1 " '"'"'" "'" '"'"" "'''" " I have sworn upon tho Altnr of Ood, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over the Mind of Man." Thomti Jcflerion Volume VBil. OFFICE OF TJIE DEMOCItAT . Orrosrru Sr. Paul's Church, Mai.n-st ; TERMS : The COL UMEIA DEMOCRAT will bc0I)C wf m-9 subscrlbris, who not only refuse published ever Saturday meriting, at TIVO DOLLARS per annum payable, ""'. .vc'"y ' avanr.e, or wo Hollars' Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year. No subscription will be taken for a shorter period thun nip months;' nor any discon-l tinuance pcrmitted,unlil all arrearages , are. disrharged. i.-ir ,. i. ' ... lll) VER TISEME NS n ot exceedin ? a square jmil be conspicuously inserted at One Dollarfor the first thrteinsertions, "and Twenty-five cents for every subse quent nserlion. XCpJl liberal 'discount made to those who advertise, by thcyeui LETTERS addressed on business',mm be post paid. POBTRYo rntt Tin: Columbia demociiat. The Allium! Address to a lsuly, Hero long neglecled have I lain, And lime my beauty has effaced, And not a mark, a spot, or stain, Upon my bosom hast thou traced. No act of kindness hast thou shown, No word r.f lendcrnass spoken; I lie frfrgntien and unknown, And neglect my heart has broken. Hut in my faded beauty see, f lh"y own form an emblem hriglP, Time, too, will lay his hand on thee, Death scal'iliino eyes from earthly light. Acjcnf by loaf time steals away, , Arjd thisdimir.jslied my qize., (, Stf-Jicafdiind be'auty soon decay,' 'fne bopst of youth tho fair one's prize. Then scizo the moments as thoy pass, Let usefulness thy life omploy; Then when the sands sink in thy glass, Thy ftoul shall rise to endless joy. NUiMA. Goel Oiiiiiijioteut. I1Y TAHK bukjamik. Tho Lord, llio high and lofty One, Is present every wheic; Co to tho regions of the sun, And thou will find him there ! Go to the secret ocean caves, Where man hath never Irod, And there beneath the flashing waves, Will be thy Maker, God ! Fly swift on the morning wing, To distant realms away, Where- buds, in jewelled plumage sing Tho advent of tho day, And where tlic.-Ijon seeks his lair, A.nd reindeer, bounds along God's presence, makes the desert fair, And chcera tho frozen zone. All nature speaks of Him who made The land, the sea, and sky; The fruits that fall, the leaves that fade, The flowers that bloom to die; Tho lofty mount and lowly vale, The lasting forest trees, The rocks that battle with the gale, Tho over-rolling seas. All tell tho Omnipotent Lord. The God of boundless might In eveiy ago and clirno adored, Whose dwelling is in light. Z.OVE .7.V T.lGJMTA'r.XO. A lady, who her love had sold, Ask'd if a reason could be told Why wedding rings were mado of gold ? I ventured thus to instruct her; Love, ma'am, and lightning are tho same On Earlh thoy glance, from Heaven they eame; Lovo is tho soul's electric flame, And gold its best conductor I fipring is coining o'et the earth, " Nuitite' soul isjull of mirth. WIT AIVI SltMOEl. A Michigan editor complains bitterly of pay his subset iption list, but threatens in set his dog on liicn should he Mop his pa per. be. What an ungrateful wretch he mini A seaman, who had seaport one of tin recent shipwrecks, was askod by a lady. how ho felt when the wavos daubed orei him? ' Wet. madam, quite wet1" Fancy is flighty so arc fleas; Truth is Mite y so is cheese John come up with your lesson does g l-a-ss spell? Wha ' Well, I knew once but I'm darned if I don't for gel now.' P'shawl whai is in your mother's win dow sashes J' ' I hero's so many thing1?, that gosl I r t t uarn me it i rcmemuor "em all! l.el nr lee; Thar's the boss blanket in one place brother Job while hat in another, ststei Patience's bonnet in another, and dad's old trousers in the smash that Zeb and I madi yesterday.' 4 That'll do, Johnny ; you may go and play a little while.' Jiuying the time, A waggish apprent ice up town the other day, after dinner, de libcrately 6iepped up to his master, and asli nd him what he valued his services at per dav ? ' Why about sixpence,' said the master 'Here's three cents,' said the boy, putting his hand into his pocket m.d drawing nut Homo coppers; I m oil on a bqnder the rest of the day.' Tho young wig slid, and the master laughed heartily at the joke. A gentleman wlllia glass eye was about' to exercise the right of suffrage a short time ago, when he wa accosted by a politic: I pponent, with, ' I say. master, what ro you doing here? you can't vpte, you're not natural cyes'd-' The joke was taken in food part and created general mcnimcni. ft Tall One. An old sailor told us the other day that during one night last summer when ho was sailing on the Atlantic, the rain poured down in such torrents, that the ocean rose six inches. There is no mis take,' said he, 1 because the captain kept a nark on the side of the vtescl.' CULTURE OF THE CUCUMBER. 