Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 151, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 1 October 1836 — Page 1

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1 5 "FT fr I Wlsll XO OTHER Iir.lt LD, NO OTHER SI'EAKil't O" MV I.tv;f act; ) Ki.r.r mix;-: noxo-.i men cor.!;' rvi ;;. 15V AB.KX. E. h3.IA".

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The following smi; has boon ftm:Mi-.! lor a I'liiladf Ipliia. paper, by a gintk-iti.iu hIms.m? lie cut it from an Irish pbicr, pmiu- i at il'o close of the American Revolution, C M ears auo. oi)i: to com ;:niA. Columbia's shore are wihl an.l vviJe, Columbia's lulls are hiuh, And rmlely planted si-lcbr side, Her forest; meet the co. Vet narrow must those shores be made, And low Columl ia's hills, And low lier ancient forest hod, Ere Freedom loaves her lleU!-. For "tisllio spot, vvln.ro i ; !e and wild, She pla5 htt gambols a ci.ikl. The breeze that waves the mo; a, tain pil.p, Is fragrant and serene. Ami neer f,'.i;er s n iid shine Than liht tier vnliovs .reeii;

It t pull id mu-i those breezes blow, That sun mu-t si t in pro, lire f. or-tt .s of a foreign foe, Imprint Cidumhia's shore. Ver h! C dciml ia's cous ;iiv run:, Their hearts i.eat luddi with i.ihektv. Tho" deep and wide Lrr streams that ilovv Impetuous to the tide, Ami thick ami pen her laurels crow On every river's side. Yet should some transatlantic host Pollute lur u attrs fair, They "11 meet them on the rocky coast, And :ather I turols there. Tor oh ! Columbia's son- are brave,

And free as ocean"

vvilde.-t wave.

For arrnins; boldest cuirrassier, T.uy've mines of 'toi ling worth, For sword and buckler, spur and spear, F.mbowelM in the earth. And t re Columbia's sou's resign That boon their fathers won, The poli-h'd ore iroin every mine, Miall flitter in t sun. For bright the blade ami sh.:rp the spear, Which Freedom's sons to battle bear. Let Britain boa't the deeds she's done, Fisnlav her Iroj hies I i-iuio. And count ! r laurels bravely won, In well contested lljrht. Columbia can array a band To wrest that bmp 1 wieaili, With keener eve and steadier Land To strike the blow of ee.oh. For whether on the land or -en, Columbia's fiht is victory.

Let I ranee m bhx.-d throm.

And in her framie mood. In civil di-eord draw the blade. To drink her children's blood, Too dear the skill in arm- is bouuhf , Where kindred life-blood flows, Columbia's sons are only taught To triumph o'er I heir foes, And then to comfort, soothe and save, TLe feelings of a compicr'd brave. Then let Columbia's eale soar, And bear hi r banner I ih, With thunder in hrrdexUr power, And lih tnin in her ye : And when she sees fiom realm- above, The storms of war have spent, Descending like a ne ek-ey'd dove, The olive branch pre-ent. Then shall beauty's hand divine. The iiever-withemip; wreath entwine.

HISTORICAL.

ittr-burch. he descended (he Ohio

I i n- a? Fort Was!

whet

'liter oisai rivai, til;' marc ii ninmii'iH i

ecv.Sd either the s!r-:,vr

1 -.ve the Will : i;

ithlti'i!, (Cine hmati

tore he lots::.! ms regiment preparing . impatiently for half an hrr.r, "h aeeon.pany H. inner. A low days ' caving th U althou-h occasion;.

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or u'tac!

wa;u

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ii id lair view !

Here- lie. frr ihe (ir.-t li,

nc. aw

I ro ra

e ploa?as( dream ia whieli

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a st:cce5;-ie:! c

.;iit that war trd (ri :::.),?

i ' f or, a a;:u o.bM v.

Splendid u:.:fem-. j;ay mueio, wavi: , '-i i ver-. v .r',.d. had Heated in spiendiu e'-.'dh-ion hr'oic hi.- fhnev. nniil the maieli eer.imeiecd. I'e i:ow ihaiid lliat war wae nvuie up (fti;e '.dAil friigUe, co!if(aiil ix'?n: to a!!

weather, hard words and harder 1 lew:

(rem his tierior5. aiul the

Wei

intervals, and re ly, tht:y i xehae ('uhig afraid v prepared Kr ihe ( P-ihir. a-id

ro':

my. J i!o Irni-i!;? o ir pa-:!;. !, h i'.

