Rising Sun Times, Volume 2, Number 77, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 2 May 1835 — Page 1

"rLi:PGEi to no party s arbitrary sway, we'll follow ttu tii where r.n. it leads the w ay. BY AfiKX. E. (SLEXX. KISIXU SrX, IXDIAXA, SATl'KDAY, JBA1" , ISMS. VOL OS K BI.--IVQ. 77.

r?Ql.IRE GABLE 5 MARRIAGE ( TREMON Y. You bromish now, yo'i coot man dure. Vot stands upon do vloor. To hab dish woman for vnnr vifo, Ami lub hcrcbrr more ; To feed bcr well mil sour mail, reel", buttermilk r.nd choe-c. Ami in all thine? to lrn.1 yov.r ai!, Dai Till bromote V.cr ca-c. Ye-. Ami yen voinan 'anti!'c I'rtrr, l)oblc;!ee your vor !, c:!i t.iv, Dat you vill tr.ke vor o;r..'.t'l;banl Dish man, ant lain pry ; Dat you vill j o' and ponr:'. nat l.iw, Vnh.?ron. r.:ni moi.i hi c : L.vicli vrn ho slnriiicc, voep veil be si;.!., Dus s'.-.ar. his c hoy s and vo;. Yell, lion, I now, vidin dro vn 'id cboj ant notmit krio'". TfironoinifP yon bote to bf von mi;-.!, Von rar.'.c. von ma", von birf. I j-ocbliJ-., now, I'c.-e jacn-t hart. Pe?e mrilrimov.ial V- s refore mi "a- vi!, Got, Xatr- ri"l IV'i. nt nil t'eo giinp: rye:. Anl a '!e acrt Serin!-:-" -.-,y , Vot Go' unites t;r.".!rr, I.rt no man dare p-iima r ;ai, I.ct no man ";;re terti sror.

Ant vnn britrkroom iktrr hertI'll rot lot ?o ycur oll.ir, l'tre yon an-v.cr ri;.- to ;, Dat ih ih r.tivt fi'.'or. bo;s o N : . ?ho iiod vi beauty a r. ? Flown from is rarnt flom S',f li I in b -.vi iy !:!? a :,rl l"roprr! from ri i;ip 'ii:u!rm. ! r i'i l-f-a'-tv - l ive a J:iy A'.'-n; a moon-lit rikr- - e '. ! in beauty 'ike a -.u . ,f Lir'j rn.'.' tl.c 1 r.iko. -lie tin uiu l c :.v.t; like tl r ?am. Or, ;1 -i cr-("i-niUe''. aw ay -! -p died in I)' anty kke a star I.r.'t on the brow of day. Skc live-- in -lory like nigbt's gr:r. ?rt ronnd tho cilvi r moon ; Sl-.e livci in tlory like ti e ca: Ami ! t bo blue of "uiio. NATURAL HISTORY. lii BisoN, or. wii.n : ok i:::ic.. When the ptan hi gan !o set .1 x- I I .1 1 .. .. tic in Scrih An.vnca. this animal ua I occasionally met on the At! artic coasts; .... but raicly to the cast c f the Appalacman -Mountains. As cauv as the hrsi discovery of Canada it was unknown in that country. At no verv distant date, herds of thorn existed in the west ern parts of I enr.c Ivania. and as late as I7GG, tnev were pretty uum-'rous in Kentucky; hut th'-v have gradually retired before the whiles. and are ran Iv seen to th.e south of the Ohio; or on the a-t cf the Mississippi. They exist, however, ia vast r.und i. and roam over the prairie Platte. Missour 1 (lie Arkansas, La ;r-d upper branches r-t ftl.e Saskatchawan a:; d Pcarce rivers. neat Slave Lake, in latitude (10, was t one time th.e :.o:;-ern boundary of Grc; at th.eir range; but cf lite thy have ta ken possession of the limes-l one osstnrt! of Slave i'eint. 0:1 tr.e r.ot t a smc of (bat lake, and wandered to the v ciriity offheat Martin Lake, in htiluch o or bf. i iv limestone and andstone formations between tho t'reat Rl.,- lUi.ntni,, . i,l..n at.,1 ihf lower ..,t r pd. the onlv districts in the fur countries fi-.-.nnotitcrl hv t'oe P.i-o... In these ,J,,r,(;,.l'lTtir!.,.S ihon.ism.irh prairie grass in the summer; and also, manv marshes overgrown with hul

rushes, which supply them with whiter remarkable for strength and fierceness, mechanical amelioration of soil. We single thought across (he mind. Again ftom w1Kh he was almost always carfood. Salt springs' a:id lakes also a- While feeding, they are often scattered cannot avoid again urging a trial of (he a sound will come booming across the rjC( ;nVar in a fainting fit. At length.

