slew, And then to l'er-ia uhi! ; An I and f.verd on every si!; Through many a te. ion sect. l.-Vi h i 1 r- t;o'HT d i '.tic- -l -'.C ". it: :ii'!i'i ;ht l ;:i-..nu red ; Atvl 1;nt!li.'iT !'.:.ny a 1 U'e jTViit'd A ti -o .i ;;.! d.'.i rs 11. ti."" ; l). 1 ,i'.'.'-t T :,f-p't mlko h;ia cre;.t ! I h -n w iv v is A!i in 1 Y .r.i:i.', tii.le.t h: nriih'u'rtr.-itii.ii !ay, l:t inli .iad and hi.i) ? I nr vei Y.c x thom r .'.! h'm cTo t :" .' I,y no, t n.-l i'. . r ; K:, him t'nt kills a f ine'e in ai It s i.ei ;'..bors atl :.h!ior." Wei'. th"ti if I shmild kd! a -in;!r nuin, 1 'd kdl a Imfidrei! ne re ; I th ii.ll it trr;(.l and not t t l ung Lil.i" .'.b :u I ouii ; hi I ir.'.,' ' N. I r.iy i ' il t v.i 1 ,cv r ld : 'i in; tjo- ( l-i'is be kin . I "i e i t!e t' u ki i, and lho that rtr.iV, 1 ! c Gej el r.tvi r r.d:i d."' " Yo t "it-..i"-, nn ' i'i.l, lip Pwl le i , Id .ft 1 1 -i in :-t alv do ToothT j-pd: 1 as yo'i wall 1 o have ll cm i to you."' C it Pi, d:d AIpxi dt r I a foaio stron : man "lenil 1 co.i.o, And ' lira Lis house, a:.d kill him tuo, And (1 as he had done ! An 1 ovrrv b dy cillo 1 h;ni p:cit For kiiims peoplp o '. WW ,, t t , w hat nt-.'.l he had to kill, I shoal I be glad to know. ('one fhoaM hunt Uk b'liidings hero, Vo l kill tho to'ks within, Wovd l any body call l im firoat V i.r ,-ueU a w icked thins; :"
joiJN n aci vt;; r.r. Hicm.v.ND sror.v. Ah out v.iaely vcars agi, a detei.l lliubliader of this name rented two farm up a the protnoi tt rv ofKi; tvre. ut i Mle-lure ct e ol inom a cein 1 irm upon l ho toast, an.; tt.e, ether a sleep lino, upon t ne !: i grounds abaut laur miks OiMan. As miht !e t-xpected fu'.ni a nn'i ia sach lircim tance-. J'i'm wa a highly respectable cli ti tcte;. 11; h i I a wife an i sr.m. vis and d inciters, all ol' u'vm it oi arrived i'l u.a'nrity, a-.d few men hart a Lcucr apo Mram e at ejllnT KiJK Ot in.uk it. Doe M.o'i v d.tv, in the w'nter of 1 ? o a van r temt'c, (ite-;( d in astvle a hove tiia vulvar, out apparent i f. avc!woi a a a I wetrv,piss-l loiias h visupon l;:e co.i-t, a. id, tnntrary to Cie custom of rt.it-hnrs did no; come in. The ctictia.slai.ce t x Ucd some:urprie in the ium it ., who rem uke i'a .1 ii was s'lai.e Jo sic aa individual oi that kind travelling on such a d tv, and pacing wain ait icficshavent, the la-j.oa-e s'i '. wo lid si e for sevt i, I tnih -. la the af(er:t o; , as lliC nsi m m d I k Iv lo be w'te hefere il would bv l.ntr, Joho thettg'.t jt i: rt-ssaiv loco nplo his hill farm, I o give some din rll rioul s, iv lag I ,ie soei He sel V la .'iiiu liefa e tiiglil, mo anted on his ftvotit' gi.iv nine: but tao.i Ji thai ai.imd had lot g bu n actstoaud t nii kinds cf Hiu'd tnd wcath r,it w ? ! ecfeie lb.e had e.dvaecfd half wav i tlt moor, an I ihe sn vw was tl.i n I -k. eg h. r nplo tl:e I oily, atal threaten. . I to icl ud h r f ittli -r piogi- ss ahoget'a t . Jolt beg in lo It el lutiisolf in some riai L-ei; hul i l his hoist1 ha. I so !; I. avid hi, n in ca s of pen", that he did Lol bv any nv ans th -pair. Vh:!c lioiitrl John win reelecting tipon his on cae, another of a much in ne haph'.-s di suiption was j ieseiiln lo h. view. Almost at hi horse's fet, cowciii.g briieath a little hush, an! half hune l ia the snow, lay ihe foiiide who had been oh-ervod lo pas ki doer in the course of ihe day. John irlnt!v demounted, and, rating the hed cf ihe unfotlmiate womaa from th. roaud, If 4T?."i from ffr n)v,i-
peied woUlrOI aim i?t eXpiillig angillsii, liiat mic was in a condiiio a tho iiiom dllrcs.. :g that t'le mi igin.ttion of ti;e readere ia conceive. "Leave me, howtttT." said sin; in Gaelic, "lo ihe fate which I have Hjvoked for to rue death is better lhan l,fe." John answered in a lew soothing words, but (ban d hi ncif Unable fora le -v moments, locoi.vey any hope that lie could sate the iile ui' wide1.! she sv!rK-d ?;) muiilercnt. To go either hack or lorward lot asi?la:;ce seemed lo Voia; loi belou he could xpeit lo re e.ii the spot, ihc v lelci.ed lai; in!it have perished trom ci ld, anJ proiiahly would be bar;ed uetp i'a the snow. To remain with Her m i ni' d ahUe nnavailmg. lor he coul.l i.ol ixpecl to keep either her oi mm-eli in lit... (oi ;inv consid. ralile I. notn of lime, in tin n.iiist el such a v.oim. ll the reader will puisc; lor a iiMaieid, and consider the circumstances ot the case, he will feel that the - rpl xi! mast havo. been rxtrome; ai d pi t haps he will hardly hi lieve be(rehatid, ih.it ai,v nie tn of oc.ijdn" Irooi it was witida ihs reach of the hon-
