Encountffcmcilt to Volunteers. are
gratified in Tcilig able to'stafc, that tlie fol
lowing important provision Tor tire encour
agement and support of volunteer corps, was
passed at tlroiast session oT the legislature.
The section was introduced by Gen. Rogers
'the senator from Bucks, and its passage Was
ably and zealously advocated by him, as
boing calculated to produce beneficial Ye
suits. It met with much opposition when
first suggested, and wag olico voted down
Mn the senate. Gen. Rogers Was Hot dis
posed to be thus casil discouraged lie a
gain brought the subject forward, and ulti
Vnatcly succeeded in carrying it through.
The Volunteers of Pennsylvania will ap
preciate the importance of this provision,
and under its operation, volunteer corps will
again revive and flourish. Fa, llcp.
"Sect. 2. That from and after the pas
sage of this act, every citizen of this com
monwealth, and subject, to the performance
of military duty, Tcsklingwithin the bounds
of the second military division, composed
'of the counties of Bucks and Montgomery,
and also residing within the bounds or the
first, second, third, fonrth, fifth, sixth,.(ex--eepl
Berks and Schuylkill counties) sev
enth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth,
fourteenth, and fifteenth military divisions,
who are now, or may be enrolled hereafter,
in any volunteer corps of said divisions, and
shall pay annually to the support of the said
volunteor company the- sum of two dollars,
shall be exempted from tlie performance of
"any other military duty, Provided, said
exemption shall not continue any longer
than said company-is in existence and rxr
Jides agreeably to law, and the said sum of
two dollars is actually paid the evidence
of which shall be the certificate pf the com
manding officer of the corps; And provided
also, that all such sums shall be paid to a
member of 'the said volunteer corps duly
authorised to-rcccivont."
'TPextts Speculations. We learn from
llicTJew Orleans papers that so great is the
mania for speculations, that in the town of
Houston, which stands on part of a tract
bought but a short time since- by General
"Houston, for a few cents per acre,' lots -CO5
Meet' by 100 are selling for $2,000, 2,500,
unci some so high as 3,500! 'If'lhings go
on at this rate, we hope the government will
buy up some of the Texian Scrip, which
We vxvo here hi New York, and which we
can spare quite conveniently in these hard
ttimes. 2V K Erau
Shaving extraordinary. We have been
informed by a merchant recently returned
from New York, that a partner in one of
the largest houses in that city stated to him
that they had paid since the pressure, seventy-live
thousand dollars in extra interest!
What a commentary on the extortion ofthc
brokers and money changers of that city!
and who-can be surprised that any house
shouht fall, or rather who would not be as
tonished if it did not, with such a draught
upon its profits and its capital in tho shape
of extra interest.
Accident. Two- son of a man named
Mr. Hartman, of Penns township, Union
county, were, as we are informed, playing
wfth a gun the other day, which was loaded,
when the one said to the other, "shoot me,"
both being young, and not knowing the
consequences which would ensue, when the
other shot, and the whole contents lodged in
tho body of the former boy. He survived
but a few hours. This is another warning
to parents from keeping fire-arms within the
reach of children. Star.
The Cincinnati 'Chronicle says, 285,000
l'mgs were slaughtered" in that quarter the
present year. Value, three millions of dol
lars. Astonishing! Tho editor of tho Bed
ford Gazette 6ays he has received nearly
FIVE hundred dollars subscription, and a
"bout THIRTY new subscribers during tlie
last court week in that county and all this
without any dunning. We nover heard
tell of such punctuality in outlives; at least
not since we have been at the printing busi
ness, which is upwards of thirty years.
Miuonian.
Some of our farmers have ahcady com
menced ploughing up their graiirficlds, and
commenced putting in summer graiiu In
truth, the crops in general look very sickly,
but some of tlic-fields woifflook at all. lb.
John Hand, of Somorfield, Pa. bars inven
ted a corset apparatus, by which it is said
the ladies can squcezo themselves into the
compass of a hoe handle, by pulling a cou
ple of strings.
Ttis said that tho anti-alavcry ladies of
Boston and Philadelphia, ttlk of holding a
coavention in Now York, and that their
husbands will be left at home to lako -wire
of the children.
The Ithaca iferald has" "the following:
Died" suddenly at Enfield, of an extra dose
of Brandrcth, M Polly Hodges, spinster,
in the f.lth yoarV , 10 rctn"ie'1
fcrr ruth in the lector to the last,
Soun-1 let hw IWP 'J"" A "S and ,
For if tic w!( l; for i.ilta.
puovisroNS.
