The Columbia Democrat. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, November 09, 1844, Image 1
I have sworn upon tlio Altar of God, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over the Mind of Man." Thorn Jolfcrgon II. WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Volume VBBIO BLOOMSRURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, P A.f S AT UK. DAY, NOVEMBEIi 9. 1844. Ht :Vtiniticr 9o OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRAT crF03iTi: fir. Paul's Oinincir, Main-kt i -)lUMBLU)EMOCnj)Tunbt t shed every Saturday morning, ut V U'lJ nui.hJiuci per unman payuutt hulf yearly in advance, or Two Dollun Fifty Cents,if not paid within thcyeai. Aro subscription will be taken for a shorter perioi than nix monlhss'no'r any diseon- linuance. pe.rmincu,uniii an arrearage. are discharged Jini'EllTISEMUXS not excerding a square will be conspicuously inserte.dat One Uollurjar tiivjtrst utnv insertions, and Twent'ii-five rents for every subse qnent nscrtion. ?i7v liberal discount made to those who ndvirlhe by the years Lt: J rJco aaaressea on vusiness,musi be post paid. POETfS Yo1 THE POOR AND THE RICH. by JAjir.s iius3i:l lhut.ll. The lich man's son inhortts lauds And piles nf luii-k anil storm and gold, Anil he inherits snft while hands And lender tletdi tlit fearsi lilt! cold, Nor dares to ivear :i i!armeni uld; A heritage, II deems lo hip, One would not care lo liutd in foe. The rich mau'a son inboiit cares . jf The b;ink may break, the factory burn, Koine breath may burst his bubble fchare And soft wliilo hands wn.ild hardly cam A livinp that would soil his turn; A hcriiiige it serin to hip, One would not rare to hold in fee, What does the poor man's Hon inherit? Sunn muscles ami u sinewy beait, A hardy frame, n hardier spirit: King nf two bunds, he doe his part In every useful (oil and art; A heritage, it serins to me, A King might with to hold in fee. What does the pnnr man's son inlirril? Wishes o'crjoyed with humble things A rank adjudged by toil worm meiit, Content that from employment springs, A heart that iu his labour sings, A heritage it seems to me, A king might wish lo hold in fee. What does the poor man's con inherit? A paiieuco learned being poor, Courage, if sorrow come, to I ear it, A fellow feeling that it; euro To make the outrasi hies his door; A' heritage, it seems lo me, A lung might wish lu hold in fee,' Oh, rich man's 6on there it; a toil That wiih all others lecl slaw e: Large ebarity doth never Foil, lint only whitens soft white hands; This is the best ciop from thy lands; A lietiiage, it teems to me, Worth being rich lo hold ir. fee. Oh, poor man's son, scout not I It y elate, There is worse wrariurse than lliiue, In merely being rich and great; Work only make the tool lo fdiiui ; And makes rest frngianl and benign: A heritage, ilseouiB to inn, Worth being poor to hold in fee. Holh, heirs lo some six feet of sod, Are equal in the earth at last Holh, children of the same dear God, I'rove iitln lo your heirship vast Hy leeord of a well filled pasll A heritage, it seems to me, Well worth a life lo Imld in fen S ..... .1 . i i . i. - ' hat s yntir nininer. tonguei saiu nit Ileinrder to n witness. 'My mother's ituigue?' said the lattnr.'well.l can't sayjbul it must bo mighty long1, for my father Bays llieie' no end lo it,' MORMON AN E CDO T E. Ii is tcrv common for Mormons, in working miracles, lo practice in the follow ine manner : One gne out alone, with tho garb and with llto appearance of a poor travellei) calls at the house by which those who are his confederates may detect bis where abouts. Another one or more follows nn, and slops near by, so that in the mornine he may soon teach the ab'ide of tho first traveller, lo which place he proceeds about brcakfat lime, coming there just a his nrpdecesor needs him. The first traveller about daybreak make? h piienti noise, as of one in deep disltess, alnruiinp tho inmates, and calling trVm arund hi1 