linn-.d nn (lie confines of the limestone nni! salt lick;, where. Ihsot.s arc sure to he found at nil season4. They do not frequent the districts formed of primilive rocks. Their migrations to the

westward were formerly limited by the dom interrupted even hy considerable ye nave followed the practice twelve nce ? Still it is a delicious sort of sorRocky mountain range, and they arc rivers, across which they swim without ori5yc-ars, and hence, speak from cx- row; and. like a cloud dimming the Mill unknown in No w ( .'aledonia": but fear or hesitation, nearly in the order norience. and with confidence, of mani- sunshine of the river, although easting

cf latolhovl.avo found a nassae across thejmouiitaii.s, near (he sources of the ...... p.

Saskatchawan, and (lieir number to the c m vain lor i.ic lorcmosi 10 uau, or it into small cocks, with a fork. Irom the westward are sai l to he annually in- a'tempt to obstruct the passage of the SWarth. as soon as it is freed from excreasing, hi I SOrt, when Lewis" and main body, as the throng in the rear ternal moisture, or well wilted, and then

Clark crossed the mountains' at the head of the Missouri. Bison j-kins ..i i-. .

were an important, arm ic oi traitic ?e- me movement, i ne iihii.uu hm. ..u- Carterl Irom the lield. is all the niriiier In e en the inhabitants on the vast side, vantage of this circumstance to destroy care jt will require. This mode saves laand the natives to the westward. Fur- great quantities of this game, and no bor, prevents injury from rain, and se-

ther to the southwaid, in iNcw Mexico and California, the liison appears to numerous on both sides ol th.e hocky M.,...,..i .h.. Ono of the earliest account-! of the animal i'hy Hernandez; ' .i i,.,i...1.i;.;.. f1;nhsp.ratioi. :ii..Bir..i...i i- ..,Tr-,vinrT. which seems to have been made from a rude sketch of the Bison, altered by the artist to a closer resemblance with

the Luropoan ex. Pennepin, in (lie narrative of his discovery of Louisiana, gives a very good description of (he Bison, together witli a figure which is apparently a copy of that of Reeehus. There are also interesting accounts of the animal hv Richardson and Godman. The Bison wander constantly from place to place. They are much attracted hv the soft tender grass which springs "P after a fire has spread over the prairie, hi winter, they scrape awav the snow with their feet to reach the gra-s. The. bulls and cows live in

separate herds for the creator part of tiie year: but at all seasons one or two

bulls generally accompany a large herd crevice. The foremost of the herd matter of importance to every Ameriof cow.-. The Bis'v.i j a shy animal, arrives at the brink, there is no posi- can citizen, to examine it as a political and take? to lii"ht on windtr.g .in enemy, bility of retreat, no chance of escape; question. "Is the Roman catholic re-

utiioh its sense of snu 11 enables it to c'o from a creat ditnr;ce. Thev arc less warv when together iti numi)ers, anu then often blindly follow their leaders, recardless of, or trampling down th.e hunters in their wav. It is dangerous for tiie hunter to show himself after hav-

ing wounded one, for it will pursue him. Sometimes in this perilous seduction, a Protestant association, pear.rihly a;md although its g:it may he heavy and the Indian is himself either trodden on- scmbled in the exercise of a riglit

iwkward, it will have no ditiicul'y in overtaking the fleetest runner. V;v v irstaiu cs midit he mentiored of t'oe the tcnaciousness with which this animal pursues his revenge; and one. is told ot a hunter having been detained for hours in a tree hv an old hull, which had taken Ins post below to watch him. U hen itcontenos with a dog. it strikes violently with its fore feet, ;nd in that proves more than a match for an r.;;t n-ii cui CO '. i ne n.uian uiemou l t ii i nil I l At of killing the bison is by riding up to the fittest: cf the herd "on horseback,

and shooting it with an arrow. When noise, winch, Irom the incessant lowing man cannot ne appreciated ; tney cana lare party of hunters are. engaged, ar"d roaring of the hull--, is said very not he understood by those who have

