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ttDttOMSUUKG. PA.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20.
SUNDAY SCOOL MEETING;
At a meeting of the Officers and Teach-
fers of the Cattawissa Sunday Sch'dol, held
in the school houbc at Cattawissa, DAN
IEL BREWER Vas called to the chair,
and Hiram Ely, appointed Secretary. The
Following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved That nd rewards bo given to
the children df this Sunday School for com
milting Verses to memory during the cur
rent yeah
On motion of Stephen Baldy, Esq!
Resolved That the following regulations
be adopted for the guidance1 of this Sunday
School.
1st. At the hour appointed, the Superin
tendent shall call the school to order, when
all the scholars will 'take their scats; and
ca"h -topqluir. .aX the,. head of bio .dads
Whereupon the school shall be oponcd with
singing and prayei, by the Superintendent,
or such other person as ho may appoint.
2d. No scholar shall be permitted to
leave his scat without the consent of his
teacher. If any thing is heeded, it shall be
iho duty of tho teacher to procure it; or to
inform tho superintendent or Durariari there
of. -.
3J; No teacher shall leave his class du
ring the session of the school, except when
required by necessary business with the
superintendent or librarian.
ith. Each teacher shall receive of the
librarian1 all tho books wanted by his class,
and distribute them. He shall see that said
hooks bd rcgulatly returned, and as much
as possiblo guard against their being soiled,
or rnutilateilj or otherwise injured, iiiid
charge each scholar in his class bobk with
the book ho receivds.
5th. For tho better performance of the
Buries df their respective offices, the Super
intendent, Secretary and Librarian, shall
hoi perform thb duties of teachers, unless
there be a deficiency iri the number of regu
lar teachers.
Gth Tho superintendent shall exercise a
general supervision over the whole school
shall cce that both teachers and scholars
be punctual in tho discharge of their respec
tive duties, and at tho close of tho exercises
dismiss the school as he may deem proper.
Tho following resolution was offered :
Resolved That under a deep sense tf
bur dependence on tho blessing of Almigh
ty God for success in our labor's for die In
struction and conversion of the children en in
putted to our care, a general meeting for
prayer be held on the first Monday evening
ef every month, for this special object, by
tho teachers of this Sabbath School, and all
others who may feel ait interest in its wel
fare. After addresses by (ho mover 6f tho
resolution, Rev. Edward Meycr.of Danville,
and tho Rev. Win. J. Eyer, it was unani
mously adopted.
Whereupon tho meeting was closed with
prayer by the Rev. Mr. Meyer, and ad
journed. There are said to bo no-les than 23 bar
bers in Randolph, Ohio'. What a barbe
roui set of shavers they must be tlicie.
NEW COUNTY MEETING
AT COLUMBUJS.
Friday evening Jatiy i, 1830.
Tho citizens assembled agreeably to, ad
journment, when, on motion', Major C.
Bowman and.iV. Boone, Esq., wero cho
sen Vico Presidents.
Tho several committees reported, and
their reports ypro unanimously adopted.
, J?oticrf That this meeting bo adjourn
ed .to Saturday evening, Jan. llllh.
Resolved That tho proceedings be sign
ed and published.
(Signed by the officers.)
, , , ' January 12.
A largo number of citizens assembled
pursuant to adjournment, and in tho ab
sence of the President, Ezekiel Cole, Esq.
of Columbia county, was called to the chair;
A general committee to circul&tb petitions
was chosen, and the meeting was addrcs'cd
by John Koonaand R. Bacon, Esq's.
Adjourned ,tb Saturday; Jan. 10, at -1
o'clock, P. M. at the house of John Koons.
Ordered to be signed and published'.
(Signed by the officbrs.)
.. . AN ADDRESS
To the inhabitants of tho Eastern extremi
ties of Columbia and Lycoming, and tho
Western of Luzerne counties, concern
ing tho formation of a New Countv out
of parts of the same. By d Committee'.