bedside. For a while thi sick nun snug gles with (luetic and apparently dies in t lit. Jusi at that moment the second iravellei er.teis announces himself a disctptc of the Mormons, and declares it in his power to raise the dead man lo life; and putting nil aside from tho rouch of death, commence his necromancy, and soon succeeds in raising the dead to life. A couple of these iniportprs went out 01 4u excursion of this kind about two yeai or mure since, ar.d in the course ot men travels called at a farm house neat Genesee l'he forerunner called on the plain look ing fanner, and icpresciied hitnsell as ; traveller who was poor, yet on a merciful rrand; The farmer was an honest haaiteil Methodist, making less show than some but no less intelligent ohrisiiaii.or shrewdei than mosl men. The traveller joined with the family in their devotions, and talk ed of God and heiven as a Christian. No one suspected his hypocrisy. About four clcok in the- morning (hi family were awakened by groans proceed ing from the lodging loom of tho stranger. I lie farmer went into the room anil wai- liiile shocked to find his guest apparent!, n the most intense degree of pain. Ma- ly remedies were applied but with no el feel. The sufferer gresv worse every houi mlil about 7 o'clock he appealed to show figus of death. Just al that moment a Knock was heard at the door and anotbei granger entered, on its being opened. Tin family had been much frightened, and were a msequenlly much gratified with the arriv I of any person, although it should be ii stranger, lit) was immediately inlormed of the case, and introduced into the room, upnn entering which he announced himself a Mormon priest, and assured tho ai onish ed Umilv he could raise the dying man i.) life, oven should he die and in itdced lo convince them of his power, hi hopes ho would d'j, which was soon '.he '.icl lo all appearance. Tho new comer iheu ordered all present to stand aside, and nollo touch the corpse or bed, but to send for neighbors if they pleased, in order li give full proof cf his wonderful work. .lust at thai moment il crept into tin head of tho farmer that a trick was about being played upon thorn of a blasphemous haractcr, and he quickly resolved to tern the same. 'Hold, said he, a moment, iv lo not take tho miiaele until I return.' fit went out, look an axe from the wood pile. uid came in without saving a word walked ip to the bedside, and addressed the mai of miracles as folio'; You think him really dead? 'O, yes.' 'Well, then, 1 will juet cut off his head, to make it sure, foi if you can raite him lo life from death at all you can (In it n well with his head off as on!' And suiting Ihe iction to the word, he tailed Iho axe as il he would strike, when lo, with a loud shriek, up jumped the dead man, crjing murder, murder!' at the top ol his voico. Uelme tho proper authorities could be reached, the risen prnphel and the proph et baulked put out and fled as from a de voiiring pliiguo in u ah lo tho amusement of the sensible man who detee'od his imnoti lions. Since that lime no Mormon he had breathed she had found nn echo find his way into lint region to remain J? .I'M" which long filled her "reast. ' The letter was lollowed hy others, al l0"2' virmeis limr-s. which raised still hiehei Amusement is tho that cannot think, happiness of those THE POET'S BRIDE. DY MtlB. MARY V SMITH. CIlAI'TEll I-i . J, In a rich and luxotious npnrtmoni, where crimson emu n. etistlv carpet", raro cabinet pictures, and virion and licit lu nil Hi re attested thu U-.li; of the owner, a.it a young man, apparently be tween twenty five and tinny. Buyiot withstanding the wonmily love of beau 'iful furnituri! which character iz-id hi' chamber, there was nothing eflemiriate in his itppeanrcije. In fiiin he was 3 luht, though well pi opunioned, above the mditim heinhi, ahd wi'h a ilito.f, which an open eollar tliplnydd, of urea1 b-oiity, Tne faco w.is not, peirlnp,-. a't(Nomo, but there was som t'nii i il thai al once aricijieel the; eye-. Tli forehead broad and enasify; eyebrow with the bold, classic sweep; a nost chiielled finely out as if from m.nble; e small niouih; well cut lips; a chin like tho Apollo's; aiii the head set on Ihe neck and shoulders with a grace anc solidity that reminded you of the bes lays ol Lticcian sculpture. 