A tPndy Slortf. A Swiss paper stales hAt' Woman was caught Up hy a hurt i 'ca'no m the canton of Uri, one tiny last 'nonth, nnd carried, through tlio air a space cf t'Jifo leagues. Hcif boily whs foi'ind'some Itlsys ufter, with all her bones broken; Offishttll notice. Tlio shad season 'commenced at New York on Monday last. Another Hwnbug Exploded. 6gto nml hi. speech havo been fully exposed, we ob Sjrva lhat some oT the whig papers are now I'kiXj' fr sn organization uf ilie militia as a preparation for war, and a writer in tho 'Journal of Commerce vouched for as " a .whig r.f the first water," in writing upon the subject remarks that Mr. Poinsett's plan is good in its main features and has on ly to be understood to bo approved. So noy on a little time doubtless, every thing I - " I I . IT . it . 'II I proposed under ivir. van uuren win oe re garded as " good in its main features." Wai.there ever an administration , so com pletely and evidently LIED down ? Pfntmylilnmnn. A "Political Judge. Wilt John Banks, he whig candidate for Governor, resign his Judgc-sliip, or will ho still hold on and he what a certain whig paper calls that ' worst of all curses, a political Judge ? MYSTERIOUS PROFESSIONS'. Now Tom,' said the printer of a coun try newspaper, in giving directions to his apprentice ' put the foreign leaders' in the galleys and lock 'em up lei ' Napoleon's remains Have a larger head distribute the 1 army in the East' take up a line and fin ish the British Minister' inako ' tho Yduns Princess' to rur ort with the Duch ess of Konl' movo 4 the Kerry hunt' out jjDf the chase gel ypur stick and conclude the liorn'd imirdcr' that Jdo began last night wash your hands and comb to din ner, and then see that all the pie is cleared up. soma primers are nevus and no mistake; H'mm Florida. News from Pila't'ka to the Hth inst. has been received at Savan- tii i. A lelteri says : "Uapt. Kerr, 2d dr.ir oons, a dav or two since took twenty- t i ! u:r ir p... One lljui.lliu.u ml uiun i.uil-i.ivuaj i uaiuiiii (tcb '1'tVRntv cild Indians amo in. a few days ago at Fort Fanning-, and gave them selves up. Wild Cat has been in at. Tam pa, and gone out to bring in his pooplo;nnd letters, lo-niffhl say that ninety men were sent out on the 1 1th 16 escort ninety old unrrnrs tin their Wav ill. About four liun- drotl Inili.'ina a'rri al'readV at Tauma. wailiner to he shipped." The old C-ly of Ihe Var bring over is again reiterated by the letter writers. Give Uoldrtel Harney, Captain Bsrtium, Lieutenant. Albertis, anil a tew rnnre spirits like lliem, hall a chance, and they will ond the war, but wo doubt wheth er negotiation will ever bring peace. Lowell Manufactures. From a siaio Vnent in the Lawell Ad-ortiser ol Friday lust, we extract tho following interesting tjattstieal facts: 1 lie number ol mills in operation is 32, exclusive nt print works, ftc.capttol employeil,510,G00,0U0; females employed, G,U20; males; a, 172; total num ber of operatives, 11,002 tons of coal con sumed per annum, 11,(309; cords of wood. J,4I0; gallons of oil, 05,289; yards of cloth made per dnnum, 05, 802, 100: pounds of cotton consumed, 21,424,000, (a pound of cotton averages 32-10 yards, and 100 hounds of cotton produces 8D lbs of cloth;) consumption of starch per an. 000,000 lbs; consumption ol hour lor starch in mills, print works and blcachery, per Hhniim, d,uuu pounds; cnnsumptiun ol etiarcoal per 'annum, DOO.OOO bitaltels; average amount of wages per month, 3170,000; average w ges of fomales, clear of board, $2 per week; average wages of males, clear of board, 80 rents per day. In addition to the manufac turing establishments Included in the, above statement, th city contains the Lowell nater-Proofiiiff (Joinnunv; the extensive powder mills, of O. M. Whipple, Esq. tho