The difillne th flour, wheat, nnil bacoft (
continues; and many speculators who cal
culated upon realizing ihimc'nsc profits from
the necessities of the community, have met
with signal and scvcrtflosscs.' The mipply
of flour, which a few weeks ago was de
clared insufficient for the consumption of
the country, and which was held at such
enormous prices as to bring in vast quanti
ties t)f foroign grain, is now found to bo
dver abundant, and is exported in still
greater quantities. The greedy monopo
lists who were holding back for high pri
ces arc now glad to sell at a sacrifice, hap
py if they escape bankruptcy The tem
porary nil (luring which they caused in the
winter has rebounded upon themselves;
and but few sympathise with them, for
there is an honest and hearty aversion a
mong tho people to those who would induce
and profit upon starvation.
Had these cormorants been content witli
reasonable and fair profits, and opened their
hoards at a time when the whig presses re-,
commended the- stinted population to live
upon rye, com and potatoes, they would
have relieved much suffering, and averted
the calamity which has fallen on them
selves. But no: they would not rest until
they had ground the face of the poor man
to the very bone; and the snarcr is lncshcd
in hi& own net. We are told that the quan
tity of flour, wheat and bacon accumulated
in this city is vast, and comes in faster
than it can be sent away; that it would take
two months to ship the stock on hand to
the eastward, and the prospect held out in
that quarter is not the brightest. Thousands
of bushels of wheat and barrels of Hour, are
arriving, as-if'a supplementary harvest had
followed a threatened famine. One in-
-straice, a- small one will 'illustrate the way
m winch hundreds of speculators have 'bit
themselves. An individual in this city last
fall, bought up wheat to tho amount of a few
hundred bushels; in the winter, he was of
fered $1 50 per bushel for it, which would
have yielded him a rich profit; he was ear
nestly advised tosclL Not lie: he put faith
in the predictions of the speculator astrolo
gers; lie waited for their fulfilment. Hut
tlie artificial famine, the offspring of bank
facilities,, passed away; anil he Would now
gladly accept $1 OOforit.
Speculation, in fact has turned every
thing 'topsy-turvy! and such a freak as
"sending coals to Newcastle,''' is no longer
a joke but an occurrence which finds a
daily parallel. Flour and Iracon are sent
back and forward like shuttle-cocks; one
week shipped from Cincinnati to Orleans
and the next vice versa. And this is the
blessed state of things which the people
arc called upon to support by fostering and
encouraging the growth of bank monopo
lies. Pittsburg Mercury.
NEW-YORK BLACK BOOK.
It will be recollected, that a year ago or
more, there was considerable excitement
among the merchants in various places ois
the subject of a system of espionage, ar
ranged among certain merchants in this
city, for tho purpose of spying out the pri
vate affairs, the moral, social and pecuniary
standing of their customers abroad. This
system was exposed by a respectable law
yer in Virginia, who was requested to act
as a spy agent or sub-spy to the princi
pal office of espionage in New York.
Meetings- were got up at Utfca and other
places, on the subject, and resolutions pass
ed expressive of the sense of the merchants
in these places, of tho insult offered them by
the spy system, as well as of its odious na
ture and industrious tendency.
But, for many months, we had heard
nothing on the subject, and supposed the
merchants of this city had given up the
spy system for a bad job. But, if we-may
rely on the Chicago American, they have,
during the late period of quiet, been merely
perfecting and preparing their system for
actual use. "Our town," says that paper,
"has been the scene of much excitement,
owing to the reception of ono ofthc New
Fork Mercantile Spy Boohs, in which the
fair character of several of our most emi
nent merchants, has-been most villainously
traduced, by a pack of knaves hired for the
purpose by the merchants of New York."
