Rising Sun Times, Volume 2, Number 93, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 22 August 1835 — Page 1

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LINES TO Till: AMERICAS FLAG". EY THE POOR STIDF..NT. Boar i:p the stnrubinl ! bear il h?-h, t'nlil it flash ajain.-t t!.c sky, The burner of the (rev," Oh, lot it therein sj lendor ilo.it. To martini ilruni and hulc-noie, That all the world may see; And gazing on its stripes and star, Look for their freedom not afar, lut le:uuiri in the i-ast. Tiir.s; forth the clarion's lhri!!in peal That every knight of heart and stoi 1 May sit at freedom's feast. Flag of the free! fin;: of the free! Tis thine alone to claim the knee, The homage of the hrave. The patriot would not deem it small, That when he fell such funeral pall Should fold him in his grave. Ia many a fi;M of bloody field. Whoever saw the standard yield, Its bright st ir fade away, Forever through the din and smoke, Like meteor, on the foe it broke, Like li.htning on its way. Nailed to the mast-head, too, it f1iec, Like ea;leto its hoinewr.rd skies, Diidaini'.ij to alight. Flasr of my country ! proudly still, 0"creery mountain, wave and tal!, I'rescrvc thy glorious 'light! SI 3 CHi 15 APES Y. t;EX. JOSEPH AVAUUEX. It is no easy task to do full justice to the character of Joseph Warren, the anient and devoted patriot, who fill in the battleof Bunker Hill, in Juno. 1775, at the commencement of the Revolutionary war; and who was the first distinguished martyr in cause of civil libel ty. There were indeed, many other patriotic and devo'.ed citizens who assisted or who led. in the glorious contest. M uiy o;hers decidi dly intelligent and disinterested. And the people generally supported the cause, or it could never "nave succeeded. But there were a very few active and resolute individuals, who stood forward, nmiJl dangers and threats, to direct, n'ui lead, and animate t!ie rest. Dr. Joseph Warren was one of the most distinguished men among these mailer spirits. R x'-'try, r.c.ir B rstcn. was the birth place of this eminent patriot. He was educated in Harvard University; and received its literary honors in 1753. Whilj at the University, he was laid in pi'vuliar reputation fc-i !iis intelligence honorable feelings, sincere friendship, and independent spirit. When he left the college, he studied medicine, and was eminent among the physicians of that peiiod. The controteisy with the British ministry, was the all engiosing suhj-.ct with the people of Massachusetts. Young Warrer. became a wai m political!. Not a mere party politician; like some in hitler times, who perhaps, sho:v as much warmth as he did. His patriotism was kindled at the altar c.f constitutional liberty ; their zed is fed only by selfishness or prejudice. O.i two anniversary occasionof the B si on massacre, lie wa s the public orator; and. on the second, which was in March, 1775, many of his addict. .e were British military officers, w ilh their side arms. But lie did not cower; nor did timidily prevent the full expression of (he. w arm feelings of his patriot ic breast. H-j bodily denounced tyranny in all its form? and the mercenary agents of despotism who w ere aBvats read' to execute the arbitrary and unjust laws t.f their cruel masters. His friend thought him imprudent and rash; and some expected the officers would have dragged him from the pulpit and as-' asiiiated him on the spot. When a convention was held in De Ihaui, and afterwards in Milton, in the f ill of 1771, by delegates from all the towns in the (then) county of Suffolk, to consider the critical slate of the province, and the dangers which impended, Dr. Warren w as one of the most active members. The spirited resolutions adopted on the occasion were attributed to him. He w as also appointed to wait on Gen. Gage, in Boston, to make known the fears and alarm of the people on account of the fortifications being then erected on Boston neck by British troop., and to remonstrate against them, as well as other acts of a ho-tile appearance. With some other choice spirits, ho wa on the watch, respecting the conduct and movements of the British. Oil various occasion, we find him directing, pleading, planning, writing and acting in the cause of the province and it liberties. He was chairman of the SuiFdk County Convention which met several time in the autumn of 1774; and most of their resolutions and reports -rre prepared by his own powerful pen.