Lowell ulnnehery, with a capital ol 550, 000; flannel iuillj blanket mill; battir.? mill: paper inil; card and whip factory: planing ttiachino; recti machine;' foundry, (lour grist and saw mills: together employing about iuu nanus, aim a cnpl'.al of 3100,000. Tho leeks and canals machine chop: Inrluded ! among the 32 mills, i-an fdrnish machinery complete for a mill of 5D00 spiildles in four rnnntlis and lumber and materials, are al ways at command with which to build or rebuild a mill in that time, if lequired. When buildintr mills, the Locks and Canals Company employ diieclly and indiiectlv fniin ten .o twelve hundred hauds. N. Y, bun. sssossafiraaKssni Swapping Wives. Two men married filers laiely, in New Hampshire, ami after i.lapsa of a short period made an exchange el wives, the interested luetics made no ob jections. One husband gave the oilier a valuablu horse, carriago and hamossj 'to tiimt The one who tcceived tie 'bool,' dispose l of his horse for nearly oho huh- (lied dollars in cash, hut in a short time al ter his rfife fell in with a person whom she luved more than her own husband, and be lieving it wa9 nowicr turn to exercise the Ciorimis right of Mreo trade, quilted her lied nnd hoard,' and ran' away with her par- tur f IlliS MISSOURIAN. Vo paid a visit, says the New Orleans Bee, a few dayn since to the skeleton of the gigantic animal to which this name has been attached, as comeinorative of the spot whore it was discovered. It is difficult for tho im agination to conceive the size snd propor tions of the monster whoso existenco is in 'dubitable attested by these stupendous relics a creature, hslf elephant, half crocodile, of such collossal stature that the largest liv ing specimens of animated nature, shrank into Lilliputian dimensions when contras ted with its wondetful bulk. A mammoth, to whose daily food the monsters of the deep must have contributed, and whds'o in satiable maw could only havo b'o'eti glu'tted by the depopulation of tho country which it infested. The history of this marvellous creature is buried in oblivion, or only pre served in Ihe dim and shapeless fragments of Indian tradilion1, and yet to the natural ist and man of science, its study is a source of profound instruction and information, as its habits, food, mode of existence uniil the probable period when it roamed the praiiies of the west, and raised its huge form above the waters of our largest streams, may all be llhe"r Satisfactorily determined or ap proximately deducted from an examiuaiion of its bony carcassi 933EG2SS5HI 7 he N. Eastern lioundary report of ihe Legislature of Maine, proposes to.call upon tho Fedsral Government, forthwith to repel the existing invasion ol the State, and if necessary to secure us against future inva sion, to take military possession of the dis puted territory. Canada Elections. The Union, or To ry party, havo succeeded in tho late election and will have un imposing majority in the now Parliament of the United Canadas Great Postage. The Caledonia brought aa.uoo letters, which is 5,000 more than waB eVer before received at that port by one vessel; Tho postage on letters to New York, alone amouutetl to 1,092. C;ie Hundred Thousand Bibles have been printed in Spanish by English arrents and circulated in Spain, siucu September last. Appalling. ThVrc are two hundred and six distilleries in the Slate of Now York, which annually produce 2,010,110 gallons oi liquor. The Twenty-Seventh Congress. Thero arc eleven States which have not elected their representatives to the Twenty Seventh Congress, and the election of some of them will not regularly take place until afier the (lay nxeu tor the .special Session. In s,uch cases the Governors, we piusumc, will take care that their respective