Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 106, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 21 November 1835 — Page 1

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THE RISING SUN TIME

n 'I 'I . ..... . , . . . . "rLCIGEI TO NO IRTVS ARBITRARY SWAY, Wli'l.L FOLLOW TRUTH AVHEUEEli IT LEADS THE WAV." " II V ALEX. 13. CJI.IVY. KllX SIA, lADIAAA, .SATIUDIY, AOYEHKUK 21, 183.1. VOiJlIL III. AO. 10G.

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THE FALLS OF M At; AHA. t wonder how Ion; jc'vclwin a roani.' At this outrageous rate ! I woiulor if all ye've been a jionriii Could be cyphered on a slate. I wonder bow fuch a thundering sounded When all New-York was woods ? 1Siose likely sonic Indianshave U-in drowned When ranis have raised your .'loxds.

I wonder if wild sta; and buffaloMav'nt stood where now I stand ! We'll, "spec (l)-inc: scared at llrst) they'd stubbM thur toes 1 wonder where they'd land! I wonder if that rainbow has been shunn' Since jnnri-c at creation And this waterfall been iiiilcrminiit' With constmt spntttration ". That Moses never mentioned ye I've wonderWhile other things tleseribin; ed, Mv conscience! how je 111111 have foamed and thundered When the deluge was subsidin' ! vMv thou.hl5 are strarc-e,' magnificent and When I look down to thee; Jdit p, O! what a clarions place lor washing sheep Xiagata would be! Anl O! what a tremendous water power Is wasted o'er its cd;t One man miuht fnrni-h nil the world with With a single privilege! llour, I wonder how many times the lakes have all JVen emptied nver here! Wbv Clinton did'nt feed the grand canal t'Vl. I.i.:. 1. : - urn-, 1 iiuiiiy is pi-er. The tluniLhls are vrrv ?tranc which OfiWf! While I hn.k t. tliee (my brain, SouJi tlioiiiiitsl t: 1 expect to have again To all cierniiv ! BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY. t;i:x. WIM.IA.H l'ATOX. Perhaps no student during Ins collegiate course, was ever mote subject (o the extremes' of hope and fe;tr than Gen. William Katon, who was educated at Dartmouth, N. II. A his career in life was for the. most part brilliant, though shoit, it may he instructive to consider the most prominent trails of hi character, a they were exhibited in college, which as is generally the case, were prophetic of his destiny. Katon evinced eccentricities not absoluti ly mi : crw n, yet seldom met with m any of the ranks of society.

crai deportment oisunguisnco mm 11 0111 WAS presont, exclaimed loud enough to .all the other members of the college, )C iearJ by the whole assembly, "Washand it was hi good fortune, eccentric jngton and immortality are synonymous

