"Vstd Seymour tnfgltt be (vi much at a gen
tletnan, as Sir Theodore Plilpps.
The very next day tiyo -sturdy looking
'ttien aligliled at tho door of tho hotel, and,
after making sundry enquirers nfier (he
pretended baronet, procee'doil to arrest Sir
"Theodore, on hi return frorn a ride, as a
notorious forger, lately escaped from a
fniiiliprn neniieniary. fie departed that
hlght handcuffed, and under tho charge of
the two police officers.
'IHib career of tho"5et(?o baronet being
Thus cut short, even the si3lers of Ellen be-
can to' look itptih Snymoltr with more lent
tv. nor was this ctioil feelin" at nil lessened,
Shen an eldeily-gontleman appeared on the
ucdeeding'mom'mg, who' greeted Seymour
s -his. nephew and whom the keeper oi
the hotel "recognised as tho rich Judge
Townsehd of county. Before noon
it was "whispered on his authority, that the
apparently penniless lawyer was not oniy
'the 'hir of the new comer, but the posses-
of Of a handsome fortune already. It was
KcTmfirmed before e.vening by the intelligence
Sth.it he had proposed for and been accepted
y Ellen.
Well,' said Mr. Bowen on that occasion
vou say you coneualed your wealth In or
der to be loved for yourself alone. All ve
ry good, very good, no doubt, especially
for a iioveljbut confoundedly like nonsense,
begglmr your pardon, my friend, in real
life. Money is money, and men without it
don't cut half such a figure as men with it.
But every one to his taste. I owe vou a
thousand thanks for saving Ellen, take
Iter. and God bless you both.'
Wei' for my part,' said Mrs. Bowen,
when tele a tele with her husband, 'ils a
capital match. You see now what we've
gained by coming to Niagata. Its all
through mo Ellen's got so nicely fixed.'
Pshaw ! you'd have married her to that
rascal of a counterfeiter if ho hadn't been
found out, and a pretty business yoU'd have
"made of it. But people that will travel
must expect to get into scrapes.'
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
The Animal Report of the Cnmmisiioner
General of tho hand Office includes the up.
crations if the Land Office for parts of the
yenri.I839,nhd. 1840. Tho sales of public
lands during tho year 1833 amounted to
4,976,382 87, and the nett proceeds from
this source prid into tho United Slates Trea
sury, during the same period, were 7.070,
47 dollars and 35 cents; Tho following
table shows the number of acres sold and
the nelt receipts, in each of the following
States and Territories, in 1839 :
Acres.
242,441.77
018,718.31
1,132,870,31
1,028,005.83
121,935,81
lleeripts.
$358,380 til
905.309 00
1,400,525 05
1,502.541 30
187.279 97
55,482.81
506.145 22
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Michigan
Arkansas
Wisoonein
Iowa
Florida
17,787,23
509,307,14
134,084,02
154,858,74
050.752,82
298.152,31
50,400,02
183,201
258,181
802,201
012.522
04,017
Grand total. 4,070.382 87 S7.070.447 35
The sales for the first three quartern of
the year 1840, in the same Slates and Ter
ritories, amounted to 1,090,017,42 acres,
mid the payments into the Treasury, to
2.G30.2 17 dollar and 25 cents. The lar
gest amount of sales for this 'year was in
Missouri, 408,309 acres; tho next largesl,in
Iowa Territory, 372,374 acres.
The expenses of the different Land Offi
ces, in 1839, were 209,739 dollars and 40
cqnts; in 1840, for the three quarters, 1 10,
595 dollars and 50 cents.
During eight years, from 1838 to 1810,
both iuclufive, there were sold in the above
named States and Territories, 50,842,800
acres, aiid the. receipt therefore, paid into
the Treasury, were 72,209,749 dollars and
58 cent?. The largest sales were in Illi
nois, 9,244,500 acres; tho next largest, in
Indiana 8,622,856 acres; in Michigan and
Mississippi, a fraction short of 8,000,000
each.
