Rising Sun Times, Volume 2, Number 86, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 4 July 1835 — Page 1

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A KICK AT THE FASHIONS. When Warn, in Eden, first tnrtmd up thn ,d. Ami Eve, our great grand mother, rambled unt hod, Not a tiilor wnsthcro to enliven the oenc Willi coats without rocket-, and trou-sers obfrenc ; "No p-tticots puzzled tlicjood uonim's brain, No help in I. it kitels"!!. no town v. ilh a tr.nn, No hnnp round her heels, and no cord round her middle, To make her resemble an old fa-hioned fiddle. T.iit the oll devil came in the form of a snake, An.! be made grandpa Adam to Ore's like a rafcr. VVldlo, I'.vc, r.otliiii-- b.:ek fine vrraec, Worts a garment that reacliM from l.rr hreh to ber w;ii?t. JJut soon l,( r fa'r d:iul.ter nr re nuhN-ou- J.a.l Crown, And triod to of?ot i h.i 1 1 heir cran !mol heri'one, I.y shortening their (Irenes a u!,it or more Xmv sronf. in tho rc:ir, now seanlc-r before, Till at len;.'th tliev have gut tbeia 50 fliort and fO Thn1,hv gracious: thev si-eiu at all. like. n ..-;:rinen' Arid the cefitiemen ton. in Irrir linMf loixcel. l''ivo chan rd from an Otto (In ir natnial nx I', A:u! r.-.w in litrht trovsers. as ti-lit a (hi ir skin, That ar! tiubt to ca rvit i f. and li'rhl to m t in. Titer firiit U'lcn ehanie. with their l.n-kon ley firiit upen ehan-e, with their 1 t'nir shoulders A; ;s hanging ('own like two ivory foldAnd v. lici' :: their stood ey dnt". houl 1 !jc tloinc their An: .1 pair of rrm gortle, to add to their l.-canty; V ith M!if in their l-and?, and small hi ia!s on t.'.eir nods Tlx v a haiiTini-'icd jeurneyma n" job. '1 hn say, vo trood people, if once our Creator, Looking o'er man as lie made him by nature, Pronounced him rpnto good, without nonsense or clothes Wlmt would he eay now to our belles and our beaux. Sonjo weeks 5lr.ee wo published a b:o'jr,i h-v.-il -ketch of (Jen. Harrison ; and t!.i wei.-k we give a sketch of the life of Col. Johnson. ny event 1:1 the public life of either of these individuals will, vse doubt not, bo read with interest i:icfi.i;r joiixsox. HARD M. Jomnsox was horn in Kentucky, in 17G1. Ho is row in the 'ifij -fou: th oar of his age ia robust health ai.J lias been nearly" thirty years actively and efficiently engaged in tne pubiir. icrvuc. After liaing received a liberal eduratioe, lie: quathied himself f.r the liar, and "unme.dir.taly entered 'upon the duties of his profession, under the most l'.ittci iti'.r prospects. Before he attain ed hi majority, lie was eh eled to the Mature, ai d ois:i. 'uia hi iim-a If ,v ih; us'; of 1'iose u-i f 1 1 talents which have marked his whole career. Whilo yet under the age of five and twenty, ho was elected a member t ()!;irixss, and took his seat in that body in October, 1G07 where, we believe, h.e has continued to sit ever since, and where he has rendered as many important services to his follow citizens as any other in. livid sal ia the United States. I lis politics were alway sleridy arid truly democratic he was identified with that great parly from his first appearance, in public life, and it will be seen that there have leui a stability and consistency in his course which have, marked the career of few if anv .f our public men. He was the firm and unbending supporter 01 the admin titrations of Jeli'erson and Madison and with what enrrirv and enlhusiaMn this veteran and patriot discharged hi duty to his country during the war of 1813, it will be the dirty of the future 1 t t t 11 1 f .t lusiorian to record, lie voir a jr trie Tear, and he gallantly shr.i his h'.nud in ihr field to bring it to a. ppr.aly and glorious termination. He had early tho;vn with what readmess ho was prepared to lly to the standard of his country. In i COT, be fore he was of ae he had voluntoered h'n services to march to New Oilcan? when that port in violation of an ex istinp- treaty, was closed atrainst the citizens of the United Slates. In the summer of 1812, he raised a volunteer regiment, and marched at it; head to the relief of Fort Wavne the march was a long and arduous one, anc although no decisive military opera tions took place, fctill the example of Colonel Johnson and the gallant men under his command, animated his fellow citizin, and inspired them with that determined which carried us triumph antly through the war. His conduct during the expedition, both as an officer iid a man, was such as to merit the highest encomium?. Military operations neing closer Colonel Johnson hastened to Washing ton and took his scat in the Congre of 1812-13, and manfully supported

