Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 155, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 29 October 1836 — Page 1

THE

GIT

WISH NO OTHER HERVI.D, XO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTION'S, TO KKl'.V MINI". HONOR FROM O R RV I T!N .' BY ALEX. E. GLEXX. SJIM l.MHAAA, SATl'UISAA', CH'TOIiF.U CJ. 1SK. "t." 5 t i

WHAT I HATE. I bate to riiip a pacing pail That's often apt to blunder, I hate to see a woman sad, 1 hate much worse to fee one mad, And hear the home made thunder. I hate a midnight serenade From cats ,1 caterwauling; 1 hate to see a cro old maid Broom-beating children "cross the head, Setting a score a squalling. I hate the tattler who goes round Relating lies and slander Some reputation deep to wound, When there is not the slightest ground Such actions raise mj dander. 1 hate the hypocrite hate worse A person void of feeling ; ho hugs you while lie steals your purse, Or it he fail-, bestows a curse; I hate this double dealing. I hate a heart that's full of cuile, I hate a female traitor, Who under love or frieiuUhip's smile Receives jour confidence a wnile, And then betrays I hate her. I hate ia company to meet With him who will i,ct know me; I hate despise I h.ite deceit, I hate the worst ot all the greet, riease pay me what you owe me.

HISTORICAL.

to fire a? soon as an object appeared. A third halloo was quickly heard, followed by an exclamation of impatici.ee and distress, which convinced him th.it the unknown must he a Kenturkian. As soon, therefore, as he heard the pression "whoever you are, for Gnii sake, answer me!" lie replied with readiness, and the parties were soon together. Benham, as we have already observed, was shot through both legs! The man who now appeared, had escaped from the same battle, utth both arms brofien! Thus each was enabled to supply what the other wanted. Denham having the perfec t use of his aims, could load his gun and kill game, with great readiness, wink- his friend having the use of his legs, could kick the game to the spot whtie Benham sat, who w as thus enabled to cook it. When no wood was near them, his companion would rake up brush with his feet, and gradually roll it within reach of Benham's hands, who constantly fed his companion, and dressed It is wounds awell as his own tearing up both ol

their shirts for

siu tmvAun pacrimi am. I parted w ith SirPdward Pat kenham at the corner of St. Jamo's square, the day he started for his last command. Oa shaking hands I said, " We part now " the last time; I never shall see mi again." lie asked,4 Why sav s.-.; w:i.--l makes you a prophet of i :! ' ' 1 rt-pl: ed, '' I know you so well that 1 fc 1 confident you will not be a hi-.- to hear the first shots (ired without being in the affray; and you will be killed. I fear, foolishh ."' lie knew the obp tt I had in saying this, the feeling that dictated it. "That I shall is possible- but if 1 do, you even shall sav I fell as a general, commanding in chief, ought to do.v hen his aitl-de-camp. Colonel Wvfv, returned to Pngland, he dined with me alone, that we might talk over the last acts of the life of our departed friend. In the front of a regiment which appeared to be failing in its duly, on horseback, with his hat off, he received his first wound. Peeling that he could not sit his horse, he endeavored to dis mount. In the act of lifting his right

leg over the saddle, a s condsho! struck

him a little above t lie groin. lie fell

EARLY T1MKS I N THE WEST. ROBERT BENHAM. In the autumn of 1770, a number of keel boats were ascending the Ohio river, undr the command of .Major Rodgers, and had advanced as tar as the mouth of Licking, without accident. Here, however, they observed a few Indians, standing upon the southern extremity of a sandbar, while a canoe, rowed by three others, was in tie act of putting elf from the Kentucky shore a it for the purpose of taking them nboard. R ders instantly ordered the boats to be made fast oa the Kentucky shore, w hile the crew , to the number ol seventy men, well armed, advanced in such a manner as to encinle the spot where the enemy had been seen to laud. Only rive or six Indians had been seen, and no one dreamed of encountering more than 1 5 or 20 enemies. When Rodgeas, however, had, as ho supposed, completely surrounded the enemy, and was prep iring to i ush upon them, from several quarters at or.ee. he was thunderstruck at beholding ev eral hundred savages suddenly spring up in front, rear, and upon both flanks! The instantly poured in a close discharge of rides, and then throwing down their guns, fell upon the survivors with the tomahawk! The panic was complete, and the slaughter prodigious. Major Rodger, together with fort) -five ot fus men, were al.nosl in

