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r- THE UNLAWFUL TENDRIL
Tlio Sheriff conned over a small dirty book,
Which ho used as a portable docltct ;
And then, with a stern and unmerciful look,
llo drew a ca. sa. lrom lus pocKet.
Ho told the uiayearer to plank down the dust,
And as soon as the sheriff could sny it,
Thodcbtor acknowledged tho claim to be'ju9t,
And declared ho was willing to pay it.
A bundlo of dank notes ho drew from his vest,
I Altd ho counted them down on tho table:
Ho was willing to pay, as ho frqnkly confess'd,
Arid not only willing, but able.
Tho sum was made up, (it was rurr. ionet too,)
When the Shcriffmado this imcdixel,
"With bank notes I'Hneveii have uotiiino todo
"No how any body can fix ill"
Then loud grew the speeches, and angry tlio tones,
(Tho Sheriff insisting on specie,)
Which thrcBtcn'd to end in tho breaking of bones,
For they wrangle and janglo "liceilacie.'"
The"tender' was not what the law Would require,
So Uio SherjlT pronounced it unlawful,
And hothatdcricd it, ho said, was a liar,
With an oath mo&t prodigiously awful.
Tho plaintiff was sent for: Dut hocould'nt tako
. The notci, since the Hanks had suspended;
Ho would look to tho Sheriff, ho said, with a shake
Of tho head, as tho steps he descended.
Thejiefcndcnt ivas out of his county, and had
, Nothing there, but his bod; and paper,
Tbo latter uncurrcnt, the former was mad,
And tho Shcriffhalf-druiik on a caper.
So that was the time: 'let tho law tako its course,'
Said tlio Sheriff, (who wished to be at him,) .
And he swore hu'd tu Ice him, as it would bo worse,
To'follow him with a testatum.
Tho money xnaagoodt 'twaathc bestot its kind
Said the Sheriff, but ho "would'ntha-vc it;"
And worst of it wai, tho defendant could find,
None ablo or willing to shave iU
Tho notes wcro refused & tho Sheriff grew warm
' For his dander had palpably risen,
.He gave the defendant a jerk by the arm,.
And swore he would take him to prison.
To jail then ho took him, (tlio contcf t was rough,)
- The nconlo were stupid with wonder;
To see him locked up, having hank notes ixouon,
And they marvcud at Banking like thunder ! ! !
WEES IBSIPSlB(n,IBt2c
For the Columbia Democrat,
RELIGION IN PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
In the vicissitudes of professional life,
we can only expect consolation through the
influence ol the Uospel; and there is no
eecular profession to which Christian Rcli
gion affords . moic aid than the practice of
Medicine. How lamentable, then, to ob
serve those whose educations and stations
tiecessarily display to them the wisdom and
goodness of the Creator, and his power over
human lite, should lorgct their duty, while
visiting tho abodes of pain and misery, and
witnessing the fear and anguish which at
tend the dissolution of nature. Tho only
cordial for the dying is tho sweet hopes of
future bliss; and when the resources of the
material mcdiea fail in providing a cure, the
panacea of Christianity, administered by
tho attending physician, relieves tho heart
of the patient from depression, and may
probably in many instances save his soul
from perdition.
The life of a physician is one of unceas-
'jng toil, self-denial, and solicitude. The
Lawyer has his intervals for recreation be
tween courts the Divfne recruits his en
ergiea between each Sabbath the Soldier
forgets his summer campaign in his winter
quarters; but no such relaxation or rest is
known to the Physician. His days and
his nights are alike subject to the calls of
the sick; and even in tho worship of hie:
God he is frequently disturbed while all
Other professions and trades enjoy the full
benefits which are given in tlio devotions
of tho holy Sabbath. His associations, too
'jtcanonlybo imagined never felt by olh
ers. He is always called to afford relief to
Vie distressed: Always with the sick and
dying hearing their groans and witnessing
yie progress oi tno mseaso
. Jtjis possible for a patient to reward tho
'mechanical part of tho physician's niton
U "9i i . .. . . ...
uancqii out no compensation
Oil but llo p.nmnnnsntifin h:in nnssihlv
ho an equivalent to his mei
W j
an equivalent to his mental solicitude
Vhilo
ilo endeavoring to snatch him from the
him front
HoliaTss
threatening grasp of Death. Ho haroaved
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aticnt, through Divino assistance, from
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a sodded grave probably a family frofn
distress and starvation and while restoring
him again to the enjoyment of life, he may
even have prepared hiin for aifutttro state
of existence. To be thus useful to our fel
low beings, it is however requisite that wc
should know and proclaim tho Eternal
Ttuth.
STONY POINT.
