HIE COLUMBIA. DEMOCRAT. BATURVJIV, VEBRVJinVVi, tf10. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 1840. Fern President, JMLLRTItf VAN BUREff. FoU VlCK PnUSIDBXT, RICHARD M. JOHNSON. AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL TREASURY. ISC COOTTT BJBETIH'Gra By the Resolution below, passed at the Delegate Convenlion held at this place on the 3d inst. a county meeting is re commended to be held at this place on tho "22d inst. As tho salvation of our party de pends upon union and harmony, it is very desirable that a general attendance of the friends of the slate administration should be had, that a fair and full expression of the democracy of democratic Columbia upon the all absorbing subjects that now engrc3S tho aitenlion of the community may begiven. Wo hope Ihorefore.that all who have the best interest of the party at heart will attend- Rtsolccd That this convention, recommend n county meeting of the Democratic citizeni of Co lumbia county to ho held at tho Uolifo of Daniel Gross, in Bloomshurg, on the !22d day of February, inst. for tho purpoo of taking into consideration, tho general affairs of the state and of the Democrat .ic party. THE FRESHET. Considerable damage has been done in the southern portion o! the state by tho late Freshet. The Ilrrisburg Bridge, and tho Rail Road Bridge, at Ilarrisburgfhavc both been materially injured. The old Bridge at Northumberland, upon the Sunbury side, is entirely swept away. Upon tho Juniat- ta much damage has been dono to Bridges, and to the Canal by tho overflowing of its banks. The Bridge across Fishing creek, which "wo mentioned in our last 33 having been rendered impassible, has been repaired and made perfectly safe for crossing. So that we may still repeat tho invitation, " come and see." our " water power" and our " oar beds," to tho great disappointment of our Danvillo friends who were chuckling at the idea, that all ' lookers out" would be com pelled to stop at Danville, in consequence of the destruction of this Bridge. And we can assure our friends abroad that our va tor power remains, and although it was not "strong enough" to carry oar Bridge doivn to JJaiivillc yet, it has sufficient strcngh, to draw their steam power, and business to Bloomshurg. VIRGINIA Has elected a Whig Governor, Tiioiias "V7. Giuiari, who enters upon his duties on the 4th of March. He received tho precise number of votes nccrssnry to a choice which was occasioned through the recrean cy of a democratic Senator, Mr. POUL- SON, who voted tort him! To this Mr. Poulson, theni are the Whigs of Virgina in debted for their Governor. The Richmond .Enquirer very justly icnmko : "Our (lag has been struck by a foe in disguise, Tho traitor we mark, and tho treason dispisc." States Cap, Gaz. John Ramlolphund Harrison. 'The following wni wi ny me uounoke rnntotic, in do lining mo position ot aimselt and Hariison, It proves ronclusivoly tht the "Reign of terror"- tho dark administration oftbo elder Adam had n moat powenui supporter m the nuw Democratic Harri son. Ho had juit taken his seat an a delegate from . lutii ; "Howaaan opun zealous, frank supporter of t'm Sedition Law. and Blaok-cockado Admlnistratim,, nd 1 was aszedous, frank and open nn opponent of tho lllack-rockudeiinil Scilitlim T lion. Wo differ fundamentally oml totally we nev er can agrco about measure or about men I do not tnean to dktaO to ilia gentlemen let us agree to differ a gentlemen ought to do. especially native f the same ktato, who areautipodento each other an pontics.' Tho Boston Poit atntes that within (kt rooms past, nearly 100 person have (fltd of amall-pox in that city, and that about 1000 tiive n au trie disease, STATE TREASURE'S IMPORT. The.following is nn extract from the report of the Stale Treasurer. The suggestions arc interesting to the people und for their consideration. " Wo have in this stale in bank, turnpike roads and bridges, loan companies and in surance companies, stock to tho amount of seventy millions of dollars, mid in monies or interest on bonds, mortgages and other securities, estimated to amount to fifty mil lions, bearing on Interest of at least 5 per cent., making m the asfrreimtc. fil20.non.. 000 this at u tax of 2j mills to tho dollar (less than one half that landed property now ucarsj woum amount annually