e.-l l.iruu r. A real ex'rncY. hort'cver, will some iin:es sourest xp 'diente waich no dci' ia!e tn.'ei;uiiv c-Mild have d UeYI"et. a sacn .I"hn ii-t iii'.lv re-olvcd upon lire; s hu ii in calm hhod hatil'v atiA - if. cf leo'iex i ivild 1 tve temp'ed him to ei lhrm. With his skrnc am lasped ktme then worn h even Hi'Zhlit.d, i) he cut th ; throat of hi hiilhlY valuetl nitre, took oat t!ie en ;ial. and, ia the hollow vi ihewaim air. I-, depilated the unhappy woman, now almost a' tit lo become a mother. 'l-i . .,-. I li en sirippir.g o;t ie, upper coat, m.'.c.i, a r.o remaiked, was ol no u-e to a li avelh r w idtout a horse, he spread it ov r me lauy : ami, hav ing w it.stierl lo her an assurance Itial he would I return with assistance, or him-clf per l ; ii. . i... , ir i. i -in.- - . ii .i .i . I i'l liie 111 1. 1.1)1, 111' N'l III imi.uiius mil ia rni. wnn ail tne peeo, mat .. . . . . , i.'io lialtire cd the wav would admit ol. As he had calculated, the snow wa not so deep uiiin ihe high as the low fiiounds, and he therefoie reached his It stination in about an hour. I'he wh des'ienirtb of i he hmisehohl was immedialelv nut in reotn-ition lor the beiu tit oftite poor wanderer. The siim!,. iVmale s. ivant wa Irft to nrei .re warm b. fer ior recent no. a- ! 1 t - I but!' wtih everv other comfort wliich I the establishment could furnish. Three shepherd. ai h provided w ith a blank '. ail John him-elf, carrying tint Highland catholicoit, a bottle ol whi key, bo! l;v laceil Ihe slorm, ami, niter i te.ilsetne much, reached the place here slie lay. To the great joy of M iei i-gatt. hi t xpedient for pfeserv ;...t :,.,;t....t,.m U:A hrnii nttMilid with sneers. SaMootird hv l!ie natural ve:..!'i el" l,.r rude r. r . nl ;u le. and pieteiied both from ;!ie win I and tlio -now. the lady was still alive, though im dea n isi a very nrecaiious state. To the fut ther j y of Mactagart as -lie m iir.i ire 1 f. i th her thank for his kind .x -ition. it w a ia such a lone - ;.s- ,, t .1 In n, t'oat. in finding herself e ,,! i ,t .fMica a providential doliv - eru.Ce, a ill had been generated w i n o nto lii-i d lo restore her to tii i'j:-i n ii m of (Xis!ei;ee. W ith hand i t loo most g-'tale thai could have 'm ea w isii.-d. hut let ling ihe lender - est that c-eil. I have been manifested, J.ein asi?ted hv his shepherds, rcmoved h- r iVont Iter place of shelter, and v rapped in r car lu.iv up in the. blank - i !s; ..fo r which, a refreshment from the bottle was ilk red a kindly as it v.is litanklaily actp"ed. Shi; wa 1 h ii can ;.ed fur ward by two of I lie men, i l.eved by ihe ihiid, while John himsi lt piloted the way lo the cottage. Alter a tedious uirc.li, in which the spitil of hum nut v and Ihe airit oi
hiih y conspired lo suslain John and ralhor from the artificial ideas of socaots m mi against everv dlU'Mihv, the ely, than from it Mural feeling. Though
proresiu. readied Ihe house in pel e t salt iv, where the ladv was imme ilialolv placed in i)ed. and admimster d lo atiei ihe niani.t r proper to indi vhiuais in her si.ua'ion. Not lo.v after her anivol. she was d. l,v. id l n female child, and, not withs'.andi . the absence, of many com forts and applianc. s, w bich. in tiie iimi :ilriir.tml..i;ces.are Ihotodit indisnen al b . btith moliier and d uighler thd well. In due time they were : removed to Ihe farm houe upon Ihe coat, where her proteclor's fimilv re-ided; and a the persons concerned were Ilighlan dots, it is needles, to sav that she was trct'ed by them with the greatest kind