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RIMirVU the .administration, in every measure deemed necessary to prosecute the war with vigor. Having obtained permission to raise a regiment of a thousand mounted volunteers, he hastened home immediately after the adjournment of Congress, to carry that important scheme into effect. The reputation which he had acquired enabled him to accomplish the undertaking ia a few .weeks. He immediately marched In (ho. frontiers, arid shared free I v jr. a!! tlio d.c "-ors and irlories of the cam f 181; Th distinguished part he took in the battle of the Thames, one of the most important of the war, will never he forgotten by his.countrymen. It was in thai battle that he sh w, wiih his own hand the formidable Indian chief, Tecuinoh. Tise Ihiiish forces wore completely routed, and General Proctor, a cruel and relentless enemy, was forced with a low dragoons, to save hhr.solf bv i'ight. Colonel Johnson was wounded in several places and twenty five balls cither passed ihronrh rfr.tlus or penetrated his body. The victory of the Thames put an end to the war on the northwestern iron'icr, and relieved our citiz -ns from the combined ferocity of the British and Iiuliaas. The wounds Col. Johnson received in the battle were so severe that his life was fur a long lime despaired of. His health continued for some time in a very precarious state but such was his devotion to the public service, that he resolved while he wasstili vcrv i-ir.vtl!, to proceed to Washington to. resume his seat. He a' rived there i;; Fe bruary, and was received with the utmost cordiality bv persons of both pai ties. He continue 1 his congressional labors till the war was brought to a close, and sustained the measures that the exigencies of the times required, with the same firmness in the councils of the nation, that he had displayed in the u l.i. Our spare will not permit us to enueiate the many important leei-lative ihi-rs that have marked the career of 'his distinguished veteran and patriot. We shall, however, be pardoned for enumerating the following. No public document has ever excited more universal attention and admira tion than Col. Johnson's Uepoit on the Sunday Mails. It was laid before the public in 18TJ. Gerat excitement preeled and powerful ell oris were made to prevent the transmission of the mail on Sunday. Col. Join. son's able and conclusive Report, however settled the inestion for ever; and since that time no serious effort has been made to preent the mail from travelling on Sunlav. His report also in favor of abolshing imprisonment for debt, has been generally and j istly admired. It is a lowcrtul argument, and is marked with hat candor, sincerity and humanity, winch have anvavs been characterestie of its author. an a; f;:cti.v; incident. There, is a touching interest connec ted with the following incident in the life if the illustrious Hamilton, which hits ocn related by the celebrated New York florist. Grant Thorhurn. The lay before Hamilton met Burr on 'the dark and blood)- ground, at Weekawken, he went into Thoi burn s store, .and with more than his usual solemnity of niiinner purchased a bouquet of ran (lo veis for his lady and each ofluschil ren. He presented them in the even ing w ith all that sweetness .and delicacy o peculiar to him in the sanctuary of Iiis alH-dions. No word escaped him )f the morrow's doom. For anv thing the family knew, the sun would rise and et upon them, still blessed with a hus band's and father's love. What must have been his emotions, while he cherished in his warrior soul the vivid cer tainty that he should fall on the morrow as it is known he did not expect to survive the meeting uniiarmed! Just as the dawning light purpled the Fast, Hamilton rose, before his family awoke he gazed in silence upon their placid features asleep in their innocence and beauty, and never dreaming of a flower that should be plucked before the morning dew wasted, from the pale and forbidden ground of false honor. Their sweet and scented bouquets were blooming in the vases, unwithered reminding them of conjugal and parental love. A 9 thy looked upon these pled ges, perhaps, the thought stole into the

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heart of their lover and father, as the friend of Washington, as the chivalrous chief of the stormy revolution, as the orator holding charmed Senators in the enchanting thraldom of as pure an el oquencc as ever gushed from the fountain of patriotism. Hut alas! the silverwave of the Hudson was reddening with his blood, as he was borne back to the city, and to his home, to spread paleness and consternation through the border. Refore the flowers had withered, the giver was "a thing of earth;" a com veller ia eternity. THE SIAXDEHCa. Wc see the slanderer wi!h the arrow of poison in one hand and the bow of envy in the other; on his lips are the smihs of deceit, and his tongue is like a snake in the grass, that will bite when you are not" aware of it. His thoughts are occupied in contemplating erroneous slanders, with the design of injuring his fellow-being; and mind ye, he is pretty certain to accuse the innocent and unsuspecting, for the same misdemeanor of conduct, that he is guilty of himself, but just give him time, and lie will destroy his own reputation with his wavering and designing slanders and thus bring himself to the end that he wished to bring others to. Then lie will feel the ra vs of rcorn and contempt with greater heat than he in ever the Ik aling ra vs cf. tee sm the month of August. It i- indicative of weak and depraved minds to be wholly taken up in talebearing orslani.eiiner liu:r e..i o . r c . -h,. f r iv) a ! u o wiucn the sen-ible and w i ll 1 'guiafed mind feels a particular hatred We never hear of great or good peiso:,s, who encourage the slanderous reports of the talebearer, or even ad. nit him into com pany as an associate, hut shun him as they wou.ld the wild ligeroi ni.icn, that is seekingto devour every thing in his reach, whether great or small; and often prove as fit il to himself as he wished to prove to the object of his wrath: as was the Ijion 111 the forest ol Africa, which follow d the traveller ill day waili hopes ut gaining upon his object at night. ilie traveller being ppriscd of his critical situation, con cealed himself at night, and placed his coat and hat on a bush that grew upon the edge of a precipice. 