The Columbia Democrat. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, July 21, 1838, Image 3

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it will continuo to preserve a Ariel ami tXc-hjtnpUtJttnymeMt by tltt
-lliai II win mum-I r;,.,, , iihuii(iuiiu uuur.z. , .
mfltn iniinn nPnll ifs narts
in n in nrine n cs of 1 s-COVOrnmcni in uiw
their purity nnd vigor, and thus go on to
nourish, till the end or time, tho terror of ty
rants, and tho hope, tho solace, the guide, and
tho nssylum of the oppressed. Let us hopo
that this day will continue to bo celebrated
by millions, beneath tho folds of tho star
shangled banner not only throughout Iho
states now embraced in our Union, but
throughout many more hereattcrto bo form
ed on the shores ot the Oregon and the West'
cm Ocean, so long as the summits of Alle
ghany shall mingle with the heavens, or the
waters of tho Susquehanna sweeps onward
to the ocean. Oh, how pleasing is it to look
forward even to the close of this century,
when a dnso population shall swarm in these
nii:ua ntturahmnd lltesd mountains, and
contemplate tho thousands who- shall reli
giously celebrate this festival hero olong-tho
! r '. Tlir.'PinBT piitrtrs.
ViW.e loam that at n mcctimr of tho PHIL-
DELPHI A DANICS held on Thursday,
evening, a resolution was adopted (Ayes lQ
tays41 UlSUUlMMUINlHJNU- THAT
'THE BANKS OP THIS OITY AND
COUNTY, KESUiVlp SPECIE PAY
MENTS ON THE FIRST OP AUGUST
ENSUING, or in little more than three
weeks from the present time ! So much
for the defeat .of the sub-treasury schema
Five days after the above notice Was publish
ed to'th'e world by the papers in the ser
vico of the banks, 'says the Norristown
Democrat, to wit, on thfrlOth of July 1838,
a proclamation appears, by Joseph Ilitncr,
requiring the banks to do that which they
had resolved to do fivo days before. Tiro
attempt thus to gull tho people is too
them ui
iNicaraguai
ana that cl
would also J
tral American
osta Itida and
icirinuepcnucncc,
it, was expected,
Tcgianco lo tho Ccn
fmehl, G W Mont-
froinerv, bturer ot uosrt'ialehes from the Uni
ted' States for Guatathala', had arrived safely
at . that place. -! "' '"
plain
too absurd and too contemptible to produce
ii.n.nfi(ftiir hraiitiful and romantic riVer, tins effect Jpr wluoh it is intended. Gov.
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giolis
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towns, and adorned wK highly v.vlWi
fields! And:hQlv jqyfu aflH elevalnig is it
withIarire arid flourishing;
is it 10
look rofwaldjm. imagination, and contem
plate many scores of millions assembling then
for its celebration over tho whole extent ot so
vast a territory as is comprised between the
Bay ofFundynndthe gulph of Florida, the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. .
tyMt'blnds tho people, throtighVhe
THE COLUMBIA. DEMOCRAT.
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's'Jf, -har lei eel privileges to mitisli LoilJs
and Nobles, sits quietlvin tho chair of slate
and witnesses the violations of the laws for
moro Uian a year, permits the hand of op
pression to' bo laid upon the people andlinli
after link added to the chain of their suffer-
ingsby the very banK aristocracy he created
anil when the people's oppressois are un-
able longer to find means to perpetuate
their outrages against ihe community and
resolve to desist and return to the obedience
of the laws, then it is, and not before, that
Joseph Rimer acknowledges' that the Con
stitution enjoins upon the Governor to take
care that the laws be faithfully executed.
How degraded art thou 0! Pennsylvania,
sucn a uovernonf
Dreadful Disastcri&tyyeral lives tost
The celebration qf Hie recent anniversary
was attended with, disastrous' results in
Schenectady. AVifiiesiytlio following mel
ancholy account. aj.
