I havo sworn upon tho Altar of Cod, eternal hostility to ovory form of Tyrauny over the Mind of Man." I'homis Jefferson Volume Till. JSLOOIMSmJRG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, DECE3IBRR 14, 1844. .Vmiilier 34 o OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRAT orp.)3ixu Sr. Paul's Cituncn, Main-st. The COL UhllUJl DEMOCRAT will b, published .every Saturday morning, al 7'H'O DOLL.UHS per annum payabli liinf yearly in advance, or Two Dollars PiJ'y Cents,! not paid within tlicyiat. i'o subscription will betaken for a shorter jvi iuii limn rfi.t inuuiHx; iwr any uiscoif tinuance pcrmilted,unlil all arrearage! urc uisr.nurgtu. il DVE JITISEMEXS not exceeding tqitare will be conspicuously inserted al One Dollaror the first three inserlioni. uit'l I wcnlu-tive cents lor even suusc iuent nsertion. XCPJl liberal discount mil te to those uio alvrrtise by thcyears LI; I Af6 addressed on liusiuess,niusl be post paid. POETRYo From the New Haven ltcgii.lr. tC7We republish the following good old .iing of Jefferson mitl Liheiiy.as piiticular-It- npnroiri.no at ill's lime, when the roun irv has just emerged Irnnt ;i conical a tm- ......... ,i e icnn ;.. ll)n:ill III 111 IUMIII. HS WHHHI! III lUUWilll lite triumph of Jefferson. Aside frmn if ir patriniti: spirit, which is brealhsd in every li ,c, llit'io is ii li.irmmiy in the vei i-ilicatli'ti . unil a richness in tlio t!i ill olil nine, thai make It highly pie Hug to republican ears anil w t hope eveiy deinicr.il will preserve a copy, learn tin! Iiliii", Si l' ready In s.el' the chorus, at the lirsl 1 1 1 in r I it- fiival 'I'n such peri)iii an are anxious In gel up a peiscotiltiiu war with naiur;iliz d citizen we particularly roc.ii'iimeud n: Jcfil'rsoii &, Libri'ly. The glnnmy i.ight befoie ii" (lies, I The reign of terror now is o'er Ils gagi, inquisitors, ami spies, lis hordes uf liiii nieu no more. CHORUS. Ilcjiiiee, Columbia's. .S'orn, rejnirt ! Jo I iirantv never hen I the knee ! JSut join with heart and tout and voice. lor Jelerson and JAuerty ! O'er vast Columbia's varied elimp, Her cities, forests, shores and dales, In rising majesty midline, Immortal Liberty pievails. II id! long exported, glorious ilay! Illustrious, memorable morn ! That Freedom's Fabric from decay, Rebuilds for millions yet unborn. Within iia hallowed walls, immenso, No hireling bands shall e'er arise, ArrayM in tyranny's defenco, To cru.h an injured people's erics. Nn lording here, With gorging jaws, Shall wring from Industry us food; Nn fiery Bigot's holy laws Lay tvaslo our fields and streets in blood. Here strangers from a thousand shores, Compelled by Tyranny to roa.Ti, Shall find amidst abundant stores. A nobler and a happier home. Ileio Arfshall lift her laniel's head, Wealth, Industry, and Peace divine; And where dark pathless forests spiead, Itich fields and lofty cities shine. From Europe's wants and woes remote, A !rarv waste of waves between, Hern plenty cheers the humblest cut, And smiles on every village green. Bllere free as air's expanded space, i i .i . - . ..i. . 1 1 i. i o everv soin aim seei snau uu TIihi Miered privilege of our race, T'f worship of the deiiy. ti nese guts, great Uborty! are thin; t'en thousand moto wa own to tlieu u Mill, tl ,11, lll.l IIIKIl IIJUIIIIM IUB PIIIIIU, lio Ion y 111 ami died lor liberty. nVhat heart but hails a seenn so bright, What soul but lusplraiion draws Who would not guard so dear n right. Or die in such a glorious cause? L"t foes to freedom dread tho name, 11 nt should tliey touch tho sacred tree Millions ot patriot swonls shall 11. mm For Jelliirson and Liberty! iFrnm Florida to Lake Ohnmpluin, From Main to the Pacific shore, ITIir sons of freedom loud proclaim; The reign of Whiggery u er ! Jfejolce, Columbia's sons rejoice! To tyrants never bend tho knee, Ilfioicj with heart, and hand- and voice, For JAMES K. POLK, and Liberty! EDITORS. It may not be generally known, hut i 13 a lact, that editors work