Rising Sun Times, Volume 2, Number 75, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 18 April 1835 — Page 1

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what is dj: vrn. What i death ? I ,-?! I n.t it,t'n,t CIi-.inj ( it - m II.. ' r.vi-i ; The rliernb'j eye tun cJ. ii: ..:! ir. t.ir.t I'pwar.l t. it? ,olv r. .(. Around i bp a inio wa plaviti.'. And n tear-drop v ri. t t; e : nnlc mid teir 5ci-nil min-Jin it::, "Is it not li.-mi tor me 1 die !"' Wliat is (loath J 1 aoxed of I'liiM V.i.l Caily sporting 1-y tho i kM" a troam that lh'mt!h tho w:K!'ool, Wniuioroil to the ocean's m! Ho smiled not at tho I hoiii. lit ot If avinij llarly pleasure, rich and fair Hp wrj-.t not, hut. hi l ogout In a in;, Tol.l the fii,h nt working th( re. What t d. ath? I a -U. d tl-.r l.lo r.n; outl , upon wh'i-o brow iho urn h dory dawned, his path iHna.inc, iVintiiii; to lis manhood on: He "top; od awhile, ;md poinU ivl l"i arf il ')'cr h :t-time fiilati; ii.uv ; I'ho hopes of lout h prow iim an ! toaro: Withir'd on that nnnv I ror . What i? dcatV. ? t ll.o rv;:n I'rowdm-'ronntl join's .i.)iihoe.d" pat',, lie turned n; oa tl.-i-e faJioc tre i-u i Startled .it ti e nar, .o of ath. Jli ejesworo i;la7ol i-i cl.op, -.e'm Hi- I, (-art a- iln-li .1 w it!i 1". ( !inj fiaa.l t, (Vonic I brain tro in it- iii t'.rc'S

To ti ( p i'.' ( i ii'c in i i i '!. !,t. hat i i'eath ? ! a-!v,! thr Joanty, Troa !i:iv, l,!le fi;!-ene ii.;o!, I nn inOlni of a ti.dlv ,?ui , That 'lie owe 1 hei'( 1: an l (1 1. Shi- tood a w hi'e. ;i t 'v ..idnl- rrlt i e, 5oa1diiu t.-ar-i oir, i fr-an h. t -Irenes arona 1 s. it tt:r:" it -tne, Har.'.'v ":io rotiM ;;',cr. What i ('ra;h ? I a nl a p.uei.l, A' o".t x h i-o ''c v I ;i wii j.tet H.. , Tl at si-ci i'd n; VI l.rr l:I ii.lit i( lit, Hunc ti It) thoniTorcr low. Hie clapcd her ini'ant to the ro:on-, tho foarof ("cath ooiild i;i no. I.o'h t. !eavot!.o teivis r h o oia Of her (li c;i eld'.:rim I'fWhat is death ? I ake,l a mi cr, lloa-.linr mP. hi f.ild. n More, Scarcely of hi? cents tho vi-or, fir.i'piny cacily for noio. Terror ti( i co I i face !i sorted, hatly trcw hi-lool; an 1 He . i:h life had pii-kly parted, If In- gdd eonhl foil iw hint. What is ('oath ? I a-ked a weary Man, l.of l.fc was w ;ut in; t i't ; " 1 1 is," sa id he, he oi.d t ln ilreaiy World, to j. .am a home at l" -t. To that home m feet are tend ill.'. Whnhcr all ii;v -'e haxe pre-t. Mi bo-:y 'n -!:all i a d its out'.! -j. , 1 ? rmt, its , rjji.l ret." io n wn v. W e have hcr toforo pnMi-lnd ve( i.al parairaph rdatircr t I'.tui . Ai ikn probably onio of them m iv Vo found in the follow inc t -Itaet but a wo believe that nothing in tho l.fo of this p .triclic man can he read too often, no thall i;.si rt the txtraet us w o foi:rd it. j Tito f tmo pjT.t'i! ?t I!oi i5omolt:t Midclr sprc.iJ, :.:.. i !). lik-, .Mr. p:tik is arccptiblo, l -l!t for ;i own tiu rit atiil hr. j,i oc.iii'M" of cxlo:;siw. AmorJcan l ivst tjihv. 1-thtMi Allot! ,h htmx i r LitrVdlc! !. Conneclictil, nn.l ho was i he t LUt ;1 : f.imily Ji?tinp,ti'.-hl bir t;ntorpn?e. Tiuir tt;tncs ri-;t liko i ll.lrcv pent;alopy Ktlien, llcbrr. t.n i. Zir.n i. In. Lvdia and Lucy. Totir of ibi1 son were rnnjjtMl in .hr. war of the UovoItilion, atv.l ibe nan of the r! b:t is perpetuated in our history, by tho capluto of Tiror.deros;-!. I'rovious to this lie was ensiled in tho aniin.tlod rontrovorsy hetweon Now Voik and Now II unpshire, as to jurisdiction over tho territory of Vermont and r.o 'Village Hampden ever made- a bolder stand against 'the little tyrant of his fields.' The men, whose cause Kihen Allen upheld, were a hardy and unique race ol yeoman; men who cmc to an early resolution rather to die upon tin ir thresholds, than to pay for their firms twice. When Allen was at Albany, on ihi a?cncv, the Attorney (Ieiier.il precd him to make terms for his constituents intimation that the end miht be disastrous or 'that mhuhl often overcomes right.'' Allen replied, that, 'the god. of the alles are not the (iods ot the bilN: Tlio inhabitant of letininr,lon as sembled, and formally determined to defend their property by fine; and such a poseas the shei ill eould rolled was repelled with meiiare and eontempi. The civil cdhoers were in some instances, chastised with the twigs of the nildernes. The dispute now assumed the appearance of an open war, and the. lreen Mountain Hoys, who were men six feet high, elevated F.thcn to t!ie command of thtirforc.es. He had several good captain; under him, the most noted of which were Selh Warner and Kerr.em,crlaker. There were alvvavs enough on the alert to in tercept a hcritF; and the Covernor of rsew iork, indignant at tne cause oi the Law's delay, otlercd 15U lor tne ap-

