no i aiioud never seo you more Aiout sun 1 act the same day, ho intruded on my Bor rows again, returned the trinkets I had giv en you, and delivered a message purporting o bo fromyou" Here his'spcech was interrupted by ap proaching voices, and the next instant thoy were surrounded by a party of servants, led on by Lucille's father, who dragged the fainting girl away. Boy !' said the rich man, 6s ho follow ed th'se who bore away his insensible child, Boy 1 let mo not see you on my premises again, or, with a stone tied about your neck, you shall bo thrown into your worshipped sea like a whining puppy 1 Beggar I think ho more of my foolish daughter 1" "Stop I entreat I command 1" ox claimed the hitherto silent statesman, who had been, much affected by tho preceding scene. But his intercession was too late; Xhc rich man departed hastily, with a scorn ful frown on his brow. Ferdinand rati to the summit of tho mound, and strained his eyes at the retreating form of Lucille, as she was hurried away through Hie intricacies of tho grove ho then knelt Once more beside tho grave, overcome with Tinei. " Strango, unhappy youth, tell mo the meaning of all this; I will be yonr friend, and my influence may servo you," said Mr. Dauntless, following to the enclosure. " No leavo mo I Mother, I como 1" texclaimed the boy, possessed of his former irenzy, leaping up, anuuasningiowarus ins boat, with the intent of again seeking re pose on the deep sea. " Hold ! I will not permit you to venture faut again it were madness ! Be content ; I say you shall not go 1" exclaimed Mr. Dauntless, holding the youth firmly by the wrists, as he endeavored to launch the yawl From the sand where the giant wave had thrown it. " Stranger, unhand me ! I desire notyour friendship; tho sea is my friend. I have been .cradled on it, and my best angels arc in the storm; thoy beckon me from this sin ful earth, to go and quench the fires of a crushed heart in their cool atmosphere! Away, and let mo alono I" "I will not must not l" replied Mr. Dauntless. " But sec," he continued, " the waves are sinking back, and the sun breaks forth in the west." The youth started; he regarded for a mo ment the lulled waves, and the roseate tints of the gorgeous light which was bursting forth, and now rested like a sheet of gold on the tree tops. A subdued sigh camo from him, and he sunk down unresisting on the flide of the boat. ' Stranger," said the youth, mournfully, there is no need of withholding me now; tho spell is broken, and earth and sea are thssame. But who art thou.lthatstoodst be tween m and mv native clement, and at whose dictation tho tempest seemed to abate, as if shrinking from thy power? Why oidst thou tread this beach in solitude : Hast thou been scathed in tho wicked -world, and resorted to nature for peaceful re lisfi" " Yes 1" replied the great man, touched somewhat with the boy's passion, " 1 sut lered, too, my lad, though I have often tri umphed !'' " You have I can see it ii the marks upon thy brow, and we are friends, if thou wilt have it bo." Saying which, Ferdin and pressed the extended hand of his com I would kriow thy history, my lad; and to show that 1 frarikly repose confidence in thee, I will first give thee a sketch of my trjten. This is my iiative land in thee I ban recognize marks Of foreign blood and like thyself, I was an orphan and destitute of wealth. The scorno and taunts of the proud were heaped upon me; friends turn ed away,and what was worst of all, which you have not experienced, the loved one of my heart cast mc off and wedded anolh er ! My dear young friend, well do I re member the time when, like vdurself. mv breast was racked with many passions; and though tiy locks are becoming gray, and success has repeatedly smiled on mo in jiper years, yet those early impressions are indelible, and have power even now to shako my manhood. Yes ! Delia married my rich rival, and I was a pdnnyless out cast ! Yet nature had endowed rne with tho resources of mind, aid implanted in rny breast an all-absorbing ambition: 1 resolveil to tiidmrJk over every obstacle, and thereby find my revenge. Every leisure moment I employed in Unceasing thought, and solemnly devoted my existence to the ac complishifeent of my plans. The abandon ed boy studied for years in oburity, pre toaratory for the time to seize on tho prize tflfich was ever kept before his eyes, whilst none dreamed of the object of his incessant musings, iiy degrees he obtained lootliold in a powerful political parly, and ever watch ful and energetic, his advance was steadily onward, till lie finally stood tt the head of anairs. Ay i you seo oeiore you tuat per son whoso mere wish now is the law of the land. I am greeted every where by flatter ing smiles; uuboUnded wealth is mine, and tliose who jecreu tne powerless boy, arc now my most servile suitors. My ambi tion nas been amply gratified, aud my re venge mest sweet; but terrible remorse