stantly destroyed. 1 he survivors made i an effort to regain their boats, but the! live men who had been left in charge of them, had immediu'.ely put off from shore in the hindmost boat, and the enemy had already gained possession of the others. Disappointed in the attempt, they turned furiously upon the enemy, and aided by the approach of darkness, forced their way through their lines, and w ith the loss of several severely wounded, at length effected their escape to Harrodsburgh. Among the wounded was Capt. Robert Benliam. Shortly after breaking through the enemy's line, he was shot through both hips, and the bones being shattered he instantly fell to the ground. Fortunately, a large tree had lately (al

len near the spot where he lay, and

w ith great pain, he dragged himself in

to the top, and lay concealed among

the branches. The Indians, eager in

pursuit of the others, passed him with-

out notice, and ty midnight all vva quiet. On the following day, the Indi

ans returned to the battle ground, in

order to strip the dead and take care of

the boats. Benham, although in dan

ger of famishing, permitted them to

, pass without making known his contli

Hon, very correctly supposing that his crippled legs would only induce them

to tomahawk him on the spot, in order

to avoid the trouble of carrying him to

their town. He lay close therefore, until the eve ning of the second day, when perceiv

ing a raccoon descending a tree, near

him, he shot it, hoping to devise some means of reaching it, when In; could kindle a fire and make a meal. Scarcely had his gun ciatked, however, when he heard a human cry, apparently not more than fifty yards off. Supposing it to be an Indian, lie hastily reloaded his gun, and remained silent, expecting the approach of an enemy. Presently the same voice was heard again, but much nearer. Still Benham made no reply, but cocked his gun, and gat ready

that nui nose. Thev

found some difficulty in procuring w atei dead and he kept his word.

at tirst; but benham at length took his

own fiat, and placing the rim between A UEVOEUTIOWUV VET KUAN.

the teeth of his companion, directed We had a conversation yesterday al

turn to wade into the Lu king up to hi ibe Planters and Mechanics' Bank

net k, and dip the hat into the water, b wain one ol the Heroes of the Uevolu

sinking his ow n head. The man w ho tion, Mr. Thomas Garrett, of Sumter

could walk, was thus enabled to biing District, aged lOo years and 3 months.

water, by means of his teeth, which w ho came to this city on horseback,

benham could afterwards dispose of as was htcess ii v.

In a few davs. thev had killed all the

squiriels and birds within leach, and the man with the broken arms, was

sent out to drive game within gunshot

of the spot where Benham w ms confined. Foi tunaU ly . wild tarkevs were ahuni ... . -. .

oani hi ihose woods, and ois compan

ion wai!d walk around, and drive them towards Benham, w ho seldom failed to

kill two or three of rat h flock. In this

manner, they supported themselves for

done, for the purpose of receivivg In

pension. 1 he old gentleman appears to be in the possession of all his faculties, answers questions readily and is

. "i i to humourous in his conversation.

lie served for a considerable peiiod

under Gen. Sumter, the '-Game Cock

of the South," and was profuse in his

iraise of that brave and chivalrous

Commander. He was also at the bat

tle of Fort Moultrie and at the seige of

Savannah, at the sloiming of the lat

ter place, he stated that while viewing

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several weeks until their wounds had " ltllu"J"'Uilli i.ui.. ,.- healed, so as to enable th.-m to tnvcl. mo"- ,lu; beaps of slam, the gallant Pu-

Phey then shifted their quarters, and 'ip, and remai Ked,my brave

n. . ivj t 1 1. vJU ; u ii. fi iiiitiLieiteis

position, to which Garrett made an

swer "vjcneral, if you intend to be in a

place of safety, I'll ket p near you.

Pulaski, put spurs to his horse and

rushed into the thickest of the fight; but a moment only intervened, when

Garrett saw the noble foreigner fall

from his horse, mortally wounded.

Mr. Garrett informed us that his moth-

or attained the extraordinary nge oi

120 y ears, and his grandmother 1 15.

Ciarlcston Count r.

