The Columbia Demneraf. "I have sworn upon the Altar of God, eternal hostility to ovory form of Tyranny over the Mind of Man." Thomas Jelforaon II. WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR U Volume VIBI. BLOOMSBUR, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, DECEMBERS 1844. M i OPFIUE OF THE DEMOCRAT oihmsiti: St. Paul's Ciiuiicii, Main-st. TEP.MS : The COT. UMlUJi )E ill OCIM Twill be published every Saturday morning, at Tiro DOLUUlSpe.r annum payable h nl f yearly in advance, or Two Dollars Fifty Ccnts,if not paid within theytuu iVo subscription will be taken for a shorter period than aix months; nor any discon tinuance permit ted,unlil all arrearages are discharged. JlDl'EItTl SEMENS not exceeding a square will be conspicuously inscrtcdiil One Dollar for the first thrccinsertioni, and Twenty-five cents for every subse quent nsertion. liberal discount made to those, who a-lvirlise by theycars f.KTTERS addressed on business,wuxt be vast paid. t i ii ' POBTRYo From Graham's Mtignzine. THE MINIATUKE. nV MIIS. JULIET II. I.. CAMI'Bl'.LI.. Dear cnusiu, I've gazed un litis image Of meekness and lioiuiy so long, Thai its spells has e nrapiuieil my spirit! And awakened my lyre to sung. I would that some fairy would furnish The words to be woven in verse, For my language is week and unfilled The chaims of that ftuo to rehearse. That lirow has the brightness of mottling Those iresses ihe sable of night, Saie just where the day looks upon them There gloams a soft trark of moonlight; That oheek sharnos the lip of the sea shell So warn and so s ift in its glow While those fingers just fall on the bosom, Liko snow (lakes descending on snow. The blue and the brightness of heaven Have met in ihoseiioll beaming ej es , Tlmy re.nind us of violets nursing The sunbeams just caught from the skie Their glances of gentleness, cousin; Have thrown an enchantment lound ynu And I f"ar if I gaze on them longer, My heart will urn worshipper loo. Take back, and rhrrish the semblance Of hei you have won for your bride Whose goutiness n chains your affection, While her loveliness wakens your pride. And lake with it many kind wishes Thai Heaven may prosper youi lovp, Whose bunny, though of thu earth earth' Shall beam wilh new glory above. FOR TIIU COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT. To Mr. ami Mr. IS. on the Duatli of a lovely oliiUl. With anguish does the bosom swell, With innocents expiring lay, When all the parents tender love Is brought lo ie.v, life's swift decay. And as the pulses fainter grew, And paleness on the features dwell; 'Tig then alone, a parent can The anguish of a parent tell. I saw the parents only child, A lovely cherub to behold, Its years were of the number few, When inanimma's names is often told. Death seized upon the infant bud Life's tender thread was.cut away; And there the pirents hope and joy, In death's embrace -all silent lay. But whv should sorrow wrino llie heart, When tender childhood yields its breath? Shall not that lovely fiiim, again, Renew il beauty after death? Yes, these featutes so cold and pale, Shall be renewed in greater light, 'In heav'ts their angels,' ever dwell, And in the saviours praise unite. Cease then fond parents complain, And smiling kiss your Fathet'8 rod1, Your tiltlo one is called away. To dwell forever Willi lis God NUMA. LINKS. BY THOMAS Ml'OIIK. Come, tell mo wheielhe maid is found Whose heart can love without deceit, nd I will range tlio world around, To sigh one moment nt her (cel. Oli! tell me whete's her sainted homo; Whal air receive her blessed sifh; A pilgrimage of years I'll roam To catch one spaikln of her eye! And. if her check bo rosy bright; While truth within her bosom lie.", I'll gaze upon her, morn and night, Till my heart leaves me through my eyes' Show rneon earth a think -n rare, I'll own all miracles art: true; To make one maid sincere and lair, Oh! 