IBB 1 jgraags .--j,..,. 's-s-rrute'i ,.ja-a.... , ,j . .M.'n.'iffca I liavo sworii upou the Altar of God, etcriial1iw.tUity to etcry form of Tyranny over tlio nilud of Maiu Thoittw Jefferson. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' -1 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY II. WEBB; Volume m BIjOOMSBUIRGIs COILIJMIBIA COUNTY, FA SATURBAY, FEBMUJAHY 23, 1839. Nnmliter 43. i Bloom OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRAT, Next noon to lidriiso.v'a Stage Omen. The COLUMBIA DtiMOCllAT will be .published turn Saturday morning, at TWO DOLLARS per a'nnnni, payable half yearly in advance, or Two Dollars Fifty Cents, if not paid wilhhi this yean Wo subscription will lit taken for a shorter period than six months ; nor any discon tinuance pcrmilteiU until all arrearages 'are discharged;- MD VIM Tl SEME NTS not exceeding a square w.ill be conspicuously inserted at One hollar for the first three insertions, and Twcnhj-fivc cents for' every, subse quent nserlion. CT"A liberal discount made to those who advertise by the year. LETTERS addressed on business must be.posl paidx VILLAFE GREATNESS; dy Vm. hay. in every country village, where Ten chimney amok's perfume the air Contiguous to a slesplc; Great gentlefolks arc found, a scord; . Vho can't associate, any more, With common ' country people.' Jack Faliow, born anlong the woods; Froth rolling logs, now rolls in goods; Enough awhile to dash bh clls negro atories, smoke cigars Talks politicks decides on wars And lives in stylish fashion; Tim Ox-goad, laloly from the plough A polished gentleman is now. And talks of ' country fellows;1 But ask the fop what books he's read You'll find the brain pan of his head As empty as a bellows Miss Faddle; lately from the wheel, Begins quite lady like to feelj " And lalks affectedly genteel. And sings some tasty songs, too But my veracity impeach If she can tell what part of speech Gentility belongs to; Without olio spark of wit refined, Without one beauty of the mind, Gemtis or education) Or family, or fame, to boast, To see such gentry rule the roasli Turns patience to vexation. To clear such rubbish from the carthj Though real genius mental worth. And science do attend you. Yon might as well the stye refine. Or cast your pearls before the swine, They'd only turn and rend you; " Massa, due ob your oxen's dead tod tier too. I was 'fraid to tell you of 'cm bof at once 'fraid you could'nt bore it.' A certain lodging house was vdry muci inested by vcrmiri. A gentleman who slept thdre One night told the landlady bo in the morning, when sho said "La, sir, we imt n sinfle biltr in the house.". "No Itma'am," said he, " they arc all maniedt and have large families too.' The year 1839 will bo a veiy eventful one to every old maid who gets married ! It is said, however, that some of them talk bf forming an Anti-marrying society ! How cruel 1 I Sir Georce Tuthill relates a case of alt f Asiatic Russian who had, by his first wife, sixty-nine infants at twenty-seven births ; and by his second, eighteeii at eight births; ieighty3even children in all. u Our life is like a lenglhned week, Through which with toil, for rest wd geek; And ho whoso labor Well is pasti A joyful sabbath finds at lastl' Profitable Business. country editor says" Wo understand that an individual in this towrt says that ho has made fifteen hundred dollars by attending to his own business, and hvo hundred more by letting titer people's alone. A good speculation ct others profit by the example. USElPUIi KECM3IJPTS. Cure for Fclotis. A plaster made of soft soap and the strongest lime that can be pro duced in equal propoition's, is a certain re medy for those disagreeable and painful dis eases called felons; Cholera Morbiis. Mix a pint of black berry juice with a pound of loaf sugar, dis solved in a half pint of brandy, cork it tight in a bottle, aiid administer it in small 'doses according to the age and constitution of the puticn't; Toprcserve Hams. Grind some black pepper fine, and put it in a box; and as soon as the hams ate well smoked, take them down, and dust the pepper over the raw part, and over the back; and then hatig up in the smoke house again. To cure Hams aid Beef. Take Gibs. of cOarse Salt, 2 lb3. brown sugar, 2 ox. of saltpetre, gallons of water; boil the pickle and skim it well. Put it over the meat when cold, and let it remain in the pickle about 8 or 9 weeks; for beef, not so long in the pickle; Slings. To cure the poison occasioned by the sting of a bee, wasp; hornet, etc. wash the part affected with water of ammo nia, (hartshorn) and if much diseased, dis solve a piece of catbohated atnmonia (the size of a pea) in water and drink it. This remedy has relieved persons, when a sting had nearly caused mortification; Fin