Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 134, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 4 June 1836 — Page 1

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THE HILLS. The hills!--the 'everlasting hills!' How perfectly they rise, Like Earth's gigantic sentinels Discoursing in the skies. Hail! Nature's storm-proof fortresses, By freedom's children trod; Hail! ye invulnerable walls--The masonry of God! When the dismantled pyramids Shall blend with desert dust, When every temple 'made with hands' Is faithless to its trust Ye shall not stoop your Titan crests--Magnificent as now Till your almighty Architect In thunder bids you bow! I love the torrents strong and fierce That to the plain ye fling Which gentle flowers drink at their goal And eagles at their spring; And, when arrested in their speed By winter's wand of frost, The brilliant and fantastic forms In which their waves are tossed. Glorious ye are, when Noon's fierce beams Your naked summits smite, As o'er ye Day's great lamp hangs poised In cloudless crysolite: Glorious, where o'er ye sunset clouds Like broidered curtains lie--Sublime, when through dim moonlight looms Your spectral majesty. I love your iron-sinewed race--Have shared their rugged fare--The thresholds of whose eyrie home Look out on boundless air: Bold hunters, who from highest cliffs The wild goat's trophies bring, And crest their bonnets with the plumes Of your aerial king! I love the mountain maidens--Their step's elastic spring Its light, as if some viewless bird Upbuoyed them with its wing: Theirs is the wild, unfettered grace That art hath never spoiled, And theirs the healthful purity That fashion hath not soliled. Mountains! I dwell not with ye now, To climb ye, and rejoice--And round me boometh, as I write, A crowded city's voice; But oft in watches of the night, When sleep the turmoil stills, My spirit seems to abroad Among ye, mighty hills!

BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.

broast-work was made of two post ai:d rail fences, pliccd about four feet apart in parallel lines, and between them was trod the newly mown crass, nnkkip; quite as pood a sereen lor the militia as the redo.ibt or the brcast-woik. (ieneral Ward, corjcludir.s; from tlie (i!i:.:: en (.'opp's hili in Uislon, that ti;e Ih itiyh would m ike a sit tisrele to get possession i f ih,- wc rks, r tiered to relieve I'reicolt and liis tiien, hut they unanimously declined th.e offer, but earnestly insisted on reinforcements. The.-e weio. rcltsctantly iriven, as the commander-in-chief thought an attack on his camp was contemplated; and in such case, his fortified camp, indifiorenlly lot iilied as it was, was a letter place lor a general action (l.an IJunker's hill.

Eailv in the mornin?;, from the battery on Copp's hill, one of the ;iitn in

or near the redoubt was shot, and was

instantly buried on the spot; hut although tiie roar of the. cannon from

smoke directly into the f.ico of the enemy; but as the smoke arose over t!ie heads of the l;t itis!;,ti.c Americans, ns it were, locking under the cloud, saw where to lire. iVescolt was n!i the fi;;ht in the redoubt; the other portion of the Massachusetts mifiti t at the breast-works. Toe New Hampshire troops, under Stalk, Dearborn, and

o;ner?. were at tne iau-ienco. i.k v

were marcliinj; from their native slute

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towards Camhridoe, .and went

affected, and it is probable that the demise of the daughter-in-law, thus bereaved her of one of her most cherished connexions. Few, if any, more remarkable and exemplary woman have lived, than the mother of Napoleon. It has been stated by respectable historians, that he was born on the carpet without assistance. There is reason lo doubt this

story, mu toe mo oi movement, expo-

thc battle irtound bv their own

Site led during tlie

while lie was still

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sure, and itardsuin

j troubles of Corsica,

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r, ui iMim ou-oui v-n.i-i s i;i nui iH)soni, nreiMievi ami Miurevi nun

Irom the comm;mder-Ui-chiCf. I in rmhrvn to;- tlie i :ireer of :nh-en!iii i'

