Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-23

{ p1teildl Euoi' hut could Tue sympathy anu htnu
offices oririends have reached spirit so riyen by
honor, 1t would have experienced no want Of con
ISOLATION, for the Irish are people Of quick and
| generous sensibhities. The most delicate and
/ cherShng attentions were paid TO her by the
families otweah and distinction. She was led
INTO society and they tried by all kinds OF oocupa
| tons and amusements to disslpae her griei, and
wean her from the tragical story of her lover
But it was in vain. There are some strokes of
calamity that seattle and scorch the soul-that
/ penetrate the vital seat Of happiness and blast it
never again to put forth the bud or blossom.
She never objected to visit the hauntS of plea
sure, but she was as much alone there, as IN the
depths of solitude. She walked about in the sad
| royerie, apparently unconscious OF the world
around her. She carried with her an inward wo
that Knocked at the Establishments of friendship,
and needed net the song Of the charmer, charmhe
ever so wisely.
The person who told me her story had seen her
at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition OF
iar-gonc wechedaess, more striking and painful,
! than to meet it in such scene. 70 find it wan
dering like a spectre lonely aud oyloss where all
around is gay: to see it dressed out IN the trap
pings of mIrh, and looking so wan and wo-be-
gone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor
heart into a momenary iorgetIulhess OF sorrow
After stolling through the splendid and gddy
crowd in an air Of utter abstraction, she sat hersel
down on the orchestra and looking about som,
/ time with vacant air, that showed her msonsr
bIty TO the scene, she began with the caprlclous
ness of Slckly heart, to waIble little plalntIye
air. She had an exquisite voice, but on this oc-
casion It was 50 simple, so touching; ii breathed
forth such soul Of wretchedness, that II drew a
crowd mute, and silent around her, and melted
every one into tears. 'rlh story of one so true
and tender could not but excite great sympathy in
a country so remarkable for enthusiasm. 1t com
pletely won the heart Of a brave officer, who paid
his addresses to her and thought that one so true
to The dead, could not prove but true TO the living.
She declined his attentions, for her thoughts were
irreyocably engrosscd with the memory Of a for
mer lover he however, persisted IN his suit He
was assisted by her conviction Of her own desti-
tute and dependent situation, for she was existing
on the kindness of her friends. In word, he at
! length succeeded in gaining her hand though with
the solemn assurance that her heart was onolh-
| ers.
lie took her with him TO Sicily, hoping that
change Of scene might wear out the remem-
brance of early woes. She was an amlabe and
exemplary wife, and made an effort 10 be happy
one; but nothing could cure the silent and deyour-
ing melancholy tina; had entered into her very
soul. She wasted away into slow but hopeless
decline, at last sunk into the grave the victim oil
Il broken heart.
George w. Reynolds presented check to
the second teller Of the Bank of Missouri, at
ST. Louis, the other day, for $43 90 and re-
celved from him $4,000. He returned tho mo-
ney 10 the Bank, but received no thanks for his
honesty
! A Mans three fdihers-Euris, the Turkish
hlstoriographer, observes, that "a man has three
| fathers, viz the father to whom he owes exist.
ence the father who feeds his mind and the
! father at whose hands he receives a wife"
| The battle of Bunker Hill lasted four hours
steady popping. 1t began between two and three
p. NJ, and continued till after six in the evening
IA long time for one TO stand up 70 be shot al
Marriage eriraordinarg.-- Boston Post
| says, one of the SIamese twins has offered HIM
self to Miss Along Moy." The N. Y. Mirror
asks, ave wonder if his brother will stand mp
with him."
The last plan we have heard Of to give back.
ward boy the use Of his, lounge, is TO send him
to '.glrls school,"
Benjamin Rathburn, the great Spectator IN
Buffalo, IN. w. has been admitted TO bail, and re-
leased from his prolracted confinement The
amount of bail given is s., 1000 upon each indct
Matchmaking 100000 in all.
DreadGM-The inhabitants Of Kingston, Up.
per Canada have burnt "Unce Sam" in e0gy
be was dressed III white hat, dapPer cloak, and
green specs. How cruel
Bank Investigations trust our state Bank
commissioners in their Investigations, will take
the liberty of having the specie Of the Banks
counted unIer their immediate inspection. The
recent exposures Of the enormous dishonesty Of
many Of the Massachusetts, Ohio, and Michigan
banks--0he latter ones particularly, exhibiting
boxes of "broken glass, lead aud ten-penny
nails as containing specie ought to be borne in
mind by the commissioners, when in the vaults OF
our banks. Some Of these institutions, through
their, friends, have exhibited great irritdbiiy be-
cause the democratic presses Of the State have
drawn public attention to the consideration Of
their malpractces - and it ITO be feared that all
is not sound " in Denmark" ii is to be hoped, |
therefore, that the commissioners will 60 in for
most searching operations into every department
of the banks; the most odious impressions are
rife with the community, respecting them; and
nothing short Of the most rigid scrutiny will be
satisfactory.
BY the by, VIC trust that too much time viii not
be permitted to internt between the examination
of one bank and that of another--the policy Of |
the board should be to move from one bank to an
other, with Bonapartian CELEBRITY; and the last
part ofthe investigation Of each bank by the com
missloners should be the counting Of the funds -
BY proceeding in this manner, those corporations
connected together by interest be prevented
from loanlng specie or funds Of any kind 10 ench