TIHCOLUMBtA I)EItOCRATL
lly Ingram b Mills.
"TIlUTIt WITHOUT TT.kn.
SATURDAY, DEC. 30, 1837.
ICT Solomon Neyhaut, Esq. has boon
appointed a Justice of the Peace, for the
townships of Briar Creek, Bloom, and
Mount Pleasant, including Bloomsbtirg and
Berwick, in this county.
JCJJerbmiaii WiLMVER,12s'qM has been
appointed Post Master at Jcisnytown, 'in
the place of John Fruit, Esq. resigned.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Tlioro are in the present 'llousc of Rep
resentatives 47 Farmers, 18 Lawyers, 10
Merchants, 4 Physicians, and 2 Printers
and of the 100 members, 87 were born in
Pennsylvania, 3 in New York, 3 in Now
Jersey, 3 in Massachusetts, 2 in Vermont,
1 in Ohio, and 1 in .Ireland. Only 11 of
them are over 50, and 12 of them arc under
30 years of age.
DIVISION OF COUNTIES.
Petitions havebeen presented to the Leg
islature for the erection of a new county
out of part of Noithampton ; and two bdls
have already been reported to divide the
county of Berks, and with parts of Mont
gomery and Chester form a new county, of
which Pottstown is to be the scat of Justice
A bill has also been reported forming a new
county out of parts of Berks, Lehigh and
.Schuylkill, and fixing the seat of Justice at
Kutztown. This would cut up two of the
most democratic counties in the state, and
probably these movements arc only intend
ed for political effect.
Id. Proposals for. 'laying rails on the
the Yvilliamsport and Elmira Kail. Koad
will be received until Saturday next at the
Engineer's ofline in Williamsport. Bids
must be made for sections of not less than
'two miles. The iron will be furnished by
"the Company to each contractor.
C7"In a recent tour through Union coun
ty we had much interchange of sentiment
with our old democratic friends on the sub
ject of Gpvcrnor; and we aro willing to
acknowledge that but one sentiment -pre
vails either "as regards their favorite candi
date, or the principles which will actuate
them in case they cannot procure his nom
ination. They go for Capt. John Snyder,
and if they cannot succeed with him, they
will strenuously advocate the nomination of
A NEW MAN.
THT3 MA1UCKTS.
In Philadelphia superfine Flour is $0 a
0 25 ; Rye Flour SO 75 ; Wheat $2 ; Rye
1 10; Oats 40 cents; Whiskey 41 in
hhds: and 30 in bbls.
In Baltimore the prices vary but little
from the above.
In Pittsburg, Flour is plenty at 80 50
a $7.
APPT?mniA'PtniM TIIT.T.
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The following are the list of appropriations
as agreed upon by both Lranches .of the
Legislature, and which only wants the sig
nature of Governor Ritncr to become a law,
and permit a draft upon the overflowing
treasury." The appropriations are :
Ordinary repairs of canal and
rail roads $100,000
To avoid inclined plane at
Columbia, . 55,000
Repair of feeder dams, 15,000
Renewing part of the Northern
track pi the Philadelphia
Cdiuinbia'rail road,, 59,000
For ropes on said road, and
lor ropes, workshops, wc.
on. the Portage rail road, 20,235
For renewing locks on main
line ot canal, westof the Al
legheny mountain, . i 7,000
For deepening the eastern di
vision below Duncan's Is
land, 5,000
For new work on old lines',
payofcanalonimissioners,
.fr 1 ft OHO
To the Erie and North Branch
extensions, each, 100,000
To the Tangascutack exten
sion of the West Branch .
canal, 10,000
Towards the construction of
the Gctlysbuigrail road, 45,000
The last appropriation is expressly ap
plied to the payment of debts already incur
red, alter which all further .operations on
the road aro to be discontinued.
ICT" At the request of a friend we ex
tract the following communication from the
Williamsport "Gazette and Chronicle."
The Judge is good authority ;a nd from his
recommendation wo should presume Mr.
Hall's 'improved 6tove a comfortable con
"cern in 'cold weather.
From the Gazette anil Chronicle.
Messrs. Eck i$- Eldreit: I have recent
ly procured from John B Hall, Ss Co of
this place a stovo of a now and improved
"construction, which I think ought to be no
Uccd in your paper, in order that the public
may examine, and avail themselves of the
advantages promised by this valuable im
provement. Thfislove is decidedly supe
rior in' its combination of advantages to
'any I have ever witnessed, It combines
'the following advantages:
, Litis provided with ariip'c to conduct
heated air into an upper chamber so as to
heat two rooms, with the same quantity of
coal which would, with the common stove,
be necessary for heating one.
