rl 1 w ( VlF S 11 Hill llHH il lilt IMBm mmm w (-- .t . . ' y '. - - - : - - - - - - - - - -- - -'- - --" , - . 0 r..if. v. ... .f- i '.tj I have sworn upon the Alter of Cod, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over the Mind of Man." Thomas JclWm II. WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Volume IX. ih.oojishuim;, coi.umisia cobxxv, ia. Saturday, august ao, is .'Vitmbei 10, jl a if. . OFFICE OF THE DEWOCKAT. owosite &t. Fail's Ciivrch, Main-st The COf. UM111JI DEAIOCR JIT trill be published even Saturday morning, at TWO DOLLARS per annum payable half yearly in advance, or I n o Dollars Fiji if Vent,tJ not pant tvttiui tneyeai. d'o subscription will be takenor a shorter period than nix months; nor any discon tinuance permitted, unlil all arrearage are discharged. . D f 'Ell T1SEMENS not exceeding quu''e be conspicuously inse.rledut One hilar ,y' inejirsi i nrcewseriwnx ne ffollUi ",c " ,( " ' lt ,"" ' id Twenh-ive tl fr ery snl tent nser'ti'on. li I1.' !t!)!'al ' an siibxe anent nsertion. ir? scoitn made fo those who aivnlise by the year JITTERS addressed on biisincss,iuusl be post paid, Till! fi.VU L.VVI) " With sweetest fluwem enrteltd, From vurioti surdm cull'd with cure" THE II A I1 FY l'AKMEIi. I5V J1R3. L. II. HlCSUl'UNEY. Saw ye the farmer al hi fiUmgh As you were riding hj Or, wearied 'neath his noon day toil. When summer suns were high? Ami thought yon iIihI his hit was Inn!? Am! diil you thnk ) our CJuil, Thai you am! yours, wen- mil londem'd Thus like a slave lo plod? Come, see him at his harvest home When gardci, lifld, anJ lice, Toi spire, wiih flowing stoies lo fill His hatiijiirid granery, His hfidihlu! rhihlrcn gaily fp'irl, Amid (he ncw-imnvn liny, Or proudly aid wiih vigorou arm, II is task as best ihey may. The do? partakes hi master's joy. A cuardi ihe loaded Hain, The I'carihfry people clap iheir wings, And lead their youngling irain. i't rrliani-e ihe hoary grandnire's eye The glowing srwie surveys, Ami hreailies a hleeeing on hij race, Or guides their evening praise. The llaiveM Giver is their friend. The maker of ihe soil, And eaiih, the Mother give them bread And rheers their patient mil, Come jnin thorn round their win'try heard) Theirt heart fell pleasures see, And you can heller judge how blest The fanner' lil' mav he. T HE l' LB U G K nv txv. jiiin n. MAtrirr. The B'ish of cold bnght waK.rs, Soft imicie l the 'r. The l-iugh of beiniy's (laog.ilcm, And childhood mingle lu re, And Kge coinetlooking hnabier The old nun and hi wife. Walk up yon hilh.nk lighier, Wiih sirps of eaily hfp. For natuie's groans liava nucn To nature's loving Ood, And He hath rent ihe prison Where mouIi became a clod: Jh inigluy arm haih riven 'I'lie wa'er rocks again, And from our. feasts hih driven The fires llial tcoich ihe brain. .(;ic;.r. dancing, glancing f.inntains! Your I.) inn fou-i S ai IU from 'he lifted mmmlaliie, And gently here intrudes. 0r beans dance lo its inca'urfs- We shout aloud and long. A ihose who find femat ircurcf, And bu'91 into a song. Now lake ihe jdedge of Gladness, We diink its Wjicrs clear! ,wy wiih wine cup madnos, W e'll have the cups ihai dice t. From the I.ailicn' National Mugnzinc. OUT OF HEART. JtTELK.BIir ASHTON, 'Why so sad, Karnest?' said the young wife to her husband, iflcctionaiely twining her arms around his neck and kiting him. lie looked up with a sad smile and re plied. 