The Columbia Demo ffS if .. I have sworn upon the Altar of God, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over the Mind of Man.' Thomas Jo.TcrBon H. WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Volume Till. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1844. IVtiBiiIicr ;$j0 OFFICE OF THE DEMdCRAT orpnsiTK St. Paul's Church, Main-st. TERMS : The COLUMBIA DEMQCRATwill be published every Saturday morning, al TWO DOLLARS per annum payable fifty Lcnts,iJ not paid unllnn the year Aro subscription will be taken for a shorter period than 3ix months: nor any discon tinuance permilted,until all arrearages are aiscnargta. AD VER T1SEMENS not exceeding a square will be conspicuously inserted at One Dollar for the first thrccinsertions, and Twenty-five cents for every subse quent nscrlion. tiZPA liberal discount made to those, who d'lvi rtise by the yean LETTERS addressed on business',nms be post paid. POETRYo The Den (I. The dead arc evprywheic ! Thf! mountains Mile, thp plainjthc wand profound; All ihe wide earth- (lie ferlilc find the Mr. Is oi.e vast l)iirinl ground! Wiiliin ihe populous stiept, In Military homes; in placps high, In pleasuic dumps wheiepomp and luxury meet, Men bow ihein-'f I virs to die, The old man at his door: The nnwpanpd child in urimiritig its world Ipss song: The bondman and the frep, the rich, the poor; 'All, all to death belong! The sunlight gilds the walls Of kingly sepulchres en wrought with brass; And the long shadow of rhe cypress falls Athwart the common grass. The living of gone times Huilded their glorious pities by the sea. And awful in their greatnps sat sublime, As if no change could be. There was the eloquent tnngup, The poet's heart, the sage's soul was there: And loving women with their children young. The faithful and the fair: They were, but they are not; buns rose ami set, andcirlh put on her hlnoin, Whilst mill, submitting to the common lot, Went down into the tomb. And still amid the wrecks Of mighty generations passed away, Earth's booties! growth, the fragrant wild flower decks The tombs of yesterday. And in the twilight deep, Co veiled women fuith, like her who wont, Sister of Lazaiug, to the giave to weep, To breathe the low lament. The dead are every where! Where's is love, or tenderness, or faith. Where's is power, pomp, pleasure, pride; where'er Life is or was, is death. Two Pointed Texts, Rev, Win, Jay, of Bull, recently proaohed beforo the Lon don Missionary Society a sermon (rom the sinfle sentence 'Ebentzer,' on which he preached nearly two hours to a large and attentive audience. '1 he Rev, Mr. Ilaflles, of Liverpool, preached in another chapel also from n single sentence, 'forward.' Detter is a small house lo ono out of debt, than a palnce to a man with sheriffs for visiters, EXECUTION IN MOROCCO. Another instance of capital punishment was attended with the following singular circumstances. A Moor of the village ol Sharf had shot with a pistol in tho market at Tangier, a fellow-villager, whom he suspected of being too intimate with hii wife. The brother of the murdered man set out immediately for Mcknas, where the sultan was then residing, and claimed ill e life of the murderer. The sultan heard the case; acKnowicugru me justice ni hip 1.1 . . lomand; and summoning the plaintiff into his presence, delivered the following curi nus decision: We grant you our permission to lak the life of the murderer of your brother. with the same instrument of dead' with which he was at aassinaled, and on tin same snot, at the same hour ot thu (lav. Hut, added the Sultan, why seekest thou also to be a manahyer ? Accept the prici of blood, which is lawful unto true believ crs, and we will guarantee you its paymcn from our Sehrerfiaii hands, and two bun- tred mitzakel shall be the sum,' To this the plaintiff replied, 'Can thai sum purchase me a brother?' 