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About The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18?? | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1831)
•X J thought it only the effect of n»j> heated imagination, or the sound produced by the wind playing among the leaves of tlie trees. 1 however determined to be con vinced on this poiDt. No sooner had I made this determination, than 1 again heard t!ie sound of voices, and now no longer doubting the fact, I determined to discover from whence they proceeded. With this intention I advanced cautiously forward, keeping my eyes steadily direct ed towards the quarter from whence the sounds still continued to issue. I had proceeded but a few steps, when on turn ing a small copse, which concealed the objects of my search from my view, the moon shone full upon two persons enga ged in earnest conversation, the one of whom I easily distinguished to be a fe male. I now advanced with still greater caution, in hopes of finding out the sub jects of so mysterious an interview. I could not call to my recollection the face of the person who first met my view, though his countenance 6ecmed familiar to me. But who can describe my feel ings when I distinctly recognised in the female the well known features of my be loved Clara. I could not believe my own eyes. “It cannot be,” thought I, “it must be some enchantment. Could it be possible that was the modest, the unassu jjjll'ljjr C*. l*ai»r». *»« Jcbtll, Ulici wno was all simplicity and candour.” But in a moment my apprehensions were confirmed, when the soft mild tones of her voice fell upon my ears. Surely both my senses could not be deceived. My blood boiled within me at the sight—my first impulse was to rush suddenly upon them—but, upon further reflection, I de termined to await the result of the inter view, iu hopes of getting some explana tion. Suppressing, with dilficulty, my violent and conflicting passions, I listen ed with breathless anxiety and eager ears, to catch every sound that escaped their lips. At intervals 1 could distinguish sin gle words, but the wind rustling among ihe leaves, prevented me from making on' any whole sentence. I now began to be impatient, when the stranger, w hose ac tions had been all along cool and delibe rate, and who seemed to be urging a suit, with which the other party was reluctant to comply, raised his voice to a higher pitch, his gestures became more impas sioned, and his countenance beamed with inexpressible tenderness, and I distinctly heard these words. “Dear Clara, will you neglect this golden opportunity! O! fly with me—delay not —remember to morrow and all is lost.” At these words, and casting one despairing glance at the lovely form of Clara, he was about to de part, when his steps were arrested by the fioft voice of the fair female—“ stay,” she cried, “I will, I will go with you.” When the stranger heard these words his conn* the hand ot' the BJtefhtfb - , ;£feseirit'''p'as sionately, and, with hasty and light steps, turned to deport, gently drawing after him the trembling Clara. But far different were my feelings during this scene. Throughout the w hole 1 endeavored, with ull ray efforts, to keep within bounds my impetuous temper. I saw, with compar ative coolness, the impassioned actions of the stranger—l heard their conversation without betraying uny very violent emo tion—but when 1 saw them turn to depart I could no longer restrain my fury: it see med as though my passion had only been restrained to burst forth with greater vio lence. Maddening with rage, and blind ed with passion, 1 rushed upon them just as they were about to retire—l seized the arm of the stranger, and held it with an iron grasp. On my first appearance Cla ra shrieked aloud, and fell senseless to the ground, and the stranger stood mute with astonishment, and seemed chained to the spot. .Profiting by this opportuni ty, and unconscious of what I was doing, I grasped the stranger round the body, and succeeded in securing Ins arms to his sides. In a moment, however, I percei ved my situation, & saw that my strength would soon fail—ray antagonist, too, was aware of this, and patiently waited until he felt his arms gradually relaxing, when lie made a desperate and effectual effort, and succeeded in loosening one of his hands from my grasp, and, in a moment a<ter, 1 felt the cold steel piercing my ye n’ heart. I awoke from my dream!