'lis the utmost lleavei ran Jo! WOMAN. A writer in Blak Hood's Mag-wine write.' in the follownig strain: Great, indeed, is the task assigned to woman. Who can "lovate its dignity? Not 10 make laws, not '.o lead armies, not W overn empires, but lo form those b whom the laws are madu, and jannies led. ind empires governed; to guard Jfioin the slightest lain t of possible infirmity the frai ind yd spotless creatine, whose moral, m less than his physical being must be derived from her; to inspire th'se principles, tr inculcate those doctrines, to animate those tetitimcnls which generations yel unborn ind nations yel uncivilized, shall learn t Mess: lo soften firmness in to mercy, ant chasten honour into refinement, lo exali ,'enernsily into virlue, by her soothitu cares lo allay the anguish of Ihe body, am the far worse anguish ol the mind; by hei tcntlernes3 to disarm passion; by her puritj io triumph over sense; to cheer the scholar -linking under his toil; to console the stales nan for the ingratitude of a rnistukei people; to be the compensation for tin inpes that are blighted, for friends that art perfidious, for happiness that has passei rway. Such is her vocation the couch oi the tortured sufferer, the prison of the thser ,ed friend, the cross of a rejected Saviour, these are the scenes of woman's excellencr these aro the theatres on which her greates triumphs have been -achieved. Such is lift leMiiiv. i i ''i-iii the forsaken, lo attend t' ilie neglected, when motmr.hs ab-indni vhen brethert'ii and disciples fly, to remain uushiken anil uueli'iiiged; and to exhibi on this lower world, a type of that lovp puic, consunt and ineffable, which, in an ilher world, we aie taught lo believe tin 'icst o( virlue. A GOOD STORY. Agoodstoiy iB toltl of Hitler Iiu', an eccentric travelling preaclior in Ohio. I'ho elder, in his travels, always lode on horseback, and remarkable for having the best piece of horse flesh in the neighbor hood justly priding himself on his taste in this matter. One day while riding the round of his parish, ho was met by a law vrr, who accosted him with, 'Rider Ua V o u iniuisteis do not follow the example ol vour master he was content to rule upon i j ickass.' The elder. "'iili ready wit re plied, 'The fact is the whole country hat been si.ouret! for Jackassess lo make law. era of, so that there is not one left lo in- poor ministers. J he knight ol the green bag cut dirt. A HAPPY TURN. At one of the county courts, where an Indictment for an iissuli had been preferred 4Uainst a woman for the ill usage of her tiushand, vihu was superantiated, his coun sel, in the Imat of ueelamation happened to ay, that half the women were devils Hut seeing a number of gentee' females in the court, after a short pause, he went on but tho oilier half are angels; and soveral ol them are now present." Wo know a chap whose nose is so fiery that his wifo uses it (o heat tho oven, boil the kctle, and light the candle in llio nielli when lite baby cries. Prom llio Dollar Newspaper. THE GOLD CHAIN- r.tSSAGfl IN THE MFh OK LAFITTK UY JAMES H.EF.S. CHAPTER I. THE PIUATIi's HOME. Flic island of Uaralhria is associated in history with the name of Lifiiic. 1 v is tho scene of mmy iil'lus murders, nil the rendezvous for his det-perate crow and their wtmtWrful chiet. It wa. ilsu Ihe mail for the sale of negroes, vhoin he hail kitlnw pj-tl from plinla ions . or wrested frnrn clave ships by llw tlronii arm of power. I's distance front Nt-w Ot leans it,' aboul (iliy miles, which ave Lift le numerous facilities, nui oul for ihe ptirptises ol 'ride, hut the meanc hi cjso ol djiiner, of KiCiipe. From his poinl he directed his men; it va nere he issued his orders vhich carried leaih and deslrticiion with I hem, ami lure he organized