'Co thy way,' said the sultan; 'we havi heard and understood ; a letter will be givei voti by the Vizier, in which our mandaii hall be written.''' Furnished with the sentence of death, ihe man returned to Tangier, and presented it t ih Governor. On the samo davof tin week, and at the same hour, the murderei was brought out of prison, and seated or lilt very spot here he. hud taken hi-fellow-villaifer's life, while crowds of peo pie attended to witness his death. I'he pistol was now given to the broihc of the muidired mm; when, having loadei it, he went up to the eriiiitval, walkei1 slowly in a circle round him, ati'l -I the presence of God and man, I c-dl upon von to answer me Irul) ; didst thou slaj ny brother. To this the crimnal replied, 'I did One of the multitude now steppiup foward, addressed the brother of the mur lered man: 'Accept the price of blood,' said he, 'anil 1 promise you one hundaed ducats in addi tion, which those here assembled will glad ly give.' Worthless words,' said the villager; anil again he walked round his victim. Agai. lie askpd him tho same question, and again the same reply was given. A spcniid offer vas now made, of two hundred ducats; and again the villager, walking round the priinnal, repeated lm question, adding. 'Say what thou believe.!, I am about to takelhv life.' 'That (iod is Uod, and Mahomed is the prophet of God," responded thu crim inal. Hardly were these words out of his mouth, when the pistol was discharged. Ii had been placed at the small of his back, being the samo spot where he h&d shot the man for whom he was now about to lie; but the wreU'ldd criminal, though mortally wounded, did not expire lor somt Hours. GOT ME DAK. Look hoah, Jake, how you gel dai hole in de sleebe of your now coat?' 'Holewharf wharl I doesent seo no hole in de sleebe.' You doosen't sees it prapi, but you's got one big one loo big enough lo put your arm froo.' ,Yah yah ah! I must' fess yon goi me dar, niggah. PAYABLE A J' SIGHT. 'Bob have you seen Mr. Brown late ly t" No Jim I havn't whyl" Why, I have a note of his and being short of funds should like to find him. 'The note is good is it noil' O! yes; good as gold, I suppose, bulj there's a difficulty nevertheless It reads 'at fight I promise to pay,' &c. Now 1 don'l say anything sgainst Ihe note, but blow me if I have had a tight at him since lie gave it to me and probably won't have ognin at long as 1 live,' LEGEND OF THE LOIRE. JEAN LOUIS. A TALE OF QUERANDE. The flood of civilizition and social improvement which il is asserted hac rolled over the hills nod valleys of Fiance, has not been iniivirjal in it extent. There are varioiu spots which eem placed beyond thu reach of tht- movement, lliving htile or no direp. communication vviih Paris, nml connpp- led wnh tho chief lowo of Ihe depart iiimH by a bad and unfi ciitienlrd roti'e, I ip inlialiitanls ol iho-p isolalPil district- n ar ol ihe events which uk" pUre, of lie changes ami ch iocs of MiMety, of allways and steam engine, gas lights mil consiiiinional kings, without consid ering ilicmsJves as in any wiv concpn i in iiiein, and regno those who are. rather wilh feelings of contempt Ihan of nvy. I his is ill- ecu more pit licul.ii ly in some par s if liretagu", where th ,Cople cling with ihe gie.itest p'rtiniei y to -ilil hahils and u-ages, rejecting villi pruverhi.il obstinacy, eveiy tillera lion, be it for beiipr or for worse. 0 n if th - pots in which 'he habits and nn ipi.s of bygnn ige-, ate mint peculiarh ueserved, ii Guerande. PI iced amid, he sand hills and marshes where tin Loire joins the ocean, between ihe an cieiit towns of C.oisie and the Uurg uf Ualz, it has pies, veil even its nu'w-tr.' ippearance lu t.ci Irom the itinovaiioi if modern habits ami miimeri. Ciicum scribed w'nhin its ancient walls am (itches, with streets not wider than m "iniiihm and a half, its bittl-mnnts tin mpiired, its ihree gales showing :li- pparalus for eleviiing or letting fall 1 1 i - ion ler.ius portcullis, and iu wooden Iriwbritlgcs, though no longer raised a' tinsel, still in a -tale to be so, every 'lion ah ml the town ireservtr-.