Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 112, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 2 January 1836 — Page 1

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TLCIICtl) TO XO PARTY S ARBITRARY SWAY, WELL FOLLOW TRUTH YIli:KEER IT LEADS THE WAY." BY ALEX. E. (3L12XX. ISSSL SUA", lADIAAA, SA'iTKttAY, JAAUAKY 2, tSSJG. VL1'551E3 111.-- 1 i.

Tin: mumET MRS. C. E. DA rONTE. They broncht me to another l.ir.d, Across the oee;in wiiio, TotSwcHwith stringers nn: to bo A jcnr ami h:ippy bride. Thry c;!1'm1 n e be:n;if;d and f.iir; Cut yet I know miiic eve Hath lot the bri,V.tnc? that it had Beneath my own $wcct sky. The wre-uhe.t, or, in niv sV.inirg hflir, ihc jt'Vf!s of U oirrce; 1 enaM but weep to ?ee 1 ow ill Tliey jnitt il wi:h rrty face, up on my altt re.'. I row Their tnrl.in.i t'.uh in vain; Mr chovk is mow lv nilc to lake The tint of joy og ii-.;. I trcii their f.iirv h.i" at j-ii'.t. And nil have. ru:Ie for ni-; I rr.eet with thrilli;! lock th:it mike Me tire m of l.o: nni t'iee. How l.e.iutif'd ;re nil l!.i:;c hire! How wonderful an. I hn-l.t! The very st:iis appear to she J A of;cr, newer !ii.-r.t. IV.it yet I iVil niy l.eart wenM j;:vc Thrrn a!l for otic ret flower, Fl'ie'k from tin? valley , where my feet Kirstlr.vl in i iiimooivt's hour; Where I brhiM the oeea:i flow ' SoprcMi'.K- hj- the here; Ar.il saw the moonlight lrvnm upon What I fhailfcc r.a more. t Javp-V nfon the cV.r's rreen roefc, To take iny lovit 'v seat ; Af l wateli the hewing I ilhiws throw Tteir e.vv.'ei!s .".t my feet; To ra"l the snm;rter w hv!, e.rwl hear lis tivirmi-r in the '.n e: AH V. :.k thy oi--e ; hi.ptTWs$ me With every pa?i!:j rci z . Trt o;netir.e. i:l My :rearo. I iew Huh nm", loae an ! ihrk ; Ar. ' omi lime I am on the ra, Withnimy ; Irani l irk, An ltoKiy thin we !;o:it rtl !!i, Peiv.d'.i the t-Ai.hJt f'ar Onee it, ore I ; e the tky I I..vr, '.) own iloarhon.e ;far. Or mere I twine ar.:'ni! my I-row The l.ttle ll.iwrrs o rale;

Care n ore I I ,vk rav iiioihiT s vo:c Cvv.e i hia.i on the s i'e : Ar.-l then there i a w il l jw et t joy, 'I h it thrill f." in : i're;si lT.i.i!!C it rihae.-e en my he.irt, Like '. ts ;e.Men I'.eunr. UIGGnAPIIY AND HISTORY. joun !.vi:s:!ai.., t te can r j cm lev. or the t Nirr.n sr ati s. j.:hi ..in s.i. n v..5 .ii . iM.11 v 1 I .1... 11 ... I. ..M - .. t I :niiruAirrmui!owim'an.pnercou:uv. . . . . . , it iiM.ia, on the. '.'oili ol eptem.ier. I Too, right v years ago this day. It iv is a little more than two months alter ho memorable defeat of Bruddock had ! sroucht to the notice cf the lri vih cmairc, the name cf Gcorce V. ashington. hen a vouth of twentv three, whose rourv'C and conduct in that disastrous e. I 1 . I. .1. I surprise, were anciw.uo n - m--irateful theme of his faithful historian j ind friend. ll:., her. of ih.- i.imt nvno.

was a native of Wales, w ho settled in not 'he means of deriving from seminaWemorelind counlv about the veai ties of learning. He was a practical 1- l t,o ni.iiio:! lTi7heth sniveor, adequately acquainted with