his pliiis and tliscip lined his numerous snies. Nol a vessel iVer left ihe levee of New Uileao? bur wa silt) i"Cl lo ihe clossest scrutiov ol 'iN emtssji ies, who HVt-r bold and Husi worthy stibium, ifeverftiled in their means of obtaining inform niou. It i ttitl, (mil fi u m ihe writer's kiiowletli rust I y too, that there am those still liv ma who amassutl lordly wealth Ihrounl ihe agency ol L litle; Ihey are poioteil itil lo the s'raner as ihey roll through he slreeia of NowOidtMUij in their spleo lid equipages, attend d hy their livcrictl ildvctf, c-tim hull' for ihe way in which it was obi.nneil our Ihe qu.nlity of iniio 'cut blood s'kmI in lis lealizition ! 1 will be rem inhered hy many, lliat tint ng Ihe yeais 1810-11 J ml 12, a numiVt if Vfiels were missiot!, particularly hoy j which snlet! rich laden from New 0: leans anil Ihe Ws' Imlia I-land-'.ove t vVIkxq tlaik ami feat fill fate many a lali f lilootl llJii been told. These laic live linen accompanied with ihe report it the bright red hitiiifi henii seen ot He high seas, ami were not without ihci fo'intlai ion in ini'li. 1 he los ol a Vi-Siiel antl us cargi wniihl have been hut hide Ihoughi ot iy men whose active commercial put mils ami wihl .-peculations have laugh hem to bear nobly up against reverses, nut when to such losses was added Ilia .if human life, it was a mailer of mon ierious consideratioo; nor was the go veromenl idle in is attempts to siibdui he scourge of the sea, but, as il is wel known, the desperate character of Li fit'c, his genius, tact and io-al advanla gfR, kepi his enemies at biy, and, ot occasions when brought nearly into oniacl, latighetl at them. To show hi recklesgnetis and total disregud of law mil its auihoriiy, when Governor Cui borne of Louisiana olfered a reward of five hundred dollars for ihe Pirate'? head, that bold btiekanecr in his tun offered a thousand for that of ihe Go- vcrnor, and these placards offering such i reward wore actually posterl up ihro' oul Ihe city ot iew urieans &ucn wan he man who ws justly called the "ler- tor of the sea?." CHATTEH II. THE HOARDING HOUSE Bo aiding houses in New Oi lcans an condtinted upon principles differing ma lerially froii Ihose of oilier cities in tin Union. This arises as much from llu fad of the lanlady'j assuming the char ictrr of a mother to her boarders, nu tha1 if a nurse, and in mmy caaes physician; 0 such kindness and alloulion has main 1 slranger been indebted for his life wher he feat ful scourge which annually visiu that city makes IU appearance. Henct it is thai in large boarding houses then exiKlti a sympathy ol leeling which i. eveiy way calculated lo make one m home, ihuugh he be among strangers. They seem, as it were, united ii om vast fmtly,and the various amusement, in which the buanleru indulge, the good landlady and Ihe children are not over looked balls, parlies, soiiees, and tin theatre, in all of which the relative post lion of each in the great scale of soclely is sunk, and all are considered equal. Many keepers of boarding houses are, however; of the most respectable char acter, and of course it is of such we For a very correct account of this place, and lite numerous bayous and crocki which surround it, sec Professor Ingraliaiu'd novel of Lafltte. speak. Widows of eminent men have been known lo recoil to this mode of up.jorlhig themselves and families; the extrayagince of Ihe husbjinl having left "he wife destitute of everything bul pride and high notions, which as I take it, ate the poorest kind of legacies. Hoarding houses being looked upon a respectable, when respectable peopb Keep ir.em, pi me loses noiiung in rev sorting to such means to support its dig nity anil ihe more ignoble ptnpose ol put jug bread into the moulh of lis vota. lett Many keepers ol boardinii house- in New Orleans have made fortunes ami