-itie b-aiiir irimiiive character; ihe ipppr stories of the houses resting on solid pillais iv vood or stone, and tnrming gilluiies mder which the pa n o s aie ecur from rain or sunshine; ihe shops smal' ad low, l heir Ironts (overed with slaie' lasient'il -over one anithsr like thescale.- of fish; the windows ornamented will carved woodwo k, which projects inli tho streets in son o plare even heyoni the pillars, in gioteque faces, or Irngil ned out into fantastic diiimaw l snm iuknuwn or px'iopi race, who.- remain' ire lo bp found only in tnus inns. Tin ,inpulaWon of Gueiamlc not miineioti mil in cori3-qiience of the aluence ol 'he huy trade of mti'e nuidf mised 'owns, the. p8"ing traveller wandei. lliiough ?ileoi and deserinil siren . ; am' f he meets with a well pipe-c ayed urn I ii me, or some such emblem of recen' I iv, is slarilt'd at the anachronism, and would have been less surprised at en countering a warrior in the costume ul he middle ages, lor the dress ol lin- LJrelonsingener.il might pass for ilii ofanycr.1. The geographical position of Giieraude in sikiiu ineasim; account- for all these cii ctinislances. It possess is- but two roads, one leading to tin chief town of tho arroudissemeut, and hut little frequented, tin; other to St Nagaire, which is six leagues disiant. Il has no speculations in dado to bring vi sitors, and the f w strangers who malu heir appearance are chiefly invilids,who come for the purpose of sea bathing, anil he advantages of so retired and cconom teal a situation. Even the anival of a strange beggir, some five and Iwenly years ago, was the subject of a nine days' wonder : more especially as he seemed inclined lo take up his abode in Guerande, and ililfereil from the native population, and even from persons of his class, in his habil and appearance, which weie those of a person of education. II was supposed at ihe time that he was one of the unfor tunate persons ruined by the Revolution and proscribed by the parties in power, which supposition was aided by a repoi that he was in possession of some re mains of propeity: but no inquiries could elicit anything Iron: him, tliougii ihe supposed circumstances ol Ins lusio ry strongly predisposed Ihe royalist po ulaliou in his favor. lie neilhtr con fumed nor ileniid the patting lumuir, hut quietly took his station al Ihe door of Ihechuich ss a rrgular mendicant. With mom of the inhabitants it became cusiomary to beBlow upon him a weekly ilms. Amongst those was tho Ahbo Sorel, who officiated al tho malm ser 'ice, and who had been from Ihe first tiuek by his uppcarance "and singular onducl, though he could never extract IrOm him any particular of his past his ory. The slranger went by the name 'f Jpan Louis, and took tip his rcsidenct in ii large' and neaily deserted mansion in one of the most desolate parts of the 'own; but no one was ever permuted lo "nier his domicile, for which ho very egularly paid a small renl, which was never in airear. He wis not ohiruivp in his habits of mendicancy, but quietly iwaiicu i ne oiiarliy ol I lie worsMmneis ni silent resignation. Amongst persons of the same c ass he was regarded with Inference; and in case of any dispuie rising amongst them, was appealed io is an umpire, by whose diriion even inn iv is coiiieiited lo abide. mongsi ollim sui(ilaiiiis of Jean Louis, was hat of his never being known lo enlei he chuich, though there was lilile douh' .f his being a Catholic, and deeply im- piessed wnh teliginus feeling. Ai lenijili the Abbe. Soiel.on entciing ihe church one morning, missed his pen sioner Irom the usual place. The nexi I iy he w is absent ; and on Ihe third inn ning, Jan L-igfS not having made' 'us appearance, the woiihv iniet. m.ik- ug himself acquainted wnh the nsi 'euce of Ihe pool in in, M-siilved lo eek 'tin nut, anil asceilain the cans1; of Ins oininue. I absence. With some 1 1 IT j - cu ty he dtbCoveit-il ihe diea y h'lile ol the hegg'ir; jo one "oilier ol a imnnll Cuilll. once the it m..t enci; ot .1 melon noble, he f mud ark winding s'.nr cise, which conduc ml linn to a low .iicli'O door, where he Uooclied I'oi 'im 'line without being ihle In giio admi t nice. Al length a .mall gi ating was iMlhdrawii; and the ! miii u-iihiu h iving aeei t.