THE COLUMBIA DBftltfOttjVST. . lJy injram A aliiu. "TnuTii without nun sjiTVnn.iv, iittjincjfti, isae'. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR: GEtf. DAVID K. PORTER, (OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY.) rTr- Wo return thanks to thoso who have taken " Win hint with resnect to their indebtedness, and "no- lieycd up tho dust;" and we livo in hopes tliat all 'will "do likewise" and.tti'ua savo themselves any additional charge or costs. fjj-To make room for the able and patriotic " ad dress to thcpcopleof Pennsylvania," wo ato compel led to omit the publication of tho iVeto Constitution as amended liy tho reform convention. Wo shall endeavor to give it o place in our next number. J fjj A young man named John Winner, of Hem lock township, had his hand torn oil', and his arm 'bo dreadfully mangled while- attending a threshing michino last Saturday, that amputation was deemed necessary by tho physicians, and his arm wa3 ac- ' cordingly taken oir above tho elbow. Tho acci- "dent was occasioned by his slipping while in the act , of stopping ths machine'. QrJ" Wo perceive by tho advertisement of the tTrcasuror of Warren county, that tho " Lancaster Land Company," well known by their cognomen anil possessions in this neighborhood, hold twohun "dr'ed and fifty-four thousand four hundred and ninety acres of unsealed land) in that county upon t wllicli they have neglected to pay taxes ! This U -really going 'the. swine in that lino of speculation. Lumberman's' Uanlr. ' On the fth inst. tho committep appointed" tot'ri vesttgato the affairs of this shaving-shop, were to rc repott to a public meeting in Warren. It will re quiro more than ono coat of varnish to conceal Its fraudulent transaction, and an endless siting of falsehoods to make the public bcllcvo that its assets .exceed its liabilities, without taking into account tho worthless 30 aild $50,000 mortgages. But wo shall so'bithavo the report, and then can better judge of ijs standing, as well as tho conscientious predilec tions of Iho committee'. ' CC" Tho following is tltq committee of Corres ijipndcncc uppointcd by the Democratic Stale Con tention for Columbia county: V. Best. Win. Colt, 'John Rhodes, B. S. Woolverton, 'Isaiah Blue, John Cooper, "Jas; M'Mnhon, Hugh McWilliams, fieorgc Sniitli, Nicholas Conger, Cornelius CJackncr, Robert M'Gav, Win; S.-Davis, John lliselt Jeremiah Wcllivcr, Richard Fruit, Jacob Swifter, C. Thomas; E. G. Rickctsi Joseph Lemon John Ratlin, 'John MoIIcnry, Abraham Young, Ssmucl Roan, Isaac Kline, Iram Derr, John Lazarus, John Dietrich, Daniel Peeler, Elias M'Hcnry; William Ikler, E. O. Jackson, S. F. Headley, Gcor'o Kelchncr, John Knorr, Isaiah Salmon, David Fowler, Samuel Creasy, States II. M. YanU, llcnry Petit, Peter Yohe, John Keller, jr; Feler Kline, Stephen Baldy; John P. Davis, Michcal Fornwald, Sebastian llower, John Ycagcr, George D. DcTiiy, ,Tahob Stillz, George Kauffman, Robert Moore, Daniel Snyder, Bernard Rupert, Daniel Gross, John Robison, Wm. A. Petrikin, Adam Michael, Wm. Mann, John Shumau. And tho following gentlemen wcro appointed to rpnstituto tho Central Committee of Correspon dence : Dauphin County Daniel Sturgeon, J. G. Huclicr, llcnry Buehlcr, Win. D. Boas, Ronjamin Parke, Jacob Babb, Hamilton Alrioks, Uol. Jolin Koucrts, prancis it Shunk, and Henry Chritzman. Philadelphia city Peter liny, and Ben tnmlii MiflTin. Philadelphia county Thomas D'. Gro- ver, and John Naglco. . .. . Lancaster county Rcah Fazor, and J Matluot, Westmoreland fit. John Morrison. Cambria Wm. B. Conway; Pittsburg l. G. Rogers, and J. K Moorehcad. . York A. J. Glossbrenner. Zuzcrne G. W. Woodward. Cumberland Georgo Sanderson. Franklin John Flanagaiu Jierki Samuel Meyers, Northampton A, II. Recder, Indiana J.mies Clarke, Erie John Galbralth. Tho SulTroasurf'V 11111. ! . dn (lie nh inn. in conformity with his instruc tions frOjn tho Logwlaturc, Mr.Duchafian moved to postpoue this bill. On this motion- tho yeas ,and nay's wcro called, which stood aa follows . YEAS Messrs. Bayard, Buchanan, Clay of Ky. Clayton, Crittenden, Davis, Oruidy, Knight, Mc