Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 125, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 2 April 1836 — Page 1
THE
SUN
IMES
"l WISH XO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OP MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION." II Y E. LEX.. SUX, IXDIAXA, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1 836. VOLOSH CI 3.-AO. 125.
THE FAMILY Mi;ETlG. The following lines were written on occasion of tl.e accidental runtine, a lew cvttiinus Muce, of all the surviving member of a faimh, the father and mother of which (one eightytwo, the other riuhty years oM) have lived in tha same hou'ejijly-t'me years. Bo.l. Cum: AVe are all here! Father, Mother, Sister, rrothtT, All who hold each other dear, K.ich chair i Cile.l, we're all ii home, To-nig.t let no cold stranger tonic; It is not often thus around Our old familiar hearth we're four.il. Tless then the iiieelin; nnJ the f;ut, 1'or once bo evrry care f. ret t; Let centlo 'rai'e a?1i'tt he;- rower, And ki:i:l al"cction rule ti e hour; We're all all l.cie. We're net all here! Seme are aw ay the ilead or.es ilenr, W ho throimed" with ns tl-i ai:eii i.t I. earth, And gave the hoi. r to ir.ihle-s li.iith. Kate, with a ste ni,nl. iulf-s Land, Luuked in and thii.t.ed our Lttlo i.;.r.d ; Some like a r.il.t t'.ad. j--at;ed away, And some f-ank, liii-t rins, i!a v l y day ; The quiet crave-, ard some he there, And cruel Ocean has his share We're not Luc. We arc all here ! F.vcn tl.cy the dead tl.oiiuh dead, so clear, 1'ond memory, to her e'.;il true, 15rin;s ba k their faded forms to view. How life-l-.ke through t! e mist of year-, I'.ach well-reiuembered face appeals; We see theiu as in times loti p;ist, i'rotn each to each kind looks are cast ; We hear tl.i ir w ord:-, their saji'.es heboid. They're round us a they were eft 1.1
Wt
! here.
We are all l.f re I l'aihi r, Moil.t r, Si-ier, brother, You that 1 love with love so dear This may not lon of us be- 'aid, Soon must we join the ixutl.-.ie.l erad, And by the hearth we now sil r.'uiu'., Seme oiher circle will be found. O then that w i-.!o:n may. we know , That vields a life of peace below ; S in the world to fellow this .May each repeat, in w cr.!-of bliss, NVie ail all It a!
it l a n un, i x c; l) i r. In an clcuic village in the Stale cf Ycimoi.t, theie licd an aged Ria;i, friendless and without connexions, for he wa out' f the early scttLrs c;l" I he.
.,i!htiy, the
had encountered. Each gave a particular narration of his life since their separation, and that of the old soldier, was heart-rending to the illustrious stranger. lie told him of his property, his troubles, and his incarceration in prison his present means of subsistence. fcc. 4IIow much do you now owe P said the stranger. 4,I have been on the limits tzrcntj-scjt n yecrs for nineteen n'Hars. The cost and interest may now amount to one hundred." 4There are two one hundred dollar bills,' said the stranger, "pay what thou owest. I shall leave a deposite in the bank, where you can chaw for two hundred dullars a year as luig as you live.' By this time, the people without were impatient and could r,ot divine the cause of the privacy between our two heroes. They went out, took some refreshment, the stranger returned to his company, and the old soldier went to the lawyer's i.fiice and paid his debt. He then went to the tailors and procured a suit of clothes. The next day the old soldier and the stranger departed together, leaving the people to conjecture the cause of the metamorphosis of the one and the strange conduct of the other. The old soldier, however, returned to his village in a few weeks, and the people who before w ould scarcely speak to him, unless it was for the purpose of telling him to get out of the way, were all glad to see him. He nevertheless, pursued the '-even tenor of his w ay." That stranger was General Lafayette. llockct-ler Republican.