and TP ale)' PiW Cenicnt.To half a pint of milk put ah equal quantity of vinegar, in order to cuidle it, then separate the curd from the whey with the white of four or five eggs, beating the whole togeth er. When it is well mixed, add a little quick limd through a seive, until it has ac quired the consistence of a thick paste. With thir cement, b, uken Vessels and cracks df all kinds may be mended. It dries quick ly, and resists tho action of fire and water. Shoe Blacking. Peihap3 the best in the world i3 cider berries. Mash the ber ries with your hand in a large kettle of wa ter) set them in the shade a few days, fill ing it up with water1. Afterwards strain and wring them through a cloth, and then boil it down to the thickness of molasses. Put a Small quantity with a feather on a brush, rub the shoe till there is a fine gloss. The same will make good writing ink; To makcPcrpctualVcst. Take a pound of fine flour, make it to tho thickness of gru el with boiling water, add to it half a pound of loaf sugar, and mix thciri well together ; put three spoonsful of well purified yest in to a large vessel, upon which put the abovo ingredients, and they will soon ferment vio lently. Collect the yest off the top, and put it into a small neck pot, cover it up from tho air, and place it in a dry warm place, when used in part, replace with flour made into a thin paste, and sugar in tho former proportion, I saw this used after it had been five months made; To Salt Butter. I3eat very well up to gether in a marble mortcr, half a pound of common salt, four ounces of powdered loaf sugar, To every pound of newly made butter (the milk being well drawn off by beating) put an ounce of tho mixed powder, incorporate it well, and put the butler m pots for keeping. In about a month, not before, it will be fit for use; and it will contintto for ten years as butter newly salted. Mode of Refining Wine and Cider. To refino wine or cider, takd now sweet skim milk, that drawn at night and skimmed tho following morning, or morning's milk skim med at night, ond pint to a quarter cask, pour it into the liquor to be refined, the coldest weather of winter, & stir it up tho roughly to incorporate it completely, and tho work is done. The liquor will be pure and fine, and will have a peculiar richness imparted to it by tho process. This mode of refining cider and wine has been long in use amongst extensive dealers in liquors, and was obtained from a gentleman who had long practised it with great success and profit; From tho Gentlemen's Magazine. THE STORM CHILD. BY 'JOHN JONES, BALTIMORE. We place the scene of our talc on a por tion of the American coast which is yet fre quently resorted to in the summer months by those Whose sedentary habits render it occasionally necessary to partake of the in vigorating sea-breeze and healthy faro df tho country. The watering place, at tho time alluded to, had but a moderate number of visiters, yet those wcro men of distinc tion, escaped for a brief time from the la bors of state, to resusciatc their energies, wearied and almost worri out in tho dis charge of responsible duties; and (it may be) with political intrigues to maintain or increase the strength of their party. No gay fetes succeeded the termination of each sultry day, nor were many brilliant belles theie, to indicate the party of pleasure; but solitary pedestrians wcro seen each morn ing to set out for the beacli or the woods, in quest of renovated health, by means of ardent exercise, and new spirits and hiontal powers.by long and lonely musftigs amongst tho fresh green foliage, free ftomjlhe annoy ance ot other beings. It wa3 about the middle of an afternoon that the sun, which had shono all day with immense heat, be came suddenly obscured by a dense mass of dark clouds, which had engendered in the west, and now sent forth repeated vibrating rumblings, each louder and nearer than tho last and at times n fitful flash of lightning could be seen reflected on the smooth and apparently paralised sea-. A human being reclined on the grass be neatli the towering branches of a majestic tree, which stood some paces above high tide mark; His dress ia rir3t and costly, though without a strict rigard of the pune tilios of fashion. Ho seemed above the middle height but so extremely slender and emaciated, that the bonot appeared to be against the skin; prcscntinr more tho out line of a clothed skeleton, than the leader of a mighty party, whose name was daily uttered by a million of tonjues throughout tho greatest continent of the world. At times, his attenuated fingdrs, resembling the flcshless claws of a bird of prey, involun tarily clasped his pale capacious tcmples.and his fiixed stare seemed to penetrate the fath omless ocean. His head Was surmounted by a thin