1 1 havo sworn upon tho Altar of God, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over tlio Mind of Man." Thomas Jefferson
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1844.
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POETEYo
The Working i?2an.
. KY X SIllt'lIAMC,
When you behold a Whig of state,
In gilded chnnol roll lun,',
Or at ilie hustings hear him prate,
Lamenting o'er the poor man's wrong,
KeMiain yourself; keep on yotu hat,
Make not the least degrading fuss,
For what has an arisfocrat
In Congress ever done for us.
When you behold a hero crowned
With laurels ho has never won
While tenul fools with looks profound,
Tell how ;he glorious deed was done,
Restrain yourself; keep on your hat,
Make not the least degrading fuss;
But tell lis conscicnco keepers that
They shall not palm their lina-
' Whcrt they lament that trade ia'dcad,
Our factories in a decline,
Thal'indusiry is begging bread,
Ami they are stinted in ('icir wine;
Restrain otiisclf; keep on jour hat,
AJ-iko not, tho least degrading fuss,
Tli'dWh thej lairunt. Be ccitain that
Wh for themselves, and not for us.
Whcn'they declare each poor man's vole,
A Ijnell for sacred freedom lolls,
That honor -virtue shun the coat,
W-hcrji pjivcrty is picking -holes,
Erect your head, cock up your hat,
Scorn them and '.heir unholy fuss,
And tell the venial hirelings that
They never shall disfranchise us.
When candidates with accents bland,
In crowded streets encounter you.
And seizing on your toil-worn hand,
Ask how your lovely children do,
Itestrain yourslof, keep on your hat,
Noi make the least degrading fuss;
Despise them if 'tis only dial
They should offect to euro for us.
But when equality shall spread
Its bannor o'er the morning air,
A1J tall the spirits of the dead
To bless their sons assembled there,
Amuse yourself, take off your hat,
" Uend with your shouts tho welkin blni ;
Fur know 'mid countless thousands, thai
In each you had a brother true.
Wo are rarely wrong when wo act lion
impulse. By this I do not menu every raid
and wayward, and selfish fantasy ; but b
allowing its natural tourso lo the first warn
and generous feeling that springs from ih
heart Second thoughts are more world I
more cold, and calculaio on some advantage
This is what the'ani'ienis moant when lhe
faid that impulse was from the gods, bu
the motice from men. Our oagor belief
our teady pity, nur kindly sensations
thesa are materials of good within us. A
one of our pouts says, with equal truth and
heiiiiv. ' The hmrt is wise.' Wo should
tin not only happior, but belter, if wo at
tended more to ils diclitcs. Half the mis
ery of ihe world arises from tho wan) ol
sympathy. Wo do not assist each other
as wn miaht do, because wo rarely pause
to ask, do they need our assislaiico ? And
this works on tho moral sufferingi wo need
to suffer that we may learn to pity.
TO I'KESEItVH TOMATOES.
As I am very fond of Tainntoes, and
havo a way of preserving, to use when lho(
season lor Hum is over, a way wnicn i
havo never soon published, although others
may Have Heard ol it, 1 nave r.pnciuueu to
send it to you, that you may publish it if
you think proper.
Dip the ripe tomatoes in scalding water;
peel tSem, and divide them into two, and if
very thick through, into three slices ; lay
thorn on plates, and put them into the oven
after tho broad is drawn; if it is a goot
oven, by the time it is cool, or in 48 hours
they will bo perfectly driod; put them into
paper bags and keep them in a dry place;
when wanted for use, dip them into cold
water, and lay them on to a dish to swell,
md in a minco or stew, they are almost
snunl to tho fresh frui'. If vou wish to
make tomatoe sauce, add a little water to
cook them in. They are very good to cai
out of the hand in a dry state. J1L Cult
Dll. FRANKLIN'S MORAL CODE
This great American philosopher and
Stitusmah, Benjamin Frankluulrew up the
following list of moral virtues, to which h
mid constant and earnest attention, and
i
thereby made himself a bel'er and happie
man.