The Chicago Democrat also has an ac
count of tho book, which it says purports
to bo a "Western Mercantile Directory;"
and says great disarrangements have taken
place in the plans of merchants in Chicago
by its appearance it having entirely alien
ated tleir 'jtrong prejudices in favor of the
New Yor'i market, and disposed them to
turn much of 'their trade to Boston ami I'lril
adelphia. "Our merchandize from New York"
continues tho Democrat, "during tho last
soason, must have amounted to $5,000,000,
and as a recompense for so much patron
age We havo hail en unparalleled libel pub
lished upon our character. In real cold
blooded- villainy, wo doubt whether the
equal of this book can be found in the Uni
ted States. -The author has sent a poison
ed arrow to every breast. Ho has damned
tho joys of parents by depicting the rascali
ties of their children he lias caused the
tears Of sorrow to trickle down the checks
of the wifo, by picturing tho dissoluteness
and debaucheries of her husband; ho has
alienated the nflectious of maidens from
their lovers, by calling them incendiaries
and assassins; and he has caused the child,
too, to mourn over the knaveries of his fath
er. Ho represenfs communicants and dca
consofour churches as consummate rascals,
our postmasters as drunkards, our legisla
tors as knavoo, and our vvealtlj&st men "as j
bankrupts. Hardly a respcmauio nouscm
Illinois has escaped his slander, whilst eve
ry villain hrts secured his approbation,
this libellous hook Was taken from one of
tho largest houses in New York, and is
known to be still hanging under tlie counter
of many others, and when our merchants
visit tho city, they arc to be trusted or not,
according as the dapper jumper shall decide
from this, his employer's book of appeals.
This fact our merchants know and feel; and
they- will be tho last men to submit to it.
To ascertain authenticity of the book our
merchants have taken the Tight course;
Thev will hand it over to the Grand Jury
in a few weeks, who can do no less than
present it as a libel. Our state authorities
will then call upon those of New York for
assistance in'fcrreting out the authors."
The actual existence of the ab6vc de
scribed book is further proved by a corres
pondent of the Buffalo Advertiser. He,
however, calls it a pamphlet, and describes
it as containing the reports of the Spies
sent out by 'the New York merchants to
pry into the private or domestic affairs of
our Western merchants;" and reiterates what
was said in tlie Chicago Democrat, about
the- merchants trading to otlier places than
New York
By what stroke of fortune or of art, the
spy-look fell into the hands of the Chicago
merchants is not mentioned. But of the
existence of such a book, after the above ac
counts of it, we can hardly doubt. Of the
excitement on the subject we have pretty
sood evidence, and we shall probably have
more before the matter is done with. It
will notbc confined to Chicago, when the
whole country of the West is equally inter
ested in tftc affair. N. Y. Transcript.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
The schooners Camanclie, Sarah Ann,
and La.Paez fronv Mcxico,bring important
intelligence. The latter sailed from Tam
pico as latcas the 12th, and letters received
by licrinform us lhat"Bu3taincnte has been
elected President."
Tlie government had negotiated a loan,
with the house of Rubio St Co. of Matamo
ras, and other ports, for from $150,000, to
8200,000 per month, to pay the troops, for
which they received in mortgage the Cus
tom house duties. This powcrof Rubio St
Co. over the customs, made- the other mer
chants jealous, as the favoritism thus shown
enable Rubio St Co to undersell their com
petitions in the market.
Santa Anna1 a party daily becomes strong
er, though he remains quiet, and is even said
to have requested permission to retire to
Colombia.
Olarte, a Mexican Indian General, the
champion of the constitutionalists, is advan
cing towards the ports on the gulf, carrying
all before him in fact, meeting with no op
position. Some say he is friendly to Santa
Anna others that he will ultimately be
President. He is a foe to tho Bustamen
tinos. Tranquillity is temporarily restored in
the capital; but poverty and wretchedness
prevail.
About 8270,000 in specie arrived in the
Camanclie and in the Sarah Ann, from Tam
pico, for Messrs.. Lizardi, Merle and others
Two persons of Havana came in the Sarah
Ann, expelled by Gov. PTcd'r.i. Col. Palo
mino, who had gone with 200 men against
Olaret, returned with only 50, the rest hav
ing joined tho Indian chieftain. It was
thought Santa Anna would unite with the
uneducated but brave Alarte, ncar'i'ampieo.
APPALLING" MURDERS.
Jacksonville, April 20.
On the 8th inst. the house of Mr. Wil
liam Clcmmons, situated on tho road from
Alligator to Livingston's Ferry, on the Su
wannee, about twenty mites from the latter
plaee, was-attacked by Indians. The in
mates consisting of Mrs. Clcmmons and
four children,, and" a little orphan lad.living
withMr.Clemmons, were murdered'. Mr.
C. was from home at the time this-awful
visitation was made- upon his family.
He returned on the 10th inst., the second
day after the horrid transaction, and the first
intimation of tho calamity that had befallen
his wife and little ones, was the desolate
appearance of his home, and then the- bod
ies of his wife and children, fifty or more
yards from.thehouso. They had been shot
while attempting to escape, as it would seem
from the position in which the bodies lay.
