JVAlttOUS MM'TEKS. SHIP PENNSYLVALIA. The subjoined proposition is made by "the Editor of the Boston Mercantile Journal. Wo second his motion. Headers! You who are in favor of the motion, say Aye! Those who are of th'e contrary opinion, say No! If the question were put in this form to the body of the people, we believe it vfdUldbc carried Without a division, and almost unanimously. The ship Pennsylvania is launched, arid we hope she will not be.suflcrcd to remain inactive, rotting at our dockyards. The fihin, if she is so fine a specimen of naval architecture "its has been represented, and wo have no occasion lo rdopbt 'it, should be sent abroad She shbuld visit many, ports in countries where our merchants are in the liabit of trading, and her tremendous Lattery Vould be more effectual in" causing the 'stirs fcttd stripes" to be respected, and to secure to 'Our American citizens honorable ;and courteous treatment, than could be ef fected by thb most ahle and diplomatic cor respondence. Wc hope that a year vill n'bt elapse Lefore this noble ship, completely equipped and manned, will leave the American shores, tinder the command of a gallant officer, and wend her way through the waters to Bri tain's fast anchored isle. Let her visit Portsmouth, and anchor a day or two in .the Downs. Let her show herself in the North Sea and Cattega't, and stop at Got tenburgh, to cxchartgO salutes with the Swedes, and afterwards tit Elsmor'o reci procate civilities with the Danish Crombcrg Castle. We should also be much pleased to havlfi her visit Constradti the famous sea port of the Czar Nicholas, and we doubt not that the Rossian despot would give her a hearty welcome to the waters that wash the shores of his empire, but her draught of water is so great that she would not be able to pass "the grounds" at Copenhagen without a vast deal of trouble. "On herreturn, she mightlook in at Cher bourg, 'France, and passing through the channel, make her compliments to the TVIonsieures at Brest; aud on her way to the Mediterranean, show the Portuguese at Lis' ton, and the Spaniards at Cadiz, that Bro ther Jort'athan, as well as John Bull, has no contemptible notion of ship building. She taight afterwards touch at Gibraltar, Bar celona, Port Mahon, JUalta, Sicily, Naples, Alexandria; and, returning, call at some of the ports of the Barbary Power. Then let her proceed to the East Indies, not forget ting to tarry "nday or two at the Cape of Good Hope. Let her astonish the civilized inhabitant, and uncivilized natives of the island in those regions, and keep ihiriotirin until she reaches the great seaport of the "Celestial Empire," fc enable the Chinese to contrast tho beauty) strength and magnitude of tho American "barbarians with the illconslructcd, utleoiith-looking, Indifferent war junks, which Constitute the mafino force, of this remarkable nati&n. Let her visit Manilla, and afterwards pro ceed to the western coast of the Amdriban continent; stdp at Callaoi appear off Valpa raiso, and double Cape Ilorri on her return to America; Let her show herself off Mdh tevedeo; rdst a few days in the harbor of Rio Janeiro; heave to for a few hours in the cutter roads of Pernambuco, and then, hey! for Boston! Who will deny that a cruise similar in it3 general outlino lo the above would bo of greater service to our navy, and tho commerce of our country, than to suffer a specimen ot Ship-building of which wc 4iave great reason to bo proud, to lie a Use less hulk at our quay t 'The BniTtsu Queen. We have hoard the inquiry whether Queen Victoria is at liberty to marry whom she chooses. Be foro she came to the crown, she was by law prohibited, with tho other members, male or female, Of the royal family, to marry without the consent of the King. Being her self sovereign, this restraint is of course rerriOVed, and there 5b no oilier person whose consent she is required tb Obtain. By a statute of the 1st of William and Ma ry, hdwever, it is provided, that any person v1ft) "shall profess the "Polish religion, or marry a papist, shall bo excluded and be forever incapable" tb iilllbritj possessor en joy the crown and govcrnmbrit of the realm! and in such case, the people would bo ab solved from their allegiance, and tho rrown and government would descend to such per bou, being n 'protestant, as Would Inherit the same, in case the persoh so professing Br marrying were naturally dead. With this exception, we are not aware that there is any restraint upon the free choice of a husband by the-Queen, independent "of the will or consent of any one. DREADFUL ACCIDENT On Wcdnsday evening last, as Mrs. Dai Mas mother of the Hon. G. M. Dallas, and Mrs. Al6x. Cambcll,'wefo reluming to the citv in a carriage, their" horses took I right in the vicinity f Brown street, arid rah off a't the top of their 6pceo. Mrs. Uamuell was thrown out and severely injured. Mrd. 