1 he Lion coming up, supposed it to be his wished for-prey, making a leap at his desired object, plunged himself down the pre cipice; and thus proved as fatal to him self as he intended to prove to the traveller. Thus we see it with the .slanderer, when in the greatest hopes of destroying the reputation ofsome one of his fellow-beings, plunges himself, as it were, down the precipice; and thus brings instant death upon himself. CHAUACTEK. There is no instinct implanted in the breast of man, so universally active as ih love of character. In this respect .!!.. piT.wc. ori his throne, the judge on the bench, the merchant and beggar are alike. Touch them in what ever pertains to their worldly interest their business or their wealth and your interference, though it may indeed be re- - buk d, will yet be borne with compara tive indiirjrei.ee Tamper with them even in the mailer of life trifle wiih their health, expose them to disease, and still you inflict not a deadly wound hut let the pestiferous breath of slander hieathe upon their fairest hopes, you stab their happiness in its most vi tal part. To a man of virtuous sensi bilities and refined feelings, there is no thing in life that can be placed in com petition with it it is the chain that holds him to society, and the charm that preserves his rank. Casta mildew up ori this, and you convert.his movements of pleasure into seasons of anxiety and burning anguish. Blast his fair lame, and the tinsels of fortune, and even the boon of existence compared, would be 1 1 r . 1 . . 1consiuereu as 01 noimng w 01 m as even the light dust of the balance. 'ITe who steals my purse f teals trash, Vint be, who filches from me my good name, Hobs me of that which not enriches him. But makes me poor indeed.' This sentiment of the illustrious Shakspeare is but an expression of the common feelings of mankind. It comes home to the heart, stamped with the living impress of truth. The 'purse1 may indeed be rilled by the hand of the 'robber,' the treasure of earth may be despoiled by the moth and the cankerworm property may take to itself wings and fly away,' yet what are these all worth, when compared to 'my good

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name?' The hand of industry may a" gain enable me to hoard thy valued things of life. The 'sweat of the brow' may rear another habitation to shelter my defenceless head from the cold drivings of the winter storm and tempest; but no indusry, no labors of years, no weeping, no gushing of tear from the fountains of grief, can restore a blighted character.' NEWsPArnus. Ft is amusing to bestow a stray thought now and then, upon one's own proJession, eke out the thousand little incidents which make up the circle of duly in which he is fated to move. None is more redolent with the interest and excitement or wear away the energies of body and mind with such an unerring certainly as the publication of a periodical paper! The industry and enterprise of our countrymen in all things, from the shaping of a wooden nutmeg in the '-land of steady habits," (pardon us ye guilty.) lo the building of a ship, or the harpooning of a whale in Greenland, is proverbial. All trades and pofcssio.-.s flourish alike, and ever will while urged io the goal of wealth and honor, by the force of yankee fortitude and zeal. All over the hind it is so the New Fiiglanders are proud of their ships, and pumpkin pies, and wooden chicks, and parish schools the New orkers of their cities and steamboats, and canals the '-West" of iis enterprising population, mighty 1 her-, and "tall corn'' the South of" its glowing climate, its love of liberty, the imnetiioas talent and high toned chivalry of its son?. All are gratified wiih their lot all feel their own greatness, and are happy in the coming prospects. But there arc none, whose existence whose hopes and fears arc so intimately interwoven with the prosperity of the country, and the propagation of light UHl mental intelligence, as those enga ged in newspaper publications. They depend upon public approbation for success, and unlike the doings of many other professionals, their whole sphere oi action is an open one the light is upon if, and their faults plainly seen, though minute and trifling and too of ten the scrutinizing jealousy of er.emieand rivals makes their path a (horny one, and subject to a thousand diiiicuitics wiiieh others know not of. Newspapers are the heralds of pubic sentiment they earrv the thoughts. feeling-, .and wishes of the community to all others within the compact; and thus ii brotherhood is kept alive which makes our country "one and insnrirablc. ' File public taste is improved and the constant collision of mind, like (he flint lo the steel, unerringly applied, brings forth .at every interchange, a fresh fund of mental light, and urges on with care less, rapidity the speed of intelligence and the "march of mind." i:rsiECT ron a;i It happened at Athens, dm i:-g a public repesentation of some pl-rv exhibited in honor of the commonw eaiih, that an Id gentleman come too late for a place suitable for his age