Rising Sun Times, Volume 2, Number 92, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 15 August 1835 — Page 1

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For the Rising Sun Timet. MY BOYHOOD. Oh! that I were a boj again, How happy I would be; IM roam around whrreYr I pleased, With spirits light and free. So caret should cross mj joyous path, No troubles come my way. The blwt should have no resting dace, Aud torrote oq no sway. Oh ! that I were a boy acain What pleasure I would find, In planning out my childhood sport", And suit them to my mind. I'd build my little water wheel, I'd sail my little boat, And oh ! how proud my heart w-u!d bo To see it nobly float. Oh ! that I wcrn a boy naain, i'd spend each happy day, With little friends, whose hearts, like mine. Were once so fclad and gav. We' d chase our little hoops around. And have onr plays and sports, 'And happier far than monarch be, Who have thir splendid courts. Oh ! that I were a boy again, I'd be a little King IM build my airy ca;tlps higK, I 'J have my rape-vine swing. I M ramble o'tr the dewy meads, Aud with the lambs I' d play ; nd full of frolic aud of glee, I M pass each hour away. Oh! that I were a boy again, I M lore my books and school ; The truant I would never play, Nor act the "idle fool." I M listen to my mother's voice, To her advice cive heed I M quit all naughty practices, Nor do a wicked deed. Oh ! that I were a boy again How sad the thought to me, That I have grown to be a man, And can no pleasures see. Far, far away, frcm friends, from home, No mother's voice I hear, No father's friendly hand I press, No kiss from sisters dear. Oh ! that I were a boy again, This world's so cold and drear. And full of pain and sorrowing, To those that linger here. If I were but a boy again, I M nothing know of this, Anil then to study happiness Would be my greatest bliss. RUPERT. IS KM3 KAPHA'. THOMAS EWIXG. The fol low ing anecdote? of the early Ii ib ol 'Thomas Ewing, one n' me senators from Ohio in the United States Congress, will be read with interest. They are from an admirable article in the New England Magazine, which is believed to be from the pen of Mr. lirook, of the Portland Advertiser: "From the age of thirteen, the life of Ewing was laborious. Then he became a substantial assistant to his lather, upon hi? farm; and by and by he hd the principal management of it. Still he found time to read, as all can who have a thirst for knowledge: but as he grew older, he had less lime to read than a boy. The little he had learnt, however, but inflamed him with ine de sire of learning more. The love of knowledge was the prevailing and all absorbing passion of his soul. To be a scholar was then the summit of his highest ambition. He felt that he had acquired all the information within his reach; but this only taught him how little, in fact, he knew and was far from allaying his burning thirst for knowing more. Knowledge there was, he knew ; hut how to reach it was more than he cnuld tell. Poverty stared him in the face. Obstructions thickened upon him. The father and his farm anchored him at home; but his buoyant spirits, led liim off on a thousand plans, through many ajrial castles and in many delightful visions. Calculations were made hut made in vain. Plans were formed but they were soon but air. A world was broad, but what it was the eager student hardly knew. And yet, the more he knew of it, the more he panted to act his part in it. But the more he thought of his situation the more he despaired. Reflection, at last, ripened into actual Buffering. His feelings became intensely interested. The bitter and melancholy conclusion at last was, that he must abandon all hopes forever. But in the summer of 1C08, he was nwakened from this stupor, by a youth nearly of his own age, w hom his lather had hired for a few months to assist him in farming, and who had rambled about and seen much cf the world. The narrations of this young man, and many of his adventures, awakened low ing, and as money was what he wanted, :n order to obtain the means of puisu ing his studies, he was incuced logo with him to the Kanawha Salines, in Western Virginia, in order to try his fortune. lie obtained the consent ol his father and left home, enrly in Au gust, with his knapsack on his back, and but little spending money in his