Kcan, Merrick, Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Robqins, Rngglcs, Smith of Indiana, Southahi.Spcnce.SiviTt, iniimaiigc, iipton, vcb3tcrana winio s. NAYS Mossrs. Alien. Ben torn Drown.CalhoUn, Clay of Alabama, Cuthbctt, Fulton, Hubbard, King, Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon, Monig, Mqrton, Nicholas, Niles, Norvcll, Pierce, Roane, Robinson, Sevier, Smith of Connecticut, Strange, Trotter, Walker, Wall, Williams, Wright and Voung 29, This voto plainly derides tho coilri.0 which a ma jority of tho Senate will pursue, and as tho House has a decided majority in favor of the bill, it will of courro become a law, Tho Whig papers in our cities haiu"givo up." The Murder Case. Our accounts from AVashington give but feint outlines of tho proceedings of thecoinmittco appoint ed to investigate tho caucs which lod to tho cold blooded murder of Mr. Cillcy, and until their re port is made to Congress wc may expect but littlo additional information respecting the horrid trage dy. It U creditablo to tho American press to sen tho universal 'expressions of indignation from their editors, without regard to parly feeling; and to Wiso and Graven tMhr scats in tho halls of Congress must bo any thing but pleasant. Their. own consciences aro haunted with the spectre of assassinated inno cence, and tho gazing world point to theui in all their walks as the murderers of the lamented Cillcy. As to Wt bb, lie is destitute of honor, and h'i3 con science having been trained to submit to bribery, and then turn desperado to "save tho credit of his family, ho can loso but littlo until he gcU his ue- serU from the verdict of a jury of his country. As soon as tho committee mako the report w'c shall lay it before our readers. In tho Stato Senate on tho 9th inst. tho resolu tions of Mr. Cassat remonstrating against the annex ation of Texas to tho Union, wcro sustained by the following vote, which does much credit to that body for its unanimity of opinion in opposition to tho ad mission of eo many to participate in tho delibera tions of the American people. Yhas Messrs. Barclay, Case, Cassatt, Darragh, Frailey of Schuylkill, Fr.iloy of riiiiaucipui;), rnucrion, uarpcr, .lames. Kingbury, Michlcr, McCon.ky, Miller of I'liihul. J'narion, Penrose, Porter. Purvi- v Uoiwa, Slenkcr, Snyder, Strohin Nays Messrs. .Carpenter. Irvin. Kellv. miller oi ijcrus, fcaiigsionruuk-jiu!, Speik er u. T!io following memorial hrss been citensifciy circulated and signed in many of tho States, and several similar ones already presented to Congress. They should be distributed among tho pcoplo every where, and wc doubt not but four-fifths of the American pcoplo would freely givo theirsignatures'. To the Honorable JTouse. of Pepressnta tives of the United Slates. Tho memorial of the undersigned citizens of thu United States respectfully represent that uncontradicted rumor ami public docu ments charge upon certain members of your honorable bodv the recent atrocious .MUitniin of the Hon JONATHAN CILLEY, late a Representative of Congress from the State of Maine'. Yonr memorialists humbly conceive that the honor of Iho Nation, in the eyes ol the civilized world, demands of your honora ble bodv iho nromnt in vestiffation of a charge so serious, alleged against individuals now sitting as members of your bodv, and lc- gislalmg torino American rcopie; sum an investigation your memorialists deem them selves entitled respectfully to request; and they pray, if the charges bo'fouud true such measures may bo taKcn as stiau cteanse your Hall from blood; appease tho woun ded dignity of tho nation, and inspire the People with lite wlinicsomo conitueucc, mat tho makers of Anieiican Law will ever bo prompt to uphold its majesty and arrest its violation. CANADA1. Gen. Van Rensselaer has been taken and imprisoned on a warrant issued by Judge Cookling of tho United States District Court. The Patriots aro disbaiiding. In addition to tho following, tho force under Drs. Nolson and Cote, about 000 strong, surrendered to Gen. Wool on thp 1st inst. Tho wholo frontier from St. Alhan's to Watcrtown. is entirely trannmlizeu, never to bo disturbed