—but conceive my astonishment, when I found my arms firmly clasped around one of the posts of my bedstead, my hands clench ed, my teeth set, my eyes staring wildly at some imaginary object, and cold drops of sweat rolling down my flushed and burning cheeks. Exhausted with the ex ertion I had undergone, I fell to the floor, where I lay a long time before I could col ect my distracted and scattered senses. When my recollection returned to me, I crawled to my bed as well as I could in the dark, but my dream had left too deep an impression on my mind to allow me to close my eyes in sleep. Indeed, me thinks, even now I still hear the tender and pathetic voice of the stranger, and the mild tones of Clara—metliinks I still feel the dagger’s point piercing my heart —in short, I seem again to realize the whole scene of that night.— Mirror. C. A. Texas.— The Portland Courier pub lishes a letter from a friend, a resident in Texas, who writes under date of, Anahu ac, March 18. “When the company despatched their first vessel for this place, it was expected there was no settlement in this section of the Texas, but on our arrival we found » city surveyed out, with the appellation of Anahuac (the original name of Mexico previous to its discovery) and 20 houses. We also expected to have located our em igrant* anJ commenced tilling the soil, but tins for tlie present we are forbid do- [ , mg by the government, ar.d it is doubtful if our company’s cisun to a part of this! territory is ever recognized. * * * “Tlie climate here is pleasant at this: season, tlie thermometer ranging from 50 ; to 80 at noon, with cool mornings and I dev.ey nights. Mosquitoes ere increas- i ing rapidly; by the first of May they see ready for campaigning, and wo to the j visage that canuot shield itself from their attacks! Game is plenty—deer, turkeys, j and water fowl, from tlie classic f\wn (the poet’s bird) down to the vulgar dnek, including the pelican, biant and goose.' Alligators abouud in the river Trinity.on I which we arp settled, and they are as Fleri ty as pollock in Casco Bay, though not so harmless. This will prevent me from enjoying the luxury of bathing which in, this latitude would be indeed a luxury. 1 The land in general is good and produc-j tive, and nothing is wanted but a good! politic government and an enterprising* population like that of ours, to render it a' choice country. The Mexicans are a dil atory sluggish people, preferring idling! and gambling to labor. “There are many Americans in Texas, mostly from Kentucky, Tennessee, anl Louisiana; & among them are many wlo have no characters to sustain, but good names to originate and build up. Emi grants removing here seem to dispose of their consciences before lauding—the con sequences are, wrangling, cheating and often bloodshed. C\ e murder has been committed since my arrival in this vicini ty; the parties were Americans, and their quarrel arose from some land dispute. 1 lie noted Gov, Desha’s son, who fled Irotn the United States, died in this neigh borhood a few days since. On his death bed he made confession of the murder of Baker, and some other fellow living in Texas, besides being guilty of crimes equally as murder. “Fever and ague is the prevalent disor der on the hanks of the river. Extract of n letter received at Balti more from an American gentleman who has passed many years in Europe. It is dated from the Continent, March 1:1.- The character of the regent of the Neth erlands is particularly interesting:— “France! France! France.—God knows how things will end in that distracted country. They have the best king, for he is the best man in Europe. They have an amazing infusion office principles, and protections and enjoyments in their new institutions; —nay, the rights of man form their basis, and still they goon quietly. The noble, I fear hopeless, struggle in Poland; The glorious resistance in Italy— and the simultaneous efforts in almost ev ery oppressed country in Europe to gain their freedom and to cast down tyrants, all these phenomena and facts, are soma sTonsTfor ‘IPm nce*“fo consoliSafe’ eefc tie her new forms, and “set her house in order;” but this as yet availeth her not. We shall see—let us hope—let us hope. It Belgium could be, or would, or might be let alone, she has now under her re gency the very best form of govern ment, in her actual condition, and with the (Tactes) habits and prejudices of her people. She has a system, unfortu nately a tempory one) combining tlie en ergy of a monarch with the simplicity and economy of a republic;—and in the pres ent principles, experience and history of her regent,-Surlet de Chokiere, —she is blessed by the presence, influence & hon esty of one of the most able, virtuous and. excellent