I have iworn upon tlie Alter of Cod, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny ever the Mini of Man." .Thomas JaiTorgon II. WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Volume A. HLOOJISHUUG, COLITiUlUA COtNTY, PA. SATURDAY, SEPTKMIIEIt 12, 1810. lumtr 21. OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRAT. I South tiov. or Mais, a few poors he low Maiikkt-stuekt. TERMS 2 The. COLUMBIA DEM OCR JIT will be pnlilitked teen Saturday morning, at J'll'O DOLLJUtS per annum payaoit half yearly in advance, or Two Dollar) t ifti l ents,rj nor pain wunm me yun. So subscription will be taken for a shorter period than nix month; nor any discon tinuance. permitled,untilall arrearage)! are. discharged. jil) VERTISEMESS not exceeding a square will be conspicuously xnserteaai One. UoJlnr or ine jitsi inttomiui , Tinentv-five cents for every snbse quent nsertion. Y3A liberal discoun made to those, who advertise by the year UR ETERS addressed on business, must he post paid. From tho Boston Traveller. THE YOUTHFUL LOVE OF CANO VA. In the year 1780, a youth, a native of Possagno, in Venice, arrived inRome designing io learn .the Brl of drawing and engraving, w;th one who was at that time among the most distinguished of living artists. As a protrge of the powerful family of Falieri, this youth brought letters of recommendation to the most influential men of tho holy cil y. He resolved to present first that which might soonest lead him to his destined aim. He went to the house of Signor Volpato. Giovanni Volpato, long known under the assumed name of Jean Renard, stood at t tie neau 01 mat guttering scnoui ui art, from which so' many reuipwned men have proceeded. The clear ami well defined outline, the finished skill in execution, the vigor and extraordin' ry re'ief, which have been so often ad rr.ired in the engravings of RaphaelMor Hhen, he owes to the instructions of his Master Volpato. When the youth entered the atelier of Volpato, the latter was drawing from a model, and requested him to tarry a few moments, and allow him to finish his sketch. The Youth would have re tired, but Volpato made a sign to him to remain, and said: 'No,no, meinllerr, if you've not lime to wail,I will lay aside my work.' The youth assured him he found here amusement, not for hours, hut for year?, and gazed around the ate lier, with a glance full of reverenco; but one object more than all others arrested his attention. The model of Volpato was a young maiden of scarce seventeen years I would be impossible to imagine a coun lenance more expressive and animated. a figure moie graceful and happy. Th Grecian tunic and the mack in hei hand showed that she wished (o person ate Thalia; and the arch smile, the gen tla irony, which played upon her lips miht Blmost render it credible that In one of those metamorphoses, once so common beneath the sky of Uome, the comic muse herself had descended from heaven, to sit for her portait to a be loved disciple. The youth at least could scarcely 6c convinced that a mere in,t.il rnnlil realizi in cverv look and motion, such an ideal. Ha stood im movable a few steps from tho easel, and thought he was in a dream. I:i the meantime Volpato grew unpa tier.!, his model was so resiles?; and in lerrup'ed his labor with the words 'Follish Dominic;.! I see well that you are tired to day. Well, we will leav ii now, my daughter.' 'His daughter his daughter!' though the youth to himself. 'Happy lather. Forgive me, sir,' said Volpato, turn ir g lo him, I have kept you waiting with the freudom of an artist, but now 1 am wholly at your service.'. The Veiiitin drew Faleri's letter from his pocket, and handed it toVolpa He read it silently, while the youth continued to observe Dominica. who went hither and thither, putting in order cartoons, pencils and colors, but ! as quietly n possible, not to disturb her father' The letter ran thus: The bearer, of this' my dear Volpa to is a young protege of mine, whom commend to your best care and friend up. l err very mucn, n jou uo noi sometimes owe me thanks for such a scholar. Anto.iio Canova; his father, ietro Canova, a lithographer in out little village of Possagno, died when hi was but three years old; his mothei married a second lime, and left hei hild to the care of his randfather,Pas- lino, who would gladly have educated him to his own trade of masonary, but he child was not hardy enough, and us d the trowel of his grandfather, only