i
SWK Srida Faretctll.
BT JIM. HXMAKi..
tVhy do I p to leavothe vin,
Whose clutters o'er me bend
The myrtle, yet, ob! call it mine!;
The flowers I loved to tcnd;:
A thousand thoughts of ell thing deer,
Like shadows o'er me ewer p(
I leere my sunny childhood here,
Oh!' thetefore, let mo weep I
1 leere thcp, sister! we hsve play'd
Through many a loyous hour,
Where the silvery green of the olive shed
Hung dim o'er fount and bower.
Yes, theu and I, by stream, by. chore,
In son;! in prayer, in. sleep,
Have been, as we may be no more
Kind sister, let ma-weep!
I leave thee, father! Sve's bright moon.
Must new light other feet,
With the gatherM gTapes, and the lyre in tune,
Thy homeward step to .greet.
Thou in whose voice, to bless thy child,
Lay tones of love so deep,
Whote eye o'er all my youth hath smiled.
I leave thee! let me weep !
Mother! I leave thee! on thy breast,
Pouring out joy and wo,
I have found that holy place of rest
Still changeless yet I go! '
Lips, that have lull'd roc with your strain,
Eyes that have watch'd my sleep !
Will earth give love like yeurs again!
Sweet mother! let me weep!
To those who are addicted to indulging
n gentle slumbers at church, we commend
'he following dream as a "caution."
MY LAST DREAM AT QHUltOH.
BY SOLOMON SYNTAX, ESQ.
It was a fine Sabbath morning in June
Our village bell had rung once, and was ex
pected to soon ring again, when 1 sallied
forth to hear our Parson, Mr. Aim well,
He was a good man, very sound in the faith
and took special pains to instruct his peo
ple in all the minutiae of technicalities, that
they might know what to believe and what
to reject. He was sometimes dull and pro
sy. 1 his seemed to bo emphatically the
case on the day which I allude to. His
text was, "Your adversary the devil, as a
roaring lion, .walketh about seeking whom
he may devour." I listened attentively un
til he had closed his exordium, and given
us the heads of his discourse, when I began
to feel drowsy; thinking I could safely trust
our good parson and his sermon to those
who felt more interested, I quietly settled in
my seat to take a nap. The monotonous
tones of our parson, combined with the buz
zing of insects in the windows, soon lulled
me to sleep, From a gentlo slumber I soon
fassed into a horrible terrific dream. 1 tho't
was in a large open field, and saw "old
hornie" approaching in the shape of a lion
with enormous horns and teeth, and a fiery
tail that lashed his long, lank sides. There
was no object near, behind which I could
find a shelter; I attempted to run, but flight
was impossible and in an agony of terror I
awaited the approach of my foe. Fortu
nately I succeeded in reaching a club, and
with such a weapon against such a foe I
endoavored to make the'best stand I could.
The monster had now approached within
few feet, "and then came the tug of war."
With all my strength I belabored him over
the head and shoulders with my club; but
die repeated blows seemed to make no more
impression upon my adversary than the
soft summer breeze upon a mountain of
granite. Against all my resistance he pass
ed forward till his long horns almost touch
ed me. Summoning all my strength I gave
him a terrible blow across the eyes, which
made the monster reel and shrink back. I
now thought victory secure, and was press
ing forwaid to follow the advantages already
gained when my enemy suddenly assumed
the form of a large giant. By this unex
pected manmuvre I was completely non
plussed. Not expecting such a transforma
tion I was totally unprepared to meet that
hideous form. The cold blood seemed to
stagnate around my heart; darkness covered
my ayes, and the chills of death came over
me. As my last hope, t sprang forward,
closed in with my adversary, and grasped
him round the body, He uttered a terrible
yell that yell bioko my slumber. Judge
what must have been my astonishment
when I awoke the eyes of the whole con
gregation were turned upon me: the minis
ter was standing in the desk, and I was
grasping Miss Emily Turner around the
neck! It was her shriek that awoke me
from my slumber. Scarcely knowing where
I was or what I did I relaxed my hold. Tho
violence of the grasp brought a copious
hemorrhage from tho young lady's nose,
and her white dress was soon spotted with
blood. I sunk down in my seat and wish
ed myself dead. When tho service closed
I stole out of church as soon as possible,
and have not entered it since. It was sev
eral days before I could trust my feelings
sufficiently to apologise to Miss Emily, and
when I was ushered into her presence I felt
faint and sick at hoart,
Years havs passed away, but they have
not effaced tho rcmembranco of that day,
And whenever the sound of the "church
going bell" rolls along the valleys, or rever
berates from the hills it recalls to my mind,
with all tho freshness of living reality, the
recullcction of my last dream at church.
