mm
Jl'--T-C.'Wor,t U"0U tUC A1Ur f G0ll clcrnal Uosm,tr 10 "nr form of Tjranuy orcr the Mlud .f Mau-Thorn,
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY II. WEBB.
is Jefferson.
7i
urg'
I tit,
tincv
am
Yolhram Iff.
OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRAT,
U" GpponiTE Sr. Paul's Ciiuncn, Main-st.
4t IWIIJ IM.II-H
77te COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT will be
published event Saturday morning, at
TWO DOLLARS per annum, payable
nail yearly in advance, or Two Hollars
Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year.
No subscription will betaken for a shorter
period than six months; nor any discon
tinuance permitted, until all arrearages
arc uisciiurgea.
fi r rr n n Art r n -rt urn - rm
jju run i -ns.Mii i a not exceeaing a
square will be conspicuously inserted at
One Dollar for the first three insertions,
and Twenty-five cents for every subse
quent nsertion. SCPA liberal discount
made to those, who advertise by the year.
LETTERS addressed on business, must
be post paid.
From tho N. Y. News.
THE OLD CLOCK.
" Here she goes,lherc she goes !" Some
years sgo there came to this country a fam
ily from England, which settled on tiie up
per part of this island, and opened a public
house. Among their chattels was an old
family clock which they'prized moro for Us
age than its actual value,although it had told
the hours for years with commendable fidel
ity. This clock is now situated in one of
the private parlors of tho house, and many
a time has it been a theme of remark in
consequence of its solemnly antique exteri-or-
A fow days since, about dusk, a couple
of mad wags drove up to the door of the
hotel, seated in a light and beautifulwagon,
drawn by a supurb bay horse. They
sprang out, ordered the hostler to pay every
attention to the animal and to stable him for
the night. Entering the hotel they tossed
off a glass of wine a piece, bemouthed a
cigar, and directed the landlord to provide
the best game supper in his power. There
was a vinsome look in the countenance of
the elder a" bright sparkling in his eyes
which occasionally he half-closed in a style
that gave him the air of " a knowing one,"
and a slight curving of the corners of the
mouth that showed his ability to enjoy,
while his whole demeanor made every acute
observer sure of his ability to perpetrate a
joke. Now and then, when his lips parted
and lie ran his finger through his hair with
a languid expression, it was evident he was
eager to be at work in his vocation, that of
u practical joker ! The other was a dap
per young man, although different in his ap
pearance, yet with features which indicated
that his mind was well fitted to be a success-
f ful copartner with his mate, and a dry pun
or gravely delivered witticism was frequent
ly worked off with an air of philosophy or
unconcern that gave him at once the credit
of being a first rate wit. Supper on the ta
ble, these two Yankees weio not dull as a
couple generally will be at table, but made
mirth and laughter, and wit their compan
ions, and as Wine in his parti-colored flow
ing robes presided, there was a "set out"
fit for a princo and his associates. The
Yankees ate and drank and were right mer-
jry, when the old family clock whirred and
.whizzed -as tho hammer on the bell struck
.one, two, three, four, five six, seven, eight,
nine, ten, eleven, twelve ! The cider look
ed up at the old monitcr before him, stuck
jf elbow on the tablo nnd looked again
Iywauiiy tor a minute ana then laughed out
heartily, awakening the waiter, who was
just dozing by tho window-sill.
" What in the name of Momus are. vou
laughing all" asked the dapper Yankee, as
e cast his eyes now over the table, now
aver and around himself to ascertain whoro
le nest of the joke was concealed. The
ilder winked slyly, and yawning lazily,
ilowly raised the fore-finger of his right
i and applied it gracefully to his nose.
he dapper man understood the hint.
' Oho ! I understand no youdon't come
ver tins child ! waiter, another bottle of
npaign." Tho servant left the room
!ti& our heroes inclining themselves over
BlLOOMSBtiTRG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1839.
the table held a long conversation in a low
tone, when the elder of the two raised his
voice, and with an air of satisfaction, ex
claimed. Clocks always go it 1"
Then both cautiously rose from their
chairs and advancing to the clock, turned the
key of the door, and looked within, the el
der in a half decided manner saying
" Won't itl"
Tho waiter was on the stairs, and they
relumed to their scats in a thrice as if noth
ing had happened both scolding the waiter,
as he entered, being so lazy on his errand.