again. FnoH tiik West. Another Expedition Broken Up. Early this morning we re ceived by express, the following intelligence wnicli as iicom'iis oiuciauy, uiuy uu ucjjuu iled.unon as correct. Gen. Scott arrived at Monroe, Michigan, nn the 25th tilt. Oil the 21th, a party of patriots took possession of n small island on the Dotroit riuer. on tho Canada side, ami tho noxt dav wcro dislogeil by the British batteries anil escaped to tho American shore. They were about lot) in numoer, anu . J ' .. . i i, 1 1 . -I.... ii .1.. wore immediately disarmed oy vmn. umuy. Con. Gionos M. lCiw has been elected without opposition, in Ilorka county, to fdl tho vacancy in ConjrcM occasioned by the resignation of thg Hon JLwy A. Mutilf nberg. gi'HlJ-'lu'''-"i'UJAiiiiur'i'a.lii STATEMENT OF THE COMMON SCHOOL APPROPRIATION DUE FROM THE STATE TU THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF COLUMBIA CO. DISTRICTS. 1835 1830 1637 1838 183i TOTAL. Bloom, Briar Creek, Cattawissa,"' Derrv, . Fishing Creek', . .Greenwood, Hemlock, , Libcrtj, ; ' ' Limestone, . Madison, Mahoning,' Mifllin, Mount' Plcasanf, Roarins Creek Sugarlbai', paid 80 Oil 141 02 paid 31 00 paid paid paid paid paid paid 03 34 i paid paid paid 80 Old 141 02 paid 31 00 paid paid paid paid paid paid 03 31.J paid paid paid 220 12 323 35 paid 83 CI paid paid paid paid paid paid 230 54 paid paid' paid 709 17 780 48 paid 291 83 paid paid paid paid paid paid 87 04 paid 728 45 paid 293 220 323 220 83 105 211 173 78 105 52 238 25 239 54 95 17 208 46 00 70 28 12 35 58 51 72 70 50 32 293 1,382 1,711 220 522 105 72 211 70 173 78 105 238 1502 31 05 17 1145 30 99 70 28 01 02 58 P5 50 32 52 25 !752 78 T?nnrino firnplt liMnno'r'il In nhtlmvUafl linlil I R?10! a o , The forgoing statement exhibits not only tho dividends of Stato appropriation for the 'fijlh Common School year (1839) payable on or after the first Monday of June, 1838, wiicu mai year cuiiiiiiouul-!, io ;iu mu uisincis in mo county, out also those lor the 1st 2d, 3d and 4th school years, (viz: 1835, 1830, 1837 and 1838,) now due to such dis tricts as have cither notacccepted or not yet applied in the proper manner for their mo ney. The whole amount of State appropriation yet due each district, since tho first year of the system, is exhibited in the last column. Tho State appropriation for 1835. or the first school year, was $75,000 j for 1830, or the second school year, 8700,000,, (inc'ltuli'ng the Building Fund of 3500,000';) and for 1839, or tfie fifth year, it will be 8200,000 if tho law remains unaltered, but if the Leg islature add 8100,000 it will be 8300,000 ; makingau aggregate given by the State since the commencement of tho system of 81,250,000 without, or 81,350,000 with the ex pected increase. , , , , Undrawn dividends of the two fir3t year's appropriation aro to be received from the county Treasury'. ... The dividend of subsequent years arc payable by the State Treasurer, on application to the superiutcmlant. The following is the form of the nccessarv cortificam. wtiinli should be forwarded to the superinteiidant, in every case, as sooiias the facts will justify h: .. .... "8, District Tax for 183, . (Date.) "To fhe Supcrinlcndant oj' Common Schools, , , "Sin I do hereby ccrtily that a school tax amounting , dollars cents, has "been regularly levied and assessed, lor the school vear 183 . unon district "county ; that a warrant for tho collection thereof has been delivered to the district Col lector according to law, and mat ttic atorosaiu sum is at least equal to this district s an nual share of the State appropriation. "I do further certify that of Post Office, county, is the lawfully "appointed Treasurer of this District. "Attest, (Signed,) Secretary. President. receives, its money remaining for its use ffizPfiX, 11 accePts uelore tllB s' 0' November, 1838. In that 01 UlC U On 1 1 Vil'a-n rrt r In nnir nrw cnr.Vi m,,n,. I'.,l.,:.l. . ,i. . ,on the order of the BU-" " "K''T Z. "i! By the next mail after the receipt of the forcgoipg at this department, a warrant on the Statu Treasurer for tlic appropriation of the current year, will be sent to the nUirir-i Treasurer; together with similar warrants for all undrawn dividends of former years re maining in thu stato treasury, lo obtain tho latter no additional tax is necessary, so that bno tax for the current year, equal to tho District's share of the ordinary annual state appropriation (t2()0,000) Will be sufficient to enable it to receive all dividends of former undrawn appropriations. 