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av tho ti

nee,

riMtVlli'd Itv I n t r-:- A

'ant p.naw mos

e '

nmi-er, without (he means ei .-ah-f -ing it.

vii me lum c av o t tc-ir march, e i

was deiat liej upon an exp! -iriri ex;iedi'don, at the head of ten regular soldiers. 13 ?i :ip: all equally igii.-rant vi

li.man warfare, t ! i ; - were qui. h!v d-'- !

a.t eeii ms i; ivr .

?tant!y cut her d A rhrt :.:Kv:;n:; . . . . . i . . i i

-".Ha lee-i es Iviiee wiili v!i:e

! iiroat. oi jctuah v p; ing. i I'.n sleepers v.a aldii'Uiih ihev an; : i Hi h( d at. ti-e liuise, venlurers, sei.inir e.

ee;.;,i-- n na.e f J "ar.h an ! r.',r;. o in . d i a t'.ree f , f id -! : ' '. v e

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ev ed into

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it;

prisoner i-y a p.triv of Kit kapno !: a is. Ila.ving !cea hound and sect:

dai-eade, arul ma !e ()! pr ,. (,TO

el. !ut !

in tile U'0.;: iieferc lite locks, and

manner, tnev wer-

r.".pt;!!s l:he a herd cf bu!-

with scares !v a taor?

tood, were forced to make ihe. mu-t ex-

tom iliaw ks n- s were pros! rated while men, who

rnerneni that

-1 e. t:.

;an

to :r.v

Hie I i( kapoo villa:

day, (Secrge Aikir.s.

ions, was unaids. any longer, ae.d

one

a i

ihe mid

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e oi ; ne pa

to oiKiure nis

suo'k u

Oa ihe second of his eoni) :a-

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er liis p ' i e iv in Thev in.-!:::.t-

Kv (

ay, ana stripping him with their

iv scaipcii lum Inm naked, p

knives h, tiu. tnost sensitive p.arts of t!ie !ody, until they had aroused him to a consciousness of hi, situation, when ihey tortured him to death in the usual manner. The march the:; recommenced, and ihe wretched pri.-x-::-:?. faint and f.im

so snoe hen at don. that ihev

is'ied as thev were, wet.

fate of tl

up for eight

r all their

On the 'Jih. however, thev

a sm

ihtiit with terror,

tiu bee

ulhriu:

reached

oi both sexes cam;: out to meet them, with shrieks and t lis, which filled

Jlerc they were to run the gaunt-

la oo, where crown

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as usual

J Vt ivSU.X .1 OIION.N I T. From "Sketches of Western Adventure.'" Jackson Johonnet w.is born in Con-

necticut, in May, 1775. His lather wa a fanner, and managed, upon a very small and by no means fertile farm, to bring up a large family with credit and decency. Jackson, the eldest son, at the .age of sixteen, became desirous of engaging in some business on his. own account , and as Ids father could w ell spare his labor upon the farm, he took leave of his family in the spring ol 17'jO, and embarked on board of a coasting schooner for Boston. Having arrived in this large city, .and for the first time in his life finding himself without friends, money, or employment of any kind, he began to entertain some uncomfortable apprehensions of want. After wandering through the streets (or several days, with a ery disconsolate air, he was at length accosted by a dexterous recruiting officer, who seeing him to be a perfect greenhorn, determined to enlist him if he could. Accosting him with great frankness, lie soon became acquainted with his real condition, and after some preliminary observations upon the gaiety, recklessness, and happiness of a soldiers life, he proposed that lie should onlist in the company, .and march out to the west, assuring him that if lie was active ami diligent, he would make an immense fortune in one vo ir. Jackson

at first shrunk from the idea of cabling, but his imagination became gradually heated at the glowing description of the fertility of the western country, and the facility with whit h land could be acquired to any extent by a successful soldier. He finally promised him a sergeant's commission on the spot, and held out to him the prospect of a lieutenancy in case of good behavior. Jackson at length )ic!ded to the lonuence of ibis modem Kite, and in a

few davs found himself on tho road to

ritlsburgh, and highly charmed with his martial appearance, when arrayed jn the uniform of his corps. Embarking on board of a flat boat at

let, and as they were much worn down by hunger and fatigue, four of the parly were unable to reach the council home, hut fainted in ihe midst of the course. The 'boys and squaws instantly fell upon tin. in and put them to death by torture. Here they remained in close confine

