ftMi'rtei.TJic Amcncnn TvevrBjj&peti
ira distinguished tot ctrungo cftticcits, curl
rfus'IJoa, odd odtlitled, ipR-er queeritica.nud
tnatt:r8 and things out oi mo common oruer.
Thseditor is n curious fellow Who said
thit in Virginia thoro is n country where the
-oil is o sterile that when tho wind is in
'the north-west they havo to lio the children
to keep them front being blown nwny.
It was an odd genius, who naitl that in
Vjimu Vnrk thero 1 n man who lias eomo
'whiskey bo good, that after dtinklng of it
'you speak broad Scotch
It was nn odd saying, (hat in some parts
of tho country their beeves tire bo poor.lhat
when they kill one of them they have to
liold tho antmat up to knock him down.
It was an odd saying, that in Maine there
1 l.a. llw.l mlinii lin mLmI
is a place so rcry, h "'"j
corn, they have to shoot the grain into the
'crevices of the rocks with muskets.
It was on odd saying, that in another
tnlace Down East: the stones ore bo thick,
'that tho ducks rian't got their bills between
ftncm to pick up the grass-hoppers.
It was nn odd saying, that thero is still
another placo Down Eeast. where tho grass
grows so short that tho sheep can't get nt
'tho sprigs oxcopt their noses are first ground
down on a grindstone N. 0, Sun,
Tho Now Albany (lud.) Argus of the
'31st ulf say9 A severe gale passed tho
tear of this city on Wednesday nijht. lis
course was marked with violence. Some
"houses woro unroofed, barns and fences
"blown down. Oapt. Ruler's barn was
. blown down, and n part of his orchard
levelled with tho north. The extent of the
injury not known. Bpforo tho fog was
Tery dense tho night set in uncommonly
dark the rain ffll for a time in torrents
lightning was incessant, accompanied by
frightful peals of thunder all conspiring
to render the scene awfully tcrrifiic. Before
daybreak every thing was frozen up solid
go Buddea"wns the change.
L-tt'W Law. An awful scene was re
cently enacted in a court of law in Texas,
in which the Judge and Clerk wero the
principle actors. A disputo as to the dis
position of some caufo arose between them
when the Clerk; finding that his legal opin
ion was about to be disregarded, thrust tho
apers into the stove, saving. "I shall nbrn-
flato the whole proceedings of the Court."
Tho Judgo immediately entered a demurrer
in the shapo of his two fists, the Clerk re
joined in a similar way. and their respect
ive friends coming to their assistance, threw
the temple of the bliod god into a state of
the utmost confusion.
OWPO&TlOtf MOVEMENTS,
TueIarmburB Reporter h the following very
Juit remarks in relation to iho boasted hopes of tho
whig founded upon the expedition that tho demo
cratic party will be divided at the next Election.
" It is not our habit to pay much attention "to tho
movements of tho federal party, beyond their ten
dency lo mislead publ'c opinion', but wo may bo per
mitted to draw amusement from their falacioua ex
pectation in tho present juncture of affairs. In a
misapprehension of tho ten.pcr and views of tho
democratic party, which has been their miafortuiio
since 1824-, tliey now rciy for success upon disten
tions among ourselves, instead of nny merit in their
principlcs.or strength Irvjlhcir molly alliance. They
forget of course that tho American people arc intel
ligent, democratic and patriotic, and will support no
such patty oj the nnciont or modern advocates of
federal doctrines who range themselves under the
name of whig, antimasonry nr money changers.
They forgot too that the democratic party from Iho
begining, lias differed, like independent citizens, upjj
on questions of expediency, in Eetilinrj preliminary
steps, but uniformly reconciles such differences in
time to route the opposition at the election-
tight Bullocks, taiBcd in ttartford coun
ty, (Md.) by Dr, Hopkins, wero eold in
Baltimore en Wednesday last, the gross
weight of which amounted to 13,535
pounds, being nn average of 1091 7-8
pounds each.