'Jill As soon as the District previously non-accepting, accepts the system and piron&oaijhe State Treasury, it is thereby entitled to all money reinaini in lite uountyTn case it is. the dtiiy District Treasurer cupiance and inc rcucipi ui uiu munuy num omu '""'fcaiin, :.. I ,i i accompanies tho warrant of tho Superintendent, on the production offtn'iili5Lwj'lcl1 Treasurer will bq perfectly safe in paying over the dividends in his hands. Acceptance of tho Common School System, under the present laws, can only lake place by vote of a majority of such citizens ,6f each non-accepting District, as assemble on the day of electing Directors, being in most cases the third Friday of March. The citizens then assembled have two acts to perform; 1st, to elect Directors, which must bo done whether the system is to be put in operation; or not; and 2d, to decide the question whether the system shall be accepted or not. This last questioh is only to bo submit ted in such Districts as previously rejected the system, but not in accepting districts, and may lie decided in the affirmative by a mere majority of the votes polled. See the 13th Section of the Common School Law of 1830. Having thus explained the condition of the State appropriations,lho manner of obtaining them, ami the modo of accepting the system, the Superintendent would respectfully ad dress a word of information anil advice to the citizens of such townships, wards and bo roughs as have not yet received it. In doing tins he has no wish officially to become the advocate of tho system, but solely promote the interests of those districts, by explaining their situation in relation to it. By the first Common School Law (that of April 1st 1831,) if any number Districts in a County even one accepted the system, they thereby became entitled to the receipt of tho wiole Stato appropriation intended for all the.districts in the County for that year. This harsh provision was repealed by tho supplement of April 15, 1835, which enacts that non-accepting districts should have two years, (which of course counted from the date of the supplement,) within which time they might accept and save forfeiture of tho undrawn dividends. 13eforc the passage or tho supplement, however, the forfeituro contemplated by tho act of 1834, had taken place in several counties, so far as related to the appropriation of the first school year (1835.) Thus tho law remained till the passage of tho common school law of June lS, 183d, tho dcclaratoiy resolution of 27lh May. 1837, "relative to undrawn balances in the School Fund." By tho joint operation of these acts ths period of forfeiture was further postponed till the 1st of November 1838, (next November) with this difierence, that the forfeited dividends be distributed among tho accepting districts of the sanio county,' but aro to be added to the principal of the general Common School Fund in the Statu Tica- ,sury, tho Interest of which only is annually distributable. fjiit though tho law roads thus, the legal act of acceptance m'tistbe performed a consid erable time before tho 1st of November, 18J8. Under the existing law non-accepting tlistricts can only adopt tho system, by tho voto of the citizens assembled to elect Direc tors, wliieh in most cases takes place on the third Friday in March. Hence it follows, that though the completion of the forfeiture does not take place till November, yet, that tho act of iicceplaneo which can alono prevent it from attaching,' much bp performed for townships in Maich, and for wards and borough's, at tho time next spring when they elect their proper officers. Nor, is the operation of this forfeiture confinedto the opera tion of tho current year, but embraces those of all the years since tho commencement