Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-12-16

| ed IN marriage; she lived ~ New York and was
spending winter in New Orleans, hopeful that its
! mlder climate would restore her health But she
gradually sunk under the dreadful disease, and died
ere she returned home. Il breaths the spirit Of in-
passioned devotion, and the ptrusll VIII swaken
the heciest and best sensibiics Of the heart. The
sweet, halowed sentiment which peryades 1.-THE
spirit OF unchanging attachment which distance
cannot wceken, nor the prospect pEArf extinguish
Is nneartiy, aud comes over the soul ike the mel
!og and subluing influence Of fIe setting sun
"Men's vows are brittle 'hings,"
bat The ardor OF an intelligent, srtalous high soul
ed woman is nquenehabe-sOoner than She viii
prove iorgetn Of her pighted promise
The flowers shall cease 10 ec the fostering breeze,
And nature change her Iaws"-
The unpractised heart Of such being is more 10
he valued than the brightest pearls OF lDda, or the
! tichest gems Of Goconda
NI~ o'sAEAss, Jan 26, ts56,
My Dear H;tliGm;-I have broken my pts,msc
B0l your too kind disposition will forgive inc even
without canse-lt was, know y0u fear, my
poor health that prevented my writing. Alas |
had hIte hopes that change Of air would restore
my health or ireslen my wlertd cheeks. But
my dear friends thought 50, and for their sake, am
here, Oh wish fur youn SAKE, could say tliat
southern AIRS were Strengthening nv constitution
and my feeble body. My morning rides bring me
momcuary freshness and ease, and tho fragrance
olthe grange tree Is very grateful; the deep green
groves look lovely, but only view their beautYin
contrast with my own feeble perishing health The
airs are too damp and heavy, Perpetual iogs trown
upon Us here morning AMI evening. Midday is
warm and pleasant, aud brings US refreshing, bree-
zcs. On, do not think write thus - give fresh
wound TO Your too generous feeling sympaihes.
But you know me too well and too true TO think
thus. And why should tell you o. hopes that have
long since fled from myalnost pulselpss heart3 WHY
should deceive byilattcrlng words him that is, next
to my dear blessed mother, dearest h me on earth
No, thougha kind Providence viii soon separate US
here, yt he will permit us 70 meet again ID hrigl.
ter and better home. OH William 10 not hope
Each setting sun sinks p0ier upon my vision and
warns me that shall see but few mnre fade behind
the west. But prospect more bright and beaut-
Iu strcws flowers lnmg pathway to the grave.
am fun Joy and Christian cieerl Your Her.
yeys Meditations is sweet comforter; nv pillow
companion. Your letter | have read again and
again. II strengthens me more than all Tie kind
Offices Of my good friends Don't part with that
friend that you have taken 70 your bosom. He Is
worth the world aud more. would not part witt,
JLsus 10 end my cheeks flushed with msy health,
and my feeble body bounding ii strength Oh how
| wish you were here that VIC might once more
speak together; bot my supken checks would 20
distress You, that should he ten ines moro mis-
| cradle Bat FEAR that shalneyer return. Come
| down when ypn receive this aud bring little Jane
with you. Kiss dear little Mary and John for Their
slater, and rive my warnes. love 20 oil the family
and my kind friends. | fad my strength is weak
enpg, and mus! again bid you fond and afiec-
Tomato farewell CATnARiSE.
OLp IETrrNs --Whqj ,rnrld- n u s.a.i..s-s,ssl
do we read in the sliies ofthem and in others, what
! beauty, What charm, what magical illusion wraps
the senses in brIel euchantmeDt But il is buci
indeed. Absence, enlargement, death, the three
great enemies Of mortal ties, start up TO break The
spell. The letters Of thWe who are dead, how Won
deruI. We seem 70 live and breathe IN their socie-
ty The writers once, perhaps, lived with Us IN the
communion Of friendship, in the flames OF passion,
IL the whIrl Of pleasure; IN the same career, IN
short OF earthly nys earthly ioIIies, and earthly IN
| frmtes W seem again 10 retrace these paths to-
gether; but are suddenly arrested BY the knowledge
that there lies vast gull between US and them: the
hands Which traced those characters are Wondering
| N the tonbs eaten BY worms, or already turned to
dust Nature, human nature slckcns at the thought;
bat redeemed nature says, although worms destroy
the body "yet in my flesh SHALL see God" IN this,
aud this great trust Of faith alone. hes consolation
but pause we must, and With melancholy regret
dwell on the pictures Ul the past which the letters
| Of the dead present 70 our view why are we left
| here, when The younger, the wiser, the better are
| called away what use ought we to make oil this
favor How instantaneously it might be taken from
rs Shall we disregard the reflection The highest,
! deepest thoughts may sometimes arise on retro
spcciion Of Old letters bu, there are others Of an
other nature. which speak 10 the heart in all us fee
| benoss, W oil lis wayRardncss, tossed abont IN the
storms Of the ieelnps--Lettcrs from those we (nce
loyed who perhaps are still living, butlivng no lon
ger for US. II may be they grew tired OF us; il
may be that we grew tired Of them; or the sepa
ration may have arisen from mutual imperlections in
character Sill The letters recall times and seasons
when It was otherwise, and we look upon ourselves
ont Of ourselves, as il were with melancholy intC
rest That identity 81 person, and that cstTangc-
meut Of spirit, who can pant It! Bot often mote
cruel weapon sih than these has cut the he OF atc
ton or love asuider; it Is the prejudice, the amb-
ton, ayarice, tcNleneas Of one of the parties only.
What place then, is the world for tender, trust
ny, loving bear to rest IN, where so many lay
siege 10 its warnest, best affections Rest IN
Rest in IT, Mott HES from hill to hill, from pros
pect to prospect, BAT Tic IaF Oh hard .! happness .
still far Oft. There
is still third class OF Old letters on which tie heart
delights to expatiaie, and it must be remembered,
ifaDy one designs to peruSe their pages, that they
pretend 20 nothing more than Journal q the h'art.
The third class olletters am now abiding 10, are
those OF the stdl living. but the absent. Oh what
do they not afford Of delight! All the inperee0ns
OF mora intercourse are 10 this mode Of communion
done away with; we see nothing bot what Is good
aud fair kind tender, gentle amusing; they have
, the whole wchery Of beauty love and trHtl IN
them, without one speck or flaw TO lower the tone u
the enchantmcnt they contain.
GRRar STEAM SHlr.--Wc learn that the new
{, steam ship Nalchez, Of G0J tons bmhtn, which
| is constructing under the direction Of Captain ".
! W. Story at tho ship yard Of Messrs. Roger.
Brown, and X. CulIey, south side Of the basiu is
rapidly advancing TO completion. This noble
: vessel is intended 70 ply between the cities Of
: New York and Nachtz,-- Eeiiim0re .2me,ieGn,
+. We learn from the Peoria illinois, Register
that mills are so scarce in that quarter that while