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pocket. He got on board of a keel boat at Marietta, bound for Kanawha, and made his way to the El Dorado ol his imagination. During the three or four months he was absent, he woiked as a common hand at the salt w ell-, and was tolerably successful; but the greatest satisfaction he had was that he coulJ do something in future. He returned home in the winter, with about eight) dollars, the amount of his wage, leaving his companion behind, whose roving dispoMtion prompted him to icve still more. This money Euing gave to his fither, to asisl bun in pacing for his land. The surrender of this little and hard earned treasure to his father for the purpose of enabling him to save hi land from forfeiture was no ordinary sacrifice, as it postponed for a year all prospect of prosecuting his studies, and condemned him for a while to stifle the high hopes he then nourished h, his bosom. Early in the spring of 1809, Mr. Ewing fet out again for the Kanawha salt works. The w hole of this season, until November he spent in a mure assiduous labor, and he succeeded well, the profits of the season being about four hundred dollars, but of which he appropriated sixty to pay the ballance on his father's land, lie spent the winter at Athens, then a flourishing academy, but irregular in the course ol studies, as it left the ?iudent to pursue such a course as he might think proper. At the end ofabout three months he lef this academy and returned to Kanawha, afier receiving there such encouragement from the president of the institution, and such a stimulus from others, as fixed his determination of procuring ihe means of obtaining an education. The two next years he devoted to this object, and he returned from the Kanawha in I 812, with about eight hundred dollars in money, but with his health consider ably impaired by severe hard labor. This sum he supposed would be sufficient to enable him to go tliro'i ;-h the preparatory studies, and acquire a piofession. His health, however, was so much injured, that he was unable to recommence his studies. But he again fell upon the library, in the neighborhood of his home, which was now enlarged ; ..nd, from the repose given, and the leisure spent in reading such authors as Don Quixotic, he laughed himself into such good health and spirits, (hat in December he was able to go back to Athens, where he continued to be a most indefatigable student until Ihe spring of 1814. His progress du ring this time was very rapid. lie became familiar with many of the best Engrish authors, and, as his judgment m attired, he easily procured a knowledge of English grammar, rhetoric, and logic. Mathematics, however, was his favorite study, for which he had a natural inclination, and hence Euclid was the favorite author. The philosophy which depended upon mathematical demonstration he studied with care and pleasure, and caincd in it much proli ciency. He also studied the latin but determined to omit the Greek. In 1314, Mr. E-ving became satisfied that his funds would n 1 fold out, and le took a school in Gallipolis. Not liking this employment, at the end of the quarter he relinquished it, and re lumed to Kanawha, the old scene of his labors, to collect a small sum that was due him, and to see what could be done, towards adding something to his funds. He threw off the dress of the tudent and again went to work at the Salines. He hired a furnace, and in one month of incessant toil, the severest he ever undertook, he improved the tnfe of his nuances, so lhat he felt con fident they would bear, him through his studies. At some period of his labors at the Kanaw ha salt wor ks, and it is probably this, he labored twenty hours out of the twenty-four; and he was often found during the four hours allotted to sleep, walking with open e)es, but still asleep, between the two rows of boiling salt kettles, where false slop would probably have destroyed life! With this hard earned treasure he. relurned to Athens, where he continued till the spring of 1815. At Ihe examination in Ma, I 81 5, ihe trustees of the institution voted him the degiee of A. B., being Ihe f.- -ill: one other, upon whom this degiv confeiied by a college mi Ohio. The circumstances which decided Mr. Ewing's choice of profession were probably those. In 1810 he took a boat-load of salt to Marietta; while

