Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 131, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 14 May 1836 — Page 1

THE MISINCJ-

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"l WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OP MY LIVING ACTION'S, TO KEE1 MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION." I - " " " - , f nYALEX.E.LE. UISIXK SLIV, IXD1AXA, SATURDAY, MAY 14, ISSG. VOLOSR Ill.-'O. KSlT I

THE VOICE OF SPRING. There came a sound on the passing breezp, So slight that j r scarce might hear, But beneath its breath the blooming trees, In their spring time beauty appear. Anil it stooped to earth its tireless wing, And balmyly breathed around, And the beautiful blossom and buils of spring Have thickly peopled the ground. It sought the nest of the earliest bird, Aud brightly replnmed hi win?, And bidding his liquid notes be heard, In the swelling chorus of spring It took its flicht to the plancing stream, That had lain in a wintry thrall, And brightly dispelling its icy gleam, It awoke to the welcome call. The spirit arose for it? upward flight, Before it the snow clouds flew, It reached the starry expanse of light, Us beautiful home of bl;ie. Then proudly it gazed on theblooming ground In its blossomin? beauty bright, And foftly canopied all around, With a heaven of spotless light. ?IY NATIVE I,AND. Though joys in other clime be found, There's purer joy at home. Ami I the world might wander round, In distant climes might roam : I'nt never to my soul be known, Upon a foreign strand, The peace, the hope, the pride I own, In this my native land. Though other fields may be as green, And other skies as blue ; Arid other faces f.iir be seen, And hearts be found as true; Oh! be it ruled by mildest rule, Or swayed by lawless ham), With joy, with pride, whateYr betide, I Ml love my' native land. HISTORICAL. THE YOING WAHRIOUS. Towards the close of the lite war with Great Britain, in 1313 or 1814, when the American arms had beer, so victorious as to alarm and intimidate the Indians on these frontiers, they acceded to a proposition to meet the American commissioners at Greenville, fKlrt ! 1k BN It rlNAtn y- f (iv-il'infT r treaty of peace and of cess on and n. . 1 1 - -1 , i ,. ... . rwJ, iMra;n, ;.ii; f this contcmnl;i(ed convention, became ' ,. i . i i i t disposed to attend it aj possible from ror mis purpose mey ae- " .11. .1 J , , r g, 1. 7 1

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tun'llirtiiutu v n 1 iciuu vxiiitiui'iii w 1 t,ccr, whose object was to mtercept a tribe of the American Indians, and over awe them from proceeding to Green ville. This scheme soon become known to the military authorities of the Uinted States on this frontier. They promptly adopted measures to counter act the protect ot the enemy. 1 hey selected a lad about 16 years of age, the son of a respectable native cf this j Ym.v, y-'j-v dence and good will ot the Indians all! his life. The father having died they transferred their attachment to the l .on. Ih.s boy armed himself with K - n L Civ. ninrr L til milVk'Pl aflii ammunition; engaged, as his compan nn,cvn,rj5 ion a half breed, the nephew of the Canadian commander of the hostile Inj nc tb.n l im dian force, some what oluer than iim-i self, and proceeded from Detroit to visit the fiicndly Indians, and to induce them by his hereditary influence, to proceed on their mission to Greenville, .44 well as warn them against the meditated attempt of the enemy to intercept them. The two lad marched with celerity, amidst frying difficulties and dangers. They passed a Pott awatomie village, with the aboriginal inhabitants of which the American lad was a great favorite. These PotUwatomies were aware of the movejnents of the Canadian Indians; and after the two lads had left their village in pursuit of the business on which they had been dispatched, they became apprehensive that their youthful favorhe and his companion might be taken and massacred bv the hostile force, They, therefore sent a number of their warriors after them, for the purpose of affording them protection. Before these generous allies overtook them the two boys had beg;in to cross a river in a canoe. On the opposite shore, they descried a uetatenment ot the savage enemy. But it was too late. They were ordered by the Canadian Com - munder of the detachment to surren der themselves. Feigning submission! our young heroes as iney approacnea th enemv. whose commander was adanciug towards them alone, came to the determination lo sell their lives dearly, and not to he taken aiive u .ntnrerl at all. They formed the nlm of walkins? up as near as possible, with safety, to the Canadian officer, and