Prison Profits' Gov. Shahhon Says
there aro now four hundred and ninetv con
victs confined in the Ohio Pehilenliyry.
Last year they made articles to the value of
$54,01)0, and the expenses of the institu
tion wero $35,000 leaving a profit of 19-
UOU.
Mr. Profili, a crazy fanatic frotrtlndlaha,
now a Whig representative in Congress,
made a speech the other night to the Harrison-men
of Washington, ill which he so
lemnly declared that he was the first whig
that had ever been elected from his district:
"And the last," said a voice in the crowd.
Proffit hung hie head and bid the crowd
"good night."
A Treacherous Memory. A Mr. Pol
lock of tho Ohio Assembly recently stated
in that body that ho was nt the battln of
FortStcphenson.and that he saw Gen. liar,
risen in the thickest of the fight. Now
unless history. tells falsa, Gen. Harrison
was at least twelve miles off at the time of
Ike fight, and so fir waa ho from helping
Croghan in tint afiair, that he ordered his
arrest for fighting, instead of helping, or
participating in that gallant exploit. A par
ly must be hard pressed indeed to venture
n the manufacture of such exploits in aid
f their "hero" available. Rochester Dai
ly Adv.
The coinago for 1839 at the Philadelphia
Mint amounted to $3,021,170 11, com
posed of8, 100,345 pieces, at an averago
nett expense of 05,700, or a fraction over
two per centum.
Tho Providence (It. 1.) Herald says 5
"Our River, which is now open, has been
closed by ice for tho last 05 days, a
longer period than in any one. season since I
1B1U.
In a recent trial for a breach of nromise
of marriage, at West Chester, in this State,
Miss iMiza Ann White recovered 1509
dollars damages from a tickle swain named
Albert Hinamen.
ectsekskszsbbi
It is staled that within a circuit of fifty
miles of Lancaster, Pa. ilicro aro one hun
dred and two iron manufactories, and one
hundred and forty-two (louring mills. Tho
hitter manufacture five millions of bushels
of wheat.
Four persons were reccntlv married at
Matthews county, Va. whose united height
makes 25 feet. Tho grooms ara each six
feet six inches high, and the brides six feet.
r I . f .
iiOOK out lor a race oi giants.
In the Senate of Maine, on the 11th inst.
a petition was presented from John Fran
cis, Lieut, Governor of tho Passamaquoddy
tribo of Indians asking an allowance of mo-
noy, to enable hun to support the dignity
oi ins onice.
MARRIED By iho Rev. D. S. Tobias,
on tho lOih.inst. Mr. JONAS HERTZEL,
to Miss POLLY HELLER, both of Mif
flin township.
Bv the same, on the 27ih inst. Mr. JO
SEPH LKUR, to Miss MARIA NUN-
GRESSER, both of Mifilin township.
OBITUARY.
Another Revolutionary gone.
DIED At the rcs'idenco of Mr. Elisha
Thomas in Cattawissa township, on tho 22d
inst. Mr. PETER HARDER, vpA ninety
sevenyeara, six months and ten days. Air.
Harder, was enc ol the nrst seiners oi
Bloom township, and has been a resident of
this county betweeu sixty and seventy
years.
In this town, on the 13th inst. Mr.
GEORGE BEER, aged 27.
Tho Haverhill (Mass.) Republican says :
"In Springfield, N. II., Mrs. Hardy, aged
100 years, having travelled on February
11th, in tho evening, about two miles over
a hill on foot, on the enow crust, lest her
hoas and wore out her 6tockin?s, came to
a house which was fastened and no persons
within, left her staff at the door ana went
inta a barn yard, near the house, half a mile
distant from any other house whero she
wrapped her cloak around her feet and laid
kerself down and was there-found next
worning frozen to death.