the ncc'acle i verv impoMn. The liorses er joy the sport as much as their riders, mid are active in cludin" the shock'of the ar.imal, should it turn upon its pursuer. The most general plan however, of shooting the Bison, is hy craw.;r.g towards them from the lee ward: and in favorable places, great inilll'-l-lj flic KUl II 111 l'UUlIU?. II lll.ll . ,,. ... ...... A numbers are taken in puonus. u hen lino ii n i 1111'- ii irms vp v m ir n n ' J " . . 'I on alter7 natc Iv. Tiie tlcsh of a Bison, in good conui lie.i, is very juicy and well flavored, rescmbhro' (hat of a well-fed beef. The tongue is a delicacy, and may be cured so as to surpass in flavor that of an F.rgl-h cow. The hump of l'esh rovcrini' the lonsr sninous processes of T C" 4 I the first dorlal vertabnr is much es teemed. It is named bos hv the Can adian voyagers, and w by the Orkney men. in the service of the Hudson s. 15a v Company. l ae wig , vis a nnc grain, and w ,ieu salted and cut transversely. it is almos as rich and fencer as the r rvinv f 1 it !ric tOO g!l The fine wool which clothes tiv Hi :o:i renders its skin, when pro re.'v dressed, an excellent blanket and they are valued so highly, that a good one sells for three or four pounds in I ana-la. wnera thev are used as wrappers iy moe who travel over ine l ..I i t . i snow in carioles. 1 he wool has been manufactured into a remarkable fine n(' 'ermtiful cloth, and in the colony of Os::ahoyna on the warm and durable coarse cloth is made 1' ,J 'T-t II II . . ' I .11 i lie lierus are usually icd oy a nun over a great extent of country, bat when they move in a m iss, they form a dense and almost impenetrable column, which, once in mofion,is scarcely to !e impeded. Their line of march is sel'hat they traverse the plains. When . . 1 iiyinjr nciore incur pursuers, u wouiu I s t i 1 1 ru-hing onward, fhe leaders must advance, although destruction aw aits .i . ri-i. i..a;v, tl. a I mode could be resorted to more eiiciu he ally destructive, nor a more lernoie ae vasiationhe produced than that ol torcm? a niimprmis honf nf these large animals to leap together from the brink of a dreadful nrnrinirp. noon a rockv and broken surfacr. hundred feet he low. When the Indians determine to tie I stroy Bisons in this way, one of their

swuiesi and most active voung men is

selccted, who is disguised in a Bison skin, having the head ears and horns aojustea en his own heaa, nna musnecourted, he stations himselt between the herd and some of the precipices

mat otten extet.'d lor several miles a- qunl n;iits aim tr.e maiiename pnvilong the rivers. The Indians surround lege of freedom of op;nion in polities or

the herd as nearly as possible, when at a given signal, they show themselves and rush forward with loud yells. The animals beinn alarmed, and seeing no way open hut in the direction of the disguised Indian, run towards him, and lie, taking to flight, dashes on to ihe precipice, where he suddenly secures himselt in some previously ascertained the toremost may, tor an instant, shrink v. ilh terror, but the crew d behind, who arc terrified hy the approaching hnnters, rush forward with increasing imnetuositv. and the abrogated force Ion Is them successively into I lie gulf, where certain death awaits them. dcr foot, or failing to secure himselt in the cliff, is urged down the precipice hv the tailing herd. Tnc Indiaas then select as much of the meat is they wish, inu the rest is abandoned to the wolves, They have been seen in herds of three, four and five thousand, blackening the plain as far as the eve could view. Some travellers ate of opinion that they have seen as many as oiidit or Ucn thousand in the same herd, but it l: rr c. r n 1 1- ?i c rr r r. ,11 t,inkr ir ' j . ... impossible for persons (o sleep near Uu;m who are not customed to their 'I. . 1 S .1. . . I rnucu 10 rcsemiue distant, manner, .mnougn irequeiu nauios iawe piaco between the hulls, the habits of the Bison are peaceful and inoffensive, seldom or "never offering to attack man or animals, unless outraged in the first intf;nr-. iiaiii,:

Tl-'ll I II Ml.. . . .. Will crow on nretlv much all sods fore (hev arrive at this stn?e of con-