to mou'd from the clay, figures of a'l kinds, at the will of his fancy. Ont day, when I wag about giving a great feist, my steward observed that an or nament of pastry was wanted for a dish n the middle of the table; he went to d Passino for assistance, and the iuttei ound himself embairassed with it; so !iis 13 years old grandson look the dough, in a few minutes kneaded a Inn which so excited the admiration of the guests, thai they wished to see and praise the artist. I, my dear volpato, peceived gieat genius in the young An- i t .it . i tonio. i ineretore iook mm wun m to Venice, where I placed him undei ie instruction of the best masters; b u' depend especially on you lor the per- lection and finish of his art. Es to bin )Oth a teacher and a father.' Young man,' said Volpato, when In had read this epistle, 'I owe so much to Monsignor Falieii, that 1 fulfil every wish of his with pleasure. From this hour, consider yourself my pupil-Leave our hole', I have a liitlo chamber and vacant bed for you. Dominica, call iphael." While Antonio thanked his master, and considered himself the most fortu nate of men, a youth with hir curling hair, beaming eyes, and a light step, cn ered the atelier. Raphael,' said Volpato, ;I give you here a companion, and wish that you be friendt lio'licis. Go with him to ills hotel for his baggage, and lake cart you are back to supper, if ihe desirt eize you to traverse the streets of Rome ogelher 1 lie two youths were soon livals i talent and industry, and Volpato often aid, 'he was at loss to which of I he two o eive Hie prelerence. inn by no means interrupted their concord; hu' they soon discovered that between them existed yet another rivalship than that of talent and renown. Riphai l andAn lonio both loved Ihe fail Dominica. Tin maiden was the muse of both 7Ait lid she look on the two pupils wuh ih ime impartiality ns her father!' Ont d;iy Antonio Canova aouuhl hi teacher, unlolded his love fcr his daugh ter and requested her hand. 'Mow? ot also, my Antonio' said Ihe ohi V'.lpato 'Ah I did well noi to promise her t' jphael, who prccccded you in his sui for my daughter. My dear Antonio, continued he, 'if Dominica bad show inv preference lor either of ) uii,Lliouli not Le no rmbai rased lo answer you You and Raphael are e-qiully dear lo mt .ind I only regret thai Heaven had not tiven to ma two daughters. I'ji.'ihougl I as a father cannot decide between you yet as an artist I can propose to you mcani to obtain Ihe hand of Dominica promise her to him who shall paint hei portrait Its'., This condition was accepted by boll and Dominica made no opposition. I ihre vveeki the two portraits were to be ... I exhibited to a committee whose judg ment should be considered decisive. Eirlyon the ensuing morning, Anto nio wished Dominica to sit. He asked her if there was any costume she pre ferred, and ii she would like tobe paint ed in a mythological one. Dominic replied, 'Dear Antonio, a few days ago I read ihe story of Met, ErysichtonV daughler. This unfortunate prince ol Thessaly, after he had incurred the .vrath of Ceres, becuse he had profaned her altar, was tormented wih a hunger which nothing could appease. All his possessions were consumed one after a nother. Having become the terror ol his Fubjects and his family, he was com pelled lo fly, and at length there remain ed to him no other resource than to sell his daughter. Metra had received from ihe gods the power to transform herself into a limited number ofanimals. Erys ichlon sold her as a bird, and she came ack to him as a horse. He sold her again & again, until at last the prescribed number of her metophoses was comple ied. and she again appeared in her own form, and offered herself a sacrifice to his hunger.' While Dominica was speaking, Ca nova seated himself at his easel, and be gan lo copy the beloved features, but the mischiev ions itniden changed her possition and the expresion of her face eveiy moment, which not a little dis heartened the artist lover. Many sit tings pass'd thus, and he had accom plished nothing. The annointed dav drew ever nearer. aphael Morghun wore a triumphant mien. Antonio complained not, but without asking another sitting of Do uiinica, sal down, and in twuity four hours completed the portiait entirely from memory. On the day appointed, Volpato assem bled Ihe renowned art ist3 and connssis seus of Rome. When they were all present, a cut tain was drawn, and the two pictures