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Tllfi COLUMBIA. DEMOCRAT.
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SJITUnU.1V, MAY 95, 1S30.
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Of tho ORANGEVILLE UNION
CHURCH will be laid on Sunday, the Dili
Df June next, with appropriate ceremonies.
Orangcvillc, May 18, 1839.
NOItTH BRANCH CANAL.
1 "Mnch pains has been taken by afeu
mischievous persons, (who tire totally des
titute of both morales political pnnciples.aiid
In the habit of slandering and falsifying the
nctions and doings of theii neighbors) to
impress it upon the public mind that there
has been d private letting, to some of the
citizens of this place, of the rebuilding and
repairing of the Canal Bridges, &c. The
whole s"lory is untrue it was fabricated
ind nut in circulation by pirates, loafers,
anil the aly and insidious enemies of the
Democratic party, who arc watching for
the commission of somo act, by those who
now have charge of the Canal, which they
may uso to prejudice the public against the
Canal Commissioners, the Supervisor, aiu
his deputies. So far, they have watched
in vain! Mr. Krownovcr lias been emi
nently successful in discharging his duty
thus 'far, and ho may fearlessly challenge
the closest scrutiny into all his acts. The
only repairs made, or, making arc donoby
the deputies and hands in his immediate
employ, and no repairs have been under
taken but what was absolutely necessary.
When the necessary appropriations are
'mado for general repairs, and at the proper
time there will he a public letting of the
repairs on Ihe publec works on the North
ilranch Canal, after which the public will
be publicly informed of the names of the
contractors.&c. In the mean time.it would
be well for pirates and disseminators of
white and black stories to start something
new in the line of their business.1'
Tho above article is from the Danville
Intelligencer, of the 17th inst. Wo publish
it that our readers may know how much re
liance is to bo placed in tho statements of
its author; and to show what means somo
men will resort to, to shift from their shoul
ders tho responsibilities of a dishonorable
transaction. That reports have been in
circulation, for somo weeks past, that the Su
pervisor had entered into a private contract
with individuals of Danville, for rebuilding
the canal bridges between Northumberland
and Fishing Creek, is true; but that tho sto
ry of their being so lot," was fabricated and
put in circulation by pirates, loafers.and the
sly and insiduous enemies of tho democratic
party," 13 wholly untrue, unless, indeed,
the Supervisor and the gentlemen supposed
to havo received tho contracts, arc of that
stamp; for it was upon tho authority of their
assertions, made lime and again, in and out
of Danville, that such a contract had
been made, thai tho story first came into
circulation, and one or more of them have
also asserted that tho contract had been rat
ified by the Canal Commissioners. And.
in addition, the Supervisor has, within two
or three weeks past, offered to enter into a
private contract for rebuilding tho canal
bridges between Fishing Creek and I'er
pvick, with as respectable and highmindpd a
democrat as there, is in the county. The
offer was indignantly refused ; not because
the gentleman was not anxious to obtain
the contract, but because he considered it
an attempt on the part of a few individuals,
to make him a party to their disgraceful
treatment to, and utter contempt of the
voice of, the democracy of Columbia county.
This offer was intended, no doubt, to " al
lay the excitement," which had become
general in consequence of the private letting
below; but it failed in its object. It was too
barefaced foi its deformity to be covered up
by ever so thick a veil; not even by the rbu-
if
ive language heaped upon the Jomocracy of
the county, for finding fault with these pri
vate contracts, in the maniac ravings of the
new Prothonotary.
It is with tho greatest reluctance that we
have said thus much, but a "sense of justice
to tho democratic party, has compelled us
to defend them against this gross, whole
sale slander from such a source, and for
uch a purpos. We havo heretofore re
frained from mentioning the subject, in the
hopes that they would sec tho error of their
ways, and retrace their steps without bring
ilflg tho subject boforo thu public. But in
tliis it seems wo wcro mistaken. Flushed
with tho success that last winter crowned
their efforts to obtain all tho offices within
th gift of tho Executive and CanalCommis
'loners, and loving completo control of the
fcflpcrvisor, so jrruch so ns to rnakjr him op
point and discharge such assistants as they
directed, they thought still further to impose
upon the democratic party, by assuming,by
private arrangements, all tho contracts with
in his gift, for their own privato benefit; but
having been promptly met by tho veto of
tho Commissioners, and finding the indig
nation of the party aroused at their conduct,
they attempt to throw tho blame on to oth
ers, whom they sligmatiso as " pirates and
loafers," for merely repeating .what they
themselves have originated. Hut this will
not do them any good. The day. of retri
bution is at hand. The Democracy of Co
lumbia too well understand their tricks to bo
thus treated by them without rendering a
just return. And, in the language of tho
above extract, wo add, that, " In tho mean
time, it would bo well for the pirates and
disseminators of white and black stories,
not excluding tho new prothonotary, to
start something new in tho line of their pro
fession." .