'Dallas remained in tho Carriage tintil the horses were stopped, but when femoved in" & house, was scarcely able to speak, and 8oqn after expired. It is behoved ihrtt she died of apodlexy, fcjulrtnft from extreme -terror. Mrs, D. was an amiable and ac complished woman, universally esteemed artopwd.- oaturacy (,hron. IUTNEH AND NO TAXES. This has been a favorite motto withNlio Bank fficn, the whigs and the anti-masons. They fnadc a show of repealing a stat'cjlax which "expired by its own limitation, "and nn lieu of it incorporated tho United States bank'with a capital of thirty-five millions of dollars, which is at present levying month ly, a heavier tax upon the pcdplo than was collected yearly under the law which Ritncr and his friqnds pretended 6 have rdpehlcd. The first effect "of the establishment of .the bank was to increase the currency of its im mense issues of notes, and consequently the prices of things were immediately raised upon the people; let every industrious man ask himself how much more ho had to pay for tho means of living since Rimer's no tax party came into power, than he had to pay before. Troc, wages increased in a degree, butit'isttn invariable tiuth that when money is depreciated and the prices of things enhanced, the rise m thopricc ot la bor is postponed to the last. Every indus trious man will find by making this com parison, that he has paid more tax to grati fy the bank, duririgth'e list eighteen months than he would have paid under the law im posing a state tax had it.bcen continued, in eighteen years. This is one of the devi ces of the monicd olicrarchv. th'cv nroceed uboh the presumption that by a little doub ling, they can cdnccal their oppression of the people. Let every man ask himself now mucn tax he is now paying monthly to gratify 'he cupidity of the bank. Let him keep an account of his losses upon shin plasters; he is forced to receive them as hiO: hcy but he wants to get quit of them, and thpy are often laid out not because a pur chase is desirable, but because he cannot affix to thci'n the" value of money. There" is not a farmer or citfzen of any description who is not now monthly paying more tax under tire shinpla&tcr government than he paid yearly tinder the law, And the matter will not end here; there arc already numer ous counterfeits in circulation, this loss will fall some where all will have to be paid by the people. Tho amount of tax which is in this way assessed is incalcula ble, ahd yet Hither and no taxes "is the motto of tho administration which is now draining the people of their money, and re velling upon their industry .--Fa. Repor. Worth remembering. We agree with the editor of the Mountaineer as to the im portance of the fall elections, and at the same time cannot withhold our entire con fidence that victory will porch upon the democratic banncr True, every democrat should bo impressed with the importance of the result, bbt he should enter the field with the inspiring reflection, that the party is now united and that the united democra cy of Pennsylvania never were and never can be defeated. Tho Mountaineer raises its bannbr for the coming contest( with the following inscription. -Kcystone "Be iT remembered: "That the success of constitutional re form: The curtailment of comorate privi leges: The restdratibh of" a sound consti tutiorial cUfrdncy: -The improvement of the Judiciary: The freedom df the press: The preservation of equal rights and public morality: The extinction of irresponsible money corporations! The election bf a democratic governor in 1838: The pros tration of political anti-iiiasonry and the ex plosion of tho self-styled whigs: Tho" tri umph of republican principles and the permanent ascendency of the democratic party in Pennsylvania, arc questions which Will be affectedj greatly deeply and cs oenlially affected, as regards their ultimate decfjsjoni by tho fall elections of 1837! This is our firm belief, calmly and deliber ately adopted; and for the advancemcnUof the foregoing phnciplce and measures it is our prido and our" duty to cdntdndi And, therefore, we nail our flag to the mast; where it rriust remain until it shall proudly wave in triilhiph or "fall in tatters around.1' Several gentlemen "down east" have formed themselves into a company, to ob tain what relics they can from the wreck of the first American frigate ever built, viz. the Warren 32 guns, wrecked at Penobscdt Irt the revolutionary war". TniRTKKN Reasons An old English paper contains thirteen objections given by a young lady for declining a match the first twelve being the suitor's twelve chil dren, arid thd thirteenth, the suitor himself. 