Tlie ihittsSi had between three and of warfare, and of chance to which he

four thousand in the tight. They ac- Wlf destined. Madame Ltutiliu, left know lodged ten hundred and fifty four ;l widow when vet vouni;, 1y the death

killed and wounded, wilhatrreat nropor- of her husband. Charles Conanarle.

rave lei:i!i, not only to Ine

ed for war; fiery-red; with his armor on, "snorting for battle,1' as it were; and then again its noisy cities, where men crowd and rush, as if the spot of earth on which they were, was the only spot; eities now vieing in business with the older cities of Europe, but yet in the gristle, in their swaddling clothes, as it were; by and by lo become the Londons of the Western world. J.unrs lirooks

tion ol oiuccrs. i ncir numaer was most unquestionably larger; for they brought between three and font hundred corpses of the slain, ami buried (hem in the corner of a new burving-

Copp's hill was incessant, no further ground at the bottom of the common damage was done by their shot; and in JJoslon. The others were buiicd aid of this battery, the Lively, man of- on Ureed's hill, where they fell.

war, was brougtU to near, and in lael I he Americans had hi teen hundred Jived to see nearly all these ei 'ht chil-

slie began to cannonade at early dawn, in the. fmht, but perhaps there were a dien kimr :,,d niieens. never "whs be-

detieral d.ige wishing to drive lae 'tvr tnore at times, lor volunteers came uaved by prosperity into pride, or by

provincials from the lull, sent major. OI lt ground, expended liieir pow-

gencral Howe and brigadier general der, and retreated, when they ccula unassumino- and ;u.-ial!e at the height

I'igot, with ten companies of grenadiers l! lll0re service lo the cause. The

provincials liad one hundred and thirtynine killed, and three hundred and four-

greatest

man cf modern Europe, oui to tour sons

iitid four daughters, all distinguished

by their talents, their pcrsomil attrac

tions, and tneir aslonislung elevation.

The Mmpe.rorscarcely toweicd more

in the field of battle, than his sisters in

the draw ins room. The mother, who

and ten of light infantry, ilh sonic artillery lo perform this service. These generals rtconnoiterini; the American

at Morton's

of fortune, hc was constantly mindful

of its uncertainty, while in the utmost distress of her family, she maintained

forces, on their arrival

w aiieu irom noon to aaout three o cloeU, before the battle was commenced. The British began a slow march up the hill in two lines, slopping at limes to give ihe artillery a chance to play, ijttl the angle of elevation was such that it did but little execution. The provincials wasted no amunition; they ill. i rii "

nau out a scantv supply, i hev were

teen wounded ai d missing, j. he oki-1 the noble fortune, loftiness and dignity

ccrs uho lell on our side were. co!. Of the head of such a race. In her

nd pious re-

ilh unshaken

tiiitaiess, though with deep emotion, the untimely deaths of her grandson, the only child of Napoleon, and of another, tlie eldest son of Louis 13 onaparle,

married to the younger daughter of

datt!,!: or i:r.M;;:;t hill. COt.. WILLI M r!UCOTT.

William Prescott was born in 1726, at Groton in Massachusetts, and was an ollicer of the provincial troops at the capture of Cape Breton in 1758. He was distinguished in the campaign and was offered a commission in the regular army, which he declined. He was engaged in agricultural and civil employments, until near the commencement of the revolutionary war. He was a member of the provincial congress in 177-1, and when the militia was organized, by that body, he was appointed to the command of a regi-

ment. He marched to Concord as

soon as he heard that (iage had sent

Pitcairn with forces lo destroy the stores

at Concord; before he knew one drop

of blood had boon spilt. The share he

had in the memorable battle of the

17lh of Juno, l775, should not be for

gotten. He proved him-; If worthy of

command by his prowess on that day.