CANAL BRIDGE LETTING.
Wc understand that tho Canal Coinmis
missioners havc,by a.rcsolulion of the board,
ordered the rebuilding of the bridges upon
the North Branch Canal, to bo let at public
letting. This is as it should be. It is the
only proper mode; but at the same lime, it
is actually necessary that some person
should superintend the lettings in whom
the public havo confidence. Wc know not
whether those upon the lower division arc
to be under tho direction of the Supervisor,
and the contracts to be awarded by him. If
such is the arrangement, wo can assure the
Commissioners, that his late attempt to let
tho building of these bridges, by private
contract, to a few individuals, to the exclu
sion of ihe many who wcro desirous of ob
taining them, has lost him tho confidence,
not only of the democratic party of the
county, but of the public generally, and that
they havo no faith in hi3 conducting the
business) impartially. Nothing now will
satisfy tho democratic party, and tho public
generally, that the letting will bo fairly and
honorably conducted.but the personal super
intendanceof, atleast.one of the Canal Com
missioners. It is very important that the
bidders should hac confidence in the super
inlcndant of tho letting, that he will award
the contracts to the lowest and best bidders,
or otherwise but litilo attention will be paid
to them. But few will lake the troublp to
baud in proposals, when it is well knrnvn
that some half a dozen individuals, who are
desirous of obtaining all the contracts on the
line, havo entire control over the contracting
power, so much so, that it is believed, not
a contract would be awarded until it had
passed their supervision. We therefore,
repeat, that it is actually necessary, that, at
least, one of tho Commisionors should be
present at the letting, that even handed jus
tice may be awarded both to the state and
to individuals.
Wo have a clas3 of people in society
who consider that they have a perfect right
to say what they please of others, regardless
of feeling, while they claim exemption from
any retort, being very sensitive when paid
off in their own coin. Such appears to be
the character of our neighbor of the Regis
ter. Several times, within a year past, he
has referred to our heighth in terms of de
rision, for thcexprcss purpose of wounding
our feelings. lie had no compunctions of
conscience upon the subject; no squcam
ishness in uttering "foul mouthed sarcasm."
Oh; no, not he. All is right and honorable
on his part. But the moment he fancies,
(for it is nothing but his fancy in this case,)
that his own infirmities arc alluded loo, than
he bellows like u wounded calf. Wo have
not hcrcltro alluded to his " foul mouhlcd
sarcasms," as they have always " passed
by us like the idle wind," unheeded; but
we will now tell the gentleman, that if he
hereafter plays with' edged tools, he must
oxpect wounded fingers.
Our neighbor threatens to " cut our ac
quaintance." 0 horrible. Wo should bo
in a desolate situation indeed.
ALMOND II. READ.
The nomination of this gentleman for tho
office of President Judge of tho 18th' Judi
cial district, was rejected by the Senate, on
the l4lh inst., by a vote of 15 to 15, three
of the fedcralSenators being absont,aud one,
Mr. Case, of Susquehanna, voting in tho af
firmative. Mr. Read had tho decided wish
es of tho people of the district for his ap
pointment; but his active exertions in favor
of the election of Governor Porter, secured
to him the hostility of the federal party.
The Legislature is progressing tslowly
with tho business of tho extra session, and
if wo are to judge from thn amount of busi
ness cut out for them by a committee ap
pointed for that purpose, the session will
bo a long one. No appropriations have as
yet been made, and it appears to bo tho po
licy of tho opposition to embarrass tho ad
ministration as much as possible, by oppos
ing all appropriations for that purpose.
Maj. William Colt, tho lopresentalive
from this county, will accept our thanks for
somo valuable public documents.
It is sla'tcd that tho Tippecanoe Club of
Cincinnati!, since tho reception of tho news
of the Democratic victory in New York,
have decided that it is unnecessary to hold
any more meetings. What can this mean 1
Louisville Advertiser.