lor n living just tig olhei pcoplv do. One would sup pose, to hear thu abuse la'islicd on news paper writers, that they were species ol monsters, committing all soils ol inischiel for iniscliiul's sake. Editois are publii properly. Every loafer in every three ren1 L'rogery in town hiiows nts tongue to run i i i ii .1..... ai.raoiHiio uiioiii uit;ii iri buiiuii iiiiiiiuv to him; and who would not know him foi hall l he world's licnsury, as though the) iveto inlinute. acquaintance. A nasty feeling of envy prompts every thick-hcad-id upstart to venture his crude opinnu upon tic merits of ihe editors, to t xpntMle on their private ehaiaclers, to point out llinir weakness, lako exceptions to their dress, ridicule their oiauners, and lie away iheii reputation. AH the while these (inform laics arc writing away in comers of print mi' offii'if, (I raw i hi' on their brains to lib their stomachs; day after day, from the year's begiuuig lo its end, taking theii 'eats at the old dcflis, toiling for bread I he mechanic has liw proper time in which to do specified work, and when it if oinpleied, the critical eyes of the employ i'r alone, can scan it. But thu editor duet- very thing in haste, and all that he accom dishes passes tinder the cold, fault scokini! yes of the public. Some men, loo mag inimons to bestow censure alone, do in eed nwaid pra 6e;bin the mash lovo to finif fault. It tl ies sjnt'.fv llieni to gel a chanci' hi abuse an ediloi, and no poor scribbler iver escapes the venom of their tongue hen, btcausu lie happens to be a editor, Ins private affiin aio a legitimate subject for public comment. Ho happens to have some domestic tumbles forth will hey arc noised around. The old maid, dabbling her hand in th lop bowl at the tea table, tells tho cotnpa ly all about the sorrows of poor Mrs. So nd-3o, without knowing the oriein or th rinht or wrong of the mailer Or if th dilor possesses taste enough to dress will narked plainness, in these doys of einptj how, when the human calves wear th finest coals, the inquiry is instantly started wether Mr, is not disipated? Wha f7j ho do with his mnnevt II never oe urs lo these very cu riotis people that lb iciim of this malicious remark may hav some claims on his heart mote powerfo than all liie haberdashery temptatioi.s ol Ilroadway lhal young sisters or brothers ir it may be a widowed mother, look to him in his honest manhood, and do noi took vain. These excellent gabblers d int allow Iheniselves to suppose for a mo ment that their ill-natured and continued backbiting has its origin in a miserabl mitil of envy. Why, nn editor Ins a free admission to all places of public amusement occasionally he has a seat al some sjirea oftentimes he gels a how from n gre man. v ml a lorn naie ihi uw : iiiiu men . r.n t 1 t.n.. loo, he appears in type, his name is at th head of the firt column of a paper, or look lown in all ihe pomp of capitals, from ll top of a magazine atticlp. To the vulg eyes of ignorance these are privileges and honors of great vhIup, nnd yet tneir posaess or not valuing them a fig. would give th em II. and more, for lhal obscurity which shut out from the humble hut of the peasant the prying nyes whose reflation set in mo linn ills deirActlnrj ton'iue. ;V. Y. Sun O 19 day Times, A couniry lad having just entered a liter ary institution in one of our eastern (owns. was viewing the curiosities of the diUerem shops, and happened to step into a boot, store. After gazing about for n tinic.woniler iui! al the vasi amount of books piled upon the shelves, ho asked Hie hook seller, ii man of Inch feelings, what ho kept for sale there. The reply was, numbsculls. The boy ttitnliiL' lo leave, replied, 'I guss you bnvn n noor assnrlincn) don't SCC but one. An Irishman said, he did not come to thU con ulry for wont. He had abundance that in his own cour.Uy. The chap is nght. THE SISTERS. BY Till: AUTHOR OF " UMNO A MCE. Come Ellen, wc have Iwn hours to tneive,v, let us once moio latce our ia vntilo walk." Tho sneaker Graen Wilmnt had seen v ' .