c
and cure here alone. Uu
revolution he touk up aims
wi'ih the rebels, and gave his property for the benefit of the revolutionary nrmv. He endured all the privations
v. i.lc'.i characterized the struggle for it'..vitv, he signalized himself in sever;. I tattle's, a:iJ after the elloi Is of the eounliv fr freedom were crowned with sucnl., l,c ictircd to private life. He became very poor, and was compelled to t arn his "daily bread by working one c! iv here and the next there. His wife iliJj children he had none. In this slate, alone in the world, divested of
opcrly, aged ami wdirm, a creditor
., -7,; the few little cllects he had, and
r. -.in mined his bodv to prison. Some of
is acquaintances bailed him out to the
lertyoftheyard."1 lie remain with-.1-,.T limits' twentv-scven Mars, la-
r r;n ' at such work as he could per-
j in: rranhnut? i:i the. summer and (lo
ch rcs in the w inter, were his usual
unations. Finally he made a liar
i i with the village tavern keeper, and
0'!iid himself out for his board and
Imhrs. lie used to take care ol hor
(iri'c Arc. At this period of
w iiiinv. ..----7 i is life there w as a conspicuous tharac m- traveling through the country, re
civing the congratulations and attcnm of all classes of our citizens. As
2 hastened through our villages his ire went before him, and the people
ned out en masse to bid him a hearvrrlcomc. He arrived at the village
i ere the 'old soldier' lived, and stop
. J over nicht in the same house. The
r.ar. knew him, and often tried to get ,r.ca in his apartments, hut without
irross. The aristocracy of the place
ih-j i utile shirts the silk gowns, the lit
lie masters and pretty misses must lir;
Meet the stranger. "Icll him, said
l-.e- "that Cant. H. of the regiment
jf infantry wishes to see him at I. is lei ure." The stranger was electrified
What," said he,k,is he alive? Where he?" at the same time leaving his , tiled shirt company, he w ent in search
the "old soldier. He found him
. ; it possible,' said the stranger, ""ihat
11 are still alive?"' Thev embraced
l other, and were so affected that
ither could give utterance to one liable. The spectators wondered, '.zed, and were confounded. The best , cling of human nature gained the m utery of tbc whole assembly. At last ,nd the stranger, to the old soldier, ' -omc with me." They retired to a )orn alone, and conversed about byone times; about the battles they had i ulit together, and the hardships they
ANC1LNT CAYLUX. On the Ohio, twenty miles below the mouth of tl.e Wabash, is a cavern, in which are found many hieroglyphics and representations of such delineations as would induce the belief, that their authors were, indeed, comparatively relined and civilized.
It is a cavern, in a rock, or ledge of
the mountain, which presents itself to view a little above the water of the river w hen in flood, and is situated close to t!ie Lank. In the early settlement of Ohio, this cave became possessed by a party cf Kentuckians, called 'Wilson's Gang.' Wilson, in the first place,
brought his family to this cave, and fit-
led it up as a spacious d welling, erect-
rig a si$i pot on the w ater side, on
which were these words 'Wilson's Li-
rods in length,' and live in width: its entrance presents a width of eighty feet at its base, and twenty-five high. The interior walls are smooth rocks. The floor is very remarkable, being level through the whole length of its centre, the sides rising in stony grades, in the manner of seats in the pit of a theatre. On a diligent scrutiny of the walls, it is plainly discerned that the ancient inhabitants at a very remote period, had made use of the cave as a house of deliberation and council. The walls bear many hieroglyphics well e xecuted: ai.d some of them represent animals, which have no resemblance to any now known in natural history. This cavern is a great natural curiosity, as it is connected with another still more gloom-, which is situated exactly above, united by an aperture of about fourteen feet; which, to ascend, is like passing up a chimney, while the mountain is yet far above. Not long aftep the dispersion and arrest of the robbers, who had infested it, in the upper vault were found the skeletons of about sixty persons, w ho had been
murdered by the aang of uson, as was supposed. But the tokens of antiquity are still more curious and important, than a description of the meie cave, w hich are found engraved on its sides within. In this cave, it appears, that in addition to numerous familiar animals and devices, there are sketched on the rock the figures of several animals now extinct; among which are three, much resembling the elephant, the tail and tusks excepted. It would be passing the bounds of credulity to suppose the artists who delineated those figures, would represent no less than eight animals, differing in their configuration, one from the other, which had in reality no being, and such as these Led never been seen.