ment, and upon very scanty diet for several d,(j s, in the course of which news of I iro.cr's defeat arrived, lhh s of scalps, together with canteens, sashes, military hats. ice. were bro "t into the village, and several white women and children were taken through the (own. on their way to the villages farther west. At the same lime, four more of his companions were led oil' to too western village-, arid never heard of afterwards. Himself and a corporal, named Sackville, were now the only survivors. They remained in close, confinement two weeks longer. Their rations were barely sufficient to sustain life, and upon the receipt of .any unpleasant intelligence, they were taken out, whipped severely, and compelled (o run the gauntlet. At length, oa the fourteenth night of their conii icnient, they determined to make an ellhrt to escape. Sackvilie had concealed a sharp penknife in a secret pocket, which the Indians h id bet n unable to discover. They were guarded by four warriors and one old hag of seventy, whose temper was .as crooked as her person. The prisoners having been securely bound, the warriors lay down about midnight to

-loop, ordering the old squaw to sit up during the rest of the rigid. Their

guns stood hi the corner of the hut, and

their tomahawks, as usual, were attached to their sides. Tiieir hopes of escape were founded upon the probability of chiding the vigilance of the hair, cutting their corah, and eitheravoiding or destroweg their guard. The snoring of the warriors quit kly an

nounced them asleep, and the old squa-v hung in a drowsy attitude over the fire. Sa kville cautiously cut his own cords, and after a few minutes delay, succeeded in performing the same office for Jackson. But their work was scared' begun yet. It was absolutely nccs-ary that (he old squaw should fall asleep, or be filmed in some other tcay! before they

t new

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toe n ;;.-r f!

fi om t h usual a vi-don: ,

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enemies, ai;i

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eeau. n"

from their .g each India ad, com;:' -to

1 . .

Hows i f t

ir te:r

''a :i:.:::g op-.' was 1:1 the ;'.f t t i i' :',t::'g a J'.".' ia-MIo cxh-d ! : gap. : 1 in r. law wire directed .?.;!. .en t t fire at orctf tlie guards who. from the q minify efbeeds ami silver aUut his head, a; ( .red lo t: : a t.i.-f, w!di.: he sc h-"-ie ; t' e otlrT guard lor a ma;!;, jvsch e'eseiiled ?be sam i mor ;,!. t h a ';dy aim and fired. bth h. H ''i:. -el. i ! led dead, tho caherr.nr':!y rc!i(!( d. The ci'i.-r looh di Uu.d ia the grass i.ke. t -rid;. .' ; arii idges, v. he the liaw !; hcv rs e-v.a-'em, ami lay still and moi.o: h- -. kviUe s.r.d Jacks'in reload,! tio ir .am s. as re.pidiy as pe..i'd0. rllifed teeir pe. i'.mn a ( -Vi- p-a csia order lo td'tain a ' ( ii r view of ih cm mv. in in-; f:j ,;.! ii ,,,e two 1 : : i a ' ; s ea :;-'.le-u-ly e'ev '.!cd !:t ir i-eads above ii:e ;.:.d g! eed r:-;.i 'Ay aiotiiol in order to e'tserve . v!i it q'-.e-ilerlh.-(a?;d r'iots t-.'ere cisciiarge.!. 'i'i:e thin

wreatiis oi s ;::.d;e '.vl

' :' :''. y i ;- M !: won!.! red f?rmit :- oi 'o ( i ; . ' i s ( r b ::j' .; ', ficr '!' 1 I ' r him to watr.!i mere :i " : '.;rs::i 'he twenty-f ,lir. r t.ic : d !.'.: .eg d ir. lie y for! ttmitcdy ' ' n -: iail (h-tat !ai;f nt from "t' Jc l..u-s.-.n, by .vhi is tiiey were U !v c.-r: !;:c!ed "to the fort." 1 U re : '. (-:! e r iiof vl until s immo'icd to w t- ' I dr. in his di tstr'm-5 :;e:---i !!,; aiae ..ii.-imi ulagcs i.cie hr ! -;d lal-. Iv i- d -o uy.vAu

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a W ;

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lages, :

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as rapiriiv a

II ti: i.