to 300,000 dollars, and could bo collected, as far as stocks are concerned, through tho agenev of the companies, without expense to the State. " I would also recommend tho repeal of mat pari oi mo tax on retailers licenses, which confines it to the sale of foreign mcr- cuanuize, wmcu insteau oi vicluingas now from $70 toS70,000,vould "yield from 120 to $140,000, incteaso say SGO.OO; on tav ern licenses I would recommend au increase ot fifty per cent, which would give an in creased amount of $50,000. I would also suggest tho propriety of levyiing n lax in tho form of commissions, and a pV centago on me amount oi sales in all brokerage and ex change office?, to tho cxlunt of their abill tics to pay, from which I believe, $75 to $80,000 could be raised, end if there was a failure to raise a, revenue, it might have the wnoiesomc cilcct ol abating tho nuisance I would also recommend a tax on pleasure carriages from which 20 to 25,000 could be raised, thus 1 ax on Stock, Bonds, &c. 0300,000 Ketailers foreign mechandize, G0-000 Tavern licenses, 50,000 Brokers, &c. 80,000 Pleasure carriages, 20,000 3510,000 In this model beliovo a tax of $510,000 could be rcalNed without adding to the bur dens of the producing community, and al though our yearly deficit is about $1,000. 000, yet with the annexed annual income, nnu tnc anticipated hopn that our canal and !l I . .11. e lu.i iouu urns may irom venr to year in crease, I would be disposed to lest at ores eat." The following from tho pen of Charles Lamb, the celebrated essayist, forms an im prcssivc sermon against intemperance. The writer drew his materials from the melaii choly lessons furnished by the latter days of his own life "Could the youth to whom tho flavor of lii3 lirst wine is delicious as the opening scenes oi uic, or tno entering upon some newly discovered paradise, look into mv desolation and be made to understand what a dreary thing it is when a man feels him self going down a precipice with oncn eves and passive will to see his destruction and ,havo no power to stop it, and yet to feel it an tno way emanating lrom himself: to ner- ceivc oil goodness emptied out of him "and yet not be able to forget a tunc when it was otherwise ; to bear about the piteous spec tacle ot his own self-ruin ; could ho see the revered eye feverish with last night's repe titinn of the folly; could he feel the bodv o which I cry hourly with feeble out cry to be delivered it were enough to mako him dash the sparkling beverage to tho earth in all tho pride of its mantlimr temntation 'O, if a wioh could transport me back to those days of youth when n draught fiom the next clear spnng could slake any Iical3 ...t.:..u ..i .imi . wiiil-ii Biiiuiuer funs ana youiiuui excrciso had power to stir un in tho blood how gladly would I return to thee, pure clement the drink of children and of child-liko her mits 1 In my dreams I can fancv the coo refreshment purling over my burning tongue But my waking stomach rujects it. That which refreshes innocence only makes mc sic:; anu mint. Pennsylvania Home of Jieprcscnlativcs. The Harrisburg Telegraph has the fol lowing statement of the occupations of tho members of the Hotiso of Representatives of tho Pennsylvania Legislature. Bricklayers 2, Merchants 3, Farmers 14, Lawyers 20, Printers 2, Physicians 8.llat ters I), Gentlemen 2, Saddler 1, Cabinet Maker 2, Inn-keepers 1, Blacksmith 1, Tanners 1, Coach Makers I, Carpenters 2; total 100. It in n fact that does not seem to lie remembered by tho Harrisoninua that, during the lute- canvnw: for Governor in Ohio, which reunited in iho crush ing defeat of Vanco and his tribe, General Harrison rode over the whole Slate In company with Vance, cwk'ng siechoS, and assuring tho peoplo that the defeat of Vance would be as much of a victory over him! It is now prediatod that tho State will go for Harrison by 10,0001 We Jovo to 4ruh up thote dusty recollection. msmfsssesracs The Canal Commissioners have made their report In roferenc-j to tho avoldaic e , f thn Inclined Piano near Philadelphia, and decido against thu claims of both the West Philadelphia and tho Valley road ooinpsoltM. They Tocooiumend' on entirely new route, the cost of which shall lie aiiout 700,000; und in case Out be rejected by the Legislatnre.they then recommend the Uying of the