"WotliUigoccurfpuVto jnar this' festivities
until the pyr6tcchniQCj0illon commenced
in me waning, i iiiuiu.uiuis iur mis ex
hibition, were placeibjn $ boat' which was
towed out in tlic cahlfl basin 20 or 30 feet
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iroin me snuru, anurKrejvucu Willi ooys.
After the discliarL'e'wB& few rockets the
manager let off whafJitfrmed a water rock
et, which after performing several of its
bounded back into UiXaftt anions the mass
of rockets still undiiflE-gcd, and caused
them all at once to explode. All the indi
viduals standing round or near were more
or less burned sonic oihem severely. In
the midst of their agqny they jumped into
-the canal, and the most ot tliem swam to
ihe shore fn safety, While others We're
drowned. The extent .f the calamity is
not yet fully known, as it has been found
lmpraclible to dram off all tho water from
the canal basin. The bodies of three young
men have been discovered, which were so
dreadfully disfigured that they could be iden
tineu oniy uy some article aoout their per
sona, l heir names, are Theodore Allen,
John Rogers and Johnson.
One day last week, Mr'. Doyle of Pino
j Grove, left Gettysburg on a visit to Emmits-
nurg, with his wile and two small children
in a gin. On the 'road, flio wheel passed
over a stump, by vVhich'lhey were' all pre
cipitated from tho gig and their 'ydungest
cniiu, ageu inree monms, was so muen in
jured as to cause its death in a few min
utes . ,
jfre know Him. How mortifying it
was lo tho Ritncrites, to see upwaids of a
hundred of tho citizens of Huntingdon
County attending tho Democratic - Conven
tion at Harrisburg wearing the badce "IFe
know him." What a refutation was to
their slanders of Gcn'l Pouter If the An
tios had, any shame they would cease their
slandcrterri County Dtmocrut.
As a canaVboat was about to pass undcra
bridge;- th'o captain'gdve the usual warning
of "look out," when' a little Frenchman
who was in the cabin obeyed the orders by
popping his head out of the window, which
received a severe thump by coming in con
tact with a pillar of the bridge. lie drew
it back in a great net and exclaimed, "dose
tam Americans say look out whert they
means look in."
"THUTII WITHOUT TEAll
S.1TOIUJJtVt JULVZl, 1838.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
-FPR POVERNOR:, .
GEN. DAVID Kk PORTER,
(OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY.)
We have placed on our last page an ora
tion by Doct. T. AV. Miner, of WJlkesbarrc.
We offer no other apology for occupying a
page of our paper.with that able and .lucid
exposition of the principles and ..measures
of the democratic party, than its merits. It
needs no other and we feel well assured
.that it will be read with a great deal of in
terest and profit.
Wo atso'publish Ihe eloquent oration of
Mr. Toboy, delivered iH this village on tho 4th
inst. for which reason we think our readers
,will readily excuse us for. not.giving them
the usual variety in to days paper.
The (fovcrnofs Proclamation .
. The Governor has, issued -his proclama
tion directing the - banks. to. resumaspecie
payments by the l3lh of August, We pre
sume that the bank's are willing to comply,
as they have already mado arrangements to
resume on the first of that month. The
, Governor sodn. after the suspension order-
ed the banks to obey the-laws, but, they
would not mipd him, and now,, jie shows
Fpunk, and required them to perform what
they had resolved to do. This reminds us
of the man who boasted of having a dog
that would always obey h'is cotrimands,
and to prove it, he directed him to lay
down. -But tho dog, instead of doing so, left
the room, "Go out doors, then," s'ays the
man, "you shall mind any how."
' " Communications.
Mr. VP ebb, .
Will you mentipn the name df ISAIAH
SOLOMON, of this township, as a suitable
person, to-icpresent Columbia ..County
in the next Legislature. Ho is top well
known to the,democracy of this county to
require any recommendation.
. . BRIER CliEEik.