-nned who lh 1 itor was, lemoved Ihe hir which : i 1 ..... , . . , I'll icno 1 me. euiiauce, ano tile ji itisl was admitted into a small ihrk ,,.u., iJr-.. , i.;.irJi. v.s evidenilv -ulfei ing from rn-veie ill- less and bodily weiknes. He nnde nun iil apo'ogy for having deiaioed lln libe so long; 11. d th'-ii .ifit.-i s-i-ne sligh1 leMtaiion, din mg which he seemed ti form some sudden lesohiHoo, icq i'Sted 11m lo lollow him, at lie same inn. htowing oppo the door of an luin i chamber. The first room into whirl the priest had bp (mi admitted was a dail- mil rm-;r.ible abode, unfin nibed, and villi eve1yappe.11.1nce of desolation hi i.ivi r v; 'in- second, lo his ii.liniie .1 niZoint, Wis lureis'ie I 001 only ivi'l coiniori. Din wrn coui ier.-iiiie loxuty, h mgli Ihe ai tides were generally ol" nn nodi ro dale. As they enleied lln hainhi 1 , Jwau 1,'itlis seemed lahnrini! mder gieil mental agitation as well a udily weakness. He. however,placei! 1 chair fir Ins guest, ind 1 lien stagieied o a heap ol sliaw coveieil wilh a coaiM ug, which was placed on oou side tin 'onni, and en 11 1 1 ;i -U-d slraugely w,th lilt vnioiis aiHclcs of comfort wiin which I was surrounded. For a few moment ihe piiet was silent I rum surprise, till n lepp groan from. hs companion loiispd lint, when advancing lo the spot when he beggir had filleu exhausted on hi ug, he look him by Ihe hand, and said . . . , . T 1 ' . 111 Kiuiiiy accenis, 'jean, my iiiemi. you seem lo possess every means of re lief lor your bodily wants, bill Ihe mys terious circumstances in which I hod you il .cel, le.ul me to suppose that tht le is some secret sonow or some secret sin, which only religious consolation can relieve; is il not, then, I he hand ol Providence which has brought me hen to console your solitary wiicliednesb? As your friend and spiritual guide, I entreat of you to confide in the 1I1 viiu mercy, and you will receive comlor and fuppoil.' I heie is no relief, no consolation, in mercy for me,' wildly exclaimed tin sick man. Such doubt, and such despair, mildh replied the abbe, aie more criminal lhan you are aware ot ; there is mercy fur every repentant sinner.' 'nut none tor mp, none for me.'grnai ed Ihe unfoi tunate; 'for ingratitude til the blackest dye, lor robbery, for min der, nay, almost pariicide; no, no,iiei' can he no meicy for mo.' 'My rail h and penitence, tvery sinnei may have hope.' 'i'enttencp, penitence,' mm mured the beggar; 'can penitence obliterate sins like miner 'There is an atonement hpyontl the penitence of man,' replied the abb.-. 'have laiih in that atonenient, anil 3 on willeceive hope and consolation.' Jean Louis mome.l in heartfelt agonv. but mado no reply; and Ihe priest kneel ing by his side prayod loigand earnest ly. This seemed lo iraunuilise the mind of ihe sufTerer in soinn d. gic; when suddenly rising, ho seizfd the hands o the abbe, and exclaimed, 'Hear th til of my iniquities, and then nay if hopi or consolation can exist form.).' Hope exists for all men, tfth.it h-pp he fixed aright,' repliod ihe priest, who at the desire of the penitent, placed him self in hi? seal. The begin I 1 n knell hefure him, and amidst many sobs and groins, which al limes intei . npte.l hi. narrative, lold Ihe follow 11; his ory t. 'he attentive prie't.- He was, he .