(M 0) ST Qui II (BUKBtBD I have nwnrn upon the Altar of Cod, eternal hostility ts every form of Tyrannj over the Mind of Man." Thomas Jefferson If. WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Volume VIII. ISLOOMSHUKG, COLUiMHIA CJOLXTY, PA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1845. .lumber 4()j OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRAT orrosiTB Sr. Paul's Ciiuul-ii, Main-si TEF13 : ThtCOrUMUM DEMOCHATwill ft, putdished every Saturday morning, a 1 19 t JJU 111 il" Vr "" half yearly in advance, or J wo liouar fifty Cen'ts,ifnot paid within theyeai Xn siibscrinlion will be taken for a shorte, vc.riod than nix months; nor any discon tinuance. permit ted,until all arrearage are discharged. A 1)1' ER TISEMENS not exceeding a square will be. conHpic.uou.sly inserted at One Dollar for Hit Jirsi inreeinsvTiwnn, and Twenty-five cents for every snbse r,,t nser'tion. lifd liberal dtscoun made to those who advertise by the year LETTERS addressed on busiuess,must be post paid. wwMMjt,IH1IIM"!"1,1.1 IMI;H POETRYo FINE OLD 15ALLAD. The following touching ballad is of very ancient origin, anl probably foum'ed on ndunl occurrence We copy it from ihc Ministrelsy of the Scottish Border.' There wero two sisters sal in a bower: Binnorie, 0 IJinnorio; TSere came a night to be their wonrer, l?y the bounie mill dam of Hinnorio. He conned ihe eldest with glove it ring, Uut he lo'ed the youttgeit ahnne a'thing; He courted the eldest with broach Si knife, lint he lo'ed the youngest abune his life, The eldest she was vexed sair, And sore envied her sister furc, The eldest said lo the ymingpst ne.(nV-J Will ye on &see our fathers' ship conn She's ta'en her by the lily hand, And led hcrdon to the river strand, The, youngest siude upon a stane, The eldest came and ptish'd her in, Sec took her by the middle sma,' And dash'd her bonny back to the jaw; () sister, fdsler.reach your hand, And ye shall be heir of half my land.' '0 sister, I'll not rsach my hand, And I'll be heir of all your land: Shame fa' the band that I should take, It's twin'd me, and my world's make, 0 sister, reach me but your glove, And sweet William shall be your love.' Sink on, nor hope for hand or flovo! And sweet William shall be my love. 'Your cherry cheeks and your yellow hair, Garr'd me gang maiden evermair.' Sometimes she sunk, sometimes she swam Until she came lo the miller's dam; Oh, father, father' draw your dam ! There's either a mermaid or a milk whin swan.' The miller hasted and drew his dam, And there he found a drowned wimii.hi; You could not see her yellow hair V'or gowd and pearl ihal were so rare; You cnuLl not see her middle sma', Her gowden girdle was sio bra'. A famous harper passing by, The sweet pale face he chanced lo spy, And when he ioik'd llint lady on, He sigh'd and made a heavy moan; He made a harp of her breast bone, WIdso sounds would melt a heart of stone; The strings he framed of her yellow hair Whose notes made and the listening ear. He brought it lo her father's hall, And where the court assembled all, lie laid his harp upon a stone, Ami straight it began to play alone Oh ynnilcr sits my father, the king, And yonder mis my niodicr, the queen And vonder stand my brother Hugh, And by him Willis n, sweet and true.' Hut the laM lune that the harp play'il then, llinnorie, 0 Cinnorio Was 'V(,e lo my siV.er, false Helen!' I!v tlit bonny mill dams of Binnoiie. When you have ;i bountiful tablc.icinrm brr the poor ibis cold weather. vv?v; ftv3t vwiiF From the St, Louig Iloveillc: SuuUouin Oyotcrs Alive. At a late hour, the oilier night, the door if an oyster house in our city was thrust ipen, and in stalked a hero from the Suck er. 1 In was quite six feel high, Kpare somewhat sloopnd, with a hungry, anxious ountenanee, and his hands pushed clear town to the bottom of his breeches pot ken His outer covering was hard lo define; bu after surveying ii minutely