Temncrancc Eat not to fullness diink
not to elevation :
Silence Speak what may benefi
others and yourself; avoid trifling conver
sation.
Order let all your things have iheii
places; let each part of your business have
us time.
Resolution Resolve to perform what
you ought; perform without fuil what you
resolve.
Frugality Make no expense but do
A) oil to ollinra .r. ..... lf 'yfi
nothing. '
Industry Lose no timo; be always cm-
ployed in something useful cutoff all unite
cessary actions.
Sincerity Use no hurtful deceit tuini-
innoceiiily and justlj; mid if you speak,
peak accordingly.
Justice Wrong none by doing injuries
or omitting the benefits that mo your du
IV.
Mnilnrfltion Avoid extremes; torucar rc
senting injuries.
cc SiifiHr no unc can mess id
III 1 HI I II VO"
bodv, clothes or habitation.
Tranquility Be not disturbed about tri
(les, or at acculeuto c irnmon or unavoidable
Humility Imitate. Jesus Christ.
He is not a g-mtlumim who indulges'in
feelings of asperity towards an opponent.
For ourselves, wo respect that person tne
more who openly and zealously avows and
.infpnils his sentiments, than if ho were a
rttn'ninir. anil IIhss creature, who
iii"5'"Sji d
.lur.. iwh nn:ik what he thinks. Error may
be tolerated with decidedly moio goon nu
mor. than can tho two sided opinions ol
some who are all things lo men.
i'.w.it,,a nn. Hailv inariiairo maues
us iinmnrial. It if ihe soul and chief prof
of empirts. That man who resolves lo
ivn without n woman, and Unit woman
resolves to live without mini, arc cneuin.
t iI.h country in which they dwell; injuri
ous to themselves, destructive to tho whole
fmni nature, and reuen
WIIIIUl HH'P'-
tgainsl Heaven and earth,
A CONTENTED SOLDIER.
In Gibraltar there was u great scarcity of
ivaiur, and a general complaint of tho wain
ni'it. An officer said ' no waB very c.i)
about tho mailer, for he had nothing to do
with wator : if he got his tea in the morn-
ig, and punch at night, it was all that he
wanted.'
An Italian philosopher expressed in Ins
molto. that time wns ins esiaiu ; i
indeed, that will produce nothing without
cultivation, but will always abundantly re
pay the labors of industry, and satisfy the
most extonsive desires, if no part of it be
...ir...,i m iin to-lain hv nei'lirence. to be
auuuicu iv tiw " " ."j -o'
h nnvinni nlants. or laid out foi
IIIVIUII m w - g- t
show rather lltan for use.
From tho Lady's Book (or August, 1811.
TIIK BROKEN VOW.
HV MISS ULIZA DL'l'UY.
AUTHORESS Or " TIIK COSSPIIlATOlt, "WlLrOL
NB," ETC.
I'was murmured not in festive halls,
Where mirth is light aronnd;
It echoed not from stately walls,
Blent with the music's sound.
"I'was sighed not forth in bower or dell,
Amid the op'ning flowers.
The woodland had no tale to tell
Of these long vanished hours.
'Twas uttered o'er a dying bed,
Asked by a dying prayer
Tho voice of tho departing shod
A ghastly blessing there.
An earnest 60ul was flitting fast
When those deep words were said
The ling'r ng tones her lips that passed,
Thrilled hollow o'er the dead.
Twilight was darkening into night,
he first faint star of evening gleamed
ironi the far blue heavens, and the busl
md repose of nature seemed too holy to
be broken by the sirite ut Human pass
ions; yet how painlully did I lie quiet
of thnt evening scene contrast with the
passionate grief of a young heart, mourn
me over iis first sorrow.
