Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-12-26


character Of choir lesdrt, OF "a thai OF der
dnker 7 Is the Psaher In be reck'nrd a book
Of devotion, OF only canoRleal I'pTecSn"r so"g
book What pleasant medley would a." an
Van is a used up man. form Nllh Blessed be
the oame OF the Lord"
There Is a singular mixture Of the serious and
comic m these attempts at Mig devotion II
has all the ludcrou~ effect ct the pely Of An l'al-
ian brlgand, Who will rob your pocket over n'gh''
to deposit potion OF 1t ~ the church box IA 'he
morning. The wings have Ircd hy rVery variety
Of rxpedlenl, 10 debauch The public mpd, and ha-
vins done 50 are returning thanks lor their sue
cess, They have bcen engaged IN one OF the
most reckless contests started by any polite
al party, they have scrupltd a, base ness, they
have ru0 through the whole art ai polncal hang,
eNhausllng all ITS varieties OF practice, mud no"
that their eilntts, IN conjunction with other cauS's
have resulted as they WISHED, they would fam give
the glory to G,d. When the quack, mentioned
by Gil Bias, had filed has purse at the expense
oil the bowels OF h,s neghbors. he blessed the
good SAINT Who never permitted the lsuocenI TO
suiier.
The mock & avity Sih which he uttered this Is
model Tor uur whIg fellow ciuzens.
Our CouNrRY.--The growth and prosperity
OF this county has been geat aud rapid thout
parallel IN the history Of he world. Wuhu
single lite time, within the memory of many vet
living, this nation has gained IN popuIauon,weailh
and enterprise, 10 an extent never realized 90
dreamed II by any nation m ancient or modeTn
tunes. And II has usen not by wars oi cen.
quest aud crime: not 10y the INVASION OF defence
less territories not by utadng upon the necks
oil subducd tribes OF men but by he peaceful
arts, by homely aud tollsome industry 10y daring
and large. muded enterprise by hon uabe com
pettonIn every market Of the world by gener.
Gus institutions wisely administered and cheer
fully obeyed by liberal advances to men of all
clmes; and BY the benIsnrty of Gods providence
shining upon her from cloudleSs skies, that her
mighty youth has beeo nurtured into almost ,x-
cessNe greatness.
| The rapidly with which some of our cities
have reached their present SIZE, wealth and splen-
dor, wears more the air Of romance Than Of hlsto-
y.-New York may be named as an example. -
One bundled and fifty years ago, the whole IA.
mount Of property IN the now chartered limits ct
that CITY, was assessed at the value 0i $1,000
pounds, and was owned by 80 PERSONS. The
whole amount OF tax levied was 400 dollars. -
Then the place was infested by wolves, aud re-
wards were offered tuf thar extermnation. The
WhUle number of vessels belonging to the port
were three burks, three brganuues, twenty.sx
sloops, and IorIy SIX open boats and the whole
number OF carmen employed was but twenty. A
century ago The population was only about 5000
Now 1t is one Of the first commercial cities in the
world. The harvest of the rivers is her revenue
aud she is a mart OF nations. She has become
| the Glowing CITY, whose melchanls are princes
whose trathckers are The honorable of the earth
Philadelphia, though of second rate CONNER
caI importance, ranks even higher than Der siste
city in literary aud scientific character aud riches
Some ot our old people yet living, can remembe
when gram fields occupied what is now the cen
ire OF our city, and when our entire pupulatlor
did not more Than equal that OF many OF lie villa
yes at present surrounding Us. Yet here NJ,
colleges, Libraries, museums, collection. Of AIT
manufactures, woithler of the older cites of Eu
rope. Nay, in balancing accounts with the no
lber conunenl, We find 1t our debtor IN medca
discovery, IN natural philosophy, IN the mechanic
arts, As TO the latter, after giving 10 Europe
aud the world The immortal Fulton TO reveal tn,
properties and powers OF steam, are We not a
lhIs moment sending out from the workshops o
our Noulssts aud Baldwus, locomotives ant
other appliances TO The Ru-sias and to England
Phi. Am. Sentinel.