iic., a.id u clcoint'd to slay a l.ir as -lie pleaspj. Tliod-h naturally anx!u to lie made acqiiainud with h r !ii-ti rv, tifitht-r Martagart r.or his ife cou!J vctiliite to make ativ direct inquiries about ir. Tiiey !):i leariu'd lii at iiid-ed liie lady Irix 11 was rsiire a; xions to ciimtr.unicnie tli ui tiny to h-ani. that sh? was a :cifc hnl hi r superior manner, and t!:e. mystery she assumed, deterred th-m troin a-kia tin! Iter. For some mor.tlis, tliouh far rotn t!ie despair in which she had been I itind by Mactajmart, s!ie ;;r,peared i:i very low piriis; bill the 1 a; 1 srrada il lydre v olf, and, after a tvvelve-inonih's i sidence under th.; roofed her molt o-
or. she beoam-? as cheerful ds she had formerly been dull. D.-fore this time. John h.ad become exr sivi Iv at taelied to his int, and a!-o to her child, whom he was the m::ae inclined to cherish, in as far as several of his own children at this time emigrated to America, along with ;t ejeat number of his neighbors. His hi ai t indeed naeompleteiy devoted lo these two interesting strangers, while, the lady, on her part, repaid his kindness with an affection only inferior to that of a daughter. One day, however, after she had been fifteen months in his house, she wont oat w ith he child in her arm, as if to t ike a ab, and lo the inexnrcssihh t ie! of M ictageai t, she never ret timed. The storv, reader, does not end heir Us conclusion wa a remtrka.de, in one resptt t, as its commencement ; and that we shall now true. In liie i;r place, however, it must be ixplained that ihe lady w is a daughter of Mac ea;i ol , ia the island f M ail. pri . . . I .lit. .1 vaieiy weuacu to a youig genti mar, Aiic.se i -.miiv resilience was upon tin PP05'U st of Moi vea. Like R.. '"' o aim .niuei, tnese joung person had formed an atlachaieot in d' fiance M'fan inva der.ite feud between theirpa kmii,. w n'li SifMv.nl iSf i,. " ,. . . ...... ii , i n .. -i i f l, :. ..iVl.-.f : i. i. i siou. ui nm s ,un.i ium-, ue na I.I i r i . "y proeuten j4Rjnissiit i ir mm in 'he navy, and h ul him sent o'.f to lb. station at Minorca, before he could take any measures for acknowledging his bride. On this tY tit, 1- lora M u,;'1 confessed to her fuller that she m u .w,ri, !,ul thc cl, : so averse to an ;'lhance with his rival ana' enemy, that 1 . i " comm UKiea ner never 10 S,.'V a worn . toe circumstance, anil whet, a rumot t J lh lt fctl 'cl Wl circul.Ued, look every opportunity to contradict it. The pa ions of her father were of so dreadful a character, that, though she soon af ter lound herself in a condition which rendered the avowal of her m tri i ae'c '"re than ever necessary, she durst no ,;kc ")' such steps. For some time slle hoped that her lover mi "lit hm h01110 mans of rescuing he r. but in thi WaS CI U'.dl V dia ppoi lit cd. 13 V the I viiltnce of her father, ev ery mean "hich he look to cot respond with hei w:,s bed. Al length, co!if. muled vvit!l "nusual distress into which pSie wa? plunged, witiiout a friend lo "onstilt as to her future course, and ,e f"-'te ""dor the extreme cruelty nfhei h:miN 'e left her home, and wander iv.i I n u sue knew not wmther. am with no object but l perish ia a land .Vie ie she inisr.l be unknown. Being rescued, in the manner already 1 related, at once from death and from despair, she contrived, while living un der the roof of her deliverer, to con e pond with her husband. The elder 1 btevvart, in the mean time, died, leav mg hi son to inherit his large estates I in Morven and Breadalbane. Th I v otith at cordiogly rein: ned home, and. as had been concerted, his spoue al a cerlam lime led the house o! John I M actagg u t, in order to meet him I The secret manner of her departure l was ihe result of considerations arissng - 1 grateful and affectionate in the higlijest degree lo her kind prott clor, sin - I loared lo let Iter extraordinary story - 1 follow In r into the sphere of life in I which she was hciiecforlh lo movt ,,!s;itig, therefore, thai to inform Ma "agnail of her intentions could not be ')ne withoul Ihe risk of a divuig. mem her secret, she resolved that even In hhotild never know whom he ha. sa v ;d. F.vety idea of a pecuniary reninM'iauon ior ins Kindness was ueciu 'If' ''y comfortable circunslances w'li-, le set mod lo live I John, however, was not destined to I be always prosperous. Already de 1 -cried by bis rhildrert, who joined the