".! r t'.,.,i ,.i Oi r.'.. . " , I 1;.-.. .! ,w.rhter thUm iri" v - -U i i i ll' in 1 .in niiui v f 11 lU'.M ffii.is .w.v, ri io Thomas, the father of the Chief Justice, was llie eldest and inherited the family estate called rorct, con sisting of a few hail lied acres of poor 1 tn J Tn Westmoreland. He removed from this county to Fauquier soon after lie o'ltatned manhood, and having inter- . I .-.:.. T I. .,; 1 1. bv which married am. a .uu iwuh, . I-tn. roiw er .( d wi'dl llle Rail J.'l.i.c i Vii ituv.. nn.m a small farm :, iho'nhco w liere Johu Musha!!. his .... ' i,pi. Tin. Croat pioprietor of the nortliem neck of Vir-inia, including Fauquier, was at thit time Lord I aiilax, who gave to lurrilnrv. and Washill2lOll ClV.ploiC'd Thomas M ushall in the same business, Tbev had been near nci"hbors from birth, associates from ben hood, and alwavs friends. " Thomas Marshall was a nun of cx li .i v li-oriMK mind, and cf ua.I .....1...I . nr;.;.. When Ids associate nnd fiiend received llie e o:nm md of the a...,;. .... ,.;.. i il... :.r f the rev olution.he left his estate atid liis lai ge family, then or soon after compiling f.ii.Mwbil.lr.... ,....i r..h .. ...l ihi name cause. IMi rtsrect and allVc tinn. have recorded ol"hini. that he com inanded the third irginia regim iinoii the continental establishment. informed it with the severe dutv ih ramn inn cf 77G. On the 2oil.

December in that jear, he shared the ed with nothing less than a deprivation llien proceeded to exercise them, with If you would become a fool, be a drunkperil as well as the glory cf that eider- ,r American freedom, it seems highly the most perfect temper. Never did aid ; and you will soon lose your under1 . -.......;-.! ar.vi.rmtwl.K:ll. .. . . ... . ...I. :e ......I:.... 1 ( n.. .-.a r.cr.li.(l ttl 1 ill

nnc. tioi ?1M I , c "s"'" !' ' . .!,;...- It. it... Dr.. .xl. i;...... hv anv thiea in the s which the Hessian regiments -

Trenton were surprised an 1 captured,! ancestors. But the manner of doing

by troops who h id paseu me previ- n, lo answer the purpose effectually, is ..-..:!. in rontendimr with the snowlthe ooint r.....;.... 'la..!.... .'...

Midi hail aQi drivirg ice of the Dcla

ware, lie was alterward?, on the 1

of Scptrmlipr, 1 7T7, phctd w l his regiment on iV.c rip;!l of the American Army at Bnimiywine, and received llie asatill of tl,e rr.lam i led by Lord Corn walli?. "Though attacked by niuth superior I umlti s, the regiment mnintair.ed i!s position without losing an inch of grcur.d, until both its llanks were turned, its ammunition neatly expcjuled. ar.d more than one Italfofthe e dicers and one third of the nen were kiUed or wounded. Colonel Marshall, whose hojse had received two balls, then retired in coed order to resume his position on the right of his division, but it had jilreadv retreated." We may believe that f.om such a father, the. son would derive the best preparatton for n ca.eer that was to exemplify the virtues of fortitude, and patriotism and invincible constancy in the maintenance of hat he deemed to be right. After residing a few years at Gcrmmtown, the father removed with his family about thirty miles farther west, and settled in the midt of the mountains c ast c f the Ohio llidge, at a place called " The Hollow," in a country thinly peopled and destitute of schools, but remat k.ible for the salubrity of its at- , ami the picturesque beaut v oj its mountain scenery. It was a place altogether admirable far the formation of a physical constitution, and for the dovclopunent c f its powers by athletic exercises and sports, and it was here that t!;e ten remained until his fourtcenth vear, living the foundation of that vigotous health which attended him through life, and deriving from his

i.u.a i an uie naming in tetters wntctia ascertaining the truth, (or not a newsthen fi onlier county in Virginia, or the paper w as printed nearer than Wilmoderate I cscuices of a farmer, could liamsburgh, nor was one taken w ithin

