ilnn BhtMiJd s ,if'U thst s&ofhte
judges, cominlftniH'il since ihit tidrptitMi of
tho conslttuliu'i. en lie Dili f Ocfc'uT 1323
should only hold mill! tit' t'tmo nUf.n the
commisionr, of l'o persons in whose pla
ces, re apeCtlvuIy iln:y wore apptdnbtt would
havo expir6d. livery tliihq- like manage
mcnt in the nppnintmcnt of judgi-?, tn (w
long their terms, contrary to the oh-'rjtis
meaning and iiiiuut of the constitution,
should bo diatvi'iiittinanvcd, as calculated to
undermine nnd shako pulilin confidence in
tho intbgrity of the judiciary.
Concluded in our next.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.
"TBUTU W!Ti!!M."r TKAIl 1
presidential election is-10.
Fou Pituoipr.NT,
MARTIft" VAST BUHEIir.
Fop. Vicn Pkjcsiukxt,
RICHAIiD M. JOHKSGff.
AKD Tlin
CONSTITUTIONAL TREASURY.
DELEGATE MEETING.
THE Democratic citizens of Columbia county i
friendly to tho ir.raEiiics of tho Administration o
the General cud Stale Government, as at present
administered, are requested to meet nt the places of
liolding tho Genera! Elections in each Election Dis
trict, and for tho new township of " Valley" at tho
School House, at the finite road, on t-'aturdjy the
fir3t day of I-'ebuary noxt.betwcun tlio hours of one
o'clock and ftvo o'clock, in the afternoon, of said
.day, to choose two Delegates to inrct at the Uutuc
of Daniel Grow, in UlouinaburgonthoMonday next
following, i'cl. 3 J, at ono o'clock 1'. At. for tho pur
j)030 of choosing Delegates to rujircscnt ti:i3 county
in General SUte Contention to he held at Hums
,burg, on tho 'Itn day fif March next, to nominate
.suitable persons as candidates to bo supported by the
.Democratic paity ibrEIcctors for l'icoidcnt and
Vice President, of tne United States, and to choose
.Delegates to reprc-cauue Democratic party of this
Stato in Goueral National Convention at Ualtiinorc
pn the Stli day of May next, or bucii other time as
jtaay bo named.
OWEN D. LEIU,
SAMUEL OKEASY,
ISAAC KLINE,
AMUEL K1SNER,
SAMUEL U. WILSON.
Democratic Standing Committee.
Jan. 22d, 1810.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Tho legislauTO thus far havo been busily
engaged in laying out business for future
.-action, without bringing any rnc;suro to a
.final issue. Among the most important
"'business that has been brought before the
Louse is n resolution offered by Mr. Pentii
man, compelling the banks to resume spe
cie payments at an early day, and ono by-
Mr. MeElwee, repealing tho charter of the
United Stales Bank. Mr. Brown, of the
Senate, has also introduced olio into that
body, of a similar import, vvhinh Was refer
.red to tho committee oa tho judiciary with
directions to brink in a bill repealing the
charter. On Tuesday last, ALMOND II.
REED, Esq. of Susquchanuah county, was
chosen Stato Tiessuror. Tho vote stood
. fer .
Almond II. Read, 87
Benjamin Weaver, 33
Owing to the length of tho Governor's
Message, which wo shall conclude in our
next, wo havo not been able to givo any
thing more than a short synopsis of tho
proceedings of tho legislature; but wo will
endeavor hereafter to givo them tnoro in de
Jail. N. P. Tallmadge, tho file leader of the
conservatives of Now York, has been re
elected by tho federal members of the legis
lature of tliats talc, United Stales Senator'
Something Singalar.Vo conversed
yesterday with a litlls g'rl of fivo years,
who has a mother of 25, n grandmothor of
45, a great-grandmother of G5, and a great-Ercyt-grnndnotlier
of 85, all living ! It
add to the singularity of tho cent, that
each of the p.irtifs, from -tho youngest to
the oltlest, is tho "only daughter'' of her
parents. We should bi rijjlit glad to sec
tho whole livo take tea togothri, It would
wnrig jjfp heart. Bostqp Trnnacrinit.