Licenses in Connecticut. The Hartford
Courier says Most of tho towns in this
State have followed the example of Hart
ford in allowing the free sale of wines and
apirituous liquor. Socral towns that had
passed resolutions entirely prohibiting tho
aala, have since called meetings and revprs
d that decision. Among these are. Weth
trifield, Bolton and Manchester.
vassszssaxsaa
Died at Mansfield, Mass. on the 20th
ultimo, Lieut. Mason Cubb, 84; 28th, Mr.
B'snj. Cobb, 87; 4th inst. Capt. John
Cabb, 82 all three brothers and revolu
tionary pensioners, leaving still living; four
other brothers, the youngest of whom is o
Ter70. The united ages of all coven a
laount to 550 years, 0' months, and 17
-iliys, the averago" of which is 70 years and
months. Their father, Benj. Cobb, died
in 1811, aged 82, and their mother died in
1128, in tho 99th year of her age a rare
instance of family longevity.
Via Charleston, wo havo dates from Ber
muda to Feb. 5ih, which states that her B.
M. schr. Skip-Jack, well known for years
!in tho W. Indies, Sic, in her successful
captures, has sent into Hamilton, tho Por
tuguese slavor Ulysses, taken oft Africa,
with 029 slaves on board, chiefly between
' 0 and 16 years of age. They havo been
apprenticed out nt Bermuda.
Tho house of Representatives of Mary
land havo passed tho banking regulating
bill. It requires resumption on the 1st Ju-
,-1 next.
DIED FOR LOVE.
A correspondent of the ledger states, that
a Mr. Black in Ontario county N. Y. had
boon obscrvod for some time to live on
terms of a disagreement with his wife. giving
the neighbors some reason to suspect that
ho had fixed his affections on another viz: a
widow who lived in tho same village.Some
time in autumn' Mrs. B. died Mr. B. ofien
visited tho widow's both before and after
tho death of his wife, and recently ho be
came an inmate of the widow's house, in
the character of a boarder. He had remark
ed to eomo of his friends, two or threo
months ago that if this woman refused to
marry him, ho would drop dead at her feet.
This prophetic assertion was literaly filled
On Sunday evening last about 9 o'clock ho
made proposals in due form and was reject
ed. When he immediately fell dead? By
direction of the Coroner, the body was o
pened by a physician and the sudden dis
ease of Mr. B. was found to have been
cauBcd by the rupture of a large bloodvessel
near the heart. Powerful emotion may
account for this singular event.
GOV. PORTER.
The New York Gazette contains tho fol
lowing remarks on the subject of Gov.
Porter's late message to the Legislature.
"The following Message has been trans
mitted by the Governor. of Pennsylvania to
the Legislature of thatStata now in session.
The Philadelphia paper call it a 'singular
document' and so it is undoubtedly. It i
a singular position foi the Governor of a
State to be placed in very singular that a
Stale should ever place her chief magistrate
and hor citizens, jn such a situation ; but
really it strikes us that iho conduct of Gov.
Porter is well judged and such as becomes
hint under ibe circumstances. It is diffi
cult to sro what other course he could take
in the emergency or what oilier course can
be taken by the Legislative but the one he
rccommonds. If iho interests of the hanks
were alone concerned mere is nothing in ;
tho bill which hnvo passed tho House of
Representatives too rigid. Banks suspen
ding under such circumstances ought so far
as thsy are concerned to forfeit their char
ters and be made to wind up unless they
promptly comply with the provisions of
thoBO charters ; but it is hardly worth while
for such n State ns Pennsylvania utterly to
destroy horself ; upon an abstraction, "and
in punishing tho misconduct of certain cor
porations, punish herself and her citizens
past nil redumption. Butler bear with mi
nor evils and permit minor crimes to go
unpunished, than bring upon horself tho
grBHtest of.all evils dishonor and disgrace.
Faith once lost, is lost at least for a centu
ry."
FOIS SAM,
A HOUSE AND LOT OF GROUND.
THE Subscriber offers to sell his House
and Lot, situated in tho flourishing town of
Blaom!curg, m the county ut C-olumbia.