11m counte nance in reporo wore an air of singular calmness, but as he sal musing, a playfu 4iinle would now and then shoot ti tcross it, like summer lightning playini:! up the fnmaticni. In tlie finile as wel' as in the placid though' fulners of the brow you saw thai men were not al faull when they called Horace Vernon n ge nitis; and though a jet he was knowe inly as the fn.sl oiaior tor his age it Congress, yet he wj. aUo a poet, an one of no meen repute, tint he tx-r cised hit vocation in secrL'l,and not evoi lis mosl intimate ii lends knew that the sarcastic orator and did - iJi.rJ.HiiUM 'iiowii poet, whoso atinony rhmis vol lines every body was telkiiij of, wer ne and ihe sain person. Horace Veinon indeed was a ?tr.ing omiioiiud. In b eyhon I hu had huei generous to a fault, frank, trusting and ill ot feeling. 1 J u ' , 1 1 Uo niosi senKitivt pcrijon", lie had received many real an f -n c i eel rebuff,-, until at length he sough reluge in an allecteel colelness ot head, and in a sarcastic demeanor , us if hi; whole nature had been changed. IT s.ion won a repulalion for want of feel ii4, and even when he entered publn I fe brcame celebrateil mi-re lor his sat irical vein of oratory than for an impi. tinned style. Hu", though ho thus concealed hi- fuelines, there be.i, in few bosom', morcloviugheartth.nl that of Horjce Vernon. And it yearned for (.j'nipa'llu and companionship with an undying longing. Liver since Ins boyhood hp had thirsted for some one to love, bui, imid the fair, and fhllercdyhe h nl look tl in vain for a kindred spirit. Fastid ious to a fault he saw none who realized his ideal. Wanting pci.-onal sympalh) he found vent foi his cravings in the creation of a fancied being to whom he secret I y poured out his soul in poeliy; an I, at length, when a volume had ac cumulated on his hands, he gave it anon ynioiisly to Iho world. The tenderness rid imagination, the lofty notions of the female character, and tin love for bII men that breathed through his' poems a once seemed the unknown author a wide mreail fame. None suspected Vernon, for wlui could bu more unlike the feel ingf of thu s.ucasiic orator ihan the glowing emotions that burneil on every pagu of Ihe anony mom poel ? Many, liowcvt r, were the enquiries made aftei he author, liui oven tho publis ler was miioiHiit of him, for all communication1 between the two paed through a secret haunel. The publication of these poems mark ed an eia in Vernon's life, beciuwe it was the beginning of a romance that af fected his destiny. A low weeks afiei his volume had issued from tho pres",ht received a letler from ao unknown lailj breathing all those sentiments which Vernon wojld have looked for in a wo man. The wi lier said Hie wrote be cause it wag improbable lli3t they would ever meet, and because in iho sentiment 'elOll,s estimiilion of her intellect anil heatl, for of all men ho atioreil tho lat ter in vmiien. Ho soon grew Inleretted in lti..APH..aHnn.ln..i ..ii i- -rr ...... coikiihcii i, oiiu uiauu cutji'i9ijoi9 iiiuit u uiuiy 10 ueillgS 01 a Sllllt lo discover who she was. But he wat toiled.f-.All he could learn was that the etlersFcame from one of Iho eastern UU-,fand his suspicions pointed him lo Boslorfae the place of her residence. lie resolved mentally that, as booh lia? duties al Washincion should r, he would proceed to Hoston, mil mingling in its society, endeavor lo lispover the anonymous waster, a plain n which he hoped lo succeeel, since hi felt there were few who could display exactly the same raie combination ol ability anil tenderness which chaeacien zed his correspondent He would, h knew, pursue