Rising Sun Times, Volume 4, Number 159, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 26 November 1836 — Page 1

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S !;;' :: i:.0 iiiriijii, from ' I e' Ii e :cl i ! v i r..o ios o:i Ic:r Tr-.ith Ifi i!-.i: Let tWiry r:na Art t!,ri;Sh F-.rth, T!.o ;i-e :n i iro, thu oanva w arm -Fn t;i in r v.nis rcor.l his woith. In iiviiic mail. Ic mould his f'ortn. f.Mi.o fo I r i l;F s t vi!! nf-vor f.idr, A niiM' to ,;,.;u will h-athle5 bo; !r on njr cnmitrj's :-liti!!f h' laid I ii charier ct l.'.r I:: . rn i ir i r;,.n! i "IHVOt 'h t. OtH? i (roii I t' Uii ocr Miuci - ow ed I !'- I r.i' ni:d jroo-Hv hrritnro, a'1 "Tvr.l t;i;t time fl .'l'i nnt r;.ir, r.-.-.t Wis,!,, i.i j-n-.n! tt.;:t il. v'unh i - of - t... .1-1!!.. j um-s vas t criiat i.atjtc-n. vp. r ar Hostor., in h? ciKm-v,!-.hi) of M:isnc!iU50tt. I!c 1;.t.! a l,C-ll fcliooi ccuration. ?uch as at r . . U; to be had at conntrv lie tras from thai cl-3 of preplr, the veomanry, fiom vhom. in t';:? rcii;l!ic, have spranj the lirfi nv-n in t-vr-ry walk of life: go to the rci':t !;:?, (iie) arc there; to t.ho cxduMigo. -md tlict- a:-: there ; in tho, courts of jusi:cc ;t:ul h si!- of legislation, they lake Sh. lead; and wherever eur aj-rries ??:sreh,or ?avies rh) they arc to he l-rd. ' ' V'!cti he was abojjt (welvc of t!;;-? !V;;lto C-f:itu-.ion wa? titling out at 1 -ton. TI:o ear -n oi our ;rivy -tad a:.iiiced matty brilliant actios;-, and every eye was on the Coe-ti--H: n. tvhieh cca'd tiet he readv f r sea ;U!l If) year 1 T'J". i. 1 1 r i'l Of war, which had been hlo'vn uys between the French republic and the U. Slates was now pai-iag aw ay ; hat it was very nncertaiu when the jolitieal ntmosjdicro would agaiu be clear and serene. The commirtd of the Conflitution was given to Cnpl. Taihott, who had a high reputation in the navy. Downes entered as a boy. The frigate was ordered to the West India station; for there was much confusion ntnong the Islands, and depredations on our commerce frenucntlv committed. In si lencing a battery at St. Domingo, a smart fentaecment look place. Downcp, with the other boj , was etaiioned as powdorlioy to one of the gane; but considering ina extreme jouth, only as an assistant to another lad ol more years. Lsul it nappeiuvj that not only his companion, but the hoy at the next tr'tn, were on the sick lit when the. boathard tnent to-k place, ami t c cuties oi liii:e f 11 Jij"-.-lum. In this situation he uiplycd so pin; :i cof.rane juiiirrticat ana a y i:i i::e l.'H.u: v i v 'J.u-iiu - i when tit-:'' hri: had oa;cd. r tlie. ltd, and i-ld hint that i . t v-. .'.;. a ! '-e i:a:l :;;.e;;: ; ... i. t;u tu co; it k : . 'a t ! no in tut' scr ;ce. t rA c .-h. aid be a.-.-isted in his co;:;s; i'l.i- decided the future career cfotit'. D-.:v;.e? He set about :ual;f hei him self fer tlie duties of a r. d-!: pra in : , i'ic astist-incc ef tho pnrfe.r i-1 - t 1 1 , ii- obtained t git cfnraigaI : . - - ' -- - V( ! ( V - I I 1 . , r i .-. .. ' .; ::r'-l(V ccrrcl r-ckoinn! -.f the t i; n On 1 S-ipi w nclore tue cruis led. is t (urn 'o noslon.Downcs rr .led Opt. T f " end was !t him e; -A- ' n ..-.in: im.Ki, I i ri ,1 f ,!i Li! : '.If. I t . .1 ' : .. 1 I O . , poest Jndu ?. 1 I.e. .op ie r: o et o.i !i:e Nation until ln)i, when she a"nu relumed to the I'.iited States. In ! : r2 he reteived hh warrant as a nfoldupm in, and w;v? ordered to join tl.o Nf iv oik, then fitttn-; cat at Norfolk - ( 'tptain .1 aivos U n-wii.conintaii-;h. i. Her destination "a t'v: Meditnranean, to join the sqwadrou under t icimr. Kiore .'i-ons then crmwg ut that sea to piotecl out t . ma-.crce from Ihe l iri) it y piiaies. TiifM i- a spirit stirrite s rvicc. The whole rcsrntincnt f p l e.gc.s (d atrocity entered t;,l the .i.iiidi of every etlicci and eca;tan h : en navj and they triumphed i n c.'.tv cppoiiuiiiiy of assailing the