There was proclaimed for sale at the dif
ferent Land Officos in 1840, upwards of
thirteen millions and a half of acres, and
the quantity prepared for market, but not
yet proclaimed, will triakti an aggregate of
jiR.irlv lwenw-lhree millions and three
auarters of acres' It is estimated that the
quantity now in preparation for market, and
which will be ready durir.! the cnsuine
eighteen months, together with that alrea
1v nVertmptl. anil that proclaimed, will a-
jppnnt to thirty-one millions and a quarter
pj acres.
Important Rumor. The Philadelphia
Inquirer slates that a privato letter has been
received from an intelligent gentleman in
"England, from which the annexed is an ex
tract : ' There are rumors of war with
Franco. My own opinion is, that we shall
have a slrt'ffi! e. The 1'rench have never
forgiven Waterloo and tho occupation of
Paris, and never will, until they have again
tiipnsnreil strcilutll with ntirs. I havo Heed
many yeais in France, and in many parts of
i i . .1.- r..-i: r i
11, auu.l KIIU'V mo icciiii Ul IMU JCUJHU
-well. An alliance between Russia and
Franco is also spoken of, In ilia event of
.such a struggle and between such powers
-what part will the United Slates. play 1 I
hope it will be on the aide of Old Mother
England."
lio you doif t old gentleman T l benope
1. .... k...jl ..11 A..fl .4tnt -will .mil
ls all oklll, w,t,y Wl unit . M,b ... ,,'
gamata before kho'blue and redcoats fight
Ainaur in same uauncr,
BANKS AGAINST THE PEOPLE.
On6, of tho most intercatlnjr documents
I.J... - !., - ..."
tu inivu oceii laiuiyjs a report oi (secretary
Woodliuty to the U. S. Senate on the 12th
Inst, hi compliance with a resolution of that
body, and nnswenng certain inquiries
relation to the amount of loss sustained
the government and people of this country
uurui me nisi ten yers, through tho in
strumentality of Hanks. It clearly demon
stratcs the tact that these institutions by
their past and present mode of management
are serious ami expensive evils, ami cost
quitu as much to the community in ono way
as their advantages are worthy in any other.
Prior to 1837.it appears the loss occasioned
by employing banks as plares of deposit
lor public monies was 8000,000; that the
loss estimated on the depreciation of bank
paper was $5,500,000; and that the loss on
bauk-rtotes taken and not redeemed was
880,000. Sice 1837 the loss sustained hv
the Federal government has been $100,000
by the use of banks as depositories, and
S 10,00.0 on bank notes taken and not re
deemedmaking as a total six millions
and six hundred and twentv thousand doll
ars. Jo this add interest computed
S8.872.000, and wc have a grand abrogate
oi loss ijl iyjijtccn millions, Jour hun
dred and ninety-two thousand dollars!
Mr. Woodbury re. narks that tho committee
of Ways and Mean of the House of Rep
resentatives in their repuri,13ih April, 1330,
estimated the loss sustained through depre
ciated baiik-noles alone, previous to 1837 at
thirty-four millions of dollars; the coin
mitleo is supposed to have taken into con
sideration tho facts, that after August 1814,
loans were made to government in irre
deemable prper, at a high premium, which
were finally discharged by government in
specie or its equivalent. Ono hundred
dollars in specie for instance, or its equiva
lent, were used in 1824 in redeeming a cer
tificate of stock issued in 1814 for $100,
and for which only S88 had been received
by the Government; and that in bank-noies,
at a discount then of seven to twelve per
cent compared with specie.
A number of tables of calcula'inns are
ijiveit in tlio Secretary's rep.irt exhibiting
the kind and character of the tosses sustain
ed prior to 1811, from 1811 to 183(1, and
from 1330 to 1840, of which the following
is a faithful sniumarv.
1. Losses by Bank failures 8108,fiS5,721
2. Losses by suspension of
specie payments by
Banks, and consequent
depreciations on theirnotes 95,000,000
3.