thw search wiih great ad vantages, since his obje-ct would be un tMpHcteil, and the lady, if he met hue. would he t.ir her ullatel. Was- Hueaee Vt fnon in love with tin inknowii bfi.ig ? H ihoughl n; aiw low instead ol pouring out ll i lyrics U tei ideal eieiHire, he erected this strao er on ihe ihrone of his heart, a u c hencefoi'i h she became the theme of Ins oeig. A nd siill she continued writin! to him; and when lit puhlislictl a poem ttldiessetl "To the Unknown, "she told him that she recognized herself in ii Thus they continued in correspondent known and yet unknown lo tat-i. other. CHATTEn II. Vernon, 'hough a man of letter r s an-1 i poel, was also a man of buines ami of iVie woilel; and thus, though one poi-l ion of the day was spent tn his tulii-... ir whiled away in dreamy reveries, ,ni- iiiuci iui nun ui ii IUIIV.IIUH r to pleasure. , 1. a m n...tmn r.t ll t,M J lallnln.l lnriiii....'.i:.. .. t Une evening lie was present at a Ii ill : I... iu..e f C.i. !. iveil liy ' lie inc.i K un y ui oiciu nit; nius' josily enterl tiunienl, it was said, ol th -eeasun. weaiin, neauiy anu laieni jroweled the partment,. Music of the nost he witching harmony kepi linv villi Ihe dancers; the odor of raro flow r. filled the air; jnwels blazed, lug! ligeiiiarees of the land mingled in tin hiong, and the lovelifst of our coun ty's lovely el,-,ughtets met the eye,uiiti' it was elazled with beauty. On tin tcene Vernon had been g'zing for sev nal minutes in abstraction, until m length he was joined hy one of his mos' intimate friends, a naval officer from tin "on I h. Whaf a life these people lead !' he .aid, itfier ihe ordinal V .salutations had tr I., i i .i pissed, 'he-rp are thu young fliriiiig anel he old nloiling: enemies smilicg on etch other, while llieir heans are black villi hatred: women lidetiing lo Hit onipMinenls of fools, and fooln (luierinL Lliemsi Ives they are irrrsiotame. 1 am ick of il. Mark Ihat old dowager wiih her thiee daughter.--; she never nnss- s i nil, parly, or soiree Willi hei hi nod; she- eminds me of a lion going about seek ing whom he may devour. 'iou aio severe.' paid Ins companion smiling, 'but how is it that you, whom I know lo be so full ol leeling, have- . . f -i Tr won a character tor sarcasmr njven body, I find, is talking of it here; yet i' was not so at school, nor even before 1 mailed on my last Pacific ciuise. You! ire said to he a second Kaudoiph in bit icrness, and yelj in all this crowd, ilien is not one moio sensitive, has a warmer henri, or pofsses a lithe of ihe imagi nation which you profess to despise?' Horace Veinon lurried lo his mend with a quiet smile, and answered '.Men laugh ai me imagination as wei is at lite heart, because knaves dislike- whatever is good. It would nol benetit me, it would raiher injure me if I toln nv real character. Wnilu J scorn them, they fear nu ; and become my slaves. Yet, believe me,' hejatlded, sinking his voice to a still lower whisper than In had been using, 'I often pine for somi one to whom I might lay bare my hear1 i hit? wearing a mask forever makes u- despise ourselves, Hut heavens ! who is thai?' The start which accompanied this ex clatniliou attracled his companion's ey io a lady who was iusl entering the oom; and around whom, as around an cknowlcdged queen, instantly flocked crowd. The young men hail caught only a glimpse of her face and person heforo she was shut in tram their (,igh by the throngof her admirers. Jlul ihn glance assured them that she was sur passingly lovely. And yet it was noi i ho loveliness of regular features. I was rather that higher anil ideal bcauiv which is of the soul, and which appeal' lo Ihe finest parts of our nature, und p n, a L. ...... i . : l t . . i . lar exalted diameter. With the air e.f one bom to comni.mil, and to whom ail ulation belongod of'iglu, she walked down the room, smiling nud bowing Wjth a slateliness that reminded you ol j goddess passing by in triumph. 