They were unscalped. They were both
shot in the head, and so near were the guns
when discharged, that the heads of tTiese
unfortunate victims were literally blown to
pieces. And to add to the horror of the
sight, and anguish of the bereaved husband
nnd father, the body of tho youngest child, a
babe,-was almost devoured, and tho arm of
the mother eaten off by hogs!
Breathes the man with heart si cold, as
not to sympathise with the affiictei and suf
fering of East Florida?
From Tampa Bay we hear that bstwecn
ton and twelve hundred Indians arc there,
drawing rations that Oseola andPliilip had
not conic in on tho 1 1th April.
New York Safety Fund Hanks. A
bill has passed the assembly of New York
by a large majority , requiring all banks sub
ject to tlie safety fund, to receive in deposit
each others notes only that shall be issued
after the passage of the net.
,1 big business,' Ono houso in Albany
lino ntn.i.nr1 ,1 .. ., 1 ,1 ni 1 . I-
iti" wumiiii uuu jjuiu lull uu Ull (ulla UI
merchandise tho first four days the canal
has been open.
TTIIK COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.
"TIlUTIl WITHOUT FEA1I,
SaYurUny, May , l$H7.
Puiilication-DaY. The "Democrat"
will continue to- bo published on Saturday
morning. Our l-icnds hi Espylown, Ber
wick, Foundryvillc, Sugar valley, McDow
ell's mills, Orangevillc, Fishing Creek, Bri
er creek, Cattawiss'a, Rohrsvillr, Danville,
AVashinglonville, Sic. will consequently re
ceive their papers on the morning of its
publication.
gC7Wc are sorry that wo arc unable to
supply new subscribers with the first num
herofthe "Democrat." They arc all gone;
and while wercjoicc in the increase of our
patronage, we can only urge all those who
wish papers from the present number to
send in their names immediately, as we
have printed but a small number of extras.
fcCTho members of the- "Fount Fire
Company," of Bloomsburg, will meet this
afternoon at the Engine-house, at ! o'clock,
when a court of appeal will bo held, and
other business transacted relative to said
Company,
West Branch Bank. The Commis
sioncrs have advertised for sale the stock of
this institution. It will be disposed of, by
public auction, in Williamsport, on the 30th
inst. We shall soon have more of the
"pretty paper," as the notes of new banks
are always called.
fcCJBicknell's Reporter ofTuesday last
states that the notes of the Lcwistown Bank
are again received at par in Philadelphia.
ICJohn Warren has been tried at Lan
caster and found guilty of passing Coun
terfeit notes on the Farmers and Mechanics
Bank of Philadelphia, and sentenced to
three years hard labour frr the penitentiary.
He had a large sum ofthese spurious notes
in his possession when taken, all of which
had the stamp of R. T. Bicknell, Szc.
SC7"Tlio York Gazette speaks of Dr.
Daniel Sturgeon the present state Treasu
rer, as a candidate pjr Governor. Mr.
Muhlenberg's name has been mentioned by
several democratic papers, and one or two
have expressed a feeling in favor of Judge
Blythe. Tlicy are all sound democrats
eminently qualified; but as we go for the
candidate nominated by the- democratic ith
of March state convention, we shall with
hold for the present any expression of our
own in favour of any individual. We have
been taught a lesson which shall never per
mit personal predilections to interfere with
the selection of candidates for office; and
while wo anticipate union and harmony,
and a good selection, we can feel somewhat
easy until the period for nomination is
nearer at hand.
Constables. At the last ApriT sessions
for Northumberland county, .Tiufge Lewis
decided in favor of the election ofa Consta
ble, highest on the return, who had served
more than three years out of six. His honor
delivered an opinion, with which he polite
ly favoured the editor of the Milton Farmer;
and whiles-he sustained his decision by ref
erence to legal authorities, he has evinced
a strong disposition in favor of lotting the
people choose their own public servants.
We aro pleased at this new evidence of his
continued adherence to democratic princi
ples. PniNTKKS Convention. The editors of
tho 10th Congressional district held a meet
ing in Milton on tho 20lh ult. and appoint
ed Delegates to the proposed state conven
tion of printers, which is to be holden at
Harrisburg on the -1th of Julynoxt.. Messrs.