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In the Provincial congress of Massachusetts, in the winter of 1774, and spring of 1775, he was one of the most active and dec ided, one most confided in, both to direct and execute. When a committee of safety was appointed in October or November, 1774, he was a member. Arid in March following, on the departure of Mr. Hancock for the continental Congress at Philadelphia, he was elected the President. It had great executive powers given it, such as had been exercised by the Governor and Council of the province. When the British troops sallied forth from Boston, and marched to Lexington and Concord, to destroy the military stores there collected, he had early notice trom those employed by him to observe the proceedings of the army in the metropolis. And the milUa and the citizens in the neighboring towns had immediate information. On the 17th of June, the day of the memorable battle on Charlestown Heights, he was President both of the Provincial Congress and of the Committee of Safety. Three days before that event, he was chosen a Major General of the Provincial troops, then assembled; but he had not received his commission, and appeared on the field of battle, as a volunteer. His friends attempted to dissuade him from going; and suggest the danger to which he would be exposed. But he replied, "that he could not endure an absence from such a scene, where his fellow citizens were in danger, and might possiblv need his aid and support." He was at or near the fort when a third and last attack was made on it by the British troops. Col. Prescott offered him the command, but he declined, yet he remained on the spot till he fell, which was just as the Americans were leaving their entrenchments. His premature death was considered a great loss to the cnuse of liberty, and to the country. For he was not only brave and ardent, but intelligent and judicious; anu sucu characters were wanted to direct and support the contest which had then begun. Gen. Warren had many personal and political friends. For his qualities were such as to endear him to every honorable and virtuous mind. tiii: r.AniA i.n i: or w asiiix;tox. We extract a single passage relating to Washington, from an oration recently delivered at Bex crly, in Massachusetts, by Edward Everett. Those w ho have witnessed the felicitous sttie in which Mr. Everett addressed an audience, may feel the thrill which it may he supposed the delivery of this paragrapii pjomiceu. , u. inr. 'Time would fail me to recount the horrors of the ninth of July, 1755. Washington, emaciated reduced by fatigue and fever had joined the army. He implored the ill-starred General to send forward the Virginia Raniieis to scour the forest in advance; he besought him to conciliate the Indians. His counsels were unheeded; the wretched commander marched forward to his file. Washington was often heard to say, in his lifetime, thai the most beautiful spectacle he had ever witnessed, w as that of the British troops on thi eventful morning. The whole detachment w as clad in uniform, and moved as in a review, in regular col umns, to the sound of martial music. The stin gleamed upon their burnished arms, the placid Monongahela flowed upon their right, and the deep native forest overshadowed them with solemn grandeur, on their left. It w as a bright midummei''s day, and every bosom swelled with the confident expectation of victory. A few hours pass, and tiie forest rings with the tell of the savage enemy ; the advance of the British ai mt under Colonel Gage, afterwards the Governor of Massachusetts, is driven back on the main body, the w hole force, p mic-struck, confounded and disorgan ized, after a wild and murderous con ll let of three hours, falls a prey to the invisible foe. They ran before the French and Indians 'Mike sheep before the do'T." Of eighty-six othcers, sixty one were killed ayd wounded. The wretched General had four horses shot uti ler him, and received at last his mor tal wound, probably from an outraged provincial in his own army. i uc nginia Hangers were the only part of the force that behaved with firmness; and the disorderly retreat of the British vet erans was actually covered by the A merican militia men, Washington was

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the guardian angel of the day. He was every where in the hottest of the fight. "I expected every moment"' said Dr. Craig, Ins friend, "to see him fall." His voice was the only one which commanded obedience. Two horses were killed under him, and four bullets passed through his garments. No common fortune preserved his life. Fifteen years after the battle, Washington made a journey to the Great Kenawha, accompanied by Dr. Craig. While exploring the wilderness, a band of Indians approached them, headed by a venerable chief. He told them, by an interpreter, the errand on which he came. "I come,'' said he, "to behold :ny great father Washington. I have come a long way to see him. I was with' the French, in the battle of Monongahela. I saw my great Father on horseback in the hottest of the battle. 