'I am almost out of heart, Mary. 1 think of all pursuits, i profession is tlx worst. Hoe have I been, wct-lfr week Si mouth nfier innntli and 1 may soon veiir afier year waiting lor piactice, Jf iih ,,iu snereti. A law vet may volun ieer in a celetir.ieu case, anu so mc mm . . i i I t .:. iulf known, but a physict in must sil patient y in his oflioe, a id, if unkoown, see mei without half his acquirements roiling ii wcali!. while he perhaps is starving. And it will soon come to that,' he nlded bitter y, 'if I do not gil employment. An unbidden lear marled into the wifuV ve, but she strove to smile and said, 'Do not despond, Earnest. I know ynt have been uiifortunite so far, but you hivt alents at'd knowledge to make your way. is soon as you get a start. And, depm upon it,' fche added wild a cheerful look tii at will come when you least expect it.' So yon have '.nd ine often, but the luck hour has never mine,' said the husband spondingly 'And now every cent id ny liule foitmie ha been expended, an iur riedii will f.in be gone when il i- found we do not pay. What then is lo be ome f is?' Earnest was in a mood which the mo sanguine somen w s experience w henuis ppoinlment alier ilisappointnient has crush -d the spirit, and the voice of hope is m longer heard within. His wife would h;i"t iven way to tears, iff he had been alone: ml she fell the necessity of sustaining bin mil answered cnmiuuy 'And what il every cent U gone? Ilan io fear that we snail starve' ( id sent ra vens to feed I'iij h and he will yel inter an for our aid. Trust in him, deni arnest. The husband fell rebuked, n she ihr,- poke, and answered lesv despondingly . IJnt tealy. Maty, ill's waul of stieees- would try llie stoutest spirit. 1 he meclunii', ie day laborer, ihe humblest farmer is sue if hi food and raiment, but I nftrr bavin? pent year in study, have waited yeai- lesides wailing fr prartiee, and now.wher ill my fortune is gone, If I renrl lo other means of livelihood I lose all I have spent. both of lime and money, and mini forever abandon the idea of pnmiing my profession l is loo hard'.' and he arose rnd'walket ihe room with rapid strides (lis wifn sighed, and remained tilen!,hu after a moment or twe she arose, am Jwent op to him, and fondly encircling him wid her arm, said; Pear Earnest. vnu mint not worry your- lell so I on i iii n k ii iidiuiui i"i miu . tear poverty, I know it. or you would not take it so hard, nut a woman never n usrds such thins when she loves. A frus f bread, a log cabi i would br preferabli to me if I shared ibrm with you, than n palace with any other. But it will not conn to this. Something wiilnn assurci me yon he great and rich. Have patience mils for a liule while longer knock al ihe door now il may be fm vou. A if her words had bepn prophetic, tin tulle girl, their only servant, appeared in h'n crisis and said ihe doctor was wanted in a great hurry. W iui an exulting sum. his wife ran for his hai, and then sat down wiih a beating heart, lo wail his return. ll3B almost the fuM summons that lh voung physicim had received, though ht had resided in llie village for more than a vear' The place, too, was lanje and popu Ion, bui there was several medical men id larne practice, and all those combined lo put ,ln.. their new rivalMore than once r...n iv.r.imt would have abandoned uerciuivn, ihe field todispair, Lul his young wife cheered and encouraged him, though some CAME TO THE LAST, irnes her own heart felt ready to give up. frjeni relates to us tho following. Be Jary Litiwoud was, indeed-, ihe greatest of jg at iie house of a neighbor a short tun ill blessings, a good wile, she sympathized im.e ie crowd concluded lo amuse them vim uer iiusjaiiu, ecumji'ineu iu me m nosi, and bv her naoiruine n""'"' ,'atu lespondency from his heatl. Hum after hour she sal ihere, awaiting ler husband's return, yet still he came not Al last darkness set in, and she began lo eel uneasy. IS lie was about rising lo go o the dooi, when she heard her husband foot on the step and hurrying out, she met liim iu the hall. God bless you, Mary, for an angel a yon are,' were his fust words. 