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under, then Lieutenant. David Potter, - l ' MhWupmin Downes va selected to take char?' of a division: Io this Tomj modcre Motrin objected, ns Downes C, .-tSiCCinir J thai the respcivsihilifv w;. too "i eat Ct etio ofhis yt ar ted and the Cor:;nodore itlri'-d. I tem ilia: hour there has existed lite strongest friesidship between Potter and Downes, which ha? never grown cnM for a moment tinee. A bond of union formed in peril wears well in prosperity, while that which Fprinss up in the Miados of peace, is often lost in the hold of daeger. lntiie wintcrof 1003 M. the New York tcturncd to t!ie United States. Scarcely had she readied our shore?, when Downes was ordered to join the :ngress Jsigaie, titen titling for the .Mediterranean, Captain Hodgers her commander. The frigate sailed in May. U;0 . When in the Mediterranean, lie joined the ( onstitutiori with I 'a plain ll .vh;ei :-. by whom he was ap-pej.-.t; 1 to ih? cor-mand ef I he. bomb i.U p;;!ire. w-hieh est-ej he comf m.ll'Ji --A ; oil! ,U rr-hirn i.i. ttir. FTi;;e-..l States in 1800, when he was allowed a short time to vi-it his friends. Ihtt it was very brief, indeed; for, in January. jHOT. he joined the sloop of war Wasp.. Cap!. Joint Smith. In this rhip he visited Frarsee. Kngland, and the Mediterranean; and ott" his return to the United Stales was sent to cruise on our own fchorc, to prevent the infraction of V. e embargo thou laid on eur cohjmerce by the Congress of the United States ; bait he did not remain knir in iol? service, as there were no laurels to ho reaped" in iti Captain Smith and LieuhtOoTVRCP w ore transferred to the finite Jscx. and Ui .her iigiii'i Yi?'llid Kurope. In 1811 Commodore Toiler fcoic eenuv.and of tlic lssex, then ordered to Ib.e. Pacific Ocean, to protect our co turn;: ree in that quarter, if war, which .-coined almost inevitable, should be declared by the United States. Lion, truant Dow no? remained as thefiift Lieutenant of the Essex. The history of this voyage has been given by Commodore Porter himself, and from w hich it appears that Downes shared largely in all the hardspips, honors, and. dan gers of the voyage, w Iv.ea w ere neitnet small nor few. In the desperate hattie in which the Essex was taken by violation of the laws of nations, which has i:ot as vet been properly denoun ced, but which we will pass in mis place, Lt. Downes had Ins full 6hareot duty and danger. While the Essex was blockaded in Valparaiso, Lieut. Downes proposed to Commodore Porter a planot capturing one of the British sloops of war, making a part of the blockading sauadron. This was acceded to by the Commo dore. Lieut. Downes reconnoitred in hisy ; atid the next night every thing was in readiness. The boats proceed ed in silence and darkness to the enterptlse, but the wind blowinq strotnr, the s r-.ps put cut to sea under tco much sail to be touched. Dv means ol the cuctoaidiouso muud, the British get wind v.f tlie design, and took all precautious to prevent a surprise. Alter the capture of the F.st-es.Lieut. Downes c.unc to the United Stales ac commander of the Essex Junior. He was net taken piisoucrin the fiigate. He itad prccceuvd from his own vessel, the V.i?cx Juiiior, Itii gat anchor, and not in v condltler, lor jt h:it,m an cfcti voat, aw.-F joined his Commodore in the heat of the action. There arc some points connected witii the history of cur late war upon which it is difhcult to dwell WitSi ccntposuie. Tl us is one. We aid we would pass it over in this place, o il so we will, with one bingle rcm.uk; ii.-.t there is one ill; which, she t i-t iv e Ine imitate in her 1 .-wless war, would rcfpect no neutrality of poit ; we would attack within the foMiot sacred rio-jnd. ai d leave it to diplomacy to make ex- buiations afterwards. Lieut. Dowries left the Essex in a small boat, by order of the Commodore, a few tuintiles before the flag of the frigate was stt nek, to go on board of his own veosel. In lhi vessel, the Essex Jtm'un, Lieut. Downes returned lo the United States, bringing with him the prisoners taken in the Essex. They weie but a remnant of that hardy crew who had b ft the U. States thice. vears before; literally "the hard ejeautliijs cd many I a dvspeiaic fie.lit."

