Rising Sun Times, Volume 2, Number 100, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 10 October 1835 — Page 2

THE T12I1KS.

A. E. GLENN", EIMTOR XD CROIRIKTOR. FOR THE TIME. Mr. Glenn It is an old saying, nr.d I In licvc a very true one, that 'bird of a feather llock together.' It is also said that c are to judge of the character of an in dividual or individuals hy the company they keep; and these maxims wt re very forcibly brought to my mind a short time since when on a visit to the countv seat. I saw there an individual who I believe was most righteously punished near the lower part of the county, by order of Judge Lynch, in close association with some characters there, who, no doubt, would have no objection to be called respectable but who have no claim to the appellation. U mar no doubt startle some to hear this vet such is the fact. The veriest vagabond on earth will have his fiiotn! and associates; a fellow who justly do fcrved an hundred stripes and a coat of tar and feathers; whose character might be far below the brut "' creation, can find persons who will keep him company. But w hat kin 1 of companyis ilt Is it the respectable portion of society ? Are they the lovers of order, decency, and good morals? Who will answer these questions in the affirmative? No enc, except he belongs to the class described. Let me ask, what would be thought cf an individual who would now associate with, one of the ont-Iawcd Yicksburgh gamblers, and be willing to.rc;r th :t hr rms a zent'ermn an I a man of truth? Would he be viewed as any better th iu thg ur.bler himself ! Certainly not; and I trust that the citizens of this part cf the county will have too much respect for themselves to patronize any such characters hereafier. I am of opinion, Mr. F.ditor, that you on a former occasion, done great ii justice to at least one ttuhviJa d at Lwrenceburgb, and I think you ought to make the necessary reparation. I am aware of the fict that you are not friendly to each other; but this should not prevent yoa from doing him justice. His conduct on a recent occasion will ever command the esteem cf one individual. And you may rest assured that the follow who was Lyncha.', is not countenanced ly the respectable citizens of Lawicncehurgh. " OBSKBYLIi. rOR Tilt Tl.MlS. Mr. Truro l.i a former communication I endeavored to expose the danger to be apprehended from the riotous proceedings so prevalent in most of our Kajtcrn cities, and to show the close connection between th piinciphs on which they were founded, and those which gave rise to the mare beneficial, though not less dangerous interruptions of public order in the West. Our apprehenie:is arose from every indication of public opinioa. showing that they wcrecounten uieed by a very large part of the people of the United Slates. At that time we had not seen but one or two papers that had come out boldly in opposition to the principle on which these proceedings are based. All seem to have been deceived by the apptrcntly beneficial consequences lesulling from them Acre, where they Tvere employed against such persons only as had lost all claim to the protection of the laws. The press is the great mental lever which operates on and controls public opinion; and is in its turn controlled by it. It has heretofore treated this subject with the greatest degree cf levity ; and the result has been that within a shoit time, the contagion has spread so as to put hi j.'Opardv the lives and propeity of the people, and to bid defiance to the po vcr of the g nernment. But we rejoice to see that the cur rent is now changing. Some of the leading j urn al of the day are coming out in the most decided opposition to every proceeding cf the kind, for wh ilevcr purpose it may bo attempted. This is the. only correct course. Tae danger lies at the. root. It U in the principle; and whether that pi i..c; !.- discovers itself in tl.e hanging of aa abchtionist, or a gambler, by half a dcz Mi individuals, or la the d vacations of a mob cf twenty thousand, it is essentially l ie same. At the lime mianccstors sogilhntly resisted the invasion of their liberties by Great Britain, their resistance dij not proceed so much from the actual oppression ol the I iws complained of as from the principle involved in them. The lavs which were attempted lob;; imposed, amounted to hut a few thous md poundpr nnnum. Thi sum roul I have b en riUrd by the colonies without the o-it difficulty. The war which they bni npoti them-dves by. resistance, rest t!icm iiiflnittlj nore. But they took a