Jlwful catastrophe. On Thursday
morning, about six o'clock, a keg of powder
exploded in a dwelling house in Norwegian
street, Pottsville, the effects of which were
frightful beyorid'description. Five persons
we're dreadfully burnt, three of whom have
sincc died, and the recovery of the remain
ing persons is considered doubtful. Two
op. three others -were also burnt, bdt not
dangerously. We learn from the Miner's
Journal, that the explosion occurred in the
following manner.' one of the rrien went in
to the middle of the' room, to fill his flask
with ,' powder frqm the keg. -While in the
act of dbing this, another was lighting his
pipe with an igqited stick and approached
to converse a spark new oil into the pow
der, and the whole1 exploded. The front
of the house was thrown out several inches,
so that it becanio necessary to prop ' it. A
man standing in the. door vayu was thrown
out against the palirig. The deceased are
a hired girl, an old man. -and a boy, who
died after suffering the most excruciating
agonies.
Tho sight of the sufferers was heart ren
ding their blackened faces, lacerated bod
les, ano piercing cries ot distress, wero
harrowingto the feelings of the beholder.
The names of the principal sufferers aie
as lollows: John Descal and his son, All
chael .Quinn, Michael Ryan, Margaret
ohajetter, and bleanor Urescal.
One of the'dthers is since dead. PJiila,
Gaz.
When the motives of narty shall have-
abated, and the illusions of opinion- disap
peared before tho light of the truth, the
reader of political history will iccur to the
question, that now agitates this country,
and view it to be other lhan that of an ephe-
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mcrai anui oruinary cnaracier. nowever
much partyism may have, induced distem
pered action, and excited prejudices, he
will find, in the question-now at-issuo be
tween, the government and-the banks, opera
tions, principles and results to b& involved,
upon which the destiny of our government
depends.. He will ponder a drama in which
Mr. Diddle, with Ihe alliance of friends
and the powerful influencd which millions
of capital afford,, distributed through- every
branch of human Industry, -and social order
wages war with a lree and enlightened re
public influences its election, curtails the
free and impassioned exercise -of elective
tranchisa controls Us finances and distress
es its trade. Memphis. Gaz.
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Mr. Editor, t . .. . V
i Please to-announce tha name, of DAN
IEL GROSS,-of Bloomiburg as . a suitable
person to represent this county in the next
Legislature., lie is a sound democrat, and
if nominated, will receive a stropg support
from . .- MADISON.
Mr. Editor. -,.-, r
We wish to see the name of WILLIAM
S. DAVIS, of Derry, brought forward as
a candidate for Treasurer of Columbia
.County. He is a sterling, democrat, well
.qualified, and jf elected, will faithfully per
form the duties of thftofflcok n ..
MANY VOTERS.
Mr, Jl'ebb,.
Be sp good as to bring beforo the public
the name of WILLIAM COLE, of Sugar
Loaf, as a candidate for the office of Com
missioner of Columbia County, to bo sup
ported ot the approaching election,
GREENWOOD
The total value of gold taken from all the
mines in the United States, for the last ten
years, exceeds thirty millions of dollars.
Interesting from Florida.
A slip from the office of the Charleston
Mercury, furnished the following informa
tion from Florida, received by way of St
Augustine: .
"On the 27th inst. -ai detachment of U
States Dragoons, about 30 in number, under
Captain-Ueal,. scouting in the neigliberhood
of San Felasco, near Newnansville,.discov
ered an Indian trail,. which was followed up,
And whilo in the pursuit, were suddenly at
tacked by a gang-of Indians estimated' at a
bout 00. Capt. Walker, of Alachua county,
acting as guide, wasin the advance and was
mortally wounded, and died in a few i mm
utes. The fire was kept up for some minutes
with spirits on both .sides. Six of the
dragoons, were-wounded.-t 'Tliey succeeded
in driving the. Indians a short distance into
a hammock, where the force of the troops
was too small to follow them. -Two lndi
ans wcie found killed: the dra'goons retreat
ed in good order, bringiug with them tho
body of Capt. Walker Whilo retreating,
the Indians came out of the hammock and
commenced firing, buUat a long distance off.
Cant Dade, of the dragoons, with-his Com
pany,, had gono towards the Okefcnokce
Swnmpi which was the reason no more force
could bo procured'.