The scenery on the Hudson river bears
nature's grandest imprint. The hand that
formed an universe of worlds has thrown
together along the banks of this noble
stream, a wild assemblage of rocks and
mountains. The Palisades, as they arc
called, commence on the western side of
the .Hudson, just above the Wcchaw or
Wcchawkcn, and extend about twelve miles
p the river. They are bold, abrupt de
monstrations of omnipotence, moulded by
him, whose power is not bounded by time
or circumstances. The cannon of a thou
sand arms might roar Out their incfljctual
engeance against this natural battery, which
frowns over the broad bright stream at an
levation of' from sixty to one hundred and
fifty feet, and the parapet would laugh in
scorn at the power of battle.
After tho Palisades terminate, a country
of hills and vales succeed; the former, round
cd up like loaves of sugar, and tire latter in
dented like dimples on the cheek of beau
ty. Occasionally, however, nature ha:
projected iirsi the stream one of her bold j
fronts, a miniature foundation of the "hills
of fear" which cast their sombre shadows
across tho pass of the highlands. One of
thcscprojcction3 is btony Point. It stands
out in bold relief from the rural scenery
just below, and challenges the attention of
the passenger who lias been relieved from
the sublimity of the basaltic rocks of the
Palisades to prepare for a wilder develope
mcnt, of nature's craniology. But the im
pressions which crowd into tlio spectator's
mind in this region, arc not derived from a
river, mountain, or valley tradition and
history lend a melancholy glory to this rev
olutionary ground On the right or eastern
bank stretches away tho celebrated "neu
tral ground" throughout the entire extent
of West Chester county, where regulars,
cow boys, Virginia horse, and continentals,
wliigs and tories, appeared and , disappear
ed like the actors of a wild and bloody tra
gedy. On the left, Stony Point is allied to
associations of military achievements and
unfading renown while farther tin, Ar
nold's treason, Andre's capture anduntime-
lv although merited fate, twine round the
memorable rocks of Stony Point.
Stony Point is about forty miles above
Now York; and ten or fourteen below West
Point. It is a rounded cravellv hill, of
small extent, iuttinjr into the stream and
connected with the main land by a low mo
rass which is partially over-flowed by tide
Water. It was fortified in the rovolulionary-
war, and occupied by a small force, and
might have been considered as a re:
outpost to tho strong fortress of West Point.
It was captured hy the iJritisli in the year
1779, and strongly repaired and garrisoned
by more than 000 soluiers, commanded by
the brave Lieut. Col. Johnson.
A few days before tho lGth of July in
the same year, a tall, commanding person
age, mounted on a strong charger, was seen
on the eminence above Stony Point. He
had a glass in lus hand, and appeared to
study the character of the dcfcncco with an
intensity ol interest. Johnson, who was
returning the gazo of the horseman with
his spyglass, turned to ono of his staff and
remarked that the apparition on the hill
portended no good. Rumors wcro afloat
in the entrenchments that the same tall fl
uro
had been seen across tho river on the
highest opposite eminenco the day before
like a horseman painted against tho sky
A cow hoy said that this figure was the
apparition of Washington, and that it was
never seen except just bpforo a battlo or a
thunderstorm. But while these idlo ru
mors were floating around the atmosphere
of the camp, tlujgbal Washington, from ob
AND PUBLISHED BY JOHN S. INGRAM.
COUNTY, 1PA. SATURDAY, AUjGUST 1837.
scrvations made with his own eyes, was
concerting a soldierlike plan for its surprise.
On the nigl'itof the lGth of July, by tho
twinkling light of the stars that broke over
and through tho clouds, two colamns of
soldiers might have been seen under the
brow of the eminence in the rear of the fort.
They were stern men, the sijent, thought
ful men of New England. The eagle-eyed
Wayne was at their head, and his heart
beat like that of a lion. The regiments of
Fcbiger and Meigs, with the youthful Ma
jor Hull's detachment formed the right col
umn; Butler's regiment, with the two com
panies under Major Murphy, formed the
left. The van of the right was formed of
one hundred and fifty volunteers at whose
head stood the brave Floury, one hundred
volunteers under Stewart composed the van
on the left and still further advanced, the
. i '
noblest post of all, stood two 'forlorn hopes,'
of twenty men each one commanded by
Lieut. Gibbins, and the other by Lieut.
Knox. Wayne stopped from man to man
through the vanguards saw them take
their flints from their pieces and fix the
death bayonet. At twenty minutes past
eleven, tlic two columns moved to the
bloody work before them, one going to the
left and the other to the right to make their
attack oh opposite sides.