more extensive view of the subject. It

was the principle of taxation they re sisted. They maintained that not be ing represented in the British Parliament, it had no right to tax them without their own consent. For them to have admitted the right of the Parliament to tax them at all, (if that tax had not amounted to one farthing.) would have been to surrender tluir whole proper! v to its mercy; and for us to acknowledge the right of a few persons to usurp theauthoritv of the laws in any case whatever, would be justifying the ravages ot a mob that should at tempt to right themselves by plundering others, whenever they might fancy themselves to be aggrieved. But it may be asked what is to be done? As has been conceded that the regular operation of the laws is in sutiicioni tor ttic. present emergencv. how are we to provide for the public seem it vt We answer if the laws are improper, let them he altered. If they are too weak, let them be strengthened by the powers log-all v authorized to do so. I, ft the Legislilnies of the scve ral States take matter into consul oration, and devise such means as tr.ev mav think proper to effect this object taking into considetatioa the neees-ity r . 11" ot protecting the-innocent as will as punishing the gniltv. Laws mav be passed, if it is thought necessarv, in leasing the discrctionarv powers of magistrates in pirtitular cases where the urgency of the case mav seem to require it, and thev mav have the pow er of inflicting summary punishments without the intervention of legal form I - i i wnic.a nave neen so niuen complained of. I iiere are nuaierous instances in the history of our government of sue! powers being conferred for particular purposes. I he extraordinary powers sometimes vesttd in the Executives ol the Slates and of the Union, are instancs of this kind. The proclamation of martial law is also an instance where for the public good, unlimited power i confided to the hands of one man. We arc not the advocates of legalop nression. i ar trcm it. lint II we must have a despotism of some kind let it be a legal rather than an illegal one. Any kind of tyianny is prefeia ble to that which is exercised accord ir.g to the whim and caprice of an in turiatcd multitude. Any system that ensure a fair, open trial, and gives inie assurance of a distinction being made between the innocent and tin guilty, is better than one where thesi fundamental are wanting. Of two ( vils let us choose the least. P. r rim 1'ie Ktntnrky GazdlC STEAM HO. ITS. L.u'or; I have no nrefenth ns to mechanism but from the numercu dis.a-ter that hive happmod in steam boats by the bursting of boilers, as it if tinned, I hive been prompted to surges tor the consideration of builders ane owneis of thoc ueful conveniences tb.e propriety of constructing their boil ers so as to lav ath:carl instead af fre u.t i nji me v ess-is, as it appears the greatest el image done to persons an property, has bet n by the living off of Hie heads of boilers, which have some times passed through the cabin, follow ...i i... . - ' m im ,i uiiiem oi nouing water. Aow if tin be the fct, if I he boilers were pi iced accross the boat, there would ix much less danger to the passeiwr and crew, and to the fre ight, if this ac ci -lent sliouid happen and a simple n inipsc. oi tne boiler where water oidv is t!isi.vn olT, would be less liable to pro.l.ft-.. ........ ... ; .1 I iijii,, in. tn ii me noiiers were placed lore and aft the boat and even that coul I be pievented in a great mea-ure hy a strong bulk-head electee alt toe boilers. The objection to thi plan I a n aware of. h will be said thit t!ie spce athwart the boat, is too sh .rt for tiie boilers to leave room to pa- by the ends of them. This we sunp s." could he obviated by shortening tiie boilers and increasing their num i. . - . . . . . . .vgaii! n may he oniected that lilO tiie could not be :mn! could not ; gfiierallv he applied to the n.niei is it is on the pre eat pl.ni B it iliis o! I ction could be obvitted by increasing t!,c mind n nmner o an. I it mo that tin c . ! in ai wouni n,: more und tne contnf t!u fireman in ti.is wav t'oan on t!i pre, ni pi. pee tl'il y ci rned hv I hee thoughts are regested to p- rsons rnnr. w. c. su. By the fdlowing httrr, which we find in the C du iibns Journal pi.hlisiied tl'.ere at the request of the gentleman to whom it was addressed it appear that Judge .McLevn has distiwtB withdrawn him-ilf from tb.e field ol comprti;i for the Presidency : Bir tit.wiK (O.) Augn-t 31. IS35 Dfar S::i B iug informed ilia! my tiie:. Is hoin dilfeienl part of O iui, hiving ro:i-ulul together, have come tofa determination to orga-rz and endeavor to produce a cota:ert of action