Power unsubdued to the control of virtue,
is a poor guardiatn of civil liberty.
A PATHETIC FISH STOUT
BY J. U. HEWITT,
Hiram Ceffin was an intrepid fisherman
of Nantucket; a good looking fellow, and,
withal, n man of somo talent in tho way of
his profession. Hq had, by industy, amas
sed enough of tho "world s gear, to build
himself a houso, and rig out a neat little
smackwhich had lain out "high and dry"
long after tho death of his father. Hiram
took it into his head that Jonny Gill,
daughter of a veteran son of the line, ( not
Jack Ketch) would make one of the Lest
helpmates that could bo found upon tho is
land and he forthwith determined to venture
within soundings, and throw out his bait.
One evening and it was a beautiful even:
ing tho pensive moon looked fondly on
the bosome of tho waters, "tho mirror of
her loveliness" stillness reigned note
ven the gentlo ripples that roled upon the
beach, murmured loud enough to be heard
a furlong off. Occasionally, a distant
splash was heard which might havo.been a
sea-serpent leaping from tho briny deep:
my authorities are silent on this important
head, and much it is to bo regretted.
said that it was a beautiful evening; Jenny
walked pensively along the yellow shore,
in search of clams for the morrow's break
fast; her thoughts were like the sea calm
and placed and she often wished herself
a water-n y mph that she might traverse the
pathless deep, and sport in the coral caves
beneath its bosom. Of a sudden sho heard
a mornful noise like a sigh, and looking
down, she perceived a stream of water is
suing trom a hole in the sand. Experi
ence had taught her that the hole, the sigh,
and the gush, were infallible indications
of the presence of a clam; so she began to
dig tor a hidden treasure. Long did 5
ton, anu the longer sho toiled, the more
clamorous became the inhabitant of the
beach; at one moment she had it between
her taper fingers, and then again it would
slip away with a mornful groan. Chance
brought Hiram to the spot, and, with a fish
erman s galantry, lie stooped down and
drew the shell fish from its home. Jenny
thanked him with a blush. Hiram sighed,
and the clam sighed. This was the world-
less eloquence.of love; sigh brought on sigh
utterance came word brought on word
and, (happy Hiram!) confession brought
on confession.
Happy in the society each other, Hiram
and his beloved Jenny Gill, wandered
along the sea-beach they made chaplcts of
the sea-weeds; cracked "poppers they chas
ed each other with the "dtvU's apron,"
they threw stones and they dug clams.
Pleasant is the love that meets return.
They had not wandered more than half a
mile when they observed something in the
sea, bobbing up and down, as if it were
dancing to Hoodie's "Water Music." The
surprised Islanders glanced at each other,
as if they would have said "shall we run!"
but they moved not, and the object in the
water gradually approached them. As it
ncared, the moon shone brightly upon it
it appeared to be a beautiful female, with
long flowing hair and arms and shoulders
as white as drifting snow. One lovely
hand remained gracefully fixed upon her
breast, while the other ever and anon dipt
into the liquid element.
Hiram looked with all his eyes what a
heavenly being, thought he how fit for a
fisherman's wife! Jenny saw the fire of ad
miration dart from her lover's eyes, she
saw it fixed in rapture on the beautiful
goddess, fc her heart sunk w'tliin her. Jeal
ousy, that green-eyed monster, crept into
her bosom and she turned away and wept.
