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THE COLUMBIA M1IOCMT.
I have iworn upon the Atfar of God, genial hostility to ery form of Tyranny over the Blind of Man." Thomas Jefferson.
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY JOHN S. INGHAM.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1838.
Number 51.
V oluitte I.
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Receipts & Expenditures.
HUGH McWILLIAMS, Esq. Treasurer in nccount with the County of Columbia, from
the first day of January, until tho 31st day of December, A. D. 1837, both, days inclusive.1
R, DOLLS. CTS.
To cash received of the several
collectors during 1st quarter $2,200 52
do' do 2d 2,777 58i
do do 3d 1,001 27
do , do 4th, 1,981 88
8507 2G$
Balance in favor of the Trans'
urrer.wiih what may be com
ing from the State as per
centage, '1.763 C7d
10,330 03
We, tho undersigned, Commissioners of
aboye accounts,' compared tlieni with the
Witness our hands this 14th day of
EXPENDITURES of the County of
Commissioners on titc J reasurer tnererj, uurmg ine year one uivuauuu tigm hun
dred and. thirty-seven.
DOLLS. CTS.
183 24
1,4 1 25
93 00
l00 91
401 f)0
195 5o
117 94
234 5b
50 03
Assessors wages,
Jurors wages and mileage,
Constables attending Court,
Constables making returns to
quarter sessions,
Commissioners & Clerk's wa
ges, Viewers of Roads and Bridges,
State costs,
Elections General,
Contingent Expenses,
Printing and Stationary,
Bridge building and repairing,
349
2,800
70,
124
Carried up,
SO 17 224
Wn. the undersigned Auditors dulv elected to settle and adjust tho accounts of the
County of Columbia, do certify that we
J 1 . . n
report a balance against tno uounty 01
sixlv-seven anu one nan cents.
' Witness our hands this 14th day. of February, A. D. 1838
.
Wk. the undersigned Auditors, do find
Jury fees, wo also find Sheriff Reed yet
pCrlaSlrep0rt3- '
. i '' ' '
We, tho'undersigned Auditors of the Ceunty ofColumbia, do report that we find due
the County from John Fruit and Hugh McWilliams, late Treasuiers for tho years 1832
-33-34-35 ahd'3G, the sum of five hundred and fifty-two dnlllars, after the liquidation
of the State tax, the sum of two hundred
- ,
A Statement showing the balances due
year
Collectors Names .
John Lazarus,
Henry H. Fritz,
John Ruckle,
Peter Simonton,
Thomas Mendenhall,
Daniel Welliver,
Jeremiah Hughes,
Isaac Loidy,
Jacob Shultz,
John Brown, senr.
Thos. Mooiehcad,
John Freas,
David Phillips
Archibald Henrle,
John Fulton,
John Rishel,
Mf Jerermiah Welliver,
Philip Kcstler, f
Christian Shuman,
Ezra Eves,
Townships.
Fishing Creek,
Sugarloaf,
Mount pleasant,
Liberty,
Greenwood,
Madison,
Roaring Creek,
Hemlock,
Cattawissa,
Milllin,
Derry,
Briar Creek,
Mahoning,
Bloom,
Limcstnno
Mahoning,
Madison,
Mount Pleasant,
Mifflin,
Greenwood,
Derry,
Cattawissa,
Briar Creek,
Mahoniug,
Derry,
Mjfllin,
John Rishcl, -John
Davis,
David Remley,
Michael Sanders,
John Moyer,
Peter Nungesspry
ijqoThoso marked thus have
B v I RON, Just received, and for salo at
Jcw&cUwprtoroof
POLLS. CTS.
7,775 93
70 19
4,293 45
192 30
10,330 93
the County of Columbia, have examined the
vouchers, and nnu mem correct anujusi.
February, A. 1). 1838
IDDINGS BARKLEY,
COR. CLACKNER,
JOSEPH BRORST,
Commissioners.
Columbia as par the order issued by the
POLLS. CTS
Amount brought up '
Education of the Poor '
Auditors Wages,
Prothonotary and Clerk of the
Quarter Sessions, .
Coroners Fees,
Jailor and Sheriff's Fees,
Court Cryer,
Wolf and Fox and Fox Scalps,
0,017 22
240 514
15 00
81 20
51 00
279 39
01 75
70 19
0,822 87
have examined the foregoing accounts, and do
I . I , 1 ' " ... .1 .1-11 1
seventeen iiunurcu anu sixiy-uiruu uuuara aim
PETER
KLINE,
IE, )
E. V
jLITS, J
JOHN DIDDLE
Auditors.