F, fn Si oc air was a newiy weuueti
. . . I. . 11 i
bride. She was hut seventeen; the
youngest daughter of her father's house,
md the woollen pet oi me wnuiu uiiiny,
her life had passed as one long bright
day of sunshine and flowers. She had
wfnuti iv one suo nau uiiuwn
fio n childhood, and with the conse,n
of their mutual fiiends they were uni
JWUll " www.. -J
led .
v iiiu"Mll
ui I.'fi her father's house for tin
i,.,, nf Mr. Sincliir, in one of the
interior counties ot Virginia. i
tappy weeks passnd, when Sinclair pro
rosed to his bride to visit a gorgo in the
mighhoring mountains, from which tin
ising sun frequently p-esonts the sin-
ulai spectacle of the looming of tin
liountain the same phenomenon which
is witnessed in the Straits of Messina,
md known by the more poetic name ol
,'ati Moigana, or the castles of Ihe fair)
Morgana. Ellen was delighted will.
hi proposed excursion, and nearchco
every book in the house which afforded
.,-, i,.fnrmjtion on th" subject.
This excursion, which promised so
much plensuse, ended in despair and
1.. .th ' ' irv reacneu uru uu" -i""
favorable
msjteiv. a nu b "
thoir wishes; ihe ascending vapors
1.1 iw. rta nf the risiim sun, and
CUlllllll l"' v 0
formed themselves inio the most gor
..o..c on, 1 fnniastie scenes. Ellen wat
o , ii .1.! nrfiil rmtl
10 muell atJSOrueu 111 una wuuv.l...".4
mn.M.ifit.miL suectaele, lhat she forgoi
tho caution Sinclair had given her at ihi-
mnmant of mounting tier spirueu ucuu.
n (r.,n.l from her side an lnsiuimu
nnnk to theBervant who loiioweu 111cm;
I .....I...I hrtn h..ran lllH
. Iv.m' loose on His nocit, auo
feelinc himself fiee fiom a guiding hand
,ll,H.d off at full speed. Sinclair a
the serv.nl both followed, but were un
able to ove.take her. I1 oitunately she
mi , ..nnHHinan who succeeded in stop
nine her perilous career. Sinclair check
,,1 his horse loo .stiddenly.that lie might
express his thanks to her preserver.-
1 . 1 .1 llmnul hi rt tUltlt
The animal reared, mm '
.real violence. Ho was conveyed home
m a senseless state, and surgical assist
.nice hastily summoned, but the force
of Ihe fall had inflicted some internal
injury which boflled the skill of the phy
it tip.mlt! his bed in that calm
twiliet.t, that the young wife knelt with
0 1 .. .ewe.. ....,i, hnr ftnllires.
onrnn n nue 01 111c
" Oh, Ellen, my beloved, cannyou.
.... - . 1
.ir ii.u enrrnwunmans me,"murrnur
bun nil" ow..--- t I 1 1
...I ihn rlvintr nun. 110 S 9 1 D U ma uuiiur
caressingly over the head which was
bowed upon his p. now.
A deep sullocateu soo -v
reply lo his words. , I
'. . . . . it- i I. .nnlmiiPfl.
' It IS Hard to uie,
when I was looking forward to years
of such tranquil happiness win you.
m twpf;t Ellen, but 'us uie win .
Heaven, my best beloved, and we must
submit."
"Oh Ilenrv. my own Henry, you
inustnot go down to tho cold, cold grave,
whore 1 can see you no more never
more hear the tones of your dear voice.
Dli, it will break my heart!" was the
ilmost inarticulate reply.
"My poor Ellen, this is a hard trial
for you, but you aie loo young lo grieve
ilways. The thought is torture tome,
nut oven you may love again may
wed another!" and his voice was nearly
stifled with painful emotions.
'Never, never! Oh Henry, how
can you harrow my soul at this awful
moment with such a supposition? Wed
another! Give the wreck of my buri-
!d alleclipns lo another ! Uh nu, no
he thought would kill me,'1
" I doubt not you think so now, love;
but timo works strange changes in this
world of ourj. We know not what We
may do. I wish to exact no piomise
from you. The thought is bitterly pain
ful lo me, but should your present views
change, I do not wish that lite reproach
ol a broken promise should mar youi
peace of mind."