suc ceeds ! When I think of the measures I sometimes used to compass my ends, and the ill-staged adversaries I found it neces . nary to crush in my path the glory of tri umph is much dimmed by harrowing regret 1- I iavo now an affectionate wife end happy children about mo, but power fails to bijng the bliss of early lHej when tti guileless heart was mado joyful by tho j lair ucna, on mo uanus ui my nauvu stream. This, my son is tho outline of rny history. I offer you my friendship and protcctidn. You havo inspired mo with an interest in your welfare, and I would, if possible, repair somo of my injuiy to others by benefitting you. But beware of mad ambition I" C'oncluilcd next week." HIGH HANDED ACT. It will be seen by the following, that ja citizen of the United States has been indic ted by the authorities of Canada, and im mured in prison for an act committed with in tho jurisdiction, of the U. S. This high handed act should receive, from tho proper authorities, immediate attention. Cleveland Advertiser. Outrage upon an American Citizen. Tho following is an extract from a letter dated Sandwich, U. C, January Oth and published in tho daily Advertiser : Tho petty tyrant of Sand which, Prince, yeslordav while presiding as Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, sentenced a citizen of Detroit to six mouths imprisonment for an assault committed in your city, and conse quently out of the jurisdiction of our tribu nals. His decision has excited the utmost surprise and indignation among our inhabit ants. The only assignable reason, we can imagine, for this high handed violation of law and justice, is that the prosecutor swore that tho prisoner has said in Detroit that he would give $800, for the body of Prince, dead, and $1000 if delivered alive. Such an offenco was unpardonable and must bo pun' ished right or wrong. It is hoped and expected that Governor Mason will promptly demand tho surrender of the prisoner. An opportunity will be of fered for making that demand immediately, as Gov. Arthur is expected to arrive here to day or to morrow. We learn from the Detroit Post of tho 12th ult. Gov. Mason has mado a demand on Sir George Arthur for the release of the prison er; and has also transmitted a history of the facts to tho President of the United States. Detroit Morning Post, ABOLITION IN DELAWARE. The following report was made in the Legislature of Delaware, on tho subject of Abolition, i no report is not very lengthy, but is short and sweet. " The committee to whom were refered the petition of 319 " women of the city of Wilmington and county ot JNew Uastle, ' praying for the " abolition of Slavery throughout this state," beg leave to report " l Hat they consider the petitioning of women to our National and State Legis latures (winch tney regret to see is becom ing so general a practice) as derogatory from that refinement and delicacy which should, uncier all circumstances, accompany the fc male character, and as an unwarranted in terference in subjects that should more prop erly belong to their fathers, husbands, or brothers! " Your committee are also decidedly of me opinion inauuc petitioners wnoso names i .i . . aro alhxed to the memorial under considera iton, woum comer moro real boneitt upon society, it tney nereaiter connned their at tention to matters of a domestic nature, and would be more solicitous to mend the gar ments of their husbands and children, than to patch the breaches of the lsws and Con stitution." Sanguinary event in Alabama. We re grct that it falls to our lot to record anoth er sad and sanguinary instance of tho effects of the passion of auger, which led to a re sistance of the'authority of tho laws, and tho murder of several citizens, while m the per formance of a public duty. Tho scene of tho tragedy was at Tuscaloosa, and it ap pears that Vance, Johnson, Gatowood.Ball and Stockdale were sent as Deputy Marsh als trom mobile to i uscaloosa, to retake ; levy which had been wrested from the Mar shals on an execution against the Simon' tons of 1 uscaloosa. In pursuance of tho mandate they possessed themselves of the store ol goods belonging to the Simontons About dark of tho same day thoy were at tacked by armed party of twenty, consisting ol the satmontons and their mends, and re ceived a volley lrom tho whole party. Gate wood fell and died on the spot. Johnson received a slight wound in the arm. Ball had one arm shot off and one arm broken Stockdalo was shot in tho face. Tho fire Was returned, but with what execution was not fully known; but one of the Simontons was in a dangerous state, and supposed to uu uywg a jury oi inquest was cold on uatewood, who brought in a verdict of death by violence from the Simonton party chronicle, Canada Sir George Arthur returned to Toronto on the 23d ult. The Court Mar tial at London, closed its session on the 22d having tried 45 prisoners. Woodman con eluded his defence with a prayer that