1 will stale a fact relative to the planting of cucumbers which is worthy of being known. I shall at least, give a further trial myself of its reality ; though I cannot con ceivo them is a doubt remaining mi ihc sub ject. Last spring a friend of mine and my lelf wero planting cucumbers at tho same time. I was planting mine as is usual in gardens, mixing a small portion of table manure with the earth, and raising the hill an inch or two above the sulfate of the ground. Observing it, he jocosely remark ed, Let me show you how to raise cu cumbers.' Never having much luck in raising litem, I cheerfully agreed to his pro position. Ho commenced making holes in the earth at the distance intended for the hills, that would hold about a peck he ihen filled ihem with dry leeched ashes covering tho ashes with a small quantity ol earlh. The seeds wero then planted on level with the surface of the ground. I wat willing to see the experiment tiied, but had no expectation of any thing but a loss of la bor, seed and soil. But imagine my aston ishrricnt.natwilhslanding a drier season nev er was known, almost a universal failure of garden vegetables, when I beheld my vinos remarkably thrifty, and as fine a crop of cucumbers as any one could wish to raise, and they continued to boar for an unusally long time 1 will not phylosophize on the subject but say to rtl try it; md instoad of throwing your ashes away, apply it where it will be of use, and you will reap a rich re ward. OAt'o Farmer. Upon the foregoing the editor of the Maino Culti-ator says-' Wo last season mado tiial of the abovo plan and found it to iucccotl admirably.' Iff. WEBB, EDITOR BLOOMSISU11G, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, MAY 18, 184,4. : "From Tom Burke of Ours," A STORY OF NAPOLEON. jJr on. u:vi:n. I believe 1 have already told you, Bui ho, ihl my fimily were most ol hum royalists. Such as wute engaged in trade followed the fortunes of tho day hhI cried " rive in Rcpublique, like heir neighbors, borne, deemed it bet- n;r to ominrate, and wail in a foreign land, lor the happy hour ot returning lo i heir own i circumstance, by the way which must have tried their patience re this; ami a few, trusting (o their ob scure position, living in out of the way emote spots, supposed, that in the ieueral uproar, Ihcy might escape un detected, and with, one or two excep- ions, they were right. Among these Uttur was an unmarriett oroiher ot my nolhcr, who hiving lieul military com manu tor a ureal many years in the lie le Bourbon, retired to spend the re' nainder of his days in a small but beau liful chateau, on the sea side, about three lenues from Marseilles. The old vis count, (we continued to call him so a mong ourselves, though the use of titles was prescribed long before had mcl with tonic disappointment in love, in call-life, which had prevented his ever nun vini;, and turned all his affections toward the children of his brother. and dsters, who invariably passed a couplt of months of each 6iimmcr with him, ar riving from (lilfcreut parts ofFranre for t lie put pose, and truly it was a strange -.-lilhi to see the mixture of look.expres .ion, accent and costume, that came In i he rendezvous the long featured boy with blue eyes and pointed ohm, cold vary, Hi:d suspicion brave, but cau 'iou, J It'll t' ,came fiom Normandy; ihe hlglisphiied, recStlessryouih from I5re ingny. ; live dark-eyed girl o! 1'rovenc.e die quick Icmpered, warmhearted Gjs con; and, stranger than all, from his cor irast to Ihc rest t he little Parisian, will his airs ef the capital, and his contempt for his rustic hrethei n, nothing daunted ihat in Ihcir boyish exercises, he fouix himself so much their inferior. Our dear uncle loved nothing so well as lo haw us around mm, and even the Iillle one." of five or six vears old. when not liv inc loo far off, were brouuht lo Ihett ' rc-unions," which were to us th ileal events of our lives. Ii was in June of the vcar 1 791 diall not easilv forcet the dale that we weie all assembled as usual at " L Luc.'' Our party was reinforced b some three or four new visitois, amone. whom was a little girl of about twelv years old, Annette dc Noailles, the pielliesl creature 1 ever beheld. Ever) land