Hjram chid her not, for his whole soul
was wrapt up in the water spirit, who, by
this time, had reached a rock about ten
yards from low water mark, and with a
graceful bound she threw herself from the
deep, and rested on one of its shelves. Not
a sound had broken upon the silence foi
some time, and a sigh from Jenny awaken
ed the dormant clams, and from the basket
issued a chorus of sighs. Hiram started
from his stupor he thought he heard the
plaintive voice of the mermaid, and his
heart was filled with love. He went to the
edge of the sea, called on tho water lady,
but she answered not, still preserving the
same attitude in which she first appeared.
The force of love has often been illustra
ted, but never so finally, since the days of
Hero and Leander, as in the picture I have
seen of Hiram plunging into the wavelets
deep, to the rescue ot the mysterious sea-
beauty. Yes it was an act of chivalry,
and deserves to be recorded; he went into
tho salt water, swam brave, while the dis
consolate Jenny remained on shore, wring
ing her nanus in the agony ot despair.
Nothing daunted, the heroic Hiram skim
med lightly over the surface of tho deep,
until ho reached the rock. rTliero sat the
water-nymph, in nature's Joveliness, he
seized her round her waist, and bore her
triumphantly to the beach! Jenny shed an
ocean of tears, and exclaimed "Ah, Hiram
your vowa were all false you have fallen
in love with an evil one, and poor Jenny
Gill is forgotten." "Never fear," 6aid the
honest fisherman; "I have only been out to
save tho figurehead of the brig fMarmaid,'
which was lost some time ago, of the is
land! Why Jenny, odds sniggers! Look it's
nothing IratwoppU'
Jenny and Hiram were united in the
holy bands of wedlock on the week follow
ing and the tveodtn setf-nymph to this
day grace! corner of their hut,
' , froposXEs :
For publishing at JPotlsviltt, Fa. an Imperial Weekly JS'ewtpaper, to be entitled
6S SIS TOEOTEMaH ESIPIS$IIOTo9S
The urgent solicitations of numerous friends, and the prospect of liberal patronage,
have induced tho undersigned loissuc these proposals, and ask tho support of the pub
lic. In politics, the "Pottsville Emporium" will zealously support tho principles and
candidates of thp Democratic party, and particularly tho nominee of the 5th of March
uuuvciuiuu ; i)iu, asiiio ironi lnmv luiumir, n biiuu ub uur main uuiui; iu i-uhuhu mc
interests of our fellow-citizens, by promoting that indusjry and enterprize which charac
tise the operations of tho Coal Region. Wo shall go for tho honest many against the
designing few on all occasions, reverencing that principle in our political creed, and op
posing any Monopoly which may retard the exerciso of individual rights, or have the
tendency to put down individual industry and enterprise. In fine, our object shall be
o promote tho welfare of llio community amongst whom we live to please and in
struct and with no other promises, wo shall commence our paper, hoping that our ex
perience both as mechanical printers and editors, may fit us for our task, and afford that
gratification to patrons which nevei fails to induce tho necessary recompense for servi
ces rendered in a laudable undertaking.
At present there is but one English paper published in the county of Schuylkill a
county whoso territory is completely spotted with villages, and whose citizens rank
amongst the most intelligent, indnstrioiw and enterprising of tho commonwealth. In
1835, Schuylkill nolled almost 2500 votes, and tho combined Democratic vote exceeded
1000. Then we doubt not of the success of our establishment, provided the exertion of
friends may, m the launching of our bark, prevent it trom mooring upon those rocks and
shoals which generally render the commencement of a paper a matter of so much anx
iety and expense to tho proprietors.
The "Pottsvillb Emporium" will be published weekly, on. an Imperial sheet, at
TWO DOLLARS per annum, payable semi-annually in advance, or $2 50 if not paid
within the year.
The first number will be published about the, first of May next. Subscriptions arc
respectfully solicited.
JOHN S. INGRAM,
February 8, 1838.