A short time after the nuptials, the less than lj nor more than CO poin ds, young wife fell sick and died. She The increase, it w ill be seen, is much was buried at Paris 21 hours alter her less rapid than that anticipated by Dr. decease. Franklin, who supposed that the fund Her first lover incapable of resisting would amount to 1,000, at the end the desire he felt of seeing her for the of the first ccnlurv, nearly one half of
last lime succeeded in gaining the sex-1 which lias aheady exnii
i . .w i . . -
ion, w no contented to open the tomb lue lor the rliiladelptua fund. How things
same nig.it. 1 he young man threaten- have gone with that of Boston, we are ed the latter to kill him, if he committed nut advised.
the smauest indiscretion, after which he carried olflhe body, conveyed it to a
i i i . . . .
uum, .....ceu n m-.u c.e Av01(, (.n(ertai ni ng suspicion; and
me, ,u ueu , w..m. L.tm.es, -nu M,oyvevur Ust cause vou may have of
",v-" "" l '"'"""a susnectit!'' a man o c :s hot.esiv nr nr..
GOOD ADVICE, entertaining suspicion ;
life the w oman he adored.
After some hours lie had the liappi
ness to discover signs ot
i r
iiie
ippeur
b!ie tnst emitted gentle sighs, and at
last returned entirely to herself.
soon as she was entirely reestablished
in health, the lovers thus re-united bv
death set out for England, w hence thev
did not dare to return till several years
had elapsed. At first a stand was made against recognizing the young female for the pre
tended defunct; but her new-husband
found means to piove that she was re
lilv the same as
had I
een interred.
and demand restitution of the fortune which belonged to her. The consequence was a most extraordinary law
suit. The first husband persisted in : l...i- .1. . I. - I l.l i-i
siiving uirti. sue oeiongeu 10 mm, wn;;e
the second a&micd she was dead as far
as he was concerned, and that without his measures and exertions she would never have been restored to life. The
parliament, however, appeared to lean
towards tne title of the first husband;
md this circumstance urged them to
return to England, without awaiting
tne decision ol the law-suit. I he par
ticulars of this remarkable process are
yet to be found in tne journals of the
parliament. ' csicni-iMiniiiarv.
lair dealings let not our suspicion be
expressed or discovered, condemn no
one on mere suspicion, but rather seem
to consider all men incapable of dishonesty or cheatcrv.
When you feel yourself unfit for so
ciety, avoid it entirely, take a walk or a canter on horseback, exercise and a communion with naluie are the best
ind easiest cures for an uneasy mind,
billions irritability, and nervousness.
If you attempt to please every body,
you will probably please nobody; )our
best plan therelore is to please yourself
you may perchance please somebody
and nobody lias a light to censure
you.
SIXCLLAIi SYSTEM Ol' DUELING. On the borders of Austria and Turkey, where a private pique, or a private quarrel of a single individual, might occasion the massacre of a family or village, the desolation of a province, and
pei haps even the ioi cxUndtd
rors of a national war, whensoever any
erious dispute arises between two sub
jects of the different empires, recourse
is had to terminate it to what is called
"the custom of the frontier." A sna-
n.ir V:mlt nnil TlniKP of T-!nlriii.
""' ' - ;.,,!..: :.,u :...,!.. i
ment.' The novelty of such a tavern U,"U3 l'lltm U1 ,! VtVitu "
induced almost all the boats descending on an "PPOiniea day, juages oi tne re
the river to halt for refreshments and
urcusemcut. Attracted by these circum-
lances, several idle characters took up
their abode at the cave, after which it continually resounded with the shouts
of the licentious, the clamor of the
riotous, and the blasphemy of the gam
ers? Out of such customers, ilson
spective nations repair, accompanied
by all those whom curiosity or interest may assemble. The combatants arc
not restricted in the choice or number of
their arms,or in their method of fighting, er he conceives to be most advanla-
but each is at liberty to employ whatev-
geous to himself, and avail himself of
found no difficulty in forming a band of eve: arlince to insure tns own satety,
robbers, with whom he formed the a,ld destroy the file of his antagonist
7 I s . r -1 . i j -i . .i
ol .i, ,f imnderinp- the new of Pverv une OI uie ,asl limes Ulls mei-
bo tt that stopped at his tavern, and of od of deciding a quarrel on the frontiers
sending the boats, manned by some of was sorted to, tne circumstances w ere
lis party, to New Orleans and there ":ieiuy euuuus, aim cue icciuu e4
sell their loading for cash, whir b was lnem may serve to illustrate wnat is
to be conveyed to the cave by ian(i mentioned, i .ie piilegmatic uerman,
I I Zil. H 1
through the states of Tennessee and dimia " 1111 lutJ ,noal uespeiace WKrtp0n
KenturW: the naitv returninr w ith it m the world a rifled pistol mounted
being instructed to murder and rob, on on a carbine stock, placed himself in
all good occasions, on the road.