as he was, to secure the good will of all not merely common respect, such as is manifested by the customary nod ol the head or the salutation of good-bye, or how-d've do hut all liked in the literal sense ol the word, lor somcinmg was undefinablc. lie was odd precisc in his language full ol decision s-ometimcs a little morose, but never suftercd peevi-hness to Ufcomc repuisne. With all he was as brave as I a sar, anJ the best runner in college. W hen engaged in a rare, he had a peculiar tact in leaping. On one occasion, having jjiven his compeutor two mus in the distance, Kiton pursutd with the lleetncss ol a deer, leaped over the head id the lormer and beat him. i ne oincr, wno ran wuu gieai s,.ecv., al being beaten, and m such a way manifested a little ill nature toward? Iviton. "My friend," said the latter taking A coaipeiitor by the hand, "in I lir anJ honorable strife, both parties doing all they cm, defeat is no disgrace lo the lon.iuered." This will serve lo show his skill and agility in running There are many instances of Kalon'a l.ravciy while at college. The follow in:? is perhaps the most distinguished An ulhcer of law h id been commission1 d lo air. si a poison accused of theft The litter haxing armed himself with two pistols and a dirk, concealed him self behind a shed, and seemed resolved o n ikc a uo -crair mm "u ..u hcai -ins Uioolliccrcaumg lor ;iSMlance, . . . I lvP... . I.- , fli.i iMilirit. :m.l h. fore his - 1 t t t i antagoni shopping, were nsuMcu ny a well urcscu man, - . .. . . ..' I I... ui.iuuirireu ms liiim uci mv ii iviton happening 10 pass ny ai me momcnt,oncofthefemale9cravedhipro; lection. "ou shall have it. Miss, bud he. Borrowing a cowhide from 1 . I . . . .1 I' -'linn litlMXMiiiu. ti tvt& hv nl lhe lll.l- ; , J . . . u.e Kvcpe., ...,u jVc,.cn.ng irom ... . . . iue nssau..... ms cue, i.ion gave mm i.i.i m triMirninit. n.l ulinii l.i I. ..I ... . ' . " -I. .l,mf 4I have used a cowlmlc said he. l. rvii.i- w"--."! ....... ..v. ....... because caning is loo honorable for man who insults a female. ..... I t I 111. ! I I he college ncu naving oeeu iracK cd, and a new one bespoken, I . .ton was commissioned to go alter it t)n his re turn, he suspended the hell under thc

liiui he attempted loao, uifarnu-u..iiu design ol sailing to Alnca, and cspous- j,e made frcquent incursions in Keiiknocked him down. I he following ing the cause of the latter. According- u. he woulJ inv.;iriably murder gallant act is pel haps as much a prool y 1C cmbaikcd with a few ofheers and ?omcJ of lhe sellicr?, anJ cscape wUn of his braxery as the former. 1 wo soldiers who were warmly attached to severa l0rsc oaJed with plunder.

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w agon, and in tin's way returned to Dartmouth, observing to an acquaintance whom he met on the road, "that he was resolved not to go through the world without making a noise in it.'' 'Katon," said a classmate, "how did you feel, coming through the towns with that noisy aiticle?"' "Feel!' replied he, "if ion must know, I felt Wigerent." In the class the next morning after his return, the professor intended a gentle lebukc by the question, "Did you not derogate from your reputation as a student of college, by suspending the bell under the wagon, and in this way alarming people?"1 "I did not forget, sir," replied Katon respectfully, "that 1 was a member of the Dartmouth &ces letters society."' With respect to F.aton,s temperament, he was subject to fits of melanchollv, which, for the time being, rendered him apparently miserable; when he was thus affected every one pitied him. The utmost gloominess sat upon his conntcnancc; and if, when in that state, he ever spoke, his words conveyed the idea that he saw nothing in the future to encourage him in prosecuting his collegiate studies. On die contrary,

I w l'SP he was free from melancholly, he was remarkably studiou, and Ins proliciency was highly creditable to him. He did not however, take muchdehgn. in classical literature, except what communicated a knowledge of war in one respect or another. Caesar's "commen taries,' and Xenophon's account of the "Retreat of the ten thousand Greeks," he had at his tongue's end in the re spective languages. He often spoke in terms of commendation of the military character of Alexander the Great; and on one occasion, when a fellow student called him a murderer Katon indignantly replied, "A murderer though you may think him to have been, had you the opportunity, you would not hesitate to tread in his steps. Oil a fourth of Julv occasion, iust as ,he ora(or w j finuncd an cloouent de-

Hisecn-Lcrjp(jon 0f Washinrton, Katon, who

words!"' Before he was graduated, Eaton form ed an rltachment for a voung lady at Haverhill, with whom he became ac quainted while she was on a visit at a (ncnj's i0mc in Hanover, the town in whjt, Daitmouth college is located. iebe is locaieu. ic.n;,pS a mxn necr loved a f more arjclilv ihan did he Miss B. loved a female ore aruemiv man uiu :uiss u. vn On hcr ;r return home he accompanied her, gcther with two or three others; and uiiiougn nanovcris uurry im; ... . ... 11 1 -n . . r. 1 "..11 tl, 1; ,