of shooting him down on the spot, each pledged himself (o the other to fire simultaneously. As they came near to him, the half-breed discovered that the oflicer was his uncle. For a moment he faultered; but leinspired by the determined spirit and energy of the American lad, he marched fearlessly up towards the commander. Within a few steps of him he demanded an immediate surrender of themselves and their arms. They looked around them. They perceived (hat the hostile savage detachment were stationed on the brow of the. hill about fifty yards otF. They felt their perilous situation; but with undaunted firmness, and desperate resolution, they told tiie Canadian officer not to come any nearer to them, or they would certainly kill him. At first he laughed at them; he could not suppose it possible that two boys neither of them eighteen years of age, would in the face of a large detachment of savage enemies, burning wilh resentment, and flushed with hope, daie to execute their threat. Finding that thev were in r.o w ise intimidated bv the dangers which on all sides surrounded them, the Canadian commander resorted to the bold expedient of moving towards his youthful adversaries; throwing open his bosom, defying them to tire at him. and at the same moment raising his ? word to cut down the)oung American. In the act of striking they both shot him through the heart. He (ell at their feet: but such was the presence of mind, of the young American, in these fearful circumstances, uncertain whether the officer was certainly dead, that to render "assurance doubly sure,"' and to prevent the possibility of his calling out to his detatchment to

fire on them, he turned the but end of his nmsket and broke the officers neck with one blow. At this instant the friendly Pottawatomies providentially I nn:i rnr nn f rnrrvc! f r chAra nt in ri- ' -. aer, gave a tremendous veil, and rushed cro?s the stnam with the rapidity of L, I ( lilt ft m commander, and seeing the rapid ap , e , ', ,. ' . i...'..vi. . . . a vii.i.vvi.t.v- w u ti.u i .j j iiini. 1 he uinr i.ius wtic tineu, mu 1 .1 . .1 .1 (h h and cffected (he object of their trying and dangerous mission. 1 he treaty ol (jreenville was signed and ratified; peace was restored with Indian tribes, and the intrepid young American, left a pcnnyless or phan by the death of his parent and the disasterous effects of the war, lived to educate and bring up a large family of sisters by his own exertions, and still lives in alfiuence, to enjoy the society f ... , ' rtaJh ,Jr laH:ailpi . ,.f . -' . J : . . ... , . . . Ld undcr he ,jf(rd tomahawk in a I .... 1 . ...7 state of h rh cu t vat on. and h ossom. ing and blooming like the rose. j? , TllE GRASSHOPPER WAR. Soon after the settlement of North Carolina, the English settlers were infoimed by the natives, that a bloody conflict had recently raged among them, distinguished by the appellation of the "Uras.-hopper U ar, the occasion and issue of w hich, as they related, were as follows: 1 he male inhabitants of an Indian Village in the interior of the colony, went out one day on a hunting excursion. During their absence, two children were amusing themselves in the inclosure of one of their parents, hunting grasshoppers and the child of the neighbor having caught one of these insects, the other instantly claimea u as nis rigntiui property; on me ground of his father's ownership of the soil. The captor forthwith ran home with his prize, and related the facts to his mother. She at once espoused her child s cause, and applauded his spirit while his little antagonist proceeded to inform his mother that his immunities had been infringed upon; and a cor responding sentiment touched meum and uum, was likewise awakened l her bosom. Both mothers grew out ! ragcous. each being fully persuaded - 1 that the respective children had been grossly wronged. The mother of the claimant being determined, in the ar dor of her race to obtain recompence called on her neighbor, and demanded instant rejtitmion; but the latter fully prepared lor the interview, utterly re fused to make any amends, and insist ed furthermore, on an acknowledgment j for indignity committed on her son in

the attempt to rob him of his natural and lawful acquisitions. The women presently became fired wilh zeal so settle the dispute bv single combat; but some of the neighbors intei feted; ai.d advised a suspension of hostilities uiilii the return of their husbands. This was ncceded to; and when the men arrived, each was dr.lv made acquainted with the matter, whereupon the two fathers met, and in the most savr.ge and vindictive temper, fell upon each other, 11 ct armis teason having losl all control, and revenge usurped its place. This affray moused the attention of the village, who immediately took sides, and became parties in the combat. The entire community thus found itself involved in a state of war and bloodshed. While victory hesitated between the combatants, each parly called to its assistancettuxiliai ies from the neighboring tribes, and they in turn drew reinforcements from their remote friends so that the whole territory, lor leagues around about, became entangled in a mnrdeieus and destructive war, which did not subside until more than two thousand victims had perished for glory to wit. the ex hibition of an explanation, or the restitution of a grasshopper!

