Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-02-08

How sweet anil quiet seem, u.s. fc.t,
I.pu thc lakes uu1Hltl htsas,--
When o. black clouds u',rure The sty
AID nov The sunb,aus quickly ny.
q love ,lhe the purple dive
OI sunset pH a summer say;
A urh aud gorgeous u is hue.
Butswi.t'y fading from lhe view
Leaves darkness with rs s0mhry netu
Io ugn n silence DER The scene.
Yes love IS Ike the summer rose
The me'eors tgh, that 6ercely gIows-
The fading ~ Us ii,hl gcant
Thal sparklrs GA the silent stream
And hsc the purple lines thlthe
Al sunset ON summer sky.
H., things which soones, change OF lcc,
,-e,y, ~, OF pye's Inconsistency
Born Of a Q ,ncc from bcauys eye.
\ burning klw,a tender sigh
R,s~ Tor an hour ~ 'h .de'P'i r'.e
Then sinks INTO ob.yons '''-
The following cptaph on an tuda' Is ""''E '0s
most beautiful and appropriate we have ever XVI
This fragile blossom ors iay.
Ft. 90 jc's ycfna blooming hour,
Like infant germ, that. hiphed, hy
Tar from their owned loved parrnt bower.
NouM'sl lhlu is future fate explore
To thee Tie boon Is kindly gwen
Co gentle reader sin no more,
And thou shalt see this flower IN Heaven
Tha London Coucspluleutor the United Slaes
Gazetlc thus describes Queen Victoria;
The Queens mouth IS her most striking defect F.,
the short upper lip cln only b. closed oyer the pro.
ireHng teeth BY an effort. vhrh i is unpleasant 10
hohoId.--Eycs prominent bot expressive, and, To
borrow sentence from one 0 her loyal SUBJECTS
(rdilor Of the London Times sto has Che iuuoru.
tai vasn.ty Of the Guelph face IN perfection Her
bust lscxcccdngly Gac hut the symmetry OF The
figure defective, as she appears much taller IN pro-
pnrtnn, sltuuG Than when upon hcr feet The ears
are SO remarkably long as 10 attract attention. ~
was observed BY the artist wln executed tie bust
Tier ltrt and hands are rather pretty
Educated for The high station she GUS, her natural
powers E1yc been drawn nut % their utmost ten
sion. Yet, tu Judge trnn many Of her acta, they
are nothing cXranrd nary. obstinate to pr9t,5b,
/ aud vaccyalng IN her attachments, her mnthcr Il
now less N her confidence tlan her maids Of honor
a German woman, the Baroness Of Lchztu near
sixty years 0a, being fin, conlidlulr, and exercises
over her m almost unboun3cI influence In fine
t 4" Victoria might have done very well in |fa9r
i station hat nature never intended her any thing
! great The accident of birth has placed her on tie
! throne ofEugand. With good ministry, an will
50 on weII--lor the monarch Of these realms is lt.
/ tie more than q gildcj puppet. She leans decded-
/ y to the liberal side bul as yet pleasure and The
! trappugs Of STATE 10 which may now be added,
the prospect ol husband are more to her than the
welfare aud happnrss Of the pcoP.e.
APPALLING CALAMITY. The editors of the Jour.
/ nal ol Commerce have been favored with the lp.
/ having letter rom Capt Brooks, Of the steamer
! NmfoJ, dated
STEAMER NmRop, Jan. IS, 1870.
/ ~ have seen Captain Chester Hdarl, one Of tis
sufyigors from the destruction Of the steamer LEX.
1 iuron on Monday night last by iire, aud from bun
/ gather the lolowIngpirticulars. The boat cit n
/ York Of 3o'cock--he thinks with abou, so passcn.
! gers, aud foil freight
/ " About bali past in the evening he heard o.,
CIV al fire be ran On deck and saw tie fire burst
ny through the wool work round the chimney liz
ran up To the wheel 70 advise running Tor the shore
winch Captain ChlIs, informed him hey were da.
] ing he being up at the wheel. He then ran on
/ deck
AN attempt has been made 10 rig the fire en-.
gtnc on board, but did not succeed. They rushed
! Tor tie boats and Jumped in, ihc number be thinks
OF twenty IN each, aud lowered them down walIe
the h3al va, under iui heodways, aud be is Of opn.
/ ion that not ouc Of them escaped,
4 ne Hic boat was tNioWh over but caught TIC
wa ter wheel, and was lost. H. saw several float
iag w,th Iar pfescVcrs but Capt II links none
survived until morning lie ADVISED umbine over
/ tie cotton bales and assisted, he thinks N getting
over 10 or -, and dashed himself 20 one,
When the steamboat Slapped, which she did
from some cause to him unknown, man BY the
name Of Cox, employed on board, got on wits bar
about o'coct and the braces under the guards
were full Of persons, having gained that position as
Tie last resort.
He remained on the bale Of cotton, and wa'
taken Of by Capt, Meeksr, Of Soo3 Merchant 81
Southport They discovered The Ere soon after il
broke out, and attempted t, get out Of The hartsi
bul II beng shallow, aDd the tide falling they caught
aground aud did not get out unit morning tide. -
Cox died about = o'clnck, on the bale with him.
Capt Manchester, tie pilot, and Chnrles Smith
boat hand, and Capt: Hiliyer are supposed to b
all hat arc saved Two bodies were found, On,
suppos Il 10 be the steward and Cox, as mentioned
above, ana were taken 10 Southport: Capt. Hill &
nov on board from Bridgeport % New York.
Your obi sery't.
"JOHN BROOKS