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-rd- d, tie

tl (ii

mss: '

auc

tlie

eiiiiv invokii'i:

uv. committed tl

der'ies. N( ilher of (h..-ni v, ere men, nor vvere citin.';- f

tee; ion o;

s to the v.i food wood them exoe

Tin y iiltir. .", now "a ;

,t.

d;e !';!;!ies wher:.' o'i r ad n:;,i rj : : i s l, '.etiayed tiieir id. org place to the enemy, i'eldre they could take i:d;r--tage cf it, however, they were ready la me aga;n, ami this second vailey prov-

r-1 ea i.aiai to one oi lueir enemies v. no iav

widieat motion, but the other was onh hg!:ily wounded, and endeavored to reach tho htishea umia the oro'.e.ite side ed' tho break. Sackviilo :tnd Jackson now sprung to

w ('

i ?;ait

!,V ,1S lll" much c :;irecurn ; co

compelled.

ouaiei s. 1 i'.."V nil. n.-Mo

ern can's

could ascertain it. !

barrassed by the fre-.-.ient oi iaijass:tb!e bogs, ..inch

tn-!; '.'. .M' ,;';.:"! ' o... -sc.. and groativ retard; d t 'reir rogre K now ieg I !i;ii the pursuit would be ktien .ami persoveriu:;, tiiey resorted to everv method of bai'ding tiieir enemies. Thev waded down many streams, ami occasionally surmounted rocky precipices, which, under oilier cireumssanc.es, nolle ;;g could ha c induced (hem to attempt. Tin ir suffer ings from hung"r was excessive, as they were so indifmr-

enilv skilled in himli:

to be tma'de

to kill a sufficient quantity of game, although Ihe woo is abounded will) deer, beaver, and buifiio. Oa the fjurth day, about 10 o'clock, A. M. they camoto a fine spring, w here they halted and determined to prepare their breakfast. Before kindling a fire, however, S ickvd'e, cither upon some vague suspicion of the proximity o( an enemy, or from some other cau-e. thought proper to ascend an adjoining : hillock and rccouneiter the ground aroiind the spring. No measuie was ever more providential. Jackson p;esently beheld I .urn returning cautiously and silently to the spring, and being satisfied from his manner (hat danger was at hand, he held his ride in readiness for action at a ma. neons warning. Sackville presently nqoined him with a countenance in which anxiety and resolution were strikingly blended. Jac kson eagerly inquired the cause of his alarm. 1 1 is comp mion, in a low voice, replied th it ii.iv were within one huudicd .si d - ef f air Indian warriors, who were repa-ia upon liie. hank of lire little rivulet on the other side of the hillock. That lh- v were about kindling a lire in order to prepare their

breakfast, ae.d that two white men lay bound hand and foot wiihin twenly feet of them. He added that they were evidently prisoners, exposed to the same dreadful file which ,'ry had just escaped; and concluded by declaring, (hat if Jackson wool i stand by him faithfully, he was determined to rescue them or perish in the attempt. Jackson gave him his hand and expressed his readiness to aec.omp lay him. bat kville then looked carefuiiy to the priming of

his gun, loosened his knife ia Ihe sheath,

I their feed and rmhed upon him. but ihe

desperate savage shot Sat kville through the heart as he advanced, and il-:t:ri;h-ei hii tomahawk so menacingly r.t Jacks an, that he was compelled to pau-e and reload his gun. Toe savage seized tins oppoi tuidl v to grasp the two rifles bcloniits; to tli: Indians who had been first hilled, and Jack--on in eon cquence was compelled to retreat iothe friendly shelter of Ihe bodies, w hieli ho had too hastily abandoned. At this instant, the two prisoners having burst the cords which confined them, sprung to their feel and ran towards the hushes lor protection. Before they could reach (hem, however, I'm Indian shot one dead, and fired hi-la-t gun at ihe other, 'out w "about effect. Jackson having rekvdod again sir ed upon their (h -perate enemy and wounded him in (lie neck from which he couhl see the blood spouikig ia a stream. Nothing daunted, the Indian rapidly reloaded his gun and again fired without ehecf. Tho prisoner who had escaped, now seized backville's gun and ho and Jobonnet halving reloaded, once more left the bu dies .and advanced upon their wounded enemy. The savage, although much exhausted from lo;s of blood, sat up at their approach and flemishing a tomahar, k in each hand seemed at least determined to die game. Johonnet was anxious to take him .alive, but was prevented by his companion who leveling his gun as he advanced shot his adversary through the head, and thiu put i'.n cr.d to the coidhc.f. It was a melancholy victory to the survivors. Johonnet had las!

