THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT. "tiiutu wiTHot r veah' ff'SJtTVllhJIW JV0 VEMB KltO, 1839. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 1840. For President, l$AKTI2i VAN BUREN. For Vice President, RICHARD M. JOHNSON. - - AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL TREASURY. OUIt OWN CONCERNS. This number (20) completes, a year and a 'half since our connexion with this paper, and it Iras' now become absolutely necessary that the small sum due us from each of our i patrons be paid. We have claims pressing ! upon us that must be settled, and we have no other resource to look for means to liquidate ! 'them, but to our subscribers, not having either a ProthonotaTy or Collcctorshtp to sustain us. It is true that the snm due from each is small, vet it is from such small It sums that we must make up large ones. Our terms, it will be rcmetnnereuj are two dollars, if naid within tho vear, if not, fifty I cents to be added. From such as will now ' pay us, the extia will not be charged. We : lioDe th'St such of our subscribers at a dis tance as have not paid us any thing from the commencement will lorwarti U3 a live , dollar bill, that we may credit them a year i in advance. Wood, and Grain of all kinds 1; will be received in payment" DUNT.FOKUIST THIS I'-KliN 1 IS1C. GENERAL JACKSON. We are Happy to learn that the reported death of this eminent man, was unfounded; ubseqnent papers from tli'e south make no mention of his decease. Un the 11th ot October he attended the inauguration of jGov. Polk, in improved health.and hopes are entertained that, ycare will yet be added to I liis eventful and valuable life. 1 ' OHIO BANKS. The bank of Wooster, and German bank of Wooster. have through a mistaken policy, suspended specie payments. Wc hear of no other suspension in the Northern por tion of Ohio yet, and we trust we shall not. The banks of this city continue to pay specie, and we learn to day that there has been no very considerable demand on them for cojn. Peopletdo not care about specie, to long as they now it can be obtained when asked for. Important fromjhe Indian Frontier ! omjhe India ,War is evidentlybrewing on the Arkansas A' boundary. From the Ozark Standard, of the 7th. it.'annears that the militrrv at Fort EGibbnn have been ordered to demand, of 'Ross, the tnurderers of Ridge and Boudinot. The ordefis imperitivc but cannot be obey ed by Ross. His own friends are the de linquents ; and-he cannot surrender them, fe'scause if .Ue had the inclination, he hasn't the power. War is inevitable ; and blood must flow. The situation of Washington .county in Arkansas and of our own South- western counties, is very alarming. The Great Western arrived at New York a n Saturday last. jf We lcarr. that on Sunday evening last, as ,the train of cars from Germantown were ncaring disjunction oi the Norristown road man was observed, some distance ahead, walking upon the vacant track, and as tho cars came neaf, he turned about and fell up on tho track on which the cars were, im- irnediately in front, and was crushed to death .instantly. It is supposed he was intoxica ted with liquor. How awful the warn ing ! ! Private JShinplaxtjrs, Wc perceive mt notwithstanding the brohibitory law, ;ertain individuals are issuing private :1iocks. navuhle in current bank times. Ijwhen presented m sumo ot five uollais. XDne of these abomination is before us, in . ... ... , the snaps nl a paper rag, hy winch one Air. J. ur.iiniiiii promise lo pay sir aim a Xn.irinr nnU fnr 4;inh nnil fvpiv nf tlisft rags, provided, they are presented in sums ol five dollars anu upwards, llus trash, we understand, 'fs issued by a tavern keeper. E'ho hoiers hf it we presume are well a i are that ihe issuer is liable to a suit before iny magistrate, and that the penalty ia $20 or every nolo losyeu, uau nun. PRIMITIVE! VVELCIt CON- VliRTJs. The Hartford Christian Reflector announces ihe publication of a history oi tne isapusls ol Wales. 