OUlt COUNTRY Man is a being of astonishing power. His path through time, is graven in enduring lines, as in a rock. Every moment, although he may be lonely and single handed, is momentous, and, through the surpassing wisdom of lite universal Dictator of events, becomes part of a chain which runs on unbroken" from the morning of the young creation to the present time. 'The proper study of mankind is man.' 'Know thyself,' is the maxim of one of the Grecian sages: and a greater one. than the philosopher or the sententious poet las said, 'As in water fac,e answereth to face, so docs the heart of man to man. We might doubt the expediency of pending our hasty moments in con templations,, connected wicij this subject, did we not know, that Heaven itelf is all eve and all car, to note the doings of man. As far as we know, the earth we inhabit is the only grand the atre of moral conflict, throughout the vast creation of God. Where other systems roll, other stars throw out their radiance, olher seas pour lorth their floods of molten silver, and oilier mountains and vales wave with a ver dure which may be perenial there may be no fierce struggle between be ings of hell, and the dwellers in heaven's purity. Elsewhere all mav be peace and holiness, and praise. Here only, permitted for the illustration of the Di vine perfections, sin may have broken out, as in the quarantine ol the uni verse; while benevolence bends from the heavens, and stoops from every star, to watch, with a thrilling interest the renovating influence of the great cure, which heaven, at an infinite ex pense, has prepared to arrest the con tagion ere it reaches other systems, and spreads ils shadows over regions, that now yield their unblighted and perpet ual harvests of praise and periect obe dience. The pilgrim fathers, who, two hun dred ago years, built their first log church, and Iojt school house, under the shadow of the snow-clad pines, 'on o . the wild New England shore, could have had no just comprehension of the grand drama, which was to open its first act where the fresh, untouched wilderness then curtained an immense continent. The sun, that came up dripping from the waves of the Atlan tic. and went to rest in the purple wa ters of the Pacific, lighted a hemis phere unknown to story or to song yet a hemisphere of nature's proudest workmanship, where the native scenery for centuries had told to the celestia visitants, who sometimes gazed on the mighty river, lakes, and cataiacls, of the New World, the aisle of a sublime destination. It becomes not the Chris tian to lose sight of the Almighty, in hi contemplation of the agents by which it was effected, rar in the tranqui heavens, where the smoke of battle never curled its sulphurous incense where no convulsions ever shook the enduring hills, we see the Ancient of Days on a great white throne. The earth is before him like a map. The lines of empire are shadowed wit darkness, and a ray less gloom hangs I unbroken over the path of the past

centuries. 1 lie kingdoms of the beast!

nd of the false piophet are fyll of' .ui), and doubt, and shadows. -.tBut over the western hemisphere golden ouds, hinged with living radiance,! ing like angel wings. It is the dawn! ol tiie great western morning when the ist day ol glory begins to roll back-' waul neon llic ancient east where the moial daylight was bout, but where it has been quenched by sin. It i? a most beautiful expression in the pravers of the English church 'that all uoiks be;u!i, coiiiinued, and ei.ded, in Thee." t was thus the American Revolution began lo roll. It was thus that its wav held on 'twas thus it ended. Man depends more on Heaven, than he is generally willing to acknowledge. An unseen, but not an uafelt, influence bears diiectly u pontile hearts of millions in hours ol danger and despondency. 1 he philosopher, who icflects upon the variable nature of the elements of ociety; how a single breath of public opinion comes sweeping over the face oi socien. and changes i;i a simile lour the entire aspect and condition ot thing-; rnu-t tremble (r the stability ot a throne, or a kingdom, or a reoubic. Opinion influences the will of com munity, anJ the public will, when aoused to decisive mea?uies, is like Omnipotence on earth. Well may the strongest armies tremble, when thev see the bare bosom? of unarmed in habitants presented to the point of the bay onet. But we hush the proud swellings of national pride. It does not become us to paint the clouds of earthly battle on the clear hky of gospel holiness. The mists of halt a century are now setling lown upon the names and deeds of our j -- lathers ; yet our fathers' Uod still lives. I lis awful form was scarcely throw ded by the smoke of cor. fl ict. A hand leavier and stronger than that of man, moved the machinery of our independ ence. it was tiotl all gloriously tneie, who had fed the fires of patriotism on the cloudv altars of Eieedom. GREAT SXGV STOnUl. following account of two "old fashioned Snow Storm,1" w hich occur red in 1717, is laken from Alonzo Lewis' history of Lynn, Massachusetts: "1 wo great Storms on the 20ih and 21th of February, covered the ground so deep wilh snow, that people could not (or some days pass from one house to anotner. Old Indians of an hundred years said their fathers had never (old them of such a snow. It was from 10 to 20 feet deep, and generally covered the lower story of the houses. Cottages of one slory were entirely buried, so that people dug paths from one house lo another under the snow. Soon after a slight rain fell, and the frost crusted the. snow, and the people went out of their chamber windows and walked over it. .Many ot the larmers lost their sheep; and most of the sheep and swine that were saved, lived from one lo two weeks without food. One man had some hens buried near his barn, which were dug out alive eleven days after. During this snow a great many deer came from the woods for food, and were followed by the wolves which killed many of them. Others were killed bv the people with guns. Some of the deer fled to Nahant, and being chased by the wolves leaped into the sea and were d rowned. G reat damage was done to the orchards, by the snow freezing to the branches and splitting the trees as it fell. This snow formed a remarkable era in New England ; and old people in relating an event, would say it happened so many years before or after the great snow." TIIE YANKEE AND DUTCHMAN, Every man who w ishes to prosper in life must choose between the following alternatives either to limit his desires lo his income, or to extend his income to his desires. He that limits his desiies to his income, takes the safest course for himself, and he that extends his in come to meet his desires, the best course for the public. The one is character ised a3 your prudent man, and the other as vour enterprising man. The one is the distinguishing feature of the Dutchman, and the other of the Yan kec. The one confines his wishes to what he has got, or ran safely expect to acquire; the other lets them expand wide euough Jo embrace all he can hope lo gain. The Dutchman is there fore a quiet, prudent, plodding ani mal the Yankee a bustling, driving