'Henry, hear mc." suit iiillcn, in a
olemn lone. 'Should I ever so far foi
get my faith to your ashes as to lend my
ear to the language of love, my heart lo
ihe voice of afleclion lor another, may
your form on my bridal evening come
to mo and teproach mc lor my faithless
ness."
A bright smile pas?ed over the face
of ihe dying man. lie murmured
" Repeat those words again, my IM
len; they tike from death its sting,
in Heaven you will he all my own.
Forgive my selfishness dearest; but I
have so loved you, I cannot think that
mother shall win"
His voice ceased to articulate, and a
gain the deep tones of tho young mourn.
cr thrilled the air with the repetition of
ihose awful words. As Ihev passed her
lips, she felt the hand lh.t"clasped hers
telax ils grasp a faint fluttering con-
flHealurefniriii another inslant they
wore ihe calm and passionless repose ol
death.
" . . . . . ?
Ellen Sinclair buried hersell in the
f lier own abode. A calm
nd eentlo melancholy succeeded tin
li'st violence of her grief,bul sho betray
d no desire to mingle with the world
mi.,. i in in l,fnesi mourninir. she wa
,een no where but at church; and t host
ivho looked on her felt deep sympathy
for one so young and so bitterly bereav
ed. Vainly hail her own pareuta sougiii
m ilraw her from her solitude. Two
nas.scd. and after many fruitless
,.irri3 ihev at lencin succceueu in uu
Uiriinc a piomise of a visit from her ai
.hp annual re-ui:ion of their lamtly ai
nhriaimas. for that season is still held
is a festival in many parts of Virgi
ni:l.
Ellen was once more beneath tho root
of her father, and many and painful
ivpip. ihe emotions which Btrujruled in
her bosom when she looked around and
remembered thai the last timo sho stood
beside her native hearth, she was a gay
and happy bride.
Those who looked on her could not
avoid remarking the change which two
years had wrought in her appearance.
... I I. ...I.t!.... l.-.ln mnlitrilir ll III
l lie glliJUSl u uniting niiu iiimuii.ji ......
..vnanded into Ihe beautiful and self
with a nuiot uracu of
IJUJwuw. - , u
. C . .I.. .-noni....
viniipr. ;inu an an 01 joiisivu iw"v
which was extremely captivating
Her parents weru worldly minded
nani, ivim p.on UI not near mat men
lUm.htnr should nasfl her life in the sol
mill,, in which she had doomed lierseu.
l'hav surrounded her with agreeauie
company.sought to amuse her mind and
.liniv ii from the contemplation of the
terrible calamity which had destroyed
hpr ilawnini! hopes ol happiness, ano
Ihey succeeded sufficiently lo implant in
her mind a distaste 10 tue iuea 01 icium
imr in her late abode.
Week after week passed untiljmonlhs
were numbered, and she began to tnniK
it her duty to remain with her parents
She waB their youngest child, and the
nnlv DM I! without ties which severed
them in a measure from the parental
rrmf.
"Ellen, my darling," said her latlior
when 6he s( oke ot returning nome,
vou will not acain forsake us? We
are old, and you are the only child who
is free to remain with U3. lou mtisi
live here I cannot think of permitting
you to return to lhat lonely home ot
voura."
It ie lonely," replied Ellen; "and
I fear that after breakine thrnunh my
usual habits, I shall find it difficult and
wearisome lo resume them. Yet, my
lear father, if I consent lo remain there
is one request I must make."
" What is that, my daughler? Arc
we not ever mindful of your wishef?"
"Ah, yes, dear filher, more mindful
than I deserve. Hut" md her voice
sank lo a low agitated whisper "(here
must he no looking forward to n second
marriage for me no attempt to alter
my views on that suojecf. I have made
a vow in the dead, and it must be held
sacred."
