Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 153, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 15 October 1836 — Page 1

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WISH XO OTHER HERALD, XO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION."

DUKAMS. Oh ! there is a dream of early youth, And it never comes again, "Tis a vision of light, of life, and truth," That oft flits across the brain ; And love is the tl tine of that early dream, So wild, so warm, so new, That long in after years I deem That early drenn we rue! Oh! there is a dream of maturer years, More turbulent by far 4"Tis a vision of blood and woman's tears," And the theme of that dream is war. And we toil in the field of danger anil death, Ami shout ir. the battle array, Till we find that fame is a bodiless breath, Th.it vanisheth away. Oh! there is a dream of hoary are, '"Tis a vision of gold in store Of sums noted down on the figured page, To be counted o'er and o'tr." And we fondly trust in our glittering dust, Asa refuse from grief and pain, Till our limbs are laid on that dark bed, Where the wealth of the world is vain. And is it thus from man's birth to his grave, In the path which all are treading? Is there nought in this long career to save From remorse and sell-upbraiding ? Oh ! yes, there's a dream so pure, so bright, That b( ing to whom it is given, Hath bathed in a sea of living light And the theme of that dream is Heaven.

THE FARMER. From the Genesee Farmer. SUGAR I'liO.II DtKTS. We are heartily glad to perceive that efforts are making to call the attention of the public to the subject of sugar from the beet, and we hope it will not be lost sight of till some well conducted experiments shall have fully tested in this countiy its praticability and its profit. For ourselves, we know of no new branch of industry that promises more beneficial results, or a handsomer remuneration to capital and labor in the northern states, than sugar making from beets, W e shall give a few reasons for this belief. First Experience has proved, that the climate and the soil of the northern and middle states is admirably adapted to the growth and perfection of the root. All the varieties of the beet sue cetd, and crops are produced which are rarely equalled in the world. From thirty to thirty -five tons per acie have been grown both in Penns) h ania and in Massachusetts. Indeed, there are few if any crops more cert tin than that of the beet. The culture is easy, and the labor of gathering ihtm trilling when compared with some others. Secondly Making sugar from beets is comparatively a recent process, and therefore the probability of improvement in the manufacture, and an increase of product, is far greater now than if the attention of chemists and practical men had lor a century been directed to it. Sugar from beets waft rs I made in Sile.i;t some thirty years since, but seems not to have been muc h thought of,until, during the continental wars between France and England, the latter swept the marine of the former from t lie ocean, and Fiance, in order to procure a paitial supply ot this necessary article, was compelled to resort to the beet root in IS 10. The manufacture, under the scientific skill of Chaptal, and the careful superintendance ot Mr. Isnard, rapidly progressed in the years 1311 and 1 312; but after the fall of Napoleon, it languished under the swav f tiie Bourbons, who seemed to despise it for its imperial origin. The manufacture, however, kept silently spreading, and the quantity produced last year in trance, was estimated at sixty millions of pounds. D uring the first years of the manufacture, the quantity of sugar produced was not more than five or six per cent., and geveral days were cousumed in the orocess. Now the average estimate of product is ten per cent, of white fine grained sugar, and the process has been shortened to eight hours. There is no "reason to suppose the manufacture has reached the limit of produce, or lacih ty of making, and it is not the charac terof New England industry or skill to suffer improvements Irom abroad to ret rograde. Thirdly Much of the present ag ricultural capital of the northern states is employed in feeding cattle ; and large quantities ot root-, either ot the tunuq or beet kind, are annually raised lo Ibis very purpo-e. in franco it is found that the value ol the root is hut little impaired for feeding by the grind ing and extraction of the juice-, hence, if under present circumstances mere i profit in growing beet roots for cattle, that profit must be much advanced when the sugar made from the same roots is taken into the account. In France, large numbers of cattle are

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fattened at the sugar manufactories during the time they are in operation, and both the beef and the milk thus produced is found to be of good quality. For these reasons, and more which might be adduced were it necessary, such as thcameliorating qualities of the root culture, and the unifoim fertility of the soil where it has been adopted, whether in France or in England, and the consequent increase and value of the alternating crops, we think this subject should not be lost sight of. We much question whether the culture of silk holds out greater advantages in every respect than does the. cultivation ofthc beet for sugar. That the Chinese mulberry can with safety be calculated on for silk growers in our northern latitudes, the results of the i i - . .i.i I mm w inter seem to render rau.er pn Mi..iiiiirii. vviuie uicii: is iiu uiuiei lOUOl re-pCCling the SUCCess 01 the k.. il I :. r ii, l"' ,t; " U1 'ul'llu,I lie only question would seem to be, vm me product pay expences oi worsemg.' .Mr. isnard, who was one oi the hrst io aoopt me culture, ana superintend the manufacture m t ranee, is clearly of the opinion, that capital invested in ine ousiness win pay irom thirty io sixty per cent. Snould the result show that only one half of the lowest sum was realized as clear prom, it neeos no irgument to snow, thai lew agricuitunil operationsyield so large a dividend. . . . . .... i i ne sugar beet is a great nearer, and crops as large as those ot mangel wurt-