States shall nut go uuiepresehlcdi 7'hs Wiio hiicr, at Cincinnati) dh trie 18lh ult. was in lino navigable order, there being 20 feet water in the channel between that city and Louisville. Durable Whitewash. To mako white wash durable and prevent it from cracking,. tne water in which me lime is mixed,should bo fully saturated with salt, before tho lime is put in. Kinghj llcform.'Vho King of Hanover is astonishing his loyal subjects by his ret rogado reformations, lie has established flogging in the army, and has legalized the practice of duelling. Temperance in Ireland. Four million six hundred thousand persons have taken the temperance pledge in Ireland. Afocc Motive Power. A model ship, propelled by an air pump, is now exhibited in New York, and is said to work well. Aerial Mail Routt. A .Mr. James C. Patton advertises in the Halliwore Clipper that he has devisrrt a balloon that will navi gate tho air in any direction at tho Kite of 100 miles per hour. Oh ! The '1 'empcranco Societies at Philadel phia city find county have beenjrinedby four thousand three hundred persons with in the last three rhbuths. The total ntlmber belonging is about 17,000 persons. is'srasisssE&Ejo MARRIED On tho 25th ult. by the Rev. .Williahi J. Eyer, Mr. GIDEON GEAItHEAUT, to Miss MARY ANN NUSS, both of Milllin. On the28ih ult. by (lie samR.Mr.WlLL IkM C1BERL1NG, of Lehigh county, to Miss MARGARET CARP, of Cattawissa. On tho 13th ult. by Esq. Kale, Mr. WESTON S C. HARVEY.of Fairmount to Miss ELIZABETH IIENDERSHOT, of Fishing Creek. IS hereby given, that o.i the first Monday of June noxt, a special Court of Common Pleas will be held at Danville, in and for Columbia coufity before the Honorable A. I'. Par sons ,1'residoiu Judge of tho 12th Judicial disnict of Pennsj Ivaiiia, and tho asfoeiate judges ol Columbia county, in pursuance of the provisions of the 37th and 30th sections of the act of General assembly passed tho 14lh day of April, 1834; for, , tho trial of a certain action wherein the West Branch Bank :l( Wiflinilmnnfl la nl-iintlfi' and Thomas Mooroliead, jr. is defendant, of wiiiuii nil ouieers ana others interested will tsKo notice, JACOB EYERLY, Proth. Prolh. Office, Danville, ? March 30, 1811 $ LIST OF LETTERS. Remaining at the Post Office at Blooms- burg at the end of tve quarter ending on the 31st of March, 1841. Appleman Mathias Alouscr Joseph Barnard Robert McKilhcaitJoe Moyer Angclinc, Mans B. 6c hi B. Melick Henry Merling Eme'lina Merlins B. Henry Bloxidge Johii Bomboy .Charlock Breaker Jacob Coleman Jesse Coleman Joreph Orivelling Alexander Orway Jo'.e'ph Corish Sirus Parmlan Daniel Doan Lane Miss Pnrdy LockWou'd Poe Joseph . Pursel Washington RusseI George Bitter William Shults Mariah Smith Margaret Slayman Mary Slater E. Sidney Siibilbiss Isaac Tobias Daniel Vinderclico Reb'occa S Vincent Richard's Washington Susan Whitcnight John Wells jr. Israel William Thaddeils Waller D. U. Wagoner Elizaboth Wills Clara , . Jim met Alexander Faux D. & W. Fry John Garrettson Edward Gross Daniel Hooper Paul Uuttman Kouben Hartmnu Jacob Ileadley Esn, Haines Jacob Haste It John llahto Isaac 2 Kendig Christian liahler Charjes Keller .Goorgb Lynn Josiah MeKelvy Wnl. 3 Melick Andrew McDermout Jameo B. RUPERT, P M. i hose inauirlnc Tor ahv of the above 1st ters will ploase say it isfadvertiscd. , All persons indebted for l'ostaee must cash np. I havo accommodated tlicrri, now let them accommodate the: 1 'rastil Jurors For April 'Arm 18il Cattawissa Jesso CUtcr, William Gealhart, Jacob Uarrison. Deny David Mcborbick, Saraucl RusstI, Phil ip Seidle, Thomas Forstcr. Fishing Creek Daniel McIIcnry, Jr. Mahonmc Jacotrj Ilililer. Mifflin Thomas Bowman, Chailcs Michael, Isaac ftiiydcr. I cier uroover. Mount rleasant Wiltfam Howell. Madison John Eves, Henry Smith, Levi Bisel, lloaring Creek PeteriHelwig, John Veagor. Su"arloufKsz Douglas, Benjamin Oolc. Saur uel Kholie, Alathew Mcllinry, Samuel Hess. 