GEO: II. WII
SheiifT Salmon accountable for twelve dollars
accountable for thirty-nine dollars Jury fees, as
PETER KLINE,
JOHN DIDDLE, J. Auditors.
GEO: II. WILLITS, J
and twenty-two dollars and ninety-lour cents
JOHN DIDDLE, I q u
GEO : II. WILLITS, $ 'imtlor3'
from the several Collectors at the end of the
laui.
Git.
By cash paid on Commission
ers orders,
Fox Scalps,
Balance due per last report,
Treasurers Commissions, .
Years, Amt,of dupli'ts. Amt. paid: ' ' B'alanccdue,
1837, 108 38 20 72i 171 054
(' 05 18 50 09 155 18
205 73 54 50 211 23
424 54 01 ,00 303 54
428 '23 95 874 332 354
432 50 130 324 302 114
" 510 43 172 50 340 93
090 82 100 03 090 79
I 885 45 115 22 770 13
015 01 225 00 390 01
070 08 248 124 421 954
935 93 00 00 875 03
I 1,000 90 212 00 788 40
M 900 02 245 00 715 02
463 87 308 50" 85 37
1830 1,359 50 87.1 47 388 03
583 40 258 89' 324 35
301 44 319 00 42 44
" 793 39 253 50 539 89
" 572 55 437 00 135 55
001 27 714 00 187 27
" 1177 32 031 70 245 50
" 1250 20 S00 70 300 50
18,35 1400 28 1153 28 247 00
901 52 325)151 575 30
439 08 353 28 80 40
amount of taxea due, 8,057 33
since paid.
the fTUlt CAPS, just recciv
JL1 now cheap stow of
UK CAPS, just received, and fcr sale at the
NOTICE
IjL persons indebted to tho subscriber by bond
note, or book account, or otherwise, arc rc
luested to call and settle the same before the first
day of April, next. He is determined to have old
matters justly arranged; anu inose wno neglect at
tending: to tills notice may rely on strict legal pro
ceedings for the purposes of settlement. There is
no mistake. DANIEL SNYDER.
Bloomsburg, January 0, 1838. 37-tf
ALLERSHAMP'S Cough Sirup and Family
fins, lor sale at
Tobias's Health Emporium.
Mead's Anti-Dyspeptic or Stomach Pills,
jOU indigestion, or sour Stomach, on hand, and
ior saie at
lobias1 Health Emporium.
Bloomsburg, January 13, 1838. 38-4t
AND
esa EXCHANGE.
The
Subscriber
ERY respectfully informs his friends and the
public, that no has always on hand, at his Li-
cry iatablc in Uloomsliurg, for the purposes of Hlrs
... e '
Horses. Sulkies,
3S, WAGONS, AND SLEIGHS.
GIGS,
which he will feel gratified to keep in rcadiiicss for
the accommodation ot customers.
Personal application can be made at his residence,
when every means will be used to render entire sat
isfaction of those who may give him a call.
NOAH S. PRENTIS
Bloomsburg, November 4, 1837.
.va'h aoons.
Cheaper than cheap !
f Mllllj su:3criucr would respectfully announco
B to ihe people of Bloomsburg and vicinity. &
to tho public in general, that ho has just returned a
second time from tho city, and is opening out his
purchase, which, together with his former stock
comprises a neat and general assortment of
DRY GOODS,
Consisting in part of an assortment of
Cloths, Cassimcres, Satlinelts, Merinos
Merino Shawls $ Handkerchiifs,
Dress $ Bonnet Silks and
Trimmings, Ginghams,
Calicoes, Linnens,
Muslins, Vestings, Stocks, Hosiery, be
ALSO,
An extensive assortment of
Hardware, Hollow-ware, China, Glass
Queensware, Crockery, Groceries and
Liquors, Oils, rumts, ball, Iis'i, at,
All of which ho offers for sale at his store room in
Bloomoburg, on Main-street, directly opposite tha
Pnj, nfflrv wllnrA ,lin nnlilm nrn rpanprtfnllir invitnil
to call and see for themselves, as he intends selling
his goods htul a httlo cheaper than any yet offered
to the public, for cash or country produce.
UfcUKUE W HAVE It.
Bloomsburg, Dec. 30, 1837.
Dr. Freeman's Indian Specific,
inn - 7 ...... .f 1 1 . 1
iujb kuu juutliuiuil aim Vlliu ui iiuua,. luuijurt,
i Asthmas, consumptions, snitt lur- of blond.
and all disorders ot tho breast and lungs, loo sale at
ho Drug store of tho subscriber, in Bloomsburg.
1). S. lobiasi
Rawant's Tonic Mixture,
o
R Vegetable Vermifuge, a lasting cure for the
l ever and Ague, on nana ana lor sale by
D. S. Tobias.
Look at This.
