A! It. VAN D.UKUN'S VISIT TO THE
FIRST DISTRICT.
In compliance with tho wishes of his
Democratic fellow citizens of the First Con
gressional District, Mr. Van Duren on Sat.
iirduy Inst paid his respects to them at tho
Cauiniissionei's Hall, Southwark,where he
armed about one o'clock! accompanied by
Hon. Lemuel Paynter and Di. Geo. V.
'Chambers, who had been appointed a com
mittee fir that ntirnose.
On slighting from the carriage ho was re
ceived by loud and repealed cheering from
the immense throng who wero anxious to
take by the hand him who on so many oc-.
casions .had shown .himself worthy of the
confidence they had reposed in him. After
being conducted to the room pteparcd for
him, he was welcomed to the District by
John W. Ryan, Esq. in the following to
marks :
Mn. Van Buren. In . behalf of the Dem
ocratic citizens of the First Congressional
District, if has become my duty to welcome
your arrival among us. In doing so I assure
you I feel no ordinary sensation. To stand
in the presence or one who has been so
highly honoied by his fellow citizens, is at
wiy time calculated to abash even the most
fnrWrfTil. hut nnrlpr the nrnQnt nWnHmutan
ces that feeling is increased upon the reflec
tion, lint he who has so lately filled the ini-
m r fii.i.f m-:..-.- r
tenublic. and whom wo had anzioiislv
noneu lo have seen continued in the exaiieii
station to which he had been called bv the
However much we regret the defeat of
lllilWf ut vuuni vuc;"utiDl mo uiiuivu vi
? ninnifii Rnrnnrannns.ami mn restoration
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or a municiu auuur uuiauivua iu ucidir ui
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cqiuiu iu uur uuiuviu uuumrjr hid jiutc
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nil unit nil ipraii'i iirinr n f. ni i in m nnrnfur
In reflecting on the course of events, ns
'irsi uoncrressionai uiainci oi I'cnmviva-
inarv nr4iln that wo Wfilrnme vnn imnnir
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r vnnr luiuris success ami nrnsnRmv. sin.
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a ami mnnv as vnnr wnme ni naa nnpn
rfiJliuAni. ATr- Val HuaA. rAftUail.
oir i receive witn unieigneu pleasure
n LnariKininpHD inn wf.ir.nmfl ivninn vnii
nder me in behalf of tho Demociatic cili-
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The gratification which it would under
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nrpit ii v inn ianr in vnirn vn i- nivp ifi.
rted, that their friendly greeting are offer
to ono who is not only a private citizen
e incniseives, put wno is content to re
rd his public career as finished, whilst
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the motives of those marks of distinc
whlch cheer the pathway of tho d.s-
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t can seldom il ever happen in respect to
as the object ol their applause.
i ns khowu auacnmoni oi me inuaouanis
this district to Democratic principles and
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vcu iiicuiauiYca tyuiiiiv ui iiiuil uuiiii
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1 1 highly prize the favorable opinion
y have authorized you to express of my
cial conduct and political principles.
he Democratic citizens of the rirst
urpi.i iih iiihii i:i in .iv ir iinauicu. kii.
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t their kindness to me as well on the
sent as on many lormer occasions, win
ong and gratefully remembered, and that
r wishes ior my iuiuic wukuiu uru cur
ly reciuiocated.
tier remaining an hour, and cxchancrinrr
laiiuiiii ruii mo iiuiiicroiia i iruim iiihi
uuiiuvu (lllll IIU UCJIdUCU IU1 IIIO II1I1U
ricl. Spirit of the Times,
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ne lonovnip is re.aiea in uiu rcoruary
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iner u ma xvniuuciuucKur:
r. Asnen's eoisodo of tooth drawinir.re
di ua of a country patient somewhat
l to his, who called on one of our most
nent dentists, being 'troubled with a rag
teolh.' which he wished extracted.
llUK iii.ii?i;iii iiic iiuiisjicu iiisii iiuiciii
dispiayeil betore his eyes, and tho next
the tormentor was placed in Ins
Well doctor,' said he 'how much
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uck tnoueii i -iiy leniiH, repiien wio
ist, 'are one dollar.' Jl dollar lfor
a minute s worn s unc uo-t t a r: :
TiiDNDr.K ! Whv, a doctor down't our
c, drawed a tooth for me two vearsago,
it took him two hours, lie dragged
all around the room, and he lost his grip
adozen times. I-never see such hard
k; and Ae'only charged me twenty five
6 ;U aouur una ininuiu a wain i
ft j. ii r : . i. i
lomtral victim was but following out
popular utilitarian doctrine, that the la
necessary to produce a result, should
i its standard of value.'' '
THE TIMES.