1 fired my riile at him many times, and 1 bade my young men also fire their rifles at him. Jut the Great Spirit turned away the bullets; and I saw that my great Father could not be killed in battle." This anecdote rests on the authority of Dr. Craig, the comrade and friend of Wash ington, the physician who closed his eves. Who needs doubt it? Six balls took effect on his horses and in his gar ments. ho does not feel the substan tial truth of this tradition? Who, that ias a spark of patriotic or pious senti ment in his bosom, but feels an inward issurajice that a Heavenltr presence overshadow ed a field of blood, and preerved the great instrument of future mercies? Yes, gallant and beloved youth, ride safely as fearlessly through (hat shadow of death? Thou art not lestined to fall in the morning of life. in this distant wilderness. That wan ind wasted countenance shall yet be lighted up with the sunshine of victory and peace! The days are coming and the years draw nigh, when thy heart, now bleeding for thy afflicted country hall swell with joy, as thou Iendest forth her triumphant hosts, from a War of Independence I" RALl'II EHSKIXF.. There is a remarkable circumstance connected with the history' of Ralph rskine a fact well authenticated in the part of Scotland where his family ived. His mother" died and was bu ried,"' some t ears before he was born. She wore on her finger at the time of ler death a rich gold ring, which, from some domestic cause or other, was much valued by the family. After (he body was laid in the colli n, an attempt was made to remove the ring, but the hand and the finger were so much swollen that it was found impossible. It was proposed to cut olF the linger, but the lusband's feelings revolted at the idea. She was therefore buried with the ring on her finger. The sexton who was aware of the fact, formed a resolution to possess himself of the ring. Accor dingly on the same night he opened the grave and coffin. Having no scruples about cutting off the finger of a dead woman, he provided himself with a siiarn knife for the ruirnose. He lilted the still arm, and made an incision by the joint of the finger. The blood (lowed and the woman arose and sat up in her collin! The grave digger 1'ed with affright while the lady made ler way from her narrow tenement, and walked back to the door of her dwel ling; she stood without and knocked for admittance. Her husband who was a minister, sat conversing with a friend. When the knock was repealed, he observed, "were it not that my wife is in her grave, I should say that was her knock. He arose hastily and opened the door. There stood his dear com panion, wrapped in her grave clothes, and her uplifted linger dropping blood "My Margaret!" he exclamed. ''The same, 'said she "lour dear wile, m her ow n proper person: do not be alarm ed." Many, very manv, I firmly believe have been buried alhc, but few like her returned to tell the tale. The lady in question, however, lived seven or eight years alter this occurrence, and be came the mother of several children among whom was the above spoken of. TIME. It waits for no man it travels on ward with an een, uninterrupted, inexorable step, without accommodating it self to the delays of mortals. The rest less hours pursue their course mo ments press after moments uay tread upon day year rolls after year. Does man loiter? procrastinate? Is he list-

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ess or indolent? Behold the days, and months, and years, unmindful of his do ty, ate never sluggish, but march for ward in silent and solemn procession. Our labors and toils, our ideas and feelings, may be suspended by bleep darkness, and silence, and death, may reign around us, but time rests not lumber never, but presses along, and knows no stoppages. We may dam up mighty rivers stop them in journeying to the ocean press them back to their source; out toe arrest ot tune i beyond (he power of any human being, besides omnipo(ence. 1 he clock may cease to strike, the bell to toll; the sun may cease to shine, the moon stand still; ut (he busy hours pass on. The months and years must move forever forward. NUXXERY AT PITTS 15 I iifi. It has already been stated that the Ursulincs at Pittsburg had decamped. The following extract of a letter in the Richmond telegraph, gives one of the causes when the tenants of that Popish seraglio absconded. 'In the rear of Alleghany town and in full view of Pittsburg, is a Catholic Nunnery, one of those schools of super stition, tyranny, and pollution, which are rising up, as bv enchantment, in every part of the West. An event has recently occurred which has induced the whole sisterhood, with the Priest, to abandon the buildings. A gentleman, residing at the East, had a daughter in the Nunnery to be educated, with the expectation that she was to visit him occasionally. Much time elapsed, no visit was made, and not being able to get any satisfactory information respecting his daughter, he came to the nunnery to sec her. The lady supeior told him she was not at home; he insisted on know ing where she was, and was finally told that she was sick in bed, and could not be seen; he demanded a sight of her in a spirit w hich the lady supeiior thought it imprudent (o at tempt to resist; and being shown (o her room behold, there was his once healthy, and promising daughter, jc.'j an infant. His indignation was so aroused, that le uttered some threats in regard to (he safety of the establishment ; and the next morning not an indivdual was found there. HAirv rrrrcTs or ih:tv. In seasons of trial and adversity, all considerations but those of piety will be (on ud to yield little consolation and support, if the mind is not fortified by religious principles, we shall probably fall into a slate of discontent, and thus increase the unhappiness of our lot. We shall be likely to blame ourselves or our friends, without sufficient reason: or to become the victims of envy md complaint. And in such a case, we shall be a burden (o our relatives and a torment to ourselves. Piety is a powerful remedy for this unhappy temper of mind. Its influence will make us resigned, cheerful and happy. I have recently witnessed i!s consoling effects in a young lady of cultivated