01 his neing grauuaieu, nc isiieu jing grauuaieu, nc isiieu ms very often. Having obtained ors of college, he promptly of..1.:. 1 1 ....1. , . , .. ii-l Ljlc UC fcrcJ ,icr M j.j a, (he ?amc time Jn foi mil)g ,hc young Iady that it was his ,,UtM1,i01, lo be a sojjlor. At the name ol a "soldier, she hesitated. It was enough for Katon and, imprinting his last kiss on her blushing check, he pohte- . .... . ly win. arew, saung my aear .uiss 1J , noman will hereafter love vou as I do but, I prefer the field of Mars to the bowers of cnice. Soon after leaving college, Katon ap plied himself to the study of tactics, contrary lo the wishes ol Ins ilnends; but no dissuasion could swerve him from the course he had marked out for him self. Accordingly in the process of lime, he entered the U. Stales' service ana ooiaineu a promotion ny merit. i i . i l During President Jefferson's adminis- . . ... . . -i it . i lraUOII, Uns coumry ana inc mroary powers brine at war, and a runlure

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the culprit, and be- having Uiken place between the Dey down e Ohio, killing the past could dirk him, ;uid us brother, Lalon concieved the ,cnUcrs and carrying offlheir property.

I.... .... ..I l.Ai. lKn 3" united his forces with those of the I .1- . . . . . .1 . . u.saiiecied iuar.omeian. uemg ursi in I ix ..... I hnii l.t I lfmr whirl. h:ivinr rniinilor. . cUMIIIIini. nv: iimi cneu w it., .lie ni'vur i tiou to lcrne, wnicli having conquered, he was on his march to Algiers, wiVM M! met our minister, Mr. Lear, bearing to Imn the intelligence lhat I 11. 1111 lcrnw ol peace naoeeen conciuaeu oetwccti the L-nitca states anu me oar 1 . I J ... a .1 I vi... n.irr,l In ip nm hnmr. the n;rv IIMI, CIS. al Dry refused Katon his pass, the former haTi designed, a. was supposed, se--1.1 .t . 1 I ' I wKv T I 11111 IlVl'.V- -m - crctly lo take Ills Hie. ivi a uws I the Dey and his council were in coiivcn - lion, Iviton. accompanied by his Sccrc tary, boldly entered the Divan, and dc