"What!" exclaimed her father, 'was
Sinclair ungenerous enough to cxac
from vou a promise not lo marry again?
-young and inexperienced as you were
too.
" Ah ! no, father wrong him not.
He was too kind, too noble. He asked
no promise I mule it voluntarily; snd
is tho words lett my hps his spirit de.
parted. Oh no, my father, never ask
me lo break lhat vow it is a hallowed
one."
" wen, my darling, let it uo as you
wish. I shall prefer keeping you will
us; but at the same lime, if you should
ever meet with one you can love, and
wno is worthy ol vou, it will be very
silly lo suffer a few words tillered when
you were scarcely conscious of theii
meaning, to prevent you from making
he home of an honorable man happv.
Why, child, you arc only nineteen.
Jo you suppose that the death ol one
person, however dear, can chill youi
leelings inio kc al that ogee"
' I must, then, in sincerily of soul
pray lo tie delivered from temptation,
said llie vouii'' widow, with a faint
smile, "lor 1 shall never marry a
gain." '
As time passed on, Mrs. Sinclair
could not help acknowledging that sire
iY.J8.Aac.t''VieTs0irnt.r we're no longe
wearied: she nc lorvcer fell thai 1 He was
burfhen-shc would gladly lay down.
She needed Ihe excitement oi soctety
:llll If! SOC a ailCl IIIKUIV tuniraicu
.. i i l. ili.tit..l
neighborhood in which her father's resi
lence was situated, auorucu every ucu
"- I i
tv for its onioymcnt
The third vear of her widowhood
was drawing lo a close, when sho re
ceivcd an invitation 10 mo ni.(in,iD
favorite cousin who would take
refusal. Ellen replied thai if the bride
would excuse her sombre diessaud pen
live face, sho would atlerul.Mnd the con
cession was hailed as an omen of future
4iipp.p4 in n'rawil'.e her into that won
die was so peculiarly fitted to adorn
ritere was a motive lor these euris
of which Ellen little dreamed, bhe
regularly attended ihe church near her
father's residence, and her moiuer nau
several times called her attention to a
remarkable handsome man who sat in a
pew nearly opposite to them; but sho
had not remarked that his eye frequent
ly wandered from his prayer book to
. IT' i. I .1.. I .1.
her own lair laca. ins neigui, aim utv
turn of his head had reminded her of
Sinclair, hut there the resemblance
ceased. Tho broad brow, finely chisel
led features, and clear dark eye of the
stranger, were all unlike the youthful
bloom of him who had won her young
flections. She frequently heard Mr.
I'eyion spoken of as a man ol distin-
lushed endowment1, wno nau speiu
several years in llio south of Europe
with an only and beloved sister, lor Ihe
benefit of whose health the journey had
been vainly undertaken. These circum
itances had nearly passed horn her
mind when she was introduced lo him
it tho wedding as the intimate friend of
tho groom.
Foylon had fallen in love with her
from his casual view of her at church,
iiul Ihe eulogiums of his friend's affian
ced bride, who looked on Mrs. Sinclair
,is a 'bright particular star,' had deepen
ed the impression. Tho circumstances
of her marriage threw a romantic inter
estaround her history, and when he
looked on the yotiihlul brow with a
hada of placid pensiveness lhat seemed
to breathe a hallowed clurin over her
beauty, he felt that she was the only wo
man he had ever Known oeiore whom
his heart could bow with the homage of
affection.
Yet how speak oflove lo one who
still wore the deepest mourning who
never joined in the mirth or the light
hearted? It would seem almost like sac
rilege to breathe into her ear the wild
m.-cinn thai fillftd his hear!, vet its verv
1 j --- . --j
hopelessness appeared to add to its fervour.