Los?ea bv destruction of
.Bank notes by accidents
Losses by counterfeit
Bank-noies, beyond loss
es by coin
Losses by fluctuations in
7,121,332
4.444,444
Bank currency affecting
prices, extravagance in
living, sacrifices of pro
perly, and by only a part
of tho other incidents to
tho breaking system, not
computed above, at least 150,000,000
Aggrcgato computed 0305,451,407
A dead loss of three hundred and sfa.'y
Jive and a half millions, is no joke, to say
uotiiing ol lliul produced by fictitious banks
and their lutes, ?nd by tho defalcations,
robberies, frauds, absqtiatul.itioiu, See.
through the agency ol Banks forming on
the whole were it possible to make the com
mutation, a sum of most astounding magni
tude. Verily the fiiends of Banks are mon
strous hypocrites, if with these staggering
statistics before them thev can advueale a
more intimate connection between the banks
and the Federal government. Spirit of
ate Jimct.
LOCATION OF THE DISEASE.
The money article of the New York
Herald uncovers u spot which wc think will
fix the public eye moro and more, from this
time forward :
" Tlie small degree of confidence crea
ted by the change of Government is alrea
dh gone. The public begin to discover,
thai if the banking system had been sound,
the action of the Federal Government
could not have ajfected it, and being un
sound, it is beyond the power of Govern
ment to restore it, Tho miserable mis
management and folly exhibited in the ar
ray of fancy slocks displayed by the United
Stales Bank, as its assets give the lie com
pletely to tho assertion that it was the meas
ures ol Federal Executive that produced
the revulsion. We have now nearly reach
ed the close of this state of affairs, and tho
public is bogining to turn in disgust from
tho miserable humbuggery of those party
leaders, that are attempting to restore it."
That the privileged vice of tho banking
system has been the sourco of all the pub
lic disorders, time will establish bey on i alt
controversy. It has been the labor of tho
last and present Administrations, to scna
rate the Government from this contagion.
If the Government, which is tho vital or
gan of our freedom, could bo preserved
pure from the taint, the healing power of
our invliiuttona would gradually eradicate
the disease; but If the banking system draws
our political system itilo its embraces, they
mil rot togettier. uioue.
Virginia Senator, Until branches of
the Legislature of Virginia have at length
agreed to proceed on the 3d March to the
election of a Senator of the United States, t
tucceed Mr. Roane, whoso term expires
witu lite preient' uonsress
WASHINGTON.
It Is Well known that at l ie close of the
revolutionary war when the army, unpaid
aou wreiciicuiy provided, was almost in a
aiatoof mutiny, the rovul dignity was ten
dcfotl to Washington by a committee of
officets. The country was in on unsettled
state, tho confederation almost powerless;
wiir had exhausted the land, and distraction
prevailed in the general councils; tho army
was tlevoled to its general. Tho occasion
was ono which sellish'nmbition would have
."pritng to se'izei If tho Republic owes
much to Washington, the great mid heroic
warrior, fur achieving her independence,
what is I lio arnouiil of obligation for which
American liberty and human freedom ul I o
ver tho world ure indebted lb him for his
more than lietoic conduct at that crisis ! -Here
is his reply to tho proposal which set
royalty before, his eyes the letter has been
lately biought to light by Mr. SpaKKp, in
his collection of WashiNoton's papers :
" Sir, Willi a mixture of great sorpriso
and astonishment, 1 havo tead with atten
tion the sentiments you have submitted to
my perusal Be assured, sir, no occurrence
in the course of tlio wur has given mu inuro
painful sensation than your information of
llieru being such ideas existiOL' in ihe army,
us you have expiessed, which I must view
with abhorrence, and reprehend with sever
ity. For the piesctn, the communication
of them will rest in my own bosom, unless
some further agitation of tho matter shall
make a disclosure necessary.
I am much at a loss to conceive what
part ot my conduct could havo irtvcn en
couragement to an address which, to me
seems big with the greatest mischiefs that
can befall my country. If 1 am not deceiv
ed in the knowtedga of myself, you could
not havo fouiiU a person to whom vour
schemes are mure disagreeable.
" Let mo conjure you, then, if vou have
any regard for your country, concern for
yourself or poiterity, or respect for me, to
banish these thoughts I nun your mind, ami
never couimunicatu'iis from yourself, or any
one else, a sentiment of the lik? naltiru. 1
am, &c.
" GnonoE Washington."
St. Auoustink, Feb. 5. Florida War.