X.OS7'
The New York mid caSlctn paptts are
filled with . Iican-rsndlng accounts of tho
buttling of the steamboat Lexi'.!gtcn,in Long
Island Bound, on thotiightuf tho J.3th insU
on her way from New York to Providence
and the loss of ICQ lives, Tho N'Y.Gae.
nays, Tho Lexington left New York at
3 o'clock in tho uftcrnoon, tin J about seven
the same ovenining oho caught lire, and
burned till she sunk, By this Irighlful die
aster, ti very groat number of lives were lost
what number it is impossible to ascertain
and will remain unknown for a long time,
pcrhups forever. Tho number of ihoso on
board is variously stated from 1 11 to 175.
Wc hopo the lowcat number ia exaggerated
as no frequently happens in euch cases, but
it is very much to bo feared that as many
as ono hundred and fifty pereouo wcro in
the unfortunrtc vessel. Only thrco individ
ual arc known to have been saved.
The Bridgeport Republican Farmer of
Jan. 15th cays t Our citizens wcro alarm
ed on Monday evening, by tho appearance
of a great light at eomo distance west, on
the Sound, which was generally believed
to be a steamboat on fire. Nothing conclu
sivo, howover, was heard in regard to it till
the arrival of our boat from New York, on
Tuesday ufternoou, which brought the mel
ancholy intelligence that tha light was oc
casioned by tho conflagration of the steam
boat Lexington, which was entirely destroy
ed, and that all on boatd j;cept thrco per
ished. One of the eurvivnrft, Captain Mil
liard, of Norwich, thisJ State, whom wo
have 6cen and conversed with, como ,on
here in the boat.
The Lexington loft New" Yorlt( at 3 o'-
clock P. M., lor Sionington. About half
pa3t 7 o'clock, when oil' Eaton's Neck, L.
I., the wood work, casings, &t:., about the
dues, was discovered to be on fire.
An alarm was immediately given, and all
efforts to subdue iho flames proving unavail
ing, the pilot headed the boat directly for
Lung I'jlaud shoro. In about fifteen min
utes it wa3 found the tiller-ropes were burnt
in two, and tho ropes consequently unman
ageable. The engine, however, kept m operation,
under a heavy head of steam. Tlia thret
small .boats were got out with ait possible
haste, but they swamped soon after they
struck the wuter,in consequence of the speed
at which the steamer was going towards tiie
shore.
A life-boat, which wa3 aboard, was also
launched, but by come means vaa in a few
minutes unfonuiuilely lost. No relic!',
therefore, wa3 obtained from cither of the
hoals.
W hen the Lexington had got within about
two miles of the shore, her engine sudden
ly stopped. All hopes of escape to those
on board except by clinging to tuch urticlcs
of freight as would sustain them, wcro cut
off.
Tho freight of tho Lexington consisted
principally of cotton, on which somo of
tho passengers tried to save themselves, but
noueo succeeded except Captain Killiard
and a fellow passenger, both of whom got
a cotton bale, on which they kept together
till G o'clock in the morning, when tho
stitngih of Captain Milliard's .companion
failed him, and he fell off and was drown
ed.
Oapti II. continued upon his bale of cot
to.-i till 11 o'clock, A. M. Tuesday, when
ho was taken off by a sloop which went
out from Southporti having been thus e.v
posed about 15 hours. Two others, cling'
in"' to a fragment of the boat,vero also rescu'
ed by this slooptonc tlfo engineer, the other
a fireman of the unfortunate boat.
Tho bodies of two others, one a colored
woman, were likewise taken front u part of
the wreck, on which they haci perisheu with
cold.
Tho number on board, Captain II. thinks,
was not less than 175, of whom 150, wero
pasbengers, out of which, ho believes him
self to bo the only one saved. Among tho
number were fivo or six woman and two or
three children.
The scene on board was awful beyond
description. The lire being midway of tho
boat, cut off all communication from ono
end to the other. The passengers crowded
together in tho bow and stem, moaning and
bewailing their fate, till compelled to cast
themselves into watery deep, to cssepo tho
flatnea.
Tho boat drifted with the tide, atid sunk
at threo o'clock off our harbor.
The New York New Era of tho 18lh
ir.Sl s&ys sYhafby the Lrfng Wand Rail-)
ftad, vo learn that when the cars, vtro
leaving Hicksville yesterday tnornilig, in-
telitgctvcc wan farcifcd that ono tof tho per
sons onboard the Lexington had been pick
ed up on tho Lnn Island ohovc-, nearly 40
milos 1 distent fni'm the Scene of disaster
Mill alive, but co froaen aatobcnnablo to
give uny account of himself. EIo was in
tho hands of a physician, and hopes wcro
ttnlprttiiued of saving himv
Th6 Eccno of distress 'c.Uubilcu soon after the
pissenjjera abandoned the boat, and committed tlrcm
rclvcs to the different articles of freight, exceeds ti
ny thtnjt which lias been related in fablo or history.