Horrible Accident. On Saturday after
noon, while tho Brooklyn rail road cars
were passing at a rapid rate through Atlan
tic street a lad about fourteen years old,
named McLaughlin, ran at one of the car3,
and while attempting to catch hold of it fell
beneath tho wheels, which passed over him,
severing his head from his body.
Journal oj Commerce.
An item for the Ladies. Not a few of
the profouudest moralists and philosophers
of the world have been enthusiastic in their
advocacy of early mairiages. But Tacitus
was ahead of any of thcin, for he declared
that early marriage makes us immortal
that it is the soul and chief prop of empires
and that man who resolves to live without
woman, or the woman who resolves to live
without man, arc enemies to themselves,
destructive to world, apostates from nature,
and rebels against heaven and earth.'
Her. and Sent.
Cape Cndders. There are no less than
1000 widows in Barnstable county, their
husbands having perished at sea in tho pe
rilous life they lead with their small fishing
crafts, on the boisterous sea of Newfound
land. DYING THE DEATH FOR A HAM.
On the 22d of April, a citizen of Louis
ville, named Ramucl Arbcgunt, surendered
himself lo the authoriles of that city, hav
killcd a man named John Harrison, by
shooting him. Harrison was caught about
daybreak, stealing a ham out of Arbegust's
smoke-house. Alauncd by his servant,
Arbcgust took a double barrelled gun,
and went down to the yard, where he saw
Harrison, to whom he called out to stop,
and Harrison did so. Ho then ordered
ll.irrison lo advance lo tho kitchen door
and bring the ham, which he did. Arbe
gust then made a step or two lo call his
brother to his assistance. Before Arbe
gust's brother could arrive, Harrison start
ed to run away, and Arbcgust moved into
tho yard, calling to him to stop or he would
shoot him, and saying he would not fire if
he slopped; but Harrison went on and thon
Arbcgust fired one barrel of the gun, but
thai did not stop him. He then fired the
oilier barrel and Harrison got behind a sta
ble or out house and fell. Ho was shot in
the back, about tho region of tho kidneys,
with a largo shol which had been put into
tho gun for shooting dogs. Harrison,
when the party ftom the house came up,
exclaimed : 'I am a dead man,' and died
within half an hour. Arbegust was fully
committed on a charge of wilful murder,
without privilego of bail.
Fatal Accident. On Tuesday, the 9th
inst., W. Kosc, aged M or 15 years, son of
Mr. John Rose, ot bprmgfield township,
was most shockingly mangled by a thrash
ing machiiiB which caused his death on the
following Thursday. The machine by
which he was injured is of two horse pow
er, moved by apron composed of slabs,
bound together cdgeways,placed around two
cylinders, & united at ihe ends. Upon
this tho horses stand, their feet. In front,
and about three inches above this apron is
an iron cylinder. Tho boy jumped upon
this cylinder, which is about throe feet
from tho ground ; his foot slipped off on
to apron, the slabs of which caught it, and
drew leg as all in under the horses up to hi
body. Tho horses could not bo readily stop
ped, and ho remained in this situation while
the apron passed round nearly twice tear
ins away all the flesh from tho thigh and
lower part of the body breaking tho thigh
and hip bones. Mercer Luminary.
The Drunkest man yet. Wo have sel
dom laughed heartier than whilo reading
the following "good un from tho Cincin
natii nows:
A fellow who had boen paying his de
voirs at tho shrino of Bacchus, and like
Falstafl'had foresworn thin potations, stood
at tho corner of the street about threo sheets
in the wind endeavoring to sustain himself
by tho assistance of a post. It was rather
a'difiicult picco of business, for ho was first
upon ono side of it then upon the other.
In this emergency a boon companion on
tho opposite side of the street called to him
to como across. 'Come across, 'said tho fellow
with ahiccup.raissing his hold on tho postdi
stumbling at length, "you must bo a smart
man to suppose that I can come across,
whsn I am too drunk to stay whete I em.