UiS&IW fflSWHSTEEBSGh. s(3o Important to Tailors!
HADEN SMITH,
Respectfully informs the public, that ho
is prepared to receive and execute orders in
the above line, and from his knowledge of
the art, having had extensive practice for
the last fifteen years, considers himself jus
tified in stating that he can give perfect sat
isfaction to all who may employ him.
Topographical maps, furnished according
to the latest improvement, in the handsom
est and most correct manner, and levelling
of every description faithfully performed.
Able assistants are engaged.
Orders left with the following persons
will meet with immediate attention.
James Taggart, Esq., Tamaqtta.
S. 2?, Harmon, Esq., Danville.
John, Tf'caver, Esq., Potlsville,
JoJn S. Inaram, Esq., Jiloomsburg.
Cornelius Conner, Esq., Mauch Chunk.
Tench C. Kintzing, Esq. CattaivUsa.
Cattawissa, Feb. 10, 1838. 42 Gt
'A'O JJIAjV.ru A MAKERS.
An cxtromcly useful and thoroughly
provon PATENT SYSTEM for cutting
Ladies' Dresses and Habits in various forms,
to accommodate all the changes of the fash
ions, and warranted to fit without tho trou
ble of trying on the dress before finished, on
a plan so easy that any lady may learn it
from the rule and explanations, or in one
half hour by personal teaching, is hereby
offered to the ladies employed in that branch
of business.
Terms if forwarded to order 5, if per
sonally taught $0.
WlLLIA KAIILER,
CHARLES KAIILER.
nioomsburg, Feb. 10, 1838 42 tf.
Valuable Property
FOllJRENT.
The subscriber wishes to obtain tenants
to a property in Rohrsbnrg, Greenwood
township, Columbia county, consisting of
TWO
HOUSES,
One of the dwellings has heretofore been oc
cupied as a store, and a person who would
carry on the mercantile business would be
preferred as a tenant. The situation is a
good one, it being in a most extensive lum
ber country, and where considerable might
be done in the Grain business.
Possession will be given on tho first day
of April next,and any person wishing to ex
amine tho premises can rcceivo every satis
faction by calling on the undersigned.
ANDREW McCLURE.
Rohrsburg, Feb. 10. 1838. 42 tf.
Leidy's Compound Sursajiarilla,
U blood pills for Ithcumatie affections, general
' debility, ulcerous sores of tho noso.lliroatunJ
body, white swelling, diseases of thu liver and skin,
tetter, ring-worm, piles, cramps, &c. for tale at
Tobias's Health Emporium.
Compound Fluid Extract,
I7HOK lhe,curo of pimples orpostules on the face
biles, pains in the bones, chronic rheumatism,
tetter, whfto swellings, &c. dec. for sale at
Tobias's Drug Jfarehouse.
CELEBHATED Universal Plaster for the cure
of Gout and rheumatic pain, destroying
corns, curing frost-bitten feet, and soro breasts, for
solo at
Tobias's Health Emporium.
JOHN JS. INGltAM,
PTnBNDEItS his professional services to the cit
B reus of Columbia county, He will fce grata
futjor business entrusted to his care. Office iu (hp
same building with tho 'Columbia Democrat,'
UlooKu&urg, Uty,ia37
PATENT ELASTIC SQUARE
AND
Sclf-varj ins Square Rule,
For measuring and drafting coats, in con
nection with another new and useful rule
for cutting sale or boy's coat's upon a more
familiar plan ; also, superior rules for cut
ting all other garments incumbent on that
branch, aro now offered to the trade by the
subscribers ; beliving them to surpass eve
ry thing ofttthc kind which has proceeded
them.
SELF-VARYING RULE.
Great imperfections in the art and liabil
ities to produce a miss-fit have been stand
ing before the cutter ever since the intro
duction of rules, filling the mind with fear
and anxiety, until the coat is finished and
tried on, at which crisis the blood is often
caused to rush into the face at beholding a
bad fitting coat.