The etrdggld anil cries for assistance Iho Bsclama
tiona of despair nnd the ecrcami of pgony aro de
scribed by Captain HilliardaH infinitely surpassing
iu horror uny thing th.it Iro could have previously
iniagincdi Aulongtho passengers vcro Mrs Jarvi3,
(vJlfo of Rilsscl Jcrvis, Esq. lato of Phil'a with
her two childrcm Captain H. eav Mrs. Jarvis, with
ono of lirr chlldrdii in Iter arms, floating cn n bale
ofcotlcnl thd ether child had Icdpcd over board, fa
had also n groat many other passengers; somo twenty
of whom had life prrjtervero om When observed by
Captain II. lira. Jiltrb was frtnticly calling upon
Iho pinions in tho water io prccrvo htr child, and
bring it to lipr on tho bale. Molhcrj children, pas
semrcrtf, and all, however, sank to a comrntm grave;
There wero fivo or fix ladies on board of this Lcx
ington,onoof Whom wasaflenvords uccn in the wa
Icr with a den! infant at her breast. Many passes
gcrs who did not leave Iho etcamboat Wero last seen,
a3 the llamES drove them from the higher part of tho
vessel, clinging In clusters lo the guard braces, where
they hung till all went dowii together.
Captain Hillinrd was savo from peiishhlg by frost,
bScausc his- body wus in tho the water and his head
only ouli
Tho company to' which flid boat bclongeil, aro
justly objects of public indignation, and will bo lia
t!c to an indictment. '1,'ho Lexington had been con
demned omo montlio since as unworthy, but the
company insisted on running her. She had been
fined for having corddftftillcr-i opes, but found means
to evade tho law. Wicji sho comb" on, htrlast trip
hoil'ii) this, she took fire, and the passengers did not
expect tti reach New York, and yet sho was tent on
another trip ci''rvlled with freight and passengers.
As matters of trifling impo;-tanco in comparibon
with thoso just related, it 1 euid thaUherc wcro 560,-
000 in specio on baard tho Ltwngtnn, 10,000 of
which belonged to the Merchants l).-lik df Dostom
Thero va3 on itisuranco oil tho boat to the amount
of ;W0,0C0.
It was about eight hours after the firo commended
bat tho boat went down. Tho Pilotsajfl that aslato
as midnight half the passengers might have been sav
ed, Ind asjijtanco arrived.
This in, by far, tho moitdistrcsclng rstcamboat ac
cident which has over oceureil in Long lab nd Bound,
or indeed in this url of tho Union. What adds to
the bitterness of tho recollection is, that it wa evi
dently tho ell'cct of gross negligence.
A petition has actually bean sent lo the
Lcgislaturo of Ohio, setting forth that the
Zanesville Bank wero in the habit of using
a wet spungc in counting their bills, and
praying the passage of a law requiring them
to spit on their fingers 1 I
Considerable excitement exists on the
desert liltlo sand bank near tho Narrows,
called Coney Island. Somo of tho Mexi
can dollars buried some years since by
Gibbs the pirate, 'have been found, and the
beach is now strewed with diggers. The
amount of this gold fiskcy, it is said alrea
dy some hotisand of dollars. Tho whole
of tho plunder from tho Vineyard, which
Gibbs and his associatea took out of her
before scuttling, was $45,000. iV. V.
Stat.
Mr Webb Observing a few more scur
rilous belchings in tho vehicle of personal
slander, called the Sentinel, and a passing
kick from tho crcolo paper called the Advo
cate, of Wilkesbarrc, I wish to say a few
words in return. First; I would just ob
serve to Mr. Sisty, that 1 lately road an ac
count of a. man making 01000 a year attend
ing to his own business, and 8500 a yeai
by letting other people'u ulono. I would
also say to Mr. S. that thero is one section
in the Po3t Ollico law, that excludes him
from having any thing to do with mail con
tracts. Do you take, Mr. ? If you do, just
lay low for black fish, and attend to your
otftt business in future.