manded his pass. The Dey hesitated,

and at length refused to comply, threatrung Katon il he repeated the demand. The latter quickly arose, a daring spirit llashed from his eyes, and brandishing his sword, exclaimed, "In the name of God and my country I demand it!" The Dey became pale trembled and turning to the Secretary, ordered him to make out the pass. On his return to the United Slates, Eaton's expectations of still higher promotion were not realized; and in a few years after he retired to private life. He died while young, a victim to the ingratitude of his country. CHARACTER OF TECUMSEH. The following is a short sketch of the character of Tecumseh, the Indian chief who fell at the battle of the Thames. The celebratad aboriginal warrior, Tecumseh, was in the 4 -1 ill yer of his age, when he fell at the battle of the Thames, lie was of the Shawnee iiibe, live feet ten inches high, well formed for activity and the endurance of fatigue, which he was capable of sustaining in a very extraordinary degree. His carriage was erect and lofty, his eyes penetrating; his visage stern, with an air of hauteur in his countenance, which arose from an elevated pride of soul; it did not leave him even in death. His eloquence was nervous, concise,, impressive, figurative and sarcastic; being of a taciturn habit of speech his w ords w ere few but always to the purpose. His dress plain; he was never known to indulge in the gaudy decoration of his body which is the general practice of the Iudians. He wore on the day of his death, a dressed deer skin coat and pantaloons. He could neither read, write, nor speak English. He was in every respect a savage, the greatest perhaps since the days ol Ponliac. His ruling maxim in war was to take no prisoners, and he strictly adhered to the sanguinary piirpose of his soul, he neither gave nor accepted quarter. Vet paradoxical as it mayseem, to the prisoners of other tribes, he was attentive and humane. Nay, in one instance, he is said to have buried his tomahawk in the head of a Chipperv rUC lmn, fniinrf :.rtivelv J , . . fix ,, , gcbi.u 111 int.v.i b - bv the British and Indians. It men, rtiiiji v 1 1 Bai.uv, . , . f , -f . r Z7 oV icn r fcTriiTi f 0 ... . ". ,U,.B. , . V . ""i". ... f lw,rlKnP1. . " j V0,,,Lrn ,Mlians for re- . . ... . e ,- nc ,iin n,,. I I'.lllllll UII.IH.UUUII I il! nil no mi. uiiiw. ,, 1 , a ; '"tii.v;i una t....vi .Uvi..b ... ins unii Ji ma iiiuiuti o iini.vi, ui . i siej by the Brilish is not known fUS.?Sj mucl, i-cert in' he cherished , 'j ...'.n,. t.ie plan with enthusiasm, and actually to the insiduous arts of a diplomatist In one of his speeches he pronounced Gen. Harrison a liar. He has been in almost evcrv battle with the Amer icans, from the time of Harmers defeat lo lhat of the Thames. A few minutes lirf.nn a ivrri vrul tbo fatal liro nf Cooncl j0iulS0n, he had received a musket bullet in his left arm, yet his skci ou.id in u.a .en. rt. .., je n,a irts lo conquer ceased on y w ith Ins iJrZCtlf efforts life treaty of Greenville, he had so often signalized himself, that he was reputed one of the boldest of the Indian warriors. ,ft lhe lrst seUlemont of Kenlucky, he L.. .i:i c;i. unt. I V . .... P He always eluded pursuit, and when too closely pressed w ould retire to lhe IW CIU5I.I Wabash. His ruling passion seems to I !-.. !,, ., I , ,1 ,.,.,e r.a,., . I l.rt.V: UVVH LIUI , 11- l.t.o -"inVJ5 Ol I ... ... .!.. wea u, ana amiougn his piunuerings weait, and ilthouli anJ tidies' must hai a at he bimself. After his fa have amounted to preserved little for lc f ill nil llin CLf 1 . r I "."ll-.1! 1IL.I ..iJ V". "l. Ulll , QcU hu n was vicwcJ wilh cal - Uv n..o 1 snlior r 1 J I I I ..... ,,-., It cnn.n i I ""IIIWII O llllllll mm cv.l.Vi .line .- .. . . . t...A 1,1 A.tl. W WT M. I rtBSrt . 8ufficicnUy rcCog,dzcd to remove all doubl as (Q u ccrlainty of bis deaU J . Kentucky Gaattlc. - The Yankees have taken lo making - while lead paint from soapstone.

visuea me c.k u.. , y , ' . millions xvho live on the ccound he de- that it enables him the

oilmen. 10 j,,.. ... . - .y fendcJ ,yhcn rumorg ;uul 5Urmisca give the erring, and to

, ,. , , ' ' j ' 1-. , , ; 1 . . , : . I about the "mysterious turkey," were sailed. But that

, " 7; I. '. " constant theme of colloquy and gos- a false and hollow basis,

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SCENES IX THE HACKWOODS,

fifty v ears ago. 1 Fifty years ago, a stockade fort, enclosing a few hastily constructed cabins, occupied pait of the ground on which is now built the bustling and flourishing city of Wheeling. The. immortal detniIndian chieftain, Simon Girty, a warrior "acting under the immediate auspices" of his Excellency, Governor Hamilton, of Detroit, several times besieged this fort with a legion of blood thirsty savages, and was often repulsed without the acquisition of any iuvinciblc quantity of laurels. Many other attempls were made by the Indians to possess these works, all of which provinjr abortive, they magnanimously resorted to the extremity of lying in ambush in places contiguous to the fort, by which means several of the settlers were decoved and killed. The lapse of a few years, however brought with il ma- . . . . 1