alk i d. At tiie nee of fourteen he w a sent lor instruction m Latin to a cieriivman named Campbell, who resided in W estmorel ind, with whom he remained about a vcar, having for one of his fel low students James Monroe, afterw ard? President of ihe United States; he then relumed lo Ins lather, who about that . 1 . . 1 1 1 . jrx . I iire.e removed 10 uie Place caned u.ik 1. . . 1 I f i 1 1 winch still remain:. 111 the family, e J)crr ; received for the term of anotn er J car, some fui ther instruction in Lat in from a Scotch gentleman named Thompson, who was the clergyman of the parish and lived in his fathers fami 1 Iv ; and this was the whole of the classi cal tuition he ever obtained. Hut his father, though he had not himself enjoy- , .1 a .-. e .. . I . J .. cd me neiu 111 01 an cany euucanou, was devoted to the cultivation of his I children, and sought by personal hi slruction to supply to them what he had the. Mathematics and Astronomy, and familiarly conversant with history, poev . ...... r . 1 I try, and general literature, of which he possessed most of the standard works in our lancuage; and these were the means, which his lostcring attention. -econded by extraordinary facility in Ids pupil, and by a sweetness of tern per which was his characteri stic from "irlh, completed all the eitncalion me son received. It is the praise and the evidence of the native powers of hi mind, that by domestic instruction, and two ears of crammatical and tlassica tuition obtained Irom other sources, Mr. Mus'aall wrought out in after life, a comprencnsiie miss oi ic.u mn uoui )iisiud he filled the highest of more than one description. The war of the revolution is know n to have been in preparation for some tears before the first blow was struck. In all the colonies, the topics of contro versv were familiar to the youth, and in none more than Vireinia. The most temperate snii its in the land, looked to - arms as the inevitable resource! .ind bv their writings iheir spec ches, their dai Iv and familiar conversation, spread the nieivuatorv lemner :...wir.,l them. It - w as the retired soldiet of Mount Ver- - non. who in April. 17G0. thus wrote ol Virginia. "At a time when our lordly of masters in Great Britain w ill be; salisfi necessary mai someiing suouin ue uoi.e I. . . aven the stroke, aiui maintain at liberty which we have derived from - 1 should, tcruclc cr hesitate a moment

use arms in clef nn nf si vahialilp

blessing, is clearly my rpinion.-' TUh sentiment, and oihers of t);like strain, univcisally dilUised, led to military training in many parts of the country. It was to furnish the only iffectual answer to the purpose of oppressiou: and a? tiie heart of John M irshall was from his birth rivited to the cause of fieedom, he devoted hint-elf from 1773, when he was in his eighteenth year, to acquire the element of mih'.ary knowledge in a voluntary corps, with a comparative disregard of the further pursuit of his civil education, and of the study cf the law, w hich he had commenced. The baittl, of Lexington, on the l'Jih 0f April, t7Go, brought to a ciisis the. protracted ctfu Is of the colonies, to ob,a;n Hie blessings of political hbertv bv appeals to justice, and l!:c pi tnciples of t10 British cor.siiiution. At this date, Mr. Marhatl resided in the parental mat.Mon at G k Hill, and his first appearance afier itilelligence of the event, was asanoflieer of a Milii company in Tauquier, which had been ordered to assemble about ten miles from his residence. A kinsman and cotemporary, who was An eye witucss ol this scene, has thus described it to me: "It was in May, 1773. He was then a youth of nineteen. The muster field was some twenty miles distant from the court Imise. :uwl . setion r,i rmm. try peopled by tillers of the earth, Humors cf the occurrence near Boston, had circulated with the effect cf alarm and agitation, but without the mean of the bounds ol the muiua comnanv. though large. The Captain had called the company together, and was expected lo attend, but did not. John Marshall, had been appointed Lieutenant to it. His father had formerly commanded it. Soon after Lieutenant Marshall's Appearance on the ground, those who . . . . . ' knew him clustered about l m t. nreet - r him, others from curiosity and lo hear the new "He proceeded to inform the company that the Captain would not be there, and that he had been appointed a Lieu tenant instead of a belter; that he had come to meet them as fellow soldjers. w!0 would be called on to defend ,j,eir COuntrv. and their own risrht and I . . ' 13 liberties invaded by the Lmlish: that there had been a battle at Lexington in Massachusetts between the British and Americans, in which the Americans were victorious, but that more lighting was expected: that soldiers were called for, and that it was time lo brighten their fire-arms, and learn to use them in the field. and that if they would fail i!llo a singe ie, 1C would show them llie new manual exercise, for which purpose he had brought his gun, bringing.it up lo lus thouluer. The sergeanls put the men in line, and their fugleman presented lunbclt in liotil (t) ,ie rjghl, IBs figure, saj s his venerable kinsman, I have, now belore me.