The American army had been quar-

tered at Cambridge nearly two months,

and no blow had been struck to rid the

country of the British troops or to

encourage the natives; some uneasi

ness seemed to show itself in the camp

and more abroad, that greater energy was not shown; but the wise thought to

conquer by Fabian wisdom, while others

were for deceive measures. The ar-

my at Cambridge was known to be

large enough lo demolish the British

if they could be got at. In this state

of fueling, it was thought proper to

make some demonstrations ol courage

and intention of acting offensively and

fearlessly. Col. Prescott was sent with the fragments, or rather, the skeletons of three regiments, on the night of the I6th of June, lo occupy a station on Bunker's hill. On viewing that eminence he found it an ineligible spot; and he looked along to the right, and found that a spur , that hill which was now called Breed's hill, was the most proper situation in every respect for a battle ground. Considering that they were within the limits of their orders

Prescott and col. Gridley, the engineers,

began a redoubt on the right of Breed's it I. i

lull. It was about one hundred and

forty feet square, with two open passa-

ges for ingress and egress. On the

left of the redoubt, running northeast

crly, was a breast-work of sods, not

much ovcr four feet high; but not, as

has been stated, extending to Mystic river, it did not extend one quarter of

the way to it. The line from this

point, thought best to wait for reinforce- Gardner, of Cambridge, lt-col. Park- latter yearsof retirement a ments from Boston. For these. Howe er, of Chelmsford, and majors Moore signation, she suffered wit

and McCleary,--all men of distinction

and value, and heroes in ihe cause,

with major-general Joseph Warren:.

1 The name, of the humblest individu-

al who perished in that fight will be

embered by the town or parish Joseph two of the most promising

from whence became, and be general- young men of their age, both taken off ly enrolled on the books of the cornor- (like "the son of Kugene Beaulnuhois,

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anon, Young, substantial yeomen, or married to the Queen of Portugal) so

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ordered to put four buckshot to a bullet, dusLUous mec.iamcs, uiey were own- unaccounlablv as lo excite suspicions

and to reserve their tire until the ene- ors ol 1,10 so1' ,or " lucU tllc)' fo;.ght. ih-t tliese offsprings of a new but for-

my were at blank shot distance. At 1 he battle scene was imposing the- midable house, fell victims to the dark

this moment they poured in upon the ground was in the in. mediate iiei-' bor- ened, desperate purpose of legitimacy

approaching foe a most destructive cl- hood of a city, w hose inhabitants were to suppress a dynasty rising from the

?y. 1 hecllect was not more deslruct- watching the progress of events, anx- I sovereignly of the people. Ihe re

ive than appalling. The British soldie- 'ous for the nearest friends, while the mainiug scions of this stock, are the

ry, expecting nothing but random shots 1 roar ot cannon from ships ol war, and surviving and only son of Louis Bonafrom undisciplined militia, were as- from floating and stationary batteries; parte and Ilortcnsia Beaubarnoisc, in-

tounded at such deadly (ires, and their was toll owed or commingled with inces- timalely connected with the royal farm

ine was broken in contusion. Some I font vclhes ct musketry ; a well built ly of bavaria, and two sons of Jerome

companies had not twenty soldiers fit compact town, was seen in one mass of Bonaparte, and the princess of Wur-

for duty when they were about to rail), names, and all this, but the commence- temburgh, allied to most of the crown-

Ihe British olhcers had the greatest ment ol troubles, was a sight which ed heads cf Lurope. find standing in

difficulty to bring their troops into line I u';ts appalling to every American, and near succession by what is considered

again. At length they came up a se- seemed lo shake even the enemy, mind the divine right of kings to the throne

cor.d time toward the works, but with und body, together. The British troops, of Great Britain! The mother of the

some wavering; and in less than fifteen inconsiderable numbers, occupied the immense Napoleon, (as Lafayette callminutes their line broke in still greater hill thatnight, and enlarged the redoubt cd him) was the object of his warmest confusion than before. Clinton saw to nearly twice the original extent; hut attachment and never failing devotion.