Fellow Citizens:
Taking d retrospective vieW of nations,
political bodies and families, in their rise
and progress, wosde a striking similarity in
their advancement from juvenile dcpctidbn'ce
to that of ability to guide all their criucerns,
and render stiitablo protection (under, the
auspices of tho Great Benefactor) to all tho
community. - Advoncing boyond certain li.n
its has produced embarrassments which,
without judicious management, have always
ended in anarchy and confusion. Witness
the fall of the Babylonian, Median and Per
sian) Grecian, and Roman Ompires.with that
of Cartliago whd wore all overthrown by
the sanie rricans their success iii pushing
their dominions to an unmanageable extent
by conflicting interests interests.fraught
with jealousies, which eat out their own vit
als. These evils have been measurably a-
voided in thb United States, in particular as
relates to the sovereignty of each individual
Stale. When one has become unwicldv
by extent of territory rind a dense . popula
tion, a new estate lias been erected, organ
ised, and admitted into the Uniori. In tho
division of this Slate into counties, for the
administration of justice and managing her
internal concerns, regard has been uniform
ly had to the density of popiilatiort and ex
tent of jurisdiction. In taking some thick
ly Inhabited township for a centre, and aiv
noxing thinly inhabited or unsettled por
tions to fornl a county or b5dy politic, suffi
ciently able to administer tho laws of the
state, keep the peace, and preserve tho dig
nity of tho commonwealth; When these
counties havd become populous in the ex
treme townships, so as to embarrass tho
courts of justice and produce burdensome
delays with unnecessary commonwealth
costs, both in attendance and travelling fees
uf wittiiesscs, &c., &c, it has been advisa
ble to form hew counties u'po'n the original
pl.m. This doctrine ha'o always been ac
knowledged1 and held sacred by judicious
ami discerning men; and it holds good in
the present caso forming d now county
out of parts of Columbia, IAizcrnc and Ly
coming. There can bo but one opinion up
on tho subject) and that it docs hold good,
is obvious t6 every man thatjias but a com
mon knowledge of existing facts as it re
spects commonwealth suits. The witnes
ses aro often kept several days from home,
and occasionally bound to appear at the
next court, through tho prcsS of business,
actual or expected; so that tho parlies aro
not fully prepared for trial, nil which great
ly increases costs of both travol and attend
ance. Tho saino holds good in civil suits,
which proves a very heavy tax upon indi
viduals, and many times on those least ablo
COTOTY, FA. SATHIBDAT, J Ami AMY 26,
to bear it; not to speak of a multitude of
other business winch is now done at a much
greater expenso in time and money than it
would require whero wo made anew coun
ty. In transacting tho business of a now
county, wo may fairly calculato that there
can bo no considerable increase of expenses
in any one or more item's, In all the ofll
ces that aro supported by fees, there can be
ho enlargement of costs. In commission
cr'o attendance and travel, tho expense will
be about tho same proportion as wo now
pay, together with their clerk arid treasurer
of the county.
The only objection that tan be urged
with any propriety, is tho cost of erecting
public buildings, which can be liquidated
by a fund belonging to the county ,accumula'
ted by the advantage that may be taken by
the conflicting interests of individuals, aris
ing from tho location of the ssat of justice,
wherever it may be located. Village lots no
doubt, will bo offered and given to the
couuty, and subscriptions offered to a suf
ficient amount to answer the purpose.
There can be but one mind upon tho sub
ject, when wo take all things into consid
eration, tho sudden rise of property of eve
ry description, iHb Immediate improvement
of roads, together with tho resources which
must sooner or later arise to tho section of
country to bb embraced by 'the contempla
ted new count'.', which would be broticht
into immediate service and use, in caso we
succeed. In the South is an extensive
range of Anthracite and BituminousCoal
in the' North, Iron Ore, supposed to be hi
great abundance in tho central parts, an
extensive grain growing country, together
with water powers to1 a greater extent than
within many adjourning comities; lo bring
all these into immediate and profitable use,
wo must bo a new county. It will give
suitable impetus'tcevery kind of business,
and produce in general, a laudable ambition
to attain to the advantages' arising from auc
cessful enterprise.
Fellow Citizens, united we shall succeed,
divided wo shall fail for tho present. But
our sons, more wise than their sires, will
push the matter to a happy issue, if wo do
not close the dodr against them by our im
bccillty. The present aspect is perhaps
the most favorablojmoro than wo can reason-
aby expect for many i eais. Let our motto
be, onward.
i From tho United Stated Gazette.