O.-i his return he was ordered io the.

t brL-1 pcrvh-r, then nl Savannah. I3ej ft-rj he cenU g; t . sea the peace look j place, He was r.nw a pn?t-catda"u:, and proceeded in Iut to tiio Jfc'ditcrrape an a;, one oi to;: ,:,k : on: catui s puadrou, and had a share in ;;kie (!.., (I.....:. . r - ... . .. . i'.- i;'ji i .(.' ii" ne Oct w erelhe -! (roi-hii s (!'' ' 1..;.. .. i.:. i. ; . : 1 1, 1 1 ar) en Hires in this seeeiid sttuggle with tiiese Barb.iry powers. They had supposed that the people of this new woild were lost in tlie vorlex of European conflict, ns the had not heard from us in several ycats; ana scppeet eur commerce. ii'ien begMu.ir-g to float in the Levant, was to be an easj prey to their corsairs: but before they could have enjoyed a Moslem triumph over captured Ameri cans, broadsides came down upon them, and taught thom to respect our l!ag alike in peace and war. The crown of victory undoubtedly belongs to the gallant Decatur, but there were coronet of glmy left for othei?. ( 'apt. Downes, in this achie.vrttan!, reeeied the fa'i .".'probation ef the Commodore for tin- pai t he took in the afi:ur. iiie D.m; Sf !!;' o! tb coi;iuered they would have considered their foes cowanh if they had not claimed their swords were presented by Decatur lo his ofikcrs, and Captain 1ownes had his choice, lucre was an incident in this fight which should be mentioned and put en record. When the Algerinc frigate struck, Downes was not near her, hut the Ihrharian, after he had hauled down his colors, not being taken postcstion of in?(anlly. while the boats were about boa: ding her, she shot ahead with the intention of making her escape. The other vcvsel w as secured, but the commander of the frigate was attempting io lighten her by tin owing things out of her ports ; Captain Downes saw tins, and without waii'ng for orders or signal, bore down upcti l'.ei ; and i one wed the action with Mich clTcct upon the enemy's tjuartcis, (hat he brought her to at once. For this gal'um. conduct he re ceived this meiitcd compliment from IWatur "The. Fj ier was at all times just where sT e sdiouh! n ie. been."' Captain Dowr.es continued dining the cruise in command of tic Lpervier, and was actively employed io watching the movements of the cor sairs of those seas. The eyes of the nation were now turned upon Dow nes, if any great calls were made on our navy, as one who would do honor to a high command. From this period, until June, 1'dlC, he was most of his time attached to the Independence, 74, as Captain, under Commodore Baiubridgc, whose broad pennant was flying on board that ship in Boston harbor. From this situation, Cnptaiu Downes was appointed to the command of the Macedonian, then preparing for the Pacific. She sailed on the 20th of September, of that year, was dismasted in a hurricane, on the 7th day out, and was obliged, in consequence, to put into Norfolk. She was repaired, and sailed again as soon as posssibie, without accident doubled the capo, and in good time reached a'pnraiso 1 1 ( r appearance was opportune, uur commerce required protection. It was a moment of great excitement. The. ancient rtinc wa; breaking tip in South America, and ; fierce, ardent, republican frenzy was opposed to the long abuses and habitof despotism; some of the high spirit? of oilier nations were with, the patriots. Lord Cochrane was commander of ;iu. j Chilian forces by sea, but Peru was still in the hands of the Royalists. Our commerce was active on the coast, and liable to the capture of cither party; and the injustice of both. The presence of tltc Macedonian had no small effect on the contlicting parties; and S'H h was the caul. on, cner v, ami ias lice erf the couise pursued ay D'Wtjios, that his reputation often g ive -iti influence that reae bed beyond his powers by the laws of nations, particularly in obtaining the release oi some of his countrymen, who had taken sides in the conflict. In this delicate but ardaotia duty he spent thirty -three months, an 1 returned home with the gratitude of our merchants, and to the satisfaction of our government. From thti term until August, 1G27, Captain Downey remained on shore to enjoy a little repose from prof visional labor; the first, indeed, since the com mencemenl of his natal career; having been, in the spue of -t yea is, but a few months unemployed.