this from Boston, and hastened over to they did not venture to light their (ires She might have been loaded with titles

assist Howe. Both the generals ad- J they labored by the sinking, flickering and riches, if covetous of them, but

dressed the soldiers; called to mind lights w Inch shot up from the srnould- the simple appellation of Madame Mo-

their former wreaths of glory, and the cring rums of Charlcstown. thcr was her only title; and althougn

everlasting disgrace of being beaten v.ol. 1 rescott was a noble, bold, legitimate malice has continually mag

by raw militia. Howe swore to them brave, country gentleman, whose heart nihed her wealth, she will be (ound to that he would never survive the dis- was patriotic to ihe very core. Where have died, as she lived, in moderate

grace, if they were beaten that day. danger was, there he was tube found, circumstances. Young and handsome

By this time, Charlcstown, consisting ol Ine good of his country was h:s chief, when her widowhood began, calumny

four hundred houses, was in a blaze, ms sole desire. lie was again found has never even attempted to question

ibis Clinton had done to tcrrifv the m arms at the capture of burgone. her irreproachable purity. I he edit

neighboring army. On the third at- J -At this event he cosidcrcd the freedom cation and welfare ot her children, lestack they were under the necessity of of the country secure, though there sons, and the example of moderation

resorting to skill, not daring to put it on might he much hard fighting to come, and disinterestedness to them when ru-

the score cf bravery a third time. I He resigned his commission and retired lers, of uncompromisingconsistency and

ingot, with a considerable force, took to his f arm in PcpperiM. a new town la- magnanimity in their reverses, crowned a circuitous route around the south ken from Croton, the place of his noli- her life and were its only crown. A

side of the hill, and came upon the vily. He was several times sent to the serene death closing such a life, full of

south-western angle of the redoubt, legislature, and was an efficient mem- years and domestic virtues, indicate

md instantly scaled the slight works, her of this body. He su lie red with the epitaph which posterity pronounce

I ilcairn was with him, and was shot others ol that band of freemen who on the Mother of JNnpolcon

through the body as he was about to achieved our independence, by the de-

lean into the redoubt. 1 igot, being a prccialion of specie became worthless ASILku an mulm.

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short man, was lifted by hts soldiers on as rags, an eyesore to the possessor, and There is no such scencrv on earth,

to the sods, and jumped into the area a stain on the d:ito of our country's vnilv believe, as ours. 'I here is but

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without harm. 1 he provincials were history. Col. Prcscott died m 1795, in one Niagara in its broad circumlercnce

now attacked on the east and on the the seventieth year of his age; leaving And then its glorious rivers, from the

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west; their ammunition was exhaus- an only son. Judcc Villiam l rescott. a cataracts ol high JNortheru laiuuae

ted; and they had few or no bayonets; statesman and jurist, who has ablv to the calm and beautiful Alabama

md aller beating their assailants aw hile sustained the rights and principles for the maicstic iUissouri the piacici, sou

with the butts of their guns, Prcscott which his father fought and bled. Ohio. And then, too, its lakes the

KnccATiex. Kducatioit is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no climate destroy, no enemy alienate, no despotism e nstave. At home, a friend, abroad an introduction; in solitude a solace, in society, an ornament. It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it give9 at once a government to genius. Without it, what is a man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage, vacillating

between the dignity of an intelligence dciived from God and the degredation of passion participated with brutes. Few parents realize how much their children may be taught at home by devoting a few minutes to their instruction every day. Let a parent make the experiment with his son of ten years old for a single week, and only dining the hours which are spent in school. Let him make a companion of his child converse with him familiarly put to him cjticslions answer inquiries communicate facts, the result of his tea ling or observation awake his curiosity expliin difficulties, the meaning of things and the reason of things and all this in an easy, playful manner, without seeming to impose a task, and he w ill himself be astonished at the progress which will be made. Professor Etcing.

ordered a retreat. Those at the breast

work retreated, and those at the rail-

fence followed, over Charlestown neck,

northward.