The buildings conoist of a wall finished two
story fram house and kitchen, a worn shop,
and a cooil Stable, alii in good order. As
this property is well known, a further de
scriplion is deemed unnecessary. If not
sold at private sale by the 21st day of
March next, it will on that day, be exposed
at public sale, on the premises, Sale to
commence at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
An indisputable title will be made, and pos
session delivered to the purchaser on or be
fore the fifth ol April next. Tor terms, ap
ply to the subscriber on the premises.
ISRAEL WELLS,
Bloomsburg, Feb. 29, 1810.
PURSUANT to Law. Wc the under
signed publish tho following statement i
transmitted by tho "Suporiiitendantof Com
mon Schools)" in conformity to law.
JOSEPH BROBST,
JOHN DE1TRICH,
6on)mr8. of Columbia county.
(Jommissioncrs Uiltco,
Fob. 24, 1840. S
TO TUB DIItfiCTORS OP COMMON
SC1100L3 IN COLUMBIA COUNTY.
THE following statement is made in
compliance with tho tenth section of the
School Law, of June, 1930.
Districts that have accepted the Common
School System.
The amount which each accepting School
Uirtrict is ciititlcu to receive tho ensuiug
year, commencing on the first Tuesday of
June next, out ol the annual btate appropri
ation, is a sum equal to ONE DOLLAR
for each taxable inhabitant in the District.
The amount of School Tax required to
bs levied to entitle a District to its share of
the Stato appropriation, must be a sum c
qual to at leas', sixty cents, for each taxable
inhabitant in the district.
Districts that have not accepted Hit Com
mon School Systcmt
Tho amount of undrawn balances remain
ing for the use of non accepting districts
for the school vcars 1835, 1S30, 1837, 1838
and 1839, is FOUR DOLLARS AND
FORTY CENTS, for each taxable inhab
itant ill a district, according the cnumera
lion of 1835; and for tho school year 1840
and 1841, it is TWO DOLLARS for each
taxable inhabitant, accurpittg to the enuincr
ntion on the first 1 ucsuau of uune next,
Hence it tollows that each non-accepting
School District, in which the quahhed cit
zeiis accept the system, at the next Spring
Elections, and lay a tax equal to sixty cents
lor each taxable inhabitant, rail uc entitled
to receive out of the Slate appropriations,
sum equal lo moro than BIX IJOLLAItb
for eacli taxable inhabitant in the district.
By a resolution of the Legislature, pass
ed the twenty-fourlh day of Juno, 1839
the above undrawn balances are to be retain
ed for ihc use of non-accepting districts on
hi until the.r of JS'ovsmber, 1840. U
which day they are to bo repaid into the
common school iund.
Hence il follows, that as the law now
lands, unless the non-accepting districts ac
cept the system at the next Spring Elec'
lions, these undrawn balances amounting
now to a sum adequate lo the erection of
School Houses, and putting the system
into complete operation, will be forfeited.
Taxable Inhabitants in the Districts.
Jf OSV, on Wednesday last, between BlodnSa
HWburp, and Veaeer's Tavcm in Koaring Creek ft
C .nmnrtftRd POCKET BOOK. In which1
wero sundry papers,of no use fo any person but tb
owner. The rtndcr shall bo suitablo rewarded by
eavinffit at this offico or gtviiig information wn
may b's had,
HENRY BEZZENBEROER.
Pcb. it, 1S40.
JEW BAVIBs
OR
HEBREW PIASTER'
AN extraordinary, remedy for Local inlla
mation, schroifulous affections, Kings-evil,
lnflamatory end Chronic Rheumatism,
Gout, Head-ache, nervous tooth-ache, pain
in the side, hip, back and limbs, Wens
White swellings, tumours, stiff joints &c
&c. &c.
The subscriber has just received a small
supply of the above Medicine, with numer
ous certificates of cure performed, with di
rcctions lor using the same.
JOHN' R. MOYER, Agent.