-nil, the 4n of a inn vigoeion in Hmgtndy, and ,n Hn euj ige had b-en l iken into Ihe fimi'y id Ihe lord of the vill ig. a nohlnm in nl wealih and distinction, who inteniled Ii. bring him up as a valel for his son, year or two youngei than himsi If; but having shown some talents, and a con- Ipc.ible readiness in icnuiring inf.,t trillion, his dp.itiny was changed, mil he wis educated wnh Ins ouog marsr.n.d I length b"cune a coi fi eniial teretary nil' in- levolillioiin y st.inii hid becin. d.iikr and in rue lir iiemug ;'ii s masir t'luk t'le alum, si-cured ronsi lenhle iinu in f,r!i-n I11111I;, and providing iiims. lf v 'h a hiifficiencv of lea Iv nio- ne , ipmnved his family in secrecy to a t etit . d pot near Pai is, v hpi p, under 11 - 1 ne. 1 name, and an aiitic.ir.iiice of poverty, lie lor some time escniH liom osptcton and fioni danger. Willi tin exc plion of his wife and clnl iien, .L-an Louis w.n his only confident: on him he ii'lieil, as on his own sou, and fion. him nothing wis rooce:ded. At lengi! prompted by avaiicj and ambition, tin futhli'ss wutcli conceived the io'eio, purp.se ol denouncing his pit. in;. liene.facloi ; mil hope. by involving tin -.1. -1 r......l,. : ,. -r . ... 1.!... .. r .... . t , i- . . niniseii 01 1 in; errci luuiii, 01 Hie psi- ticulai-of which he was well informed l''or sum- lime he he.ilaled, bill Iho sou iel on of evil It iuutpheil, and he be ny ed to the revolutionary tribunal tt, relieal of the pi oci iheil lu.tii ly ;of whou he son only esctped. being by rbanei it the time s pirated hum his devnteil i.:...i 1 'P.... r.1,1.1. . .. .... ... t'ir as evenlo appenras i( vvitne,, ,igins lis hetip'ct(.rs and roilgiied tliflll ti. he -if iff i' l By accident he was 111 the -Hi-pi- o' Phis ihe fiol vehicle con veyed hi- victims lo I he sLoghier, urn the eye of Ihe mas er fell upon him, mil ecogiiised him amongst "he crowd; ih. glance was momentary, hut its efi"ci va enduring; il came I.Ue the hlas'in.' fire of heaven, I' awoke w thin him lm uipnts never reining, anil mn.ii Hidden hie a reinoisf; and agony which no bodily Miff ring could have , qii'tlhwl. lie fled f'om Pins, posse. sml indeed o1 he spoils of In-, niuideti'd lientfacloi . tint wnh a lesolu'ioo never to enj'iy the m he delcrtnired lo huiy hirn If in th. mot retired spot he could find, and h pass his life in poveiiy, sunounded h his guilty wealth, and by everything which should recall his ciimeto In- homly reinembr.incp. To that end In had transported the remnant nf his mas. ler's lurnilure to Guerande.and brought wiMi hitn the portniis of the murdered amilyhat they might be forever hefoii- 'lis eyes; at the sime lim-i he painted to the picture on the wall. I he abbe who had listened with in inne anxiety to the tale, giew p.le as t advanced; and when it reached till point, lollowing Ihe direction in which ihe penitent pointed, lm starled to hi feet, and exebimed,' Merciful heaven! my f.ithfi! and my nioihei," Tlie beg- ar. with a loud and piercinr scream. fell senstlpss on the fi.ior. After a time spent in mental prayer. the abbe raised the fallen, placed bin 111 his low couch, anil forced saline waipi down his throat, after which be began gradually lo recover; bill it wis some inie before he was restored to full con .eiousness, and then raising himself in. his knees, he said in a faint voice. 'I, 'here pardon for such a wretch is I5' 'Foi vou and fur all men,' re.ilu I tn ihbe Milt unity. 'And can you pri for me?' The a hoe fell on his kiipps and pruned (f.u i an anient prayer lor the. sinner, who prostrated himself in silence before h w when the priest sought o taisu him ha wag dead, C.IOOSING THE LEA&TBVIL. -a Tup following story is told by a Fran, h taper; A cr.rum widow lady plared her hi d at nurse 111 one of the foundling hospi tals of Germiny; and, intending to leave it there until it shunt I bo old onou-di n bpgi'i receiving an eduntinn, paid ih stipend: for fo'ir years, About the sa.i.e una a gentleman placed Ins child i-i s line institution, and it was consigned to th s line nurse. The gentleman H.en in i .e voyage to South America, wi re In- h d some business ofimportatice th t ne !.