Tit observer who looks around him on
the state of things now existing in tho fi
nancial world, is induced to adopt the Ian
guage of a mind full of doubt and apprehen
sion "Through what variety of untried being,
Through what new scenes and changes
must We pass 1"
The country is in a stato of confusion,
and the prospect ahead is any thing but fa
vorable. There is one fact worthy of note; and
which perhaps may throw some, light upon
the causes of things; viz. that those portions
of the country where there has been the
most industry and the least extravagance
aru now the most free from difficulties. Or
in other words, tho States or districts which
have depended most upon their inherent re
sources and least upon' foreign tountrics,
whether for loans or supplies of commodi
tics, are in the best condition at this present
crisis. How many States in tho Union are
as comfortable as Massachusetts I
Pennsylvania has required large quanti
ties of iron for her rail roads and other im
provements. There is an abundance of that
metal in her mountains but she imports it
from Europe, and pays for it in State stock
which must themselves be redeemed in spe
cie. Tho simple prudential virtue of squaring
expenditures according to moans has been
Inst sight of in a most remarkable manner.
It is not enough that tho principle of equal
ity should prevail in our political affairs
it must be extended elsewhere, that is,
throughout the social relations. Hence no
one likes to be outdone by his neighbor in
style. Hence, too it comes, that we con
sume such large quantities of foreign wines,
silks and other costly commodities that
wo build such fine houses and furnish them
in such a splendid manner, and persist in
keeping up appearances when the substan
tial basis of real wealth is wanting.
There is no denying the fact that the cre
dit system pushed to inordinate extremities
has supplied the expansive power, to a
great extent, for this unnatural distension.
When drafts upon futurity are easily nogo
tiablo, there are and will be thousands ready
to gratify present aspirations under the de
lusive asf ursnces of hope and a certain blind
confidence in fortune.
"Out of this nettle, danger," says Hot
spur, uwe pluck the flower safety." So
far from the experience of disappointment
and disaster we mcy hope to gain practical
wisdom and better success for the time to
come. What can legislation do ? It can
do a great deal when II comes up frm the
crucible of severe expeiience, and stands as
the concentrated essence of facts. Out the
basis of it must be a prudent self-denial
both in commonwealths and individuals a
conviction that safe dependence ean be pla
ced only on domestic resources and native
industry, and that raal wmalth cnnsUta in
value produce J by active labor, which is
not always to be jndged of by the prices of
stocks nor the amount of bank notes in cir
culation. Bait. Jl'ncr.
WELL SPOKEN.
The following is soma what remarkable
in its tono, considering the source from
which it comes a Canada paper. It is
from an article in the Canada Times, pub-
nsneu ai Montreal. iv. i. com. Jldv.
A truo bill has been found by the grand
ury against M'Leod for murder consequent-
v, no must now remain ir. coulinemcnt un
til his trial comes on. Had not McLeod
ieen vain-gloriously boasting in a tavern at
Lockport N. York, of having belonged to
the expedition sent by bir. r. U. Dead to
destroy the steamer Caroline, he would not
now be where he is, and this trouble and
excitement might have been avoided.
Should an American citizen como into Mon
treal, Toronto, oi any other place in Cana
da, and publicly declare himself to have
been the murderer, or an accessary to the
murder, of a British subiect, would he not
immediately be lodged in jail.and there kept
unlit lound guilty or innocent by a fair and
impartial trial? We havo not tho least
doubt that it is the intention of the authori
ties of the slate of New York to do him
every justice, and dischargo him at once, if
proved innocent; as we cannot fur a mo
ment suppose tho citizens ol that state
would be g uilly of such barbarity, as to
tako away the lite of any innocent person
in cold blood, merely to gratify thou feel
ings of vengeance, for my illtrealment
winch they have received from Hie Iiritish
uovernmeut.