convicted, he might bo shot. The Western (U. C.) Herald states, that an officer of tho United States army recently arried there. bringing intelligence of an extensive oreani zation of American citizens again to invade tho Uanadas, J heir number is said to' be from nine to twelve hundred. The Quebec Uazclte ol the 28th ult. mentions the ar rest of seven persons,- French Canadians.al of St. Francois Nouvillo Beauco, remarking that these ore the first arrests for political offences in the country parts of tho Quebec district, which have heretofore maintained a peaceful character, STORM AND EARTHQUAKE. (Sreat Loss of Lite. Tho intelligence of tho last Week has n- bounded with thrilling events and fearful tragedies. A rcfoicnco to our foreign news will acquaint tho reader Willi tho dotails of tho most tcrific storm that has ever visit ed the English coast a storm in which no less than threo df our noblo New York packets havo been lost, many other vessels and a great number of lives. Indeed, the extent of tho calamity is not yet known, and wo much lear that Us lury and desolation will be found greater than is now imagined. Yet oven this distressing and alarming visi tation of Providence, is light compared with the tremendous catastrophe wc arc about to record. An Earthquake has shaken the fine French Island of Martinique in the West Indies to its foundation; and buried at least, FOUR HUNDRED of the inhabitants in tho partial ruins of the towns of Port Royal and bt. i'lcrrc. This iearlul and latal news was brought to iNew Orleans by tho brig Paulino, which sailed lrom bt. Pierre, on tho 12th of January. Tho earthquake took placo on the preceding day. The town of St. Pierre has suffered greatly, but tho dis- truction has been far greater at Port Royal, in which town, the number of victims to this dreadful calamity is not less than FOUR li U J UKKU. Hundreds of plantations on the Island had been utterly destroyed, and intelligence of new disasters was continual ly pouring into town. A private letter says: Many of our houses have been overturned or shattered to pieces, among others two in the street in which wo reside; two individ uals have been buried beneath the ruins of the latter. At Port Royal the calamity is far more frightful; from the news received this morning, wc learn that tho number of victims already withdrawn from the ruins, amounts to moro than three hundred. Nearly all the houses in that town are Ac stroyed In short it is said that this unfor tunate city is nearly entirely overwhelmed and destroyed. To augment, if possible, this sad calamity, tho yellow fever commits terrible ravages. Fhil. Sat. Chron. Further particulars of the Earthquake at Martinique. By the arrival of the brig Ponsee at Charleston, S. C. from Point Pc tre, Gaudaloupo, the editors of tho Courier havo received tho Journal Commercial of the 18th ult. which contains the following letter: St. Pierre, (Mart.) Jan. 12. You have undoubtedly heard of the dread ful calamity which has befallen our unfortu nate country, already so much to bo pitied in every respect. Tho disasters of yester day are incalculable. Thero is not a single house in St. Pierre that must hot be rebuilt or entirely repaired. Wc havo lost but two persons who were crushed under tho ruins, and about twenty were wounded. uut Port Koyal is completely laid even with the ground as wc have heard of in the history ol Ilcrculancum, Pompcu and Mes sina. JNot one'lourth of the city has yet been searched, and they have already tound 522 dead bodies. The hospital at Port Royal is likewise destroyed, and all the sick therein perished. According td other letters, and reports o different persons arrived at Pointeo a Petro lrom Martinique on tho 13th and 14th Jan it would appear that all the wooden houses had escaped tho disaster. Nothing1 yet can be said ot the tortihcations at Port Koyal and of the other establishments of the gov ernmont of which no mention is mado in tho loiter of our correspondent; but from tho reports collected lrom the adjacent country, wo would infer that tho sugar factories had suffered considerably. Already the known losses aro estimated at ten millions of francs On the 12th a vessel arrived at St. Pierre from'St.Lucy, by which wc heard that that Island had lelt but lightly the shock of the earthquake A Distressing Jleport. Tho New York American mentions a distressing report, to the effect that the "centre of tho Island of Guadalone has sunk far below the tide lev el. This effect is supposed to havo been pro duced by some volcanic action having a con nection with the late carthquako at Martin ique Guadalopo is divided by a creek run ning nearly throngh tho centre of tho Isl and, ono side pf which is a limestone for mation, and the other volcanic. Some vc ry celebrated plantations, with extensive buildings, once of great value, are said to be completely submerged." Outrage on the Frontier Wo havo th authority of