1 lie au thor n the Rev. Jonuthon Davis, of Wales, and tho publisher the Rev. Matthew Philips, formerly of that country, but now settled in Ohio The author attempts to trace the his tory ol the Welsh lialitist back to tho year A. D. C3. Rut as Baptists, we apprehend the task must be a failure, since (he sect, under that designation, we apprehend, was unknown less than three hundred years ago Still the work is spoken of as interesting and valuable. Our immediate object in noticing the book at this tune, how ever, is to give a brief extract, in which the curious anil interesting fact is disclosed, that the converts Pru dence and Claudia of Paul, were Cambrians-Welch who had visit ed Ronie'in the time of Caesar. "About fifty years before the birth of our Saviour, the Romans invaded the British Isle, in the reign of the Welsh king Cassibellan; but having failed in consequence of other and more important wars to conquer the Welsh nation, made peace with them, and dwelt among them many years. During that period many of the Welsh soldiers joined the Roman army, and many families from Wales visited Rome; among whom there was a cer tain Woman of the name of Claudia, who was married to a man named Prudence. At the same time Paul was sent a prisoner to Rome; and preached there in his own hired house for the space of two years, about the year of our Lord C3. Prudence and Claudia his wife, who belonged to Caesar's household, under the blessing of God and Paul's preaching, were brought to the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, and made a profession of the Christian religion. These, to gether with other Welshmen among the Roman soldiers, who had tasted that the Lord was gracious, exerted themselves on the behalf of their countrymen in Wales, who were at that time vile idolators. Whether any of the Apostles ever preached in Britain cannot be proved, and though it is genejally believed ' that Joseph of Arimathea was the first that preached the gospel in that part of the world, we must confess that we we were nol positive on that sub ject. The fact, we believe, is this: the Welsh lady, Claudia, and others, who were converted under Paul's minis try in Rome, carried the precious seed with them, and scattered it on (he hills and vallicsof Wales; and since that time, many thousands have rean- ed a most glorious harvest. Thnv told their countrymen around, what a dear Saviour they had found; they pointed to his redeeming blood, as the only way whereby they might come to God. The Welsh can truly say; if by the transgression of a vyoman sin came in to the world, it was through the in strumentality of a woman, even pain ted Claudia, that the glorious news of the gospel reached their cars, and they felt it lo be mighty through God, to pull down the strong holds of dark ncss.IIow rapidly did the mighty gospel of Christ fly abroad! The very year 63, when Paul, a prisoner was preach ing to a few individuals, in his own hired house in Rome, the seed sowed there is growing in the Isle of Great Britain. We have nothing of impor tance to communicate respecting the Welsh Baptists, from this period to the year 180, when two ministers hy the names of Faganus and Darnicanus, who were born again in Rome, and there becoming eminent ministers of the gospel, were sent from Rome lo assist their brethern in Wales, In the same year, Lucius, the Welsh king, and the first king in the world who embraced the christian religion, was baptised. A lawyer of no small reputation for ta lents, ingenuity and cunning, named New ell Oadway, has been arrested in Tarn bridge, Vt. charged with stealing a horse and chaise, and other property. This same man was charged with forgery about two years ago, fled to Canada, was deliver ed up for trial in Orange county, where he escaped, and has been at large until the present time. A man and a woman, strangers to each other, recently met in-tho market at Mill edgevillo Will yon marry me'?" asked the man " I will," replied the woman. Thev r.nt 4 O - - a license immediately, auc were noosed "ngnt oil toe real Dones in a Desert.-- The aecuslomcd route (M. DumnS says) is marked by a white line of bleached bones, extending to the horizon. This extraordinary circum stance, it may welt be supposed aroused all my attention. I called to Bcchara, who however, did not wait for my question, for he at once load my desire in my obvious astonishment. " The dromedary," said he coming to my side, and, commencing his story without a preface, is not so trouble some and importunate as a horse. He con tinues his course without stopping, without eating, without drinking; nothing about him batraps sickness, hungei or exhaustion. The Arab who can hear from such a dis tance the roar of a lion, the neigh of a horse, or the noise of men. hears nothing from AtrgAtn-hul its quickened or lengthed respiration, it never utters o complaint or groan But when nature is vanquished by suffering when privations have exhausted its strengh when life is ebbing the drom edary kneels ,dovn, streches out its neck, and closes its eyes. Its master then knows that all is over. He dismounts and with out an attempt to make it rise for he knows the honesty of its nature, and never suspect il of deception or laziness he re moves