Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 127, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 16 April 1836 — Page 1

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"i WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTION'S, TO KEEP MINE 1IONOH FROM CORRUPTION."

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From the Bath Enquirer and Advertiser. Printers throughout the United Slates are requested to copy this. TO WHO CAN BEST UNDER STAND IT. He who hm left hit youthful bride, And children young nrul fair. To float on Fortune"! I'.oubtful tide Borne on he knows not where, The lines petchnnce may coldly spurn That ask the wanderer's return. Yet oh! the unnillins; hmrt forgive That dares to trouble thine. I would not seek to make thee grieve But for these bal es of mine ; These treasures sent us from aboTe, The pledges of our mutual love. For them I pload I speak not now Of what my lot hath lien; Nor how for thee I left my home And each familiar scene, And sought the distant hills of A For sweet with thec were even they. I hailed the mountains proudest swell, The for st"s darkest pniie, The beaten rock, the rucp-d dell, For thou wcrt br my siiie. And earth's worst wilderness is dear, la fair, w hen those we love are near. But thou hast left thy dark-eyed boy?, In distant paths to roam : A gambler's life for thrc has jo s, But not, alas', thy home. Thy children weep amid their play, And I nm far more lone than they. Our babes for very want of bread Have been compelled to roam, And now, on public bounty fed, Find a precarious home. AVr.i!e he who should their guardian be Has left them to their misery. My boy, the eldest and the Crst, The image of his sire, Wi jnto tears of sorrow burst And thus of me inquire 'Mother! dear mother! tell me when My father will come back again.' Yet go thou fiUe deserter, go! And if some happier dame Ilns kindled in thy breast the glow Of love's deceitful flame, OV, hear me! (aircr she may be, rut she will never loe like me. And oh, vouchsafe one little line, If to confirm mv woe, That I may to my fate resign When ail its ills I know, And leave me not without a word To fade and die with hope deferred. Then leave to penury's bitter crust Thy lone descted spouse, To mourn o'er woman's broken trust And man's deceitful vows, May'st thou ne'er know the smallest part Of that which wrin-rs a breakins heart! ALMIRA FORTER. H. " HISTORICAL LAST 2IO.MENTS OF LAFAYETTE. BT Ett. CLOiCET. During his malady, Lafayette was very fond of a small white slut, which lie naa receivea, i oei.cvc, nmu inine tie nourcu, ana mum nuci M'1 I i r- 1- J u:u i ted him. I he animal, winch was gilted with a remarkable degree of instinct, permitted nobody, except Bastien to approach her master s clothes when lie was in bed, expressed joy or sorrow ac cording as he felt belter or worse, and might have served as a thermometer lo indicate the state oi ins neaun oince the general's death she has followed Bastien to Lagrange, but has never retumed her gaiety. When we acquainted Fafayctlo with our intention of confulting some of our medical brethren, lift replied to us, 10 wnai purpose i Have I not entire confidence in you, ri I a and can any addition be made to toe care which you take ol mc, ana to the interest which you feel in my welfare!"' - We think,' observed M. Guersent, ...w .. i- t . . . that we have done what is best in your case: our were mere oniy a single remedy lhat might escape us, it is our duty to sctk iU We wish to restore you as soon as possible to health, fori vc are rcsponsiuie ior jour situation towards jour family, your friends, and the i rench nation, of whom you are the father.' " cs, their father, replied the general wtui a stnue, -on conuuion that they never followed a syllable of my advice. i-our or live aavs previT .I ously to his death, Lafayette felt op -

prcsseu, ana oecame mei.uiciioij. nciiey oi jenosnapnai. ii is so iuii oi observed fo his son that he was acquain- mysteries that according to the proph -

ted with his situation, and that he desired to have some conversation with lum in private. This feeling, however, was of short duration: he soon regaincd his serenity, and the hone of recovcry again lighted up the expression of his countenance. Towards Ibis period of his maiauy, nc observed to me, "Quinine and the fever, my dear doctor, are battling together: give me plenty of quinine that it may gain the upper hand. ,,c mv! i cjicmcu ilip same idea: 'I fear, added he, that the quinine is in the wrong and lhat 1 shall be obliged lo pay the costs of the . i.i . k.r.r' suit. nai wuuiu ;u'i imici he to me a lew moments auerwaras; "life is like trie name ui wmr. wuen