Tho Iwenly-third anniversary of tha A
merican Bible Society was held at New
York, on Thursday morning. Tho honora-
bio John (Jotton bmith, ot Connecticut,
tho President, presided assisted by numer
ous Vice Presidents. It appears from tho
annual report of the treasurer, that (he re
ceipts during tho year were 05,120 dollars
72 cents, and the expenditures 08,20.1 dol
lars 21 cents. Tho increase of auxiliaries
since the last anniversary is twenty-four,
among tho legacies reported, was one of a
thousand pound sterling bequeathed by
James Douglass, Esq. of Cavers, Scotland.
Tho calls for supplies of tho holy scrip
tures in various parts of tho world amount
lo 50,000 dollars ; many of them are so
urgent that the board had made grants in
anticipation of the receipts to the amount
of -13,000 dollars, and as there is less than
one-fourth of this sum received into tho
treasury, the board recommend friends of
tho society to take early measures to sup
ply the treasury with funds to commence a
second supply of the scriptures to the des
titute in tho United States. During the
last year 134,837 copies were issued; whole
number 2,588,235, printed in seventeen
different languages.
A MATHEMATICIAN.
A boy about fifteen years old once said to
me, with an important alr," I went through
Daboll's arithmetic three times last winter,
sir, and I ean do any sum in the hardest
chyhcring book you can bring."
I did nol dispute him, nor doubt but what
he could mechanically obtain the answer
of almost any sum found in a book under
a rule. But thought he had, like many
others, made figures without thinking,aad
I asked him the following question :
" What will twenty pounds of beef come
lo at twelve cents per pound, provided the
beef is two thirds fat ?"
He hesitated a while, and then said, "If
you will tell me what the fat comes to, I'll
do the sum." I laughed heartily, for I
could not restrain myself. IIo soon said to
mo, with considerable spirit:
" If you will loll me tho rulo it comes
under, I will tell you what it comes lo."
I still said nothing, for Iris ludicrous em
barrassment prevented my speaking at the
instant, when he with great vehemence
said :
" It is an unfair sum I never saw such
a sum in the book in my life."
He considered me an impertinent school
master, and I put him down as a fair speci
men of most of the children taught in our
common schools. They make no applica
tion of their lessons to the practical business
of life. They do not think. They are not
taught that thinking lias any thing to do
with obtaining an education. This unfor
tunate lad had never brought the business
of the world on to the slate, or into the
school room. Now, that two thirds fat ho
could not understand he could not put the
fin under any rule he Iiatl never seen a
sum that had any fat in it before Satiri
cal hints on People's Education.
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THE RICH MAN'S DAGIITER.
It is often said that the times arc strange
ly allertcd; and certain it is the people are.
It was onecjthoughtlo be honorable to be
engaged in some honorable and useful
ful avocation but now-a-days it is thought
honorable to be idle. There is complaint
of the highpriccs of all necessaries of hu
man existence, and with much truth. But
if the amount of idleness could bo calculated
with mathematical accurary throughout our
extended Republic, and allow tho drones
onlv half price for services they might per
form, which others are now paid for, it
might not be an unsafe calculation to put
down the whole amount now paid for pro
visions and marketing in tho United .stales
It is not a little inconsistent to hear parents
whine about thn prico of provisions, while
they bring up their daughters to walk the
streets and expend money.
In ono of tho great commercial cities,
there resides a gentleman worth from two
to three millions of dollars. lie had three
daujfhterj, and ho required them alternate
ly lo go into the kitchen and superintend
its domestic concerns. Health a happiness,
he said, were thus promoted; besides, in tho
vicisitudes of foilune they might, ero they
should close iheir earthly career, be com
polled to rely upon their hands for a liveli
hood; and ho would say that they could
never become wives and proper heads of
families, until they knew by practical ex
perience, all tho economy of household af
fairs. One of tho daughters is now tho
wife of a Governor of a Stale all at tho
head of very respectable families and thoy
carry out the principles inplamcd by thoir
worthy parent winning and securing tho
esteem of all around them.
Let tho fair daughtor3 of our country
draw lessons from tho industrious of the
past. The companions of men who fought
in the rovohuion, were inured to hardships
and accustomed t" unceasing toil and so
did thoy educate their daughters. Health,
contentment, happiness and plenty, smiled
round the family altor. Tho damsel who
understood most thorougly and economical
ly tho management of domestic matters,
and who was not afraid to put her hands
into a washing-tub, or fear of destroying
their clastioty and dimming their snowy
whiteness, was sought for by tho young
men of those days as a fit companion for
life but now-a-days to learn tho mysteries
of the household would make our fair ones
faint away, and to labor, comes not into the
code of modern gemiliip.