SPIRITS, for renewing and cleansing Ladies St
Gentlemen's wearing apparrcl, and rcstorcing
them to their original colour and brightness. This
axcellcnt Renovator noyer fails, no matter with what
article the garment may bo stained. It removes
all grease from tho collars of coats, spots and stains
caused by lime, paints, tar, oil, d'e, ice. for sala at
J obiars Health Emporium.
Bloomsburg, January !7, 1838, 40 3t
WANTED.
ABO Y that can come well recommend
ed, from 12 to 15 years of ace, capa-
"'e of attending to horses and waiton custo
mers at tho har, will find employment and
get liberal wages by calling on
Daniel Gross,
Bloomsburg, March 3, 1838. 45 tf
2S" "VJlARRELS of Lake Salt, and a large
ffl JL3 quantity of Ground Alum Salt, just
received, and for eale at the cheap sture (if
J. T. Musselman, Co,
CHEESE I-CHEESE I !
1600
POUNDS of CHEESE
just received from New
York. It is a prime lot,
and will bo sold by wholesale or retail nt the
store of C. B. FISUER.
March 10, 1838.
TANNING- BUSINESS.
THE suliscribewould respectfully inform the
pullic that he' has taken his son WILLIAM
SNYDER into co-partnership in his Tannery, and
that tho business will hereafter be conducted under
the firm of Daniel & William Snyder, at tho old
established stand in Illoomsburg.
Daniel Snyder.
Bloomsburg, January C, 1838. 37-tf
F good quality, and for sale at tho lowest prl
ces. always on hand at the old established
Tannery, adjoining Snyder's Hotel. Tho subscri
here would respectfully solicit a continuance of the
liberal customs heretofore enjoyed by the scnio:
partner.
Daniel Snyder,
William Snyder.
Bloomsburg, January C, 1838. 37-tf
PROCLAMATION.
HEREAS, the honorable ELLIS LEWIS
President of tho Courts of Oyer and I er
miner and General Jail Delivery, Court of Quarter
and Orphan's Court, in the eighth Judicial District,
composed of the counties of IS orthumberlanu.union
Columbia and Lycoming : and the Hon. William
MoxToojtniir and Lt.ox.tiu RUpeiit, Esquires,
associate Judges in Columbia county, hae issued
their precept bearing date the lath day of February
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-eight, and to mc directed for holding1
A Court of Oyer and Terminer and G n-
eal Jail JJelivcry, General (Quarter
Sessions of the Peace, Common
Pleas, and Orphan's Court,
IN DANWLLE.in tho county of Columbia, on
the third M inday of April next, (being the 16th
day; and to continue ono week.
NO J WE 19 therefure hereby given to the Cor
oner, the Justices of the Pence, and Constables of
the said County of Columbia, that they be then and
thcro in their proper persons, at ten o'clock, in the
forenoon of said day, withthcir records, mquisitioni.
and other remembrances to do those things whicl.
to their offices appertain to he done. And those
who arc bound by recognizances to prosecute
against the prisoners that arc or may be in the iail
of said cotnity of Columbia, arc to be then and there
to pro ecuto against them as shall ba just. Jurors
aro requested to bo punctual iu their attendance, a-
grecably to their notices.
Dated at Danville, the 10th day of February, in
tho year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and thirty-eight, and in the 63d year of
the independence of the United States of Amer
ica. WILLIAM KITCHEN, Sheriff".
Sheriff's Office, Danville, ?
Feb. 10, 1838. 5 42 6t
NEW GOODS.
MUCH CHEAPER THAN EVER!
The Subscriber
Would beg leave to announce to tho. neo-
.ple ol Illoomsburg and vicinity, that .he has
j"st received a splendid
assortment of sea'
sonabic
DRY GOODS,
Consisting of every variety of Cloths,
Casimeres and Satlinelts ; Flanneh,
awl Canton Flanneh, of evry colour;
Mack, Brawn and Green M rinos, of
every shade and rjuality ; and in fact a
full assortment of Drawer $ Common
Goods, among which are an extensive
supply of
(Groceries & Liquors,
China, Glass and Queens-H are,
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Sperm. Refined and Common Limp Oil,
Hardware, Castings, & Ii'On?
men's and women's
boots, shoes & surrERS,
together with every variety of merchrtndie
which oan meet the wants or please the
fancy all which he will dispose of at the
Ipwcst prices.
Ho returns Ills acknowledgments to cus
tomers for their very liberal support, and
with a tirm determination to please through
attention to business, he solicits a continu
ance of their calls atd custom.
rrt All kinds of country produce will be taken
in exchange fpr goods.