'JTravej'sct Jurors. Brier creek Mordica Jackson, George Freas Jr. Bloom Samuel Mellick,.Andre'w Ctiveline, Vat i-uuiiG uiuieman,uamei lia'cnoucu. Verru John Blee. Fishing creek Moses Mcllcnrv.Pcter Crivclinir. James Huycock. t Hemlock John Oh!, JJurtis Amino. Jackson Joshua Sdvagc. , Limtntone 'John Caldwell, John Marshall; Liberty Robert Slmonton. MadiMft Robert CampliplI,'Da'n!eI Criimlyi J!oit J'feasant John Jcncs; Mahonm'g6& Dbiri, t?cn. Daniel M. Fbs, William Nariconk, Thomas Loyd. Montear John Bailor, Daniel Gelgfer, Andrew Clark, James Barton. Orange George Harman, Philip Auchrnbach. ltoaring crCek Peter Herbcin, Jesse Price. Sugartoaf David Goulder, Daniel Ashclman. Valley David Maxwell, James Uluo, Daniel Woodside. WO, FIFE THE SEMI-MONTHLY. OF O. five of Roberts' Magizine was published and ready for sale prompllv on the moriiinc of tho 15th inst. It is a higUy Interesting number and looks, as usual, as neat as d pin. The reduc tion of the retail price ol the Magazino from nine pence to EIGHT CENTfS wprka admirably. On ly look nt it ! A handsomo well printed book of forty largo pages with an extra thick and durable cover, cbntaining the choicest gems of tho Ameri can nnd Huligsh Magazines) together with a fino ExiuiiriNo; For only Eight Cents a Copy. This must certainly bo pronounced the climax of cheapness. It throws all the other Magazines in the conniry, in point of cheapness, in the shadr. (C'i'ersorts desirous of purchasing the back num bcrr of the Magazine, can now bo supplied (as No. 1 has been reprinted) by calling at tho Counting room or senanig ineir orders to (us post paid. (CpSubscriplion prico $2,00 per year. Five copies foi 58,00. Ten copies for $15,00. March 27, 1811. .UNION MAUL. JGqsi:tl to any Second to none. e HE Subscriber informs his .friends, onll the public generally, that ho is now, not only tho occupant, buttheproprietoroftheil.JICB.fJV CtKV.VOjmWSTJllSSISSTOItVJIIUCK IN DANXTSEifiij, Pa. Known as the "UNION HAIX,'! and has mado and completed an addition to the buildincr which gives him the most airy, spacious, and pleasant rooms oi tny iw.ei in tlie placet and lie is deter mined that tha improvements and additions to his Houso khall keep pace with the growth and Impor tance of tho town in which it is located, and that it shall be second to none. The houso has been thoroughly repaired, nnd furnished in a manner which lioleelsconhdentwillgnoButisfaction to cus tomers. Ills TAUI.13 will always bo furnished With tho choisbEt and best, and. his BAH will be suppliec with tho purest liquors. His stables are al ways well supplied with good provender, and attend ed by a careful Ostler. His long hcquiantauce with tlio business of kecninir a nubile: house, toirfcther with a determination to usb every mean's td render satisfaction, induces him thus publicly to' encourage his old friends to continue their calls, and invite tho rublic generally to give him a trial, nnd judge for themselves, as lie is determined that the Unloil Hall shall be kept in as creditable a manner as any house in Northern Penusylvania. WILLIAM I1ENRIB. Danville, March 20, 1811. tf SHERIFF'S SAXES. JB virtue 6r;4u'nclty wnls .of venditioni xpo fgjfi nu, to ine dircctoJ, will Ivo exposed to public rale, ut.thcCdVr Ilobpo, in ,DAiiyille, on MonOay the 19th day or April next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. the following properly, ,vn: , A certain lrn,ct of land situate in Oattawiesa town fhip, Columbia fo.unty, adjoining lands of Jesso Yocum, Loyd Thomas and vltiers, containing 80, AC0EUE2S mote or Ices, whereon B crested 6. LOG liOUSE AND