Having heard the clock strike one, they
were shown to their beds, where they talk
ed in a subdued tone, and finally sank to
sleep. In tho morning, they were early up,
and ordered their horso to be harnessed and
brought to the door.
Descending to the bar-room they asked
for their bill, and with becoming piompti
tudc paid the amount due over to the keep
er. The elder perceiving the landlord
through the window, placed his aim upon
the bar, and in a serious tone enquired of
the bar keeper if he would dispose of the
old clock. The young man hesitated he
knew not what to answer. The old clock
seemed to him such a miserable piece of
furniture that he had an impression that it
might as well be his as his employer's, yet
he could not comprehend why s:ich a person
should want such a hideous article.
While he was attempting to reply, the
good naturcd landlord entered, and the
question wa3 referred to him for an an
swer. " 1 wish to purchase that clock up stairs!
Will you sell ? asked the elder Yankee,
while the younger lighted his cigar, and
cast his eye over the Sunday Morning
News, which lay upon the table. The land
i i i i i t
loru, wno nau set no great value on the
clock, except as an heirloom, began to sus
pect that it might possess the virtues of
Martin Hey wood's chair and be filled with
dollars; and, almost involuntarily, the three
ascended to' the room which contained it.
" The fact is," said the Yankee, " I once
won a hundred dollars with a clock like
that 1"
" A hundred dollars I" ejaculated tire hud
lord.
" Yes ! You see there was one like it in
room over in Jersey, and a fellow bet me
he could keep his forefinger swinging with
the pendulum for an honr,only saying "here
she goes, there she goes." He could'nt do
it. I walked the money out of him in no
time."
" You did ? You could'nt walk it out of
me. I'll bet you fifty dollars I can do it on
the spot."
" Done," ciied the Yankee.
The clock struck eight, and with his back
to tho table, and the door, the landlord pop
ped into the chair
" Here she goes, there she goes !" and
his finger waved in a curve, his eyes fully
fixed on the pendulum. The Yankees be
hind him inlcnupicd Where's the mo
ney ? Plank the money."
The landlord was not to loose in that
way. His forefinger slowly and surely
went willi the pendulum, and his left discn
gaged his purse from his pocket, which he
threw behind him on the table. All was si
lent. The dapper man at length exclaim
ed,
" Shall I deposit the money in the hands
of this barkeeper?"
" Here she goes, there she goes !" was
the only answer.
One of the Yankees left the room. Tho
landlord heard him go down stairs, but he
was not to be disturbed by that trick.
Presently the bar-keeper entered, and
touching him upon the shoulder, asked
it Mr.B , are you crazy I What
are you doing!"
" Hero she goes, there she goes I" he re
sponded, his hand waving the forefinger as
before.
The barkeeper rushed down stairs; he
called one of the neighbors and asked him
to go up. They asconuoo, ontt the neigu
bor seizing him gently by the collar, in an
imploring tone said
"Mr. B do not ait here. Come,
come down stairs; what can possess you to
sit here !"
" Here she goes, there she goes I" was
the sole reply, and the solemn face andslow
ly moving finger settled the mailer. He
ivas mad.
" He is mad," whispered the friend in a
low voice. " We must go for a doctor."
The landlord was not to be duped, he
was not to be deceived, although the whole
town came to interrupt him.
" You had better call up his wife," added
the friend.
" Here she goes, there she goes !" repeat
ed the landlord, and his hand still moved
on.
In a minute his wile entered, full of ago
ny of soul. " My dear," she kindly said,
" look on me. It is your wife who speaks."
" Here she goes, there she goes !" and his
hand continued to go, but his wife would'nt
go; she would stayyand he thought she was
determined to conspire against him and make
him lose his wager. She wept, and she
continued
" What cause have you for this ? Why do
you do so ! Has your wife"
41 Here she goes, thete she goes !" and
his finger seemed to be tracing her airy pro
gress, for any thing she could ascertain to
the contrary.
" My dear," she still continued, thinking
that the thought of his child, whom he fond
ly loved, would tend to restore him, " shall
I call up your daughter ?"
" Here she goes, there she goes ?" the
landlord again repeated, his eyes becoming
more and more fixed and glazed, from the
steadiness of the gaze. A slight 'smile,
which had great effect upon the minds of
ihose present, played upon his face, as he
thought of the many unsuccessful resorts to
win ln'm from his purpose and of his success
in bafiling them. The physician entered.