revealed. In ihe first pic- ure? they saw a young maiden with s nmiling countenance and a look of per fect trust ; as if she said to her beloved. I believe you so willinlgy.' This was he Picture of Raphael. In Ihe other hey perceived Metra at that last hour when she sacrificed herself for her fath er. Ihe Ircmolmc neau drooped anus ear moistened ihe eyelid, a tear whicl spiang alike from shame and sorrow I'he figure was splendid, and whether he picture was really superior lo tin oilier, or from the sympathy which ev er inclines more to tho sorrowful than to the happy, the whole assambly cried unanimously: 'Antonio Canova hasgain ed the victory over Raphael Morghen.' Volpato extented his arms lo press Ihe neloved scholar to his paternal heart but the latter poinied to Dominica, who 4iood in one corner of the atelier, and whose face wore the very expression of i lie poitiait. 'My judges will forgive me,' said An omo, in a voice which showed tho con- rj?t ho put upon his hoart, 'If I piotesi tgtinst a j'l .'gmcnt which would have made the happiest of men. I withdraw ii y suit and leave lo Raphael tho hurrel ind Ihe inertle. Look, inater,'he con liiiutd.' how my words already havi aken from ihe original a portion of her reseinbljnce to my copy, see how Do miniea raises her fair curling head, how her eye brigliiens anew she love9 Ra phael. 'Yes,' pursued A nlonio, as i! lo answer the astonishment of his judges 'every one has a consciousness of his strength and his talents. I feel myself o far below Raphael, that from thi moment I renounce both the pencil and the graver. If there be for me any re nown in art, then may I perhaps, some day, find it in the chisel.' i Dominica became the wife ofiaphael I f . I A . - - O -T. iL . morgnen. nnionio uanovi leu me house and the studio of Volpato, taking with him Ihe portrait of his beloved. His gratitude and friendship for his teacher! continued ever the same, An evidence.'1008' wa8 a mosl dissipated man. Idleness of this m.v be found in the Dasilic ofllnal Curse 01 tne r,cn' nad M h.m in J 1 the holy aponile at Rome, where a mar ble monument was erected lo the mem ory of Volpato by Canova. THE YOUNG WIFE; 'So Ellen Osgood has refused Mr. Ziv ingston?' said a pieity girl of sixteen to one of her acquaintance, during a morning call. 'What can be the reason?' 'I do not know, unless it is his well known imperiousoees of temper.' '7ui whit is that to a fortune such as liia? I am sure 1 should overlook a great many failings in a husband, who could give me ihe finest house and most splendid car nage in town.' 'Bui my dear,' said her elder friend, 'you forget that happiness cannot be purchased with gold. There are sad hearts in fine houses as well as in humble cottages. If there is no mutual love and esteem in the mtrried state, no gay equipage can bring felicity or even afford content.' La! you are so old fashioned in your no tions, my dear Miss Thornton, bul then sure you are oder, and ought to know more than I do. Yet I am certain I should be liappier if I was rich' 'You think so now, my dear, because laving loving parents 6i affectionate friends your heart has nothing further to ask for in that way; but let your friends be take n from you, let you be alone in the world, with no one to cling to. and you will long for some oi: :e to love, more than you now long for lake care, my dear child, how you fling it away. Well, I am sure I never thought of these ihiiig befote: bul you must be right. They say Ellen is going to marry young Hury Monckton.' 'I am glad to hear it. Harry is in com fortable business, and can give his wife neat, thcugh it be a comparatively humbl- home. Then his character is every thiiu hat a wife could wi9h, his principles an excellent, and his heart in the right place Altogether Ellen has made a hnppy choice.' 'Yet still I should think she will some times regret her choice, when she sees the rich carriege of Mr Livingston dash by her humble home.' She will never think of ii, my dear,' Well, I suppose Caroline Willing,' said the youthful speaker, after a pause, 'wil now be Mrs. Livingston, She has been trying to gel him thcee two years, they say.' 