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there, accident led him to the court house for the first lime in his life. It happened that an interesting criminal trial was going on. The attention of the young salt boiler was riveted to the scene, nor did he quit the room until the case was closed. He had witnessed a high intellectual effort; he had listened lo an advocate (the late Ehj-di B. Merwin) of uncommon ability. We may suppose lhat, along with tins admiration of intellect in another, there was associated a consciousness of his ow n mental powrrs, and a feeling kindred to that which caused the untutored Corregioto exr laim, after gazing upon the picture of Raphael, "I, too, am a painlci !" In truth, this must have been so; for he turned away to pursue his toilsome occupation, with the fixed putpose of bccxing a lawyer. POPERY. Much has been said respecting the danger to our civil aud religious in1 dilutions, resulting from the influx of foreign Catholics; and surely there is ground for serious apprehensions. For Popery is in its nature, at all times, and in all places, hostile to civil and religious liberty. It is a system of priest craft, and under the specious garb of religion, seeks to subject all ranks under ihe dominion of the Romish ( hurch. And like freemasonry, it has wealth, and numbers, and power, and secret combination, to execute those, secret plans which have been formed in dark conclave. Already their influence is fell in some of our states; and every vear is increasing their weigh! of influ ence, ohould this state ol th ings con tinue, how long will it be before theii influence will be decisive in our largest states? But there is one point of danger which I have not seen noticed: in this republic there are more than two millions of slaves kept in profound igno rance. I hese are located in Uiat part r-f the country w hich is most exposed to the action of the Catholic prit .-'hood, and where they have strong.' v entrench ed themselves. With thermit is a max im that "ignorance is the mother of devo tion!" and their religion, consisting in splendid show, and pompous rites, and external ceremony, is perfectly adapted to the state and feelings of our colored population. Its dogmas may easily be communicated by oral instruction. The most ignorant can soon be learnt lo count his beads, repeat :y prayer, and confess to a priest. And the feelings of the blacks may be effectually enlisted, and hey w ill all be organized under ghostly leader?, and be prepared to execute their mandates; and then it will be no easy task to detach them from the See of Rome, or to brir.r, them under the influence of gospel truth. The Canaanites are in the land. Jesuit priests have entered our repubic, and are spreading themselves thro' the land. Nearly six hundred thou sand persons are ranged under their standard. What is there to hinder these priests and their abettors from acting upon our colored population? Tliey can have easy access to the blacks in the slave states. They know that their religion is communicated with ease, and suited to interest ine leelings of such a population; and they know that, once attached to their church, they can hold them under their sway, swell their ranks by their numbers, and use them as instruments to overturn our civil and religious institutions. Is there not then danger, great danger, from Ibis quarter? Even now the secret emissaries of Rome may be acting extensively upon the people of color; and ere we perceive their movements, their object may be secured, and millions may be enlisted in their object, guided by their counsels, and employed at (heir pleasure. Let the friends of religion and of our republic pause, look at the object, and ask themselves seriouly, whether danger from this quarter is not almost certain? What can be done to preserve our coloied population from the influence of homanism? I answer, the same that must be done lo preserve the white population from that influence. They must be placed under moral and religious instruction. Their minds must hf brought under the influence of truth. 7' " Rible must be put into llieir hands. This, ami nothing rise, will prevent Ihe evil; and ibis must he d ro soon, or it will be too late. For we need not hope lhat the Jesuits, with all their craft, will long delay to put the mark of the

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I here is the soil proper for their culti vation. Here they may reap a thou sand fold, and prove that ignorance is the mother of such devotion as Rome re quires. Where are our watchmen, civil and religious? Have they not slumbered long enough? When will iney awake? II w e have no bowels of mercy ; no sense of justice; no love for the souls of the enslaved millions; let them be roused to action by a sense of danger of danger lo ihemseves, to their country, and to religion. It is high lime that Pro testant missionaries were laboring among the colored population of the iyouth and H est; that they were placed under religious instruction, and supliej with Bibles. Too long have they been neglected. And if our Missionary and Bible Societies will not do this work -con, and in good earnest, they must abice the consequences; for it is morally certain, that, in the mighty suug'ile, the blacks will not be overlooked by the emissaries of Rome. And w ho can say that, with such a host, the Jesuits will not secure for themselves. Ihe val ley of the Mississippi, and the plains of the South? RURAL. TASTE. I regard (he man w ho surrounds his dwelling with objects of rural taste, or who even plants a single shade tree by the roadside, as a public benefactor; not merely because he adds something to the general beauty of the country, and to the pleasure of those who travel through it, but, because, also, he con tributes something to the refinement of the general mind; he improves the taste specially of his own family and neighborhood. There is a power in scenes of rural beauty, to allect our so cial and moral feelings. A fondness of these scenes is seldom found with coarseness of sentiment and rudeness of manners. One may judge, with confi dence, of the taste and intelligence of a family by the external air of their dwelling. In my excursions in the country, if I pass a habitation, however spacious, standing naked to the sun, with nothing ornamental, nothing invi ting, around it, I cannot help saying to myself however abundant may be the slovenly possessions of the owner, there is no refinement in that house; there i no delicate and kindly interchange of sentiment among its inmates, and ifever they are secinMe, their sociableness consists in rude and filthy loquacily. Their books are few, and those ill chosen and unread. But if I notice a dwelling, however humble, which is apparently as snug as its owner has means to make it, display ing neatness and taste in its fences, and shades and shrubbery, and flower-pots at (he windows, I feel as sured that this is Ihe abode of refine ment; this is ihe home of quiel and rational enjoyment, of intelligentand kindly intercourse. Christian Spectator. TEMPERANCE ITEMS. Keep away from the Dram Shop. You will derive no advantage from its company. There the drunkard holds his revels there the gambler entices lo the waste of property there the blasphemer utters his horrible imprecations there those w ho are ripe for destruction, tempt others to imitate their crimes,and lead the unwary to their ruin. Keep away from the Dram Shop. You will entail distress upon your families and yourselves by its expense. The money which is thoughtlessly spent upon its gratification, is drawn away from the comforts of home. Do not say you spend but little upon your pleasures that little saved would provide education for your children, confer comparative plenty upon your home and afford a fund against affliction and illness. Keep away from the Dram Shop. Let any man accustom himslf to the excesses of the dram shop, and want will be his home, rags will be h'.s clothing, and destruction his end. Keep away from the Dram Shop. That man is not your friend, but your enemy, who entices you to spend your money, to waste your time, and lo degrade yourselves by an association with the profligate and (he profane. Keep away from, the Dram Shop. Every person who has frequented the dram shop, must be conscious, that the knowledge acquired there, is not the knowledge of good but the knowledge of evil ; not that of advantage and peace, but that of sorrow, sin and shame. KecDawat from the Dram Shop. How many fathers by habits contracted at