- .. .?t:..i..i.. fat' hill i sevcoiecn .stiininers, yoi aircmy uer heail had sliaycd from Iho home in which In r infancy was cradled, and this iy tdic was lo i;o foith liooi lis qutei icuiics into I lie -vorld, vviih hioi whom he had chosen for her grille. ThoiiRh ho ;ljy sun was scarce an hour hinh she was already ailircd for her bridal, an I may be seen in ihe fronlipiece, a she appeared on this, i he most eveiitlul iinrnini' of her lite. Over a full skirl of muslin, she wears bodice of satin wi'h stomacher and Hint wills of lace. Tho veil which HoaiD around her form is confined lo hei lead by a wreath ofor.inno I avers, be ieai',1 which her hair IjILs upon Iter nccli in ils own natural rinelnts. Liestdc her kneeling fom-. slandu her sister lHeri iver whoic classic fealurcs Isnie lias hrown a deeper .shadow. ton ycari older than Oi ice, Rlleo had, at her age ii'lnlged the same bright hope wind low (laddenod her; but ll ey h.ul bec?i inlilenly and lorever darkened I'ht' crave had closed over the forn which was associated with all her ima 'i in n ! ot 111', and lllou invoke Irom he fust stupefjclioo of niief lo feel that henceforlh she lived, not lor hersell oi 'or the prehent;bui for the friends wlmni ler ahi'idoomeot lo -opuw would altl'c md for Ihe h isful lien-after promised to those who 'eodii'r! as shoioz iimi who ii invisible.' G -aduilly ihe ro-' id letumi'd lo her chc,siiil the smil. o her lip, Inn Ihe one hid never bloom .1 so vividly, nor i tie other been n ous us in il i v- o vore She wa ne'v. if ever, seen m the aemtiilies o ie young and iiy, bill her presenci ,v 'he uii liil'ii ol tier la'iiers nome oil it wis no uncommon ohsirv.iiim villi li s visilois lii.it 'it would lis ileasnre to no to lllf! pstsoo.lgc. if veie only to se Ellen tlinot's sweel laco and lo lecsivo her choerlul, Uindl reeling.' Grace, had but a dim, shadowy remen uanco of her moihet's voice and stej for they had vanished from her hum vhoti she was scarce Itvo veais old. Ellen had never assumed over her you ei kister a inothm'H aulhornv, but sh lidw.ilched with a moilim s mieres he unfolding of her miiul, ami heart, & ihie ded her with meternal caie Irom he very touch of sorrow. Mr. Wilmot's ieelines toward Ihi youoget darling, who had lost, so eaily i mother's love, which nothing can ie iilace were neculiarlv lender. In Ellen he confided; ,she was his loved compin ion as well as his child.bui 'little Gnet s she had continued to he called,, when ilmost as tall as her sister, was a no lamb, lo be fondled and cherished.to b lii-lieit'd in his very heari, and pieserv ed if possible, in her childish innocence nd Invingness from a chilling mid coi rtiDiini: world. Gmce repiid with tin warmest affliction, the lendui ness of hei alhcr and sisters. Mr. Wilmot was a clergyman and th reverenca for his sacred office which mm gled somewhat of awe with the love ol nis children; checked oven in the heed less Grace tho complete ou'potiring o Her thought!) and feelings; hut Irom he isier EMen nothing was withheld, am long before Iho aillcss gill suspecied .night ill her own feelings to Fhili Ellerslie, which sho might havo hesil led lo reveal, Ellen had recognized them Ihe lovo whose disappointment had clouded her life. To Mr. Wilmoi it had been o painful surprise when was asked lo sanction Ins dpughler s en aacenient, hut a child, as she seemed him, he saw thai her heart had neen ai ready bestowed on him who now bough her hand, and whose character nnd pro peels in life left him no just reason for disapproval. Philip Ellerslin was a young lawyer whose talents and application had alrea dy giined him high ocomiuuis, and whose generous support oi nis wuioweo mother and sisters panshORers ot ivir. Wiltnot spoko volumes of his moral excellence. Ho had commenced the nrnctico oi his profession in a distant city, and thither iniM (Iraco remove with him on her marriage, fiom the homo