. r i . that have been laid dry hv good drams. ,l l? lm?is ' ?00(1 Arming, on all lands susceptible ot alternate husband-

ry. us ueneins are inrce iohi. ii nreaivs. toii.and this idea must never lor a mopulverizes and ameliorates the soil by meat be out of sight. Nothing can be

its tap roots, ana it inrnisnes a cneap food for plants as well as animals. it good clover lay is worth to a crop, by the food which it affords, as much as five tons of manure to the acie. To insure a good lay, at least ten pounds of seed should he sown to the acre, and me ground well rolled. its value, a? food to plants, depends more upon the quantity of roots than upon 1 lie luxuriance 0f t,0 stems, though the abun,jance cf tie latter wilf depend in a g,.e;,t mCasure upon the number of the termer. To obtain the full value of this plant, we must cultivate it as a food for our crops, as well a" our cattle; . . . . I I . and in this case we should use u as such the first or second year, before it . . has i run out. There iscconoiny malways sowingclover with small grains, though it is to be plowed in the same or next season. Ten pounds ofseed costs upon an average one dollar the labor of sowing is comparatively nothing. Its value to the next crop cannot be less 1 than quadruple that sum. to sav noI " . - , cf ( ,c cCVl u mav alfor.f. or its Imethod of makinrr clover hav in cocks. n, wo have heretofore recommended, notwithstanding the rebuke we have hxj ()pon this head from our esteemed f,.;erK and correspondent , Mr. Perkins, foii nrlvanfao-os over (he common moth- , . ... m 0f ?preading from thesw arlh. Put hoavri it to cure. An hour or two ex n0M,re to the sun, previous to its being 1 - .. ! i i- .. - rnres the hay in the best possible con - dition. Ciri7or. ItO.M.VXIsM. He who does not sec the growing im porlance of inciuirinsr into the lenden - cy of Romanism, which by foreign cmi gration, and foreign influence, is spread- - ing itself over our protesfant country, I must be a very inattentive observer, not

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only me signs oi ine times, nut oi recent and passing events. It is Americanism, if not Protestantism to examine every princuae. ana adopt or reject it. upon its intrinsic, merits or dements All that we prizo in the blessings of e religion, is the. result of protestantism, All hijtorv proclaims Roman catholic im unfavorable to the enjoyment of these rirints. 1 et this svstem. Romanism. comes tons hearing upon its front 2ifatubiti!h and consequent immvlabih?y thus avowing that, what history has proclaimed it to he, it is unchangeably the same still. It nas become then a hirion untavoranio to civil or rehffious liberty. ' This ground is already taken by many who are awake to the subject, and as an illustration of thonftirmalive ot tho question, we have the1 alarming fact, which Ins occurred within a week in the city ol iNew i oik. tint guaranteed to them by the Constitulion, to discuss the. question above slnted, were forcibly expehed from their place of meeting, and their live jeopardized hy a popisii nio.ii. bach a fact appeals to the patriotism of American citizens, not as protectants merely, and forces upon them the recessity of inquiring into the tendency of a system. whose votaries sav, that it shall no bo inquired into. Prrslylrrian. Tiir: imuNK.-vjti). The suihVings of the intemperate . . I . I mioci leuceu mem; uniw uu it- it .-w ..n,..- r,,,.,..,., ... u ,..,v ,,; pro ache- fr the drunkard. There is r horrid craving, a death like gnawing a -ing at the stomach, faintly imagined by the vulture prawng upon the liver ot I fmeiiicur., -.w v. nu a no iiv'sr:natio:t can picture, no language can describe. den, tiiereiore, musi. ne arrested nei . (it mod intemperance. In the discovery (hat lemprrate drinfn'n is the cause of all intemperance, the society origma rnore absurd and laise. and no error more, dangerous and fatal, than that VVo hear every dav repeated hy mode rate drinkers. 'I know when I have enough, and I can he sufficiently tern porate without joining the society.' No man v ho tastes ardent spirits knows the danger he incurs; no man who Ji inks at all, knows w hen he has enough, or dreams that he. is exceeding the bounds of temperance, until that irrepairabta mischief has been done to hi constitution which consigns him to the miserable alternation of longing and loathing, that incessant internal (ortuic which fills up the life of a sot. I . lempcrance nreor.icr. I f . l.rfl-w? . Ihere is a mysterious leeung frequently passes like a cloud over t.ie spirit. It comes upon the soul in the busy bustle of life, in t!ic social circle, in the calm and silent retreat of soliMude. us power is auue supieme over i.i i i- i.iti the weak and iron hearted. At one I .... VI . I ...... itune it is caused hy the liming ot a ncean of memory, and solemn as Lie death knell, overshadowing all th.e bright hopes and sunny feelings ofiho heart. Who can describe it, and vet who has not h it its bewildering inllua momentary shade of gloom.it enhan .. . I...:l.. : ces the heanty oi reiuining m ign.uess. A STRATAf.r:.'! The following stratagem is said to j have have been played off by Bonaparl, preparatory I r 1 ; to his leaving JVioscow. He caused ill" he made public, that as sail was scarce in ine counirv arounn r.i . . i iMoscow, the peasantry might come to Moscow, and he there provided with as much as they required for preserv ing their meat through the winter at the rato of 3 copecks ner nood. 1 he - proposals templed some peasants in - the immediate vicinity of the city, an.l I I l - a few davs afterwards upwards of 700 carl9 were assembled at Moscow, for (he purpose of bringing away salt. I 1 he consequence was, that drivers,'