m - mand of :w i'eiawate, i i gunj. auti proc cded in her to the M-diterrar.ean. where he was t mnsfen c -I to the J.iya frigate, which he retained until October, toil); when he joined the D-. iaw.tre. aim returned hi her i passe:i gci to i in.' ctiiien Mali-?, its .'anuarv, io.vj. (.) me vi! d !H-, lihil, tie: was appointed to the command of the Potomac, and in August sailed on that memorable t ruise. This voyage has been so fully written out by "one wdio had every opportunity to ascertain the facts, that it is unncco sarv o do more than glance at them. The errand wa an important one to chastise with discretion and effect the Malays of Sumatra, who had committed an act of piracy on our commerce. This was done with precaution, despatch, and energy ; nnd so effectually, that the just punishment inflicted has left a salutary impression along that spice coast, that will lessen the dangers of our merchants and ma riner? engaged hi that traffic for many year to come. Hating fir.bhod this t.i-k, he sailed for tin Pacific for the pro'ection of our commerce there. After spending the usual time in this Fcrvico. and attending to the usual duties of the station, be returned (o the United States, after alt absence of nearly three years. The whole proceedings of the voyage were every way satisfactory to the Executive, lo Congress, and to the pcoj.de at large. He was now transferred to the Navy Yard at Ciiai lestow n, where he is at prrsciit; and where now in the piime of manhood, when energy and discretion are found together, and experience affords ready rules for reasoning and acting he is.ready to obey the calls of his country w henever her interests demand his services on the ocean. However hold, hardy, and numerous our manners may have beet:, it has taken a long time to properly combine all the elements that make the strength and spirit of our naval character. These elements aie political feeling, physical pow er, f cieiice, thill, and moral discipline: ; and tiur-e nv? ir-Toy;, of many years, in process of tini.-, in our navy, fo courage and skiil was added science; but it was a long peiiod before a system of moral government, suited lo secure the highest efforts of man with the dignity of human nature, was effected. Some have not learned it yet. The science of government is the most difficult of nil others, and until a few years was hardly known on shipboard; haughtiness and ferocity were taken for dignity of command, aud the making all unhappy nround Ihcro, for strictness of discipline; the error ha9 been felt and partially redeemed in the marine of many countries, and more apparently in our own. No commander has done more lo effect this change than Commodore Downes. Ho has fell the difficulties ami responsibilities of every grade of service from the lowest to the logos!, and liecame a practical disciplinaiion before he. could hate formed ninth ofatheoiy i on thi-subject, lie made every one feel am! know his du'y. and f course nin-f have neen thome'ilv ncquai o!-d ui'h lfs own. What ha' been i;aiiicd hv eoiiton -i over p-'iti" - f eint.!; a eiin-t navy i- secure; "ttr nat:o;:c an never ( rave I hack to (n il i .mme stale was of (hi: king, w -en a le'v i! po-.Vor oposl by who thonbd the rnselves :i efoind indriots. 'What, has it' on ami true bee:i acquire! by tho science ol overnmeni win not e. i r y bo ot ; and with the resources, of the country we shall ever find it a light thing to defray the expenses ef a navy that will command the respect ot nations and be the pride of our people. IfKATH IIi:i't tl A.VUOX iSVKi;. A ; unit lhirr dn .1 Cin e wan, in toe j none ol lie iru o e:s .vno.u. .1 .... : .... 1110 ir. , ;md Cr a tor, ate Lit ace ith inmse If ,..,! ail the woild. His lite has been, for some time, like the lingering taper, and finally by the operations of its own exhaustion, quietly tin kered eut. Yesterday morning, finding himself near the end of his earthly journey and approaching 'that bourne from win nee no traveller re turns,' he requested that a minister might be sent for, and the last solemn religious rites, ere he entered the presence of his Cod, be duly performed. The Minister asked him if he knew that he was rapidly appio.uhiug his, end, when he quietly un;w. red that he did. lie Ihen asked htm if he felt