'Caroline is a different girl from Een, die has less hoart, and places her happiness hififl v in external show Yet bIio never seems happy How she will triumph over Ellen!' But with little cause, my love. Wait for Iwo yeais and see tho result.' l'wo years had passed away since this conversation, fallen, meantime, married, and removed lo a neat cottage which hei husband had rented on the outskirts of the viljie The house was noi large, but wat- convenient, and every thing wiihiu and a- rotind was in excellent taste. A pretty gar den was attached lo the collage. This wat a source of great pleasure (o Ellen, for bIi was passionately fend of flowers and oven morning, while her husband was absent ni at his business, she might ba teen watering tier plants, singing with a caiol as light as that of the birds who warbled from lh neighboring boughs. Cuioline Willing had become Mrs. Liv ingston, and thus obtained (he prize for which she had schemed and labored. Her house wss the fine old mansion of the Liv- ingsions. which had been remodeled and newly furnished on her marrioge. Her e - qnipage was the most showy in the place,; for Ihe first lime since the revolution, liver ies had been seen in ihn villege. Her rah inet ware, her diawing-roum curtnins, and her magnificent scl of silver, were the talk of ihe town. Bul was she happy? If these things could have bestowed felicity on any one, Caroline would have been happy, but l. . ... L. - I I II hw ner iauea iooks, or heant her querulous complainings, shook thei beads. Mr- 'neton, it had now become noto 1 n a Mil - -.. I I II v cm iuiiimiy, buu is ne nau married without love, he now lived without restrain To the tears of his wife he was indifferent, from her complaints he turned sarcastically away. It was said that he was not only ruining hie own health and destroying bis wife comfort, but sqnandcring his fortune It was just two years afiei iho convsrsa lion with which our story begins, when thr iwo persons who participated in that con versalion called together on a morning visit at the mansion of the Livingstons Every thing was in confusion there. Servant we;e running to and fro, the caniages of two physicians were at ihe door, and from ihe upper chambers came loud and succes sive shrieks, as of some person in mortal gony. The ladies saw that their visit was mat a propos. They soon learned the cause of ihe confusion. Mr, Livingston the night before, bad lost the remnant oi his fortune in a gambling house, where a large portion of it bad already vanished; he had returned home, locked himsjlf in his room, and blown out his brains with a pistol His wife was in violent hysterics. With sad hearts the two friends turned away. Passing up the shaded street, they came lo the outskirts of the village, and saw before them the neat little cottage of Ellen. The garden gate was open, and partially visible from the street was an arbor, in which they caught i glimpse of Mrs.Monck- ton. Her work-basket was on the ground at her feet, and a favorite liitlo dog was . t ... was calm content and happiness. How I liferent the contrast between the happy voung wife and her rival, Mrs. Livinfston1 Phis reflection aiosc in the heart of each n1 he two frisnds at ihe same time, their eye net, and the younger one said. 'You were right v hen you told rr.e t( wait for Iwo years. 1 see now that virttn nd affection afford more lasting happines: than wealth ar.d fashion.' Cure for the Eitc of a Mad Dog.k writer in Die National Inleligcncer says, that spirit of hartshorn is a certain remedy for the bite of a mad dog. The wounds he adds, should be constantly bathed will it, and three or four doses, diluted, tuken inwardly during ihe day, The hartshorn lecomposes chemically the viius insinuated into the wound, and immediately alters and destroys its deleterionsness, The writer whorosided in lirazil for some lime, firs1 tried it for the bite of a scorpion, and found hat it removed pain and inflamalion almost instantly. Subsequently he tried it for ill bile of a rattlesnake with similar success, At ihe suggestion of the writer an old friend and physician tried it in cases of hydropho bia, and always with success. THE MAKUIAOE VOW, A'rhaps there is scarcely an nidinnry oath administered in any of the transactions or life so little regarded so little even re membered by all classes, as lhal taken in ihe most sol "tun manner, and in the pre sence of I he Almighty, by the husband anu wile. 