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the oil is out the light is extinguished, and all is over.' On the last day but one before his death, when the visits of strangers were forbidden, Lafayette said to his grandson, M. Jules de Lafteyrie,"you will tell the good Princess de Belgiojoso how grateful I feel for her visits, and how much I suffer at being deprived of them." A few moments before he breathed his last, Lafayette opened his eyes,and fixed them with a look of affection on his children, who surrounded his bed, as if to bless them and bid them an eternal adieu. He pressed my hand convulsively, experienced a slight degree of contraction in the forehead and eje-brows, and drew in a deep and lengthened breath, which was immediately followed by a last sigh. His pulse, which had not lost its force, suddenly ceased to beat. A murmeiir.g noise was heard about the region of the heart. To reduce rcanimation we employed stimulating frictions, but in vain the general had ceased to exist. His countenance resumed a calm expression, that of peaceful slumber. His end was that of a good man, who abandons the world without fear or remorse. WARDEN OF GET1ISE3IENE. The garden is now surrounded by a coarso wall, of a few feet ir. height, and about the third pari of an acre in ex tent. hen Mr. Calherwood was there hi 1 S3-J, taking his drawings for his beautiful Panorama of Jerusalem, it was planted with olive, almond, and fig trees. Eight of the olive trees are so large that they are said to have been in existence ever since the time of Jesus Christ, although we are informed by Joscphus that Titus cut down all the trees within one hundred furlongs of the city; yet it is not inprobable that these trees, which are unquestionably of very great antiquity, may hav e arisen from the roots cf the ancient trees, uecausc the olive is very long lived, and possesses the peculiar property of shooting up again, however frequentI ly it may be cut dow n. The trees now I standing in the Garden of Gethsemene I are of the species known to botanists as I the Olea Europca; they are wild olivcs and appear polarded from extreme old age, nnd their stems are very rough I I ft a t art I ana Knarietl. JL hey are highly veneraled by the members of the Roman com-1 munion here, who consider any attempt to rnt or tf, :n:llr ,i,pm an nrr ftr p,0fanaf,on. Should any one of them indeed be novrtl to pluck anv of the . . . . leaves he would incur a sentence of ex communication. Findcn's Illustration of the Bible. VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT. Blackwood's Magazine, in an article entitled Chateaubriand, contains among other extracts from his works, the lollowing ocauuiui description oi me vai - ley of Jehoshaphat. 1 he valley of Jehoshaphat has in all ages served as the burying place to Jerusalem: you meet there, side by side, monuments of the most distant I . - y . rv- t

urnes, ana ol the present century. 1 he the protection thus accorded by that Jews still come there to die from theJclCVer despot will bring to mind that

I corners of the earth. A stranger sells I . . . - . ... .. . ..I to Ihem, lor almost its weight in gold, the land which contains Ihe bones of Iheir ancestors. Solomon planted lhat valley; the shadow of the temple by w r.icn u was overhung me torrent, called after grief, which traversed it the psalms which David there composed the lamentations of Jeremiah, wnicn us rocics re-ccnoea, renaer u me fitting abode of the tomb. Christ commenccd his passion in the same place; that innocent David, there shed for the expiation ot our sins, tears which the I guilty David let fall for his own trans11 gressions. t ew names awaken in our 1 mind recollections so solemn as the valet Joel, all mankind will be assembled there before the Eternal Judge. The aspect of Ihe celebrated valley is desolate, the western Eide is bounded bv a ridee of loftv rocks which sunport the walls of Jerusalem, above which the towers of Jerusalem appear, The eastern side is formed by the mount of Olives, and another eminence called the mount of Scandal, from the I idolatry of Solomon. These two mouni tains, which adiom each other, are ai 1 most har nA rf n rti and sombre hue; Ion their desert side you see here and I there some black and withered vinei ... .. i i jaras, some wild olives, some piougueu tana covered with hyssop, and a tew rutnea cnapels. At the bottom oi me