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.''-'i thai he could bo saved only i i.!trei:.'i the m.reies rf i.eecc.mcr. V ncn no. enij-aapeaiiy gave assent rc'ijvr? v. or,- fh ;. r.fi-aed the throne of grace, it, which he appeared to take a iecp am! hcarNfeehm: interest, aud his ; soul soon tinged its (light to that heav1 ui o! io ini httppiness. 'where the wiU'o:: cen.-.- ,o!n troubling and the wear', are at rest.' Previous to his death he was asked wdicre he wihed to ho buried, when ho answered, '"in the eepulchio f his ancestors' His remains will consequently be conveyed to his native town, where ids Fathers, in a long and honor e..J Sine, repose. Aw York Times. inn s u -jro waiters. Otic pr het f peaks lo us like on orator, another like a logician. One endeavors by ki. eb; picnce fo charm us, a;, other by his clear reasoning fo convince our minds. One threatens and another promise-. Here we have presented to our eos a rcep're of divine tove. ana :ere our e us are arrested ;1 voice of the wo: nine; fnimt Y tec and nov a voice from dciizim. Orto herald cf Falv.if points us to tho smoke of the torment 'hat ascend eth up for ever and ever! and another with the tender flcccnt of a saviour's love, cries out, "Turn ye, turn ye, why will ye die2" i a : i o n o f ;j i n n . I call that mind free which 13 not imjirisoned in itself or in n sect, which recognise? in all human beings the image of Cod and the? rights of his children, winch delights in virtue and sympathises with suflering?, wherever they are seen, which conqucid pride and sloth, and offers itself up a willing victim to the cause of mankind. 1 call that mind free, which is not passively framed by outward circumstances, which is not the creature of accidental impulse, but which bends cvents to its own improvement, act upon an inward spring, for an immutable principle which it has deliberately espoused. ' I call that mind free which protects .', elf a.' 'ui.st the. uurpatio.ns of society, which does not cower to human opin ions, which t.-e ls accountable to a higher law than fashion, which respects itself too much to be a slave of the many or the few. Dr. Channing. ADVANTAfiKS OF VVFDLOCK. There is a great deal of truth and feeling in Ihceuhjoincd juquant description of the discomforts of the bnchelor. May the married be thereby reminded to appreciate their comforts, and the ascetic to experience practically, how the cares of life arc diminished, and its joys increased by the presence of a soother of the former, and an enhancer of the latter. "None but the married man has :i home in his old age; none has friends, then, but he; none but he knows and feels the solace of the domestic hearth; none but he lives and freshens in his green old age, amid the affections of his children. There is no tear shed for the old bachelor; thereis no kind hand and ready heart to cheer ban in hi? loneliness and bereavement: there is none in whose, eves he can see himself reflected , and from v tie: si.: receive ding a'-nranc.e.s of care and love. No. The edd haehol u ray be courted for h; ? nionev. lie may eat, and drink, nd level", as such things do; and he any mo leu, and die in a hotel or garret, with plenty of atlendals about him, like so many cormorants waiting for their prey.rutho will never know what it is to be loved and to love, and to die amid a loved circle. He can never know the comforts of the domestic fireside." E x i..c ik or Fef-i.u.i-;?. The English ! I i. - : II I I- 7 I ;, v, en itnown, win wanv nvu ci 1 :i .. ...:0 six eons u isc. i hey are never afraid of tin; air. They do not renson as our gills do, that to be pretty anil inlcrcslir.,, they must be livid, pale, and consumptive; and in order to be so, exclude themselves from the open air, from walks ami parks; but they reason naturally, that lunltk is beauty, and that sickness is otherwise. English tzirls, it is said, are. almost the only 5'iils Who ( limb up the sides of the Alps, or ftruggle ancle deep, up the ashes of Vesuvius. Su.K S m i- 1 1 nr. in Illinois- Mi.-, I. Ci. M!U, of C h 0.1, lately pee.iciitcd to her husband thice htllo boys.

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