which hail been lhal of her whole life fir Mr. Wiltnot possessing an in i'j'ilipendent fortune, and tiuo christian humanity, had nuiilier been impelled by ,s neccssilies nor lempled by hisambi- linn from the simple flock to whom he had lirsl broken the bread of life, und ho so loved him, lhal lo them ttuih - nil came welcome irom It is lips, i tic ountfy rooiuT the parsonage, lor it w.n, tho couniry, was beautiful anil pictu- esque and otioofMr. Wiimot's recrea- ions had been lo bestow on its grounds hose adornments which his tasle sun ceted ar.il his health permitted. Walk had been opened to points of peculiar beauty. Soma of these w-ilks wore iravulcd and Rent uy tho cirdener as carefully as thoe which sne ned hi more immediate charce. To one of ihesi it was lhal Gace now invited her silet. Caking a luskel on her arm Ellen said we will galher some flowers as we go for your bnqtiel. L'nked arm in arm he stslers ptocecded Ihroogh the gar leu, sod pissing' through ils gale in the ear. entered a urove in which naltii had been lefl uncontrolled, the walk winding hilher and thi'lvr, wherever i. ot ihl iiod tinobs'rucicd space. I he ees were just opening Iheir leafy Inid o ihe halmv breath of May. Some carce ventured to peep forth from their coverinn of roJSRl blown, and othei wearing their first dclicale tinge of gtei n Fiom this grovn the walk soon cm. rg el into Ihe clear sunlight. In ihunprn pice, ihe cistiTii ban bordered it with licit Cvntite flowers Here weie thi- brighl Crocus, the modes,! Siiou-diop ind the Lily uf the valley, emblem ul purity with veiy slender petal geniiti nd. with Hie dews of mornin. Ellen stopped lo fill her biakel-lrace o cast a . look of linceringlove at a seem- linked with mmy a dear remembiance if her happy childhood, and her lotiih Jeside her, from a green knoll low.ird a lofty o.ik beneath whose, shadow hi lad sported with compminns as joyoti is herself, ihruiigh many a kiMiniei veiling. J-foie her lay ihe smill lake ir pond al which the walk terminated N'e.ver had it looked levelier, ihan now is ils waters liy spirkling in the sun ieam?,except al i's eastern shorp,vher. he verdant hills which almost eueitclci t cast their darkening shadow on iU clear tide. From these most distant object Grace mined to the flowers at her fee md "looped lo search amoog ihem for : iieasur a violet, she nad scarcely no il to find. It was Ellen's fivnnt- llovver and fiom her chihnood (jrice had watched the opening of Ihe first vio lei, that she might bear il to hi r stslei in ofTerlng of love. And this year, to ihat pleasures shall he hers for see sh- lolds the litllo puriile fl iwer which has just begun to unfold its petals ami hind ing its delicate stem lo a elutT of liilu of the valley, sho ufiVt s it lo Ellen, ex-1 claiming, sSsp, dear Ellen; our own (1 liver? is it nol an omen of good that I should have totind it this moining does il not lell us that we cannot he wholly parted while wo have ihe memo- y of ihe past, and even a simple rww-i can awake so many ihoughts of love? Wear this to-day deai Ellen, and ilim put it carefully by, and promise me lo look nt il once every da)', and Hunk 'hat I am with yor, ihoiigh you do no1 ee niH.' 'Nay, my own Grace, dwelling in th' home of our childhood,whero every ob ject is associated with you and talk nl you will season every meal. I need no such memonlo but in ihe new hnnv o which you go who will speak io yov l Ellen ? whal Ireo or flower whict we have loved and nursed together sh.it uvaken tender memories of her in yum heart ? Do you take those flowers, ni) beloved Grace-lining emblems are Ibex of the simple and pure affections of you caily home, look at them ofton, and oh! my treasured sister, may Iho niemnrlp with whioh they aie linked preserve you from tho influenco nf the false, tho heart less and thu vain " A fellow wishing to insult a clergy man pretended to hu drunk. Swaggtr ing round, ho repealed sevoral timet., 'I never gel drunk except in godly com pany.' 