Bloomsburg Feb., 29 1810
BOAT BUIIiBING.
JIT BLOOMSBURG BASIN,
COLUMBIA Co. Pa.
153 subscriber informs tho public
thai lie na" just completed a new cs
tablishment, at the Bloomsburg Basin
Co. Pa. on the North Branch Canal
for BUILDING all kinds and descriptions
of
Col.
freight
and
Pac&ofc,
Oar Soais,
covered or uncovered, of any length or size
on the shortest notice and of tho beat
material.
tC?IIo in also prepared for REPAIR
ING BOATS of all kinds.
All orders will be thankfully received and
punctually attended to on the shortest no
tice possibloto complete them.
JACOB RISEWtCK
Feb. 22 1840 Cl43
Tho Advocate, Wilkeabarro, and Spy,
Columbia, will please publish the above
times and forward their bills to tils oflico
for payment.
Canal Boats w Sale
SEVERAL new Canal Boats, built the last sea
son, for sale. Enquire at above.
ENUMERATION OF
1835. 1839
453 450
340 378
345 408
850 409
121 155
250 230
327 200
2G8 249
121 130
302 319
308 357
370 438
147 159
322 358
154 157
148
73
respectfully)
FR. It. SHUNK,
Supcrinltndant Common Schools;
Hainsburg, Feb.'l, 1840.
Bloom,
Briar Creek,
Cattawissa,
Derry,
Fishing Creek,
Uicenwood,
Hemlock,
Liberty,
Limestone,
Madison,
Mahoning,
Mifflin,
Mount Ploasanti
Roaring Creek,
Sugarloaf,
Monteuff
Jackson,
I am yours,
$o ridge Bttildefrg.
THE Old Bridge at Mr. Obcd Everetts;
cross Fishint? creek, bavins' given way, and
not passablo, tho Commissioners of Colum
bia county met and agreed td build n neW-
bridge, and will enter into contract wiin mo
lowest and best bidders.for building d bridge
across Fishing creek, at or near whero tho
old bridge now ntands, on the great road
eading from Danville to ljloomsuurg. it
will be let at the house Charles Doebleri
Innkeeper, in Bloomsburg, on Saturday,,
the 7lh day of March next, and is to be of
tho loliowing di:nDn3:or.3 ana maiuriaia :
Stone abutments 29 feet long, 10 feet thick
14 feet high from low water mark wing
walls on tho south side do feet long wilh a
small curve up and down said crcek and.
on the North side 25 feet longall of WhicH
is to be fcslono of the largest si2o and all to)
be laid in good litric and sand. The super
structure to bo ah arch bridge 155 leet long
doUblo track, earh 13 feet Wide, making
in the whole W idth 20 fect from but to out
with a good shingle roof anil well weath
cr boarded. Said Bridge is to be built oA
the plan of tho Susquehanna Bridge at Cat-
lawissa, and limbers to be the same in qual
ity and size. Specification will be shown
on day of letting. The contractor will be
icquitcd lo commenco tho work within o
days after the letting.
A 1IU UIU U11UU ,,,11 WO UllClbU 1U1 BW
the same dayi
Another Sritlge
WILL bo let by tho Commissioners orl
tho samo day, by receiving proposals for
building a stono arch Bridge across Laurel
creek, at or near Peter Ruperls, oh the riv
er road leading from Danville t& Bloom
and i3 to bo of the following dimension
and materials 1 2 stone arches each 12 feet
wido the pier to be 3 feel thick at the foun
dation wing-walls 12 feet at each end
the wing-walla to bo raised 3 feet higher
than the filling in of said toad, the stonel
work all to be laid in good, lime and sand.
The top of said wall to be -well cdped with,
good cement &c. Theproposals Will ba
received until 2 o clock of said day by ttio
Commissioners or any time before can bd
iianded to Mr. Doebler, marked ba the back
(proposal.)
JOHN M' HENRY
JOHN DIETRICH,
Commissiortifit.