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prehension of Allen. Dot it was no easy matter to take Rob lloy on his t. iiive heath. Allen and his friends lle' d in return, o for the delivery of the New loik Attorney (encral. On a report that tiovei nor Tryon was approaching with Ihitish troops, a plan of operations was devised to harlass them by riflemen, before they should reach the main hod v. lint (iovemor Tryotfs tnc.yetr.ent was destined for posts on the lake. The war, therefore, reverted lo petty squabbios. between the people and the most petliih'ciotis surveyors and peace idiu ets, who were punished after a manner not known to any existing code. The Urcen Mountain Tavern at Heniiington, was the court-house, ai d a contumacious doctor, a partisan iu . loik was sustained in a chair to a sign lioM. '25 feet hi eh, and hv the siJe of a stulK d catamount. Many people collectt'd to cergialulate the doctor on hi elevation. The bolder feuds arose to a pitch of exasperation that would have caused blood to tlow, had they not been merged in trio it Revolutionary question. In March, 1 7To, Samuel Adam and Jooph Warren as members of the committee cf correspondence, in loton. sent an agent on a commission of political ob-et vation, in Canada; and the agent devised (from Montreal) that the post of Tioo:n;erog a should be seized .ill or the commencement of hnstiiities. n eight davs after the battle olT.f xii g(o: several gentlemen of the house cf assembly of Connecticut concerted a ptivate scheme for the capture of the same pot. They collected sixteen men, and Col. Kaston, who joined them at .I'itlsiield, enlisted 40 or oO volunteers from his regiment of militia. When they arrived at Bennington, a council of war was held, and Allen wa installed in the chief com mand. Arnold who had just arrived from Massachusetts, to raise men for the same object, claimed the command by virtue of n superior appointment; but the soldier refused to be so coni-ir-.r.ded, and IV Jnd-? of the Ueyc'tv tion went as a volunteer. Opposite Ticonderoga, on the lake, Allen found a guide, Nathan Dom.m.a boy who "often visited the boys of the garrison. He knew every nook of the fort, and every by-path to approach it. Kighty three men only crossed before day-break, and before the sun had rose Alien had entered the gate and formed his troops on the parade between the barracks. Their three cheers roused ihe sleeping garrison. The sentinel at the pale had snapped his musket at Al i en. and reueated; another sentinel wcund-d nn officer, but was cut on the head hv Allen and surreitdeted. No oilier rcsisiatice was made. Allen, conducted by Nathan, hastened to the depaitinent of Capt. Delaplace, and called at the door in a voice of thunder for the commander to appear, or ihat the garrison should be sacrificed. The commandant who was as good a sleeper as he was a soldier, rubbed his eyes, and asked by whose authority lie was summoned lo surrender, to which Allen replied, 'in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress. The captain raised hi voice to expostulate, and Allen lifted his sword to strike, on which the garrison was given up. The prisoners were one captain, one lieutenant and forty eight privates. It was a great advantage to this country to possess the post, and, besides there were 120 pieces of cannon, with swivels, mortars, small arms and stores. Allen despatched Warren to take Crown Pom, in which he wa successful. When Ticonderoga had surrendered, Arnold ever vehement and insolent, assumed the command; but he issued orders w hich no one heeded, and Al len oidv was obeyed. Arnold entered the fort res side by side with Allen. Alien soon after joined General $ohulor ns a volunteer, by whom lie was trusted w ith an address to the peo ple of Canada, where he raised JoO men, to co-operate with Montgomery; but he was taken from his force opnoMte Montreal, where he had placed himself,on the promise of Major Brow n to meet him, and attack the city, an act more daring than prudent. Alter a skirmish of about two hours he sur rendered, upon being promised honorable terms. He and his 33 comrades were treated civilly, till they entered Montreal, w here General Trescott used hem as thi British were wont to treat