-,! 1 is attention. At the end of the four years th ladv returned lo take away her !n!di i,d by a somewhat singular pnu.cidenpp. 1 f jentlemen arrived a tjpe same lime, 'ie same object, But in the inu-ie ii n-' ftliH children had died. and the nurse cm i ! iat declare positively whether it was ' -t f the widow or ihe other. The tj.w liinieil the survivor as her own. the irm leinan insisted :a siiongly that ins was the ivii.g child. The dispute wixed waini, mil a resort to the legal tribunals was ihrrl ened on either s de, when a r.iergy man nterposed.aud with such efivct that il e n 3. iiitauts soon agreed lo i'imh il.,i 1 r,r daims to ihe surviving rdnld '. v m-.rr. g'-. Solitude. Alih nigh in n is a social l e 1, ai. I ' . I 'ii til- in 1 lm siiiM.-iy of . , til..-.-, i, tli 'r are thnes in hi-, life, u n ,( .t,.,- , 4 his swpele. I'lours of ptij,ivi.i, n l ini'ly hours of snli'ii le. 'I'.hu lie is Iroin the busy lm i-i of men, n d lite y-nr' eiiit.'iiiion, where no eye b. u ddd hid b eye id Oiiiiii'ciencp, whose h..rai,'er 3 attributes, he contemplates with plpasut "id fur whose pet fitlierlv ,pr .'e.-uon 11' f nlii.ir kindness. Ins hcarl dit i.-s w 1 h nn- tilde, and in hi simple yei f"rw 1 orisuc 'ie liiiuihly su'ieiiH their cnu.i 1 . .-e frou the hntinliful of all 1 in. I. In Mihltiile, tun, we (lofivc pic mire from 1 retrnsppcl of the past. The i a'ef.d aioiiieuii nf relirpment re hallowed by a duiu-aMil plpasing rEPidle.Mu.ns of the I ; one scenes and enjin menls of oil i r iIhn vnii'ii inning ine uillul in rauit in-cps on mil as an hv like ihe glnu'eerings ol a meteor. It ni hWPi't lo rn.li e. lii.lhe (low. ry nmi.'iirinpii!ory lino gatf.er the lieHiiu- rn) evprgreens that ertivinp thr-unelves 1 round every object befn'e us. While thus -,ipI heiind hv the K"ft niiisu and sileni 1 iifiu y which vibrate 11 pint every chop! of "ii I us. we almost Cnncy ourselves din ..1 nieied from earth. And ronvptmri nun i'ii' loved spins of the past, wilh him no were oni'p familiar but who hive bern led 1 way by the icv hand nf the 'fell destroy pr o iIip region of silenpo and drcav; or vr Ptmriiti'd frnm us by the intern ntir.u ,f lowering hills and iiulnig supaui, and n ull whom we can 1 otiuiiiutc only in er ret chamber of inniytiruiun, 01 in 1 delightful rpininsccni e 1 I deputed hoi 1-. n-ade sacred by a thoti" hi.! endearing reU inns. A HARD MASTER. Thomas Litchfield, a birpil servant, com- .daisied againsl his master, Mr. Chamber-, f Wellingsbnrnugb, for the non-pi incnt of wages due him up to the lime he lefi. 'lie set me sueh funny jobs,' said Litch field; 'such as stnidme on a gatepost to whiiewash the moon with a pot of blacking: at another to fetch a load of clouds tn Inn- r die horses. He tell'd me the other Suni)a when I wanted mv dinner, to cut a 15 a brick into mutton chops, mil fry iliciii in a four wheel wagon at Vishuvious. Il a! .'t likely I can do llieui there coejurahvti tricks.' The complaint was dismissed and Lilch field was ordered to return to his work. ABSENCE OF MINDS. A man who wis remarkably fund or lis dog on going to his dinner on" dav very politely handed his canine friend 0 a cliir;and got under the I able him. 1 t k t 1 1 sell. iNenner ne nor any one else ui. covered the mistake to rectify it. BORROWING A KLSS. The N. Y. Sunday Mercury We asked a pretty girl; the n'n. ' Id give us a Kiss, tltll She coilld'i alt 1 She said however she would I- u one, provided w It is oeed'esc t 1 nwpil the ar,,ph n 0 l.p'ly.' w .11! 1 -..I 1 d "UF. ()!') ST II )-t I v 0. Mr. Maurm, of 2 York, oivns a hor-o 'h :s f.- old, he drives Nun Irom blalL'ii Islati'', d moet daily, and ho cn travel a mile in lent man lour mlnuies,
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