This con it's l hits not hern barren in incident
if personal daring and courage, which re
fleet high credit on the actoij. Tho pur
suit and destruction of Chikik'u in tho Ever
glades by private Hall of the 2d Dragoons,
to which we before alluded, ought nut to be
foreotten. But even this achievement is
surpassed by a deed of daring peitornicd by
an Irish Sergeant in the 3d Artillery, at the
laic rapture of the Indians under Maj.
Chtlds at the JIanlovcr. We receiied tuu
particulars from an authentic source. When
the Indians were surprised ' iticir fishing
operations by the troops, those who escap
ed immediate capture or death made off in
various directions in their boats. Most of
them were taken in the' pursuit by the
troops. One yaw! boat containing 3 warii-
ors, 4 squaws, ami z enuiuen, was cuasru
by Lt. Taylor; two privates, and thu Ser
geant. When they had got within rifle shot
of the Indians their .boat got aground. They
ill pimped out to pull tlte boat into deep wa
ter, and in doin so, got so suddenly beyond
their doplhv that they were compleicly im
mersed arms and all! I lie sergeant was
the only one who escaped immersion.
The Indians now fired upon them from
their boat, but without ttfeci. The Ser
jeant returned it and one of tho warriors
was teen to lall b.ii'K in too uoat. lie men
threw down hi rifle, and armed with a
bowio knife, he started alone in pursuit of
the Indian boat ! Ho ran, and swam, and
waded, as circumstances demanded, till he
got his hand on the enemy's boat. A des
perate struggle now ensued between the In
dnm and the Irishman. Thev were both
powerful men, and'wrre not interrupted in
their duel, for one of Ihe other two warri
ors jumped out o! the boat and made his vs
capo as soon as the Seargeant approached,
and the other was too badly wounded to
fight. The squaws remained passive spec
tators of the battle, lt was short and dcci-
mi m I i I. . I '
stve. 1 lie intiian uau no weapon out ins
rifle, and that was of no great use "at shoit
qnarteis. His object at first was to beat
out his adversary's brains, but finding that
impracticable, his next aim was to prevent
ihe enrmv from boarding him, in which he
succeded for a short time. But as soon its
the white man not a footinc in the boat, bin
bowie kuif.' soon ended thu struggle. It
paused three times in rapid succession into
the breast of tue savage! The bravo Sear
gcanl having now scalped tho Indian, called
out to tho ofiieerat tlio top of his voice:
JAHenenl wilt I sculp the rest of 'emV
meaning the wounded warrior and the
squaws. On receiving a ncgatitte icply.ho
naddled up to his admirincr cumrads with
his prize.
Tne Science of Ballooning. A scien
tific gentleman of New York insists upon
it that he has discovered a means of propel
ling balloons through tho air at almost any
required speed and in any direction. He
wants ('onnress to pass a law guaranteeing
all the advantages of such an invention for
50 years to any person won will propel ami
mtpr a balloon in ihe air at tho rate of not
less than ten miles per hour. He says ttat
in 1811 if sueh an act be passed a revolt!
lion will ho commrticed in modes of travel
liner such as thu world'lias never yet beheld
No doubt; wb fear tha'revolulion will' cost
no-ns lives; ' " '' .- -
JUDGE P. P. BARHOUft.
ddgo BAnBQcn,, of the Supreme Court of
the United Stales, who retired to his cham
ber' in his usual health, on Wednesday
night, was found dead ill his bed oil the
morning of Thursday, llo appeared to have
died without a struggle. His sudden de
cease it ascribed to.att affection uf the heart,
The last riles were paid to the remains of
this excellent man to-day, at tho Capilol,iu
the chamber of the Supreme Court.
Tho servico was toiiilercd most impress
ive by the exalted worth oftlie deceased
the dignity of the presence the President,
Vice President, Senators, Representatives,
and Judges attending tho solemnity ol the
place, and the simple hut eloquent and most
appropriate address of tho Chaplain who
ofiii'iaicd.
There was never a higher or more deserv
ed Iribuio paid, to the dead than that awar
ded to Judge Barbouk from the very tribu
nal in which he himself once sat. It was
but the echo of that which Mr. Ro.vnn had
lust pronounced i-i tho Soiato Chamber,
and Air. uanks iu mo. nouse, aou iu which
every heait responded that surrounded his
bier.