After a lapse of lime, the merchants
of the upper country began to be a-
larmed, on finding their property make
the middle of the field; and, conscious
that he would infallibly destroy his en
emy, if he could once get him within
shot, began coolly to smoke his pipe, The Turk, on the contrary, with a pis
THE FOLLY OF AXTK I l'ATI XCi TllOLT.Ll
yi;iicuoi.s seen in prospective are
more appalling than when they actu ally arrive. For there are but few
that are not attended by some alluvia-
circumstance that deaden their
force. v hv. then should we sour (lie
p of happiness by ar.licmatitf erou
hll tl.:.f ni:l V norpr raz-'K lit nf-tJ l r-
. V. V. l llj uuu lul l. i .. , f probabilities dependant on a thousand to ,et thcm a,one m rc.
contingent circumstances, never like
ly to occur at once? rl he folly of do-
will be placed in a
light, by the follow ing anecdote.
A country woman set her daughter,
a girl of lifteen, to bake whilst she went
A JlVE.V.M: YANKEE TRICK. In the village of New Bedford, (says
the Providence Herald,) the boys were in the habit of playing at ball. A cross grained old chap, who kept a crockery store, was somewhat annoyed by the juvenile spoil: and w henever a ball ram
in his way, would seize upon if, take it into his store, and clap it into his stove without ceremony. A few days since
having made a prize of one of the offensive articles in ouestion. and adontcil
i 7 4 - - his usual course, he soon found he had
'caught a lartar. A honible exnln-
sion took place the stove was blown
ky-high the store was shattered bv
the shock and about forty dollars'
worth of crockery was dashed in pieces!
It is unnecessary to add, that the ur
chins, wiio had so often been interrupt
ed in tneir sport by 'Soiirsops; had charged their ball with gunpowder, byway of a practical hint to the old fellow
stronger
Fiie Bell of the Revolutiox. On
the old state House Bell in Philadelphia, which was east in that city before the
American Revolution, is the following
prophetic inscription: 'Proclaim luieii-
to a neighbor. After some slav, she throughout all the land, unto all the returned, and found the oven spaVkling x?mhlnt "eof'-Leviticus XXV. hoi, and her daughter in another apart- l . ""P"? Cell gave the ment in the greatest agony and tears, ft intelligence of the s.ghing of the
A sight so unexpected, excited the declaration ol independence.
most tender sympathy in the maternal Laxd of LlllERTY.An
Iri
siiman
I- .. I - 1 l l r .1
uusom, ana souciiuae lor tne cause. -l.n liarl l.ft !.; af;.,
After much entrentv. iho rlmurl,.,-.- ------ euum.j anu
- - i -' --.v lw. I CAII (I tr Ml. 'ICI- nrvi r . I
cuumucu. i waS u uiuing, saiu sue, it wa3 a ,an(J of ,ib .
If I tt'ic Miii'i'i) onrl s ,-- v lit iln I .... kv.v
. ........ ,uC C1 ,11S Lr5t nrrivalin Decembe
cm u, anu ii suouia nve 10 run aooui, furious niastilf. He
ano i snouid ne baking as l now am
r by a
looped to nick
up a stone to defend himself, but the stone was frozen fast. "By my sowl," says Pat, "now is not this a swate land
. . . . i.e. . I
no idurns, ana me.r peop.e never com- to, on one side and a M on lhe oth
u.g d u. oee.a iamu.es ana re- nd two more m his breast, and a spectable men who had gone down the carbine on his hark. ;in(i c:lbre bv his
river were never heard of- and the side and a dl in hu helu advanced
cosses oecame So neHuent, u.ae u ey p,ke a movj ,na,razinc and galloping raised at length a cry of individual dis- round his ad&versSrr, kept incessantly tress and general dismay I his natur- firin at him! TUeGerman conscious
w .uH..j, """ ... 'j""8 that little or no danger was to be apwere ollered tor the discovery of the nrpilprurnj frnm CIir,fn mari sman wi,h
perpetrators of such uncalled crimes. such wcapons deliberately continued It soon came out, that Wilson, with an , cmni i.:. ;o Th T.lr
organized party of forty-five men, was , th ,)erccivi 'a 6ort of plUie ex.)Io.