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zd may at least be calculated upon. r torn some papers, published by Mr. lowell of Pennsylvania, and by Mr. Little of M issachusetts, on the culture ot me mangel wurlzel and the sugar i i i.i i beet, it appears that both these gentlemen had produced crops of the beet roor, varying irom thirty to thirty live tons per acre. 13v improvements in the manufacture of the sugar, as mentioned nhine, ten per cent, of a iirst rate article is considered the average product, which at the rate of thirty tons of roots to the acre, would give three tons, or six thousand pounds ot sugar to that quantity of ground; and as the sugarcould not be estimated at less than ten cents per pound, the value ot the product per acre would be six hunred dollars. It is admitted, however, that the ield of roots stated as having been obained bv these gentlemen is an extraordinary one, and would very rarely be reached by the beet cultivator, yet aking the product of roots at only one third of theirs, or ten tons per acre, which all will admit is a verv moderite yield, being only about four hun i lied and fifty bushels per acre, and till the profits will be such as to far uitgo all the ether branches of agricul tural industry. From notices in the Philadelphia paior-;, we perceive that a company has ieea there organized to introduce the manulacture into thai state, and we trust, that as there will be no want of capital, so the spirit with which the enterprise has been entered upon will tinue, till success shall crown their efforts, and an example be set to the north that shall not be lost in the vanous efforts making to add to their productive industry. A gentleman well qualified for the post hast been sent to ! ranee and dermany, to learn the best methods of manufacture, and obtain experienced laborers; a considerable quantity of sugar beet seed was forwarded inseason lor distribution among the friends of the enterprise, and we

hope before the close of another year to tries the world is supplied. 1 he cohear a good report from the Pennsylva- coa nut is a native of the most equinocnia company. It is clearly the duty of lial countries, as food, clothing and shelevcry farming community, to produce ter are afforded by it. Coffee is a naamong themselves every thing required tive of Arabia Felix, but is now spread

for their own consumption, w hen such an event is practicable; there will always be enough remaining to furnish employment lor the commercial resources of the country, and bind states and nations in the close bonds of reciprocal benefit. We think there are indications that a reliance on the West Indies for sugar will ere long be futile. Great Britain has abolished slavery in her colonics, and the example of St. Domingo would go to prove, that where the iiegroii free the cultivation of sugar will not be attempted cotton and coffee will be preferred. That any oflhe West India islands will be able to maintain slavery for a considerable length of time appears doubtful, and even if they do, the supply of sugar

must he limited. In our own country, the extent of territory admitting the cultivation of the cane is so small, that it is evident we must continue to look toother sources for a supply of sugar. If Great Britain chooses to receive hers from the East India possessions, that can he no reason why we should follow her example, or remain tributary- to other nations for so essential an article of domestic consumption. Nature has placed in our hands the means of becoming in this respect really, as well as nominally, independent ; il only remains for us to avail ourselves of the science and skill of the age to bring ahout so desirable a result. As citizens and farmers of the north, sIi.jII we hesitate? OBSERVER.