JiidceBAtitiouK had, ficm youth to age,
been versed lo busv scenes of life the po
lemics of the bar Ihe politics of Slate and
National assemblies the high trust of the
judicial staliuli in all that involves the in
terests and passions ol the worm, anu t'ci
he passed from it ' unspotted of the toorh.'
In every social and domestic relation, the
current of his life ran pure, and diffused
happiness on all around him. He was, in
his principles, talents, and attainments, his
probitv and benevolence, a lino exemplar
of that character which raised his native
State to such deserved distinction among
her sisters of tho Union.
The considerations, which must make
sharper and deeper the first pangs felt in his
death by his family, will, in time, bo their
greatest consolation. He will survive In
them in his character and in the history ol
his country. -Gobe, Feb, 25,
Jf'ar Prospcct-i. Mr. Bennett, of the
New York Herald, writinc from Washing
ton, remarking upon the hitler correspond
ence that has lately taken place between
Messrs Fox and Forsyth on tlte subject of
the Caroline, and Mr. Mcl.eod says: " A
Queeiils messenger arrived recently fiom
Upper Uanaua, with important despatches
from Governor Arthur to Mr. Fox. On
these despaclhes Mr. Fox le-opened the
corieHpondence, and- lirs made new and
menacing demands upon our government
to interfere and protect McLeod from the
legal authorities of Lockporl, New York.
He has gone over the recent riotous events,
and indulged in a strain of acrimony and
harshness, whicii has rekindled a fresh
(lame in the breast of our Secretary.
There is every reason to helievo that the
organization of a war army of 40,000 men,
regulate and militia, in UatriiJa. is intended
to enforce the demand of the British gov
ernment for ihe delivery of McLeod, ior
is there the diahtest hope to think that the
disputed territory in Maine will ever be.
n?0l fri tin 7mrttmtl.
llelore tlic close oi trie present session.
this bitter and inflammable correspondence
will be sent lo both houses, and 1 should
not he astonished to Fee a inovoincnt made
in these bodies that will astound the nation.
If a law should be proposed and passed,
authorizing tho raising of twenty millions
lo put the nation in a slate ot delt'itce, both
in a military and naval point of view, let
no one be astonished or taken by surprise
thereat."
Il'e should bo astonished, for wo begin
to think there ii scarcely enough courage
or patriotism left in Congress to propose
(what should have been proposed five years
ago) ihe election of steam -batteries, steam
ships, and a copious supply of the Paixhan
bomb-guns. Spirit of the Times.
hi ii in milium
A strong sensation has been excited in
Paris, and indeed throughout France, by
the appearance of some forgetl letters, said
to have been written by Louis Phillippe
some when Duke of Orleans, and somo
since his accession to the throne. These
letters, says the Correspondent of tho Sig
nal, have rontribuied greatly to deepen the
dislike entertained towards the citizen King
by the Republican or war party in France,
because of thr favorable terms in which he
speaks ol England, and tha dispairing way
in which he expresses himself respecting
La Jeune France, and tho Revolution of
July, 1830. Louis Philhppo denies in the
most positive manner the authorship of the
loners; but even his own friends nro forced
to admit, that if not his, the person who has
.committed fraud on (ho public and the for
gery on him, has imitated in a remarkable
manner, not only his baud writing, but Ii is
own sentiments and sJylc. The papers
containing these letters have all been seized,
and tlio editors and proprietor arc to be
prosecuted, first for forgery, and secondly
for the libels they contained on (he Sover
eign. The ohjcRlionable letters arc repre
sented to havo been addressed to Prince
Talleyrand. They aro one hundred and
ninety-three in number and tho price given
for tliein was 20..000 francs.
The excitement lias measurably subside.d
el the last accounts, Franco wc may add,
in connexion with the above, has increased
her army 25,000 men, and has put 22 sail
of tho line iu commission..