the cause ol sucn waste ol blood and c: " ,.;fi,;c .,;.i..l
treasure; that he had a station at Hur- fi advanted like'lighlnii.g to cut him ricane island, to arrest every boat that jrtlvn :tnfi - a!aimoif mn.iPv
passed by the mouth of the cavern, and dcaiL The wi, Germ;iU ha( , some that he had agents at ISatchez and gunpowder inlo hh ,,ipe, lhc light of
iCW V7MC.....S, v.. :.uu,u .se-.nu..- u h,s enGmv m:Rtrtnt. ac tU0. other
ity, who converted his assignments into had fores,een would be lhe ca8c for a cash, though they knew the goods to flash in the anJ nQ ,Q n feari
in . , m w r.iiiiii uu iiv 1 1 im tmm c 1 . . . ....
i"eu, v. Uu.c..v.- j ,hc superior ski and sunenor arms of
and I should go out for fuel, and should
leave it alone, and it should take a
j .1 1 1 .1
cu.u , a,.u u suoum gee up o me 0f liberty, w here the dogs are let loose, mouth of the oven, and 1 shou d craw and thetones (ied fagl
in, and snouid bum itselt to death all to a crisp, what a terrible thing it would
be. Oh! oh! oh! dear what should 1
dof r .. .
JL.et us not smile at tne imaginary
trouble of the girl, while half the ills
we feel are equally imaginary, but
meet those that ready exist with forti
tude, and they will become less formi-
sion of murder.
The publicity of Wilson's transac
lions soon broke up his party: some dis
persed, others were taken prisoners,
and he himself was killed by one of his
his adversary, fell a victim to them both
when seconded by artifice.
BURYING ALIVE.
A young man fell in love with the
associates, who was templed by the re- daughter of a rich citizen of Paris, and
ward ollercd lor the head of the cap- his afleclion was returned. The fath
tain of the gang. Cr of the ladv obliged her. however, to
I his cavern measures about twelve renounce her love and marry another.
A Safe guard. A soldier was sta
tioned at a post with directions to let
no one pass w ithout giving the watch
word, which was "Roston." In the
course of his partrol, some one ap
proached, and the sentinel demanded,
Wlios there!" "A friend, was the . , 1 v r 1 1 r- .
answer. "Hell, Iriend. advanrn mid
dable, in proportion as they met with give the countersign." No answer. firmness. Uniast vou P said the snhlinr I,..-..!!;.,.,
J -- --.uava IV. f VIUII
his musket, "say Roston. or I'll slmni
i' li.V. 1.1.1.1 l.L.'AV 1l 1 ?7
1 1 1 1. .1. .1 n. ... 1 I J
livery body Knows inai jocior r ranu-
3:.. r.. . .1.1.. .1 -: 1 . I riy 1 . 1 t
iiijiii pursuance ei humhj uciuu m 1 lie women 01 me rasi are never
be usetul in altcrtimes, leu by nis in seen without their looking-glasses. 4In
.1)1000 sterling, cash, to the Corpora- Barbary, says Shaw, 'they are so fond
lions ot rhiladeipnia and uosion, to ac; ot their looking-glasses, which thev
cumulate as a fund, to be loaned out in hang upon their breasts, they will not
small sums "to sucn unmarried anui- May (hem aside, even when after the
cers under the age. ol Vo, as should have drudgery of the day they are obliged
served a regular apprenticeship, in to go two or three miles with a pitcher
the city. kvory body, we repeat, or a goat skin to fetch water. In other
is aware of this bequest for every body parts of Asia they wear looking-glasses
thai can read, lias read the lile ol this on their thumb
great philosopher and benefactor of his
fellow men. Rut there maybe many a young icuow whose lather had
imong our readers, who do not know lately oied went to the county low n,
the present state of this fund, and to and going info a clerk's office, asked
whom such knowledge would be inter- mm 11 lie was the lndge ot the repro-
esting. To gratify these we state on Umcsr No, said he, but I am judge of
the authority of a communication in the the probates. It is all the same, said he.
last Philadelphia Inquirer, that the ac- My father has lately died detestable,
lual amount of this fund in that city, and lei t seven inhdcls, ot which I am the
including interests due, is $31,615 44 eldest, and I want to get out letters of
The money is loaned 011 bond with condemnation lo diminish the estate as
surety at live per cent, m sums not I last as possible.
i i
f 1 i f. i'. I'i 14 .v if x li II