He stood by the side of the busy man.
He looked at him in silence, shook his head,
and to the anxious inquiry of the wife, an
swered " No madame ! The fewer persons here
the heller. The maid had belter stay away;
do not let the maid"
11 Heie she goes, there she goes !" yet a-
gain, again, in harmony with the waving fin
ger, issued from the lips of tho landlord
" A consultation, 1 think, will be nccessa
ry," said the physician, " will you run for
Dr. W ins ?
The kind neighbor buttoned up his coat
and hurried from the room.
In a few minutes Dr. W ms, with a-
nothcr medical gentleman, entered.
" This is a sorry sight," said he to the
doctor present.
" Indeed it is, sir," was the reply. It is
a sudden attacK, ono of the"
" Here she goes, there she goss 1" was
the solo reply.
The physicians stepped into a corner con'
suited together.
Will you be good enough to run for a
barber ? Wc must have his head shaved
and blistered," said Dr. W ms
' Ah, poor, dear husband," said the lady;
I fear he never again will know his mis
erable wjfo."
" Here she goes, there she goes t" said
the landlord with a little more emphasis,
and with a more nervous yet determined
waving of his finger in concert with the
pendulum; for the minute hand was near
the twelve that point which was to put fif
ty dollars into his pocket, if the hand arriv
ed at it without his suffering himself to be
interrupted.
The wife in a low bewailing tone contin
ued her utterance
" No ! never, nor of his daughter"
"Here she goes, there she goes," almost
shouted the landlord, as the minute hand
advanced to the desired point.
The barber arrived; he was naturally a
talkative man, and when the doctor made
- W IIIUII " - vavwtv M-.t-.MM -
casual remark, reflecting upon the
some
quality of the instrument he was to use, he
replied
" Ah ah I no Monsieur, you say very bad
to razor tres beautiful eh ? look look
very fine is n'l she ?"
Here she goes there she goesl' scream
ed the landlord, his hand waving on, and
his face gathering a smile, and his whole
frame in readiness to be convulsed with
joy.
The barber was amazed. ' Here she
goes, there she goesl' he responded in the
bc6t English he could use ' Vare, rare
slull I begin? Vat is dat ho say!'
1 Shave his head at once V interrupted
the doctor while the lady sank into a chair.
I Here she goes, there she goes ! for
the last time.'cricd the landlord, as the clock
struck the hour oe nine, and he sprang from
his seat in an ecstacy of delight, screaming
at the top of his voice as he skipped about
the room
I've won it I've won itl'
What?' said the bar-keeper.
What?' echoed the doctor.
What?' re-echoed the wife.
'What, the wager fifty dollars'.' But
casting his eye, around the room, and miss
ing the young man who induced him to
watch the clock, he asked his bar-keeper
Where are those yung men who stop
ped here last night? eh? quick, where are
they ?'
They went away in their wagon nearly
an hour njo sr !' was the reply.
The truth flashed like a thunderbolt thro
his mind. They had taken his pocket book
with one hundred and seventy dollars there
in, and decamped, a couple of swindling
sharpers, with wit to back them ! The
story i rife on all men's tongues in the
neighborhood where this affair ocenrred
and the facts are nut otherwise than here
set down; but we regret that the worthy
landlord in endcavering to overtake the ras
cals, was thrown from his own wagon, and
so servetely injured as to be confined to his
room at the present moment where ho can
watch the pendulum of tils clock at his lets
ure.
From the U. 8. Guette.
TIIE PRESBYTERIAN CASE.
A gentleman of the bar, in his prudence
we have great confidence, has, at our re
quest, supplied ui with a notice of the case
which clewed yesterday. It will be seen
that the verdict of the jury is for the Rcla
tors, or New School. The Counsel fur
the Respondents, or Old School, moved for
a tvew trial,
IN TIIE SUPREME COURT.
BETOHU HON. It. C. KOOER9, AND A SPECIAL
JURY.
Commonwealth At the suggestion of
of James Todd,John R.Neff, F. A. Ray
bold, Geo. AV. M'Clelland, Win. Dar
ling and Thomas Fleming.
Asahcl Green, Thomas Bradford, Sol
omon Allen, Cornelius C. Cuyler and
Jf'm. Lata, not summoned.
Information in the nature of quo war
ranto, and ordered by the Supreme Court
to a Jury to try questions of fact to inform
the conscience of tile Court.