coat of dark hair, sprinkled vitli gray, and the tufts over the cars wcro near ly white. His features were bold, regular, and not unhandsome; they Were marked with a cast of habitual thought. The tempest still approached, yet he heeded it not : for theio was a powerful com motion within his breast, and ever and anon, ho sprang up, muttering unintelligibly, and extending his arm emphatically forward, as n auurcssing some one. l lien resuming his recumbent position, with a triumphant 3milc, on his lip, ho continued darting his eagle eye on the surface of the water, as if reading a horoscope in the images thcro re flected. After femaing a3 above a considerable lime, the statesman, whom wo will term Mr. Dauntless, was roused to his feet by a tre mendous peal of thunder that burst over, head, and ftom his glance of surprise at tho sky, it was evident that ho had not before observed the coming squall. He had not proceeded far on his way to the hotel, be fore ho discovered an object, on a natural mound a little distance to the right, which arrested his steps, and chained hlin in curi oslly to Hits spot. On the summit of the mound was a small grass plot & a few young trees, enclosed in a rude wood lenco in a state of decay. AVithin the enclosure, and leaning against ono of tho yielding trees, was a liandsdmd youth, whose mys terious sorrows found vent in low piteous moaniugs. At times ho turned and culled the wild flowers, which were no sooner plucked than they were scattered upon tho earth at his feet. His ago could not have been moro than seventeen years. Ho was dressed in white, after the fashion of a sai lor; ho wore no covering "on his head save ! his dark glossy ringlet3, which contrasted With Ins uncommonly pale features, His eyes were also very dark,and ever and andn, as he succeeded in stifling his tears, he glar ed hither and thither wildly, as if on the verge of insanity. Now, he knelt and kis sed tho earth at hi3 feet then, springing Up and darting his hands above his head, with his eyes gazing imploringly aloft, arid his lips moving yet uttering no sound, he would cast his looks of strango expression on tho waste of waters before him. Long did Mr. Dauntless regard the singu lar youth with an intensity which again ban ished the impending storm from his mind. He at length ascended the little hillock, and stood within afeWpacesof the young stran ger, who did not notice his presence, but continued his rites over a newly made grave, the clay of which was almost hid by the quantity of green leaves and bright flbWers strewn over it " My son, you seem to be much distress ed," remarked Mr. Dauntless, tenderly look ing at the youth's beautiful face, The youth started Wildly, with his arms thrown upward, and cried, "Oh mother! motlief, was it thee ? didst thou call T Is thy soul basking on tho turbulent winds a bovol I heard thee I heard thee! Thou didst call thy son ! My mother I am dis tressed my heart is breaking take mo with thee !" The stripling then hid his face with his delicate hands, and sunk on his knees. ' I feel interested for you, my poor boy look up ! Though a stranger, you may find in mo a friend who will be able to serve you. Why do you not listen to me? Look up, and go with me to your friends, your Kindred, tsce you not that the surge is becinninfl; to dash acainst tho shore, and hear you not the roaring winds in the dis tance ?" The youth raised his head, his eyes glar ing frantically at the swelling sea, and then at the huge clouds racing through the air. His pale lips Wero closed, his hands cross ed on his breast, and when the first Strong puff of wind lifted tho dark curls on his forehead, a faint smile momentarily anima ted his features. Still ho remained uncon- science of the presencd of Mr. Dauntless. " My dear child," continued Mr. Daunt less, laying his hand on the boy s shoulder, " do you not hear the storm ?" " The storm ! the storm 1 Yes my moth er, your rerdinanu hears tho loved cloud storm ! Ha ! ha ! 77ic Storm ! Your spir it is in its midst, and beckons mo to the ocean. The fury of my breast, and the fe ver of my brain, are ever soothed on its bo som, l come, mother ! And breaking away from tho grasp of Mr. Dauntless, ho rushed down the declivity, along the beach to a small inlet, and before his pursuing companion could overtake him, bounded in to a small yawl which had been concealed in the bushes, and with a slender oar, scul led directly frdm land. 1 Como back ! return instantly, or you arc lost for ever !" shouted Mr. Dauntless. Hut tho youth plied outward, unheeding; with his fixed eyes gazing on some object above. When ho was upwards of fifty fathoms from the shore, lie ceased his labor, and stood with his arms folded on his breast, notwithstanding the heave of the sea) which