Cant. Walker waa wo learn, much 'es
teemed by all who-knew him, and his loss
is greatly to be regretted. He Has leu a
widow and several small childicn. Hero is
another widow and more orphans added to
the list of Indian butcheries. Wo offer her
our most heartfelt sympathies for her be
reavemcntj and. commend her to the father
of tho fatherless,' ifor support and consola
tion under this afflicting dispensation." J;
. Tho briir Patsevi B. Blount, arrived at
New Yoi-lc from Omoa and Balizc, 1st of
Juhew via Nassau, New Providence. The
revolution in Central America continued in
the interior. The revolutionary party, con
sisting of about 000 men, wero headed ny
a young and ignorant mulatto, named Par-
rera, who with his party were committing
denredations of all kinds, and seven! trav
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V t-TFTY MILLION BANlt.
The New York Express states that the
arrangements for a largo Trust and Bank
ing Uompany in the city of New York, with
a capital of Fifty Millions of Hollars, are
nearly consummated, the olhcers fixed upon,
and the directors chosen, -and that it will be
in operation in a very -ehort time., J he
plan is one ot great magnitude, and the gen
jlcmen who are the authors, planners and
promoters, are those of tho mosj wealthy,
intelligent and active cilizcns of New York
The policy marked put is.intended to place
the institution beyond all question as to
security such as will ensure .perfect confi
dencc npt only throughout this country but
in Europe. oentt
Decidedly the most interesting object wo
witnessed on the 4th was a procession of
one hundred boys belonging to the United
States Naval School at Brooklyn. Tlioy
marched in double files through' the streets,
in charge of a midshipman, to tho Mayor's
office at the City Hall. The young Jack
Tars were nniformly dicssed in bluejackets,
.i . i i i i i . .
wiuie irowsers anu uiuc anu wnue- sinri
collars turned over tho neckr and neat tar
paulin hats. 'They were sprightly, and
pretty bovs, without a single exception
and will, we doubt not, make glorious A
merican seamen we daro say officers, for
this is the very .material from which our
Naval Officers should be taken. Wo un
derstand that most of these lads belong to
somo of our most respectable families, bu t
we'sinccrcly hope the- Apprentice System
in the Navy will bo encouraged and exten
ded as it deserves and the Navy1 hereafter
be principally manned by men broughtup t6
seamanship irom the start. IV. x , uaz,
A' Singidar Case, Tho New York
Express of yesterday says: "On the
morning ot the rourth, while the saluto
was firing on the Battery, two young men
Wero bathing in the rear of Castle Garden
Tho two were divirtg into the water just at
the moment when one ot the Heavy guns
was discharged It Avas observed that they
remained under water an unusual length
of time; but they at length catno up, and
appeared to tho bystanders to behave in a
strango'and unusual manner. They wcie
rescued- and taken from tho water; and
what is horrid to relate, both' were utterly
bereft of reason. ' 7riiey, were poducted t'o
their homes, whero one of them remained
till Friday in a state of insanity, at which
tlmo there were signs of returning reason.
1 he other is. sun a maniac, nnd lies been
sent to the Asylum atBcllevuo."
uanaaa, i ne jan ot jJurham has re
voked all former rewards offered for Demons
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cijcrs had necti rooueu ana murorreu uy , wno nave noi yei ueen apprehended.
What hope is theie for David R.Porter?"
Thus' enquires the Lancaster Examiner.
None whatever! All hU hopes are now
merged in certainly. York Gazette.
.flnti'lied-jBug. A late European pa
per lnlorms us that a few drops of sweet
nitre will effectually banish bed-bugs. In
some of our hotels and steam boats, then
sweet nitre w,ill make night sweeter.
Tho number of bank directors-arid tank
officers in tho United States, outnumbers die
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siauuuig army aooui inrec to one-
The Columbus (Georgia) Sentinel states
that the Rail Road and Banking. Company
have effected a loan Of $300,000 in Now
York at seven pur cent.
Three buildings were blown down at
Gallipolis, Ohio, by a hurricane, on the
25th ult. Several persons were in one of
them, but escaped without any serious in
jury. , . . .......