'If il had not been for you I shsuld luve given uj ong ago, and now my fortune is made.' Breathless wiih anxiety to hear all, yet not tiiirn.',,u' ' pf"bab!y wearie I con dnion, .lry hu.'fieJ her husband into the little sitting room v''e,e llie lea l,'in8s iuiM-n IjiiI. mid l.eiran Irt noill iil't tll8 rf3" freshing beverage with a trembling Iiar.Nuch move always as a banter. Uncle Josh while Earnest told the history of his day't, ibsence. I found,' he said, 'I was sent for lo old Governor Huston's the richest and most nflueniial man, you know, in ihe county and when I got there I learned, lo my sui prise, that the Governor had been thiowi from his carriage and was thought lo bt lying. All the physicians of the towi, had been scnl for, one afier anoihei mi none could aid him. In despair, hi wife, without orders, had sent for me. taw his only chance of life depended on new and difiii'tili opt ration, which none oi the older physicians had eer seen per oi tried, Luck ily I had asissied at om .then a student. I staled tvhal I ll.ougl ould be done. The old governor is a man I iron nerves arid quick resolution, so.wheii ie hemd ilu others say the could do nolh ir him, he .determined to commit him.ell to my haiuN'.l succeeded beyond my linpep, oven the other physicians were forced U Acknowledge my skill, and there is no milling but care required lo make my patient is well as ever. On parting, ho pul luhj oil ol bills in my haml-i.' j Mary was in learw long before her Inn--; laud finished his narration, but her hear vent up in thankfulness to God !oi havini hus interposed just al llie crisis when hopi 'eenied gone. From that day Earnest Linwood was n lew man. I'he fame of n s skil ful opeia- non was in every one s moulli.iV tiy tne Hi' il his patient, who now become his pitioi. ,e sicpped.al oiice,iut a jiraeoce among lh oest families of the place. W ealth a well is reputation, flowed in upon him. bin hi ,i!v-'ays attributed his tuccess lo his wile, v hose afl'ection, he said, had cheered and -iiis'.amed him when out of hearty ' There is nothing,' he would say, 'like s faithful wife, under Oud our weal or wot for this life depends on her, but il she is ful, if hope and energy, her smiles will clit ci .1 I I I I. I vou Hi mo carxcsi nnur, una tuauio ju m . . i . i' .i i. i.'liieve wnai jou ;i urs'.iii'Hiyin n"!"1"1 i, lilies. Our success in this woild, is wcl n our happiness depends chielly tm out wives. Let a man many one, iherefore. equal lo either lorlune,' who can adorn Lis idles or brighten his poveity, and who hi. ler all circumstances, vill bo truly hit helpmate.' HINTS I()l BACmiLOUS. Attentions lo a 'ady whose society i sou"l.l by a gentleman, are j'l.-ily under I'herc there is!siuod to lend lo matrim.my . If ihe meeting ire brought about by nican-J not oi iginatin villi hiir, if thry are inuvoid.ibh,or sought arid occasioned bv the lady herself. Un kind aitcntion of a geiulcin in may be arub eij lo mere counesj . 1 " - . l I..... In I.U ill active and eager part in the matter, when he visits, writes, couris.and. above all, when he adoies and dies, there is no mistake, be .night riihei to pop the question, or 'gei away.' When the leisure hour is employed by , family in reading the page of insiructi there grows up inscusiuiy mine younei members a love of home a scniimciu in compatible with some cd the worst vices, and lavourable to all the witue selves py lelling 'vans- Alter several pretty tougn one, nan ueen tolii, Joe 11 was (;aeit Up,,t wne wj(, gr(Jai gruviiy ie ave the follow imr 'Two years ago last pulling fodder lime IV . j t uncle j osn had uuck Uial was o brot up in the loi and about the house, and die boys had by loolii.g with him, learnt him to 'buli'as herd as a mule could kick and 'butt' he would al everything that came in hts way, until il teemed as if he would butt' everything off the lot. Bo uncle lush concluded to see if he cuuld'nt give Hun his till of