'Don't you know her?' said the officei but I forgol ; you are from the north, and ,she from Caro'ina, though ii's -imuge" you niiver met jlier "uuihe springs. She's a splendid cre-alurti-is Miellecual ami graceful as beauti. luljaud, iluugh now as siaitily as, watl, sh- is al inn s as Wilful as an an lelop.. On! you mutt know ber;!ie'.. the vtry on f.ir you to talk to Hint is f you can bung any feeling n,io In i hear', for she jussfs by tn,. name of lb Jld Gibrit-lle. Anil Ly Hie be she i en neiress Mave you ne Ver heat el of the- ich Miss Delacioix. 'Oil, yes but surely this is not Miss DeLcroix. If so I must know her bu you need'nt smile I wo ship an ideal divinity. 1 So you do. Hut takj care the god dess of ilii imagination is hot deihtoiied 'V the goddess of the senses. And now inr the trial. Come with me.for I know the lady, and I'ue no doub', she'll eon etn 'o a piesrntalion.' Vernon was a 11 tie p'q ted bv the de neauor or the lady. Instead of smiling -villi maiked sweetness or being embjr rasi. tl as was usually the case with la- ejus who weie introduced lo him she gave him a cold and distant, though s!u liumly civil reception, just as she wouhl have elone to any one of the herd of sr- ii i niii v men arounu. in ine conversi- ji n thai ensued, her remitks wero char aelerized by sn icy indifference. ,' ii ' Your goddess is, as you eay.au icicle. said he to his friend, 'I don't wish lo judge hastily, but she looks and talks like a coquette.' His fi lend sm iled. 'Ah !' he Siil, 'she has heard of you s ihe sarcastic Vernon, and tears vou I ry again' Veinon lollowed this advice, and found hat he had indeed dune injustice le Miss Delacroix. She was a cnq'ielte,i .t, Irue, bul not a hearth ss one; lor she only amused heiself with the follies ol fops anil those she despised. Her mini' was ol a high onler. Gmelually sh tequiied an influence ever Vernoi vhicl) he elated noi aelmil lo himself, He was first awoke to his feelings In the declining interest he took in tin litei of his unknown correspondent. He no longer opened them with net veins haste; often they lay on Ins labh for ihys without being teael. And h .va ever at ihe side of Gabrielle.beuriiu wiih her wilfulnei-s, and wailing hei .lightest comnriiid. Il was a ilifHi ull task foi him, evei when he camo lo analyze his feelings, 'e tel: why ho loveel her. Her charm in conversation her acknowledged! grace of manner; ihe applause which she won worn all; her beauty; her wit, her on- ginality; none of thtse alono.and scarce ly a'l of them combined, seemtjd lo him ufheient causes for his pusion. Ami then, ihat she could gain this influence over him, despite his unknown cot res pondeni, puzzled him. Often did Vei non wonder at his growing interest ii Galnielli ; often ho argued with himsell that she bore no resemblance lo his ideal; often he conceived a momentary dislikt u her on account of her wilfulness; bu1 as often would he rise fromlheso exam inations in'o his breast, with ihe feeling 'ha1 he loved the Carolinian with a pas- on, such as ho had never felt either foi n itie.il be.nu or for his unknown coe "esponileni. Love is of Ihe heart. not eil he in'ellect. The. struggle ro'iiiiiue ling, but i he tiioinph wai comp te. The real overcame the ideal. CJIAff fiR Ilf. Vernon was now continually win Li.ibrit lie, 1 1 1 s was a nature ihat when I lovpdr loved deeply; and hi mislres iccupied every thought that was no' de voted lo ambition. The symp-.thy hi 'al long desired he now fancied he huel found, and ho wnrshipptnl Ga'irlell with an intensity of which few wouhl have thought him Capable. And did she love him? This was i question which might hive puzzled one less interested than Vernon. Thai she admired him there could bo no doiibi,as .well as that lie exercised gie.ii influence over her- Since her acquaintance with him she was no longer a coquette, and he refonnaltoa was evidently in defer ence m Vernon's opinion. Hut all thin was computable with a me-e frienilth p foi him. And