throughout the State, on the subject of

the election of I resident and as vou are Chairman of one of the principal committees which has been constituted w itti a view to this object, it is proper that I should make, to you the following communication: Oji alt occasions since my name has been spoken of in reference to ihe Pres idency I have given my friends to undersand in conversations, and by com munications that have been published. that I would not be a party to a contest that rhall be likely to lead to an election of Chief Magistrate by the House of Representatives. As a matter of hoice I would not take the office thro' the instrumentality of the House. I w as fully aw are that this course on my part would discourage my friends and injure my ptospects; but I was not desirous of the office except on such terms as would enable me to carry out those principles, which would elevate and tranetuiliZ'! the political action of the country. 1 was not unaware that there were several gentlemen who looked to the office, as I believe, with mere solicitude than myself, and whoh.id much higher claims to the suffrages of their fellowcitizens; and, as it was hardly to be ex pected that these chums would be post poned, my resolution was taken in reference to such a state of things. My anticipations have been realized. The ground on which the contest seems now to be placed by those who are opposed to the Baltimore nominations and from the number of candidates in the field, it is not probable that this ground can he changed necessarily, on the principles I have avowed, excludes me from the? list of candidates. I adhere to my piiuciples, and, of course, acquiesce most cheerfully in the decision. A a citizen, I shall ever oppose that w hich I conscientiously believe to be wrong in policy or in principle. This declaration is due to myself, to my friends generally, and especially to those of them who have sustained the Administration, and who were among the fust to introduce my name into tincontest. I wish to remove from all my friends any embarrassment which they may feel in the ensuing deletion of Chief M agistrateon my account. With great respect. I am, Verly truly and sincerely vourj. JOHN Me LI ! AN. M. II. Ivircv, Esq. Columhus, O. iTi:iti:sTiN; i.TTi.ns. Corrctpondi nee olhc .V. 1". Commercial 1dv. Paris, Aug. 15. By ihe Havre, which sails to nioirow. vou will receive an account of the proceeding of our coontmncn here, on the occasion of the late diabolical attempt upon the King's life. The address, and the numerous and respectable deputations who presented it, w ere well received by Louis Philhpe, who uttered his happy reply with emotions that evinced his sincerity. I lie investigation of the case of Pieschi is still going on. and arrests con tinue to be m ide. The facts, w hen disclosed, will douhless show that the 'horrid attea;pi' was not the mere act ol a Corsican desperado, but a foul con spirary to effect an object which the instigators could no longer hope to accomplish by revolution. Tiie talents and policy cf the French Ivirg have rendeied hi- life of increased value, in the present state of Lurope; and reflecting men of different parties see in his reign a security width could not be hoped for from any change. Hence the general manifestation of the deep feeling excited by the daring attac k of the 2Sth ultimo, and the adoption of strong measures of protection lo the King's person, and of security against a seditious press. I observe that the correspondence lately published from Washington, has produced farther doubt, in both coun tries, as to an amicable termination of the difficulty growing out of the indemnification bill. It seems certain, that no explanation of the President's message can be expected by the French Government, other than what is to be found in tiie letter from Mr. Livingston to the Duke de Broglie, dated Apil lJ5 and it is rumored, that a demand oi payment will soon be made, and in case of refusal, oi,r Charge d'Affiires is to return home. I cannot agree with those w ho see in all this no alternative but eoercive m -asures, or non-intercourse, as soon as Congress meets. There js quite, a different view of the affair, as now presented lo mv mind; and I am inclined to the opinion, that the French Government will regaid the. letter of Mr. Livif gion as be requ'red ex;d ma tinn, si nre that IcL'rr h.,s meivr, therm tiretpprb;tt)C f the Pcr-ilorl. He as-en. to the lull d. i lai aumi. of ah . L., and i ,-i ende.avois io sa:i-iv .i... i' i it - i .in- i ii nt fi iiii i-u r in il i.o men ice or iiisull coal. I have been intended i: the message. 1 his is saying ;,n that I