had ils own (rail of birth distinctly matked. I don't know whether you have observed that the brow and Ihe forehead are mure indicative ot class in Frenchmen, than any olher portion of he. face hers W3S perfect, and tliougl a mere child, conveyed an imprcioi of tempered decision and mildness, thai wis most lafcinatina ; the character ol her featuies was thoughtful, and wcie M not for a ceriain vivacity in Ihe eyes would have been sad. Forgive mo, if I well when I need not on these trails he is no mors. Her falhcr canicd hei wilh hfm in his exile, and your louring 'kiesand gloomy air soon laid her low Annette was the child of royalist pa rents. Bolh her father and mother had occupied places in the royal household : ind she was accustomed from her earli est infancy lo hear the praise of thcBoui bons, from lips which trembled when they spoke. Poor child ! how mill do I remember her little prayer foi homaityred saint, for so they styled he murdered king, which she nevei missed saying each morning, when tin nass was over nt the chateau. It is n uriotis fact, that the girls of a family were frequently attached to the fortune of the Bourbons, while tho boys declar ed for' revolution, and these differonco. penelraled into the very core, and sap ped the happiness of many, whoso affec lion had stood the lest of every misfor tune, save the uprooting torrent of an rrchy that poured in with tho evolu tion. These party differences entered into all llio little quanols of Iho school' room and tho nursery ;and tho tat:nting epithets of either side was need in angry AND PROPRIETOR. passion, by (note who neither gucsred nor could understand their meaning Need it ho wondered, if in after life. these opinions took the tones of iriteiiM convicliuus, when even tliiH in infancy ihoy were nurtured and fostered? Ou little circle at Lo Luc wag, indeed, wot Icrfully free from such cauies of eon eiilion. whatever paths in life fate ha in slnre'for Us aflcrwanb ; then, at leas we were of one mind. A few of th boys it is true, were struck by tho sue eesse of those great armies, the revo lution poured over Europe ; hut even they were half ashamed loeonfess cnthu iaim in a cutse, so constantly a-lied in ihcir memory with everything mean and low-lived. Such, in a few words wag the little parly assembled around he supper table ol the chateau, on one lovely eveninc in June. The window? ipening to the ground, let in the p r- fumed air from many a sweet and flow ery shrub without, while already tin nightingale had begun her lay in tin leep grove hard bv. Die evening wa- o calm, we could hear the splash of thi breaking tide upon the shore, and tin minute peals of Ihe waves smote on Ihe ear,with a soft and melancholy c.idcnci: that m ile us silent and thoughtful. As wo sal for somo minutes thus, wo sml denly heard the sound of feet coming uj Ihe litUe gravel W3lk towards Iho cha teau, and on going to the window, per ceived three men in umlorm leadin their horses slowly along. The dusky light prevented our beingable lo distin guish tieir rank or condition ; but my uncle, whose fears were easily excited by such visitors, a', once hastened lo the lonr lo receive them. His absence was not of many minutes duration, but even now I can remernbei the strange sensations of dread, lha rendered us all speechless, as we stooi looking towards ihc door, by which h was to enter, its came at last. and wn followed bv two officers, one, the elde mil the superior, evidently was a thh .Tig!irmii oTatinirnmcij-j wni-j- rji- hul'stern counteuance,in which a haugb iy expression predominated , tho olhc vas a fine soldier-like frank lookim fellow, who saluted us all ns he came in vilh a emilc. and a pleasant gesture o ns hand. 'You may leave ns children," sai'' ny uncle a he proceeded towards th be'll. 'You wore at supper, if I miMak ioI,"' said the elder of the two officer' wilh a degice of courtesy in his tone, I icarcely expected. "Yes, general, but my little friend- " Will, I hope, share it with us," sail1 the general interrupting, 'and I at leas' am determined, with your permission, that they shall remain. It is quilo e nough that we enjoy the hop'nulity of your chateau for the night, without in lerferring with the happiness of ils in mates, and I beg that we may give you is little inconvenience as possible in providing for nuraccommodalion." Though these words were spoken with in easv and kindly tone, there was n cold, distant mannei in the cpcaker,ihai chilled us all, and while we diew ovei to Ihe table again, it was with