the saddle, places it on tbe back of another dromedary, and departs, abandoning the one that- is no longer able to accompany him. When night approaches, the jackals and hyenas, attracted by the scent, come up and attack the poor animal till nothing is left but the skeleton. We are now on the highway from Cairo and Mecca; twice a year the caravans go and return by this route; and these bones are so numerous and se constantly replenished, that the tem pests of the desert can never entirely dis perse them Those bones, without a guide, would lead you to the basis, the wells, and fountains, where the Arab finds shade and water, and would end by conducting you to the tomb of tho prophet these are the bones of the dromedaries which died on the dt?ert Jf you look, you will see some bones snwller if size and of 'adiiTere,nt con'-1 formation. These, too, aie the wrecks nf wearied bodies, that have found repose be fore the reached the goal. They ard the bones of the believers .who" desire to obey the prophet's command, that1 all the faith ful shall once in their lives pdrforrtl this ho lyjourney; and who, having been too long detered from undertaking it by cares or pleasures, commence their pilgrimage, so late on earlh, tint they are obliged to finish t in heaven. Add to these some stupid Turk or bloated eunuch, who sleeping when he ought to have had his eyes open, has fallen and broken his neck; give the plague its shaie, which often decimates a' caravan, and the simoon, which often destroyes one, and you will readily see that lhc.e funeral guide pobts aro planted with sufficient fre quency to preserve the road in good order, and to point out to the children the route pursued by thejr fathers. Quinze Jours ait Sinai by Ml Dumas From tho Charleston Courier. Suspension Contagious. Dob. Come Sam ! pay me my money you owe me two dollars du tour months, and I us see you git five Iroin ue massa. Sam. fSorry to tell you Bob, I spended ebber sense Mo.nday. Dob. -Spended ? How vou mean ? Yon jis dis minit got do money, and liab um in your pockit now. oorm. i ou fool, boy ? no undestaild dc pontics ot nanus and the cvrrcntses, press- inn, and cuniary debility, I expend mean istop pay lor benehts of de cobuuni lioo. w.nat ue deuil you moan pay me my. two aoiiar, you rascal- ' oam' Lome don't be in a passion, till we arguiy anu explain the matter. 1 owe you two dollar for true. Well ! I hab five dollar you say. True ! Well spose I pay you i owe rora three dollar 1 owes Bil ly dollar and a quarter I owes Jim four dollar, ami I promise fur lend sunt Moll something now if 1 go and nay vou and Tom, I drain dry, and he nothing at all lef ior uiuy anu ue lorrors and it you begin a run on me, whole combunity must suffer So I'll keep my five, and bank on um for de good ob all. But I tell you what Hob, I'll do you a fabor. If vou pay me back one and nine next week I'll lend a quarter, cause I sees y0n distress, likes to commodate. Bob knocks down Sam and exit. you and I he last case of absence of mind is that of a Connecticut fanner who on a Sunday took his wife lo meeting in his carriage and ansoiuieiy reiurmeti nome tour miles, on foot, forgetting his wife, horse and carriage. I his is a fact as true as preaching. MARRIED On the 3d inst. by the Rev. William J. Eyer, Mr. GEORGE SEIN- VjUU, oi Ejngarioal, Luzerne county, to Mies ANNA REGINA HORLACHER, oi viitlln. By tho Rev. D. S on the 7th inst. Mr. CHRISTIAN NEWHARD, Widower, to ELIZAUKTIl KUU'.widow both Bloom township, 't ..i On the 31st of October, in Muney, by the Rflv. S. S. Shedden, Mr. JOHN DEEN, of Danville, to Miss JANE HUT TEN, of Hemlock township, both of Co lumbia county, TO THE PUBLIC. ScmMVcekly State Capital Gazette. Tht proprietors of the State Capitol Gazette enl' brncc this opportunity to return tlicirsiucorc thnhks to their friends and the public, for the very ilicral patronage which thev aro pleased to have it in their power to say, has thus far been cxlondcJ towards them, and tspectfullj- announce 'that the future course of their journal shall bo such as they trust will continuo to receive tho confidence and support of the Democratic party. They assure the public that no exertion on their part shall be wanting; to effect this object, and they llatter themselves (hat they will bo ablo to render their paper such a vehi clo of usefulness and information, as will not fail to give entire satisfaction to every friend of republican principles. The approaching session of the Legislature, will, unquestionably, be one of great and unusual inter est. There has not, perhaps, been a time before, when tho attention