'Have voti Goldsmith's Greece!" Shiil a gentleman a few days sinCc in entering a bookstore in Market street. "No," replied a lad, smartly,'' "we don't keep it here, you can get It at Mi1. Webb's jewellery." Ihtlti Trans, Literary "Sediments j" -Tho office imp of tho Amesbury. Courier absconded a day or two since, leaving the following card in tho cditor.'s sanctum; (I am not going to serve as your devil longer", I havo found employment rfiore congenel to my Utlerary pursuits) namely ivooa uioppem ThO Ohio papers predict that wheat will sodnboddwn to almost 70 cents a bushel in ;that state notwithstanding speculators have been coritractiug for a new crop at $1 , If such should prove the fact, the bite will Is in tha right place tbU tim. ELOPEMENT. The Liverpool correspondent of the New York Evening Star, communicates the following affair of tho heart: "There has been an elopement in high life. Mr. Conroy, son of Sir John Conroy, (equery to the Princess Victoria) has bolted off with Lady Alicia Parsons, the beautiful daughter 'of the Earl of Rosso, an Irish peer. 1 ho elopement was in this wise: Three years since, the youthful pair met at a quadrille party at Tunbridgo Wells, vhere tho Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria were spending the summer. D' Isracli insists that there is such a thing as "love at first sight" snd might quote this as an instance, for it is certain they were mutually smitten, and thus they continued until some days since. TJiey met where, how, and when they could Love, you know, will do all these things. It is like a hydraulic 'power always finding its Own level. At a late Almack's ball, Lady Alicia and Mr. Conroy . were again partners in the mazy dance. lie pleaded his suit she blushed a 'good ('leal and scolded a little. He spoke of marriage she of tho pain it would give her papa. He wispercd "Gret na Green'' and the lady sighed he talked of flight, and she putted his cheek prettily with her fan, he said lfc had a carriage and four in readiness at the end of Oxford street, and she "saying she Would not consent, consented;" Sd,aWaythcy went, and tho next day but one saw them in tho little parlor of Gretna. They have not yet beeri reconciled to Lord Rosso, but no 'doubt will. Meantime 'tis the town talk: sinco Brinsley, Sheridan ran away with" .Miss Grant, the rich heiress, there has been hothing of the sort in London life. PARTY NAMES. There never was a bolder or more suc cessful trick than tljnt Which Wa9 played off by the Biddle riicnin 1831, when they as sumed the name of whigs. There never was a more wicked or deceitful one, for their plans and purposes were the anti podes of those entertained by the men of the revolution who contended for freedom TrOm European pdWer. "The tree is well known by its fruit.1' The whigs of tho revolution fought tO emancipate, tile coun try from the shackles of British rule. Their strength was in their God, their in tcgrity, and their own right arms-. They succecdcdi Thd whigs of 1834 hoisted British standard, declared that We shbuld bo subject to the power of British nristocra cy, and they have succeeded hi bringing thd Country at the feet of the mighty British bank, and the influence which controls its destiny; 'Phc whigs of '76 Had to contend with the open arid iibbld fd'ci dqtially with the secret and subtle snares laid for them by their lory friends. With the latter, even to the preterit day, thd contest has been carried on,. The tories became feder alists after the adoption of the Constitution, blue lights in tho second waf, and Whigs in thb contest bctvVcch the fcouritry ahd Mr. Biddle in 164. The latter had Credit a broad, and was willing and able to destroy whatever came in the way df his plans at home. The Biddle party gave the whigs of the revolution tho titles of tories, and pro claimed themselves the real Simdti Purcs, the drily gcnuind whigs. Every Hartford CbhVtintion matt hccahiri. all nlrinHn h wliiir Daniel Webster hailed as a trucblUe whig, Josiah Quincy was a whig; and Arnold, had hd lived and been irt this c"ountry,(wc do riot mean to coilplc his conduct with the others,) wuuiu mosi certainly navo been a whio'. Tdri tlirl.iln trinri linvn M-e, ifiWifl ikn I that was once so sacred; and havd gained iouowcrs by it. "My lather was a whig, & I'm a whig," is the cry of many persons, in a few cases of the really well-intentioned, but deceived; equally with those of the de signing. Thd whigs df '7b5, such persons should rethember Won thd ddUritry from the power of kingcraftj we beg pardon of the "whigs" for speaking of