bulling. Out he goes and takes a big hickory maul and hangs il ptett) well up in an oak tree, letting iijiang jus low enough for Mr. Buck to take a fun crack at il. He knew that he would mak at any thing pushed towards him, taking ilit.d paljemly until the ujcK came rouim when he gives the signal, and heie he comes with such vim that il would have knocked down a bull! Away (lew thf maul, and back bounded the Buck! (lo it my good fellow; sings oul uncle Josh.' Ii you tan whip thai man1 your head's a hard un, seeing tiie motion of the maul as il cum .nenced us return swing, the Buck met ii i.iniii about the 'meetina place' (Union the ii.iul some twenty feel into llie air-& houiu: mi' ( i o in it himsulf like a cricket ball! Hur i a, my liule wuollj.' says uncle Josh, win oegan to gel interested in wliul lie liislcon .idered u ii unequal tight there's very hide heep in yuu if yon stand another lick e 4iu. B it here comes Buck ami maul again aiih nearly thu saino result as btfote jxcept ilia i the blow did not seem quite so leavvon the pail ul Ihe buck. Al him j igain my hard head! sings out uncle Josh .ike your (ill of bulling- and al him ihe title fellow went, and kept il up until Josh icgan lo think the very d I was in tin aead of sheep sure enough. But back w en, naul and bull went buck, and lo the aslou shtucnl of uncle Josh, the Buck ihowud no ogus of quilling still. Will says he, il yon rhoose lo butt your own brains oul why go head. Wh ick! whack.' went head and naul. By this time it was nearly night am! iu sign of quitting, and untie Jo h left. Next ruoi .ling he got up early and leoking jut saw the maul and the Buck's tail Imp jiingat il, being all that was left o! the Lul u ii ii Blew. THE WIFE. Mow sweet to the sou ol man savs llieioele, is the society of a beloved wife vhen wearied and broken down wiih tin iabors of the day, her endearments soothe Hid her tender care restore him. The sol ic.iiude and ihe anxieties, and the heaviest misfortune of life, are hardly lo be bortit iy him uh) has the weir hi of business anil loiih'slu: c.ires al Hit. same tune to contend with. But how much lighter do the) .seem uh.ii his necessary avouiiion being our, he returns l i hif home, and linds there ; partner ul his griefs and troubles, ho lakes ncr share uf domestic labor upon her, am luothes the anguish of his anticipation. A wife is not, as she is falsely represented am; siecined by s une, a burden or a soirow u nan No, she shares his burdens and al evuites his sorrow, I'oi there is no difficult so hravy or insnppoitalile in life, but it nn in surmounted. by the mutual labors am he ailVetionale concord of thai holy pari m'lslnp. UFA t' I'll' I1 L The f.dloning toast win given man vears syn, al a dinner in Dublin, by t'ouu selh.r Phillips.. Wasiiino ton t Fhank I.I.N Ha-ipy America. The armies of Eu mpe could not sut'dufi thy srddier 'h lightnings of htaen euiild not resi-t lb sage. The girls in Kei.uf heik now pale 1'ieii I face with white eugar, so lli.it they may hi (tm, w,. 1(,y 8r(1 ,3)i , salndcrous vankm:. Co il while your ie young, for whci you get old you cam, VALUE Of TUB V-Ol.U UATIJ. BV A DISTINGUISHED I'll VM IAX. I do not think the greaird heuclii of the olij oath is in be found ii: its proving hiiiu'I. r.. !.... .tn'diMi na "iti..! ir is iitglily valuable. Ii is in preventing dis ease that its worth is pre-eminently seen If commenced in infancy, almost any child ii iy be i mi re. I to it, and its consiiiuiioti so lempered as to be but liule ali'ected by aimos phencal vicissitudes. II cominenced a idUil age, belore disease has begun its rav tges, or the constitution is greatly under mined, anv one may so far hardened him tell to our climate that it sudden chsrifres win do him but liule injury. 