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THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.
'Tuoxn wituoct vrun '
sjirann.iY, iYaVTE.imnifx, iea.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 18'iO
For President,
MARTIN VAN KUREN.
Foil Vice Pkcsident,
RICHARD M. JOHNSON.
AND THE
'CONSTITUTIONAL TREASURY.
OUR OWN CONCERNS.
'This number (20) completes a year and a
half since our connexion with this paper,
and it has nowbecomc absolutely necessary
that the small sura due us from each of our
patrons bo paid. Wo have claims pressing
upon us that mu3t be settled, and we have no
other resource to look for means to liquidate
them, but to our subscribers, not having
cither a Prothonolary or Collectorship to
sustain us. It is true that tho sum duo
from each is small, yet it is from such small
sums that wo must make up large ones.
Our terms, it will be remembered, are two
dollars, if paid within the year, if not, fifty
cents to' be added. From such as will now
pay us, the extra will not be charged. We
hope that such of our subscribers at a dis
tance as have not paid us any thing from
the commencement will forward us a five
dollar bill, that we may credit them a year
in advance. Wood, and Grain of all kinds
will be received in payment"
DON'T FORGET THE PRINTER.
A PUBLIC MEETING
Will be held at ORANGEVILLE, on
SATURDAY, the 0th instant, at 1 o'
clock, P. M. for the purpose of opposing
the circulation of small bills. All who are
in favoi.of the measure, are requested to
attend. MANY,
The public are beginning to be awaken
ed to the importance of reorganizing the
present mischievous and ruinous banking
system of the country, that its future opera
tions may be rendered more safe to its stock
holders, and less dangerous to the interests
and tights of the people. Tho Richmond
Enquirer, on of the most able papers in
the Union, has come out in favor of re-
atrictinsr the issue of Banks to bills of not
C7
less than fifty dollars, and making stock
holders, personally liable for the debts of the
bank. Tho Vermont Legislature, although
a majority arc whigs, it will be seen by the
following, is also moving in the noble pro
ject 6f placing banks under salutary restric
tions; We hope our Legislature, at their
cominc-session, will not be unmindful of
VV" the duly they owe their constituents, and
IB 1 -. C (mn in n-ir.Mirr Kllld
ir.Sieail Ol WUOllUg mull Ulliu 111 ynaanifr miiiu
granting private corporations, and squan-
, dering the public money on speculating and
insolvent companies, will devote their en
. ergies in concocting measures that v:ll be
, calculated to placo our banks under 6uch
restrictions and regulations, that they will
, not have it in their power to cheat & defwud
rthe people out of their just dues, with irn
, punity, whenever it suits their grasping cu
t pidity.
ANTI-BANIC RESOLUTIONS.
In the lower branch of the Voimont Leg
islature, Mr. Patridge introduced a rcselu
tifen on tho 10th inst. declaring it inexpedi
ent to charter or re-charter hanks, at the
prosent session, except under the following
provisions.
1st. Private property of stockholders to
-be holden for the redemption ol bins.
2d1 The failure or refusal of a bank to
-redeem its notes in irold or silver to work a
. forfeiture of its charter ; and, on the occni
rt-nna of mirth all CVfillt. t 10 Coventor to
. make proclamation of the uct.
ad. On the suspension of a bank mm
, missioners to be appointed to take charge
u . tt - , - .
iiiti. Tn case a nerson looses through
t iim niffm. aim winu uii na muiio.
4i,n (Viliira of a bank, the President and Di
rectors of such bank are liable to indictment
fr Bwmdlinsand if found guilty, to be pun
ished by imprisonment in the Stalo prison
for from turno to ten years.
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JS 5th. AH charters to oe unuer mo cuii
it rnl of future Legislatures.
The resolution made the order tor a
Wo are roquested to mention thai, Thurs
day, the 7lh day of November, insf, will
be observed by the congregation of St-Paul's
Church, Bloomsburg; as a day for Prayer
and Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for
the fruits of the earth, and all tho other
blessings of his merciful Providence. Pub
lie service and a sermon to commenio at
11 o'clock, A. M.