General Jackson, A late Nashville U-
nion says : " General Jackson visited his
friends in Nashville on Monday, returning
to the Hormilige on the next day. We
cannot perceive that the mental faculties of
this venerable man are impaired in the
slightest degree. With all the great ones
ttons of naSional policy, both foreign and
domestic, he preserves that thorough knowi
edge for which ho was distinguised in ac
tivo life, and freely discusses. His general
hoalth seems lo bo as good as it has been
for several years, and the country have roa
son to hope that he will yet be preserved
for a considerable period as a guide and a
living light to the path of young rcptibli
cans who are determined tluough life to bo
just and fear not."
i lie old Hero the real " Koman was
74 years of age on Monday the 16th of
March; may he live " until his elandsreri
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TWflNfY.TvVo DAV.S r.ATEH FROM E(--
- KOI'E,
ARRIVAL OF "THE
STEAM SHIP cALEU'OtflA.
The steamer Caledonia left Livorpool on
the 4lh inst. and arrived at Boston at etoven
o'clock on Saturday morning She brings
sixty-six passengers.
The nows.frora,England..is not decisive
on any point connected with American af
fairs. Tho nows ofJlhe United Stales Bartlj.
hid jusl arrived at jJiVcrpooI'oir' the 3d, but
its effects in London wero not known on
the 4th.
Tho bills on jfessrs. Morrison drawn by
the U. S. Bank, had been accepted, arid a
portion of them subsequently discounted by
the Bank of England.
The debaies in Parliapjont relative to
McLeod ended in suidko.
The Livorpool Mail swaggers, as usual,
about Wat.. Towards this country it is es
pecially bitter.
We havo contradictory accounts in rela
tion to public opinion in England as to the
Caroline affair.
It was rumored in Paris at the latest dales
that tho French Cabinet was disposed to
offer her meditation to arrange out M'Leod
dispute with the United Stales.
Mr. Easlhope, niembcf for Leicester, had
given notice in the Commons of his intend
lion to bring in a bill to abolish Church
Rates in England and Wales.
In tho Chamber of Peers, Paris, Marshal
Soull had presented a bill for the levy of
60,000 mcir. and for increasing the term
from seven to eight years.
The Princess Royal was christened on
tho 10 til pit., and no mistake.
Tho plaguo was raging on the banks of
the Nils.
The steam ship Acadia, Captain Miller,
arrived at Liverpool in a little over 13 days,
from Boston.
An extensive failure was announced on
Mondy, al Liverpool. It was for seventy
lo eighty ihonsand pounds, and was a house
engaged in tho Dry Saltrey and Turpentine
distilling business.
Tho Court Journ'alsays" thai Iter Majes
ty is again in that interesting state in which
"ladies wish to be who love their lords."
Lord Cardigcu hail been tried in the
House of Lords, on accusation arising out
of his duel with Capt. Reynolds, and ac
quitted. The general aspect of European affairs
was pacific but it was said that England
and the Allied Powers intended to reinon-
trat against the wailiko demonstrations of
France.
There is nothing later from China. The
overland mail had not arrived when the
steamer left. From Syria, Egypt, and
Furkey, the news, still .wears a pacific as
pect.
lNlchemit All, unable to resist the Allied
Powers', appears disposed to put the bes
race upon arralig, auduu tart unpleasant net
cessitv.
Dreadful Accidbnt. 124 Live Lost.
The ship Governor Fenner, bound from
Liverpool to Boston, was run into by steam
boat near the English coast. Shocking to
relate, upwards of 100 persons perished,
and a vast amount ol property was lost in
the ship which sunk in a few minutes.
It appears that sue was run into by tho
steamer " Nottingham," and supposed to
have been cut in half as one portion of
the wrtck was afterwards fallen in with a-
bottt 1G miles west of tho Skerries."
Two men were seen in tho rigging, and a
boat proceeded instantly to take them off
but both were dead I All the accounts
agree, ttic entire number ol lives lost was
124 1
Massachusetts Elections. The returns
from the recent town election's in the Bay
State, are of tho most flattering character,
and show a great and unexpected increase
of democratic votes. Iu the town of Lynn,
where the contest was on strictly partisan
ground, tho Democrats elected their entire
ticKet, for Hi elirst time or sixteen vears!