men that ever lived. Think of Roger Sherman, of Madison of Mason, of any of the rcallv puie and patriotic men ot our early days, and you will have an i dea of Surlet de Chokiere, and a just. one. I know him and 1 respeet him. Virgin ia Congressmen; a perfect farmer in his habits, dress and manner; and a Franklin in his maxims principles and life;—and withal, the most amusing, agreeable, kind hearted and cheerful man possible, cram med to throat with classic and sholaotie knowledge,and with the most profound practical knowledge of Europe during the last forty years. Such was the hatred of the king of the Netherlands to Surlet, that the government made a point to resist his clec’ion, and lie was defeated and kept out of the states general several years by government money aud intrigue, but finally he got in, and was the most inde pendent and most powerful speaker, one only excepted, in that body.—Now old Surlet is in the king’s shoes and houses.” ' COLOURS. Nothing contributes in a more partic ular manner to heighten the beauty of the skin than the choice of colours. For example, females ot fair complexion ought to wear the purest white; they should choose light and brilliant colors, such as rose, azure, light yellow, &. c .— W omen of dark complexion, who dress in such colors as we too frequently see them do, cause their skin to appear black, dull and tanned. They ought therefore] to avoid white robes, &. rose colour or li.rht blue ribbands, which form too distasteful a contrast with their carnations. Let such persons, on the contrary, dress in colours which are best suited to them ; in partic ular, green violet, purple, and then that darkness, which was only the effect of ton harsh a contrast, will suddenly disappear, as if bv enchantment; their complexion will become lively and animated, and will exhibit such charms as will dispute and even l»oar away the palm from the fairest of the fair. In a word, the fair cannot he too careful to coirect, by light colour, the paleness of their complexions; and darker women, by stronger colours, the somewhat yellow tint of their cnrnuv tion. We must not omit a very impor tant observation, respecting the change of colours by light. Thu«, crimson is ex-1 tremely hansomc at night, w hen it nun be sub>tituted for rose colour, w hich lom> 1 it* charms by candle ; but this crim son, seen by day, spoils the most beauti ful complexion no colour whatever strips it so completely of ail its attractions, Pale yellow, on the contrary, is often very handsone by day, and is perfectly suited ! to people who have a fine carnation ; but at night n appear dirt) and tarnishes the j lustre of the cbmplexion, to which it is j designed to give brilliancy. Tlie French wit* of the days of Charles the Tenth, denominated Journalism the fourth estate of the empire. They may now add a fifth, in the increasing ascen ancy of the Clubs, and call it Clubism.— An association has been recently formed | in Paris, which promises to exercise a ! tremendous influence in public affairs.— ‘ Its ostensible objects are the perpetual ex- 1 elusion of the fallen dynasty, and the in- | dependance of France. The members of, ot the Society contribute 2d a month.— ; The amount is small, but here is perhaps its. danger. There is a mutual and sacred j pledge among those associated to aecom- j plish the ends of the institution. It is re garded with dread in France as a nucleus j around which will gather the materials of; agitation. Affiliated societies all over 1 Iranec will give to the association a com prehensive and united power. It is in- j tended as a sort of Universal Club. The ; offices of most popular Journals in Paris i are chosen as tlie subscription rooms to ! which all who wish to join are invited to i send their names. This new association j is intened as a sort of central power of ( lubisin, to w hich all the inferior Clubs will be subordinate, and whose head quarters will be Paris. The influence it is likely to exercise over public opinion, over the elections, over the deliberations of the Chambers, and over the King, will soon become apparent, it is thought bv those who have noted its inode of forma tion, with the anxiety which a power so irregular and susceptible of abuse is like ly to create. Charleston Patriot. The New Englanders are sometimes charged with being over keen in acquiring money; but that reproach, if it he one, is overbalanced by their liberality in bestow ing their money on objects of public utili ty. The munificence of the opulent Bostonians is not we apprehend, surpass ed by that of