of the public was so much en gaged upon any one subject as it is at present upon the derangement of the currency, arrising from the abuses of banking; and its the delikralion of the ensuing Legislature, will in all probability be main ly directed to this important subject, it cannot bo otherwise Uian that every thing which transpires at the scat of government in relation thereto, will be eagerly sought after. With theso comideiations in view, the undersigned have made amplo arrange mcnts for, laying before their readers full reports of the proceedings iu both branches of the State Le gislature, together with the speeches of members, reports, and other matter which they think will be interesting. In addition to this, il is the intention of the undersigned to employ able correspondent a tho scat of tho general government, by which means, they will be able, also, to place in their seini-wcek-ly 6hect early reports of tho deliberation of Con gress. J ho presidential contest of 1840 is rapidly ap proaching. The flag at our mast-head Indicates fully the course we intend to pursue in the relation to tins gicat question; and as wo hive already given our opin on at length, on this subject, in a former prospectus, we deem in needless at present to tire our readers, by going over the same ground. Suf- uco it to say, that wo shall give our united sui-port and energies towards the re-election of presentable Chief Magistrate of the Union, and our humble aid in behalf of establishing a Constitutional Treasu ry- TERMS: Tho STATE CAPITOL GAZETTE will be published twico a week :during the sittings of the Legislature, and once a week for the remainder of of the year, at the following prices: me wliolo year, ,3 00 The scsiod only, (twice a week.) 2 00 Postmasters and others friendly to the Democrat ic cause aro respectfully requested to receive and lorward subscriptions to this paper. Any person sending us five good subscribers, shall bo entitled to the sixth copy gratis. HOLBROOK, HENLOCK & BRATTON. liarrisburg, October 30, 1838. , , o PENNSYLVANIA REPORTER. It is customary for papers at the Seat of Govenv ment topdtoMt an annual prospectus at the approach of the LciTsluturc, promising renewed exertion in the cause of their respective parties, and faithful re- poiUof Legislative proceedings. We do not feci the neccssify of recounting tho nrticles'of our political creed before tho mass of the Democratic party. Wo have ever been faithful to the principles and patriotic objects of the Democrat cy of ilio State and Union, and shall remain so, cume what will in thi tido of time. Our best a- bilitics have been devoted to its success and general welfare. As a central organ and exponent of its views, wo shall not relax our efforts in its behalf, nor our adherence to its principles. But we desiro to say to the public, that wo have mido arrangements to give our readers the earliest intelligence of congressional and legislative piocecd' inga during the ensuing sessions, and also tho ear liest accounts of transactions in our principal citie: Wp have made provision, for securing full reports of legislative action, in reference to the important subjects which must engage its attention. And wc respectfully solicit a continuencc of the flattening patronage wo have uniformly received heretofore, trom this btate and elsewhere. Teiims of the Reporter. for the session twice a week, in advance, $2 For the whole year, 3 Postmasters, and others of our friends throughout the Slate will be kind enough to forward subscribers, and for every five subscribers paid fr, they shall have a copy of the RKroKTKR free". BOAS & COPLAN. NOTICES TO TAX COLLECTORS. THE Collectors of Taxes in the "several townships of Columbia connty, are hereby required to proceed in the collection of tax es to the extent of their vigilance and au thoirty: those who disicgard this notice, and neglect their duty may expect to be held accountable, at the November Court con formably to the power vested in the Coin missioners, in such cases. CORNELIUS CLACKNER, JOSEPH BR015ST, JOHN M'HENRY.' Commissioners. CoMMissioNnns' Office, ? Nov. 1 1839. C A .Totirncj uian TO THE GUNSMITH BUSINESS "ITS wanted by tho subscriber. An industrious H steady and good workman, will receive steady employ and good wages, upon application to JONAS KISNER. Orangeville, August 3, 1839, DOOT. JAYNES CARMINITIVE BAI.SOM. A certain, safe and Speedy cure for Dysentary, Diarrhea, Cholera Morbus, Summer Complaint, Cholic, Sour Stomach and diseases f the stomach and bowels. For sale at Tabies Health Emporium, Dloomsburg' EXECUTED aUhi office. IL be sold, at