The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-02-07
HOME AFF ECTIONS.
BY DIR HAWKES..

The heart has memories that neVe
die. The rough rubs Of the world can
not obIlerale them. They are mem
ories Of home, early home, There i
magic in The very sound. There IS tn,
oId tree under which the Iigbt hearle,
boy swung in many a summer Gay,yon
der The river in which he learned Il
swim, there the house 10 which h.
knew parents love, and found a pa.
eut's proteclion--nay there is the room
in which he romped with brother o.
with sister, long since, alas! laid 10 lht
yard 10 VIII ich he must soon be gath
-red, over Shsd owed by yon old church
wlther with a Orus troop himself, ht
mas often followed his parents 10 wor
ship with and hear the good old man
who gave him to God in baptism. Why
4ven the very schoolhouSe associated in
youthful days with thoughts Of GerfuIe
and tasks, now comes back to briug
pleasant remembrances OF mlny an occa
sion that called forth some generous ex-
hlbItlon Of the mobiles! traits of human
nature. There it was that he learned
feel some Of his best emotions. There
perchance, he first met The being who
w her love& tenderness in after life has
made home for hi mself ,happier even
han that wh ich his childhood knew.
There are certain feelings Of humanity,
and those too among The rest that can
Ind no appropriate place for their exer,
else only by ones own Greside. There
IS sacredness in the privacy Of lha
spot which II were species, OF deSecra.
ION 10 violate. lie who seek, wanlon-
y 10 invade it, is neither moro nor less
than villain: and hence here exists no
'urer test of The debasement of moral,
N a community, than the disposition to
tolerate in any mode the man who dlsre'
cards the sanotlles Of private lih. lu
he turmoil of The world, let there be Gl
east ono spot where the poor man mal
lad affection that is dislnterested, where
Oe may indu &c conf Iencs which is
rot likely TO be abused,
.sssssssss.sasxa-s
GERMAN Love, The story we give
'elow, could only have happened it
Isrmany, or he related Of Germans, A
Dung girl Of Fl, Rose Kobe, sh op
ender, become acquainted with stu
lent Of Pharmacy, one Theophilus KeI
,Ier. This acquaintance, apparently |
'ery slight, was seon forgotten BY rh,
Dung man, but excited love, violent
Imosl TO madness, in the heart Of Rose
\ peasant girl, an intimate friend of
Rose who had discovsre The secret Of
'er pasaon. made shameful prof Of it,
Intensity. She addressed the poor giri
elters pnrporing TO be written by Kep-
'ler. and cajoIed her for fourteen years
)urng the whole OF that period Oh,
Iever once saw her lancIed berrotheG
'ut letters asking for money. sugar, bran
Iy, and even linen, poured thick upon
ier. The excuse for not seeing heI
we're Of the most strange and lmproba. :
lie nature, such az, that il consequence l.
t failure on his examination he was Ia. I,
zen 10 house of detention in Holland.
onstruCted expressly lorlhe punishmen
# defeated candidates. Such was the
enor Of all The correspondence; misfor.
une seemed 10 have Ianed on him. A u
me time be had bro zen 40 arm, smother
leg, Sickness, suffering and especial. d
y deStiIuton afflicted him; The last be 3
ng an appeal enduring and unendng il
Rose, al different periods! had sent eev n
n thousand francs, on enormous sum
or one in her position, to collect which
he was obliged 10 deny herself all but
he necessaries Of life, and 10 sacra q
ice her lille patrimony and that Of sis
er. At last After II years OF continued /
'nxieues and pIlvalIons, Rose read IT
he newspaper an announce menl Of the
lenrh Of TheophIus keppier apolherca
Y Of Winterbach, whose dlscOnSoIIlt
widow and eill cled children, &c. There
Ipop, on complaint 10 The AUTHORITIES the I
criminal who had wilhered her youth {
nd wasted her property was found inI
1or bosom friend. The punish men 10.
lIcled is f,urleen years continemen inI
dungeon, from which, during a Ger
ain period OF each year, oil light is sX