north track on iho present and old lecutioa. So oral wolves Jmve lately mado their ap peawuee in tho neighborhood of Chelsea, Vermont, tho first it is said which havo been seen there for thp Jast twenty years. Mr, Rrichard Htldrotri, &f Boston, ha sued Charles G. Greene, of the Post for twenty thousand dollars d.irangcn for expres sing a belief that ho is insane ! Tho Post ell remarks, that if suinsr n tirintcr for $20,000 is not aufiiciont evidence that a man is crazy, thcro 13 no use in luving the Vor cheater hospital, Tho people of Jaspcf and tho aulolninff counties of East Mississippi, exasperated at the swindling operations of the Btandon lianK, have met nud coino to tho following summary resolution respecting the branch at Paulding That "tho mcetinc take passcssion of the vaults, books, papers and all other things belonging to tho Branch Bank, and placo them in the hands of a commttleo of five for safe keeping, nnd ap point u commiiico to receive wnatevor prop ositions tho bank miffht feel disposed to make." A traveller undertook to cross (he Ohio at Wheeling in a skill, but finding the cur rent too strong the ferryman put back and leaped ashore. The traveller had a valise containing 0,300 in gnld which he attempt ed to throw on shore, hut it struck tho bank nud sunk in fifteen feet water, The mlitor of the Portland Transcript publiflh.es a poem commencing with the fol lowing pathetic stanza, and touching re marks : " H'c havo read somo little poetry in our day and have been variously affected by it, but our feeling were never so wrought upon as in reading the following linea." J Vhon the cold storm howls round your door, And you by light of taper, Sit cosily by evening fire Enjoying the last paper Jnst think of him whose work thus helps To wear away the wintoj, And put this query to yourself Have I paid up tho Printer?' ySXZS2S3BS2tSs!l To know Gen. JIarrissii's principles is but necessary to know the 'principles of the Whig party. They are perfectly and har moniously identical. IigclMtcr Demo art. ' Bravo 1 This will remind, the reader of tho following dialogue : Master. Cuff, whero is tho spade ? Negro. Wid de harrow. Master. Well, where is the harrow ! Negro, Wy, wid de spade; massa want to breed a fuss wid poor nigga dis mornin. The St. Louis Gazette, in noticing the execution of Buchanan lor the murder of Drown, save that tf.ure murders have been perpetrated in and near St. Louis) with her 22,000 inhabitants, during the last year, than have been committed in Boston, with her 100.000 inhabitants, within the last five yeaic. Mr. Owen Downey of Cecil county, (Md.) vhile sitting at thesupper table, m Wilmington, (Del) on Saturday week, be came choked with a pico of beef Btsak which he was eating, and in a few minutes expired. It was supposed at first that it was a caso of appoplexy and tho usual rem edies were applied. A Justi.ce of the Peace in Baltimore late ly gavo twenty-five cents out of his own pocket, in order to settlo a law suit which ho was called on to decide, and the matter of which in dispute amopnted to that sum. That man is too good to'bo a Squire in such times as these. ' ' An auctioneer in Illinois heads his adver tisement of a land sale wiiij ''Don't look at this!" This fellow "knows something ol mankind ; for it is one peculiarity of the human biped to wish to look at every thing which i3 forbidden to bo looked at. No man caros a fig for seeing any thirty which ho is invited to sec but only say "don't look at it," and that is sufficient to mako him risk his ears for a sight. Men will sel dom acknowledge themselves liable to this frailty, hut the ladies know tho whole truth of it. For this reason the fair ones woar veils, becauso it makeB the follows desirous of sceinz their faces. more ES22SSSSESKEEJ Thrco hundred and thirty-eight persons made application for the beuefit of tho in solvent laws at the present term of tho Phil adelphia Court of Common Picas, and of thii number, threo hundred and thirteen wore discharged. A remarkable caso of dropsy occurred on the person of Ann Stiles of Windsor.Conn. aged 40, who has recently died. The dis ease commenced in 1830, and cinco that time sho has had 70 operations of water drawn from her, weighing 3115 pounds, nearly 100 barrels. Tho trade belwaen Now Orleans and the coast of