any other people whatever. The following paragraph contains some evidence of the truth of our opinion, which is not, however, of recent origin: “We mentioned some days since that the Humane Society had given the sum of fire thousand dollars (or the purpose of establishing a Lying-in Hospital upon the condition that $12,000 more shall be raised for . * '« T - 1 _uTat u fctiuscription lias been successfully begun for making up the necessary fund. Col. Perkins has given the sum of five hundred dollars to this object, and at the same time the sum of one hundred dol lars a year, for five years, in addition to his previous donation, to the Boy’s Asy lum. Mr. John D. Williams has also made a donation of three hundred dollars to the fund for the Lying-in Hospital.” Boston Paper. Interesting haw Case. —The following is from the American Traveller,publish ed at Boston, and we are glad to see the decision on the case. Persons are so of ten treated as ‘live lumber’ by the proprie tors of stages nnd steam boats, that every man injured performs a public duty in bringing them to judgment.’ The injury in the present instance was caused bv the nut ol one front wheel coming off, which itwii* within the power of the proprietor or driver to have prevented.— Niles. Important to stage owners. —An inter esting ease was on Monday decided in tlie supreme court of this State, sitting in this city. It was a prosecution against the proprietors of the Boston and Provi dence Citizens’line. The plaintiff took passage in one of their coaches, and on Boston neck was overturned, thrown un der the carriage, had his leg severely fractured and was otherwise injured. An action for damages resulted yesterday, in a verdict for the plaintiff of fifteen hun dred dollars. riiecouucil for the defendants argued tlmt the overturning of the coach an”ac cident, which no care could have avoided, and the injury was owing to the careless ness of the plaintiff. The judge in his charge very clearly pointed out the responsibilities of the pro prietors of stages. They are bound to prepare proper accommodations for pas sengers: to have good and sufficient coa ches, horses harness, and drivers—to keep them always in such repair that full depen dance can properly be placed upon them and in case of the overturning of the coach, running away of horses, breaking down of the carriage, and injury thereby occurring to passengers, the proprietors are liable, unless they can prove the acci dent to have arisen from causes wholly without the control of the driver. But it is not sufficient that the agents of the pro prietors are properly directed; they must carry their orders into execution. If a carriage break down while upon a smooth road, the presumption in law (as laid down by the judge) is, that it arose from neglect on the part of the owner of the stage, and the burden of proof lies with the stage proprietors to rebut the charge. The result of this case is of great im portance to the public, whether interested in stages ns proprie tors or passengers. Decisions have been made in England which has established the principle of res ponsibilities ot stage and steam hont ow ners; hut we have now for the first time a decisive opinion upon tlie subject, and learn the law m :bis respect as that of England. Accidents iu steam lioats and stages have become too frequent, and it is : full time tha; the public are informed that j the law will afford them some relief a gainst the carelessness of stage drivers and steam boat engineers. Loss of limb or a maim for life, it is true, cannot be compensated by pecuniary restitution; but as great expense and loss of time are always attendant upon extensive injuries, it is some satisfaction toknowtliat a rem edy in law lies against the employer of reskless drivers. The Norfolk Herald—rather an oppo sition than a Jackson print—pays the following merited tribute to Mr. Branch, upon his retirement from the department of ihe Navy. A similar token of respect might with equal propriety be paid to Mr. Ingham, who was, in our opinion, the most able and efficient officer who has re cently left the service of the Government. “Now that Mr. Branch is no longer in office we may speak our sentiments of him, without being charged with unwor thy motives. Os his worth all who know him speak in the most exalted terms.— In his official station he has received much more censure than he deserved, and no member of the cabinet will retire from his duties with higher claims to the appro bation of an impartial public. If he has erred, and who has not ? it may with truth he said, it was no error of the heart—nor will we say of the head for some situations impose the necessity of bearing faults which properly belong to others. NUMMARY. New-York Citv Bank Robbery.