norses an.l carts, were all nut in re-

qnisition for the service of the army, and employed in removing stores and naggage. loss oF.ruirrNDs. To lose an old friend, is to be cut off from a groat part of the little pleasure (hat this life allows. But such ia the condition of our nature, that as we live on, we must see those who we love drop successively, and find our circle of relations grow less and less, till we ire almost unconnected with the world ; md then it must soon be our turn to drop into the grave. There is always this consolat ion, that we have one Protector who can never be lost but by our own fin It. and every new experience of the uncertainty of all olner comfort, should determine us to fix our hear' where true jos are to he found. Ah union with the inhabitants of earth must in time he broken ; and all (he hopes that tei rninatc here, must on one part or ether, end in disappointment. I.AWYEKS. I have a great reverence for the pro fession u the law and its votaries; ton especially lor that part of the tribe which comprehends the old and thor ough-paced stagers of the bar. The toolings, habits, and associates ot the bar in general, have a very happy influence upon the character. It abounds with good fellows and, take it uto'Tother, there, may bo collected from if, a greater mass of shrewd, observant, drol!, playful and generous spirits, than I rem any other equal numbers ol society. Thcv live in each other's presence ike a si t of nlavets: congregate in L,e COUI,sjiko the' former in the green rocm;and break their unpremeditated jests, in the intervals of business, with that sort of undress freedom that contrast amusingly with the solemn and even tragic seriousness with which they appear, in turn, upon Ihc hoards. Thev have one face for the puhhcrile witn in.e saws and learned gran ui in;; profession, and another for themselves, replete with broad mirth, sprightly wit, and gav thoughtlessness, 1 he intense mental toil and fatigue of business give them a peculiar relish for the enjoyment of their hours of relaxation, and in the nrne degree incapacitate them for that frugal attention of their private concerns which their limited means usually require. They have, in consequence, a prevailing air of unthrift mess in per sonal matters, which however, it may cp'--rated to the prejudice of the pocket of tho individual, has a mellow ana kinnlv efiect upon his disposition. A HICK KINJ. Tho nearer the decisive mon.cn t of Fiedinnand the Seventh's death approached. the more anxious were the persons about the court to persuade the public he was well. lie was lead about. On which occasions the gate? of (lie palace were closed w ith boards, in order, as w as said, (o keep out the I ... r . . . I I I'll, nn mi. m tact, to conceal ins oeamlike countenance from the public eve. ..... i In the carriage he was o'ahged tone fastc-ned up. and (he queen concealed )im .cr own person, while shi? prf,OI1,(M to salute the people. When,,vrr ,, r(.p0r of his death got. abroad, u, roinp,.cd to show himself to ,,iiljic; and even when he was ni ' .. i.. he was carried in an firm chair to I . ing, ., (ir;lmatir renresentadon m Hie palace. nn Sent. '2'J. S3X at three n clock in ,-,.,...,,, as thevw i-hed to awaken ,jmj,T, uas found' dead, so that it wa i,,,.,.!,!.. to administer the S acramcrt (o lim A A OH IX ISI'.M'J U..T. 4;The more I am acquainted with Agricultural a 'fairs, (he better I am pleased with them; insomuch that I can no where find so great satisfaction as in tlinF mniin ot and useful pursuits. In indulging these feelings, I am led to re fleet how much more dehghtlul to an undebauched mind is the task of making improvements on (be earth, than all the vain glory which can he acquired from ravaging it by (he most uninterrupted career of conquests.' Jl'at'iington. Fit ankmn's iMokals. Lat not to fulness: drink not to elevation. Let all your things have (heir places; let each part of business have Us time. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve, Avoid extremes; forbear resenting iajuries.

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