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their American prisoners. He threatened Allen with a halter at Tyburn, and ordered him to be hound hand and foot and put en board the Gaspee schooner of war. Ili irons were mas sive, and so fastened as to give him constant pain. He was thrust in the lowest parts of the ship, where he had no bed or other articles of furniture than a chest to sit upon, which some sailor, less barbarous than the others had lent him. At Quebec he was received on board another vessel, as an honorable prisoner should be, and considering the unfrequency of such conduct in a British ollicer, it rises to the dignity of a sublime action, though only an obvious duty of common humanity. He was divested of his irons, generously entertained by Capt. Littlojohn, who c!ec'aied in the spirit of a brave man, that on board his ship no man should be ill usci But the captive had (oo soon another jailor, in another ship, who replaced his handeuirs and confined him, with thirty-three others, in a single apartment, which they were not permitted to leave during a passngc of nearly forty da. To the negative credit of not starving his priscrors, the captain had a fair claim. They had enough. At Falmouth they wi re cheered wiih fresh air and the light of day, and crowds of Englishmen assembled to see "Jte prisoners, and indulge in one of the prerogatives of victory. Allen's dress gave some satisfaction to curiosity though according to Trinoulo, am tbi.ig passes for a sight in England. He wore a short double breasted f.nvnskin jacket, a vest and breeches of sagathv, worsted stockings and a red worsted cap. There is a great choice among evils, and their confinement was more tolerable in IVndennis than on board the ship. They had air and light gratis, and the luxuries of ounks and straw. Allen was much favored by the warden, and the star of fortune shone more benignantly upon his table than his couch: for he had his meals from the commandant table. Though ?..:;sfi.'d with the present; he had some inquietude about the future, and the halier of Tyburn would intrude upon his thoughts. It was rumored, however, that some friends of America, or of mat kind, w ere about to obtain a Habeas Corpu iu favor of the prisoners, and the government then used them as prisoners ol war, they were freed from their irons, and put on board the Solebay. the captain of which seemed lo make no difference between prisoners and men. He had neither lenity nor civility for them. His first address was to order them otl deck below, where, however, an Irish master at arms used Allen with great kindness. In May, 1773, he was released and he hastened lo the Green Mountains. He was received with transports at Bennington. On his release, he had been appoint ed a colonel in the Contioential Armv, 'in reward of Ids fidelity, fortitude, and firmness, manifested in a long and cruel captivity, as well as on former occasions.' The pay commenced from the date of his captivity. He died suddenly, of apoplexy, in 1780. He was a man of a strong mind, rough manners, and not very smooth words. He was eccentric, but persevering brave generous faithful, and true. ,c;r Hnglontl Mnnzinr. THE SHAKING O.CAKI.RS OF AMERICA. That two thousand men could be found in the New World who would embrace a religion enjoining a fiozen and sympathetic intercourse with the diviner sex, and that an equal number of females could be induced to live in the same community, without locks or bolts, in the cold and rigid observance of a creed of celibacy, is to me an inexplicable and grave wonder. They have a peculiar and most expressive physiognomy ; the women are pale,orof w intry redness in the check, and nie all attenuated and spare. Gravity, deep and habitual, broods in every line of their thin faces. They go out to their labor in company . with these serious men and are never seen to smile. Their eyes are all hard and stony; their gait is presise and stiff; their voices are of a croaking hoarseness, and nature seems dead in them. I would bake you such men and women in a brick kiln. Do they think the. world is coming to an end! Arc there, no more, children? Is cupid to be thrown out of business, like