In Stoughton the democrats were equally
successful. In Plymouth they succeeded by
a handsome majority, being theu-jlirst com
n etc victory for five vears. Tho Mi tono
lection produced a similar result, but it was
in Pembroke that the friends of sound gov
crnment obtained tho most signal and graft
fying triumph, For the last twenty years
that town has been in rederal bondage;now
it is completely "redeemed, regenerated, dis
enthralled,"by the choice'of 'the whole dem
ocratic? ticket ! spirit of tle limes.
A LITTLE SINGULAR.
On tho afternoon of the 23d of last month
the large tavern, kept for years by Mr.
Harry Lambkin, in tho village of Port By
ron, was destroyed by fire loss said lo be
about $1,500 mostly insured. Arrange
ments had been made, we learn, for selling
tho premises the writings drawn, and all
things prepared for tho signatures; but just
as these were to be attached, it was found
the pen was poor, and while this was tin
dergoing the renovating process, tho alarm
of "fire" was heard, whicit was seen ourst
ing through the roof of the building about
to bo sold; and thus mo amount oi tuo insu
ranee is placed beyond the r.each of cavil
The Auburn Jour.'ial Considers this circum
stance a very important hint for all manner
of persons never to sign a paper' excepting
with a good pen.
Getlincr Bid of the Btvil.S. man nam
ed Christian Devil has petitioned the Legit
laturo of Ohio, to change liu name,
"TRUTH trtTflOC? TEAR '
FOR GOVERNOR,
In pursuance of tho annexed call, tho cit
izens of Bloomsburg and vicinity, contribu
tors to the Bloomsburg Acadeniy.are hereby
.requested to meet at the Bloomsburg A cade
my on Monday evening, the bin day ol
April next.at 7 o'clock.precisely. A general
attendance is requested, as business of high
importance to the prosperity of the Blooms
burg schools, will bo submitted for consid
eration. March 20, 1841.
THOMAS PAINTER,
J. RAMSAY,
GEO C. DRAKE,
fc D, J. WALLER,
' D. S. TOBIAS.
School Directors.
Bloomsburg March 20, 1841.
We the undersigned notify you the com
mittee of the Bloomsburg school, to call a
meeting of the citizens to take into consid
eration and adopt suitable measures for se
curing suitable Teachers for the schools and
any further arrangements they may think
proper.
.tfndrcw Kuhn, S. II.- Brown, Enoch
Howell, Henry Weaver, L. Ii. Ihipcrt,
M. Silvcrthorn, J. F. Furman, D. Gross,
F. Dreher, J. Buch, Charles IJoebler,
John Edgar, Samuel M. Lilly.
THE SPOILS PARTY.
All will remember tho great clamor raised
by the federalists about the oflico hunters
in the democratic parly, and their protesta
tions .against electioneering .for office. Be
fore last falls election, not a whig wanted an
office, it was all patriotism and love of the
dear people. A change of measures, not
of men, was tho war cry. Even their can
didate for the Presidency repudiated the
idea of turning a man, out of office for o
pinions sake. But how sincere there pro
fessions were, their acts will give evidence.
A month has not yet passed sinco tho Pres
ident took his seat, but within that short
space most of the collectors, receivers,
Navy agents, &c. have beon turned out,
-and brawling Harrlsonltcs appointed. The
sweeping of Post-Masters and other subor
dinate officers, has not yet commenced, but
there is hardly a petty Post Oflico in the
country for which there is not several ap
plicants. We do not blamo their party for
taking lo themselves the offices, but for their
hypocritical professions their loud demon
strations of proscription for opinion sake,
because an administration appoints their
friends, when tho moment they get power,
they ate ten times more intolerant than the
democratic party ever were, even allowing
the worst features placed upon their acts by
the fedeialists, to be true.
Democratic Convention. A correspond
ent of the Lycoming Gazette proposes a
Convention of he democracy of tho North,
at Williamsport, on the 4lh of July. A
good suggestion. A better day could not
be fixed upon than the glorious 4th of July
a day which gave birth to our nations,
independence for a democratic meeting,
and more especially at tho present time,
when we arc endeavoring to rcdeem the na
tion from the thraldom of a monied aristoc
racy. Follow up tho suggestion, friend
Fitch, and let every democrat respond to it.
We understand that an Irishman, whose
name we have not learned was accidently
drowned in Catlawissa creek, on Wednes
day last, about two miles above the Messrs.
Brobsl's Mill. He had been at work on
Easton's job, on the Catlawissa Rail Road,
and has left a family living at Milton.
BEWARE OF THE RED BACKS.