stable; Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of Samuel Ycttcr. ALSO A certain tract of land situate in Bricrcreck town- chip, Columbia county, adjoining land of SidlcVa, Isaac Kint, and Henry Dcitcrich, containing SIXTY-TWO ACRES, whereon is erected HOUSE FRAME And STABLEo Seized taken in execution, and to bo sold as the properly of Jacob Miller and John Manning, Ad ministrators of Valentino Moyer, dec. et al. ALSO A certain house ond lot situate in the TOWN of CATTAWISSA, between tho upper Ferry road and second street, anu adjoining a, lot ol baran Hugos and others, wheraon la erected a FJRAME MOUSE FRAME STABLE with silndry out buildings. ,. . ' . . Seized, taken in execution, and to lie sold as the property of Francis Dean. JOHN FRUIT, Sheriff. biiiiuiF s Office, Danube, March 10, 1841. Y virtue of a writ of Venditisni Exponas, to me directed, will bo sold at public sale, at the Court House, in Dant Hie, on Monday tho 19ih day of April next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. tho following property, viz: A certain tract of land situato in Jackson town ship, in Columbia county, containing 5 more or lens, adjoining lands lately told by defend ant to Yorks and Flick, lands of John Hess, George A. Frick, and dlhcrs, whernon is erected a Dwelling House AND STABLE, A SAW-MILD, and afew acres of land cleared. , Seized taken iu execution, arid td be sold, as the property of John Russel, bail of Andrew Russet, HT&Y virtue of a certain writ of Levari Facias, Qjjto me directed, will beoxposedto sale, by pub lic vendue, or out, at tho Court llouso, in Danville, on Monday tho 19th day of Ap.nl next, A certain tract of land situate in Orango town. ship, Columbia county, bounded on tho northeast by lands of John Underwood and Wm. Robison, on the south bv lands late of Philip Seidle anJ Jacob SccIcv. on the cast bv lands of the estate of Peter White, deceased, and on tho north by lands of Hayman, containing tbc the same more or less, on which is erected one GKiST-MIIX, ONE SAW-3I1IX, TWO towelling Houses and one Darn. Seized, taken in execution, and to bo sold as tho estate of Juincs Hcubuurn. . JOHN FRUIT, Sheriff. Sukiuff s Office, Danville, March 20, 1841. SHERIFF'S SALES. Y vi-tue of a writ of Alias Venditioni Expo- ' nas, to mn directed, will bo exposed to public sale, at the house of Richard Fruit, in Jcrseytown, I'll Monday, the 5ih of April, 1841, at ten o'clock A. Al. tho following property, viz: A certain tract of land, situato in MADISON township, Columbia county, containing One Hundred and four acres, whereon is erected d , LOG HOUSE and Loo Barm; about ninety acres cleared laud, finb htrgs MEADOW, and GOOD ORCHARD: udjoining lands of Richard Fruit, John Swisher, John Fun ston, and others. Seized, taken in execution, ilnd to bo sold as tile property of Phiucas Wellivcr. . BY virtuo of a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me' directed, will be exposed to public sale, at tho house of Richard Fruit, in Jcrseytown, on Mon day tho 5th of April, 1841, at ten o'clb'ck, A. M. tht following property, to witi All tlio right, titltf, arid interest in a certain tract of land, situate in Madison township, Columbia county, a'djbining lands of William Barber, Jona than Mosteller, John Fruit, nnd ethers, containing ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE ACRES, more or less about Seventy-five acres cleared; whereon Is a large Apple onciiAito; Seized taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of Phineas Welliver, JOHN FKU1T. ShtritT. sheriff b Office, Danville, Feb. SO, 1841. Trial Lill Iaiah,Shum(in s. Daniel Cuttenbadcr et al B. W. Weplcs V. Adam Micheal. Richard Plumcr vs. Theodore' Wclltr-'-" Samo vs. Same. Robert Montgomery vg, John Courton etal. , Alber