PUBLIC VENDUE, on the nicmisoS, on Friday, the 2Ulh dor of November next, at 12 o'clock, noon, if not previ ously sold at private sale, a valuable FARM, eorw taming i On which is erected a now fl1E,5tAXffE SEOUS2, yyyj& AND BANK BARN, The Farm is in B' good stato 6f cavitation, nnd fit uated about two miles from Bloomsbura, Columbia County, Pa and one mile frtan Crppytown, nnd is now In the occupancy of Adam Ililinrd. Ai.y person Wishing to purchase can opjh o 1Ai. ilil lard, on llie premises, or to the subscriber, nesr Dloomsburg, who is duly constituted agent of thj heirs to said property, II tlic i- arm ts not then sold, it win be let. OBED EVERITT. BIoomsbuj9, Oct. 20, 1839. crY Tho Easton Sentinel will copy the above three times and forward their bill to this often for payment Wheat My AND AND Will be constantly kept on hand, and sn.d af Retail. JOHN R. MOYER October 26 pfilllE Vendue Notes of John WcTtmfln ere in J2 my hands, and can be settled with its any ti.ne before the first of November next, at which time nil that remain unsettled, will be left with a Justice of the Tcaco for collection. PBTDIt MENSH. Bloom, Oct. 5 1839 23. f land lying in Fishing creek township, Co 1 himhlfi rmmtv. tho estate of William-Parky late of Brown county, Ohio, deceased, Will be soli at private sale, Any person wishing to purchase' will enquire of the subscrilier, in Madhon township, who is duly constituted Agent of the heirs of said deceased, for the purpose of making sala of tU" same. Also, Adjoining the above, is offered for sale, to gether with the above, or separate.as may suit. Indisputa--bio deeds will be made. ItUSSEL PARK. Jcrsevtown, Oct. 5 1SC9. 23 TO THE PUBLIC. LEGISLATIVE KEYSTONE, m During the approaching session of Uie Ie;ipli ture, tho Kktbtunf. aUI, as usual, be puWiched twice a week, and contain full reports of the pro. ccedings in both branches of the legislature, inclu ding the speeches of members, lcgMutlva reportg &.c. Fortius purpose, the editors will have com petent reporters in both houses of our legislature, a" well as at Washington city, thus enabling them to furnish not only a complete report of the proceed ings of our own legislature, but alio of the ap proaching session of Congress. Httviilg msde am ple arraugemcnts for the bestowal of ivrncisjn attention to tho legislative department of tbcsr newspaper, they cherish the conviction, that they will render entire satihfjdtion in this respect not only to tho members of tbe legislature, but to the reading community generally. As it is more than probabb, that the all-engrdss-i ing subject of the derangement of the currency un der which tho community snow laboring, and the condition of tho several banking institutions of our state, will constitute topics of speedy legislative action, the proceedings of the approaching ession will b fraught with unusual interest, and render a paper published at the scat government, which be stows upon them constant Jtlention, a vthicle of intelligence "most devoutly wished!" We would also call to the minds of cur r.-ant.s that tho great Presidential contest of 1810 is ap proaching with sapid stride, which is to decide, whether our National Government shall continuo to bo administered upon the truly repnblican prin ciples of its present illustrious head,. Martin Vart Burcn, or whether the reigns of power shall bo committed to the hands of ultra federalists ami friends of a great and blighlin? monody in the shape ef a National Bank. Tho Keystone, being Indissolubly wedded to the support of the republi can cause, will in this momer.tuoui conflict, battle" manfully on tho side of Van Buren and a ton. stituUonal Treasury, and contribute its mue ta th advancement and ultimate triumph of the demo cratic cause. We shall continuo unceasingly to exposo tho dangerous heresies of tlw Frdcrah.U and advocates of an overpowering monied monopo ly, and spare no exertions, to re"W the "Kev stone" an effective weapon in the bauds of uo Democracy of the fetato and Union, Grateful for tho liberal patronage hitherto bes towed upon them by tiie community n lur-noee, which has given the "Koystom'" a ciicuUtien If yond that of any other paper At the seat of prveia ment they look forward with confidnco to iW continuance, and will spare neither tiruo nor lobar to make it deserved. TERMS, For the Keystone yearly, twice a week, during die session of the Legislature, and once a we eV fr the remainder of tho year f 300 During tho Session of the Legislature twice a week ,. . .'u0 All Postmasters, and other Democratic citmno aro requoited to rscitve and forward subswphe; to us. f