Brazil is lapidly increasing. The lost few months nearly "60,000 bags of coffee havo been imported direct from Rio de Janeiro. Tha Jorjg Bridge over, the Polornae, whioh cost such an immense sum of money in Its' erection, has boen entirely swfpt away tyr the lato freshet. l&HS&t Tlib Ladien of Berwick tlesien holding n FANCY FAIR, in Hii3 place, for tho ben efit bCthe nev Academy, on tho B2d tf Feb., (Washington's anniversary) to which tho gentlemen und ladies of tho country and neighboring villages are respectfully in vited. Berwick, Feb, 1640, BOAT J).T IILOOMSBUIIU BASIN, COLUMBIA Co, Pa, IBObl subscriber informs tlio public that lie has just completed a new es tablishment, at the Bloomshurg Basin, Col. Co. Pa. on the North Branch Canal f,r BUILDING all kinds and descriptions, of ac&ei,, height sind Oar Boats, ciovefcr) or uncovered, of any length or size, on tho shortest notico and of the best of material. gCPHe is alto ptopared for ItEPAIR- liNU uUATS ol all kinds. All orders will be thankfully received and punctually attended to on tho shortest no tice possible to completo them, JACOB RISEWlCK' Feb. 22 1340 GM3 Tho Advocate, 'Wilkeabarre, and Spy Columbia, will please publish the above 0 timeo and forward their bills to this office for payment. POCKET BOOK LOST. LOST, on Wednesday last, between Eloorrls burg, and Ycaacr's Tavern in Iior.rin:; Creek a large CALF SKIN POCKET BOOK, in whic! wero sundry papcra of no Use to any person but tho owner. The finder shall be suitable rewarded by leaving it at this office or giving information whero it may tc iiad. . .HENRY BEZZENBEnGEn, Feb. 22, 1840. To Bridge HsailderS. THE Old Bridge at Mr. Obed Evcrett3 across Fishing creek, having given way, and not passable, tho Commissioners ot Oolum bin county met and agreed to build a new bridge, nnd will enter into contract with the lowest and best bidders,for building a bridge across Fishing creek, at or near where the old bridge now stands, on the great road leading from Danville to Bloomshurg. It will be lot at the house Charles Doebler, Innkeeper, in Bloomshurg, on Saturday, tho 7th day of March next, and is fo be of the following dimensions and materials : Slone abutments 29 feet long, 10 feet thick, 14 feet high from low water mark wing walls on tho south side GO feet long with a small curv' up and down said creek, and on the North side 25 feet long all of which is to be fstouo of the largest size and all to bo laid in good lime and sand. The super structure to be an arch bridge 155 feet long doublo track, each 13 feet wide, making in the whole widtii 2G feet fnm out to out with a good shingloroof and well weath er boarded. Said Bridge is to be built on the plan of tho Susquehanna Bridge at Cat tawissa, and timbers to be the same in qual ity and size. Specification will be shown on day of letting. Tho contractor will be required to commenco the work within 5 days after the letting. Tho old bridge will be offered for sale on the same day. Another Sridge WILL be let by tho Commissioners on the same day, by receiving proposals for building a stouo arch Bridge acroes Laurel creek, at or near Peter Ruperts, on tho riv er road leading from Donville to Bloom and is to be cf tho following dimensions and materials : 2 stone arches each 12 feet wide the pier to bo 3 feel thick ut tho foun dation wing-walls 12 feet nt each end tho wing-walls to be raised 3 feet higher than the filling in of said road, the stone work all to be laid in good lime and sand. The top of said wall to bo well coped with good cement &c. ThOj.proposals will be received until 2 o'clock of said day by the Canimifcsioncrs or any time before oan be handed to Mr. Doebler, marked on the back (proposal.) JOSEPH BROBST, JOHN M'HENRY, JOHN DIETRICH, Commissioners, .Fob. lfiih 1810. NOTICE. LL peisona ore hereby forwarned not to pur chase or taku an assignment of a Note, under I, uiron by Daniel Kistler and Daniel Kistlur. and made poyablo to Mary Moycr, or older for the sum of eighty dollars, with in'creet from iU dato, and dated September, 7th A. D, 1835, and payable sev en years after date. The undersigned being tho drawers of said Note; nro dcterml.ied not to pay the snid Note uukes compelled ao to do by duo course of law. DANIEL KISTLBR. DANIEL KISTLBR. Cattawlssa, Feb. 15 1810, TO BRIDGE