of tho system. See the 1st rind 13th sections. Thw being tho wanner and efl'cct of the forfeituro caused by continued rejection, it becomes proper to stato tho consetHicnces f present adoption.' Acceptance of tho system next spring will not fallen it on tho district forqycr, but only till ths spring of 1810, or for two ycurs, at tho end of which timo it may be discontinued by the vote of a majority of all tho qualified voters of tho district, if tho experiment should note provo HitUCictory, See sec. 13. Present acce ptanco vill provent tho forfeitwe, not of one, but of tour or five years' etato appropriations, including that of next school year, amounting in tho .aggregate to about $i to each taxablo in habitant, or two thousand dollars in a district containing 601) taxablcs, without counting any thing on a probable increaso of appropriation by tho present Legislature. Acceptance next spring, and the consequent receipt of tho nbovo accumulated dividends, will only burthen each Pistiict noxt year, with a Bchool tax equal to 611 cents on each taxable This tat, howev er, is not to bo paid in that proportion by each taxable, in tho manner of a poll tax, but will bo assessod on tho property, professions and persons that pay county rates, and on such personal proparty as paid state tax. Tho school tux on a township having 200 taxablcs, and receiving SS,000 of stato appropriations, would be somefhing lsss 335. Hut in reality, acceptance will not add much, if any thing, to tho burthen of taxation, in tho popu lous counties. It is known that in rfiany districts the tax collected by tbe.Comrniiiionars for tfie educa tion of poor children, is equal to tho sum which would bo nwssary to entitle thoso districts to th re ceipt of tho Common school Funds, if they should adopt tho system, Ji'or would it bo necessary,, in most cabes, Io levy n tax boyond tho lowest amount nocousary in oJelr to s-jcure tho stato aid, liocauoq their ac cumulated stato appropriation of four or fivo yours, will to suHIciont to build or otherwise provida good school hoysos, thus leaving tho current year's tax and appropriation wholly pplioablo to instruction, for which purposoit would bo nearly siltTieient. If tho system la adpptod noxt sPling, only ons other tar, aftor that of najt yow, must nejwoairiiy bo paid by tho District boforo they will tuvoun opportunity of disoantinuirijr ch ssiaio l the triennial aloe- tiro on ths 1st Tuesday of May, 1810. Th py mont of this tax, equal to 84 J cents for ooch taxa ble, will nrobnblv entitle ihem.botliln ri-l!avln.l..n from the poor school tax, to a state appropriation eriiliil tn fit n-t, ,-,i,l r. ,1,.. l . So that tho payment of gl 30 for each taxable in two years, will cnabld those districts to receive $6 for each taxable, from the state, in the same time. Hence it seems to bo for the interest of tho noxt accepting districts, to take tho matter seriously into deliberation, independent of all considerations aris ing from the merits or demerits of the Common School System. Though tho system is yet In its Infancy, it has produced some decided and salutary changes in th districts which have adopted it Tho School Houses arc generally much improved, being either new, or well repaired, and more equal ly and conveniently located than formerly Tho compensation of Teachers is increased fully ono third, and tho profession Is rapidly and propor tionately rising in Usefulness and independence. The number of Children taught in tho Common Schools, Is at least doublo that of the schools which preceded them in the same districts. Tho duration of teaching in each year Is about the same. . The kind of instruction is in - all cases as good ; and in most better than in tho old schools. Tho cost of tcaclting, notwithstanding tho in creased compensation of the teachers tho impro ved, condition of tho house, and tho bcUcr order and kind of instruction, itis only one half of what it was before tho system went into operation. Formerly it was $3 25 on an average over tho state, now it is St 12 J for each pupil per quarter. In the old schools some paid for their own edu cation, and