reasonable men can expect ; and if, after I

all, the French Government do not avail themselves of it, I think they will discover their mistake, in the general support which would be given by our whole country to the position in which our Government now stands in the controversy. Tim vUit lo T.ois Phillip, we learn. . i u i.:,,,. ,,u BilS I'UIIIMIII tliilllliui; ivi iiiiih"hi'- . i . " i ,: , ,' i , j nn particular time, he was glad oj an op- . i . h a; i .. I,, I., porluiutv to say what he did while I the two Governments are Mnlmg their thumbs' at each other. He waived the usual etiquette to give us audience The truth is, he feels right, and is do ing all he. can for his country he is a clever King, and an excellent man. But his life is in constant danger from such devils as Fieschi, who is. doubtless, the paid instrument of the King's enemies I am almost alone in Ihe opinion that our foolish quarrel with v ranee or ra ther, the foolish diplomacy of the last vear w ill he settled before December. But I think so. As the tiling tunc stands, I think the French Ministers will see that they are in a flilse position the world will not sustain them in deman ding further satisfaction for a disclaim ed insult. IM DRXAI, ?IACIIINIv Since the reception of the news of the attempted assasination of the King of the French, the subjoined account of the infernal machine by which an attempt w as made to assassinate Napo loon, while he was first consul in 1G00, may prove interesting. The account is taken from Lockhai t. A cart was prepared to contain a barrel of gunpow der, strongly fastened in the midst of a quantity of grape shot, which being set on fire by a slow match was to explode at the moment when Bo naparte was passing through some nar row street, and scatter destruction in every tlireclio.i around it. The night elected was that of the 1 Oil) of Oct when the chief Consul w.-.s ,v,rir,l ex i to visit the opera, and the machine was planted In the hue St. Nicare, through which he must pass on his way thither Irom the Tuiileries. Napoleon told his fiiends at St. Helena, that having labor ed all day, lie Jell himself overpowered with sleep alter dinner, and that Josephine, who was anxious to be at the ope ra, had much difficulty in al last rousing and persuading him to go. 'I fell fast asleep again,' he said, 'after I was in my carriage, and at the moment the cxplomoo took place, I was dreaming of the I danger I had undergone some years belore in crossing the I ar'namento at midnight, by the light of torches, during a flood.' He awoke, and exclaimed to Laaucs and Bossicrcs. who were with mm in the coach, ve are I tie attendants would have stopped the carriage hut with great presence of mind hi bade them drive as last as t!ie could to the theater, which he alone of all the party entered will) an unruf fled countenance. He had escaped most narrowly. The coachman hap pening to be intoxicated, drove more rapidly than was his custom. Tiie en gine exploded hall a minute after the carriage had passed it, killing twenty per-ons, wounding fifty-three (among vhoin w as bt. Regent, ttie assassin who tired the train) and shattered the winuows oi several nouses on hot h sides of i r t i . . . the street. Toe assassins were tried fail I y, and executed glorying in tlx ir crime; and in the momentary exultation of all men s minds, an edict of the Sen ate, condemning to perpetual :exile 130 ol the most notorious leaders of the ter rorist, was received d with applaus N ipeleon lumseli, however, despised utteily the relics o that odious party; and Ihe arbitrary decree in question was never put in execution. Y. I. Times. TEXAS. The Louisville Adverliser publishes the follow ing extract of a letter from a gentleman at Natch z, dated the 2-1 ill ul'imo, as highly interesting to those who have any design of emigration to i exas. Mr. Austin's long acquaintance with Ihe affairs of Mexico gives great weight Jo hi opinions on the present political state of that country : But Austin seems to think Santa Anna has raised himself loan eminence which it will be difficult for him to maintain, ami says if lie were ever so hostile to Texas he could hardly spare a man from the interior toenforce his authority, as his government there, as yet, is only supported at the point of Ihe bay onet. He thinks it cannot last long, and that Itef tre another year we shall near ol more insurrections in ihe intetior o Mexico. Daring all of which ti ne Pi x.s. being in peace and quietness, ;i(,, receiving a constant aci ession ot emigrant, will e so strengthened, I lal Ml t il" ll'OiM Ix ii'i l.r -. ,b. n.ri nf M..vi.. i i.i . a ;i ession on to dictate terms to her. This is the