A beautiful blow up has taken place a
mone the fre Banks of the stato of New
York. At tho last accounts somo twenty
five had stopper payment, and the most of
their bills are said not to be worth fifty
cents on tho dollar. Several of the Safety
Fund Banks, have also failed, and others
are tottering. No man should touch
New York bill of any desciiption. There
u no choice between them at the present
time.
Lake Erie clear of Ice. Tho ice lias
disappeared from Cleveland harbor and the
adjacent parts of the lake.
Ejt-Preiident Van Buren on In'? return
from Washington lo his native stale, r
ruained several days at Baltimore and PluU
adolphia, and was visited by his democratic
brcthetn. He is in good health and spirits,
and is undoubtedly far mor happier in his
retirement, than his successor ia in office,
besieged as ho is, by tho cohs.ant teazing
for office, of ten thousand applicants.
In compliance with the requisition of hii
'keeping committee," announced some
weeks since, the President has issued his
proclamation calling an extra session of',
Congrcss.on the last Monday in" May tiext'.
This will cost the country half a million of
dollars; and yet be called reform.
Governor Page, the democratic candidate--for
governor of New Hampshire, has been
elocted by a majority of near TENi
THOUSAND. A large majority of alii
branches of tho Legislature are Democrats.
Our neighbor says "the whigs did make
much effort," but it was ho go in tho old
granito stale. Whigism cant flourish
there.
A few days since, Mr. Bro'vn, of tho ci
ty, introduced into the Senato a resolution
making an enquiry into the conditions of
tho Banks. The yeas and nays were called,
and the senato refused the enquiry, evcty
democrat voting for il, and every federal
reformer voting against it. Thus it ap
pears that the federalists aro determined to
screen the Banks from all investigations
into their affairs, fearing, no doubt, that
some of thuir particular- favorites would ba.
"weighed in tbo ballancc, and found want-,
ing." . ,
At an election held at tho. house of Ro
bert Hagenbuch on Friday last, for electing
officers for Bloom township, during the en
suing ycar,lhe following persons ware duly
lected.
Inspectors Benjamin Boone (point) and
Samuel Auchenbach:
Judge John Bittenbender.
Constables Charles Hcfley for Bloom's-
burg; Samuel Kresler for township.
Supervisors William Hagenbuch, Peter'
Biggs, and William Sloan.
Overseers of Poor William Snyder and
William Hidler.
Assessor Samuel Melicki
Auditors Obed Evcrott, Jacob Hagen
buch and Daniel Melick, (Tanner.)
School Directors Dr. John Ramsay
for ono year, John Shuman for two yean,
Georgo Hidler an4 Alexander Crivcling for
three years.
BANK BILLS.
A Bank bill introduced into the Housa
by Mr. Hiuchman, has been defeated by a
vote of 40 to 47. Tho bill introduced into
the senate by Mr. Spackman, has passed
that body, and been sent to the House. It
is thought that this will also bo defeated.
Mr. Spacktrur.'s bill leaves the ;Banks at.
they wero under tho old law, with th ex
ception of allowing them to issuo small
bills for fivo vears.
The Jlrmisted Case. The Stpreraa
Court of the United States have decided
that the negroes tcken on board the Arrais.
led wero not slaves, and ordered them to bo
set free.
IFc want high prices .'"Who would
expect to see such a paragraph as the fol
lowing in a whig paper of the 8th March,
1841, wilh General Harrison President of
the United Stales 1 It is copied, howover
from the Newbuiypott Herald of that,
date :
" Good butter is selling by tho keg iu
Philadelphia at 81 cents par pound; and in
Baltimoio Howard street flour is now low
er than it has been for tnani, years, being
sold at 84 31. The currency too for which
these article aro sold is irredeemable paper,
and not worth so much as New England
Cuncncy by 4 or 5 per cent."
1lM.'J'lW
Tho Town of Stoughton is noted for tho
manufacturo of Boots and Shoes. It is
seventeen miles from Boston. There are
very few families in town who are not en
gaged in the bitsitiness. Tho females here,
as in the town of Lynn, noted for ladies
shoos, perform much of the latter, finish
ing ontirely the upper part of the boot. In
the year 1837 there wero 174,000 pairs of
boots, and '53,250 pairs of shoes manufac
fured in Sloughtoa valued at 8197,300.' .'