REMEDY FOR BURNS;
Editor of the U. S. Gazette-
Dear Sir : I have so often seen reme
dies for human ills given to tho newspapers,
and at onco consigned to oblivion, that I
have for a great while hesitated to present
this remedy to tho public. For fourteen
years 1 have prescribed and witnessed its
healing effects. I deliberately say from
fourteen years experience, that no disease
or injury to tho human system has a more
certain remedy than this for tho most dis
tressing of all injuries, that of scalds and
burns,- Tho rolief is almost instantaneous;
from a minute to a half an hour, will usu
ally Arid a full relief from pain. No mat
ter what tho extent of tho burn, even if all
the skin is removed from tho body. The
first knowledge I had of it was the almost
miraculous cure of a little boy, who fell into
a half hogshead of boiling water, prepared
for scalding tho bristles from swine. Tho
cntiro person and limbs of the body passed
under tho scalding water up to tho chin, so
as to scald his whole neck. On removing
his cloths, nearly all tho skin followed from
his neck, hands, arnis,c'hcst,back, abdomen,
and almost every bit of skin from his low
er ' extremities. In thi3 depldrablo condi
tion, literally flayed alive with scalding wa
lor, tho remedy was promptly applied, oa a'
momentary application until tho physi
cians should arrive. Two pminont physi
cians soon came, and on learning tho extent
of tho scald, pronounced It a certainly fatal
caso, and directed tho boy to lay with the
remedy over him until ho should die. In
six weeks ho was restored quite well, with
scarcely a scar on any part of his person
or limbs,
The remedy increases in value J
from the fact, that under almost all circum
stances it may be obtained. It is as fol
lows :
Take soot from a chimney whero wood
is burned, rub it fine, and mix one part soot
to three parts or nearly so of hog's lard,
fresh butter, or any kind of fresh grease,
that is not salted; spread this on linen or
muslin, or ally cotton cloth for easier and
more perfect adaption. If in very extensive-
burns or scalds, the cloth should be
torn into strips hcfoio puttingover tho scald.
Let the remedy be freely and fully applied,
so as to perfectly cover all the burned parts.
No other application is required until the
patient is well, except to apply fresh appli
cations of tho soot and lard, &c.
In steamboat explosions, can in nearly all
cases be at once applied, and if clone many
valuable lives will be saved, and a vast a
mount of suffering alleviated.
If yOu and the corps editorial, will hand
this remedy around our country, and invite
attention to it, andtliat also those who use
it may givo their testimony for or against,
I feel assured tliat in a few inonthsjthis most
efficacious and almost unfailinir remedy
will be every where known and used in the
United States'.
A Melancholy Narrative. The brig
Caroline, Capt. John Edmonds, that arriv
ed at this port yesterday, brought tho survi
vors of the brew and passengers (a number
of them badly frostbitten) of thocchr. Han
nah and Jane, Capt. Ilodgdon, which sail
ed from this port on Monday last;
Tho particulars of this sad disaster, as
wo gather them from the captain of the
sch'ooiicri are these : The Hannah and Jane
belonged to, Beverly, and was owned by
Pickett and Edwards. She Sailed from Sa-
om on Thanksgiving day, for MachiBti for
a load of lumber. Having loaded, she left
Machia3 and put in here for a harbor on
Friday last. On Monday morning last.hav
ing here takeu on board five of the six pas
sengers which she had on board at tho time
of the disaster, and having a crew of four,
making ten in all, the schooner sailed for
Beverly. About noon she sprung aleak, at
that time within sight of land, off Edimcn
ticus. Tho leak gained so fast, that, not
withntanding every exertion by pumps, tho
water soon reached the cabin, and then they
took to bailing. But to no effect. In an
hour and a half she was waterlogged, when
tho deck load shifting lo leeward, throw tho
vpsscI on her bcarn ends, when deck load
and masts were swept away
As she righted, ono of the passengers,
James McClessly by name, was thrown
from the traflrail. As ho could receive but
littlo assistance from those on board, he per
ished. Before the sun went down several
vessels passed quite near them, and could
not, says thecaplain, fail to have seen us.
'We had a signal of distress flying, were
a sheer wreck, and our deck oven with the
water; and yet, although I hailed thorn, and
distinctly saw their crews upon deck, they
passed with tho most inhuman barbarity,
without a siflrn of pity." Ono schooner
Capt. II. says he know tn bolong to Salem,
and know her captain. Wo hope that lie
will exposo the unfeeling brute. He who
would pas3 a vessel thus, with nine human
beings in imminent danger of death, should
have the scorn of every sailor, and be ex
posed to the world as monster. A night of
the most intense cold set in, with scarcely a
ray of hopo that they should preserve them
selves till mornings. Tho night, says a pas
senger, wore away with leaden w ings. Eve
ry effort was made to keep tho blood in cir
culation through this'dreary night that could
bo devised, but when', at last, the morning
of yesterday dawned, a Mr. Goodwin, ono
of the crow, was found frozen to death !