AND
Threshing Machine,
AND
PORTABLE HOUSE POWER
MANUFACTORY.
rgPUlE Subscribers take this method of Informing
, Ja. their friends, that they continuo Manufactur
ing Threshing Machine ami Portable Icrte
Powers, on tho most improved plans, made of tho
host materials and in tho mo3t workmanlike man
ner, and which they will wanent to stand with faro
usage, and not injure tho grain by breaking it.
Thcyhavo surpassed nil others where they havo
been introduced, hi Pennsylvania, Virginia and.
North Carolina.
Pratt's Patent Simd,
on,
GRAIN HULTLIrfG MACHINE,
Improved. An articlo of great ntility to Millers,
for cleansing the grain for preparing it for flouring.
Thoso machines aro manufhc.urcd of cast and
wrought Iron, and aro supposed to last an hundred
years. They aro in general uso in tho stato of New
York and in part of Pennsylvania.
AND
9
and all kinds of Machinery, cast and fitted up.and
all sorts of
HOMiOW WAKE
kept on hand, and sold by wholesale. All of which
will be sold on tho mo.t reasonable terms, by
LEWIS H. MAUS & Co.
ltloomsburg;, May 25, 1829. 3ml
French Burr Itfill-Sitmes.
So So WOTWJBIBWZDEr
Against the Werld for good Mill-Stones
and Bolting Cloths.
ILLERS wishing tho above articles, aro
requested to call and examine my Stock,
at Danville, Columbia County, Pa., or at Lew-"
istown, on tho Juniatta.
Danville, May 25, 1839.
William SSaMer,
TOUr.D respectfully inform tho citizens at
' MIFFTJNVIJil.E, and the adjoining vi
cinity, that ho has opened a shop in said village,
wheru ho intends to prosecute tho abnvo bnsincsj
in all its various branches. The best of workman
ship and a perfect fit will be warranted on every
garment intrusted to his care.
Mifflinville, April, 1839.
' " - ' I I 'I I II II
ALEXANDER IiiTTER,
RESPECTFULLY informs tho public
that he ha3 removed his establishment into
the shop lately occupied by C. Kahler,
Esq. where he intends keeping on hand
all kinds of
DOUBLE AND SINGLE HARNESS,
AND SADDLES AND MUDLES,
made of the best of material, and good
workmanship. He manufactures, a new
and approved
Patent Horse Collar,
acknowledged by all to bo superior to any
ever before made in this county.
lie also manufactures LEATHER and
HAIR
of any description that may be required
All of which will be sold on the most
reasonable terms, and ho will also be ready
to do any work in his line, on short notice,
and solicits a share of public patronage.
Bloomsburg, May 18, 1839.
SUSQUEHANNA L.INE,
THIS lino has commenced running regularly be
tween Wilkcs-Barrc, Northumberland, Will
iaineport, Hariisburg lo Piladclphia and all inter
mediate places. Tho lloats leavo Whilkes-llarro
daily, at 2 o'clock P. M. and ariive at Northumber
land next morning at 7 J o'clock A. M. and Ilarris
burg the following evening at 9 o'clock; where pas
fccngers will remain over night, and take tho rati road
cars at 8 o'clock; A. M. and arrive ot Philadelphia
by 2 o'clock, P. M. At NorthumlierUnd the Norlh
and West Uranch boatls connect : This Una arrives
ut tho junction of the Junifla in timo to connect
with all the woHtern lines for Pittsburg.
ltclurningpcngers by this lino will loavoBroiul
street, Philadelphia, every day at 8 o'clock A. M.
and orrivo at llarrisburg at 3 o'clock P. M. North
umberland next morning 8 o'clock, Williamsport
by 7 P. M. and witkes-Uarro by 7 o'clock the follow
ing morning through in 48 hours,
To famlics moving west this lino offers fpreat ad
vantage charges upon freight vory moderate, nnd
persons withlhor families may rely upon having nil
their goods takon with thorn.
1' aro to Korlhuinborland - u"
" Williamtport 3 50
" Duncan's Island 3 "
Harrhburg 00
Philadelphia . 8 00
For freight or rmswgo apply to
1 P. McO. GILCHRIST.
Thcanix Hotel
Wilkeg-Dnrre, May 7, 1883. tf
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