A SCKNE or KKAIj IMSTilKSS. I "he following picture of the poverty

of the Irish peasantry is taken from a

report laid before the British Parliament, on the subject of the poor law :

laborer, named llanley, gave the

following affecting narration: "l am

laborer, and have a wife and six chil i .i ii . -1. ii i

urcn, me eiuest a gin i i years oio. i

worked yesterday for live pence, and my breakfast. I wish I could earn it , Y I 1.1

every day. l have no work- to-day,

and how am I to live but on others?

My wife is out begging, striving to

gather prog for myself and children, and when she brings in u lock of pota-

day evening. There we wen; about the tire-place to-dav, striving to spare the sods, anil the children driving and

pulling one anolhei , to st getneaiest to the lire. V

no fire of our own, the chil

1 Wiio Len we

i re u

con

i

tve

mu-t

a wa:

mmg tit. a n;

n from est

.;,r,i

i no r s.

1 1 1 lotir-

! rv to get

I came to this tow

icon vars ago. I came hecau-o

could not live without heggii j, and I was ashamed to beg alhome.

THE The

.vltil.VTU IN NEW I)N

a hog should Ii,' w ci;h I'ouv inn !i fattening i- httie hog of a y ear and that aai.'-iii!, a'.-!

rxcei ded tha .Nf Xt to ;(

icfpai.-ite that ti.e' s sfantlv growing, 'j foundation for fattei o ss coii int. r.c s. or

ept

four vtars

ihe f'i-ii ess

IM-Ie a !;.;!' one

to of

stood where do not reach gs iia e even

t w; !;. 1. - ling

good ! u',.l hi . .e mi !!'', w !.(

4.:a 1.

reds, it is

. i

IO-

i co;

in re

i is ooserveil in

England with a marked

dt

. e w

"ice ol nro-

a day of ioi; seren

ity and enjoyment. In the villages m the interior, tbeie is a holy stillness, a

pi let v. It is emphatically rest, oftpiietnes- anil of ri ii

in,.

ne em

I..

air:';g In in .1 ed in

err

ie seme

en the pro:vo will be

l,

I Og- n,

a Held being allotted ' excla-ive u-e, ; I i .- tlu ir numbers that I

wavs be fresh

much io' d

;g c ai e.i- iiiai sh'"!illd voting it with fat. j i in hoer pa-ture,

Ii r-e:i I h 1 r:i!m ivlueh woiMr. I ri ncr. ! rnn nn ti c nfl

1(1. ! ptl'ti

t-'i.-t oinrr ihitiir r n 1 i . i-1 I 'w'

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io tne oay, oisiinginsning it ir mi an other days. No noise is heard. No loitering about is seen. All exemplaiy citizens are within doors, occupied in vocations and studies, fitted to excite a train of thought and feeling adapted to the Sabbath day. l'.verv body regularly attends cliunh. It is an habitual custom, even with those who are not conscientiously impressed with the obligation. In repining to the house of worship and rele-nung from the same, the utmost piopiLty and or-

Hri

(hem I 'or their in pi nport ion to : feed may al-

yet not so much so as to or grow coar-e or rank.

I'hev should have tnc shins of the

kitchen, the whev r buttermilk of the dairy, unless this is reoiired for young

pig, and in general eVerv

will eat to advantage, or

promote their growth. The manner in. ivhic.'i h? materials

thing thev

which wiil

aied f

I :

itenin.

i ,

po

put up a small shed at the mouth of the Licking, where they encamped until late in November, anxiously expecting the arrival of some boat, which should convey them to the falls of the Onio. On tiie 27th of November, they observed a tin 1)0, it maving lej.-'irely down

the river. Ben'iam in-tantiv hoisted

his hat upon a stick, and hallooed loudly for help. The crew, however, supposing them to be Indians, or at least su-

peeling them ot an intention to decoy them ashore, paid no attention to their signals of distress, but instantly put o-

ver to the opposite side of the river.

ind manning every oar, endeavored to

pass them as rapidlv a possible. Ben

ham beheld tin m pass with a sensation

bordering on despair, for the place was

much frequented by Indian-, and the

ipproaeh of winter threatened them

with destruction, unless speedily relieved. Al length, after the boat had pas

sed him nearly half a mile, he saw a

canoe put off from its stern, evidently

reconnoitei ing them with great suspi

cion.