Steamboat Disaster. The New Orleans
Bulletin states that the new sfeamer Con
stellation, from New Orleans, for Nashville,
with a full cargo; -struck a snag on the night
of the 25lh of June, neai island No. 64,'
and immediately sunk to her main deck.
I hepnncipal part of her cargo had been
put on -shore in a. damaged state, and hopes
were entertained ot raising the coat.
The death of a child was caused in New
York, bv giving it arsenic, sent by the
apothecary instead of magnesia.'
A Bund of Veterans. At Providence,
(Rh'vJ" TI;md.) 2,0 revolutionary veterans
partook of tho public dinner the youngest
08 years of age, and tho oldest 91.
The. thermometer at New Orleans on the
27th ult. stood at 103 in the shade.
Who Paisl It is a well known fact
that about 500 free tickets were given out
at Philadelphia, for passage up and down
the rail road, and as many lrea tickets to the
Harrisburg dinner.' The fare up and down
on the rail-road is ten Dollars', '.the dinner
not less than one Dollar. For 500 tickets
the amount would be .five- thousand five
hundred Dollarsl, Who pays wo ask? Who
is it in Philadelphia that thus lavishes a-
way such an extraordinary sum ot money
to keep up a sinking causef .Let every
man answer tor himselt, ai it lie , snouiu
happen to guess the UNITED STATES
BANK, we rather, think lie won't oe lar
out of the way. Easton Sentinel. ,
The Parades. Tho parades of two par
ties on the 4th were highly gratifying to
tho Democracy of Pennsylvania. -The free
and independent yeomanry of tho Stale
outnumbered the paid and hired troopsof
Gov. Kitner more than two to one. JNo
banncr or other device was necessary to
designate the respective parties. The
numbers and the proud independent bear
ing of tho democratic freemen, contrasted
finely with the slim ranks and the con
science stricken deportment of the Ritner
ittis who assembled upon the promise of a
free passage and- a free dinner! lb.
' Wisconsin and Fox Rivers' are to be
united by a canal 502 rods in length, in
wjdth 50 fret at' the bottom and 70 at top 7
feet In depth. Contracts were to have been
let out at Greenbay op tho 4th inst. by Dan
lei Whitney, ksq. President of the Gom
pan'y.
jJorrwlc (Jutrage. A negro man was
brought to prison on Saturday last, charged
with committing a rape on the person of a
white girl' aged about 13 years, and after
wards endeavoring to murder her. The
screams of the unfortunate girl brought a
man to her assistance, who promptly sc
cared the infamous wretch. ElktonMd)
j imes.
' The Norwalk (Conn.) Gazette of
Wednesday savs. "Mr. James Dav, of
this town, aged 10 years hung himself on
tho 20th ult.' Wele am that he had been in
a verv unhappy state of mind for some time,
and that he had previously made two un
successful, attempts to take hi own life.
Thomas MoManus, of Albany, got in
toxicated on the 4th, went homo' and beat
his wife, and told her that ho would go and
drown himself, which ho effected by jump
ing off the dock at the foot of Lydius
street.
Mr. Felix Grundy is now AttorneyGen
eral of ths United States, his nomination
having been confirmed by tho Sehat
The St. Louis paper of a late date says-
"Another fatal accident has occurred in our
city from intemperance. A man named O
wen Gallagar, a saddler by trade, had been
indulging himself freely with liquor on Sun
day and in the evening went up to tho top
of a house to sleep in the morning he was
found lying on the pavement in a' state of
insensibility, and expirud in a few min
utes." , ., '
Tho quantity of Flour inspected in the
city ofRichmond, Virginia, for the year
ending June. 3.0th, was 155,023 barrel's.
On Wednesday, Jdnc 27th, Mrs. John-
son, lady ot Jonathan Jc. -Johnson, at New
Canaan', Conn., was delivered of three boys
-all doing well. .