Cummings, Eck & Middleton, of Lycom
ing, Messrs. Frick & Swcney, of Northum
berland, and Messrs. Yearick, Seebold St
Zcllers, of Union, aro tho delegates, who
aro to "doviso ways and means to protect
the craft from imposition to obtain ade
quato compensation for their labour, as well
as to regulate oilier matters touching the
.press." Go ahead, brother Typos,
icyUpwards of 500 passengers passed
through by the Camden & Amboy rail-road
on Tuesday last to Philadelphia,
trTWc have' been 'frequently askctl ouf
dpinioh respecting tho" Morris Canal 4iartk-
ing C6iiipa'iiy of New Jersey; and wo will
frankly staUXhatwc know nothing as to flic
condition of the institution, excepting that
1 11 .--.. .fct. 1 1. l f .i 1
-1' ' i
t tWll . ..ii fckt ..
these notes arc in circulation is owing to the
turn rtt- 4l.tnn lnot naflttint'Ad ntv 4lin f"!ntlnfi'io
sa Rail-road having been paid oil in this pa
per Ihe Bank being a stockholder in the
road to the amount of &20,'000 The pre
vious estimates were paid in tho ttotes'W
the Bank of the United States, that insti
tution having 8250,000 worth of stock.
Tub Makkkts. While Wheal is selling
in Pittsburg at$l per bushel, and Flour ;
SO.00 per barrel, it Is bringing S2 per bush
cl in Jiloomsburg, and &10 per barrel. In
Philadelphia, Flour is selling at S8.50-.
It is no uncommon matter now-a-days to
hear of shipments of grain and flfeur from
the eastern cities to the interior. What A,
commentary on bank facilities!" What A
just punishment inflicted upon those who
would subject the poor to-fctarvation, arid
the rich to inconvenience, by dishonorable
speculations in the necessaries of life. One
house in New York, it said, lias lot
$100,000 by speculating in (lour.
fCT'Our Farmers have been cheered
with warm rains and sunshine during th'w
week; and the grain fields begin to have the
colour and growth which promise a boun
tiful harvest. We can only hope for the
best; and in the meantime would paution
our farmers, who" in reality arc "tho salt of
the earth," upon whom we must rely for
all the necessaries of Ufe. against being too
hasty in ploughing up their grain fields for
a fall crop. They must remember the
gloomy aspect which induced such a course;
in the spring of 1833, and the heavy crops
which were yielded to those who let their
fields alone, with a reliance upon Provi
dence. Such will most probably be tho
case the present season.
fi;7Our friends in Williamsport have
been put to their trump?, and" are making
considerable fuss respecting tho location of
a Depot for the Williamsport and Elmira
Rail Ruad Company- William P. Far
rand,, the agent of said company, purchased
a farm from Charles Hepburn, Esq. in thn
vicinity of Williamsportr and, as rumor
will have it, intends luyhig out a Town,
"for the- purpose of making it the termina
tion of transportation on said road." The
location of such a town would materially
injure Willramsport; and as the enterprising
citizens of that Borough have borno all the
expenses incident to tlie Cmmni inn rl enxl
company, we think such a course of con
duct, on the part ef tho company, would
reflect no credit upon the individuals con
cerned, and materially injure its corporate
character, by alienating every kind of con
fidence in the motives and integrity of those
who govern its transactions. A meeting
was held In Williamsport recently, at which
Gen. Anthony presided, and a committee,
with the Hon. Ellis Lewis at its head, were
appointed to enquire into the matter.
tOOn Monday last tho-folio wing per- ,
sons were duly elected oftTccrs of the Cat
tau issa Bridge Company, for the ensuing
year, viz:
President:
JOSEPH PAXTON.
Managers:
WILLIAM McKELVY,
STEPHEN BALDY,
CASPER HARTMAN,
JOSEPH BROBST,
GEORGE II. WILLETS,
BENJAMIN BOONE.
'treasurer and Secretary,
EZRA S. HAYnURST-
Tun School System. In Bloom, Cat
tawiesa and Hemlock townships, the peo-Jw
ptoK"'0 uccided against a continuance of
the Common School System. Tho voto
in Bloom stood 132 against, and 50 for tho
system.
SiLvr.n Mine!- Tho WHkcsbarrc Advo
cate of the 17th ult. mentions the discovery
ofa silver mine in Plymouth township,
Luzerne county. If this bo a correct ru
or, Mr. Darius Williams, on whoso prem
ises tho valuable mineral has been found
will get wonderful rich "all at once," and
the Wyoming Valley havo another cause
to rendor it conspicuous in the annals of "
history. However, "it is not all gold that
glistens," says an old proverb; "nor is it
all silver that shines," quoth the Advocate.
Tho suggestion should prevent thopropric
tor from "buildinc castles in thi nir."