silence and constraint. Indeed, our poor uncle looked in the very picture of dismay. endeavoring to do tho honois to hi, itiests and seem at ease, while it was clear his fears were ever uppermost in his mind. The aid de-camp, for such tho young officer was, looked like one who could have Leen agiecable and amusing, if th restraint of the general's presence was nol over him. As it was, he spoke in a low, subdued voice, and seemed in great iwe for his superior. Unlike our usual ones, the meal was eaten in a mournful stillness the ver youngest amongst us feeling Iho pres ence cf the strangers an a thing of gloom1 met sadness. Slipper over, my uncle, perhaps hop ing to relieve Ihe embarrassment .he la bored under, asked permission of tin general for us to remain, saying, "My little people, sir, are great novelists.and ihey usually amuse mo of an evening b their stories : Will this be too great an enduranco for you?" "Hy no means," said tho general gaily; 'there's nothing 1 like belter, 1 hope Ihcy will admit me as one of their party, 1 have something of a gift that way myself." Tho circlu was soon formed, the general nnu his aid-de-cam niaking putt of it; but though they cxer. ted themselves lo the utmont lo win our ;oniiuence, I know not why or where- oro wc could not shake off the gloom ve had felt (; firm, but sat awkward and II at ease, uiulile lo utter a word, and ven ashamed to loo!; at each other. "Come, said (lie general. I sea tmw t is, I have broken in upon a very han ' P'T'y;.! must mnke Ihe only amends n my power. I shall b the storv teller tor this evening." A he giid this he looked arouml it,c r.u0 Lircej )y sume .c.-,in,iB ..ngic oi ins own, in an instant le had won in every one. Wo drew iiir chairs closer towards Mm. and lis- ened eageily fur his tale. Few neotile "ve such as live much among children, r iaKB inu irouuie to study their lone f feeling and thinking, are aware how V reality surpasses in interest the force if mere fiction. The fact is. with ilinm. far more than all tho art of Ihe narrative md it you cannot say "this was true," more than half of the pleasure yuiir sto ry confers is lost foicver. Whether the general knew this or tlut his memory upplied him more easily lhan his ima gination, I cjiiuot say, but his Hie wa i utile incident in I lie siege of Toulon, whoie a drummer fiov was killnd. ha v. ng returned lo the breach, after ihe at- 'ack was repulsed, to seek for a liltU lockade or nbhon his rnotlar had fisten d on his cap that morning. Simple as was the story, he told it with a subdued md tender pathos that made our hearts 'hrill, and filled every eye around him. 'It was a poor thing, it's true." said he: "that knot of ribbon, but it was glory to tesctie it from the enemy his heari was on the time he should show it. blood-stained and torn, and say I took it liom the ground amid the gnpe-sflot "id ihe musketry. I was the only liv- ing thing there, that moment, and see I bore it away triumphantly." As the Viieral spoke he unbuttoned the brcas if his uniform, and took forih a smal iiece of erumnlrjl ribbon, fastened in lltfsliane of a c.oeliailp. "Ili-ri it is- aitinrr,-nitmTngTi-Tipnrvort.iit -vjctyix was for Ihts he died.' e could scaice iee it through our teats. Poor Annette oi l I her hands upon her face, and sob bed violently. "Keep it my sweet child," said th general, as he aitached die cockade to ler shoulder; "it is a glorious emblem, ml well worihy to be worn by one no iure and so fair, as you are. Annette looked up, anil as she did her yes fell upon the tricolor that hung f ijiii her shoulder the haled despise" I'icolur the badge of thai party, whos- -nieliy she had thought of by day and Ireamed of by nigh), ahe turned dead y pale, and sit with lip compresied md clenched hands, unable (o speak oi ittr, "What is it, are you ill, child?" said iho genoial suddenly. 'Annette, love. Annette, dearest," taiil my unrle, tiembling with anxiety "what is the matter r" "It is thai" cried I fiercely, pointing io the krio',ou which her eyes were bent with a shrinking honor, I well knew he meaning of, 'it is that !' The geneul bunt on me a look of passionate meaning, ns with a hissing tone, ho said, 'Do you mean Ihis 'Yes,' said I, tearing it away, and trampling it beneath my feel; 'yes! it i not a Noailes can Wear ihe b.idge of in lamv and crime, the mood stained in color will find slight favor here!" "Hush boy hush,for heaven's sake! cried my uncle, trembling with fear. The caution came too lale. The gennr 1 taking a note book from his pockei pencil it