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valley you perceive a torrent traverged by a single arch, which appears of great antiquity. The stones of the Jewish cemetery appear like a mass of ruins at the foot of the mountain of Scandal, under the village of Siloam." You can hardly distinguish the buildings of the village from the ruins with which they are surrounded. Three ancient monuments are particularly conspicuous, those of Zachariah, Jehoshaphat, and Absalom. The sadness of Jerusalem, from which no smoke ascends, and in which no sound is to be heard; the solitude of the surrounding mountains, where not a living creature is to be seen; the disorder of these tombs, ruined, ransacked, and half exposed to view, almost induce one to believe that the last trump had been heard and that, the dead were about to rise in the valley of Jehoshaphat. BLUE YARN STOCKINGS. When Dr. Franklin was received at the French Court as American Minister, he felt some scruples of conscience in complying with their fashions as to dress. 'He hopeJ,' he said to the Minister, 'that as he was himself a plain man, and represented a plain American people, the King would indulge his desire to appear at Court in his usual dress. Independent of this, the season of the year rendered the change from warm yarn stockings to fine silk, somewhat dangerous.' The French Minister made him a low bow, but said that Fashion was too sacred a thing for him to meddle with, but he would do himself the honor to mention it to his Majesty. 'The King smiled, and returned word fhat Dr. Franklin was welcome to appear at Court in any dress he pleased. In spite of that delicate respect for stran gers, for which the r rench are so re markable, the courtiers could not help staring, at first, at Dr. Franklin's qua-ker-hke dress, and especially his blue yarn stockings. But it soon appeared that he had been introduced upon this splendid theater only to demonstrate that great genius, like true beauty, 'needs not the foreign aid of ornament.' The Court was so dazzled with the brilliancy ol his mind, that they never looked at his stockings. And while il r ? a 1 - ft many omer ministers wno ngurea in all the gaudy fashions ol .that day are now forgotten, the name of Dr. b rank i;n is still mentioned in Paris with all the ardor of the most affectionate enthusiasm. TYPOGRAPHY. The first rude essays in the art of printing dale from the year 1430, but it was not till 1472 that some German tvDoeraohers began to exercise their art in France, at the invitation, and under the special protection of Louis ns a remarkable fact that the most stern tyrant of the middle ages should have been the most zealous patron of an art so well suited to sap the foundation of all tvrannv. Reasoners unwilling to find too good a motive for I tJ - . . . once on a lime, he beiii"" "ill, he was advised by his physician to have the work of Rhases, an Arabian physician, con - suited for a remedv applicable to his J '- case. There was but one copy in his dominions, and that was in the library Gf the faculty of medicine of Paris. The tinu- pnt in the members of lhat learned body .and begged the loan of the volumes. After great hesitation on their part, his desire was gratified: hut only on condition of the fact of the loan being acknowledged, formally, under the royal sign manual, with a solemn promise of prompt restitution I . an(j a denosit of Dart of the crown plate being in the mean lime made into the hands of the faculty, 1 THE OTTER. The disposition of the otter is singular and interesting, i heir i.uonte sport is sliding, and for this purpose in winter the lushest ridge of snow is selected, to the top of which the otters scramble, where, laying on the belly, with the lore leet hem DacKwaras,mey give themselves an impulse with the hind legs, and swiltly gnae neaa ioremost down the declivity, sometimes for - 1 me uismwx ui iwcm sport they continue apparently with the keenest enjoyment, until latigue or hunger induces them to desist. In the . i Lt. i u i summer mis amuseuicuv is uumiucu uy selecting a spot where me river uann is sloping, nas a clayey 6ou unu uie wa.

ter at its base is of considerable depth. The otters then remove from the surface, for the breadth of scv t ral feet, the sticks roots, stones and other obstructions, and render the surface as level as possible. They climb upon ihe hank at a less precipitous spot and starling from the top, slide with velocity over the inclining gound, and plump into the water to a depth proportioned to the weight and rapidity of motion. After a few slides, the surface of the clay becomes very smooth and slippery, and the rapid succession of the sliders show how much these animals are delighted by the sport, as well as how capable they are of performing actions which have no other object than lhat of pleasure or diversion. HOROSCOPES. We extract ihe following list of "Horoscopes," in each month in the year from an old paper; it is, lo say the least, a very amusing production. January. He who is born in this month will be laborious, and a lover of good wine, but very subject to infidelity: yet he will be complaisant and withal a very fine singer. The lady born in this month will be a pretty prudent housewife, rather melancholy, but yet good tempered. February. The man born in this month will love money much, but the ladies more; he will be stingy at home, but a prodigal abroad. The lady will be a humane and affectionate wife and a tender mother. March. The man born in this month will be rather handsome; he will be honest and prudent: he will die poor. The lady will be a jealous, passionate chatterbox. April. The man who has the misfortune to be born in this month, will be subjected to maladies; he will travel to his disadvantage, for he will marry a rich and handsome heiress, who will make what, no doubt you all understand. The lady of this month will be tall and stout, with agreeable wit and great talk. May. The man born in this month