restles ''critter.'' The one is :easi!y satistied,'the other never. The Dutch

man, when he has acquired a dece;,t fortune, pockets his cash, and retires from business and its risks; while tLi Yankee i then only just beginning io live, using Ids present acquisitions as a means ot acquiring more, constantly risking what he lias got for the piupose of im iea-iiig his gains, multiplies his expenses in pioportion to his accu mulations, and is l!ui stimulated to continue, as well by necessity as the drsire of gain his ardor in the pursuit hold ing out even to the end of life. The Dutchman dies in retirement at a good old age, heartily tried of the monotonv of life; the Yankee is surprised by death in (Iih midst of life, while busy in his woikshop or counting room, laying his' plans f.r many rears to come. The one makes a little snug, quiet village, when the other builds a large flourishing, splendid city. The one lives in Albanv , the other in New York, Boston, or Baltimore. DH. PARIjKY AM) THE FARJIES. The late Dr. Parley, having naturally a sweet voice, submitted to the church wardens r.f Dalston, near Carlisle, (of which pariah he was vicar) the propriety of having a sounding box put over his pulpit. While the matter was discussing in the vestry, "Oh," said a thrifty farmer, "if the doctor would but speak as loud in the pulpit as he does at christenings and tithr. days, faith, I think there would be no occasion to put the parish lo the expense of a sounding box." The doctor, wilh his characteristic mildness retorted, "Friend, you are mistaken; you hear much better out of the church than in it. When a man's worldly interest is concerned, he is sosharpeared that he can hear even a whisper; but the preacher needs the voice of John the Baptist to louse the sleepers." This silenced the satirical firmer, who felt conscious of having frequently i", dulge in naps during the doctor's sc mon. A Good O.ve. When (lie late Judge Howell, of Rhode Island, was at t!.r Bar, Mr. Burgess, wrote on. the linir - of his hut vacuum enput, (empty head: tne nat circulated about, excitin v. smile on every countenance, except tha of the owner; who deliberately took ; up, and repeated the words above, ars.well knowing the author of the mi? chief; addressed the Court as follow.-. "May it please the Court, I ask youHonor s protection, (holding up the hat for said he, "I find that Brother Bur gess has wjitten his name in my hai and I have reasons to fear that he in tends lo make off with it.'' Galaxy. Locke. A gentleman once said tc this distinguished man, It is really in credible how you could obtain so gene ral a knowledge upon all subjects; pray sir, how did you acquire it?' He replied, putting his hand upon his head, 'I never was ashamed when young to a? for information. I conversed with a sorts of men, and made myself as fam iar with the secrets of their own pnfessions, as if (hey were my own.' Merit. A man of brilliant talent combatting the storms of adversity a . ' misfortune, is like the sun behind ; cloud ; hid, but not impaired ; obscure not forever, but only for a lime, shine with grea ter splendor when tho -storms are over, like the sun when th clouds have passed away. 4 Which is the best shop to get a f die at?' asked a pupil of Tom CooL the musician. 4 An apothecary's shop, answered the wag, ' because if you blurt drug there, they always give you vial-in.' An Irishman's Parrot. Pat har seen'a parrot, and heard it talk; and was so delighted with it that he must buy one. Some wag procured an owl, and persuaded him it was a parrot and could speak. He bought it. His friend, some days after, inquired if his parrot had bgun to talk yet? 4Not yet, by my faith,' said Pat, 4 but he keeps a divil of a thinking'.' Conundrum. A carpenter being risked why old age was like a nail well driven into an oak post? replied, 4 because it is in Jirnu An old writer says 4 The Spaniard? are eag les vm their horses, lions in their fastnesses, women in the open fieldJ

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