An oxchange paper' says that a lady' in
stiiys is like Jonah in 'the -whale's belly
uoiiuncu iuvrnuiu uuuvu.-r.. A
SHERIFF'S
iY vHue of u Writ of Alia? Venditioni Ei'p
I nas, to Kin directed, wilt be ci posed to tmMu
snia, at the house of itichard Fruit, hi Jersejiown,
on Monday, tlio'Cth of April, 1841 at tell o'clock
A. M. tho following property, viz:
A certain tract of land, situate In MADISOlf
township, Columbia county, containing
Otiu BEimch'cd and lour acres,
whereon is erected a
LOG HOUSE
nn Barn;
about ninety acres cleared land, fiuo
M12ADOW, and GOOb OKUHAKD: adjoining
biidi of Itichard Fruit, Juhn Smaller, John Fun--stun,
and other.
Hcizcd, lokn in Mcculfon, mid to be sold as ihe
property of I'hlncas Wcllhcr.
mrV virliiG of u writ of VcniMiuni Kvnnn.. ...
Mj3n,e directed, will he exposed to public sale', uSjJr'
tlic Imuse of Itichard Fruit, ih Jersey town, on Mo
day tlio Dili ol April, 1841, at ten o'clock, A. Mi
tin following property, to wilt
All tho right, title, nnd interest In a certain tract
of land, situate in Mutlisoii ttmnshjp, Columbia
county, adjoining Janus pi" William Uarber, JonaJ
than Atoslcllcr, John Fruit, and others, containing
ONK HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE AC1JES,
moro or less about
Scvcaay-3iaV(j acres clcai'cdj
whereon, h a largo
APPJ
OUCIIARD.
Seized taken in execution, and to bo sold as tLij
property of Phincas Wcllivcr.
JOHN FRUIT, Sheriff.
aniniiFF h ufficu, Uauville,
Feb. 20, 1841i
MONSIEUR BERGER,
(FROM PARIS,)
RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladie
and tfciulemcu 'of Bloomsburg, that lie pro
poses foimiug Classes for Haiicing VYuhz
ing, Galtopading, and fancy Dances, such
as the Cavat, the Hungary, thu Cossak, tlio
Cochucha.and many other dances.
Monsieur B. will also leach in private
families, and academies if desired.
For terms and particulars apply at C,
Docblcr's Iiin,.Bloumsburg, Thurduy next
Fob. 18.
K-b. 13. 1811.
THE subscriber would respectfully in
form their friends and tho public, generally
that they have just received a lot of
210CK FOWBSR,
which they offer for sale at wholesale or
by the singlc keison very reasonable term'i
RUPERT ii BARTON.
Bloomsburg Jan. 20, 1810 42
HE AffiTM EMPORIUM
THE Subscriber being in ill health and
unable lo attend lo tho business offers to
sell at private sale his
APOTHECARY fc DRUG STORE
situated in the flourishing town of Bloom
burg. Columbia county, Pa. It is the only
complete establishment of the kind in
Klocmsburg, and the subscriber is convin
ced, from" experience, that there is not a
moro profitable Apothecary shop for many
miles around. Tho "Health' Emporium"
is appointf d agent for most of tho best Fa
tent iModielnus in Pennsylvania and New
York which agencies can be continued.
There is an Ice cellar attached to tho
store.
Any person purchasing the 6toro will ro
ceivu any information from tho subscriber,
with regard to the businecs that they may
require.
Possession will bo given at any time be
tween this and spring.
DANIELS. TOBIAS.
Bloomsburg, Col. co. Jan. 10, 1841. -The
Poltsville Emporium, will publish
the above lo tho amount of two dollars, and
charge tho "Columbia Democrat."
m
ijVtvjiU uiq oyuseriWT, an in
I ' ilnntrtil nrmrntititn oniul 1 .V. W
1U MURRAY, aged lOyeary. Ono
mill reward will bo rjivri for his rc-
J -jT turn, nut no cluirgcj paid. All por
trYnii.ii.ij san9 iro f0(UJj harboring or trusting
him on uiy aecouhti
. HUOII TlIOMI?SON3r.
Kapy town, Feb. .27, 1 8 1
MME
THE Subscriber has on hand sevcrsl
hundred bushels of Lime, anil intends kccp-rf
ing a constant supply, which he will stdj)
or exchange lyr country produce, I, umner
or Cattle of any description. Ileis in tvant
of a quantity of Chr'snut rails.
A'DAzl STRQUP.jr.
Hemlock township, Jan.' 16,. 1841. s
38-rSm:-.
POWDER
MesMe.
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