will be handsome and amiable; he will make his wife happy. The lady will be equally blessed in every respect. June. 1 he man born now will be of small stature, passionately fond of chil dren. Ihe lady will be a eiddv per sonage, fond of coffee; she will marry it the age of 21, and will be a fool at 45. July. The man will be fat, he will suffer death for the wicked woman he oves. The female of this month will be passably handsome, with a sharp nose, out line Dust, one will be ol rather sulky temper. lugust. The man will ambitious and courageous: he will have two wives. The lady will be amiable nnd twice married, but her second husband will cause her lo regret her first. September. He who is born in this month will be strong, wise and prudent, but too easy with his wife, who will give him great uneasiness. The la dy round faced and fair haired, witty, discreef, amiable, and loved by her friends. October. The man of this month will have a handsome face and florid com plexion;! will be wicked in his youth and always inconsistent. He will prom se one thing and do another, and re main poor. The lady will be pretty; t little fond of talking. She will have two husbands, who will die of grief; she will best know why. Jotembcr. The man born in this month will have a Gne face, and be a gay deceiver. The lady of this month will be large, liberal, ana iuu oi novel tv. December. ine man norn in mis . ml I jt! . month will be a good sort of a person, though passionate, lie will devote himself to the army, anu ue Deirayea by his wife. The lady will be amiable and handsome, with a good voice, and a well proportioned body: she will be twice married, remain poor, but con linue honest. FARMERS' ANTI-MOB SPIRIT. "You know the history of the las year. It is decided that in our large cities the mob rules, and the laws are cob-webs. It has been decided lhat to horsewhip a clergyman in the street .kail rnst .QfiO for a black man to horsewhip the chairman of the select men, only $30 ; and for common men to .lfxitrnv Dronertv. and beat and kill one nnother. it shall cost nothing! Look forward, and, what is before us! There

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is not a city in our land which ihe mob innot rule when they please, and as they please and there is an end to law whenever a neighborhood chooses to ullify it. Who is surprised to read in newspaper that even innocent men are Lynched, as it is called, abused, degraea, dishonored, and yet no law will each them, to protect their lives or tt punish the transgressors. There is one class of men upon whom we can as yet rely. It is the same class lhat stood on the little green at Lexington that ithercd on the heights of Bunker Hill, nd poured down from the hills of New England, and which were the life-blood of the nation when the English lion was ready to devour it. I mean the Farm ers. 1 hey were never found trampling on law and right. Vcre I to commit my character to any class of men my fe when m danger my family and my country's safely, it would be to the farmers. They are a class of men such as the world never saw for honesty, ineiiigence, and Koman virtue, sweeten ed by the gospel of God. And when tins nation quakes, they and their sons are those that will stand by the sheet ncnor ot our liberties, and the ship at her moorings, till she outrides the storm. A Sermon by the Rev. J. Todd. EARLY HOME. There are few so calous as lo revis it the scenes of their childhood, without experiencing some emotion. . And whether these are in the crowded city, amidst all the coarse and ordinary ob jects of vulgar life; or in the lonely val ley, wun its green hills and its gliding streams, the same feelings swell the leart, as the thoughts of the past rush over it ; for they speak to us of the careess days of our childhood, of the gay dreams of our youth, of the transient pleasures of our prime, of the faded joys of our old age. They speak lo us of parents not sleeping in the dust, of play lellows in a far distant land, of com panions altered or alienated, of friends become as strangers. They speak to us, also, it may he, of time misspent, of talents misapplied, of warnings neglected, of blessings despised, of peace dejj Ti i . 1 urtiitu. iney may sneaK to us. nerhaps of God's holy law slighted, of his precepts contemned, of himself forsaen; of hearts, alas! not purified and renewed by that grace which they never sought for; but like the wasted volcanoe, parched and blasted in their own unholy files. Fairer scenes all may have viewed than those on which their eyes first opened; but in them we behold only the inanimate objects of nature, which however, they may charm uie senses, or nil me imagination, yet want mat aeep and powerful interest, which seems entwined with our exist ence and which gives a local habitation and a name so powerful a mastery over us. A:. EDITOR. The path of an editor is not over thickly planted with roses. In Ihe sience of the night when men forget that they live, or bath their spirits in the rosy bliss of dreams when care has forgotten to tug at the heart, and ambition lo fire the brain he sleeps not, he dreams not. By the dim lamp he wanders through the field of thought, or by the shore of the sea of knowledge, gathering pebbles wherewith to build his feeble fabric. Often he is misunderstood, taunted, mocked, disappointed. Often does icy neglect freeze his glowing thoughts and nip his young hopes. The careless sneer the crashing insinuations the covert slander the open denunciation all wail to feast upon him. IMUburgh Stranger. An Itinerant House. Bishop M'Kendree's celebrated horse, called "Old Gray," as we learn from an esteemed correspondent, died on the third of Au gust, in his 33d year. The bishop obtained him when he was eight years old, and during the six following years, rode him thirty thousand miles, and after this he made extensive journeys. Such was the good Bishop's regard for this faithful relic of his travelling day, that he remembered him in his will, left him twelve acres of land for his exclusive grazing while he lived, and expressed his wish that his carcass should be buried after death. Western Methodist. A ship lately arrived in England, from the cost of Chili, having on board specie to the amount of five millions of dollars.

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