They thought him asleep from fotigue, but
on trying to awake him, found him dead I
About 10 o'clock a brig camo in signt,
and immediately on discovering tho wreck, ;
boro away to her frelicf. It proved to bo
the Caroline, Capt. John Edmonds, ot tins
vtort, from Boston. He took tho sulierera
I . . .. ...... !..
from their perilous conouion, uuu iu
1839.
most humano manner attended upon them,
The body of Goodwin, who was dead when
day light broke, was left upon the deck of
tho schodhcr. John Ackly, another of tho
drew, was alive when taken on board tho
Caroline, but died cro she reached tho pdrt.
He belonged to C.utler, in this Stats, and
has left a family. Tho brig arrived yester
day oftnrnonn. Three of tho surviving pas
sengers are frozen more or less. Two es
caped unharmed. , t
What renders thi3 disaster doubly distres
sing is, that four of the five surviving pas
sengers of this schooner, wero just ono
week prior to this misfortune, wreked near
Scguin, in the schooner Emily, from St.
Andrews to Boston, and lost every thing
they had and narrowly escaped with life.
Our informant speaks in the warmest
terms of gratitude and praise of Capt. Ed
monds, for his efforts to rescue them from
the certain death before them and for tho
humanity exercised towards them while un
der his care. Portland Argus', Dec. G2.
A soldier at anchor. A military officer,
who" most cordially detested tho halberds;
used, as a substitute for flogging, to expose
delinquents upon parade with a largo iron
bomb-shell attached to one of their leg.
One day, when several men were undergo
ing the punishrheht.a sallori who by chanco
had strolled near, called out to Jiis compan
ions "My byes) shipmates! only jusf
look hero I'm blest if here isn't a sbdger
at anchor." ...
The Petty Tyrant. The King of Han,
over, when demanded by Austria and Prus
sia tho cause of his abolishing the conStitii
tion, replied, that ho would cautiously avoid
the contagion of the liberalism1 which had
penetrated into every cab'net, and was re
sponsible to none for his free- disposal of
that which he had inherited. He is deter
mined, he adds, to remain 'master at home,'
and to allow no foreign power to dictate hia
line of conduct.
The "Real Grit" from the TPesl. An
office-holder at tho West, who lately retir
ed from his official duties, winds up his ad
dress on the occasion in tho following elo
quent manner: "Now, gcntlemarl, it mat
ters not to mo whcther.you call mo skunkj
'possum, or racoon : I havo luxuriated for
a long time in the high grass of Govern
ment, where tall fodder has never been
lacking) though I havo been somewhat scar
ified by thorns and thistles, and harrassed
by the constant barking of .nolitical curs.
My own peace and comfort reqdiro that I
now quit tho field and crawl into my owri
private borough; and should any of you,
hereafter, endeavor to stir me up with so
long a polo as to bo entirely out of my
reach, I shall, to say the least of it squeal
most awfully !"
The Boston Ileiald states that while a
gentleman, his wife, child and dog wcro
walliing near the Providenco Railroad, the
child, unperceived by its father, strayed up
on tho track, At that moment the Iraiu of
cars was coming forward at full speed,
when the dog jumped forward, seized tho
little trembler by tho waist, and brought
him safe from tho track; scarcely had ho ac
complished this feat, when the lumbering
locomotive came puffing by.
It is stated in the London Times, that a
short time ago in rummaging among tho
stock i.n the Stamp officp in Sommerset
house London several df the stamps pre-'
pared for being sent to America; wero
found In an upper room, The stamp is in
tho usual form and bear3 on colored paper
pasted on parchnient,the inscription'AMER
ICAi . Two Shillings and Sixpence."
Tho Times says that these stamps should
bo sent to Mr. Van Buron, to bo placed!
among tho archicvos of tho United States.'
A porson may discipline the muscle3 of
the face, and ho may control the voice, but
there Is something in the eye beyond tho
will, and we frequently find it givirg th'
! tonguo the lie direct.