besides the re were many thinns in her demeanor toward hint which might have led close observers to tluuljt thai she fell for htm those tentle- er emotions which cons ituie ihe pass ion of love. There was no hlush i his epproach, no Ireinor when ho addsessed her, no anxiou watching of his e-.very action; bul, .when the,y mel she; sh- wed her elelighi i h ii fcTy j riTrtgQt'fv J ijt nierest: Inn with mil t mbarrnssment. Ufien, though by naiure snnguitic.iinea y eloiib .s wotilel cms the mind of Ver- "" "I el.ily these doubis toruired him more, until finally, to cluae his su--pense, he s, iz-d an opportunity, onej -veiling, when he was aloiit. wnlij. 'nielle, 'o oiler hrr his hand. For on ne him heiress w,s embarrassed, Sprprisn was visible in evvn f.jaiure of her countenance. Tnis astonishes me,' .slit vvith s.ime hesilJlion 'I -nv-r diciun-d believe me. it puns mc. I inv ih(! highest uste m fur you mi a fi nd neve r rancieil thai you loetkt el on nu. n any oiher light,' and he s.opped, uj. ble lo proceed, anil wnh pai.i tlep ctcd on evety feature of her coiititenauce. Vernon wassilem, for Ins jgony was loogreatjior words. Hi8 cherishe.l dream was over; the love he had at length ventu red lo indulge was in va,p. Oabrielle approached him and laid htr hand on his arm. Tears were in ,er eye.: it was the first time Vernon had ever seen them there. 'Forgive me,' ?he siid in deep omo- won, -ior ine JUllenng 1 have, caused I should have seen your feelings, and tm lo bhme for having encouraged you thus far. But J fdi the charm of your society and indulged in il. If f wo had met under more favoiable circum stances your suit would not have been in vain: bul I love anolher.' A fearful change came over the face of Vernon, and he staggered against ihe, wall. Uul mastering his emncoos by ono of those efforts of which proud men mly are capable, he saiel. 'Cud bless you, dear Gabrielle; for I must now bid you an mhTual far-well To meet again would beoiimunl to niv jelf God bless you, again, ami agon!' He look her hand, kiseil il fervently, tod iuh from the loom. There we'ie ears an that fair palm when Gahriellu onl;ed down. Vernon kepi his wowl, anil stu.lioiiK y avoided ihepiesence ol his unsuess. .Jul it was only in coniiexinii wen a hmige ol' scene, and afiei many a vio ieiil stniggie Willi himselt Ui.li he; s iC 'eeeled in conquei ing his pii,i, a, evei. then it leli hethnil it a -ilnss -vhich lingeel every act ol his lif. Ik "till wiote; but a deep melancholy per vailed his effusions. The .iteiini had lef r his heart still standmg,bui str.pp el l.i -! of every lei. Once more Vernon turned from Hie real world, and sought in the ideal lor relief. His old correspondent now reemrrd m him and he wondered why ho had not heard Irom her lately. He sought her old letters, .u.d gradually his former footings for her revived. Softened by her inim he sat down and poured forth his feelings in a poem nd dressed to her, which ,'ie published. In less than a f.iriuighi u brou. In an unowtr from her who IihiI been sihin ou seem in eh.'iers.' saui ihae,.'stf' as if somi) (lent neniai eulTernig hadj nU most prosiraiet! ou. Yon pine for tvra paihy, ami teidudf yourself frum it. I? this .ujhi? Tnetr are many who tvould bo iirniid lu share yum antrnwTj I know net .vnoyoii ate, nor ih extent nor nature of iuir ilisappumdiieiii, hut I myself nave .titfeied. and perhaps am even now autTer ing. lake cheer, Iheiefure; und en lure.' There was much else in the letter in ihei same tone, and it had a salutary effect on Vernori. lie fell ashamed nf iho weaknera He had shewn, and did umre, in iho ensu mg iiiniiih. to teinuve his passiJti for GabJ hrielle, than lie hail il.in. m i',e precadinrf six inonihe. " CIIAPTCa IV. And nuw anxious to rtspomlf ut. Vernon was uuue than over discover his, unknown cor Tho long contemplated jour ncy to Hoston was utnlettalieii, where he sought long and vaiulj for this stranger who. had so won lis fancy. She eluded his in