SINGULAR, CUSTOM, A lctter f Moscow published in a i ..;... . .i. t-. . 11 relphmfPfl ihn l.nlhl:,v r;,lle,l 'tl.P J ' insnert on of I hn hpfrruh ' Th volln mn wim ,:o. tn m.-.r. v .- drawn UD in a on the si(Jcs of the public walk, and during the space of five or six hours, they behold the pro cession walk along their ranks, as at a review the young women decorated hn their best attire; brilliant with their natural graces, and ornamented with diamonds mixed with flowers. On the following day, proposals are made to die parents of those young women who have attracted the notice of the by Utanders." What would our young ladies think of being set up at public ven due in this manner? Boston Alias TIIE SHOE BUSINESS. The Salem Sandmat k savs "this business was probably never better than - " it i nnw ihr.mr.nH ;a nni likrlv i0on to be diminished. The southern and western markets which depend almost exclusively for a supply upon New knndanrl nrp pvprv rlav nnoninir iifMV sourcesot consumption. 1 he increase of population at the westalone creates a demand which our manufacturers can by no means meet; and there is little danger of the businessdeing overdone. Many of the most flourishing towns in Worcester County and there are none in the State more flourishing, owe their prosperity almost entirely to tin shoe manufacture ; and the advantages for conducting the business profitably, are beyond comparison greater here than in the country. We learn that some of our citizens are about to engage extensively in this business. I lie workmen are getting very high wages. We know instances ot journeymen earning 2 dollars and a half a day, regularly and with ease. TIIE FOOD OF 31 AN. The Genessee Farmer gives thie amusing summary of the native coun tries of our most familiar plants: J he potatoe is a native of S. Anter ica, and is still found wild in Chili, Pe ru and Monte ideo. In its native state, the root is small ana nmer The first mention of it by European writers is in 1588. It is now spread over the world. Wheat and rye onginated in TartarT and Siberia, where they are still indigenious. The only country in which the oat is found wild, is in Abyssinia, and thence may be con sidered a native. Maize or Indian corn, is a native of Mexico, and was unknown in Europe until after the discoveries of Columbus. The bread fruit tree is a native of the South Sea Islands, particularly Otaheite. Tea is found a native no where except in China and Japan, from which couninto the East and West Indies. I he best coffee is brought from Mocha, in Arabia, whence about 14,000,000 of pounds are annually exported. St Domingo furnishes from sixty lo seventy millions of pounds yearly. All the varieties of the apple are derived from the crab-apple, which is found native in most parts of the world. 1 lie peacl is derived from Persia, where it still grows in its native state, small, bitter, and with poisonous qualities. Tobac co is a native of Mexico and South A merica,and lately one species has been found in New Holland. Tobacco was first introduced into England from North Carolina, in 158G, by Walter Raleigh. Asp tragus was brought from I Asia; Cabbage and lettuce Irom liol

land; Horse Radish from China ; rice from Ethiopia; beans from the East Indies; Onions and garlick are natives of various places both in Asia and Africa. The sugar cane is a native of China, a-id the art of making sugar from it has been practised from the remotest antiquity. GROWTH Or OUR COUNTRY. It is curious if not useful, occasionally to cast our eves over the nloni-hic exhibition which the unparalleled pros perity of our country has (nought about. So rapid and uniform is the development of our resources that we could hardly he able to realize the mighty strides, if we did not sometimes glance at the statistical result of their operation. When we look into the great west, and reflect that within the period ol one half a century, there were not one hundred and fifty thousand settlers where there are now upwards of five millions and behold large cities, towns, and villages, with their b ustling. enterprising and industrious population, where the forest had scarcely been trod by the footsteps of civilized man and when we are led to believe that this century will not pass by without the same mighty region being covered with a population between fifty undone hundred millions we are lost in astonishment of the vastness and grandeur with which our country is moving onward in the greatscale of unexampled prosperity. The means of internal intercourse have been astonishingly multiplied within the last twenty years. Wc h.-ive an extent of rail roaci communication of about three thousand miles and from three to four thousand miles of canal navigation the cost of both of which exceeds one hundred millions of dollars ;

besides our great extent ol military, turnpike, and McAdamized roads. The growth of the country in manufactures, within the same peiiod habeen enormous. Even in the cotton factories alone, there are about fifty millions of dollars invested in eight hundred factories. Our imports and exports have rapidly increased. Fifty years ago, three or four hundred thousand dollars would have covered both when up to the last current year, the exports amounted to one hundred and twenty six millions and a half, and the imports lo one hundred and five millions of dollars. The great cause of Education has also kept pace with the vastness of our growth. We have eighty Colleges, thirty Theological Seminaries; twentythree Medical Institutions, and twelve Law Schools. Facts like these may well call attention to our astonishing growth; and when we see what half a century has accomplished, we scarcely fee! willing to venture a prediction on the astonishing probability of the future. CURE FOB, A PASSION ATI; TK.tlPER. A merchant in London had a dispute withaquaker respecting the settlement of an account. The merchant was determined to bring the question into court, a proceeding the Quaker earnestly deprecated, using every argument in his power to convince the met chant of his error; but the latter was lnllexiole. Uesirous to maue a ast effort, the Quaker called at his louse one morning, and inquired of the servant if his master was at home. The Merchant hearing the inquiry, and knowing the voice, called aloud from the top of the stairs, 'Tell that rascal I'm not at home.7 1 he Uuaker, Iook mg up towards him caimiy said, my en . . 1 i 1 L 1 1 7 I I friend, God put thee in a better mind.' fhe merchant struck with the meek nessof the reply, and having more de libcrately investigated the matter, hecame convinced that Ihe Quaker was right and he wrong. He requested lo eehim, and acknowledging his error, he sahl. I have one uueslion to ask you how were you able, on various oc casioirs to bear my abuse? 4-riend, replied the Quaker, '1 will fell thee was naturally as hot and violent as thou art, I knew that to indulge this tern per was sin, and I found that it was imprudent. 1 observed that men in a passion always speak aloud; and I thought if I could control my voice, 1 should suppress my passions. I therefore made it a rule never to suffer my voice to rise above a certain key; and by a careful observance of this rule, I have, with the blessing of God, entirely mastered my natural temper.' The