Feb. 15th i8401
CREDITORS TAKE NOTICE,
THAT I have applied to the Judges of
the Uourt ol Uomnion i'leas ol Uoluinbia
county, for the benefit of the insolvent laws
of the Commonwealth, and that they havo
appointed Monday, the 20th dy of April
next for the hearing of me and my credi
tors, when and where you can attend if you
think proper. JOSEPH MILLER.
ABRAHAM STEARNER.
Feb. 29, 1840 7
TO -BRIDGE BUILDERS.
THE Uudersigned Commissioners of
Columbia county, will attend at tho house
of Isaac C. Johnson, Esq. Innkeeper in
Oransevillc, on Friday the sixth day of
March next, to receive proposals and enter
into contract with the lowest and best bid
der for building a Bridge across Fishing
Creek, at or near tho house of Henry Hess
in Susarloaf township, with stono abut-
mcnH 10 feet long, G feet thick, and eleven
feet high from low watermark wing walls
on the west side, twelve feet long, with a
curve up and down said creek, and wing
walls on the eastside.twelvo feetlong,wilh a
curve up and down the said creek. I ho su
perstructure, a brace undgo sixty leot long
between tho abutments, and sixteen feet
wido from out to out; to be put under a good
shinglo roof, to extend six feet beyond ea
abutment. A plan and specifications of lh
worlt, will be exhibited at the time aud place
of lettinir.
The Biddings will bo closed at 2 o'clock
1'. hi, on tho day ol letting,
JOSEPH BROBST,
JOHN M'HENRY,
JOHN DEITRICH.
Commissioner
(Commissioners Office, ?
Danville, Fob. 8, 1840, S
MUi'lUU.
"-reby forwarncd not lo pu
' tient of a Note, undp t
Daniel Kistft-'ptiN
NOTICE.
LL person
chi
rvi t
' 1
made payable to v r eider for tho hiet
of sishty dollars, with uu. Atom its date, ai.nd
dated September, 7th A. U. 1835, and payable aeV-X
en years after date. The undersigned being tho
drawers of said Note; aro determined not to pay tho
said roto unless compelled so to 09 by due courao
of laws
DANIEL KISTLER
. DANIEL KISTLERi
Cattawissa, Feb. 15 1840.
Estate of FREDERICK PIIOR, lali oj
ureenicooa township, Columbia countyt
deceased.
NOTICE is hereby givcrtf that letters1
testamentary have been granted to the cub-
sciibcr upon the aboVe estate, All persons'
indebted to said estate aro required to mako
immediate payment, and those havinf
claims cr demands against the same, id
present them for settlement, duly authenti
catcd according to law, to
BENJAMIN KEELER, of Jackson,
Adm'r. with the will annexedi
Feb. 8, 1840
N. B. I will bo at the house of Iho de
ceased, on the 7th and 14th of March next,
for tho purpose of settling the accounts of
said deceased.
BENJAMIN KEELER.
ItESPECTFULLY infnrmS tho pnblni
rl his tV!ntfla nor-ill I lint ka 1if iuafr
received the pfosIadcSpSzia Fash-i
ions and TAILOR'S ARCHETYPES,
published by Ward, Basford and Ward, fot
January, 1840, and is prepared to make?
Gentlemen's and Lady's Garments, f ev- i
cry description, in the' be3l and most fash-
able style, and at short notice, as ho is de t
termincd to merit a share of public patron1
ago.
Jamiary 25, 1840;
'
ALL persons indebted to l)od.trfIIEtf
i?OJT?,RheumatipPhysician from Read-1
mg.tSs resident atD Snyder's, for profession
al attendance between May, 1838 and May
1839, are notified tint in consequence of his
being compelled to be absent, ho has left,
his accounts with Charles Kahlcr, Esq. for
collection, with whom they can be settled,
within four wcoks from dsto without ex
pense, after which time they may mast ox
pect to pay cost.
Jauuary 25, 1840j