we came to the conclusion that his suit had been made in his boynncc; of a dingy, yellow linsey woolsey, and tint, having sprouted up will istonishing rapidity, he h ul been forced u piece ii out with all colors, in order lo kec with his body. In spite of his exertions however, he had fallen in artears about a foot of the necessary length, and consequent ly, stuck that fat through his inexpressibles Mis crop of his hair was surmounted by he funniest little rcil skin rap imaginable. A Tier taking a position, he indulged in a long stare ai the man opening the bivalves. nd xlowly ejaculated 'Inters?' 'Yes, sir,' responded ihe attentive opera tor; 'and tine ones they nre too.' Well, I've hearn tell of isters afore.'jays he, 'but this is the first lime I've seed 'em and jrrtmps I'll know what lhar made of! fore I gil oul of town'' Having expressed this desperate inten lion, he cautious'y appioa.ihcd a plate, and scrutinized he uncased shell hth with a ravity and interest which would have done honor to the most illustrious searcher into the mysteries of nature. At length he be if en to soliloquize on the difficulty of getting III out, and fiuwr qiiccr tl.uy l"..UU ..!,-.. Oil. 'I never seed anythin' hold on so 'lake in a-mazin' site of screwiii' boss, to gei'ew out, and ainl they slick ami slip'ry when ey does come? Smooth as an el! l'vi good mind to give that fellar lodgines,js' to realize the effect, as uncle Jess used t say about spekelation.' Well, sir.' was ihe reply, 'down will two bits, and you can have a dozen.' Two bits!' exclaimed the Sucker, now 'Mnie, that's stickin' it on rile strong, boss i or isters. A dozen on 'tm aim nothin' l i chicken and theie's no gittin' more'n niece for them. I've only re alized forty rive picayunes on my ftrsi ventur' to St fiouis. I'll tell you what, I'll gin you twi chickens for a dozen, if you'll conclude to leal.' A wag, who was standing by indulging in 4 dozen, winked to the attendant to shell out, and the oiler was fccceptjd. Now mind, repeated the Sucker, 'all fa, iwo chickens for a dozen you're witness, mister,' turning at the same time to the wag, 'none of your trick", for I've hcain tell you city fellar are miiy slip'ry coons ' The bargtin being fa'uly understood, our Sucker squared himself for the onset delil raiely put jff his seal skfn, lucked up lih Iceves, and fork in hind, awaited the ap learatve of No, I, 1; came he saw i' uirkly it wajf bolted A moment's dread ,'ul pause ensued. The wag diopped hi lnife and fork with a look of mingled amazement and horror something akin to Shakapeare's Ham'ei on seting hit, daddy' l0i while he buist into the exclama tior. Swallowed ulivc, as I'm a christian!' 'Our Sucker heio had opened his mouth with pleasure a moment belore, but now i stood open. Fear a horrid dread of In ilid'nt know what a consciousness that al wasn't right, and ignorance of the extent ol the wrong the iincctiainly of that moment was terrible. Urged to desperation, he faltered out What on airth's ihe row! 'Did you swallow it alive?' enquired tin wag. I swallercd it jistas gin it to me'.'shoulct! the Sucker. 'You're a dead man!' exclaimed his anxi nils friend; 'the cieature is alive and uil eat right through you,' added he, in a roost hopeless lone 'Gel a piccn pump and pump il out screamed the Sucker, in a frenzy, his eye fairly starting from their sockets, '01 gracious?' whm'll 1 do?' It's got hold ol my inwards, already, and I am dead as a chickenl do something for me, do don' lei the infarnal sea load eal me afore you eyes. 'Wy don't you put some of this tin ii? inquired ihe was, poiniin? to 4 buttle ol strong pepper sauce. The hint was enough the 5KcAcr,pon the instant, seized the bottle, and desperate ly wrenching oul the cork, swallowed halt the contests at a draught. He fairly squsal ed fnm its effects, and gasped, and bio wed & pilchudifc, twisted, as if it were coursinp through him with electric effect, n bile at the same time his eyes ran a stream of leari- l length , becoming a little composed, Li.