royalty thus and establish republican institutional A great -many of the best things said by the celebrated Burke were uttered ih thb course of those debates, when the foolish of the time emptied the benches at his rising. He being an Ir'lshmailj his being of the middle order, and his being totally above the calibre of tho fashionable trifles who would listen to nothing but an epigram, CoulU understand nothing but a double entendre, often left him nearly alone with tho few necessary attendants of Ministers on the Treasury bench. On one of these nights he animadverted in strbng tcnnS on some acts of tho Cabinet. George On slow, who probably thoUght thai ho had ndW a chance df distinction by grappling with Burkci and showing, if hot his wis dom, at least his zeal, started up and said, haughtily, that ho must call the honourable momber to a sense of his duty, and that no man shbuld be suffered in his presence, to insult the sovereign. Burke listened, and when Onslow had disburdened himself df his loyalty, gravely addressed the Speaker. "Sir, the honourable member lias exhibited much ardour but little discrimination. Ho should know tlidt; howdverl riiay reverence the King, lam not at all bound nor at all inclined to extend that reverence to his Ministers. I may hondur his Majesty, but Sir, I can bc6 rio possible reason for hon ouring," and he glairccdroufid tho Treasury benf-, "his Majesty's man sl'fvarit nnd maill-servarit, his ox and his was." The Tnxian Congress have passed an RACY lLC itAVB TRiDB T BE PI" THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT. "TIIUTH WITIIODT TT.HH. Saturday, August 10, 1837. REMOVAL. The Ificc of the "COLUM BIA EIWOCKAT'(' is removed to the Building adjoiiiih? W. RoMsoh's Stage Office. LAW Office next tioor. JCfOur court commences at Danville on Monday next. TOWNSHIP MEE'JTN G S. In another column wc publish the call of the Democratic Standing Committee for the election of Delegates to represent the different Townships in County Conven tion, for the purpose of forming a ticket to be supported at the next general election. Let every democrat take an interest in tlicsd primary meetings let union and harmony in the party procure and sustain the nomi nations of candidates and Democratic Co lumbia will have no caue to fear the irtnve' ments of the Opposition. THE MARKETS-. In Philadelphia, Flour is selling at $8 56 and $9; and Wheat at 91 00. Whiskey 31 cents per gallon. In Baltimore Flour and grain arc thd same as above, and Whiskey 33 ccrtts irt hogsheads-. Shin-Plasteks. It is estimated that not less than $800,000 of this despicable cur rency arcin circulation in the City-ofPhil1 adelphia; and thai about the same amount of counterfeits accompany thfchv. It is im possible to distinguish between the genuine and thb spurious, for all are so meanly ex ecuted, and the signatures so little known to thd public. It is Irtipbssiblc tb conjecture the evil consequences which must result from the circulation of these rags; and wc can Uhly hope that amongst the poorer class es of community thb injury may nbt prove so baneful as we arc induced to apprehend; tOfhc Yobilg Queen of England seoms disposed to inculcate tho soundest princi ples of morality in Her administration tif the affairs bf government. She has issued a proclamation prohibiting all public houses and restaurateurs fro'rii selling drihkablds or eatables ort the Sabbath during Divino ser vice; and threatened severe punishment to all whb do nol attend public worship oil the Lord's day. The proclamation is lengthy; butitstrongly expresses the virludus feel ings of VicToniA, and her full determina tion to compel her subjects to thb practice of piety and morality. iGTOn Sunday last the Mbthodist Epis copal Church of this place was dedicated to tho Worship of Almighty God Several Clergymen were in attendance, and a great concourse of people assembled to witness the ceremonies. The construction of thb Episcopal Church, (St. Paul's,) is rapidly progress ing. The walls arc nearly finished; and in a week hence ii is expected to have this noble edifice under roof. When comple ted, it will bo an ornament to oUr town, add an honor" to its builder, whose industry and enterprise saves neither time nor ex tra expense in hurrying tho dreratidns, and adding a finish to the original plan. A SwiNDLErt. A. W. Sterling, a mer chant of York, Pa. who has made consul crablo fuss in tho newspapers by offering 1500 roward for thb' restoration df$18,000 which he stated was stolen from him oh tho 25th ult. has been caught in his own trap, and foiled in a base and villainous" aU tempt to defraud his creditors, and rain thb character of a respectable person whom he had committed