The inhabitants on the eastern side of
the river heard a sharp crashing as the for
lorn hope of cither side broke into the dou
ble row of abattis; the muskets of the senti
nels flashed suddenly amidst the darkness,
and in a moment the fortress vomited out
flame and thunder as if a volcano had igni
ted, and was tossing its white lava upwards
The cry of battle not to be mistaken, shrill,
wild anil learlul, urokc upon ttic dull car
of night. But all was in vain for the for
tress. Under the sliowers of grape, and
full in the red eye of battle, the two gloomy,
till unwavering columns moved on, and the
two vanguards met in the centre ot the
works. The British made an instant sur
render to avoid tlio extermination which a-
waitcd the deploy of the columns upon the
entrenchments. Sixty-three British sol
diers lay dead at their guns; five hundred
and forlv three were made prisoners; and
the spoils were 2 standards, 2 flags, 15 pie
ces of ordinance, and other material of war,
Of the sons of New England, ninety eight
were killed or wounded. Of Lieut. Gib
bins' forlorn hope, seventeen were no more
Of Lieut. Knox's about the same number
were slain.
These spots, whore the life-blood of tho
free has been poured out like water, and
where tho traces of the revolutionary ditch
and mound still remain, arc altars sacred
to the high recollections of frecdonit Green
he the turf over these dopartcd patriots.
The bold blufV of Stony Point is classic
ground. Hither in future time shall tho
poet and the sentimentals come to pay their
tribute of affection and honor where
"Our fathers knelt
In prayer, and battled for a world."
REMEDY FOR HARD TIMES.
Of all the remedies for "hard times" that
have yet met our observation, the best is
contained in the following anonymous para
graph, which appears in ono of our nume
rous oxchango papers :
"When you are obliged to obtain credit
for your stock, be very careful to whom
you apply, as a creditor who is himself "in
the screws," may ruin you. Never get cred
it for small sums nor for any sum indif
ferent places better owe at one place, and
to owe one man. Every man to whom you
owo fivo dollars will troublo you as much,
if not more, than tho ono to whom you
owe a hundred. It is casior to satisfy ono
man than twenty. Give to your best cus
tomers only short credit, and when it has
expired collect promptly. Bo diligent in
your business faithful in your word, mod
erate in your expenditures temperate in
your habits just in your dealings moral
in your principle get married to a good
girl and you may defy lawyers, sheriffs,
duns, prisons, and almost the blue devils."
. EVIL SPEAKING. .
The delusive itch for slander, too com
mon in all ranks of people, whether to grati
fy a little ungenerous resentment; whether,
oftcner out of a principle of levelling, from a
narrowness and poverty of soul, ever impa
tient of merit and superiority in others
wether, from a mean ambitionor the insa
tiate lust of being witty, (a talent in which
ill-nature and malice are no ingredients;) or,
lastly, whether from a natural cruelty of
disposition, abstracted from all vicy and
considerations of self: to which one, or
whether to all jointly, wc are indebted for
the contagious malady, thus much is certain,
from whatever seed it springs, the growth
and progress of it arc as destructive to, as
they arc unbecoming a civilized people.
To pass a hard and ill-natured reflection up-
on an unucr3igning action to invent, or
what is equally bad, to propagate a vexatious
icport, without color and grounds to plun
der an innocent man of his character, and
good name, a jewel which, perhaps, he has
starved himself to purchase, and probably
would hazard his life to secure to rob
him, at the same time of his happiness and
peace of mind, perhaps- his bread the
bread, may be, of a virtuous family and
all this, as Solomon says of the madman,
who ca3tclh fire-brands, arrows and death,
and sayeth, Am I not in sport? All this,
out of wantonness, and oftener from worse
motives the whole appears such a com
plication of badness, as requires no words
or warmth of fancy to aggravate. Pride,
treachery, envy, hypocrisy, malice, cruel
ty, and self-love, may have been said, in
one shape or other, to have occasioned all
the frauds and mischiefs that ever happen
ed in the world but the chances against
acoincidencc of them all in one person, vare
so many,, that ono would have supposed
the character of a common slanderer as rare
a production in nature, a3 that of a great
genius, which seldom happens more than
once in an age.
Drinking Song-.
Drink, friends, drink deep tho noon is high ;
Drink, and forget ycur t-arc
The sultry summer suns aro nigh
Drink, in your strength repair:
The deer, that from the hunter flies,
Tlio warrior, red with slaughter,
The camel, 'neathtbo burning skies,
Quaff deep tlio cry of water!
Our father, Sun, the examples gives,
Our mother, Earth, also;
He, jocund, drinks ab.ovo the cloude,
, She blushing, drinks below
Pledge high, pledge long, the friends you love,
To alscnt wife and daughter,
Of blooming maid who rules your heart,
Drink deep but only watcrl
, Sam Slick's Estimate of Marriltgc.