- waggish adviser approached,aliiiosl bursting wilh suppressed laughter, and inquired 'How aro you now, old fellew? did yon kill it'' Well, I did, boss ughugh-o o o my inwards. If thai itter crhtet's dying agonie lidn'l stir a ruction in me equal lo a small lirthqtiake, than a sarpent when that killing luff touched it; but' and here, with a countenance made up of suppressed agony nd present determination, he paused, as il to give force to ibis words, and deliberately remarked 'If any gel two chickens from me for thai live animal I'm d d!' and seiz ing his seal skin, he vanished. 'The shout of laughter, & the contortions of the company at this finale, would have made a spectator believe that they had all been 'swallowing oysters alive.' What will other People say i r'i,ii,i ;n nnP 0f )rr t.ierg makes the following observations, which, we think are well worth heeding: There is a false necessity with which we industriously surtound ourselves, i rir cle that never expands, whose iron nevei changes to du.-tile gold. This is the pres lenee of public opinion, the intoleiablr restraint of conventual forms. Under this iespotin influence, mm and women check their best impulses, suppress their nobles feelings, conceal their highest thoughts Each longs for full communion with other souls, bm dares not give utterance to it' yearnings. What hinders? The fear ol what Mrs. Smith or Mrs. Clark will say,or the frown of some sect, or the anathema ol jome synod, or the fashion of some Hive, or lie laugh nf some club, or the misreprrsen tation ol some political party, I liou art ifraid of fhv neiahbor.and knowesi not ihai he is equally afraid of thee. He has bound thy hand, and thou hast fettered his feel. It were wisOior both lo snap the imaginary Sonds, and walk onwards unschackled. 1: thy heart yearns for love, be loving, i! thwn wouldst have & brother frank to thee, hi frank to him 'But what will people say? 'What Joes it concern thee what ;hey say? Tty life is not in their hands. I'hcy can give thee nothing of real value, nor take from thee ar.y thiup that is wort! having. Sitan may piouiise thee all tin liini'tloiu.8 of the earth, but he has not hi icre of it to give' He may oflVr much ihe price of his worship, but ihere is a fU in all his tittle deeds. Internal rind sure li the promise, 'Ulessed are ihe meek for they hall inherit ihe earth.' Uut I shall be misundeislond, misrrp' resented. And what if thou ?rl? They who throw ttones at what is aooe idem, receive tin missile bat k ngo'n by the law of gravity, & ticky aro they if they biuise not their owi faces. Would that 1 could peisuade all win read this lo be truthful and free.to say wha they think and to act what they feel, to ens' from lhein like ropes of sand, all fear o ccts and parlies, of clans and classes. 'What is there of joyful freedom in oui social intercourse? Wo meet lo see card other, and not a peep do we gel under ihc thick, stifling veil which each carries abnu him We visit to enjoy oursclvrs, and out hofl lakes away all oui freedom, while wi destroy his own K the host wishes to work or ride, he dare not lesl ilseem unpolitc t 'he guest if the guest wishes lo rend oi sleep, he dare not, lesl il seem unpoliie the Itosl, so they both remain slaves, am! leel it a relirf to part company. A few individuals, mostly in foreign l.mds, ar range this matter with wiser freedom. If visiter arrives ihey gay, 'I am busy to-day if you wish to ride, there are horses and saddles in the stable if you wish to read there ate books in the parlour if yon want to wtrk the men are raking hay in the lield-if you waul toroinpuhe children are at pliyin the court il you want to talk to me I can he with you al such an hour. Uo where you please, and while you stay, do as y u please ' A I some houses in Florencejarge parlies