He called loudly upon them for as

sistance, mentioned his name and made

known his condition. After a long toes at night, I cannot so much as buy

parley, and many evidences ot rt lnc- a half-penny herring to oat with them.

lance on the part ot the crew, the oa- i,.ive Ilota ,,,,(., Df clothes but what 1

noe at length touched the shore, and ,.,,. j.hw.Mim mwl f": .n.UliiiiT

benliam and his friend were taken on . ou sct, me. , ct vv,en c;in vi that five

rwt . I J ) J

board. 1 heir appearance excited much ,HMlce a day, I am glad to stand out in

i.spieiuii. iney were aimoM ciiiirciv , , co!l ;ltul rajlu everv l,astand dash

naked, and their laces were garnished 0f,, dri vmsr to the heart of me. Vi

wuh six weeks growth of beard. H"' live in a deserted house. The. thatch

one was barely able to hobble upon js a m(.(Cd 0f it. You can see the

crutches, and the other could manage hj.au throtudi everv part of the roof.

to Iced himself with one of his hands, lit u m-.l much more shidter to us than if

we lay dow n by a high wall. We have to

shift our bed from one side to the other,

as the wind changes; and if it was not

inthat state, 1 would not be allowed to

Our

. i . i. i i j i

nod IS nut a suaue 'u sii.iw, mm ivi

have but one blanket not 4lbs. weight,

us all, and even that my wid

has round her when she is begging; and

must often ask a in in, as poor as my

m lftolond or L'ive me a lew furf to

ilir is oliservt'd. Lxcopl at these

oils of time, men are wiilulrawn from sight and the fall of a footstep is seldom heard in the ''deserted village."' No riding for pleasure is seen, and rarely, until the sun has sunk to rest, does the villager emerge from his habitation. Not only man, but all naiure scems htislit al to repose, and animal life willingly participates in the stronitv and g'.iteiul stillness of the set ne. Is i! so

io the town as in the country, a period

of cessation fioni all secular employ

ment and occupations reaching after

what the vvoild denominates pleasure?

Not so. The Sabbath in cities is a day

when the mass of the population arc let loose from the toil ami business of the preceding week. With them it is tie-

voted to amusements and what they

term relaxation. The streets are

thronged with crowds of the idle and

irreligious public gardens and places

of resort are tilled with the giddy popu

lace steam boats arc crowded with more than an ordinary freight Unlivery stables reap a harvest of more than common luxuriance, and favorite rides are thronged w ith crowds of vehicles and hurry ing equestrians. It seems one grand gala day for the giddy youth and the middle aged votary of pleasure. The churches are attended it is true, by large numbers of the sober and discreet men of the world and by Christians who deplore thi wanton desecration of the day. et here, even the laxity of principle and the absurdity of custom is seen, and those houses which were thronged in the morning, at the evening service are comparatively deserted. It is unfas'iioncblc in large ities to attend church but half the day. llow strange it is, that human vanity and ils attendant conceits, should obtrude themselves even into the portals of Heaven! JVnrUictmjit ii Courier.

inlt

aim leu, has a deemed

rapidity of the prod's e.uehee on the aggro

g; vi n out ra w much oi t'r.

is lost ; grain i niiiig, but the

a ' ! it'i o ill-

kinds of feed

i

is prepared

nilai nee on tne and ol coiisa.!c profits. If

value of the

much improved foil clleci of all

only bioiighl out by

en

t ii ri

ii g. Corn is the best ar'.h

w ilhoiil

r

i pera'h enodu ed for

good i'oik: and though other

occasion

dlv ho used

Iv aniage, and may pro lure poii

substances may

Willi '-.dl

of f lir and good quality, y t experience Inn proved i!,(t. t'ie real corn led m at

They were instantly taken to Louisville where their clothes (which had been oariiod off in the boat which deserted

(hem) were restored to them, and after

a few wee ks confinement, both were h,e there, for I can pay no rent

pel lectly restored. i, i . i i .i

Ijennam anerwaras served in Hie

northwest throughout the whole of the

Indian war, accompanied the expeditions of Hai mar and Wilkinson, shared

in the disaster of St. ('lair, and after

ward in the triumph of Way ne. Upon dry it, when she brings it in wet. Iain

the. return of" peace, he bought the land often without a fire in my house in win

upon which Rodgers had been defeated, ter; and if I went to the pawn broker's,

and ended his days in tranquility, amid anil offered to pledge the coat on my

the scenes iur vxt witnessed his suf- back, I would not get one penny on it

ferings

-M Uu tig's Sk r tches.

l ne enure population within the li

mits of the United States, Indians inclu

ded, amounts to 16,680,000 souls.