to a coach proprietor on a rail toad? What can the Shakers mean, I should be pleased to know ? The odditt is. that most of them rue vonng men of f.'iur twen'v n ll1i(t- and women

(rem sivoeu to . : .. ! often, dress, good spite ot tneir u.i'k lt mi 1 i 1 1 ! looking ana shapely, meet you at every step. Industrious," frugaland self-denying they certainly arc, and there is every appearance (hat their tenets of difficult abstinence are k T' ter. There is little temptation, hovond principle, o remain, and they are free to go and come as they list. yH (here they live on in peace and unrei-ining industry, and a nunc thriving community does not exist in the republic. .Many a time have I driven over ort Sunday, and .watched those solemn virgins dropping in one after another to the church; and when the fine limbed and russet faced brotherhood were swimming around the floor iu their fanatical dance, I have watched their couutc. nice, for some look of preference, some betrayal of an ill-suppressed impulse, till my eyes ached again, i have s'd( ,;ted 'he youngest and fairest, and have not lost sight of her for two hours, and she might have been made of eiicese parings for any trace of emolion. There is food for speculation in it. Can we cn without matrimony? Can w e '-strike." and he independent of those dear de lightful tyrants, for whom we "live, and move, and have our being ?' .'V?ff .oilman JTmViltf. I'J J S AUTV. A committee of eight gentlemen had appointed lo meet at 12 o'clock. Seven of them were punctual: but the Oth came hustling in with apologies for being a quarter of an hour behind the appointed time. "The time,' said he, "passed away without my being aware of it. I had no idea of its being so lafe,,, &e. A quaker present said. 'Priced, 1 am not sun; that we should admit thy apology. It were matter of regret that thou shouhlst have, wasted thine own quarter ofan hour; but there are seven bejiJc thyself, wiiose time thou hast also consumed, amounting in the whole to two hours, and only one eight of it was thine o;rn prop nit.'' ritotittr.ss or stKitM V. We know not a more glorious thought, and we believe it is true, one that should move, animate, and inspire, w hile it awes and controls us, than this: That free principles of government, liberty of opinion and action upon our rights and duties, are hut a part, a wider extension 'of that stupendous, yet beautiful plan, which originated in du dea on the birthday of our Savior. We know not a tune glorious thought, and we believe it to be true than that ,;a;,ity repuhfean in.-tilulioiis, as t,-.. . fhev ! ,! ttpo.i I'm- same lound riion of naive;1 al iiheriy and personal responsibility, as far as the design of both is to elevate man by giving him his free course, are to walk hand in hand through the earth, brethren of the same family, children of the same Father. Christianity, we know, was the elder and stronger the i. older and more ex died brother and it w as meet, theref re, that it should lead the van as it did the march of reformation 'or that reformation began at a time w hen its younger and weaker brother, political freedom, would have been overwhelaied and crushed. The battle to bo fought was tremend aus, and it was lit Ihat something more than human should come forth to meet its brunt. And Christianity came forth to meet it. It came forth to battle with men's prejudices and passion, to dispel the mists, to scatter the rubbish, and to teach them what has proved the hardest lesson themselves. And when it had opened a wav, and when all things were readv, it called to its younger brother to come to it aid. And that brother has gone forth. The time, we say. has come, ami these two pioneer of liberty have joined their hands friends, compeers, and fellow-laborers; and they are going onward, each encouraging and supporting the other, and both enlightening and emancipating the world. SUNDAY SCHOOLS. It is strange that any body should be opposed to Sunday schools. 1 1 is strange that any parent should neglect to send all his children to such schools. We know that idle objections arc solemnly adduced against them, and political fears are affected at their extent. Non-