The proceeding in this interesting cause
is founded upon the statutory powei given
to the Supreme Court dcelaritory to the
common law, by act of Assembly of Penn
svlvania passed 14th of June, 1836, enti
tled "an act relating to writs of quo war
ranto and mandamus. That act provides
that the writ of quo warranto may issue in
a designated description of cases, among
which is the present viz: " In case any
question shall arise concerning the exercise
of any office in any corporation created by
authority of law," &c and "in case any
association or number of persons shall ex
ercise any of the franchises or privileges of
a corporation within the respective county
without lawful authority."
On the 20th of May, 1838, on relation
of the complainants, it was suggestad to the
w. p. - OO
Supreme court tint the defendants were
Number SO.
since tho 21th May, 1838, exercising and
did still exercise the franchises and privil
eges of corporators without lawful authori
ty, viz: the' franchises and privileges of
trustees of a certain corporation called and
known by the name of "Trustees f tho
General Assembly of tho Presbyterian
Church in the United States of America;'
that on said 24th May, 1838, the relators
were duly elected trustees of the said cor
poration, agreeably to the provisions of tho
act of 28th March, 1709, incorporatinjr said
body, but notwithstanding said elect on tha
defendants still usurped said office, and
praying for process of law &c.
On the 31st July, 1838, the defendant
put in separate answers : that of Asahcl
Green asserted that he was one of the or
iginal trusters and had ever since acted as
such and denying the election of tho Rela
tors claiming that his right as trustee had
never been tacaied,determined or abridged;
and that ofT. Bradford, allegiug that on tho
27th May, 1822, he was duly elected bv
the General Assembly a trustee, and had
ever since acted as such; also denying tho
election the relators and asserting his pres
ent right.
On the 10th October, 1838, tho relator
replied to the plea of Asahel Green, that
true it was he was originally a trustee of
the General Assembly, but that by an act
of incorporation, the corporate body had
power to change ono third of the whole
body of 18 trustees, as often as they should
hold their sessions, and that, in exercise of
such authority, said body did on the 17th
May, 1838, at an Asscrnbly held in this
city, duly elect James Todd in place of tho
Asahel Green, and the said Jamea Todd ac
cepted said office, and thereby tho said
General Assembly avowed, disfranchised
and discharged the said Asahel Green, Sic.
and thus replied to the plea of Thomas
Bradford, in like form alledging that Georgo
W. M'Clelland was duly elected in At
place, lie. In like form, the relator as
serted that Thomas Fleming was elected
in lieu of Cornelius C. Cuyler, and Wil
liam Darling in lieu of Solomon Allen.
William Latta was not summoned, and his
right, opposed to that of P. A. Raybold, is
only incidentally in question. In tho
pleadings the several parties appealed to
the country, viz a jury trial, and the issao
of fact became ripe for a trial on the 7th
Nov. 1838.
Accordingly, a jury was empsnnellcd ort
the second Monday of March, 1839, and
charged to enquire of tho matters of faet
contested in the pleadings. The relators
were represented on the trial by Josiah
Randall, W. M. Meredith, George
Jf'ood, Esqrs. the defendants by F. W.
Hnbbell, J. R. Ingersoll, John Sergeant
and W. C. Preston, Esqrs.
The facts of the cause covered much
ground, and were extracted from the courso
and proceedings of the General Assembly
during a long period of years, but the most
striking, interesting and important points of
consideration were the Excision of May,
1837, and the Secession of May 1838.
It seems that the organization of tha
Presbyterian Church as to government, is
this. lrst, the session, composed of pas.
tor and elders who enjoy a life tenure; next,
in rank the presbytery, consisting of all
the pastors and one elder from each session
within a particular district; next, still high
er, the Synod composed of a number of
Presbyteries not less than three, within a
prescribed district in which, as in the Pres.
bytery, all the pastors and one elder from
each session hold scats; and last tho highest
tribunal is the General Assembly, composed
of pastors, and delegated elders from all
the Presbyteries.
In 1838 tho presbyteries of Oneida.Alba-
ey and Columbia, N. Y. compos-d the y.
nod of Albany. In 1821, this synod having
, . .....
ncreasou in numuers, was divided jnto
two synods, called Albany and Geneva. ,
In 1821 the synod of Geneva was parted
and its presbyteries of Niagara, Genesee,
Rochester and Ontario wcro formed into the
ynoa ot uencsee. in wvo tlte synod of