Quaker reasoned philosophically, and the merchant, as every one else may be, was bent fitted by bis example.

iii.'1'A UJATION. There are many ways of resenting an u rv. Such as spilling in a mans buch as spilling in opping off ids dog's ic.e ( h tail up-P'-tung his crib JioisjH.g In? horse in(ht ill! or p iiling up his waler-a-s. IJ an old 1 idy in a g town ha displayed more ; :. 1 r; large i taste in the t - m nge. A woman had rch.ethi.ig about her, which i ac, and mivht not. Instead I i e e P O e ( e might be of asai!iug her with the longue or broomstick,. is is usual in such cases, the is. piled lauy immediately ordered a iii i i i i irge two story outhouse which stood i her ard to he moved up directly aainst her quarrelsome neighbors' winlows aid Yindows overlooking the a rd. The old l.uiv assisted in moving the building, and by her dispiriting cries conti ihuffd greatly to accelerate the work. In a few hours all the win dows on one side of the gossip's house was completely darkened, and the sur mised inhabitants were obliged to ight a camhe at noonda v i. RIA UNGU. Revenge is as incompatible with hap piness as it is hostile, to religion. J-jCE dm whose heart is black with malice, md studious of revenge, walk through the fields while clad with verdure, and tdorned with flower, to his eye there s no beauty. the flowers to him exnale no nature i fragrance. Dark as his soul, robed in deepest sable. The )enutv lights not up his bosom smite ol with py but the furiesof hell rage in us hreat, and render him as misera ble as lie would wish the object of his late. But let him lay his hand on his lid-irf ii-ifr w I ? ov j tl fro I r:ict IhPP ...nil, in. . . i "vl. torn me Father, fotgive thern as I forgive my enemies ' and nature assumes a new and delightful garniture. Then, indeed, are iiu: ii.eads vetd-u.t and ihe flowers fragrant then is the music of the groves delightful to hig ear, and the smile of virtuous beauty to the soul. Gov. Eveiett, in his address to the good people of Bedford, delivered dur ing his recent visit to that place, had the following eloquent passage: I live at the foot of Bunker Hill, and endeavoring in other things t& hape my life and conduct by the rules of a sober prudence, I own that here I give (lie reigns up to the imagination. Sometimes of a serene and cloudless night, when the moon and stars are keeping watch in their heavenly en campment, or at the gray dawn, while nl around is still wrapt in silence be fore the mighty heart of the cities beneath has begun lo beat with the pul sation; ol life and passion I go up the summit of that sacred hill. I yield myrself willingly to the illusions of the place and the hour. J he blood dyed sods seem to heave beneath my feet as I press them their glorious tenantry start up fiom their beds of fame, and gatiier an awful company, at the footof that majestic shaft. I read in their radient faces that the pious work of their children is grateful to these sainted heroes. I perceive in their benignant countenances, that they behold in what is already done a safe pledge that all will be accomplished !' I saw a mourner standing at eventide over the grave ot one dearest to him on earth. Ihe memory of joys that were past came crowding on his soul. ;iAnd is this,"' said he, "all that remains of one so loved and so lovely! I call, but no voice answers. Oh! death! inexorable death, what hast thou done? Let me down and forget my sorrows in the slumbers of the grave! While he thought thus in agony, the gentle spirit of christianify came by. She bade him look upward, and to the eye of faith the heavens were disc'osed. He heard the song and transports of the great multitude which no man can i. timber around the throne. There .i P.1-. . i were lite spirits oi mc jtisi maue peilect there, the spirit other he mourned! Their happiness was pure, permanent, perfect. The mourner then wiped the tears from his eyes, took courage and thanked his God: "All the davs of my appointed lime," said he, "w ill I wait until my change time;" and I e relumed to the duties of life, no longer sorrowing as those who have no hope.