mi nu and accompiisnea manners, one had beeh brought up in competency (hough not in great affluence. Well educated and well disciplined, she was early distinguished for docility of tern per and moral propriety of behavior. Her worldly prospects were favorable promising a respectable lot in society, and yet not justifying the expectation of ereat abundance. She married also under favorable auspices; and every thing was smiling and joyous in antici pation. But misfortune soon came, and the means of worldly distinction w holly failed. The shock was fell, and for a lime pressed heavily on a mind of great sensibility but did not break it down. Afler a period of depression, perhaps of mortification, she displayed more i so lution and composure. And when ; few months had elapsed, she becamt entirely cheerful, and was desirous o becoming useful in society, according to her ability. I enquired the cause, and soon fund it was religion. There was indeed, no boasting, and no ostentation on In part. But I hail proof of her frequent and stated seasons for meditation, for prayer and for reading of the holy scriptures. In these she found n hel, support and comfort. Her counte nance was that of an angel; for her mind was spiritualized, and her desires were placed on things above. Men worldly pleasures and riches were gone but they had lost their values. They were not coveted, and the want of them

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therefore was not a source of unhappiness. She drank at the well of living water of which we "may daily and hourly drink, and thirst for more. She is not an enthusiast, she i not fanatical; she is not disposed to neglect tiie duties she owes her family and socittj ; but is more disposed than formerly to be useful, and to h ad the vour.g in the way of truth and virtue. now to :: men. Nothing is more easy than lo grow rich. It is only to trust nobody to be friend none to get every thing, and save all we gel to stint ourselves and every body belonging to us to be the friend of no man, and have no man for your friend to heap interest upon interest, and cent upon cent to be mean, and despised, for some twenty or (hirty years and riches will come, as sure as disease and disappointment. And when pretty nearly enough wealth is collect ed by a disregard of all (he charities of the human heart, and at (he expense of every enjoyment, save that of wallow ing in lilthy meanness, death comes to finish (he work; the body is buried in i hole, the heits dance over it, and the spirit goes Where? TJii-: i'iia:xi.v. The eailiest account of the far-famed Phivnix is given by Herodotus, the fa ther of history; and his account was copied, with additions, by Pliny, Tacitus, and a score of later writers. The general account is w ell known. When the bird dies, another soon after springs up out of its ashes. I he most parlicuar story is, this: When (he. high priest, milt a temple in Hcliopolis, Egypt, like the temple of Jerusalem, w hen he had gathered the wood and set it on fire on the altar (o olVer a sacrifice, a bird came suddenly in (he sight of all and fell m(o (he tire and was burnt into ash es in the fire of sacrifice. And the ashes' was kept safely some time; and in three date was bred a little worm, (hat it last took the shape of a bird and ilew in(o (he wilderness.1 The oaxplant'mn is, that an eagle, aiming at the substance placed on the aitar as a sacrifice, was scorched by fire and fell into it, and was consumed. Afitr several days, a worm was found in (lie spot, which iot lust took the shape of a bird and (lew may. litis was enough to build (he w onderful story of the" Phoenix upon. winter. iagazine. Tk-st or n.r.-BiEF.ni.v;. The swag gerer is invariably an impostor. Tiie man w ho calls loudest for the waiter, threats him woise and who finds more fault than any body else in (he room, when the company is mixed, will always "turn out lo lie (he man of all others (he least entitled, either by rank or intelligence, to give himself airs. The people who are conscious of what is due to them never display irritability or impetuosity ; llieir civility ensures respect. But the blockhead or the coxcomb, fully aware that something more than ordinary isnecessary to produce effect, is sure, whether in clubs or cohee rooms, to be the most fastidious and captious of the community, the most restless and irritable among his equals, t he most cringing and subservient before his superiors. Gilbert Gcrnry. ilF.si'F.cTAiir.E. There are few words in our language more misused than (his. Wealth is so often thought (o be the main constituent of respectability, that when an exception is designed (o be understood, it must be distinctly expressed. The universal newspaper phrase in such cases, is, '-Poor, but respectable," as if the fact of poverty, were prima facie evidence against respectability. No one who Isas known the poor intimately, can for a moment assent to such a heresy. - There is no class of society in cur country, where all the virtue which confer a just claim to respect more generally abounds, than among the poor. While (he idleness, or vice, which produce far the larger proportion of squalled misery which exists, should receite no tolerance, all honor should be paid to (he virtue which shines out amidst the pressure and temptation of poveily. Cincinnati (!(: tie. , Repeated experiments show that paint put on houses late in autumn, or winter, will last far longer (ban that put on in warm weather. In cold weather (he oil dries on (he clapboards, and with other ingredients forms a du. ruble body, but in hot weather the boards absorb the oil, and what remains on the surface has but little substance