'And do vou wish to know the reasou?'said the minuter. 'It is berausi there you have all the drink lo your' self,' FEMALE CURIOSITY. A naval officer, who some limn ago ramo lo reside in E linburg, hav ng pre viously engaged a largo mansion on shun lease, despatched his butler to re ceivc his itirnltore, and havo the houi put in order. The builer engaged i young woman residing iti the ncighbot- hood, to clean out the rooms and arr.ingi pari ol Ihe funnlun:, ind he assisted bar himself to carry up a large chest of rath or singular appearance. This gigantic box his mascr had purchased is a curiosity; hut unlike I hat describe' in the song of the "Mtsleto Hough," i lid nol shut, hut opened with a silting i'Uched lo the lock: which being touch eil, the lit) Hew opeo, and a till brawny Highland man, in full cos ume, t.luo I erect, and struck out his right aim, in which was a wooden sword. The gentleman had puichaseil it as a curious piece of mechanism, and wa wont to amuse his children with it. That's a heavy chesl,'' said a wo man, as lhe placed ii on the floor " Ves,"dtiswer''d Ihe huiler,who wa a w ig ol the first water, Mheie's some thing il it, t hat'.s ceilain; hut thert oiiieihing my.tei iouj about it also, lo Ithuugh the key hangs at Ihe end ol it no one is allowed to open i " Did you ever see the inside of il?" replied she, walking lound il. ' Never," slid he, "it's as much a any of our places is worth even lo spea .ibuiil il." So aying, the knight of the coik sciew looked firt al the woman, thei h the dies', then on Ihe fl tor, and then eliied slowly down the strirs whistling to uoik on the ground flit. Mm gi proceeded lo put things to lights in lb room; but evety time she passed the chest she thought il looked more mid ' Frailty, thy name is woman!" Stif rapped on thu lil v(K Wor U..LUt i had a cuiious, hollow sound very : And none nf the servants had dated i open H ! What on earth could il coo inn? Well.it was none of her biiMtie-s, 4d iho wont diligently to woik for fivi ninutc.s, at the end of which time hi ,aw htrself standing, with her rrm- kimho gazing on i!ie chest. "It cat do no harm lo look into it." though -he; so she quietly look ihe key fiom iho nail and applied it In Ihe look. Ol cotiise stir heard footsteps on the Mi'i as eieiy one will do when alraid o1 lettetion in ihe contmij-sion of ome sr they wih to keep bictrt. Again sin eg.iined confidence, and tetninetl lo he ches' ; he bt ioped iltl'l tut ned tin key. Up flew the lid; and the ivoodei flighlaiidman kill. and, pl.ilah g. spiang on his 'egs with more Ihan hu man agi'Hy. and letchfd t lie pi'tnli" a i-harp uhack actors ihe huuidti wiih ihe fljt of his "Andiea Feiraia." prolonged shttek, ending in a moai of despaii, indicated lhal the poor no- nan had sotighi rclt.t in a swoon. In the couru of a lew monieuls tin woman io-iP. nn her elbow, looking mio y aiotiud Hie loom, till !i-i eyes cutigh' iie H ghljndman bending over her. Seeing nothing hut destruction awaiiing her, two springs look her lo the dooi. lown stairs sho went, nor did she slacl. n her pice till she found heiself tnid- ing in the house of a lady in the neigh' hoi hood. The poor woman did n iceover nom uer iiigtit tor .evera' lays. Far Every Body. Let the business of cvety body else alone, and attend in your own. Uon t buy whal you don ' want; un eveiy hour in advantage, and tidy even to make leisure houis useful; think iwice before ynu jiend a shilling, jemember you will havo another Ii mke for Hjjliod lecrealion in looking uer your nusiness,aii(i so your uiisine. vill not bf neglected in looking aflt i recreation: buy low sell fair, and lake ire ot ihe profits, look over your book eegularly, and if you did an eiror Han il out; should a stioke of misfortune oniH open you in trade, ielieneh,woik hirder, bill never fly iho tr.ick;confinii' iilhculties wiih in. flinching persever ucc, ami I hey will disappear ut last; hough vou should even lit! in tin struggle, ynu