"Kii'cl cin:!atii)ii then ii,iir,o tow;uiN ; th Am- rica, lie fiui;in-d ;i vliurU
c severe l!!.'in hi ceu!, I well endure, uly and her child. i;i the of the FI;s vvorliiiy wealth had been much di r.iinished by (he provisio;i lie w;.s repiired lo m dee lor his ci.iluien; h s own l-t:essli' s ol t! ind tetit'erea firther lo iij-jre liis allairs; an C-. .,o. one or two naa seasons cr ni: iiied him. Just at this crisis, his 'wife died, and poor John was lelt qai'.e alone in the world, to struggle in his old age with hardships he was ill able to endure, lit; then wandered Hoai his in me, with much (he same object as a ha I had been once entertained bv Flora Maclean namely, (o sink in some place whore hi- poverty and misery would bring no discredit upon his name or kindred. As he nt'erward confessed, he was not wkhroit money; but it was only enougii to nrnish the niean ifpu'itiisg liirn under the earth, without assistanre from stiangers an object he cherished so warmlv. th;d no i x I I 1 IS III" remily of want could have induced him to break in upon the little mmi. I5i ourse was eastward into Perth-biro, tnd for some days he wandered reaaidessly on, receiving bote and there f md mil lodging from people iieariv P o vr lliiiseil. A' lengih lie was oYerlaven in lilcLiloc hart nv a verv eveic ! ruiig'ed or some hours till he was ne.ulv exlaustid. "I eiiee," he thought ta'himself, "saved a fellow creature from dvng in liie snow; it now seems like'lv iial such will be my own fate." He was just about to give up ;dl hope, whet, icainvid at the ga'e oi a respcchilde mai;siun. aid, on apply mg lor admission. was kindly leeeived into the kitchen. md solaced with some warm soup bv the co k. While he s;d by the tire. tendering on fancies all of which were tilttr, a lady came down to give some louse hold orders, attended by a frill of our or live years, who began to rdav ihout ihe kitchen. The ladv. set in.-.r he old nun's eve fixed upon ihe thiVi. isked if he had ever seen her hi fore, 'Ay,' said Mictaggart, in his native itiguage, have seen bdh vou and ier before: it was ia a white day thai I aw you first, but, alas, ihe blackest dav to methal I ever knew.'' The ladv was Flora Maclean. Overcome by her 'celings, she screamed, and threw herself upon Ihe bosom of her kind protector, where she remained fr sever al minutes in a nassion c fear. I he iiuise brought her husband down to see what was the matter, and she speodilt explained to him that ibis old man was he who had saved her own life and that of her child. John Mictaggart spent all the remainder of his life in ibis h ippy man sion, anil never took a meal any where but at the same table with Allan Stewart and Flora Mat lean. Chambers'1 Edinburgh Juumal. U VIM.VU XM1YV ljKiX.il". Again and again, I say, cultivate in your children, a tate for the ae pi;-:i-'ion of know ledge; thirst after infot tuation as ihe. miser doe alter wealth, treasure up ideas with the eagerness that he does pieces cf gold. Let it rot be said, that for yen toe gteate-t of bu tt m beings have lived, and the most piendid of human mind have written a vain. Vou live in a world of book. md they contain worlds of thought. Devote ail the lime that can be ,nv fully -pared from business to reading jOe not an hour, r.ver have some ia vorite author al hand, to ihe perusal of w hose productions the hours and halt hours, which would otherwise be wasteit, might lie uevoieti. iimoispre 1 I . I I .1 MV .. . cious: its fra ' nent like those of diamoiid, are loo valuable lo be lo-!. L'd no day pas without your ittempliii" to rant som new idea, lour tirs! 'lijct of existence, a I have already staled, should be the salvation of your soul; the Hex', liie benetit ef your f I low-ereatures; and then comes the im provemcnl of your mind. ?IU'.MfJl Marriage i lo a woman at once the happiest and saddest event of her life; it is ihe promise of future b!is raied on Ihe tleaih of all present enjoyment. She quit home her parents her companions her occupations her nmusements every ihingon which she Ins hitherto depended for comfort for alfection for kindness for pleasure. The parents by whose advice she has been guided th Fister to wnom she dared impart every embryo thought