They said marrying was fun pooty fun,
to be sure. When I was single man the
world wagged along well enough. It was
jistlikoau omnibus. I was a passenger,
paid my levy, and hadn't nothing more to
do with it than to sit down, and not care a
button for any thing. S'ppssing the omni
bus got upset rwcll, I walk off, and leaves
the man to pick up the pieces. But then,
I takes a wife, and be hanged to me. It's
very well for a while, but afterwards its pla
guy like owning an upset omnibus. What
did I get by itf How much fun? Why,
a jewing old woman and threo squallcrs.
Mighty different from courting. Instead of
"Yes, my duck," "No, my dear," "As
you please, honey," and "When you like,
lovely," like what it was in courting times,
it's rig'ler row. Sour looks and cold pota
toes, children and taplo clothes badly off for
soap, always darning and mending, and
nothing over darned or mended. If it
wos'nt that I am particularly sober, I'd bo
inclined to drink. My house ain't my own
my money ain't my own I belong to
four pcoplq besides myself, the old woman
and three children I'm a partnership con
cern, and so many has got thejr fingers in
tho till that bust up I'll break, and sign
over tho stock in trado to you.
A man who borrows his neighbor's news
paper, will sooner or later borrow his tooth
pick! It is hoped that those who Jend the
'Columbia Democrat' will mark this result.
IVumJjcr 15.
THE INSTABILITY OF LIFE.
That life is uncerlain, and death uuavoid
able, is a maxim which, though all admit to
be true, all seem willing to forget. It is a
maxim which has been so often reiterated,
that none can be- ignorant of it and if any
were disposed to disregard it, the ptfrpctual
occurrence of its fulfilment might be sufli-
cient for its establishment as eternal truth.
Granting, then, that it be true, it is not a
matter of such consequence as to demand
our most serious attention: Can any one
bestow on it even the slightest considera
tion, without feeling its importance, with
out perceiving that, regarding it merely as
relating to a complete removal from this
world, and, all its . concerns, independently
of the reward or punishment' which is to
follow, it is a point or the utmost importance?
Can any one reflect, as on a matter of no
concern, on the being separated from all
thoge whom he loves, and by whom, he is
beloved? Cap he disregard the tear3 whieji
will burst from the bosoms of those whom
filial or fraternal affectionhave, bound to him?
Can he think unmoved, that he will no more
augment theirjoy, or soothe their grief? that
whatever, danger may threaten them, ho
pan no longer lend his assistance to avert
it? and that whatever blessings may con
join to make them happy, will be embitter
ed by the reflection that he is not a sharer
in them? He who can think on this with
out emotion, is no more or less than, a man.
Yet these are thqi consequences of that
event, the occurrence of which to every
one is certain and the period at which it
shall take place is unknown. Can it bo
denied, then, that this is. a matter demand
ing our most serious attention? But the
departure from .this world, however affec
tion or friendship may endear it to us, must
ever be considered, by the virtuous, as a
cause of joy, since it removes them from
regions of darkness and of sin, to realms
of light and of purity. Surely, then, ho
who wishes to make even his deatli con
tribute to the happiness of those whom ho
loved while living, will so conduct himself
in this life, as to leave no anxious doublings
on their minds, with .respect to his welfare
in the life eternal. He will act so that at
the end he may look ba.-Ji with tranquility,
and forward with rapture without regret
for the past, or fear for the future. But tho
disposition of mind necessary for the attain
ment of a life, productive of this desirable
conclusion, cannot be acquired except by
a frequent and serious consideration, and a
firm conviction, the highest incentive to
virtue would be wanting. It is, then, not
only the duty but interest of every one to
reflect in a manner suitable to the import
ance of (he subject, on the uncertainty of
the present life, and on consequent neces
sity of being prepared for the change which
wc know must take place, at some period,
how Hear or how remote wc arc, by an all
wise Providence, kept ignorant. Nor can
the wisdom which dictates this concealment
he impeached. Were the time at which
our dissolution should occur known to us,
its remoteness, if distant, would breed in
dolent security or its suddenness, if near,
occasion terrors, which would prevent pre
paration for it.
Necessity of prayer It is a great and in
dispensable obligation for airmen to pray.
The virtuous must invoke the mercies of
heaven, and obtain, by prayer, the grace of
perseverance. The sinner must implore,
by prayer, tho pardon of his offended Ma
ker. Tho young must send up their pray
er, that they may escape the seductions of
the world, anil remain unsullied in tho midst
of crime, and firm in the midst of tempta
tions. Tho old must sigh to heaven for
pardon for the sins committed in the season
of youth, that their death may bo peaceful
and happy.
TT calth always at hand. Why do you
ilesiro riches and grandiour? Because yon
think they will bring happiness with them.
Tho very thing you want is now in your
power you havo only to study contentment.