We had but one spark of tin: in our

cabin last night, (this was November.)

and I was up at tlav dawn this morning, to purchase a load of turf out offheSd.

that I received at my day's hire yestcr-

makim; rot;K. The business of fattening pork for sale is practiced to some extml by most of our farmers, and when performed economically, or when the most is made of the mateiial given them, it is un doubtedlv a source of handsome profit. Vet all will admit, that whencaried on in the manner it sometimes is, the process of pork making drains instead of replenishing the farmer's pocket. To make fattening hogs profitable, it is necessary, fust of all, that the breed

selected for feeding should be a good one. There is a vast difference in hogs in the respect of easy fattening, proper

proportion of bone, w eight, i!cc. and the fanner who thinks to make money by feeding the loiig snouted, hump bat ki d, slahsided animals, that are too frequently found among fanners, and disgrace the very name of swine, w ill find in the end that he has n ckoned w ithout his ho(, and has thrown away both time and money. There are several good breeds of pigs now in thecount ry. mostly produced by crossing of other kinds w ith the Chinese, ami of course having different degrees of aptitude to fallen; ami these breeds have been so disseminated over the country, that any far mer who is willing to make the eflorl, may have some improved animals in his pens. The time has gone by when

is oa the wil l! siiji.'i i or io all others. Hogs will fat on corn given to them in any state, yet it is far preferable w hen se.a!;oi!. ground, steamed or boiled. A fanner of cur acquaintance, and who is celebrated for the weight of his. hogs, and the excellence of his pork, is in the habit of mixing oats with his corn before grinding in the. proportion of about one-fourth, and thinks that if

he had not the oats of his own, he

should be a gainer in exchanging corn, bushel for bushel, foi oa's rather thau not have theio to mix with his swine feed. He thinks they cat the mixture better thau clear oin meal, are less liable to a surfeit, and of course will fat much faster with the oats than without them. Peas have generally besfi ranked next to corn as an article for making good pork, and they are probably the best MiSslitnte that has yet been found, bogs feeding well on them, fattening rapidly, and the pork being

or good quality. H is almost indispensable that peas should be ground or

soaked previous to feeding. Potatoes are more extensively used for fattening hogs than any other of the cultivated loots, anil are probably the be.-t of the whole for this purpose. Unless they

are boiled, however, thev are of little

value comparatively, but w hen cooked they w ill give the hogs a fine start in feeding, and they may then be easily finished off with corn or peas. The fattening of bogs on apples may be considered as one of the successful innovations of (he ago, it being certain that this fruit possesses a value for that purpose which but a few years since was w holly unknown. The success of this experiment has given a new value to orchards and will probably check their destruction, which in some secliaas of the country had already com-

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me. 'feu. io a consult raoie extent. l no van u. reports fiom gentlemen of intelligence of the practical results of apple fettling are most gratifying, and we have no doubt the sy stem will be fully approved whenever tested. Whore convenient let the hog lie in ihe orchard fiom the time the fruit begins tofall,til! it jsititiK' togaiher apples for winter or cider, ami thev will in

ieo-t eases he found respectable pork'. When it is necessary to put them in the pen, boiled apples mixed with a small quantity of corn, oat. peas, or buckwheat meal, wiil fill them up rapidly, make them lard well, and till the farmers barreh will) sound sweet pork of ihe first qualify. If any however are doubtful, they "can easily finish elf their apple fed pork, as is generally done with potatoe fed, with corn or peas, and with similar results. c.

Mr. Wm. Dukt heart, of Baltimore, has invented a new method of making harness. Sewing is entirely done away with, and coppt r livets used; it is said to be more durable and economical.

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