B. Ashton ct al vs.. Christian Ash et al. Samuel Brob&t et al vs. Christian A Brobst. . Benjamin F. Frhk ct al vs. William Kitchen, Joseph Hopper ct al vs. Thompson Wellivert Daniel M. Barber vs. James Barbel's Admr. Robert Slming'toii vs. rredorick P. Maus. Peter .Baldy vs. William Comclioon.. Nathan Seclcy vs. William Robison. George A. Frjck vs. Daniel Hantz. . Sharpies Taylor vs. Freder P. Maus. John II. .Rodney v. Thomas. Scout. Jacob Girton vs. Jacob Harris. POWDER THE .subscriber would respectfully in form their friends and the public generally that they have just received a lot of ROCK POWDER, which they offer for sale at wholesale, or by the single kec.on very reasonable term' RUPERT &; BARTON. BloomsburgJan. 20, 1840 42 NOTICE. LL persons having unsettled accounts witii" the firm ol LEWIS MAUS c Co! . dissolved January 1st, 18-tparo requested to comij' and settle their accounts on orbeforo the 1st, of ) April next, or, otherwise they will be put to ctt without further hesitation! , ' L. H. MAUS, , . J. B. MAUS. Bloomsburg Iron Foundry, March 13, 1841. THE ESTATE OF WILBIAM.KNOKtff DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, thai Lctteis of administration on. the above es tate havo been granted to tho subscrber, ra siding in Blopm township, Columbia conn? ly. Thcretorc all persons indebted to taaj estate of said 'deceased, are' requested- to make, immediate pay.monf,and all those havj ing claims will present please, them, pro perly authenticated for setllerr.&it' i? I shall attend at the late residence of thsj deceased on Tuesday the 2d day. of MarcK next, lo make settlement with all who may call. Afterwards I can be found at my reii denes. , JACOB HAGENBUCH, Admr. " Bloom, Feb. 2D, 1841. LIME J&m 'Smiei ... - i THE Subscriber has on hand several hundred bushels of Lime, and intends keep ing a constant supply, which ho will sollj or exchange fur country produco, Lumber or Cattlo of any description. He is in want of a quantity of Chesnut rails. ADAM STROUP.jr. Homlock totrnship, Jan. 10, 1841. 38 2m: TO PHYSICIANS, CABINET MA KERS, -c. The patent right for the Manufacturing and Vending ENGEL'S PATENT SOFA , A1TD SOFA BEDSTEAS'i' For Invalids and also tho patent right of j:j)Gi:Ls pjtTEivT jiedsteJo are ofiered fur salo for tlio counties of Schuylkill Columbia: Tho former are adr mirably adapted tor tne use oi invalids ana bed ridden persons. The latter are adapted, for hotels, being so constructed that they may be nut together and taken .apart, in less time than bedsteads now in use, and will cost no more to manufacture than tho cocqt mon bedstead, .. The right will be disposed of, for either qf tho above counties, for Townships, Towns', Shops, or single tight. Persons wishing to purchase rights majr obtain every information upon application at Brady's Hotel, Danville, vhero specU ra6ns can be seon. . , . The following rocommondation, is from Doctor George M'Clellan, of Philadelphia; An ingenious invention 'fox, invalids; Messrs. Engel & Connor, of the borougK of Easton Pa. have invented a Sofa for thd use of bed ridden patients, which has. met with the approbation ot our Medical facul ty; and which wo think ought to be intro duced to tho notice of the public. It com bines all the advantages of a Sofa for par- ors, and a moveable bed, fpr Ihe support of invalids. By the Ingenious applications o( hinges and crsn.Us it is capable of raisings jhe patient to every desirable chango of position without exciting inesysiem, or oisj turbine any injured part. I havo prbtured one of them', and I shall siezo the first op p.oitunity of introducing it to the attentioil of my friends in practice; and I feel perfect confidence in recommending it to the pat. ronage of our profession. Danville, March 30, 1841. if & A