meet without invitation, and without the iligl.test preparation. It is understood .baton some paitieular evening of the week i lady or gentleman always receive their fiend. In one room are books and flowers in another, pictures and engiavings: in itiiru, musin. t.r.uplegare ensconced in some shaded acolvs, or groups dotted abou the room in mirthful or seiious convcrsatioi Mo one is required lo speak to his ho either entering or departing L tuouaiht & baskets of fruits stand here and there on (lit side tables, that all may take, who like, hu eating, which constitutes so large a part ol all American entertainments, is a slight am almost unnoticed indent in these festivals of intellect and laste Wouldst thou like t see such social freedom intindn.wd ln'r? Then dj it. Hut the first step must lit complete indidutence to Mrs. Smith's im sen on, that you were mean enough lo offer only one kind of cake to your company A to put less shortening in the under crust ol your pies than the upper. Let Mrs, Smith talk according lo her gfts; be thou assured that all living souls love Ireedom belter widU initio ul uuur.i imp,. From Neat's Saturday Guzette; MAKE USE OF YOUR TIME Some one of our cotemporaries we know not which, as the paragriph floats thout without credit propose to the boys, now thai ihe long evening sre on hand that they devote a portion of their urplus time say two hours every eve ning. to some useful study and he goes on as follows, to Calculate the advan tages which will arise fiom to do mt. Two hours each evening, make fotn teen hours per week; that would makf -.ixty hours per month, and lluee bun dled houisby the firsl of April. Think of it. Liy out a system ol simlii s, ami ,.tirsue il faithfully, and if you do no" know more, and are not wiser, anil :onseqoenlly belier titled lor inn prac tical duties of life, we shall be exceed ingly disappointed. These two hours per diem will not at all encroach upon the time necessary lo red the news paper. The s' tidy of any of the ciencts will in f'.ict tive incitiiM ti zeal tor ine nunier and more praciic.il con tents 'which (ill the column of a well conducted news Mitel. The bend ol family who would cull i v ite a lasir lor s'udy rd for knowledge among hi' children, should not fail lo keep ron- inually within reach of every memUi of iho domestic ciiclo t!in mtw paper.' 1 n is is a hint which mihl he addre. ed not lo boys alone, but l.knwse d people of a larger growth; or rather, all ihould tegtitl iheuiselvesavbov' whih reading il if the term 'hoy' he received n including eyeiy body who has ii ca pacity of inipioveoient. To ibis i x ew el tij he hoy, lo the end of our each y career, never being loo old lo lean uid so taking ihe advicu il nnv he re- narked that the writer above quoted loes not overrate the advantage lo he lerivcd from the Gxed and steady do- vol ion of a smail portion of lime to the study ofa paitieular suhjec1. In this is in oilier nutters, it is not so much heYipid lush of tin; tiansienl fl nul, a t is ihc continued dropping, llt.ii wear he sione. Many fail in ilieir purpose if intellectual cultivation, noi fiom lack il ability nod inclination, hut heciule they opeiat", no mailer how ardently: It's sod starts. I in.- dishing of eo ;hui.isni have their uses, nn ;!oiih ; hut f we woi k only on iiiptilse nod when is ine pura-e goes, we happen to be in the humour, mir achievements tarely itnotiot lo murh. Thrro is a tlnggcd . I . , . nprQitcnrnncii tintfinn.,,,!.