tho Montreal Gazette that lawless incursion from Alburgh, Vermont was made on the inhabitants of Caldwell Manor, by about twenty citizens of tho U nited Stales, who on tho 20th ult. armed and disguised, broko into the house of a man named Vosburg, bound him and his son with cords, wounded the former so so verely that his life is in danger, and then set fire to his house: The flames were ex tinguished by somo of tho neighbors from tho American sido of the line. But one of tho persons engaged in this outrage was re cognized by the vosburg lainily. JJiscoveries in I exus Two verv mle f6stmg discoveries aro said to havo been made lately in Texas ; ono a remarkabl salt spring ina praire, surrounded by dense forest; and tho other is an extensive bed of bituminous coal from eight to ten leet tnicK, abovo the falls ot IJrassos river, ru.; . i j ins is n vaiuauio article lit a country so J destitute of wood. Dreadful and Destructive hurricane al Liverpool, England. Tho packet ship Cambridge", arrived al Now York yesterday morning, brings in telligence of a dreadful storm that occurred at Liverpool on Sunday, tho Gth, ahd Mon day, tho 7th of January last and which cx- -r i.' . ii, . . iuiiuuu us uu us muucucsiur in one direction, and Stafford in another. Tho particulars which wc received in Goro's Liverpool Ad vertiser aro too long foi insertibn : in that place alono the destruction of property anu loss aio said to be lamentable; not less than twenty deaths having been reported to the coroner. Fiom the number of persons bruised and otherwise injured, it i3 to bo feared that, that number large as it is, will not include the whole of the deaths in Liv erpool, and as for those at sea, and in the surrounding district very little is at present known. As sovcr'al vessels woro sunk in the docks, &; not less than fifteen wcro lying ashore in Bootle Bay the probability is, that the casualities atsca will have been verygrcat rrom tho lury with which the storm raged so far inland as Stafford, wc should suppose that it would be felt throughout the whole kingdom, and probably along tho whole southern and western coast of the island. Florida Indians. We learn from Tam pa Uay, lrom a source which wc thinlc entitled to credit, that two hundred Scmin olcs had come in and surrendered. Among them eighty warriors It is also rumored that thirty warriors had sent in for a safo couduct,wilh a view to surrender. Globe. SOFT WALKING; Gen. Floyd, of Georgia, who lately crossed Okefenokec swamp in Florida, with a di vision of tho army, gives the following des cription of his passage through this intri cate and miry swamp. " fecvcral times 1 sent my men up trees to look out for laud for wc felt as if wc were on tho ocean, and at last near sunset, we wcro rejoiced at seeing the green tops of pine trees over tho gloomy cypress about five miles distant. It was long after dark before we emerged from tho swamp, and when we reached dry land we were the most miserable creatures that over walked on two legs; wet, hungry, and nearly dead On the march, several men were bogged so deep that it required two men to pull them odt, and many on landing, were without pantaloons and shoes, those articles being torn oil by the buars,roots and quagmires. marched at tho head of the troops carrying my haversack ol provisions as a common soldier.and suffered greatly : but it is a satis faction to mc to have performed what all other men have deemed impossible, to cross the UKclcuoKco with an army. The Canton Repository of tfio 31st Jan. has tho following : We regret that Judge Lynch has com menced operations in Starfc county. A few nights since 50 or GO persons assembled at Berlin, and caught a German Doctor, stripped him, led him about some distance, and tarred him. No causo can warrant such acts. Another In Huron, Huron county, 0 hio, a few days sinco, two negroes were arrested on a charge of committing a rape oil a German woman. On examination one was committed, the other released. Tho ono released was taken by the mob, whip ped and emasculated in such a manner as to cause his death. And all the negroes in the town notified to leave in a few hours ! The Dead Alive. It is staled by a cor respondent of tho New Orleans Sun, that Desha the son of a former Governor of Kentucky who murdered a man named Ba ker, and was reprieved, and who afterward murdered another in Texas, hut died in jail before the day of his execution came, is since diseoveredjto be alive. His existence is accounted for, by supposing that he did not dio in prison, and that a log of wood, a coun terfeit body, was buried instead of him. It is a tough story, "any way you can fix it," A sad accident occurred a few days since, to Mr. Isaiah Smith, who resides near Eng lishtown, N. J. Ho was crossing a small bridge, the railing of which had been swept away, and some accident turned his horso into the water. So great was tho force of the current that rider and