No'V for an answer to Mr. Tale, although
I think it ri waste of time and ink to take
any notice of Mich email fish. In his first
lemark, ho opeakrf of the importance I o at
tich to my name. Ho k right in that ; as
I do think it quito as .important as tho naino
piefixcd to the head of a slanderous sheet,
styling himself, also, the Collector of the
Port of Berwick. Secondly, 1)0 speaks of
tho accommodation of ray house. I do not
recollect of his over being at my house but
onco, and then ho sneaked in, and called
for nothing except tliat.very important name
to ho attached to a petition ho had for tho
office of collector of the port Berwick,
which J refused to give. This was very
uncivil; as he Supposed; but I thought dif-J
fa tent when there weie those of A tnsprcta
ble character applying For tho same office.
Birds of a feather flock toccllier, and of
courco he had to mitn-lo with thosoofhiv
own kidney'; and if Mi. Tate chooses his
company and mingled with drunken riulirtg
black legs, I hopo lie will not recommend
his course to othcrcr, or etidcavor to bring
others on a par with himself. His other
remarks only go to chow how far his iro
would carry him'. Of his ability to select
rotten eggs from good ones, I have not the
least doubt; for a man who can pick out liis
own hen's eggs frotri riirioiig tiioae or his
neighbors, must bo a competent jpdc in
small matters. Thi3 is equal to tho way in
wliich he obtained the collector's office by
making tho canal commissioners believe he
Was tho sound egg, and the other candidates
rbttem O how ho bled and crcd himself
almost to death, not for the good of tho
community, but to get this office. He tiov
got tho sanction of tho respectable part of
tho community iu his own neighborhood to
his recommendation, so he concluded to cx
cito thd conimpassiois of tho commissioners)
by shedding a few crocodils tears, and at it
ho went) and told thohi such a pitiful tale,
as led them to beiicvb that tho poor
devil might be in a state of (Starvation at
home, and appointed him. But mark the
change. Instead of tho poor suppliant, ho
comes cut (with as much pomposity as
John Bull) none other than the great col
lector of the port of Berwick, tiptout from
head to foot, in his long tailed blue, and
glasses bri his noso. He might hav'tt been
taken for Lord Mansefield or Coli Pluck.
rnt f - . . i , tt . .
i ins is no; an. no must nccus maKo a
great pig feast, and co lie invited all tho boys
about town to oat a shard of a dead pig.
tiohold tho next morning, perched In a tree'
near his lic'.ise, the effigy of a paddy, made
the exact imago of himself, holding in one
hand extended, a dead pig,' the fellow of the
ono peihapsj they had partaken of tho eve
ning previous. So much liko the original
was tho paddy, that it wa3 even stuffed
with stra'v, and supposed to have been con
struclcd by the very boys who had helped
him to dcmolich the other pig, to uhdvr the
respect he was held in at home. Yet he
soared aloft and sauntered out in his long
tailed blue, in anticipation of the public
cash ho was going to handle, (not being in
the habit of handling much from" his own
earnings) ho attended all tho vendues, atd
bought up pots, kettles', Soap-tubs and old
barrels at no small rate credit good now.
This is no les3 a personage than the col
lector of the port of Berwick. Thus an
upstart among us is foistorcd into credit who
never iiad any credit before, lo the exclusion
of well earned merit, and those of icspecta
ble standing. And as 1 uevcr, as yet, have
had occasion lo bo ashamed of my name, I
say good bye to his dirty sheet, and sub
scribe myself Win, ROBISON.
AVo understand that tho long expected
Madison papers will be published in a few
days. They will form a most important
addition to our materials for a history of
the American Constitution, and aro looked
for in all quarters with the greatest inter
est i
Jl Russian Slcijthing Parti. Tho
Georgetown D. C. Advocate says: The
Russian Minister appeared in our streets on
Saturday in a Russian tdeigh, with driver
diessed in Russian constume and the ladies
niufiled in furs. The sleigh was manufac
tured principally of mahogany, and a!togeth;
cr of a novel and Handsome appearance.
Old Members of Congress. Mr. C.
F. Mercer, of Virginia, who has jnst re
signed his scat, has been in Congress since
1817, (22 years,) having been elected 10
times. Mr. Lewis WiUiam3, of North
Carolina, who is called " tho father of the
House," being the oldest member, was first
in tho House iu 1815, twenty four years
since.
Mr. John W. Taylor, of Wow York,
was in Congress 20 years; Mr. Newton of
Virginia) 30 years; Mr. John Randolph, a
botit 20 years; Mr. Macon, of North Car
olina) 38 years; Mn S. Smith, of Mary
land, 39 years; Mr. Fintllay, of Pennsyl
vania. 28 years; the latter four in both Hous
es. Actional Intelligencer.