consummation Austin looks forwards to,

and I think it is more than likely my self." MORF. SUMMARY PUNISHMENTS. Wre learn that letter? are received in town, stating that Mr. Thorn, formerly a member of Lane Seminary, at Cin cinnati, and who, in connexing with man)' 0S"t rS msmuuon a jmo. iwosince,necausemey were noi oeiniu- - . r I I i ted to agitate on the subiect of Abolition, s . J ...u: ' has been seized and dreadfully vvhip- . .... . J , , r ped, having received thirty-nine lashes on his bare back, so heavily laid on that they nearly cost him his life. The let ters add, that he actually would hare been murdered, but for the interference of some gentlemen more moderate than the rest, who insisted that he had already got enough. Mr. Thorn was one of the speakers- at the abolition anni versary in this city in May last, and has also held forth in various other places at the North and Las!. U hat may have been his course in Kentucky, oiv the subject of abolition, we are not mfoi mcd. .A. J. ( o;?i. The Lynchburg (Va.) Democrat of ept. 14, contains the follow ing letter: "Kanawha Svr.ixrs, Sept. 6. 'Our village was thrown into a conderab'e commotion, on Friday mor ning fa t, in consequence of the arrival of Judge Lvneh among us. His busi ness was soon ascertained, and by his authoiilv four white men from Ohio hearing the names of Joe Gill, Drake and Ross, were arrested and tried before twelve intelligent per sons ol our county, for endeavoring to P:'de several slaves to leave their "1;ik'r ,or some hoc Stae, with an as surance on ineir pari inai iney vvouia render them all necessary aid for the accomplishment of such an attempt. These congenial spirits of Garrison, Tappan, and Co., were arrested in the neighborhood of our village, tiied, condenmed, and received the sentence pro nounced on tnem by ihe Jury: that is to say. Joe Gi!i, and the elder Drake, to receive nine and thirty lashes each, and leave the county in twenty-four hours; the younger Drake, with Ross,, to be discharged for want of evidence, but with a promise from them that they would also quit the county in twentyfour hours. The evidence against these men (I heard it) was of such a character as left no doubt of their guilt, which produced an unanimous verdict on the I M .1 T .1 .. I 11 m" ot lMe Jur3 li1;U lw0 snoum ne Lynched and the other two excused, provided they would leave this part of the country." Mobile, Sept. 8. We fear something is going on fearfully wrong in New Orleans. It is supposed there has been, or is expected to be, some lupiurc between the French and American citiz ns there. All that we are able to learn from the newspapers is, that a great excitement had been produced by some remarks made by the editor of the Louisiana Advertiser, easting deep censure on a military company coiled the "Louisiana Legion." The editor it appears hns sought safety for him-elf in flight. The mail boat, Watchman, Capt. Gibson, that should have arrived here from that city, on Sunday lasf, did not come iu till yesterday morning between 3 and 0 o'clock. "The cause of her detention was, that she was seized by the civil authorities there, to go to the garrison at Bay St. Louis, for soldiers, to aid in maintaining order in the citv. W e are in anxious suspense to learn farther particulars, though we still hope no violence has been committed. Rumor pays, the city lias been declared under Martial Law. The Eleventh Cosm wdmem. We have often heard this commandment spoken ofand repeated, "Let every man mind his own business," but never, until lately, did we hear of a different one, and which for its goodness we transfer to our columns, together with the circumstances which gave rise to it. In a debate in the Virginia Legislature, a member remarked that Mr. Madison'i resolutions of 17.9 ought to be received as the. political Bible of this country, which occasioned the following reply: "The gentleman hoped that the country had not yet arrived at such a stale of moral turpitude and degradation, ftl to recognize any other standard of morals, than that to be found in the scriptures of Ihe Old and New Testament!,, and epitomized in the decalogue; but if permitted without presumption or profanity, he would say that taking our political relations into view, there ought to be an eleventh commandment in these w ords: "Thou shall not, nor shall thy wife, thy son or thy daughter, thy . man servant or thy maid servant, the stranger or sojourner within thy gates dare in any wise to mention or hint at a dissolution of the Union P'

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