on suspicion His adver tisement mentioned "three $1000 bills oh the M6chahicS' Barik of Baltimbfe;" antl that institution hating no such notes in cir culation led to his dejeclibn. fcCJWe havo been requested to stato that a Methodist Camp Meeting will bo held on tho farm of William Girton, Esq. In Hemlock township, on the 15th of next month. ANOTHER BREACH. A serious breach. occurred in tho Canal abW nine miles above Berwick, on SatUr 'day last, which has entirely suspended nav igation. Wc havo no idea when it will be repaired; and wo can only regret the loss which it occasions to proprietors of boats, and the great delay and vexation to rri'cr Tcantilo men who depend upon tho public Improvements to receive their merchandize and transport their produce. fCT Persons havo bedn employed In re moving the grass which wo last week no ticcd as covering the bed of the canal above Berwick, and when the breach above men tioned is repaired, we may anticipate tlio re-opening of navigation. )C7V. S. We have just been ivformid that the breach above noticed has been re repaired that the Water was let into the Canal on Tuesday and that the entire North lhmch division will be in naviga ble order this evening. Wc hasten to an nounce this pleasing intelligence to our readers ; and only hope it may prove cor rect in every particular. ICPOur readers arc referred to the ad vertisement of Messrs. Pdrdy, Welch, Ma comber fc Co. from the New York Zoolo gical Institute, who intelld exhibiting at Bloomsburg on tho 2d of September next. It will be ancxtensivo and splendid con. corn; ahd wc feel assured that the cntcrpri sing managers will receive a "benefit" in this village. As bills arc circulated among9t the neighboring villages, wd ddem it unne cessary to notice the collection of "nature's wonderful creations;" but wc cannot avoid mentioning that the exhibition will be ren dered doubly interesting and attractive by the accompaniment 'of the B oston Bkasj Band, composed of sixteen performers, and under the supervision of Mr. Edward Ken dall, one of the most eminent musicians now living. Those who conic either W "cxpltrd the great museum of nature," or to enjoy the "soft sweet dharrris" of music, will def lainly Hdt be disappointed. AUTHOR OF'JUNIUS7 LETTERS. Alth'dUgh Nearly s'dvehty years have c lapsed since the publicttion of these cele brated lett'drs, the English people seem de termined to unravel the mystery of authdr ship; and the motto bf nominis urn brti" is destined to provo unavailing. Sir David Brewster, a distinguished author and philosbphbr has undertaken to identify Lachlean Mclcane as tho author; and from notices.of his intended publication we have little douhl but that his-research has accom plished the object. As wc have always hdaflily participated in the spirit of that "great unknown," and admired the style alid principles of his writings, nothing in the literary world could afford us greater pleasure thai! tb assist iii irrimbrlalizing his real namc ilis whold object sdclned the enhancement of liberty and equality, and his zealous and satirical efforts in the cause of tho people against the corruptions and managements of prostituted rulers, should render him an object of love amongst the honest and of admiration amongst the learn ed. Wd may nbl'icd some df Sir David's disclosures" in obr next number. t7Bloomsburg is improving much in appearance. Several buildings "are being constructed, and if the hints of our corres pondent, published a fortnight since, have any effect in inducing cleanliness and the removal of rubbish, we shall in a short time have thd ileatcst village in Ndrthern Penn sylvania. jC7f$omo tattling wag has played offa hoax upon our neighbour of the "Register" in regard lo our "valedictory address to the Antimasons of Union county." In our editorial capacity in Union county wo were never ebnCerned in ahy other papers than "The Unlbti 'i'imes," and a German pa per which wc styled "Dor Jackson Her ald." Both of these papers were demo cratic to tho backbone they went "tho whole hog" for democratic candidates and democratic principles; and they zealously opposed all kinds of Bank Wiggery and Antnnasonic Humbuggery. Our neigh bour's experience, tob, in thd tactics of that party should havo tbhVIfibed him of his erroneous statement with respect td "pocketing SHOO" of Antimasonic cash. Poverty crowns tfio labdra of all that fra ternity; and, on this" account', tho "Regis- j ter" could easily give a flat contradiction to all reports "to the contrary notwithstand ing." If such a hoax were perpetrated bn us we would inkify tho author as a satisfac tion for his mischievous trick
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