OBITUARY
DIED At tho residence of his father
Mr. Samuel Boone, near this place, on
Monday morning the20lh of January inst.
Mr. U1SJNTUIS UUUNE, ageil23 years.
V
THE Members of this Company aro re
titiircd to meet at the hotin i of ( linrh 4
Doeblcr; inloomsburg on S VI'LULUY,
tho 2$d of FeWna'ry next, in 1 0 -' !:'. iti
the forenoon, in complete unil'Jrm, for com
pany exercko and drill.
Per order, .
E. ARMSTRONG, O. B
Jan- 25, 1840;
RESPECTFULLY informs the pnblirj
nnd his friends generally, that he has iust
received tho FEliiadcBpIafo, Faa-h-
ao:x and TAILOR'S AltCUETY l'ES
published by Vard. Basforjl alid Ward, fnr
January, 1840, dnil. b. prepared t.i make
Gentlemen'' a and Ladifs Garw.ulx, of ev
ery description, nl tho best and lunst fash
able style, and at short notice, 83 he i.s tie
termtnou to merit a share of public patron-
n8- ,.. .
January 25, 1810;
All persons indebted to TiaiKCJflJm
i)Or,RhcumnticPhysician from Read
ing resident ail) Snyder's, for profession
al attendance between May, and MaV
1830 am notified that in conscience of his
being conipcllcd hi be absent, he lias left
his accounts with Charles Kahler Esq. fur
collection, with whom they can he settled
within four weeks from dale without ex
pense, after which time they may must ex
pect to pay cost.
Jauuary 25, 18-101
'SFalmaMs BSedioines.
THE Subscriber respectfully i'lfnrm
the public that lib lias recently recti, ed tho
appointment of an Agency, from tha pro-
pretdr, fof vending Dr. Willi! in EvatnJ
justly tclo'brated Medicines, and that he ha4
just received direct frdm him; the following
ai tides, to wit:
Dr. Evdii's Camomile sirid Aperient Pills'
for euro cf.Dyspepsia, Consumption, Liver?
complaint iL'c.
Dr. Evan's Soothing SyrUp for Cbildred
lesthingi , ,
Dr. Evan's Fcvernrid AgudPillsi
Dr. Hunt's Botanic Pills.
Dn Goode'3 Female Pillsj . , (
Baron Ydn llutchelor's Herb Pills.
The Ptibho aro cautioned to hewaro of
Counterfeits, 03 none arc genuine but diond
obtained from the authorized agents of Drl
William Evans, of Now York.
JOHN R. MOYFR. .
BldorasbUrg, Jan. 25 ,18401 39 tft
THE Partnership in the FOUNDRY
BUSINESS, at Hloomshurg, heretofore
conducted under the firm of L. II. M.dCS
Co ts this day dissolved by qmtual
con itnt. Jilt debts, dues and demands a
gainst said firm will be paid by Lnvis IP
Maus, and he is hereby authorized to coU
led all debts due to the said firm.
LEWIS II. MAUS,
DAVID PETRIKIHj
JACOB B. MAUS,
jan 2, 1816
'Tlie business at the BLOOMSBUItO.
FOUNDRY tviil be hereafter conducted
by the subscribers under the firm of L. If.
fy J. B. Maus. .911 orders punctually
executed in their line of business.
LEWIS II. MAUS;
.JACOB B. MAUS.
Bloomsbnrg, Jan 2, 1810;
Estate of ANDREW SEYBERT, late
of Bloom township, Columbia coutltyi
dcccasrdi ,
NOTICE is hereby given, that letters
testamentary have been granted to iho sub
scriber upon tho above estate, All persona
indebted to suit! estate are required to mako
immcdialo payment, and those having
claims or demands against tho same, til
present them for settlement, duly authenti
cated according to law, to
HENRY D. LONG!, Jldrn'r.
Dee. 14, 1839. 33
Scltool Teaclici'3 Wanted.
"Wanted immediately in Madison School
Distiici 4 or C School Teachers. Good
wages will be given to good Teachers) up
on application to
SAMUEL KISN.ER, Secretary.
Madison)Dcc. 7, 1830;
s
SEVERAL thousand first quality of
Brick for sale at tho old establishment id
Bloomsburg.
Nov. 30 1839
Window, Clock and picture glass of hit
kinds and sorts; also, vials and.bottles of all
descriptions; and best earthen jugs, for said
cheap, at tho Health Emporium by
Mi v. 4 uviuo in jJtvviHovui hi