1 consider the cold bath, if commenced early, and prop erly admiuisiertd, as the greatest safeguard (gainst the various disease of our climate with which we are acquainted. If il be nut is has been said, ol the Aborigines of this ountry, ihdt they immersed their newly orn infants in the rold water, il is. lo sa he least of it, not a very unwise or injutli ious practice. Jo person can live in our Innate without exposure to its vicissitudes, nd there is no guard so effectual as the use if cold water in some way, applied lo the urlaca ot the body. As a rrmedii in cer tain diseases, it is invaluable; such as small ux, scarlet fever, measles, and other rash s. In all these, we may wash the skin fret!' with cohl water, from the commence nenl io the close of the disease. Ii is thus enilered soft, the acrid mailer p it-es oH'jl,le village, loved I'hoibe. Her finely moid nore freely through the pores,and the fever is abated. In Sifall-pox, Ihe cold sea lialh 'ng has been found hih!y salutary. I)r I, berk, in ins I'raclice ol ,MjilieiiiP, on arlet fever says. -The appli.aiion of cold, waier to the suil'icc of the body ti limit hi loo s;rongly lecoimneuded in the hig'iri grades of this afl'eciiou.' And he quoies die following passage fiom Biieuian: 'As far as my experience has langht mc, we are possasaed ul no physical egenl, h whicli the functions of iho animal (.comnni ire conuo'.led with so much certainty, s.iIl- y, and promptitude, as by ihe applical on of cohl water to the skin, under the an i. . ! i . , oienteo l.eai oi si .manna auo some oilier levers. This expedient combines in itsell ill the medirinal properties w hich are imli i.ated in this statu of disease, and which vve should scarcely expect il to possess, or il is not only tho most effectual frhri fugc, bui il is in fact ihe only mdorijii m anodyne hicli ill nnl disappoiul thi tx pcci'Hiio:i id the piactiuoner. '1 have hai ihe satisfaction, in numerous instances, o witnrssii'!' the imuicdtaie impioveuieiit ol llie sy inpl'MiiS and the rapid change ul' conn euaiice uoducid in the pulicnl by wash ing the skin.' I'M GLAD TO SEE VOL'.' Thfie riio more lies coi.iainetl i these fe. oids, than in all ihe vr:l!ci speeches ol a law shop, and yel llie tx .iression 's on the tin ind ot auuos very one'. long'ie. Tke ar. insijiici : Madam has. pick i s or sausages lo make, and i up lo hei . i ti "aism pot ami kernes, wnrn in Sornehodv enter v;lh her six Mule- Hies all iliesseil oil as neal as if I hey had jusl In en for ix month iniprisoiiei: n a bmd box. 'lVcss st.s-S fin extrernt;- ly g,lad lo see you!' It's a hopper t's a iloiviiright lif. In her heart slu wi.-hes her am! all her brood In the ; we'd like to have Mid it. When vt .i , hear a person si . uo ea t an'iiii ami sei in.' it sounds so much like, 'John. how the genlliMiuiM the vay out.' Then io smli ihiin as pulili-iif 'I'o In iliat iho l.isliionahle woild term polin ve must iieeessirily be hypoc. ilical I'he It tie chat acK risuc of siucci iiy i iltuitties'. and a sinceie man will never uve the bail; ache. The niosl hoiuirah!e kiss, both to tin ivn runl ricoivtr, was llial which 2 icen Maigai 1 1, of France, in the pre nee of the whole Coor!, impressed tip hi llie ujitsl man in Ihe kingdom. Main Chaiiies, whom she found on. lay a!e('p,Pxo.laiininn lo a astonished iiicnd.uit. '1 do no I kiss the man, bu tie lips which have tillered so mint harmioi; i liinn-.' Ah it wis woil! vhilo lo he a poet in those days. We heard a prison, the other day, ob ject to ihe new puMige law, fur the reajoi hbi hcloip ihe )-)s-.ige -if lie I aw lierfi'tiv d but two iiU"UIU letters a week, Mid Ir now tiiinc,. live or six a prr day. Dki.sS It u suiiieumei, si.l iIm1 fi-m lies go io nice it tig cm oiwiay 'o m " each other n1-. w lrese8 and bonnets.! That's seand.i:! thry go io show their iwu! j Hit ESS OF MIND. On Sunday morning, before going to church, what a dressing there is among all lasses, and what a stir lo be py and pleas. B. . Hu.ii. auuiciciii tor ine great ot " our existence, lo wash tho outside of (he platler. Curl may bo arranged fine tor toise-shell combs fix'.'d, sparkling ear-rings hugh, splendid garments displayed. And yet, perhaps, the gay fair one's mind may bo poisoecd with conceit, trouble with rivalry, and kepi on the torture by iguoiance and vanity .