A rumor was current the fore part of the
week, that tho venerable Andrew Jackson
was dead, said to have been derived from a
letter received in Philadelphia from Nash
ville Subsequent dates, from (he same
place making no mention of it, renders it
almost certain that the rumor is unfounded.
Tho Hon. George M. Dallas and family,
arrived in Philadelphia, last week, after an
absence of about 3 years. Committees
wero appointed to receive him, and welcome
his return to his native city.
B EinVACADE M Y,
The Trustees cf this Institution have the
plcasnie of announcing to the public, that
the building erected for that puipose is near
ly completed, and will be ready for the re
ception of pupils on the first Monday of
November, inst., at which time, all the
schools (3 in number) will be opened. They
have spared no pains in procuring compe
tent teachers, and they trust the Institution
will merit and receive the patronago of tho
public. A circular, describing the branches
to be taught in the different departments,
and the price of tuition in each, will be is-
ued in a few days.- By request of the
Trustees.
At the last accounts the Bank of France
had fifty millions of dollars in specie on
hand, while it had only forty-eight millions
of obligations, and about eighteen millions
circulation. The Bank of England had
short of thirteen millions of specie, while it
had over eighty millions of circulation, to
say nothing of the deposits.
We understand that on Monday last, a
young man by the name of John Axer,
while at work in an ore bed, in Ilemlork,
was suddenly killed by the caving in of a
bank. He was a stranger in the place, hut
is supposed to have Iricnds residing at liar
risburg. EfZaESZtEiErS
THE PRESENT BANKING SYSTEM.
There are few who defend or support
tho Present Banking System, says the Lan
caster Intelligencer. One year ago, it could
number hundreds of honest friends, who
spoko from a belief of its undoubted suscep
tibility in promoting tho public weal, Now
there is not a thinking man, whether inter
ested or not, who docs not see the disarange
ment of the system, its want of stability, its
unlimited privileges, its partiality, its tyran
ny, and double dealing. There is not in
the Union, a State, the banks of which are
not defective or rotten. In Mississippi, a
series of c'naractcristing expansions and
contactings has ended in a general and dis
astrous crash. In Michigan, there is not
two solvent banks to be found; the Wild
Cat money being the medium of commerce,
In Missouri, a litter of shaving shops is a'
bout to be submitted to the cautery and
knife of legislative examination. In Illi
nois, the banks, in imitation of their pat
ron saint, have commenced monopolizing
the lead trade. In Ohio, they have enter
ed the Pork Market, and are confessedly in
a most wretched conditio-. In Pcnnsylva
nia, the present suspension originated; anil
so on from ono to another. The thing
out of joint. It wants not mending but re
suscitation. It must be controlled. The
people are not such arrant blockheads as to
close their eyes to all thc3e errors. They
not onlv see, but they feel them. The fact
of the entire failuro of the system is now
nalnablv'plaiti. No one desires this ;
What is tho Remedy is the question.
Small Bills. -Within a few days past
small bank bills and shinplasters bave made
their appearance in this neighborhood.
We presume they are flung out as feelers,
and unless measures are taken to put a stop
to their circulation, we shall soon bo flood
cd with the worthless trash. Where is our
Deputy Attorney General ? We should
like to see him take a similar stand with
those of other counties, and give them
.quietus a, their birth.
The Pottsville Emporium says, that the
Anthracite Fumcce at that place, under the
direction pf Mr. Perry, is now unsuccessful
oporation,
The following contrast between the ad
ministration of David R. Porter and Joseph
Ritner, we extract from the Harrisburg
Kcvstone.
PORTER AND RITNER.
The Diffehence.
Perhaps na single fact more strikingly
exemplifies the superior policy of the pre
sent Executive of our state, over that of his
blundering and condemned prcdccessor,than
their relative bearing under the pecuniary
difficult'cs produced by tho suspension of
specie payments in the summer of 1837,
when'the federal governor was. in power,and
the suspension of the present day, when a
democratic Executive wields the helm.