and quality. Many o the young gentlemen, who observed the diilieulty and confusion he was in. made signs to him that they would accommodate him if he came w here they sat. The good man husiled through the crowd accordingly; hut when lie came to the seats to which he was invited, the jest was (o sit close and ex pose him, as he stood, out of countenance, to the whole audience. The frolic went round the Athenian benches. But on those occasions there were also particular places assigned for foreigners. When the good man skulked towards the boxes appointed for the Lacedemonians, that honest people, more virtuous than polite, rose up all to a man, and with the greatest respect received him among them. The Athenians being suddenly touched with a sense of the Spartan virtue, arid their own degeneracy, gave a thunder of applause, and the old man cried, "The Athenians understand what is good, but the Lacedemonians practice it." A HEROINE. Died, in Greenbush, N. York, Mrs. Getty VanJcrzec, widow of Mr. Teunis Vanderzee, aged 81 years. The deceased was the last of four sisters, who together with a number of other ladies, assisted by an ensign, gallantly defended the middle fort at Schoharie during the revolutionary war. The place was surprised by a large

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number of British and Indians at a time w hen the troops and male inhabitant were sent to the lower Fort situated about four miles distant, which w as expected to be attacked by the enemy. The females with their children repaired to the Fort for protection. It was (hen under the care of a major, and ensign Becker was only sixteen years of age. The major insisted on surrendering, but the young ensign objected to such a course. The women joined the ensign, and declared their detei mination lo resist the approach of the enemy. They succeeded in confmiag the m.jor to the cellar, when they went (o work and managed the guns with great bravery and skill. The enemy were kept at a distance, and prevented from taking the fort until a reinforcement arrived from the other fort below, when the -enemy were routed and the fort saved. The major was broke for his cowardly conduct, and the gallant young ensign immediately promoted to his place. The above incident w ill give some idea of the Mn'rit that animated even our mothers during the critical period of the revolution. It was by such perseverance and bravery that our liberties were obtained. Troy Budget. rr.i: rnxAir. heart. The female heart may be compared to a garden, which when cultivated, presents a continued succession of fruits and flowers, to regale the soul and delight the eve; but when neglected, producing a crop of the most noxious weeds, large and flourishing, because their growth is in proportion to the warmth .and richness of" the soil from which they spring. Then let this ground be faithfully cultivated; let the mir.d of the young and lovely female be stored with useful knowledge, and the influence of women, though undiminished in power, will he like 'the diamond in the desert,' sparkling and pure, w hether surrounded by the sands of desolation, forgotten and unknown, or pouring its refreshing streams thro' every avenue of the social and moral fabric. NEW WAV TO UET A HUSBAND. A gentleman of the bar, in a neighboring county, in easy circumstances and pretty good practice, had rendered himself somewhat remarkable by his attempts in the way of matrimonial speculation. A maiden rather advanced in years, residing some miles distant in the neighborhood, hearing of this lawyer's speculating propensity that his character was unexceptionable, and his situation in life tolerably good resolved upon m;tking him her husband. She hit upon the following expedient. She pretended suddenly to be taken very ill, and sent for the man of the law to draw her will. He" attended for that purpo-o. By her will she devised 10,000 in bank stock, to be divided among her throe cousins, some thousands mi bonds and nates to a niece, and a v a landed estate to a favorite nephew. The will being finished, she gave the lawyer a very liberal fee, and enjoined secrecy upon him for some pretended purposes, thus precluding him from an enquiry into her real circumstances. Need I mention the result? In a fortnight the. lady thought proper to be again restored lo health. The lawyer called to congratulate her on her restoration, and begged permission tovisif her, which was politely given, after a short courtship, the desired offer was made. The bargain was concluded, and ratified by the priest. The lawyer's w hole estate by his wife, consists of an annuity of sixty-five dollars! Eastern paper. RAD IJREATIlT One of th:; most common causes of bail breath is. in neglect of the teeth and gums; causing the first to decay, and (he hitter to become spongy and of a livid colour, and to bleed from the slighc-it injur'. To preserve, therefore, ihe breath pure, the mouth should ho frequently rinsed nnd gargled with tepid water, especially after rising in the morning, and subsequently to each meal: every particle of food which has insinuated itself between the teeth should be carefully removed by a pointed quill or splinter of wood, and the gums frequently rubbed with an appropriate brush. Salt. The salt shipped from the Kanawha Salines during the quarter ending the 14th ult. amounted to 506,052 bushels.