horse were swept away and drowned, before the eyes of a number of spectators, who were unable to render any assistance. Mr. Smith's body was not found till tw6 or three days" after ward. By nis sudden decease a number of small children are left fatherless; and his widow we aro informed is in a state of men tal derangement from grief at his sudden demise. Suffocation in a Coal Mine. During the late storm a fire was placed at the mouth of Mr. Dougherty's coal drift near Pottsvillo to prevent tho cold from penetrating tho works. Tho fire caught the propping and after extinguishing this two men passed into tho mine to ascertain if any further injury had been done. Tho gaseous vapors from the fire had collected in tho mine, and caus ed their suffocation before any relief could be afforded. Heart of ' Oak. Ono oftho'pilcs used in the foundation of tho old bridgo at Lancas ter, England, was taken up a short time since, and found to bo " as sound as an acorn," although it must have been under water at least OOO years. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT? "TllUTII WITHOUT FEAn" S.1Tt;ttUJt FKliKVJIMW 23, 1830. THE LEGISLATURE. Sinco our last, tho Legislature has bcort almost wholly engaged in receiving pctir tions, and conferring corporate privileges upon private companies for various purpo ses, with now and then a spirited sparring updn resolutions introduced for political o feet; Among other petitions presented were two by Mr. Sturdevant, for a new county out of parts of Columbia, Luzerne and Lycoming, to bo called Jackson. Oil the Mill, Mr. Ryan, from the committee oii tho Militia, to whom tho subject had been referred, repoited, " an act to pay tho expenses of tho volunteer troops lately call ed into the service of the state by the gover nor,'' which was made iho order of the day for last Tuesday. On Monday, Mr, Snow don introduced a resolution apnointiiiff a o committee to enquire into the cause of the troops having been called to Harrisbiirg by Gov. Ritncr, with power to send for per' sons and papers. Mr. Ryan also submitted the following resolution: Resolved That a select committcobe appointed to enquire into the alleged dis turbances which took place on tho 4th of December last, nnd also if any combination or conspiracy to organize the Lcgislaturo contrary to tho constitution and the laws, existed prior to that date, and that the com mittee have power to send for persons aud papers. Mr. G. R. Smith moved that the commit tee be appointed by ballot. And Mr. Spact man moved further to amend by adding ts this amendment tho following: And further to enquire whether any steps were taken by certain members of the le gislature and other persons holding high of- $ces in tho gift of the general govarntnent, and of tho state, to destroy the exisliistf frame of government, and to establish for it a new ono at the hazard of a civil war, end in total defianco of tho laws of this common wealth in relation to treason. After a short discussion between Messrs. Spackman, Smith and Ryan, a motion to postpone was agieed to. Mr. T. S. Smith submitted a resolution relative o tho expediency of passing a low " that in addressing a jury in criminal tri als tho defendant or his counsel shall be en titled to tho conclusion," which was adopted. Serious Accident. On Wednesday last, as Mr. Joseph Kisncr, of Madison, was driving an ox team into this town, loaded with about a ton weight of timbcr.nnd when within half a mile of tho village, bis feet slipping, ho fell, face downward, with liil head towards the hind wheel of the waggon, which passed over his' body diagonally, from the top of his left shoulder to his right side, without breaking a bone, though It was so seriously injured, that he remained helpless somo 20 or 30 minutes before be was discovered, when ho was convoyed to tho house of Mr. G. Bomboy, where h now lays in a dangerous state, though strong hopes are entertained of his recovery. With that recklessness of truth and can dor which has always characterised the ed itorial course of the "Register"man,hey' in his last paper, that we assert, that " M express bargain was mado to abandon th' local question, for which wo were to have an office." Now were he not so well known for stating falsehoods that the truth frjf him would be considered a lie by nine tentV of the community, wc might bo induced show from our articlo referred to by i'a that it contains no such expression, nor can it even bo tortured into such a meaning; b"' as it is. wo leavo tho reader te "draw i" own conclusions. Mr. Colt, our Representative in the Le gislature; Mr. Pctrikin, our Member Congress, and the Hon. James Buchanntf. of the U. S. Senate, will accept our HW for numerous and valuable public document The Legislature of Mississippi have lected a Mr. Henderson, Whig, to tho Sen ate of the United States iirthe room of B- Walker resigned.
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