No sooner had the first suspension been an
nounced, than almost every petty corpora
tion in the Commonwealth, from that of the
city of Philadelphia, down to the meanest
watering company of the most obscuro vil
lage, flooded the country with irredcmiable
paper promises, in tho shape of 'shinplasters'
calling for almost every intermediate sum
from three dollars down to six and a quarter
cents. This evil and pernicious example
being suffered to pass with impunity, pri
vate individuals, influenced by the love of
"filthy lucre," deemed it worthy of imita- I
tion, and in a brief period we found hun
dreds of citizens, wholly irresponsible in a
pecuniary point of view, adding their mite
to the shinplasler era, and flooding their re
spective neighborhoods with a litter of a-
bominablo rag promises, which they were
unable and unwilling ever to redeem. All
these transcendant evils, it will be remem
bered, were inflicted upon the community
in contravention of the positive injunctions
of an act of assembly, prohibiting the issue
of any notes, tickets, or other papers in the
similitude of bank notes, under the denomi
nation of five dollars, and making their issue
and circulation a PENAL OFFENCE.
The laws were disregarded openly and
flagrantly violated by men in office and
out of office. Where stood vour federal
Governor, Joseph Ritner, and his constitu
tional adviser, William Buckshot Reed; at
this crisis? Did they in their obligations
solemnly attested upon the Holy Evangelists
step forward and " take care thU the laws
be faithfully executed?" Did they, as it
was their sworn diity.,ca!l-llte transgressors
of tho law to account, and carry its violated
provisions into effect? Did they, as good
citizens and lailnlui onieoas, come to me
relief of an "abandoned commonwealth,"
and exercise this important branch of their
"official duly?" Our own experience,
alas, furnishes the answer to these interrog
atories. It is yet fresh in our recollection
that for upwauls of fifteen months was the
rcigu of shinplasterism permitted to contin
ue in Pennsylvania and not a breath of
oppositien raised against it by the patriotic
executive of the slate. At the end of this
period, whon we stood upon the eve of the
election which was to decide the political
fortunes of the Ritner dinasty, it is true the
scales seemed to have fallen as if by a mira
cle from the eyes of oui modern Rip Van
Winkle and a specious gull trap in the
shape of an ex post facto proclamation was
put forth under his hand and the great seal
of the stale, for the fi.st time requiring an
end to be put to these " open inf. actions of
spirit of the laws," and threatening those
who had issued notes of a less denomina
tion than five dollars with his royal displeas
ure, if they failed in redeeming them with
in a given period. This, it will also be re
membered, took place after the banks had
ot their own accord concludedo resume
specie payments, an event which of itself,
without tho aid of the gull-trap proclamation,
would have banished shinplasters and their
concomitant evils most effectually from ex
istence. How strikingly different the prornpt, un
hesitating and efficient course of Governor
Porter, and tho present Attorney General,
in the crissis which at present rests upon
us I How marked and significant the con
trast ! Do they fold their arms in supine
indifference for a year and upwards, mere
" lookers on in Venice," while the spirit of
cupidity lays waste the most sacred statutes
and entails evils upon tho community, com
pared with which " war, pestilence and fam
ine" would almost have been a blessing?
Far far from it. The intelligence of the
second suspension of specie payments
reaches the seat of government ono day
and tht next mominig the mails bear to ev
ery yart of our commonwealth tho admira
ble proclamaliou of Gov. Pouter nipping
the project of shinplasterism in tho bud, ac
companied by the praiseworthy circular of
the Attorney General, giving practical force
and uffiriencv tn the laws, and Drotectiiic-
the people from enduring a second that
worst of evils, a worthless and degraded cur
rency. Who with such an airay of testi
mony before him, can for a moment doubt
lhat Pennsylvanians have been immeasura
bly the gainers by a chance of rulers.
The Village Record, the leading whig
paper in Chester county, has the following
remarks in relation to tha suspension.
" 77ie Suspension. Tho Suspension of
specie payments by the interior and coun
ty banks, and the consequent train of evils
which has followed, in the difficulties of ob
taining change, &c. is to be ascribed to the
conduct of the Philadelphia banks. The
bank ef Chester county, nor any other bank
in the country, could continue to redeem
in specie, while the maws of the Philadel
phia banks, open as they are to receive, arc
shut against emission.