ny changes in the features of the west; "Now," said Lewis Wetzel, "you sec many expeditions were sent out against I come here last night and scrouged mythe Indians, and the "lords of the soil.' self up in the bush of that there tree in

at the time of ourstory, were supposed to have been extirpated from the settleme nt of Wheeling. ' Perfectly confident of security, the limiters once more resumed their manly and soul stirring vocation, and the young and timid fearlessly ventured far from their houses without the least apnrchension of dansrer. The hunters usually weut out singly, for the purpose of avoiding as much noise and bustle as possible. One day a hunter heard the Clies of a w ild turkey, while hunting on the banks of the creek, and w hile he was endeavoring to ascertain its location, he was fired upon and wounded by an unseen hand. Several others were deluded and decoyed by the same atent. and tradition sailh that the rifle of the mysterious turkey sent its laden ball into more than one of the sturdy pioneers. 1 ne suspicion inai an niuian or a renegade lurked in the neighborhood, soon insinuated itself into the rill ml. . A 1 ? acute comprehension of the pioneers, who in a twinkling determined to despatch him, and in about the same length of time abandoned their resolution. Under the concomitant apprcnension 01 danger from the much dreaded turkey, ltK- r"iiiTA rft1isi lii-itrtt lt"c 1 1 T I ' 1 1 1 V " V "" " T" " ' " 8 " ! '. so U1 usu1 1 Y"J " "r I vcrcly (clt; lor, be il known that 111 those I Jays, the backwoodsman depended al dTr cr "lime"'' wt" for "o I .'tlin LlOflW . .. , . .. , cuase ior and body. j About this lime there dwelt wherever there was a prospect of danger, a , . , . ,- , , , , , .1 hardy veteran of the old school, vcleped Lewis Welzcll, a hunter and warrior w hose deeds have been recorded in the ",105C ueeus mwv uetu lautu n mu c,lro,1'cIes of the West as being of a nature and character which will forcv- .. ,u m,:,1i rS inping among the goou uatnes ana nightly maidens, and the unvarying obiect of threats and dread with the hunters; Lew is etzell made his appearance at W heeling. "It's nothing .... ...

buta lazy skulking Indian," our veteran oia writers has it, "that inbred loyaltyreplied, alter listening patiently to his unto Virtue which can serve her withinformants. "I know something about out a livery." These are qualities

that hole myself. Lewis Wetzel has n) u a cd fkhiin hisdn)sanj , fccl Jbliced toye for letting me lve lhe name of hooking this feller, Boys, if ye"d a lived as much in the j ' . . . woods as 1 have, and camped out as otlen with no other kivering than these here old blankets,! rather suppose youl know a little more about these red-skins than you do. But never fear if there's anv faith in my old rille here, hoys, . J ... J .. that red-skiu never sees me sun rise a ''' Although the words grated aw fnllv in the ears of lhe young and len der hearted damsels, yet all felt a pleas in sensation in contemplating the Dene that would arise from the exit the mysterious turkey. "I know something about that hole," was altogether unintelligible to the hunters, and they could make nothing of it, philoso pher like, they permitted the matter lo . . . . i i r. i . rest mere wunoui lurtuer inquiry. On the following morning shortly af ter the Wheeling folks had vacated their snug -and comfortable beds, which might have been in the neighborhood ol uaylight, lhe first usual sound winch greein, Iheir cars, waa lhe renort of a rifle. . .... . v ... 7 - I This, however, was nothing cxtraordi 1 narv in lhe backwoods. Not long after, Lewis Vclzcl entered the fori, and wilh

perfect indifference walker! .n t th..