He was about six feet high, straight and before nor since. In a few minutes not wounded, mnety-ninc out ol every hunralber slender, of dark complexion a veslisre was left, save the nut shells, died will consent to bear the wound for

showing little if any rosy red, yet good health, the outline of the face nearly a circe ;u,d within that, eyes daikto blackness, strong and pcnetraling,beam n wilh intelligence and good nature; ;U1 u prighl forehead, rather low, was militated in a horizontal line by mass ol ravtn-niacii nair oi uuusuai thickness and strength the features of the face were in harmony with this outline and the temples fully developed. The result of this combination was in- - leresting and very agreeable. The body and limbs indicated agilitv, rather than strength, in which, however, he w as by no means deficient. He wore nurnle or nale blue huhtina-shirt, and

- tiowscrs of the same material fringedhea drunkard; for that will defeat

with while. A round black hat mount..t with the buck's tale for a cockade, crowned the tWure and the. man. to "He went throuiih the manual exer seiire of the company, before he - nuired the men to imitate him: and man possess a temper more nappy, or .. 1 . 1 . . our Linlined. me otherwise, more suuuueu or oeuer ens "After a few lessons, the company

were dismissed, and informed that iT be a drunkard ; and mey win soon n . I in.... .icbot In hp:ir more of the war. 1 out n the liouor runs in. If you would

to and would foriq circh avouud bim,l get rid of your money without know

he would tell them what he understood about it. The c irele was formed, and he addiessed the company for something like an hour. 1 remember, for I was near him, that he spoke at the close of his speech of the Minute Battalion, about to be raised, and said lie was going into it and expected to be joined by many of his hearers. He then challenged an acquaintance to a game ofquoits.and they closed the day with foot races, and other athletic exerci-cs at which there was no betting. He had walked ten miles to the muster field, and returned the same distance on foot to his father's house at Oak Hill, where he anived a little after sun-set." This is a portrait, my fellow citizens, lo w hich in simplicity, gaiety of heart, and manliness of spirit, in every tiling but the symbols of the youthful soldier, and one or two of those lineaments, w hich the hand of time, however gen

tic, changes and perhaps improves, he never lost lus resemblance, ah woo knew him well will recognize its trull) .... .. ....I! lo nature. Iiinney't Eulogy at Vhiluilclphia. Vy.VSIIlXGTD.V AND THE iiuckstek. 1 1 has frequently been said that Washington was not only distant and reserve with those of his own household, but more so with the soldiery. This w as not the case, but the reverse . .11 fi as many anecdotes wi:i prove. 1 ne General w hen not absorbed in the more important duties of his station, would familiarly spoit with the rank and file, and sometimes engage in diverting his troops with amusements ; particulai ly at the time when the prospects of peace ud a happy termination of the strug gle wore an aspect of gloom and dis may. An old corporal, who had been at tached to H ashiuctoti s service for ma VltU ILH III. I- I ny years, related many anecdotes of the ,v 1 .1 . , o a eenerai : aiiuin ntr:i we icMiii iiiui .1 . e.l.-l I... f V ?.. mat 01 llie iiuckmci oi i.ie. isv,

...m , i ,1 . 11JV-V iui iijiuii; eia nicy limsi ue. Hie army' said the veteran corporal Ki . . J,, .

ii .1 1 .1 il.vl 1 . lAnrr limn I 'ii n rrli ntirl o, provision; reauceu co .mow ai ,s, urnivirro In pnreive In niAr. - i. i ..ii 1 , v.,.. r..r...v.. ..... 1 ltr inmi nf snemfr bfllir i a VS. .-V . ... ... w .. J I .1 . 1. I "ingiuei " 'V V, .Til 'V. 8 .r L.i ...1,1, ,.J a can 10 an cm inns unu nun, nun.ii i , ... , , , ... I 10 cnl.licrc nfljrn.l irrfvi I If ID 1)1 .1 1 lOII. Washincton. who knew that his men ..J;,vi.. Mn.l .vm.ld ho irriP,! K;,;..Ki n n..rrhnP. ni.lem.l .n I,...!,.,,,.- i I,,.,- fo.il, wi.li Hi., commons; but the man anxious to sell, obstinately refused. The General r.irt.-.'rn,n!dtf bad i10p rti.o. beved for the first time) sent for the .r i .1,.. -n..in,..l ihn rn-iiinr, ..ri.:!,L ih,i ; .orn f.,r him i r.!n'nv banker on the proU!lu. ..,.1 in ibp mildest "tone reouesfed him lo becone. The huckster stiil remained unmoved and persisted in staying upon the commons. Washington was determined not to be outgeneraled, and by this time had lost all patience at the stubbornness of Ihe man, ne mereiore ordered a few soldiers to upset the cart, and such a scrabbling 1 have never seen This was the only time I had heard Washington laugh out. During the Urcue of eager contest, lie seemed so diverted, that if it were possible for one to crack his sides, he certainly did on that memorable day. lNolhing was ev a ,r after heard ol the obstinate huckster,