2. It produces and keeps up a constant
change of air in the lower room, thus pre
serving a healthy circulation and preven
ting tho unpleasant sensations produced by
burning coal iii a close room in the ordinary
method.
3. The temperature of either rodnt can
bo regulated at plcasuro, and that of tho up
per room can be continued to within 9 or 8
degices. of llio temperature qf the lower
room, both being as comfortable as is desi
rable in that respect for sitting rooms.
4. The tempcraturo of several adjoining
upper rooms can be so modified as to con
duco greatly to the comfort of the individ
uals using them us sleeping apartments.
5. All tl iiis can be done without any con
siderable increase, in tho prico of the stove,
'over others in use at prosont'.
ELLISLEWIS.
"Williamsport, Dec. 10, 1637.
'ICT" The Legislature will meet again on
Wednesday 'next.
tO" In a preceding part of onr paper
we give some of the discussions and move
ments in Congress on the exciting question
of abolition of Slavery. Those scenes oc
curred on the 19th and 20th instants, and
wo arc pleased to now stato tho fact, that
all is settled by the adoption of the follow
;ng resolution. It passed the House of
Representatives oh llio 21st, by a vote of
122 to 7-1. ... . '
. Resolved, That all petitions, memorials,'
ami papers, ipueiuqg me auouuou 01 sla
very',, or the buyingt selling,; or transfening
of slaves jn.any State, District or Territo
ry, of tho United States, be laid on tho table,
without being debated, printed, read or re
ferred, and that no.fiirther action whatever
shall be had thereon. ,
When Mr. Adams's name was callediihc
arose, and, amidst cries of order, made the
following statement :
" I hold tho resolution to bo a violation
of the Constitution of the United States, of
the right of my constituents, and of the peo
pic of the United States to petition, and of
my right ol lrecuoni ol speech, as a member
ol this llousc.
Mr. Sawyer, of North Carolina, asked
to bo excused from voting when his name
was called. . .
The Chair decided that the request was
not mauo in proper time.
Mr. Wise did not vote on the question
at all, but rose and remarked .that be was
here1. lie did not hold it as a nrolier ones
tion for Iii'in, as,, the representative of his
constituents, to vote upon.
Mr, . Adams,, (after the Clerk had read
over the list) remarked that he did not hear
his name recorded; He asked to have lus
iiiisiuni- i-ppnrflnd.
The Speaker said the only answer that
could be given to the call was Aye or JNo.
Mr. Adams moved that his answer be re
corded upon tho Journal as he cave it.
Tho Chair decided that such motion was
out of order, k.
Mr. Adams then wished his request and
tjc speaker s decision to be recorded as
part of the Journal.
ICr The Reform Convention have fixed
upon no particular time for,, adjournment ;
but in all probability will adjourn iii a few
weeks. For proceedings see the letter of
our corrcspondent-
TIIE WIIIGS AND ANTIES.
That portion of the Whig party who call
themselves the Conservative or State Rights
party, and headed by Penrose, Burden,
Dickey, and others, have at length came to
loggerheads with their now allies, the dear
antics'; and such a "ripping iippf old sores"
and personal abuse of one another, we have
scarcely ever witnessed, as now occupies
the columns of the Ilarrisburg Telegraph,
Ilarrisburg Chronicle and Carlisle Ttepub
lican.. A split lias been the consequence,
and the Conservatives loudly threaten to de
molish Antimasonry and Ritnerism at tho
the next 'election. This is spunky in so
small a party ; but as Ritncr uuftt be de
feated under all circumstances, it will more
substantially exhibit the unpopularity of
himself and his proscriptive administration.
Only stick to your threats, Messrs. Conser
vatives you may get back again amongst
your old friends if you repent and behave
well.
GENERAL POST OFFICE'.
The report of the Post Master General is
quite an interesting document ;, and we shall
merely quote some facts from his statement
to Congress.( Tho extent of post routes
exceed 144,000 miles, and the transporta
tion of mails upwards of 30, 000, 000 miles.
The number of post offices is 12.470. The
revenue for tho last year was S-l, 137,000,
and tho expenses were $3,380,000, leaving
a surplus of $757,000. hi l'835 tho de
partment owed. 8000,000, and in 1837, it
has a surplus of $800,000f making a favor
ablo difference of Sl,4'00,'oOO. The num
ber of payable letters are estimated for the
year at 20,300,992, and the nu'mb'dr of free
and dead letters at 3.000,000. The num
ber of newspapers, &c., paying postage are
estimated at 25,000,000, and the number of
dead and froo at 4,000,000. These facts
really present a ilourishiiljj picture of tlib
condition, and management of tho depart
ment, and loudly call, for a reduction in the
prices of posiagc. The department never
was intended to add any thing to tho re
venues of government; and for tho public
good, all postage oii iiewspapcrs should be
abolished immediately.