— It is stated in tlie Commercial Advertiser of the 2d instant, that Edward Smith, in custody on charge of robbing the Ci ty Bank, was this morning brought into the Court of Sessions, and arraigned on seven indictments. On one of them, for burglary, he demanded a trial, and also on one for grand larceny, which charged him with stealing the doubloons. To the o ther five, which were all for grand larcenv he pleaded specially, averring that though they severally charged him with taking the property of various companies and persons, there was but one taking and but one offence in fact charged. The District Attorney has time until to-mor row morning at 11 o’clock, to answer the plea. But ten grand jurors attended this mor ning, and a venire was awarded to the sheriff to summon others to make up n pannel. At a recent meeting of the Committee of young men, held in Boston, Wm. F. Otis, Esq. was unanimously chosen to de liver the oration on the 4th of July next, ana lie lias consented to become their or ator. The selection is an excellent one. Texas papers to the 25th March have been received in New-York, by which it appears that the colonists are somewhat annoyed by Indians. Recent depreda rions and murders have been commitied by them. The Cincinnati Commercial Dailv says —a locommotive steam car is now buil ding, which is intended to travel on the Mac Adamised Turnpike, leading from that city towards Worcester. Fire at Snow Hill. —We learn that property to ‘he amount of from 7 to SIO,OOO, was consumed by fire in Snow Hill, Eastern Shore of Md. on Wednes day morning last. Our informant states that it originated from a stove-pipe, about S o clock, in Mr. \\ huley’s carriage shop, which was destroyed, together with Mr. Robert Smith’s granary, containing a considerable quantity of corn. Mr Z. Milborne’s dwelling, the old steam mill, two small tenements, Sec. Sec. Cambridge Chronicle. A Mr. Pf.ck, of Philadelphia, now manufactures “portable furnaces” of soap stone, placed in strong sheet iron. It is stated that this manufacture is preferable to those formerly in use, being much more durable, lighter, and more handsome— qualifications that will commend them selves to housekeepers. The steamboat President, Capt. R. S. Bunker, arrived at Providence, R. I. on the 29th ult. about 2 o’clock, with 100 passengers. Capt. Bunker left New- Yorkatthe usual hour on the 27th, and was exposed to the storm in the sound, not having put into any harbor. Ex- Presideiit Adams and family were pass engers in the President, and it is said on their arrival proceeded immediately to Quincy. Launch. —The New-Yorkers are go ing on at a rapid rate, they have more mer chandize than they have vessels to carry it away, notwithstanding new ones are "al most daily coining forth from their ship yards. Anew ship, to he called the Sampson, of 600 tons burthen, owned and to be commanded by Capt. JN. Cobh, was to have been launched from the ship yard of C. Burch dc Cos. in that city, on the 4th inst. She lias a figure head of Sampson and the Lion. The New-York Market. —TheNew- York Journal of Commerce, of the 3d inst. under the head of Second Edition, contains the following remarks on the market. There is very little doing in Flour, and prices rather give way. Sou thern has been sold at $5 621-2, and Western at $5 87 1-2. Ashes firm.’ The market generally rather quiet. There is rather more enquiry for Cotton. Sand Bar —The New-Orleans Argus! ot the 26th ult. says:—We learn tint a 1 -and bnr has formed at the steam |.oat landing, opposite New Levee-st. on winch i ■team-boots of the larger clas* have fre quently grounded for two t r three weeks past. V\ e understand, but cannot say for certain, that the wharf may be approach ed at the upper end of the steamboat lan ding, thus coming inside of the bar, or by keeping outside of die eddy and bar to the lower end of the landing, and there coming in. The bar is in the eddy, and but a few rods from shore. The Westchester (N. Y.) Herald mentions, that a lad named Euw.ur Tilforo, was drowned in Croton Riv er, on the 17th uit. He was in a small boat, with another lad on the pond at tached to Messrs. Brown &, Burton’s paper mill in .Southeast, and the recent rains having raised the stream above the dam, they were drawn by the cur rent toward the precipice or water fall, when one of them plunged into the wa ter, and succeeded in regaining