Hut ere long a new hope dawned on
him. Ellen was surrounded hv ihecav
ud the joyous of her own sue. Her
lisposiliou was naturally buoyant; her
pirns rose; the chord she had believed
forever snapped, again thrilled to tho
touch of joy; When ihe bonds of grief
were once severed, the re-aciion was
complete. Sh,e still reverenced the
memory of her first love, and if Jier
heart had whispered ihalshe could ever
be faithless to his ashes, she would havo
huddered with superstitious horror at
the thought. rne possibility of break
ing that solemn promise .had never oc
curred lo her but lime teaches many
slrange lesson.".
I'eyion lingered in the neighborhood,
cou.fl.int visitor at Wycombe, hut Iin
iltcntions were nol sufficiently mnikcil
to attract the observation of others
Her own family were loo desirous of
the match to hazard the final succis of
the lover by alluding in any manner lo
Ins passion lor her.
I'eyion woo his own way slowly but
sin ely. The fur widow begin uncon
sciously to regret the vow which hao
ascended lo Heaven with the shir it of
her dead husband. At length hu (.poke
of love, and sho listened with trembling
iwe to the outpouring ol a spint which
was loo noble lo be inll:d with, ami
loo highly appreciated without a pan;:.
IJe chew from her quivering lips tin-
history of her vow, and divested of eve-
v feeling of fupersiilion himself, he
could not conceive that a few words,nt-
lered in a moment ol excited and agoni
zed feeling, should slant! between liini
.yAl his hopes of happiness. He did not
undsraland the impressible and imagin -
live temperament of tho being who lis
tened lohts reasoning, willingt nny.anx
iniu-ir'yi-xrtvtneeiingt. ,
Her parentsagreul w.Uh Ihe lover in
his views of the case and, urged on all
sides, tier own heart a traitor, Ellen
yielded to their wishes, and belrolhcif.
herself lo Peyton.
As tho day appointed for her mar
riage drew near, the words of her vow
ippearetl to be ever ringing in her ears.
With a restless and feaiful spirit, she
saw the hour approach which was lo
witness her second espousal.'
Piepirations were made for a splen
did bridal. All the members of her
family assembled beneath the paternal
roof, and every effort was made to di
vert hrr mind from dwelling on tho fan
(asy that possessed it.
I he appointed evening arrived, and
the ceremony which made her tho bu'du
of another was performed. Several
hours passed in dance annd sog. It wai
near midnight when Ellen found kerself
standing on the portico in tho bright
moonlight Willi i'eyion beside her.
I'he gay throng wilhin were still dan
cing, and tne sound oi merry voiae
mingled wit'i the bursts ut music tlidi
iwept by on the dewy and fragrant air.
Ellen started as I'evton spoka hrsidn
her, and for ihe fjist time for several
hours, the recollection of her fatal vow
intruded on her mind.
"What a glorious night, "she renin 1:
ed; "I never saw the moan shine with
irreater splendour.
" Mav ll albe happv omen lo tn, my
fair Ellen," replied I'eyion; and, as tv
poke, he turned to a while rose buli
which had wreathed itself aioiind one ot"
the pillars of ihe poriico.and culled sev
eral of its half blown flowers.
While ho wus thus employed, Ellen wao
gizing abstractedly on the fantastic shai'owfl
made by the trees in tho yard. Suddenly
she grasped the railing for support, and
looked with eyes fascinalod with terror on
4 white slude which seemed to rite from
an open space on which the moon's ra-ri.
Hiice was poured without obstruction from
the surrounding shrubbery. The sbado v
irose slowly, and gradually; assumed tho
waving outline of a human form wrapped
in ihs gjriiieiils of the tomb, It approach
ed the spot on whirh she stood, and tho
features of Henry StncUii, wearing a look
ifsad reproach, were distinctly visible lo
her as the shade glided between herself and
her newly wedded lard,
With a faint cry she would have fallen
had not Peyton turned and sprang forwaid
in lime to receive her senseless form in his
arms.
Long, lon was it before she rccovtrd