- i.i.l ... , r.i i.iwi,n.... jr-.i'i.uuieiiij auwvil'jj it,' which is the only true method of to when ihey were going lo have a 'brut suimounfing difficulties, and without with he foe. One morning he made a which genious itself hulls in the race, speech somehing to the following cl And two hours a day, or only one, feci; which convinced them lh.il some, when il is sure, and not lobe intermitted thing wag in the wind. Feller you've on any account canro fail to accomplish been idle lo long, mid so have I. I'm esults which will astonish him who has 'litis been enabled lo compass Ihem. Il is difficult, certainly, lo return gain end again lo Ihe same iheme Ihe human mind in t;eneial, i disposed to wander and to 'hunt after new fancies.' It will, if ii be allowed to tike the bit in Us teeth. Inner awav its slrnnaih attaining liltle of nothing; and one of the secrets of sueci ss is to give it discipline n inisrespeci, lhat it m iy wait upnt he judgement; and Ihere is no belle method of so doing than is pointed ou Htiove certain hours lor ceitam si u lies. There is, moreover, a diisposilio with most people to endeavour lo do lot much a once to overrun ,r it were whole fields of literature and science a singls incursion, instead of advancing in rompacl column towards a specified point. 1 hey are thus tempted to louog listlessly among their books; readme here a little and there a little, coquetmg ill around negligent of more serious ad Iresses, and deluding themselves wilh he never lo be realized intention ol teieafier giving up such desultory hah is. For Ihe mind has its dissipation is well as ihe body, and our reading nay easily be made a gossip as unprol table as the idlest intercourse of con vi vial life. Almost every body ha felt how thorough he masters an aiithoi when detained by accident in some re mole and isolated position, with noth ing al hand, perhaps, but a single vol ume, and ihu probably not of Ihe mo attractive character how in mere sell Icfence against the approaches of cmii is the rain patters on the window, h' print, preface, text and apprehend ad vertisemenls, until he not only und-1 stand the work itself, but remember.- he primer, the publisher, the lertns 1 he copyright and every other part ici lar appertaining to it. The few peopl, bout the house may not be ot the coo veisible sort, or are of Ihe kind who' stock of ideas is soon exhajsled the log. as distant dogs are apt lo be, s unsocial, and does not understand your ways; while Ihe cat is uninieres ng and uncivilized; and under such cir cumstances, vvliat a treasti'e is the vm eral Almanac Or antediluvian Duectoty , he facts thus collected, ho vcvei li m.u Irike so deep into the inemniy tin hey are rarely forgotten; and there is .- lesson in this which might he turned i dvanlage lo diiect our reading. N. matter how extensive i tie library, le oui use of il be Hswere, staked out m. nclosed; and when you hdve closely cropped the heibage within your leach. I will be soon enough to move on lo iresh pis'uie. O.heiwise, a wide ix eut of ground may he sdiimmed over, o bill litilu profit. Il U desiiable, ol course, lo keep up wilh Ihe lightei iterature and thn journalism cl Hit day to toad the newspaper is essential one mighi as well be out of Ilia world i not to know what is going on within ii, and probably there is nothing mon wkwanl than not to have a genera cq i iiniaiiee with I he cunenl topics jf Hie. ii'oe but Ihe more serious sludy equues lo he system ilic, and lo b. irosi cun d with concentrated atlentioi to have us defined obiects and it- ixpfl bonr, thai we may not play lb- iiuant Imni our own school, undei II soi is of pieleuces and eviasion&. ANECDOTE OF GEN. PUTNAM Among the worthies who figured dur ing the era of the American Revolution, liernip meie were none possessing moi e originality of character than Gei, Putnam., who was ecrentric and fcarles h'unl in his manneis, ihc daring soldier,' without ihe polish of iht; geoileinaii lie might well tie called the M.irion of bu noiih, though hr disliked tliKeui p'obAbly ti em 1 lie J.iel c l Ins I piiig,'lhe uprighl disposition of a puns mm .vlucli was veiy pl to oveisbrow any ti ckery he might have in view. At I It time a s'iorgliold,r;il!ri Hotse - ...h (r V.... I. ... .. ,,, i oi K,wa ,n r,..r.., ,,fi, Pnin-h.PuMum a lew uniuv p:illiit. was Intl.u.,, i,, I . . . . ibo vicinity , bent 00 driving t. m jfrom the place. Turd of lying in am bush, the men became impati-.