who must nave aiscovcieei ui.n n w.iiuuue: i me u.iy. nc miuivs mai on

no small thing to trille with the Gen eral. .irmv and Xai't Magazine. e-.T..rz:-A SHOUT WAY TO ALL EVIL. If you wish to be always thirsty, he a diunkard; for the oftcner and more you drink, the oflener and more thirsty a you will be. If yon seek to prevent your friends raising you in fhe world, their efforts. If you arc determined lo be noor. be a drunkard; and you will soon be ragged and pcnnyless. If you - would wish to starve your family, be re - be imposed on by knaves, he a drunk ard: for then their task will be easy. ii Maiming. ju.i ...v, ..a... v. - . .' If I... .l....l..,.l . ib.t h,.itiir :i sure mode of destruction. Ifyou would - nouiMii v.. uu-. u ,

Uxpose both your folly and your secrets,

ing hew, be a drunkard; and it will vanish insensibly. If you would have no resource when past labor, but a workhouse, be a drunkard; and you will do it effectually. If you would be reduced to the necessity of shunning your creditors, be a drunkard; and you will soon have reason to prefer the" bypath lo the public streets. If you would be a nuisance, be a drunkard; for the approach of a drunkard is like that of a dung-hill. If you would be hated by your family and friends, be a drunkard"; and you will soon be more than disagreeable. If you would be a pest to society, be a drunkard; and you will be avoided as infectious. If you do not wish (o have your faults reformed, continue to be a "drunkard; and 3011 will not care for good advice. If you wish all your prospects in I fe to bu clouded, be a drunkard; and they soon

win ue ctatK cr.ouir i. 11 vou would o J roy your body, be a drunkard: as orunKenness is the mother of disease, If tou mean to ruin your soul, he a 1 .. . . drunkard; thai you may be excluded Irom heaven. I inaliy, if you are determined to be utterly destroyed in estate, body, and soul, be a drunkard; ana you wnl soon know it is impossible to adopt a more cileelual means to accomplish your end. LEAP YEAR. If "nothing in particular happens to prevent," as the old saying coes. next year will be leap year, when the ladies will be privileged to make love to their heart's content. We understand great preparations are making lor the new year, and that Eve's fair daughters intend lo commence their attacks earlv on the morning of the first of January, armea cap a-pie wun me natural and artificial weapon3 of grace and beauty. lit 'ni rt I it III . J Z l7 l ' 1 H b I set their houses in order, that they may 1 . , , ., , I ...v, .u,mvUj , It, 11 i..r,0 r.. ce;i.i i... u. iv.-niijw,jiit 11 IK till I UHJl . . ...-wn ;u,. . , I .. . . ' . . ' u"uv-1 u author v nfihs "Hummi.,, T .... J " eJ 1G0G' atlJ enli" Courtship. Love, and Aiili imonie,-' from which wo . i, c u . i make the following extract: I ,J . 14 Albeit, it is now become a parte of e L-omuiun lhwo, in regard lo the soc'al relations of life, that as often a3 every bissextile year doth return, the bydes have the sole priv.lege, dunng lhe ll,ne lt continueth, of making love unto the men, which they ma do, eifher hY ,wo'deS or lo'e? as them U semctli proper: and moreover no man will be entitled to the benefit of Clercy who dolhe refuse lo accept the olfers of :l " hodolh m any wise treat her proposal with slight and contumely." There is one comforting consideration in relation lo the. great battle about to no lougui, aim lor lvuicn sucn exlcnhive preparations are about to be made ana mai is, mai noiwiinstanding ihe great number that will be wowirfcrf. there win ue none uiuca and ol llie Uhe sake of the remedy. Post. , , . dixiguts of a m vruied man s life. Behold him! all the while about his daily occupation, his thoughts are wan- - dering towardsthe lime for going "home in llie evening, alter the toils and ia- - his return he shall find an affectionate face to welcome him; a warm snug room; a bright fire; a clean hearth; the lea tiUIlgs laid: the sofa wheeled round on the rugand, in a few minutes after his entrance, his wife sitting by his side, consoling him to his vexations, aiding him in his plans for the future, or part in his toys, smiling upon him for the all good news he may have brought; his children climbing on llie cushion at his feet, leaning over his knees to eye his face with joyous eagerness, that they a may coaxingly win him. This is the acme of happiness. How to jcnnE ct'STOMEns. A merchant who has acquired considerable of ibis world's C;n, by his attention to business, lately informed us how he decided whether a man was fit to be (rusted or not. He said whenever he raw a farmer come in, riding or driving n good fat horse, he knew lie could be relied upon. If his horse wns poor, ho knew him careless and inattentive to his contracts. Cbm. Herald. -