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senee! Will our country ever suffer becaase her sons are intelligent? Will she ever have reason to regret that they aiepieii-'.' These tinatistenlatieus schools nr-y ! - ; c instruments of her .-alvatum. , . ,i uion el men ignorant, vicious an! ntlcuiperaie cannot long he otherwise than a nation of slaves. The influence of Sunday schools are not appreciated. The river which rolls miijestically through the land mav e'.i!e tin: greatest admiration, but it is the humble rivulet stealing ihtough the meadow, its course, otdv shown bv the greenness of the vegetation, that does the most good. Sunday schooh are doing incalculable benefit to tins country. They are dispensing from leu lheuand points the saving iidlu -nee of 1 1 iii.ii and virtue. 'Let them be i heri h e d . V Halt I pi, ia (ia :cl.'c. AMKiucAN corn:!:. It has been estimated that the annual consumption of coffee, in the U. Stales, is not less thm, ilO.000.000 pounds! Now. supposing that the average pric" is 1J -L2 cents per lb. this quantity cosls .910.000.000. As this is a large sum to he paid to foreign countries for a necessary of life, we are pleased to hnd that there i a prospect of seme pari of it being paid hereafter to Florida planters. A recent number of the Florida Herald contains a communication on (ids subject, not without interest to the country al large. The writer stales that he has brought into cultivation a species of co-fee, imported from Cuba, and has found upon trial its quality is superior to that of the green Cuba cotf.-e. Two pounds of seed will plant an acre, w hich w ill yield from 1600 to 2000 pounds. Besides this large increase, profit may aii.-e from keeping bees where it is grown, as honey exudes from the leaves and stalk. The berries are not of the same size, as most, of those commonlv sold in this country, but much smaller, being about tin: size of grains of wheat. Ho !i itnore Ga.-: ttc. mv. Tv: ut. A tear is what? Tis the overflowing of. the cup of sensibility, the index of a soul fraught with fetling, the aliment of a heart drooping in solitude; with the huso "tisof warfare against the innocence of loveliness, simplicity and beauty; with woman 'lis the shield of defence to the coid, the obdurate, and the unfeeling; with the parent 'tis the blessing of age 0:1 the offspring of youthful vigor and affection; with the child "(is the suporting staff of filial piety; with friends "lis the token of the communion of souls; to the afflicted 'lis the ministering angel of consolation, 'he balm of Gilead to (he wounded s the dew f w mpathy to toe w itheriiig i'ower? cf sorrow. tml Pry. tjii: vt H'i:. It is not tinfrequent that a wife mourns over the ahneated affection of her husband, when she has made no effort herself to strengthen and increase his attachment. She thinks because he once loved her he ought always to love, her, and she nogf-gts those attentions which first engaged his heart. .Many a wife is thus the cause of her own neglect and sorrow. Th it woman deserves not a husband's generous love, who will not greet him with smiles as he returns from the labors of the day: who will not try to chain liirn to his home by the sweetest enchainment of a cheerful heart. There is not one in a thousand so unfeeling as to withstand such an influence and breakaway from such a home. 'Papa,' said a little uichin to Ids father thp other day , '1 saw a print r go down sireet just now.' 'Did you. sonny how do y ou know the person whom y ou have seen is a printer?' '( 'a ;se I do, papa.' 'L it he might hate been a carpenter, a bl u ksmith, a shoemaker, or ' 'O'a no. papa lie was a printer, for he had no stockings on the crown was out of his hat and his oh! coat was all torn. I'm ccrt iin he was a jiriiitirT , New l)rriM i ios. The editor of a New York paper says: The following definitions of experimental and natural philosophy, were given to tie a few days since by a Pearl street merchant. 'Fxperiinental philosophy,' said he, 'is toask a man to discount a note natural phiOsophy is. to refuse it.'