will bn honutod; hi shrink from tho task ami you will be depijed. What was this world madu for hu enjoymeni? Then Mgo it while you'ie young, lor when you'ie old you can't The Hat nf Ihe World "W cid ?' Mow Ireqiiently is that brief ii admonitory senionce inleifercd Willi ml exciting any hut the most transient million- without Bivakening a deeppr ir in nre nermanpnl reflection til a It Iho next pissing thought will entirely obltt crate' from the mind ! Two friends shall casually meet after a temporal' separa- ton, and Inqnito alter a third and mutu al friend. " IIo's dead !" is the melan holy and impressive rejoinder. If men of business, perhaps ho also was onu who entered htgely into Iheir s)ecula- tions all, tlicir worldly minded schemefl of aggrsndiji -menl yet he's dead !" 1 I lie intelligence is received with an ex clamation of surprise a significant 'hake of Ihe head a sensation neaily illicit to pity and regret; but it is nol icard "as if an angel spoke," and as time passes they hurry off without fur- her comment lo their lespccuve conn ing houses, where the unexpected infor nilion of the rise in sugars the depres non of the money matkel the failure of somo great hoUsc in which they had placed implicit confidence, or some qually Vital and impoPant allatr, de mands Iheir Immediate attention to tally absoths their minds, and they en liiely forget lhal they have just heattl in echo of their own tnevitahlc doom. Locality has strong power, whalcver may bo aigued to the contrary, in iccal ling impressions, and cvety wounded hem l nny tell how insupportable the -cenc becomes where it Ins been bless ed, and where it is blessed no mote. The abtncl of pain or pleasure ii with in us in all places, at all t'.mes; but its iioilraiiure, its vivid itlleclion lies pic tured in the places and in the object where our feelings have been stretch ed on the lock whether of pleasure or pain. Causes of the Decreuse f Mania, ires. I'll tell you why young ladies du not go off so frequently as formerly. They are loo nice, and loo pi odd, &c. I "know a young lady not very voung now indeed who to my cer tain knowledge, has refused nine of- it-IK ! One because the gentleman could not Uf i p a cart iage. Another, because ho conld not fpeak he Frr nch language. A third, because he knew no'liing of Italian operas. A fourth, because he stooped in his bollhlei f. A filth, because he had hot fo'ttuna iiciigh. A sixth, because he was a trades l.sii. A seventh, because he was a iqImcco 'In wer. The eight because he was too bashful n company. Ninth, becsuse he wore fpectaclcs. EDUCATION. Education is to the mind, what fire nnd labor of arts is to the native oar, it brings out its latent powers nnd capabilities, giving strength, brilliancy and fineness to its qual uy and an infinie versatility of application we do not now mem the machine matin chofar,milled through a limited number of dd Latin sentences, but thai unchaining of nan's immortality which gives n frmlnm 1 the spirit, a scope and power to tho soul tltnl wings the eleinity of scicn -e &, unfold the pages of nature with such certainly and clearness, as lo make iho wotld ashamed hat it hid not seen the truth before. What is more neglected, what more spar ingly paid, than tho department of school instruction? Yet ihe influenco of lhn few whe, unseen by dip public eye; toil upon the truo prinoiplos of tlnir vocation; make the whole land glad with the bright ning dawn of intellectual lifht. Was'nt tnis a capital hint? 'Hi collert, sir' said a tavoin keepor lo a genileman u ho was about leaving ids house without paying his reckoning, 'rerolleci, sir; if you loso your purse; ynu did'ni pull il out jiuru!' .1 lover calls his tnislress a jrwsharp (it delight, and a healing plaster for pain in the breast. A negro fellow the other day gol him df into trouble by marraying to wiye. A great miny while men do the sarno iy man ay ing one,
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