cabin, and resting his rille against the door, leisurely began to wind a piece of low round the ramrod lor the purpose of cleaning his gun. Some one inquireu, " eizei, was that you who hied ? 7 m imumi juu Kill! VIl - dian." "An Indian! what thr inrUf 1 c ' 4iVI... . l.:in-' ll 1 r d reckon so."' Huzza! Huzza bovs! the turkey's dead!" shouted one and all, with such a tremendous din, that ail the salted venison of the good house wives turned black! Afler Lewis had taken much pains and consumed a great deal of time in getting his rifle iu or!cr ,1C yielded to the importunities of inu ov-sianuers, and conducted them to the death bed of the mysterious tnrkcu. A rapid walk of a few moments brought llic party to the bank of a creek. " A gigantic elm torn from its roots by the 'f,gc ot 11C tempest, had lallcn into the -"cam. the creek, with my rifle ready cocked, When day broke the first thine: I see'd was a rifle glistening in that there hole, over the creek in that rock. Right De llllu' 11 wa3 an hl red skin fast asleep, sitting flat down, with his old black head nsing upon his shoulders; so I looli a aeaa aim ana ranged away, and lf an)' of you will wade over and climb "P to t,lc i'ole, you'll find him in his last tiCt P' Accordingly, the "hole" was quicklv entered, and the mysterious turkey wa3 found to be a lifeless corpse, surrounded "y various trophies of his victories and murders. 1 he cavity can be seen to this day in neatly its original slate. It s a ledge of rocks, probably 25 or 30 feet from the base. Fart of the aperture has decayed and mouldered away, ut sutlicient yet remains to assure the visitant that the "hole" (now appelated the Indian llock,) was a comfortable and secluded retreat, for the last of the "old residentcre." Wheeling Gazette. CHARACTER. I Among the happiest and proudest possessions of a man is his character it 13 a wealth it is a rank of itself. It I mcm-JIw -xr ll. , 1. 1 I'YU" . " " rcy u.e jealousies ot lame. Like ireasuies inai are auaillC attained less by circumstances than ourselves, char acter is a more felicitous reputation than glory. 1 lie wise man. therefore, dez0,1 I fitrin-iiifnc if n f ilo full ha l U,,M not rush, from vanity alone, against the xw. ..... v iva iuii f uiul lie UUC3 received sentiments of others he docs not hazzard his costly jewel with un- .. worthy combatants, and for a petty stake. He respects the legislation of smn... jiu ic-ucis mu luisiainju 01 decorum. If he be benevolent, as well as wise, he will remember that charncimp 1,1, i,sm - n.n...n.i ..1:1:1:... ter affords him n thousand utilities better to forshelfer the ascharacter is built on which is formea noi irom me tuciar.es ol our own breast, but solely from the fear of ccnsure. H hat is the essence and the lite ol character l rrincipfe, ingenuity, independence ! or, as one of our great lift . 1 that hang not upon any man's breath. -phey must be formed within ourselves, they must make oursclves-indissoluble and indestructible as the soul. If, conscious of these possessions, we trust i . . I. . . i tranquilly to time anu occasion to render them known, we may rest assured that our character, sooner or later, will establish itself. We cannot more defeat our own object than by our restless and fevered anxiety as to what the l l :n r tv i i . - wouu win s;iy 01 us. except, inacea, - if we are tempted lo unworthy compli- - anccs w ilh what our conscience disap- - proves, in order to please the fleeting - ana capricious countenance ol time. of I here is a moral honesty in the due regard for character which will not shape itself lo the humors of the crowd. vs And tins, il honest, is no less wise, r or the crowd never long esteems those who flatter it at their expense. He who has the suppleness of a demagogue will live lo complain of the fickleness of a mob. Some of the medical periodicals have taken the field against feather beds. There ought to be a crusade against .. I.. .... .! : - Ihem; an abolition aga. .&l ...c..., ediale and unconditional, 01 inc wnoie I race.

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