The fifteen prisoners for high treason
discharged from the Montreal jail, wete it
appears all under age. ,-. ,
Cost of a Watch. During the war of
1700, a sailor went into a Watch maker's in
tho city, and handing out' a small Frencii
watch1 to the ingenious artist, demanded
how much the repair would come to. Tho
watchmaker looking at it, said it would
cost him more in repairs than the original
piirchase. - . .
'(Jh ii that s all, 1 don t mind that, re-
plidd the sailor; 'I will even give doublo the
original cost, for I have a veneration for tho
watch, ' " - " .
What may you have given for it?' in
quired the watchmaker. ' Wliy.V.said Jacjc
twitching his trowscrs, 'I gave-a French
fellow a knock on the head for it, and if
you'll repair it, I'll give you two. --
SCPBL00MSBURG artil.lery.-os
The Members of this Company are re
quested to meet at the house of C. Doebler,
in Bloomsburg, on Saturday, the 28lh inst.
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, in Uniform,
for Company drill: All who are desirous
of joining the company 'are requested to at
tend, as arrangements will then be made tor
its organization.
Bloomsburg, July 21.
BLODKE3BURG- HOUSE.
aving leased' the above establishment, situated
in tho village' of Bloomsul'o, Uolumiua
Uiiun'-rr, and having thoroughly repaired the Housis
and Sabl6s, is now ready to accommodate the trav
elling community in a manner that will satuiy their
expectations. His 1J KW and LARDER will always
be supplied with the best that can do rirocurcd in
the country; nnd he flatters himself 'lw sh'all be ena
bled to administer to the comfort and convenience
of all, who may call on him. J. ' ,
SEGAR MANUFACTORY- .
c lias also established a manutactory lor man-
I 'junnlir ATd.nhahd ami Tmwt. ' tw.n.ra llttn nvir
quantity of Scgars. from tho common to tho bast of
Spanish' Leaf, Cut Tobacco and SuuflVupoii as rea
sonable terms as they 'can be procured in the State.
Uloomsburg, July, 21st 1838,
Sr. H. SMITH, '
SURGEON DENTJSaV '
Informs the Ladies and Gentlemen "of Catawissa
and vicinity, that from" and after the 24th inst.
he may be consulted prolessionally, at that place
for a few days. He Will be located at tho public
houso of S. A. "Brady. '
Dloomsburg, July a 1st, 1838.
Mr. Webd Yen are authorised to say through
the columns of your paper, that the difference be
tween us is settled, that we are sorry that wo e'er
let our names come before the public, as We were
drawn into a news paper discussion through Hie' de
ception' and misrepresentation ol an evil assign
ing person, and as soon as wo had 'facts, brought
forward, it cast a very different light npoU tho mat
ter, and ivo havo conludcd tp live, as .friends again,
as we havo done for many years. . . ,
If. UOMUUV,
' ' LUDWICKLICHr.
Bloomsburg, July 14, 1839,
' - . -
3Fu$T received a new supply of
Fresh MucJkerel,
Good assortment f Calicoes.
Palm Leaf Hats,
Dale of Carolina Jfoss,
Spring Steel and Waggon Tire,
Saddlery, i$-c.
and for sale by
' - ' "WM. McKElVY &; Co.
nioomsbuig, July l'l. ;
, ., G ASKJJ F ! . -
ALL those indebted 'for POSTAOE in thrt
Bloomsburg office are earnestly requested and
solemnly warned to pay VP their dues before the
first df July, Tioso who neglect this notico may
look out for breakers ahead, and may never expect
to bo trusted again'. '
BERNARD RUPERT, P.M.
Bloomsburg Post Office, 7
Juno 12th, 1838.. 5 ; ,
"'BRICK.! BRICK!
f a good quality, by lO-lOO-lQOO
or lOOOll lreaU uurni, anu iuyus
thoCanal-For.aloby ueMRV WELLS.
Bloomsburg, Juno 2, 1838, . ,
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liEIBY'S MEDICINES
FOIt S.1E DY
D. S. TP-BIAS, Agent.
Bloomsburg, Juno 23, 1838.
BBAOTJBTH'S PIIAS,
For Sale by
D. S TOBIAS. .Igmt