reined. I'ho widow and daughter of ihe laie Gen. W kepi a boanlini; house in Ca.ii u I sticet in that city for many yeais. in me vear isii me nouse 0t iir. .a... i. r Dtvidg , a willow lady originally fro-n Uillimore, was the centre of ailraclioti imong ihi- young men of New Orlean- intl slrangt-rs who visit in Ihe heailln -.eason. Uiirtnc the winter it was crow leu, larne parties were frequently a i vpt by her boarders, and Ihe lighletl h ill lesoundeil lo mi riy music, while th joyous laugh of many a happy heal awoke ihe echo of the noiseless slieei. Much of the atlrac.iive power of Mr D ivitlge's house mifht have been, an vi'iy jnsily, aitrihuted lo her ch inning daughter, Amelia win in the eiliieentl year of her age. She was poetic anil truly beautiful; her bejuty as ol tliJl kind l'ie bi'st calculated for a Sot.ll et n clime, and for Soulhrons'to atlmtr i I . i i ivrsuinwas ncariv wnne, in r fVf lark and flishing, her hair like ihf ri ven'. , which , floating o'er her l iveU neck, fit for a sculploi's model, seemed as if naluie had set il up as a Mjudaiil of perfection. She was beaulliil, ami possessed withal a mind every way wot thy go pure, holy, and classic a lemple. She stemed, indeed, as the poet happil) expresses it, " A b eauteous ripple of the brilliant stream." Her Suii'hern hie, short as it was, for her mother had only resided in New Orleans tome eight or nine years, ap peared as a dream. The bright moon light of iIip clime had mule her roman- ir. I he It ishing eye of Ihe Creoles, and the lightsome notes of flattery, bar warmed her heart into a ci quelle. Coquettes arc nol always cold. Shi was a creature of fancy; her action. were the impulses of the moment jhence lioujii.s anil words Aimed on like ihe nnunlaiu lot rent, fearless nhlc of iock tr iheir consequences. Ahjut the pri od of which we arc cpeaking,aiid whih ier moiher was making arrangement io reiurri to her naiive city, to live upon he fruits of her industry, Amelia hail 'wo suitors; one was a Spanish youlh ol noble family, rich in his own right, ind heir lo the title and estates of hit incesiry. Adolphus Fernandez came o New Orleans on a visit, boarded with Mrs. D i vitlne, and, as might have been expected, fell in love wilh ihe daiightei I he other was a dark, myslerious man. who called himself Gomez. He was a man of Herculean proportions, and ap parenlly about fmty years of age; hie ealures were not what might be termed ugly, but were of a peculiar formatior, having more of the fill ing up of ihe lira vo than .the outline of bonesl v aboir them; his conduct was strange, alihougi his manners were lhoe of a gentleman; he mysiriy that surrounded In fit wp. fearfu1; his appearance always crealrr inpieasanl sensation.1), as if he possesser the fibled "evil eye," he was wealth j ml libtral, and if a suspicion was cran ed In day iamsl him, It wag rhspeller' in the morrow, for he was firqiiemK een in compiny wilh ihe most populai men of ihe rity. Mrs Divulge, luviiii irranged her business had fixed upon time le. slarl. JNow it was thai Arneh 'ound it necessary to decide beltvee ner two lovers, tho young Spaniard, A lolpl us, or the nail; Uomiz. V W ft u "Say, dearest Amelia, will you In niine?" whispered the fust while lit stood beside the objects of his affecliom on tho balcony of her mother' house. Say. deareit, will you be mine.tnd on tho wings of love I will follow you u your new home. Yon know I mu.t re turn lo Spain, and then-" I orgel me," "Never," exclaimed Ihe impassioned youth. '0i, Amelia, if you knew much I love you, if you could feel tin pangs which hope and iear have inflict ed upon this heart, in fear of losing yot' the word forger would never have csn perl these lips." there was a inurt. Silence reiijnei! the silvery moon wiiUd on ihe lireezi swept down the street it was a lovelv light. The