The suspension is a great curse to the
people, because it operates to relieve the
merchants of, Philadelphia whoso overtrad
ing and speculations, brought their calami
ties upon them, and throws the burthen up
on the people, which is unjust. The pres
sure was to be looked for by the merchants
as tho consequence of their overtrading, the
suspension removes tho pressure from them
and places it upon the people, The guilty
escape but the innocent are puuished."
The Philadelphia Spirit of the Times,
speaking of the New York Banks, says:
" Confidence is comparatively restored, ac
cording to the papers of New York, in the
banks of that city, and the extra drafts upon
them for specie almost wholly snbsided.
A committee from the Boston Banks arc
there with a proffer of assistance, if neces
sary, in maintaining specie payments.
Bankrupt Philadelphia looks on with what
ever grace she may."
Price of Farms in Pennsylvania. A
West Chester paper makes the following
remarks : "We have heretofore noticed
the sale of farms at good prices in this town
6onie of which were as high as 9112 per acre
five miles from the River, and we under
stand that a friend of ours recently sold his
farm of one hundred acres in Greenburgh,
three miles from Dobbs Ferry landing
at one hundred and fifty dollars per acre.
This farm is in a good state of cultivation
but tho buildings arc no more than ordina
ry. IS HE RICH?
Manv a sigh is heaved many a heart is
broken; many a life is rendered miserable
by the terrible infatuation which' parents of
ten evince in choosing a lite companion for
their daughters. How is it possible for hap
piness to result from the union of two prin
cinles so diametrically opposed to each oth
er in every point of virtue is to the vice ?
And yet how olten is wealth considered a
better recommendation to a young man than
virtue ? How often is the first question
which is asked respecting a suitor of a daugh
ter, " Is he rich ?
Is he rich ? Yes, he abounds in wealth;
but does that afford any evidence that he
will make a kind and affectionate husband ?
Is lie rich ? Yes, his clothing is purple
and fine linen, and he fares sumptuously ev
ery day; but can you infer from this that he
is virtuous f
Is he rich ? Yes, he has thousands float
in" on every ocean; but do not riches some
times take wines to themselves and fly a-
way ? and will you consent that yourdaugh-
i . ol.nll m n i. n mon t.rlir, lii nnlSinrr fn
recommend him but his wealth s Ah ! ue
ware ! the gilded bait sometimes covers a
barbed hook. Ask not, then, " Is ho nchl
but " Is he virtuous?" Ask not if he has
wealth, but if he has honor, and do not sac
rifice your daughter s peace for money.
MARRIED In Mount Pleasant, on
Tuesday last, by the Rev. G. C. Drake,
Mr. LEWIS II. MAUS, of Bloomsburg,
to Miss ELIZABETH, daughter of Mr.
John Vance, of the former place.
OBITUARY-
DIED In Bloom township, on Sunday
last, Mrs. NANCY MURRAY, aged 45
years.
On tho 30th tilt., in Fishin? Creek town
ship, Mr, ABRAHAM M. KLINE, son of
Mr. Matthias Kline, aged 26 years
A Journeyman
TO THE
GUNSMITH BUSINESS
S wanted Jjy tha subscriber. An industrious
steadv and irood workman, will rcccic steady
employ and good wagos, upon application to
1 ' b JONAS ICISNER.
Orangeville, August 8, 1830,
DOCT. JAYNES CARMINITIVE BALSOM.
A certain, stiff anil Speedy cure for Dyscntary,
Diarrhea, Cholera Morbus, Summer Complaint,
Cholic, Sour Stomach and diocases of the ktoinach
and bownls. For sale at
Tobias' Health Emporium, Bloomsburg'
For ale
1L be sold, at PUBLIC VENDUE, oa
the nieniiscs. on FridaV. tho 20th dav of
iiovemuer noxt, nt VI o'clock, noon, ir not previ
ously gold at private sale, a valuable FARM, con
taining On which is erected a new
gjgAftsiS AND HANK BARN,
The Farm in in a (rood stale nf cultivation, mid 'if
uatcd about two miles from Bloomsburg, Columbia
County, I'a and one mile from E3pcvto .. and
is now in the occupancy of Adam llillaid. Any
person wishing to purchase can apply to Mr. Hil
lard, nn the premises, or to the subscriber, near
Bloomsburg, who is duly constituted agent of tho
heirs to said property.