The rules, with one or two exceptions,
which have been in use ever since the first
invention of the kind, were wholly predi
cated upon principles giving tho same pro
portion for every man, which principles
would long since have been superceded by
self-varying rules, had tailors but thought
that tho variation in the proportions of men's
bodies aro almost as many as in the f cature
of the face.
Two or three rules styled Self-varying,
have made their appearance within about as
many years, each iuventoi claiming the hon
or of having perfected the art, upon which J.
G. Wilson, of Now York, entitled his sys
tem perfect ; but instead of being perfect,
it contains many erroneous principles, which
the subscribers forbear to point out until
that gentleman assails this assertion. All
such systems have heretofore been defective
in two ways : First, they are only in part
self-varying. Secondly, those parts which
are intended to be self-varying are defective.
In fact, theie arc certain points on the coat
which cannot be effected by self-varying
principles in any other way, nor by any
other means, than those laid down by the
subscribers.
Unlike any other of tho kind, this sys
tem now offered to tho trade is conducted
without any breast measure, and effects ev
ery point and every part of the coat by self
varying principles, in a way calculated to
convict tho senses of any reasonable man,
that should it ever fail to produce a good fit
upon any shapo whatever, tho charge must
be laid to a careless and incorrect measure
ment. It may seem mysterious that this
rule is said to be self-varying, and yet a
square rule a squaro rule and yet conduct
ed without a breast measure j but tho whole
mystery will be unfolded at once by exam
ination. Unwilling to Imvo it said that the
subscribers are attempting to palm this sys
tem upon the trade with misrepresentations,
they avow thpir willingness to submit it in
to the hands of an impartial committee for
an examination of its principles, in compar
ison with any other ever invented in tho
United Stales, nt Philadelphia or Now York,
wliich conunitteo shall make tho decision
known through tho press, Tho subscri
bers set all systems which are governed
wholly by tho breast measure aside a in
ferior and not worthy to compare with ;
consequently thoy will compare with none
but such as aro governed in part by self
varying principles, For if the principles
hero offered to tho trado aio not worthy of
patronage it is right that it should be made
known, and thoy sink into oblivion. On tho
contrary, if tliey arc found as ahpvo repres
ented, or if thereby the subscribers liavo put
an end to all further improvements in the
art of cutting coats they deserve some pat
ronage and compensation for their exertions.
Terms if forwarded to order $10, if per
sonally taught, $12
CHARLES KAIILER,
WILLIAM KAIILER
Blconjjsburg, Pa. Feb. 10 1838-
T the Distressed & Afflicted!
TOBIAS'S HEALTH EMPORIUM
' And Family Drug Warehouse.
jiJGAiyrii,
"The poor man's riches tho rich man's bliss."
THE subscriber would respectfully announce to
his friends and tho public that he has opened
K KU11CIU1 U5HUIIU1CI11 UI
at his Drug and Chemical Store in Bloomnlimn-
and that he will bo happy to supply the wants of
a can. Among Ire ai.
Oil of Almonds,
' Amber
Anni seed
Caraway
Cloves
Copaiva
Lavender
Origanum
4 Orange
Peppermint
. 1 Pennyroyal
llosemary
Ituo
4 Spiko
4 Stone
' Sassafras
4 Tansy
Tar
' Wlntergreen
4 Woimsced
' British
-4 Croton
Castor
1 Harlcam y
Pink root I
Paragoric Elixir
Plaster, ndhesivo
do strengthening
Prepared chalk
Pearl powder
Pills, Anderson's, Scotts,
Hooper's
' Lee's New London
German
4 Morrison's
Evan's
. Dyott's
' 4 Leidics'
4 of Aloes
4 .of Assafoctina
4 ofOpium
' ol ljuinine
Quassia wood
Quicksilver
Quinine
Jlhubarb
Kochclle salt
(tottcn stono
llosc water
Itust of Iron
Sago, pearled
Saliimmonias, crude
Salt of tartar
Sal Volatile
Salt petre
Sanders wood
Sarsapharilla
Scaling wax . I
Senna leaves q
Seuaka snake root
Soap, enstile
4 shaving
4 white castilo
4 fancv
Sodo, supar carbonate
Sub carbonate
Spanish fly
Spcrmaciti
Sweet spirits of nitre
Soda powders
Spirits of hartshorn
4 of Lavender comp.