h inds of the love r wit clasped in each oilier'.. The maid tiglietl her fate was sealed. " Wear this, dearest, for thv Adnl lihtls' sake," and he placed upon hei leeit a costly chain op oot,D She stood alone, her thotiuhis brieh' rid glowing;lte loved and was beloved: ihe nlghl air fumed hrtr burning cheek ; sue was nappy. "Moments there nre.nnJ this was one, Snatch il like a minute's gleam ofaun Amid ihe black simoon'i eclipse" " Si, Miss," hised s deep Voice ir her ear, 'you have pletlgMil faith to tin Spaniard, heware of the Frenchman - Mie started, Gomez stood beside hr ! "Lnok lo il, proud one, and remember when on Ihe broad waters of llio xicear. remember me Lafiite !" She. utter et! a wild ami fearful shriek, which wa. mocueii ay the heuilish laugh of .tin Piralr, forstich indeed he was, asV Ik carried her senseless into the house. CIIAPTEU III. THE DEPARTURE. On a bright morning in June, the le vee of JVew Orleans, or rather that por linn of it opposite Esplanade street, pr- "nieil a lively appearance. Several vh.mhIs were about to drpart down th Mi-sissippi, among them was the hriii Dolphin, bound for Haltimore.on board of which was Mis. Davidne and hn family. N umerous fiientls were then leave-taking, as it is called; hands wrn clasped, and tears were thed. 'God blecs you,' was uttered a hundred times by as many different voices, hut the sof' murmur of one voice in the earof A- nelia 'remember me' waslcif all oth ers the most pleasing. The word wa tjiven and ihe fleet of vei-sels were ot heir 'winding way.' Fiom that bright moment when all was joyous and happv when the future looked like a Mainlr. mirtor in which was n fleeted all tin youthful aspirations of one lovely cron ture from that bright hour when ill heart of the young Spaniard beat higher io this peiiotlj the Dolphin, it pwen eis,and its crew have never been heart of; darkness rrsls upon Iheir fate, bo fearful Mirmises, corrohoiBlrd by orn chain of evidence, crc-ate a belief tha heir rnrl was a nature too hoirible t dwell upon. ciur-Tcn iv. the ball room. T vrlve months after the lot,s of tlv brig Ditlpbin. on a gala night, a hi' oom in New Oilcans, whore niasken tnosl did congregate, was the kcene ol much giyety. There is not a people in he world who en joy themselves more dining the winiei season than do lh den zeus of that city; thai portion of the year more particularly however, tV line ol the Carnival, is one continued cene of excitement, and the hall room are llio temples at whose shrine Ihe gi vnlaties of fashion delight to worship. There are in New Oileans several bah moms of distinct and marked chantclcrr Si me few are so belect that su.picior dare mil enter; o'hera are open to all except Ihe quaroon; but the quaroon hall room is open to all without distinc tion or classification of shades of color or chaiacter in fact, the latter was, at he priiod ol which we speak, the most I'requenti'd. The quarooiis are a dis 'mci el4, yet so wild and torn intic in their attachments, sti passionate, withal. hat Ihe see cm of their amusements in the centre of attraction to all, nor is Iht ctunjexhn of their beauty lessened by he tinciurn of blood, which, alihutiah n l. bats their marriage with the Creoles, reriutheuB the lies of love. This por tion of the history of the place would fluid us materials for a voiuuio. liut ii our ktoiy. Th" place to which wc invite the nl lonofour readers on this particular titihl was what t called the Quaroon Hall Room." Ii was, and is to tin,.- day. ho most splendid in ilie place. YoipI. od beauty, love and pleasure, reignet hroUihoili, all wre happy, for all wen .leased. In a corner of the vast saloon unknown and uiirioiicerl,s tood Adolphtif Fernandez The metntiiy of ihe lost ine, so wildly loved, had cast a shade ul sonow over hu nunly brow, II was drawn lo Hi's pr,i) (Mls scl,,K. 0( festivity and joy, in ihe vain hope thai ixcitcment would drown recollection, hut alas ! 