'Loie, honor and obey.' How ma ny wives 'love honor and obey' llieir lords? How in it n y even think of doing so.' And yet there is an oath recorded agaiusi them every simple violation of whieh is a distinc neriurv. -No Woman should an v with' out first knowing her husband's charaeler so well thai she may obey him with discre lion and safely. She yields herself at I In altar lo a deposition, from whieli even an alteinpl to fly is a crime. A wile who con- tradjets her husband is foreswurn. No matter what manner ef man he may be, she 'muft 'obey,' if she keeps her oath. She has made no reserve or condi ion in her marriage ceremony, bhe has not saiu 'I will honor and obey if he shall deserve it.' Her contract is unconditional. It would be belter for young ladies before they yield the fatal 'yes,' to take this view of the sub jed Demise of a Venerable .aey. The leaih of aMissMareareiGredie is announc ad in the New York pspers of the 27ih uli. She arrived in that cily, from Germany, boot 70 years ago, with her fattier, the brother of the venerable George Arculari oui, Esq., and at theagt of 15 married Mr John J. Riell, also a German, who was a baker lo the Revolutionary continental nr. ny. bhe was distinguished for her devr... ed attention and kindness lo the prisoner and sick, confined in the memorable 'Old Sugar House,' and at a perilous crisis j the affairs of the revolutionary party at HiHt period, she proceeded to Philadelphia, bv die direction of her liusbar.d, (who died in uvs) anu presented Generel Washington wifh 1500 guineas, as a donation in aid of he great national independence L'tder the sanction of her husband, she supplied the American army with bread.for the period of four months without any com pensation. bhe was highly es'.eemed, ihio' tier long life, by all who knew her.as a de- vout Christian, and exemplified lhat high character in her whole deportment, she has left a large number of descendants proba. bly two bundled- Newspapers. A Newspaper taken in a family seems lo shed a gleam of intelligence around. It gives ihe children a taste for leading, it communicates all the important events in the busy world, ii is a never fail- ing source of amusement, aud furnishes a fund of instruction whieh will never be ex hausted. Every family, however poor, if they wish lo hold a place in the rank ol in telligent beings, slionld take al least one newspaper. And tho .nan w'io possessed of properly euflicieni to make himself easy for life, surrounded by children eager for i. vj nib ma ejniit if cupidity and neylecis lo subscribe lo h newspaper is deficient in the duties of a parent or a good citizen, and is deserving of the censure of his intelligent neighbors' A GOOD TEST. We heard a good elory tho oilier day which is too good to be lost. Farniei J)ick- ins, for so we will call h.m. one of iha neighboring York county fanners, alike no ted for his shrewdness and piety girls, was visiled by Jo Jenkins, under pretence tf rading oxen, while his real ol jVci was to lecuro one of farmer Dh ken's daughters. Finding no way lo accomplish ihe real oh. eet without a direct appeal lo the old nn, ie ventuied lo pop the question and re-ceiv-ed in return a most decided negaiive. Jo was not shrewd enough to manage for the ijirUi Jo, nothing daunted, pushed ihe trade in oxe.n, and in spile of the farmer's shrewdness, succeeded in a bargain bv which the old man found himself essential. ly 'shaved, Auhe ncxl appearance of Jo al Faimei Dicken s ill was changed, and the old man al once declared lhal he might go ahead, for if he was sluewd enough lo cheat hint, he could risk him mil: ihe jials. Jo went alieaJ; look possession of Ins desired object, and thus far has shown that the old man was not in error as lo Ins nonclusioii. Eajle- J curious Item in a Travelling bill, A Yankee pedlar put up al the house of a tavern keeper in one ol the towns of this county a few days since, and afiei staying a Hay or Iwo called for his bill, On looking over the items he fDiuid the lolloping run ons charges; To fiightiiing chambermaid, 1,':3, yestcrdsy's lodging in Uai-rooiu, 2.) ceuts. When a young woman, while in the act of sweeping, approaihrs you, with ku d wcuds and gracious looks, and politely it quests you lo iliuvtt, for she w-i is lo sweep where yuu are sitting, depend dpi n it si t' is lite girl you want, so far, certainly, ns tem per is concerned, for neer is a woman s, petultnt, so doaiinerring, as when she haH broom in her hand. Some men uro like cats. Yon n : v stroke ihe I'nr the right way lor years r: ! hear nothing but purring, but accidi i.p v tread on a tail and all memory of fcwi.ir acts of kindness is obliterated.
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