II the 1- arm u not then sold, it will be let.
OBED EVERITT.
BloomsbtjiS, Oct. 20, 1839.
(Tr Tho Easton Sentinel will copy tho abovo
three times, and forward their bill to this office for
payment.
AND
ucfewfeeat
AND
a 9
Will be constantly kept on hand, and sold at
Retail. JOHN R. MOYER.
October 2G
THE Vendue Notes of John Wcrtman are in
my hands, and can be Fettled with me any
tune before the first of November next, at which
time all that remain unsettled, will be left with a
Justice of the Peace for collection.
PETER MENSII.
Bloom, Oct. 5 1833 23.
f land lying in Fishing creek township, Co
lumbia county, the estate of William ''ark.
late of Brown county, Ohio, deceased, will be sold
at private sale. Any person wishing to purchaso
will enquire of itau subscriber, in MoUlson township,
who is duly constituted agent of the '"ira of said
deceased, for the purpose of making sale of tho
same. Also,
ft'
Adjoining the above, is offered for sale, to gcther
with the above, or separators may suit. Indisputa
ble deeds will be made.
RUSSEL PARK.
Jersey town, Oct. 5 1839. 23
TO THE PUBLIC.
LEGISLATIVE KEYSTONE.
During the approaching scasion of the legisla
ture, the Kbtstone will, as usual, be published
twice a wr.r.ic, and contain full reports of t'ae pro
ceedings in both bra.i.hj of the l"gi 'aturc, inclu
ding the speeches of members, legklativj reports'
Ac, . For this purpose, the editors will have com
petent reporters in both houses of our legislature,
aJ well as at Washington city, thus enabling them
to furnish not only a complete report of tho proceed
ings of our own legislature, but also of the ap
proaching bession of Congress. Having made am
ple arraugements for the bestowal of iNcui:jsi:n
attention to tho legislative "department of their
newspaper, they cherish the conviction, that they
wil' render entire satisfadtion in this respect not
only to tho members of tho legislature, but to tho
reading community generally.
As it is more than probable, that tho all-engrossing
subject of the derangement of the currency un
der which the community mow laboiing, and tho
condition of the several banking instiliili'ms of out
state, will con"tituto topics of speedy loirlalivs
action, the proceedings cf tho approaching session
will be frauthtwith unuuc'. interest, and render o.
paper published at the scat government, which be
stows upon them constant lttcntion, a vehicle of
intelligence "most dcvou.V wishedl"
Wo would also call to the minds of our readers,
that tho great Presidential contest of 1810 is p
proaching with sapid stride, which is to dr.;' i
whether our National Government shall continue
to bo administered upon the truly republican prin
ciples of its present illustrious head, Martin Vun
Burer. ,, .'..elher the reigns of power shall 'a
committed to the hands ofulfi lVdevs'Uu and
friends of a great and hlrhiinr; mo inly in t!o
slinpo ef a National 1: u -. .'he Koysionc, beiii5,
indissoluble ..edded to the support of tho republi
can cause, will in this momcntuoiur conflict, !.:
manfully on tho side uf Van Buren unJ a (.' :.
stitutional Treasury, it. 1 cn'U:'1 -,K its.- ipilnti i
advancement and -iti .ia.- t..f1. o"
cratic cause. We thaW continue un-asingly t
exposo tho dangerous hciesies of tho Federt'"'
and advocates of an overpowering monicd iuon
ly, and spare no 'Vicrtifis, to rcidr the "K
stono" an effective weapon in the hanJs of the
Democracy of tho Slate and Union.
Grateful for the liberal patronage hitherto b"s
towed upon them by the community a paticace,
which has given the '-Keystone" a cii 'lation be
yond that of any other paper at the sent of govern
ment they look forward with confidence to its
continuance, and will sparo neither time nor labor
to make it deserved.
TERMS.
For the Keystone yearly, twice a week'durin; tho
session of the Legislature, and once u week f'r
tho remainder of ths year $3,00
During the Session of the Legislature
twice a week 2,00
All Postmasters, and other Democratic ciiiieim
are reo,uc6tcdto rcieve and forward subcriitious
to us,
ubeequent uy,
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