4 of Terpentine
Seed Laco
Smelling bottles
Scidltts powders
Spongo
Squill
Sugar of lead'
Sulphur
Sucking bottles
Tartar emetic
Tincture of Aloes
those-who may give him
sortincnt are :
Acul bcuzoic
4 muriatic
nitiio
4 sulphuric
4 tartaric
Auni seed
Acetate of zinc
Aloes
Antimony (crude
Arrow root
Assafcctlda
Alcohol
Alum '
Arsenic white
Asphaltutn
llark Peruvian red
4 cinnamon
Balsam Copaiva
4 do maltha
4 of fir
Barley pearled
Batemau's drops
Bismuth (nitrate)
Blacking, for boots
Borax refined
Brimstone
Btlagundy pitch
Bole Armcrma
Bluo pill
Calomel
Carrosivc sublimate
Cal amino
Camphor
Catechu
Cayenne pspper
Cochineal
Cocculus Indicus
Columbo
Cologne water
Conserve of roses
Cream taitar
Cubel9
Caraway seed
Coriander seed
Chamomile flowers
Digitalis
Elixor of vitriol
Epsom salts
Emery powder
Essence of peppermint
4 ofcinuamou
Extract of colocynth
4 of hemlock
4 of licpjorico
Eyo water
P fenugreek seed
(iamboge
(Jails
Gintian root
Golden tincture"
Godfrey's cordial
Gum Arabic
4 Tragacanth
4 Ammoniac
4 Shellac
4 Kino
4 Galbanum
4 Myrrh
4 Gauiacum
4 Juniper
ifclcborc, black
Ilicra picra
Ink powder, black
Isinglass
Ipecacuanha
Ivory black
Kcyser's universal plaster
Jalap
Laudnum
Liijuoricc root
Lunar caustic
Lucifer matches
Loco foco do.
Morphium
Magnesia calcined
do carbonate
Manna flake
do common
Mustard, white
Nipple shells ,
Niix Vomica
Opium
Opodeldoo
Orris root
Oxalic acid
Otto of Iloscs
Ointment of mercury
4 of Galls
4 of red precipitate
4 of Spanish fly
4 Citron
Wafers, White wax
4 of Asoafatida
4 of Peruvian bark
4 of cinnamon
4 of Mutiateofiron
4 of Myrrh
4 of epanish fly
nt Colrlilmim teed
4 of senna
4 of Valerian
4 of Guiacum
Tooth powder
4 . brushes
Valeriun root
Venice turpentine
Verdigris, Vermillion
Virginia Rnake root
Vials, different sizes
Vitroil, blue,grcen,white
White Ilesiji
P
fion ne, his "Emporium of Health" will be foun d
contain every variety of tho most approved
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Hye-Slvjffs,
Oils, Fruit, Confections, $-c, fe.
which aro warranted of good quality, having been
carefully selected from the best established ware
houses iu Philadelphia ; and which ho will sell t
most reduced prices. Ho will use every exertion to
accommodate and benefit bis customers, and there
fore respectfully solicits the patronage of a III
public. JJ. 8, TOBIAC'Mi
Bloopishurg, January 0,1838,
37 t
WINE, Brandy, Gin, Cordial, &c. just "
ceived, and ready for delivery to custpiuH
at very reduced prices, by
T, Aftttsclman, ft Co.
Estate of Jacob THnler, lute, if Mount
Pleasunt township, Columbia county,
deceased.
"TTOTICE is he'cby given, that Letters ofAd
ministration have Ixxn granfed to the eubscri
bcr on tho estate of said deceased. Therefore tdl
persons having claims against tald estate are 6
quoted to present them, and those Indebted are l&
ijupstcd to mukc immediate payment.
Mavid Eves, AdmV. .