Ihe dram shop, have had to bewail the profligacy of their sons; how many children the degradation of their pa

rents; how many wives, the unkindness, the ciimes. die brutality of their huslands; and how many families have been filled witn mourning, lamentation, and woe! Keep axe a if from the Drain Shop. What is the dram shop as a place of common resort, hut the wicked man's pleasure; the drunkards home; the profligate's delight? where many, who were previously estimable and respectable, have been renuered curses to themselves, and the pest of their miserable families;. until they have finally disappeared, and passed through the gloomy grave in endless perdition and despair. As you value your honor and happiness in living ns you prize the peace an! prosperity of your families as you desire to avoid Ihe wickedness which has degraded, and the crimes which have destroyed so many of your fellow creatures as you wish for comfort on the bed of death, and hope for happiness in the world to come Keep aivayfrom the Dram Shop. 7cm. Jour. SL.ANDEK. It i a poor soul lhat cannot bear slander. No decent man can get along without it at least none that are actively engaged in the struggle of business life. Have a bad fellow in your, employment and disgharge him, he goes round and slanders you let your conduct be such as to create the envy of another, he goes round and slanders you. In fine, as we said befoie, we would not give a cent for a person that is not slandered it shows that he Is either a milksop or a fool. No, no, earn a bad name from a bad fellow, (and you can easily do so by correct conduct,) it is the oidy way to prove that you are entitled to a good onev KKMEDY FOR FRUIT TREES CAST-. IMJ THEIR FRUIT. It is well known that although some trees both of peach, apricot, plum, apple, &c. are well furnished with blossom buds, the blossoms often fail in their impregnation, and fall off; and when they are impregnated and set, they fill off at the stoning. Frequently, although they survive the stoning, they become prematurely ripe and fall off, and very few, if any, of the fruit attain maturity, while those which do ripen become vivid and have no flavor. These failures have been proved to arise from unwholesome food, a remedy for which may he found by the following method: Having selected a free that is in good condition, and veil furnished with blossom-buds, just as. the blossoms are beginning to expand, fake a potatoc-fot k, and with it make holes all over the surface of the space occupied by the roots, (w hich extends as far from the stem as the branches,) at about eighteen inches apart, forcing in the fork lo the full depth of the tines, and giving it a gentle heave, by press ing on the end of the handle; then, hav ing dissolved some, niter in water, in the portion of one. ounce to three gallons cf water, fill the. holes with the solution, . No manure must be given; but if, after the stoning of the fruit, the tree should appear unable to sustain its crop of fruit, the following preparation may be given, in the same manner as ihe niter: To one gallon of blood add one gallon of water, and one ounce of potash; stir the mixture well, and let it stand for a week or ten days; then pour off the solution from the cmt, and, mixing one gallon of this li quid with four gallons of water, give it to the trees as above. The remaining clot may be dissolved by adding to it one. quart of slacked lime, and one gallon of water to one gallon of clot, but the solution must not be given lo the trees, as it will produce the effect which the niter is intended to remedy. It will, however, prove a good manure for the cabbage tribe, celery, &c.- Card. Mag. EDUCATION. The manual labor system of education must eventually teceive the support of the American I'eople. A good physical education is the best part of the education of the son or daughter of an American. The dyspeptic student of the old school, and one who has received a good physical education, may be compared to hvo plants one of which has been growing in ihe shade, and the other exposed to the genial and invigorating rays of the sun.

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