-nl and ioi M JlUlUliUU ll'U(it.i Willi (UJCstlon, a .....i....,.l .e .1 ,1 going down to Kush' Horse neck, in an hout-jwith an ox team and a load of corn II J comeback, J will let you know ihe particulars. If I should not, let Uu-m have it, by the liokey!' lie sliorily after mounted his ox-carf, dressed ag one of the commonest order of Yankee farmers, and was soon at Rush's lavern, weich was in possession of the Hritish troops. Nd sooner did the officerg espy him; thar, they bega-i lo question him as to his whereabout, & rinding him a complete simple, (s they' 'hcught.j they began lo qtpz him, and threatened to seize the coin and fod- Mer. , 'How much do you ask for your whole concern?' asked ihey. For metcy sak?; genilcmin, replied 'he moch clodhopper, with Ihe most de plorable look of entreaty , 'only let m off and you shall have my bull team & load for nothing ; and if lhat won't dew, I'll give you my world 1'li return to morrow, and pay you heartily for your kindness & condescension.' Well, said they, we'll lake you at your word, leave the team & provender Lvith us, and we won't require any bail 'or your appearance.' Putnam gave up Ihe learn, and saun tered about for an hour or so, gamin" ill ihe information he wished; he then returned lo his men, and told them of the foe and his plan of attack. J he morning came.and with it sallied nit the gallant band. The British were Handled wilh rough hands, and when hey 'tirrendered to General Putnam, he clodhopper, he sarcastically remark. ed, 'Gentlemen, I have kept my word: kindness and condescension.' REWARD OF HONESTY. fl Touching Little StoryThere Is someihing in female honesty which charm as much as honesty in a man ind both are so rare, and at the same ime so inestimable, that ihe celebrated listieh ot our moral bard will enuully' ipply to cither: A wii's a feather, and a chief's a rod. in honest man's ihe noblest work of Gpd.'- The Cardinal Fames, who was verv propei ly named the patron of ihe poor .jave public audience once a weet to in- ligen! persons in his neighborhood, and listributed his bounty among them accor ling to their wants. A woman of gen- eel addrer-s, but in a dejected foiloru eonditioo, presented herself out! day with her daughter, a beautiful creature. bout fif'een years old, before ibis liber- l eeclesias'ic. 'My lord,' said she. 'the rent of mv loii-e (live crowns) has been due some, Hys, and my landlord ihrfntens to turn ne into Ihe slreel, unless he is paid .vithin the week. Have the cooiloiss ny lord Cardinal, to iuterpos'? your acied authority, I ill by our indu-'iy ve can saiisfy the demand of our pt rje- cutois. I'lie cardinal wroe a bilk-i, which ho put into the petitioners hand, nod said. do to my s'ewaid w Hi ibis pap-T, and rvceive from him five crowns.' ) t the, on presenting the dorumcni. piid down ft fiy. The wom-ih absolutely refused to icceive more than five, nl!. ing that his eminenre gave lo her i .vj ect io more, and that itmusi he a mistdk. IJoth were so convinced cf acting liter illy according lo order that it w.ismu'u illy agreed io refer the nntter to tiu eaidinal himself. 'It is line,' said he, 'ihere must h a mis'ake. Give me the paper and I will rectify it.' He then returned lbs Unlet llstis rectified to Ihe woman, saying. 'S much candor and hones'y des rvis ie compence. Here; I luac ordered ton a thousand crowns. Wh.it vou e:m spare of it lay up as a dowry for ymr daughter in mairiac?, and Kf ii! 11,7 donation ns the blessing (( God mi An old m'.v having hear I U;,v , 1 SOlli. I'l I their ' " v l" tlW's Wei'i! J-e leoK.i keil- t was lust sn n ,1 . ith:,.s i,ut;i..'lo ai.v ,.f l..,f , 1. ...... u 'My fon, remeriiher thai your ch.i:fv rr ouirhl to.'hine hiihiir ihoi v'ur - j'lOOl - IV ',';;,.'? in th eu.'''bei
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