C7Mcssrs. llayhurst and McCahen of
tho Reform Convention will accept our ac
knowledgments for their favors.
An inexhaustiblo bed of iron oro, is said
lately to have been discovered in Putnam
county, Indiana
ItUPOIliH CONVENTION.
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I'rom our Correspondent.
Puiladeu'iiia, Dec. 13, 1837.
f future inquiry and as tho means of future
uslruction.
Now, sir, I am convinced of the benefits
to be derived from such meetings, and am
bold to assert that few places. can furnish
more minerals or plants for investigation,
lan Columbia county ; and shall it be said
that such a district is deficient in talent for
investigation ? I hope pot. Much less
should it be said, that we aro deficient in
csiro for improvement., Tho County con
tains the subject of inquiry in profuse abun-
ancc ; and it contains the inquirer and in
vestigator in the person of every child with
in its borders. Having then tho material
and the workmen, let us rouso up and con
vinco tho world that we have them. Let
us do a little each day for but one year, and
vo shall convince ourselves and tho world,
that the way to gain information is to begin
on small, things ; and that tho way to attain
profound practical knowledge is to add lit
tle to little. If we can gain the middle
class information equal to tbat now profes
sed by the best informed, and the., grossly
ignorant the amount of knowledge now pos
sessed by tho mediocrity, we shall have
done mucin These results can onlv be
brought about by instilling information, and
thereby knowledge into the minds of the
youth, nay, the very infants of the country
at every accessible avenue. They arc the
persons who arc to form the next genera
ation, and hence the necessity of instruct
ing them. 'This can only be done through
the agency of their parents and friends, so
far as permission to attend schools and Ly
ceums is concrncd, and through their own
exertions so far as application and docility
arc concerned. With this fruitful field of
improvement before us shall we rest satis
fied with negative knowledge ? Or shall
we not rather devclo'pc our mineral wealth
and mental resources at once 1 We are
vitcd to exchange specimens with our city
friends ; then why not avail ourselves of
the opportunity thus afforded of acquiring
information through their means ?
sis &mi&w.atimo
January,
February,
March,
Spril,
May,
June,
July,
The Convention is employed in discuss
ing the report of the Committee on the 7th
article ot the Uonstitution as stated m my
last. Indeed the same proposition is still
pending that was then pending. It seems
to be conceded that the debate may as well
be all had now, as on some subsequent at
titude of the question. Many able speech
esliave been made, and some may yet be
expected.
But, sir, there is a subject which claims
investigation, and lays open to inquiry with
out the formality, of uqba'tei I mean th
subject of Education. I have paid as mucl
attention to that subject as my duties here
will permit. I havo visited several publ
schools, both male and lemale, wilu a view
to imbibe all the improvement to be gather
ed from them. T liavc visited a school
which is under tho direction of Mr. Cole
man, in which about three hundred boy
are taught. The school is in. good order
and all things conducted in a praiseworthy
manner ; but I was 'most forcibly struck
with a cabinet of minerals which had been
collected by tho -pupils and a collection of
instruments necessary for illustrating scien
tific subjects which had been provided at
.. . ' ' ,v.v i k. .
tneir expense, i nesc instruments .arc pur
chased by means ,of voluntary contributions
made by the pupils. Now the plan is this:
Mr. Coleman invited his pupils to form a
Lyceum among themselves, and agreed. to
attend with them at fixed periods. No
one attended except such as chose. Each
pupil who attends pays a small initia
tion fee at his first admittance, and a small
allowance subsequently. By means of
these contributions tho illustrative instru
ments are procured from time to time. At
these meetjngs the scholars propose ques
tions tp each other for answers. , If no one
can solve a particular problem the teacher
solves it, and frequently finds it necessary
to go Into pretty considerable research to
demonstrate his positions. This method,
I am assured,, cllicits much inquiry and in
vestigation which cannot fall to bo useful to
pupil and teacher Tin's, plan cannot foil
tp. draw out intellect and insure expansion
of mind. Itcarinol in any case be injurious
and is therefore. a safo experiment. I atri
further informed thai it is customary for tho
teacher to walk out at convenient times foi
the purpose, of examining and collecting
minerals and plants, In company with his
pupils. These walks servo not only as re
creation, but as profitable lessons of instruc
tion. Tho minerals and plants collected on
these occasions aro labelled and their qual
ities discussed at the evening meetings be
foro mentioned, and preserved as subjects
RESOURCES OF EUROPEAN POW
ERS.
Great Brituhu National debt. 88,490.