'Through tho shadowy past, Like a lomli-ear titer, Memory itn, Lifting lack all cAltl that timo had cast O'er boricd h,pe9.'' His ryes were fixed on the waliers, ul his thoughts Were on the ocean, link ng in imagination that chaia" ele- nenl to the memory of her he had loved nd whom he now mourned. Mechani cally h'.9 eyes followed the figure of otifl simply because there was in her every movement gjace and action; the mask. oo, was so placed as lo show more ol the brunette than the quaioot Horror! what meets his eye, what batihsk charm has she about her lo came such a glare n those eyes he stood petrified, unit lot a moment the whole scene ppsscci hefore him like a fabled vision What, was it ? As soon ag the dance was over, ho ought the fiure.and prasping it by tho tini with nervous power, he diow into ice of the recesses. 'Speak, on your life, speak the truth; if j on prevaricate, r attempt lo scream death; ay, tteaiti -heie,amid Dishing lights and brighter -yes, will be your inevitable doom; this dagger I will sheathe in yojir heart .cream it will be your knell for elernily I am mad crazed but one word peak before reason quits its 6cal where where did you get that chain?' "This chain?" "Ay, this chain that I now grasp, and hav grasped oft before speak, woman, ho.v came you by it, and who are you? Not a moment s delay." "Hush, sir are Inere no listeners, thw chain is linked with the name of one it would be dangerous to repeal herp. " Woman, fiend, torture mc not; how came you by this chain?' The masker gazed around, there was no one near them, the dagger was still n the hand of the Spaniard, and was ,o held as lo be only seen by herself lis eyes glared wi'dly upon her with a eaiful biightness. 'Draw nearer,sir, let ne whisper in your car. This chain be 'onged to one ' 'Speak whal of her tell mo her 'all?' 'Death the fate of the passengers & lew ot the brie Dolphin.' Gracious Heavens, murdered, and vou; who are you, and how came this hain into your possession?' 'It was a present am ihe mislrcss f La filte, the Pirate of the GulP One groan of anguish, and the unforlu iaie youlh fell prostrate at her ftet. 'Fool,' nttitered a dark figure wilh a strange mask, he recocnized the chain on your neck, n telonged to one he fondly loved; poor ml, hal ha! ha! But I forbid you wearing it; out of rny sight,- if he recovers, and it is a pity he should, we aro lost.' It was Lafitte! The music ceased, r.oisless feet passed o'er the floor, the lights were extinguished w-alf was hushed Adolphus Fernandez oas a corpse! WESTERN BOATS. Talk about your noiihren steamboat' said a Mississippi fireman the other day, jou hainl had a bilcr burst for five years. 1t dou'i require any spunk lo navigate ihem waters; any tool can do it; but it takes man stranger, to ride in one of these here alligator boats, head on a swayer, Inurr iiressuro and the valve soldered down. 000 passengers on board and eviry soul oa board betting on you. Describing his heroine, a writer says that she pmsessed in a gteat degreo tho straw heiry of modesty and the hot com of af fecltou. 'Sir, am I not a little patcV 1 don't know, sir, you may he n tub, or keg, a firkin, or a bucket, for ought I know." 'What is supposed to cause the rodnefs- of MatsV 'Spreeing it hard and living high. A captain of a ship said to- a sailor who fell overboard one morning 'you have had htu an indifferent breakfast.' 'Not so dad.' replied ihe tar; for I had a good luck.' ABSENCE OF MIND. 'I I e la uiiii - fiance' , is that of ti 'i i iinini u ,i; wi,' . . tu Murkct, "hn .In d liii. hint initi .i.u w.jgun. ii nd tackled lnnit-el up in tho truces, and h? ditl not diftover his ciror until he endeavored-lo eigh.
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