and leehng she brother who lias played wi;h her, !y turns the councellor and t!ie com. celled and the vouneer children to whom she has hitherto been the mother ai d the nlavmalc all are
to be ioisaken at one fell slroke; every !oina.r lie is loosened the epnngot ev ay ;u ti-m is to be changed and yet she (Iks v.iih joy into the untrodden pain l eiere her; buoyed up by the conlidenee of n quitted love, she bids a iond and gnitclul adieu to the life that is past ;uid turns with t xcited hopes and jov ous anticipation of the happiness to come. Then woe to the man who can loi ;t sue! fair hopes who can trcadst ix ii; y lure such a heart from its peaceful employments and the watchful protcciiun of home who can coward like break the illusions that have won her, and destroy the confidence which love had inspired. Woe lo him who ha too eai ly withdrawn the tender plaid from the props and stays of moral discipline on which she has been endued, .and yet make ro ( fort to supply their places; for on him the responsibility td her errors on him who ha first taught her, by his example to grow careless of her duty, and then exposed her with a weakened spirit, and unsatisfied heart to Ihe wide stoims and the wily temptations of a sinful world. Life ani Death. In a year it i? computed that there are 23,729,000 births on liie globe; in every 2-1 hours, (15.000; in an hoar 2.700; in every minute da. On the other hand, the total nu nher of deaths in a year is 18,212.000; being 50.000 evciy day ; 2,100 every hour; and 40 every minute. Were il not far war and epidemics, the entire increase of population throughout the earth, in one year would atiounf, it is supposed, "to 2,517,000. Neaily one quarter die in the first year of their life, and a third of the survivor in I lie course of I wo years; and scarcely one in ten lives (o the age of 70. A Poser. The editor of an eastern paper says: Passing by some place Ihe other day, we heard Iwo men engaged in discussing the merits cf a newspaper, which it appeared both yvere subscribers for. One of them said that he liked the paper, only that there w ere loo many advertisement, in it; it did not contain so much reading matter as he w ould like. "Perhaps," said the oilier, 'it contains quite as much as you have paid for." We locked around to see die countenance of the person addressed, but it had vanished. There was a pel feet blank where his face should have been, so that we could not recogiz 1 him. V SHOUT CATI.CIIIS1I. Q. What is the mean man? A. Oiie that considers every person t hypocrite that thinks not as be thinks. Q. What is Ihe meaner man? A. One that endeavors by slander to make others as contemptible as himt sell. Q. What is ihe meanest mar.? A. One that avails himself cf the non impr.siHimeiit law, and will. nut pay small debt-. (,). Wh it is meaner yet? A. OCrO.ie that takes a newspaper, without any intention to pay for it. Oivivt; thi: Bag, is well known lo be a cant phrase among the gals, equiva lent to disciiarging a beau. A young; gentleman went to make an evening visit to a young lady, and upon entering liie room, found her laughing at something right merrily. Of course he inquired the cnue. She told him her mo! her had just been making a pillow case, and had sewed up both ends! Well, said the gentleman, it is a pity -he had't sewed you up in it. Ye, pertly answered Miss, and then I suppose you would have wanted her lo "give you the bag."' Bungor Whig. Woumnu men w ho are Ihey ? or rather who are not woiking men? Farmer and mechanics are so called but he is dcsl entitled lo this appellation vv ho labors harde-t to live without work the seeker of a petty oliicc he who spend- a thousand dollars in electioneering for an office worth only five hundred, and ten lo one misses it after all. Ciiaiuty does not require us lo excuse the vice, or ov erlook the errors of a friend. One of the best proofs of friendship, is that affectionate censorship which watches over the actions of mother, marks his errors, and sedulous ly laW. for thir ccuecaon.