890,708. Yearly revenue. 6228.8-19.000
Population, (to say nothing of colonics,)
Uo.Uuu.uuO. Army in peace, 00,019 men
in M-ar 378,370. Navy in peace, 010 ships
m war, 1,050. i ,
Jlussia. National debt, $200,000,000
early revenue S52,000,000. Population
(Europe and Asia,) 40,000,000. Armv in
peace 000,000 men; in war 1,100,000.
INavy, aboutjHO ships, and last increasing
France. National debt, 480,000,000
Yearly revenue, 6157,700,000. Popula
tion, 34,000,000. Army in peace, 281,000
men; in war 320,000. Navy in peace, 329
ships; in War 354.
Austria. National debt, $200,000,000
Yearly revenue. $52,000,000- Population
34,500,000. Army in peace, 271,404 ; in
war, 750,504. Navy, 72 ships.
Prussia. National debt, 114,840,440
1 early revenue, 30,477,000. Population
15,000,000. Army in peace, 105,000 men
in war, 024,428. Ships, under 20.
Turkey. National debt, $30,000,000.
Ycarlyjevenuc, $1 1,200,00.0. . Population
(Europe and Asia,) 21,000,000. Army in
peace, 0,000 men, in war, 200,000. ia
vy in peace, ou snips, 111 war iuu,
The venerable and respectable Chancel
lor Desaussure, of South Carolina, has re
signed h s oilicc; & the Legislature ol t!i
Slate, after expressing their high sense of
the Judge's eminent services to the state
voted him a year's salary.
HYMENEAL..
On Sunday evening last, by the Rev. W
J. Eycr, Mr. Michael Walter, to Miss
Mary Ann, daughter of Capt. John White
night, all ol this place.
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EIGHTH JUDICIAL, DISTRICT;
.TIic following aro the periods fixed upon by law
for holding Courts in the several counticu of this
district, vir : (
In Northumberland.
January 1 April S August G November 5
In Columbia. ,
January 15 April 1G August 20 November 19
In Lycoming:
January 29 April 30 September 8 December 3
Iii Uniou.
February 12 May USeptcmbcr 17 Dcc'r. J
TAKE NOTICE, that I havo applic
to the Judges of the Court of Common
Pjeas of Columbia coiulty, ftir the benefit
of the Insolvent laws of this Commonwealth,
and that they havo app'ointcd Monday the
15th day of January next for hearing me
and my creditors at the court house ni Dan
ville, when and whero you may attend if
you think proper.
joiin kinnard;
December 30, 1837.
TW Fl K C.OlTUMBIA . COUNTY TEMPI! 1 1"
W unco Society will hold its nnuuul meeting at
Williamsburg, (near McDoivcl's Mills,) at 12 o'
clock, M. on tho first Thursday in January, 1838,
when it in hopod that overy society in tho county
will bo fully represented by delegates, and that full
reports from the societies will lo given in, at which
timoalso, ono or more addresses may bo, expected.
fP'm. McMah'an, Sec.
JOIIN S. INGRAM,
fWKNDKHS his professional Bervicos to. .tliccjti
fj zens of Columbia county. Ho will feci grate
ful lor business entrusted to his carp,'. Office in tho
samo building with tho 'Columbia Democrat','
Uloomiburg, Mhy, 1837,"
Cheaper than cheap !
T HTlIE subscriber would respectfully announr
, JJ.. to tho pcoplo of Uloomburg and vicinity,
to the public in general, that he has just returned (
becond time from tho city, and is opening out hi'
purchase, which, together with his forme; stocl;
comprises a neat and general assortment of
DRY GOOBSj ,
Consisting in part of an assortment of
Cloths, Citssimcref, Sattinelts, Merinos',
Merino Shawls Handkerchufs,
Dress lionnet Silks and
Trimmings, Ginghams,
Calicoes, Linnens, ,
Muslins, T'ettings, Stocks, Hosiery, $-.
ALS09
An extensive assortment of
Hardware, Hollow-ware, QftVna, Glass,
4- Quccnsware, Crockery, Groceries and
Liquors, Oils, Paints, Sail, Fish, oc.
All of which he offers for saje at his btore room ii
Uloomsburg, on Main-street, directly opposite tho
Post cfilco, whero tho public are respectfully muted
to call and sec for themselves, as ho intends spiling
lus goods still n littlo cheaper than any yet ollbrc-d
to tho public, for cash or country produce, .
OEOKOE WEAVER.
Dloomsburg, Dec. 30, lt37.
A general supply of KRE8H OYSTERS tuay
ulivnys bo obtained during the tensan. by opk
plying at tho Refectory of the f ubscriber in RlooinV.
'S- t JOHN H. MOVER.
DeoemrorS, 1837. ,