somo wero educated at tho expense of tho county. This unpleasant distinction is not found in tho Common Schools. All receive tho same instruction, paid for out of the same common slock. There is no room, therefore, for partiality on Jh'o part of tho teacher towards, particular pupils, cr cf distinction among tho scholars. Dut it is not on account of these, its nndeniablo fruits, that the non-accepting districts aro now ad dressed. These facts arc alluded to merely to show that there is no danger to the experiment. The ob ject of . tho Supcrinlcndant is to lay tho whole mat ter before thoso districts, that they may act underr ttapdiugly on the subject, when they make their final decision next spring. As a friend, ho would advise all to accept the sys tem for the next two years, because at the end of that timo it can bo discontinued if found insuflicicnt In tho mean timo tho accumulated funds of fivo years will bo secured and can. bo .applied, to tho per manent improvement of tho fchool. houses of the District, and to a fair trial of tho Common School mode of teaching. At the end of that time,' if. tho system bo discontinued, each Dibtrict will boin pos session of good school houtes, and of increased ex perience in tho subject of instruction, which will bo amply worth tho small tax paid for them. If the systcni be accepted by any of the districts in qucstiqn, the Supcrintcndant would advise that such citizc ns as have heretofore been opposed to it, but who arc candid and intelligent men, shall bd elected directors. Tlicy will havo It in their power to keep, (jpvrn tho amount of taxation, and to test the experiment in such a manner as to prevent any imputation of partiality for tho system. Such men; nlsn. rpnrr-ti'vifnlmr- tlm ConiinnB nc i ,:.:.. r tllO lllKlrlpt.. Will f nrrv mililln rnnfl.limpfi nlnrn. ..-ill. them, and 'ho result whether, for or against Com mon Schools, will bo satisfactory, to tho district. THO. H. BORROWS, Superintendent of Common Scliools. Sr-criKTAnr's OertcB, 7 Harrrisburg, Jan. 13, 1839.5 - ' To Printers. Di Ucautlir,ying issued propasals for the pub olfer for sale the rffintingnrifltJjfplaco, thfcy now Hon list ot THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT." To a young man with a limited capital this oflico olfer.3 considerable inducements, it having upward nf fivn hundred unbarnhprs. nnil nn nilvprtiRinw nnrl J o J job custom worth from 800 to S1000 per annum '!, ,::,i r i,9 ii.i,vi,mnt ,..;n v, ..n that wo shall require from the purchaser. Any in quiries by mail will bo strictly attended to. ' "Tho Columbia Dkmociiat" is' published at Bloomsburg, in the most central part of Columbia county, and acts with, tho dominant party both in political and sectional feelings. Address, , INGRAM & MILLS, Bloomsburg, Feb. 10, 163e'. TO OUR CUSTOMERS. Thoso indebted to this establishment for snbscnp tions, jobs, pr advcitiscmcnU, aro requested, to mako immediate payment, as in a short timf our book will be placed ip the hands ofa magistrate to enforro collection. Thoso who do not pity within tho year will bq charged 2 50 in conformity with our terms of publication. Wo hopo that all may see the ne cessity of pomplylng with this notice, as we must pursue this course in order to comply with our pay able engagements. JOHN S. INGRAM; FRANKLIN S. MILLS. February 10, 1838. tflfrThiffh POUNDS of CHEESE ttByxij? just received from New York. It is a prime lot, and will be sold by wholesalo or retail at the storfi of C. B. FISHER. Bloomsburg, March 10, 1838. LooK at This 1 1 ALL persons, indebted to tho .subscriber either by Note or Book A'ccount, pre vious to this date, will oblige him by making payment before.Uio first day of A pril next. After that.dfete the collection of such demands will be attended with Costs. There will bo no rtflstake in this notice. O. B. FISHER. Bloomsburg, March 10, J838. Religious Notice. THE Episcopal Church in Bloomsburg, will be open for Divine Sorvico, on fhitiday tha 18th inst,, notnitfiBiandiiig notice hav ing br-en given to tho contrary. March 10, 183S. . AR IftON. Ja rfroceJvoJ. and for mSn it u. T. frittfasman, $' Oo.