Ids gallant cumrade, and the rescued w hite man h. id to lament the death ol his fellow caplive. Tho last Indian had certainly indicted .-. heavy penalty upon his enemies, and died amply revenged. The rescued prisoner proved (o be (horge Sexhm, of Newport, Rhode l.dnnd, a private ii! Hanncr's .army. Forlunatt ly for Johoimct, ids now comrade was an excellent wood-man. and very readily informed his deliverer of their present situation, and of the proper course to steer. I e said (hat, in company with three others he had

been taken by a party oi Wabash In

and desired Jackson (o follow

lum,

without making ihe slightest noise. They, accordingly, moved in a stooping pasture up a small and bushy ravine, which conducted thernlo the lop of the gentle hill. When near the summit,

I they threw themselves fiat upon the

dians, in the neighborhood of Fort Jefferson; that two of his conn ados having sunk under their suffer higs, had been tomahnw ked and scalped upon the spot ; that himself and his dead companion hail been -in hourly expectation of a similar fate ; and com hided, w ith the w armcst expressions of gratitude for (he gallantry with 'which lie had been rescued. So lively, indeed, was his scti-e

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.Z'lc: co: o, i' i an..

lairs the f dheibi, not i.c foe

There;, i o "i.eybere who will rein-n.'u-r i .-.Hd g upon and goh g cut la

i i.ro'igii

,iV to Bo.-1 OH, tl) r dl

.:'e i.. .'. i i :, ..; : lh: b '( i on ! !.-

en nis j -1. siii-ri'i to ; r it.ee. to neg -

Wn'o a treatv witn that ceaetrv, up-a a he h . : ;:;;' n -f Independence hero. i;;s di -e, aj'prarance, eonversaiien aed (h i;e:- :-re all per feci ly rem m-

i tee

ilea j.-dvanu'

yer.is, lie uair v. ..lie, oi- i..ce su:..e i and wri'akhd. II- wane it fur rap. ami the large r .mm! ; pat i:e. h's, ' i;ai i: g h: ; sf;iv in th; - fi.wu, he put up at the

1 . e e

i 1

:? gr . n, now occe; :e

Mr. Ford r, in i.r.l ol which at tliai

(ime, iv.-i.i luge p.ee.l f wader. It was a :,!o;mv. t.dmlv day, and ihe water much agitated. among other matL ; s of erne-; m- ::t, the D.ador told his visitors he. weald go out r.nd ma!:.; tiiat water still by wamg his cane over it. lie went ouh and after fiotii ishir.g his sdek a few limes over the windward side cf the pond, Ihe surface becanm smooth, lie. was therefore, unanimously voted a wizard or a sorcerer. Before he lefi he told some of them he had contrived, unperreived, to throw some oil neon the w aier.

'his is tlie most: universal and

Clan

gorous form of error ia our land, I know w'n it 1 say; I am ac.pi minted with the int. i inr of several of i ur chics, and have examined the fundamental principles of liie various errors that contaminate the common mind, and I know that ihe most prevalent form of wrong opinion is scepticism, a doubt and uncertainty wiili respect lo their aecountahihty, the matter accounti-ibilirv, is fa Men out. The young men, the merchants" clerks, and mechanics, have rut lose the cuds of accountability that bound them to God's government, by denying or doubting, not whether there he a Go 1. But whether they are accountable to him for their conduct. The current literature among them, and the prevalent opini -, treats mind its if il were matter. Some doubt if it is not material, others regard il as if there were the sumo connection between motives and volitions, as between the dint .and stc- 1 when a spark is struck out. The evidence of this is seen in (he spirit of insubordination and unutlcraIde pollution, that are pcu ring over our large cities and town-, and throughout the country. Men are gnashing their teeth and kit king ag iia-ttho re-traints of law and against the cliec !;s of shaum, seeking by the destruction of accountability to God. and be free at once from the restraints ofearth and the restraints of. heaven. '' hrr.

adva.V! i: c.w ro:: xr.w sr.u'rns. A man from a neighboring town called at our office the oilier day, and said, Well, you have slopped sending a paper to inc. " We uadeidook lo explain; but he interrupted u-g by paying, kI want no apology you do right to discontinue e very paper not paid for in advance I am very glad you have at

length learned how to do bu-iuess I have often felt vexed to see papers sent to some p rsoas in our town who I knew would never pay you, whil-t rnyseifand others w ould have to pay as long as we. were able (o do so your present fistcm is right, and l"ll thecrfullv pay for another year in advance. He further remarked, wish (he whole system of small book debt was vetoed, so fir as it has no law lo sustain it. It would be better for tho community and promote industry, by compelling all to earn and get their dollar before spending it."1 J' n- Iltimi Rrghlcr, Two (hing; indicate weakness ( be silent when it is roper lo speak, and to speak when it is proper to he silent.

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