Until the commencement of the re-

treat, but few ol the Americans had

vast inland sens, where fleets can ride

ii forests, alive with songsters of al-

THE MOTHER OF NAPOLEON.

Letters from Furore render it ccr- most every note and every feather; of

tain that the mother of Napoleon is trees of every cast and hue; and, if

dead, bhc was eighty-live years old, seen in the frosts ol Autumn, beyond

and has resided for the last twenty the power of pencil to tiainl; mocking

been killed. Their unwillingness to years at Rome, where her brother, the skill of man; rivaling the rich suti-

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leave the ground at the proper time, Cardinal Fesch, yet lives, and some set on the bosom of the western ciouus,

was the cause of the considerable num - other membersof the Bonaparte family, and making a very paradise ol eartn.

her of killed and wounded. Captain Madame Mother (as she was commonly And then its boundless prairies, n

lvnowllnn li.-ivmrr a fine nrnc comnanv and antl ralhn was fonillv attached savannahs: 113 vast Havens, on which

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near Mystic liver, moved up in good lo the once Queen of Westpahlia, hit- beat the waves of the ocean with their order, and covered the I ell cat of those terly entitled Duchess of Montfort, sullen roar; and its still solitudes, where

from the redoubt and breast-work, daughter of the King of Wurlemburgh, man feels as it lie really were .none The battle ended briwrrn five and six and wife of Tpmmp Bonanarte. bv with the Indian ; the wild, unapproach-

o'clock. The wind ilurim' the fight whose death lately the mother of the cd and almost unapproachable Indian,

vyas brisk and westerly, aud blew the Bonapailcs lias no doubt becu much in his savage dignity painted and deck-

Some years before the French Revolution, a compositor at a printing house left his workshop. He was seiz-

1 by four men, who promised that

they would not do him any injury if he

made no resistance; they tied a ban

dage over liis eyes, and pushed him in

to a coach. 1 he poor man did not dare lo utter a word during the whole

time he was on the road. When they untied the bandage he found himself in a large room, in which were cases fille'd

with characters, and presses. They

ordered him lo print some pamphlets,

tndrnanvot those obscene books which

lave multiplied so greatly within these

few years, with such frightful audacity.

ie was obliged to obey, and was kept

fifteen days at work, for which they lib

erally paid him; and then, having a-

gain tied a bandage over his eyes, they

uaccd him in a coach and carried him

back to the spot from whence they first

took him. He never disclosed his adventure to any one, having been bound

to secrecy, which he promised to per

form. Y hen the Bastile was taken, ho was among the number of the assailants,

ie there recognized the secret printing iress, to which he had been conducted

with so much mystery. What a sub

ject for reflection !

Mexico. The republic of Mexico

extends from 15 to 42 degrees of north latitude, and GG to 125 degrees west lon

gitude, forming an area of 1,000,000 square miles. The confederacy i3

composed of 1 d states and 4 territories,

comprising a population of 8,000,000

including 4,000,000 Indians, 1,500,000

Creoles; the remainder mixed breeds.

Two of the provinces now at war with Mexico, are Texas and Goahuila, making an area of 192,000 square miles; population 1 30,000, of which Monclova is the capital with 0,000 inhabitants. It is believed that there are 30,000 American settlers in the two districts. The productions are gold and silver, banan, maimoc, maize, sugar-cane, cocoa, indigo, vanilla, tobacco, cochineal, &.c. Besides these, there are vast herds of horses, mules and horned cattle, which litterally cover these grand prairies. The country abounds in most kinds of minerals, and is a fine healthy

climate.

Love. One of the most beautiful traits in the human character is love. Towards nil around him he feels a lendernesss of affection, that prompts to kind actions and good deeds. He has caught the spirit of Him whose heart was all tenderness and compassion, and he passes by offences, and is blind to failings and peculiarities, suffering only good will and charity to be called into action when he considers him his brother. Such is the real Chrislain how few are perfect.

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