leisurely, and Ihen turning lo wards the viscount, said, 'Ihu youth' name, is?' "Duchesne; Honri Duchesne!" "And his age?" "fourteen in JMarc.h, ' replied my uncle, as his eyes filled up; while he Ideil in a half whisper, 'if you mean he conscription, eerier a 1, he has already iiipplied a substitute. "No mailer if he had sent twenty ucli defect of education needs correc don; he shall jiiii the levies at Toulon ii thiee days in three days, mail; me Depend upon il sir,' said he, turning ii me, 'you shall loam a lesson beneath that tricolour, you'll be somewhat long in forgetting, Dumolle, look to this With this direction to his aid-de-camp ho urose and before my poorunhapp uncle could tecover his self-possession lo reply, had lell Ihe room. "lie will-not do thi?, ir furely, he .VunibcV 4 will not" said tho Vucount to tho young officer. "Ueneral JJonapirtc does nol relon', ir; and it he did he'd never show h ' as Ihe cold reply. Thist d iv week I carried a musket on the rurnnart. r foulon; here begun a career I luvo i'.il. lowed ever since with hmv mnnl, husiasm I leave you to judge for vour- v J I a As Duchesne concluded this Iillle Jin. y, hepaiedlhe room bickwards and forwards wilh rapid stepi while his compressed hps mid knitted brow show ed he wis lost in gloomy recollections t the past. He wa right, afi er all. Burke. '"said he, at length ; personal honor Will make tho soldier, conviction may make t,o patriot. I fought as stoutly for this same cause. as though I did not loallm ; how many others may be in Ihe sumo position? Yuu, yourself, perhaps. "Nn. no; not I." "Well, be it so,' rejoined he cacdes?- ly. Good niehl ;' and with ihi h irollcd negligently from the room, and heard turn humming a lune as ho nnuntcd the stairs towards his h,l. ooin. GOOD NATURE AND PATIENCE. Tbii is a world of tips and downs, of rnssness and contradictions. Every day uirna up something to disturb th.o equanim- ly of one s lempei. But it is worse than useless to fret. Fretlinz is like a causiie ppllcd tu a sore. It inflame but never ures. A fretful spirit is nover happy, and it drives happiness from all other apirilu with which it comes in contact. We 6av. hen, if the world goes wrong, anil it does dial pretty often, don'i fret. If a man olicals.and then laugh at you for a verdant one, make the best of it, and keep - cool. If you break your leg, or hud your "favorite ieat at.tbeJjveeunvo&cuuifld; if die rook ipo'ls your dinner, or the" 'anl mis delivers an important messnee; if the dear image of its beautiful tnotliet' re- liavs your caiwses hy ihrustiug its tiny in fers into your plate of soup and wiping hem on your 'snow-while' shirt bosom; n anks ful and Slates repudiate, keep you emper. Ue.pe.at the alphabet, read the one Kindred and nineteenth psalm, do and say inything, 'lovely and of good repori,' bi.t is you value quietness of mind and the food temper of others, don't fret. It is narvelluus how much good nature and pa- tienco will do toward curing ihu ilis in which fie ah tnd spirit are heirs. WHICH WILL YOU DO: Ono of two things must be (lino in th 3 country. Parrntu must expend money ii idtic3to children or ihev must pay taxes to Inn Id penitentiaries and to punish ciiine, I'lioro is a great mislako about what is called education. Some suppose every learned man is an educated man. No such thing. That man is educated who knows himself, and who takes accurate commun jensc views of men and thing around I'tni. Sume very learned men , now, are the f realesl fools in tho world; and ihe reason is They ate not rdueaiod men. Learn ing is only the menus, not tho end; ils r;i!uc (insists in giving inn power of acquiring ihe dieipline which when properly mmaged it gives the mind Some of die oreirrst men in the world were not inprsiivkVI with learning, but their unions proved 'l-ry were thoroughly educated. 'Washington, F.anklin, Sherman, ere uf this cnss, .md similar though less striking instances may now be found iu all countries. To bo ed ucated a man must be able tu reason, coin pare and decido accurately, Ho may sludy metaphysics till he is grey, iuul if ho is nothing more, he is an unedurated man. riiero is no cUst in the country ! Imc a stronger interest iu the proper udu'" mu of children than fanners, and ihe tm'j u should receive from them the mtcntum it deserves, In ecllling an island, the first building erected by a Spaniard will he a church; by 1 rrcuthinan, a fori; by a Dutchman, a wiiro-houBei and by an Englulima.il, on alu home. ' '".
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