the shore: the other was carried with the boat over the dam, and was lost. We learn by a gentleman from Buffa lo, that great numbers of emigrants have arrived there on their way to the “West,” expecting to obtain imincdi aic conveyance onward, by’ means of Lake navigation. Instead of this, they find the Lake still embargoed by ice, and are compelled to wait-—they know not how long, before they can pursue their journey. Large masses of ice had accumulated in the harbor during the winter, and it was presumed the navi gation would not be opened before the 10th of May. In the British House of Commons, recently, attempts were made to cough down Mr. Hunt; he merely observed, “If honoraple members be really* labor ing under the effect of recent colds. I have some lozenges which I ean recom mend as very efficacious.” The Providence American of the 29th ult. says:—"A severe gale of wind blew from the N\ E. dui irtg Wednesday night and yesterday, lVom which some dam age may be anticipated on the coast. In this town a chimney was blown down in Westminster-street.” Henry Didier Esq. of Baltimore, bearer of despatches, from our Gov ernment to Mr. RiVes, at the French Court, has arrived In New York, and was to sail on the Ist inst. in the. packet ship De Rham, for Havre. W OOL. “We are glad to see,” says the Fayetteville (N. I'.)Observer, “that this article has risen in our market fully 75 percent. At the present price, it is perhsps one of the most profitable arti cles which the farmers of our state can raise. Let them turn their attention to it. The rise is undoubtedly attributable to the Tariff. It is something new. for us to record a benefit to the South from that source.” Dinner to Mr. Maury. —The citizens of New-York have invited Mr. Maury to partake of a public dinner. The in vitation has been extended, signed by’ nineteen gentlemen as a Committee, to whom Mr. Maury, has replied accept ing of the same, and appointed Thurs | day last, the sth inst. as the day for per formance. It is stated that his honor, the May’or of this city*, will preside on the occasion. Wants. —Virtue wants more votaries— Wisdom more seekers—Truth more /v*-. al friends—and Honesty more practi tioners. [From the N Y. Courier and Enquirer } To the taste and fashion of the City of ft. Y The memorialofthe undersigned Wash erwomen, Ironers, Manglers, Clear-star ehers, of this and parts adjacent, humbly sheweth. 1 hat unless some alteration be speed ily made in the fashion of male attire, your memorialists are utterly ruined and’ undone We have suffered inexpressibly since the time that the beaus of this an cient and proud metropolis have left oft’ wearing shirts and have adopted collars, dickies, and check stomachers, and if this determination to repudiate linnen is per sisted in, we are on the brink of utter star vation.- Your memorialist represent that the Cantelos—the Moraiiges—the Leliv bridges and the Little-breeches, and sun dry innovators, to us unknwn, are the cause of these disasters, so afflicting to our families—that they are bringing us hack to the days of Adam and Eve, when habili ments of the slightest texture were in fash ion— that a beau ol the pres* nt age is scarce halt made up; and tiiat bv means of stocks, dickies, collars, mid mock ris bands they pass themselves oft - upon good society ns properly dressed gentlemen, and actually dine upon Turbot and Bur gundy, embrace a lady m a waltz, and sip coffee in the drawing-room, in all this parapharnalia of rags and tatters. Inde pendent of these private injuries, it is manifest that public goods and public in dustry- are in jeopardy by this new fash ion, inasmuch as pure and wholesome water for ablutions, together with those useful articles, soap,, starch and powder blue, are becoming a drug ; and we am also apprehensive, that if the old and sub stantial custom ot wearing a clean linnen shirt is abandoned, we have a right to ap prehend that the yellow-lover or some disease of domestic origin, may grow out ol this disuse ol clean linnen. Your me morialists further represent, that custom becomes common law; and if beaus are permitted to outrage public morals by wearing no sliirts.it is impossible to forseu w hnt other habits in respect of dress may not hereafter be dispensed with, to the great scandal ol our moral and religious community: We, therefore, give notice of our intention to apply to the Legislature at its next session for an act of incorpo ration, with baulking privileges, bv which our rights are to by secured and our in terests sustained. By order, PATTY WATTS, Kipp’s Bay.