Bloomsburg, Pec. IC, 1837.
J. T. ITffiisscImnii, & Co,
OULD again announce to their customers,
and Iho public, that they have jost re
ceived another fresh supply of
MERCHANDIZE,
embracing every variety of Dry Goods, Groceries
Liquors, Hardware, &c. which they intend to sell
at the most reduced prices at their new and cheap
storo in Bloomsburg. They invite a call from
those who wunt choice articles at almost wl prieee.
Doeoabar 9i J80T,
Register Notice.
To all legatees, creditors, and other persons in
terested in tbo estates of the. respective dece
dents, that tho administration accounts' o the said
estates have been filed in the office 6f the' Register'
oi tnc county oi Columbia, and will bo' presented
for confirmation' and allow anco to the Oroharis
Court, to be held at Danville, in and for the county
aforesaid, on Tuesday, the 17th day of April next,
at 3 o'clock, P, M.
1st. I he account of John Ebner, administrator of
the cstato of Conrad Ebncr, late of Dcrrv townshiu.
deceased.
3d. The supplementary account of Peter Oman.
executor of tho last will and tcsU'mcnt of James
Grimes, late of Mount Pleasant township, deceas
cd.
3d. The account of Sarah Shloyer, lato Sarah.
Hauck, admin istratlx, with the will annexed, of Ste
phen Hauck, late of Roaring Creek township, de
ceased.
4th. Tho account of Samuel Melick, admmistra.
tor of the estate of John Staufl'cr, late of Mt. Pleas-:
ant township, deceased.
5th. 'Ihe account of Fredrick Hosier, adminis
trator of tho estato of Joseph Houslcr, late of Mifflin'
township, deceased. , '
6th. The account of Abraham Wolf and Chris
tian Wolf, administrators of the estate of Catharine
w olf, late of Mifflin township, deceased.
7th. The account of Henry Lantz, Esq. execu
tor of the last will and testament of Abraham Foll-
mcr, lale of Limestone township, deceased.
8th. The supplementary account of William
Barber, administrator of the estate of John' Smith,'
lato of Madison township, deceased.
9th. Tho account of John McRcynolde, Esq.
administrator of the estate of William Strajsvbridge,'
late of Deny township, deceased.
lUth. 1 lie account of Thomas Adams and John
Ginglcs, executors of the last will and testament of.
Thomas Adams, late of Madison twonship', deccast
cd.
11th. The account of Ezra S. Hayhurst, execu
tor of the last will and testament of William Osman,
lato of Catawissa township, deceased.
l.tli, I he account of jjzra a. Hayhurst, admin
istrator of the estato of John Drumheler, late of
Catawissa township, deceased.
13th. Tho account of Ezra S. Hayhurst, admin
istrator of the estate of Joseph' Retz, latp of Cata
wissa township deceased.
14th. The account of Joseph Hayhurst, execu
tor of the last will and testament of Samuel Hart
man, late of Catawissa township deceased.
1 fHli. The account of Samuel Harman, executor,
of tho last will and testament of Cornelious Rey
nolds, late of Mifilin township, deceased.
ALLEX'R. BEST, Register.
Register!) Office, Danville, ?
March 31st, 183S. 5
DISSOLUTION Ol PAIITNEKSIIIP.
THE Partnership heretofore existing under tha
firm of TREGO, THOMAS & Co. was dis-'
solved by mutual consent on the fifth of March,
1838. The business will be continued by 'the suln
scriber.
Lloyd Thomas.
March 24, 1838. 48 3tq
FOR SALS-
A good COOKING STOVE, and a small Stone
Poal Stove, besides several articles of Furni
turo'which are inconvenient to remove any distance.
They will bo sold at a sacrifice. Apply to the Ed'
itor of tho " Columbia Democrat."
March 24, 1638.
Look at This ! I
ALL persons indebted to tho subscriber
either by Note prBqok Accpunt, pre
vious to this date, will oblige him by
making payment beforo the first day of A
prilnext. After that date the collection of
such demands will bo attended with Costs.
There will bo no mistake in this, notice.
O, B. FISHER.
Bloomsburg, March 10, 1838.
Swim's Vermifuge,
N invaluable family medicine for worms, dya
cntary, bowel complaints, cholic, cholera
morbus, vomiting, pains or weakness in tho stom
ach, loss of appetite, fever and ague, &c, kept at
Tobias's Health Emporium.
Swaim's Panacea,
ffp ENOWNED throughout the whole world for
JtQ its efficacious qualities as a family medicine,
constantly on hand, and for salo at the Drugstore of
D, S. Tqbias.
OFFICE OF THE DEM0CMT,
Next poou tq Roihson'b Staob OrriCE
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