-.Windsor soap dors not wash out ihe stain of the heart. Cologne water can not ihiow a fragtance over an impure mind nor rubies of (Joleouda dazzle the recording angle into forgotfulness of fill'nj up tin eaves of relribution. 'Jim.' said Timothy, ihe other div n hi. son 'Jim you are lazy whal on eanh dn you expeel to do for a living?' 'Why, father, I've been ihinking as how I would bo a Revolutionary Pensioi.- r!' THE CONSUMMATION 'Twas twilight. Sealed at the door of a moss-novered cntlapp, was iho pride of led form her exquisite and voluptuous husl her clascic and beautiful chisseled feu tires her sweet lips teeth of pearly whiienM-anJ such eyes! two drops ,i iqnid azure set in snow ! ill combined, 'twas enough lo melt the very soul of an imchurj iie! Beside this angel, knell a youth, whos-e cheek, pale as a.-hes lold ihe (.ile lie was in love! 'Tell me,' said he in irembliiig accents, 'lell me this night my fate. Ktcp me in agony no longer. Tell me what sac rifice 1 shall undergo for you you iov soul's idol! (.'ouiirianl me to pnform a pilgrimage round this earth and it slull In lone. Anything, anythimr out cast rrn intolV. I'laut a dagger in n y heart, but eep me in suspense no longer! Say lovt lv i'hndie will you will yon be i.tintY !le trembled hii heart llnohcd s! e mw he was ready lo swoon a crimson ll.isli mantled her cheek 'Like the, rich sunset 'nuilli II, ilia's I,v.' She took his hand ui her liny (itu'crs put icr smiling hps :o his ear; and whispered 'Obcd, J shan't be nolhin else!' A TK1 BUTE TO WASHINGTON. A correspondent of the Delaware Jjurn d, gives the billowing extract frjni ihe nd Iress of ihe Hon. Joseph J. Ligersoll, be tore the literary society in Maine: ' The late Lord Chancellor l'rskine.w hen ii the enjoyment of reputation more eltvm I'd than rank and power could confer, t!u) earless and successful advocate of ine con -tiiution of EngiAnd, aihlresscd a voluiitarv otter to (Jen. Washington, of whic h a copy vas found among ihe paper of L od Erskino, after his decease; as follow?; 'Lundjx, March 13, 1TS5. I have taken the liberty to introduce) your august and im.nort d name in a slmrt sentence, w hich will be fotu;d n the lumk I send vou. I have ft l.irue, a qnaii l ou among the uiest v a Ui . ' I i and exalted elassei d men, but you are tho only human hi iug lor whom I everl'dl an Awrn, nr.'. i,ui:' i:. I sincerely pray to (Jo. I to grant i long an I screiio evening to a life so fjlonoiis devoted o llie tiuivenal happiness of the world. T, EKKINE. A OOOD ONE. A CiirrcRpomlcut of 'the New Yelk Spir ii' relates llie lollowii.':: Some years since, a finilh ('.uo!ini Liw er, yet living, undertook to convince i Melhoilsl preacher of some celebrity, that ii manner of preaching in threatening hi nidiKirs wiih damnation, was injudicious mil iho arguments ard exhortations ef ' mil ler el a a ht, would bo nio e sueeess'i 1 Vlier listening paiietiilv, preacher r. plied My fuend. you are iiiiiiaken. Sin ii like i dirripiii uu may exhort, admonish. even k i k bun, and he will not move; but ui re v draws h'.l head wiih'm bis sliril. and ur l.i'mr is lost but place a cnn! uj fn'O oi Ii,-buk, anJ ho navels Hell lire '3 t e article.' A ril.t i: of .liim', n indit'i' made into a p i-tn i;h sj iriM ol i' oii loo , ami sppln o lo the wound, will tu o'r.i1 '' ihe poisoo a riiin4 lioiii a bite lioin snakes id 'i. kind.