BUILbH& THE Undersigned Commissioners 61 Columbia county, will attend at tho JioUatJ of Isaac C. Johnson, Esq. Innkeeper ia Orangcville on Friday the fcixih day tot March next, to receive proposals nnu cnvsi into contract with the loweit and bejst bid der for building a l3ridgo acroao Fishing Creek at tr near tho house ot nenry tics in Sucarloaf townshlpj with utono abut mcnts 19 feet long, 0 feet thick and bieil red high from ldw watermark wing well oil tho west aide, twelve feet long, with a curve tip and down said creek und wing walls on Ihc castsidc.lwclve feet lougwith a curve Op and down tho said creek. The su pcretruciure, a uraco unuge six it iuci o"s between tho abutments, and sixteen feet wide from out to out; to bo nut under a good shingle roof, to ostendsir feet beyond each abutment, A plan and specifications cf thd wors will be exhibited at the tiino anil plscrj of leltiiigi . ... The Biddings will ba clcs2d at 2 d'docH PtM. m the day of letting, dUSlSl'll UKUUSl, JOHN M' HENRY, JOHN DEITIUCH. Cammiseioncri Commissioners Office, Danville, Feb. 8. 1810. $ Bioocaisfettng Artillery. THE Members of lhi3 Company aro fo quired to meet at tho house of Charlea Doebler; in Bloomshurg, on SATIIKUAXi the 22d of February next, at 10 o'clock id the forenoon, in complete uniform) for com pany exorcue and drills Per orderi G. ARMSTRONG, O. S Jan Siri, 1810. N. B. The Bloomshurg Band is requested to turn out with the Bloomshurg Artillery orl tho 22d of February. Estate of Fn&DERlCK BltOtl) hit of Greenwood township, Columbia countyi ttbeeusnU NOTICE is hereby giveii, that lettero testamentary have been granted to the cnb- scriber upon the above eslatc, All persons' indebted to said estate are required to mako" immediate payment, nnd thesd having claims or demands against the same, t present them for settlement, duly amhenll catcd according to law, to BENJAMIN KEELBU, of Jatkson, Mm'r with the will annexeiL Feb. 8, 18-iO N. Bi I will bo at the house of the de ceased, on the 7th and 14th of March ncxt for the purpose of settling the accounts oi said deceased. BENJAMIN ItllELErt. OB SIISSjAIEP, A Large Calf okin Pocket Book, (abous 8 inches long,) containing letters and paper of no cnseqenco to any but the owner. There may have been a few shin plasters of ihn subscribers former issue contuiudd id the book) but as he has long since redeem ed all his bills, they can be of no use to lha finder or others. Any person who will return the said Pocket Book, or givo such information ai will enable the owner to obtain it with th contents, will be suitably rewarded. Win. ROBISON. Bloomshurg Feb. 1, 1840. 40 J. 2L SSCvilB., RESPECTFULLY informs the public and his friends generally, that ho has just received the PEtliiadcIpMsi IFasSi sons nnd TAILOR'S ARCHETYPES, published by Ward,- Basford and Ward, for January, 1840, and is prepared to mako Gentlemen's and Lady's Garments, of ev ery description, in the best and moit fash able style, and at short notice, us ha is dc termined to merit a shaio of public patron age. January 25, 1810. ALL persons indebted lo J)mUCAlIE2T itfOF-CMUicumnticPhysician from Read ing.iSt resident at D Snyder's.for profession al attendance between May, 1838 and May 1839, are notified that in consequence of his being compelled to bo absent, ho has left his accounts with Charles Kahler, Esq. for collection, with whom they can be settled within four weeks from dato without ex pense, nftor which lime they may muBt ex pect to pay cost. Jauuarv 25, 1840. Valuable BEeeLicanes, THE Subscriber respectfully inform the public that he has recently received tho appointment of an Agency from the pro pretor, for vending Dr. Willism Evan justly celebrated Medicines, and that he ha just received direct from him, tho following articles, to wit : Dr. Evan's Camomile and Aperient Pills, for euro ofDyspcpsia, Consumption, Livef complaint &c. Dr. Evan's Soothing Syrup for Chltdroa tocthinp. Dr. Evan's Fever and Aguo Pills. Dr. Hunt's Botanic Pills. Dr. Goodo's Female Pills, Baron Von Hutcholor's Herb Pills. The Public aro cautioned to beware of Counterfoils, as none aro genuine but 'thoio obtained from lha authorized agents of Dr. William Evans, of Naw York. , JOHN R. MOYRR. Bloomshurg, Jan. 25 ,1840, DO tf, X A
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