increased in violence, and threatened every moment to engulph his frail bark. The tempest now raged the wind whist ling fearfully, and crash after crash vibera tlng through tho air, as tho dark clouds swept on in succession, venting their fury in deafening electric discharges. Mr. Daunt less seized tho pendant limb of a willow, to prevent himself from being hurled away in the successive whirlwinds that wero pas sing, and when the foaming billows rose be tween him and the frantic youth, his heart sunk within him, and his oyes wero strain ed to catch another glance of the child's pale features when tho next swell should throw tho tho lieht boat upward. Now tho elements seemed to shout in direst contor lions a more than twilight darkness perva- e man iwiugm uariuiuss perva- ded the scene the surge lashed the quaking shore, and tho heavens were hung In almost ebon blackness. In vain did tho statesman call out With his stentorian lungs : he rait down tho beacli until tho water arrested hb course, and endeavored by every monitory motion of Which tlio body was capable, to induce the youth to return to land; but all to uo purpose, for his form continued to ride on tho crests of the frothy ridges, rising and sinking like the caricolca of a war-horse; and as tho glittering sheet 'of lire which prececded each explosion from above re vealed the reckless boy in almost painful brightness, his eycS yet looked peacefully on highland his hand drew a miniature froni his brea3t, which ho constantly pressed to his lips. Mr. Dauntless now beheld a toamm'dth wave rolling towards land,gathcring strength and magnitude as it loomed onward : he placed his hand in a concave position over his mouth1, and shouted with more exertion than he had hitherto used. Ferdinand heard him; looked proudly at tho moving moun tain, pointed to the sky above, and then, without evincing the least trepidaticn, with a few skilful strokes of the oar; turned tho prow of hL little boat; towards tho api preaching wall of waters. It came in aw; ful speed, and the minor ripples sank back from theshorc to add their combined pow1 crs to the huge leviathan. It camo, but in stead of submerging the reckless boy, hd was seen to meet its most terrific front, and the next instant was on its very snmrnit; waving his hand in triumph. At this juncture, Mr. Daunttess heard A footstep close behirid him, on the gravely; beach, and tho next moment the hand of some one rested tremblingly on his shoul? der. " Be silent and still ! Oh, do not shout to him .again, or ho is lost ! Do not, for heaven's sake, interrupt him, and lie may not be injured !" " There ! see ! his oar is gone !'' replied Mr. Dauntless, quickly, Without turning td behold his companion. " Be quiet, and fear not; he loves tho storm spirit, and it will protect him 1" Astonished at this wild rcmark,Mr.Daunt less turned, and beside him stood a lovely object, which might have bean taken for a nymph of tho coral deep, tt was a beau tiful girl of about fourteen summers, whoso delicate hand still clung to his shoulder; and her dark brilliant eyes riveted on the object in tho sea. Iler checks were pale but her interesting features were lit up with preternatural animation. " Ho sees me ! he sees me ! Behold he comes !" she exclaimed, raising her ivo ry arm, which the violent wind had laid bare, and beckoning to Ferdinand. Now a wild scream came from the tossing billows, and the youth was borne towards the shore, his arms stretched forth, asjif coming to, embrace the now delighted girl; who sprang upon the beach, and as the ex hausted surge threw its invincible burthen on the sand, they were wrapped in each oth er's arms. " Liicillo.dearcst Lucille ! I am calm now; In tho loudest ravings of tho heavens and the briny deep, or the peaceful silence thai succeeds, thou, dearest, art ever the same blessed angel to thy Ferdinand ! Dost thy cruel father know of thine absence 1 And he told me falsely of thine apostacy l' " Speak, Ferdinand didst thou absehl thyself because of the idle tale of any one even that of my inoxorablc father? s What said he f Tell me !'' and tho blush ing girl clung still closer to the boy, her forehead reclining oil his shoulder, and her long hair winding about his neck; "Lucille, he camo rudely to my mother' cottage, but a few dayd after she was bornd to yon flowery resting-place, and demanded what amourit of wealth I was heir to.zx Though deptecating the task of searching at such a moment, I was overcome by hisi importunities, and when we opened the" treasure box wo found but ono hundred guineas ! Your father started back at tho discovery, as if ho had expected immense msi.uii.ijf , uu uu sifctwu unmount; wealth; lie departed in Uispleasurej and tola
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