The Columbia Democrat. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, July 30, 1842, Image 2

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    He of the grey eye was building, a few
'miles off, a palace like & residence. It
'was of great size and beauty. Wow lie
fhad it furnished wilh'fho most Bumptuous
luxury. Co'it and pains were not spaied,
until desire had no further room for wish
iutr. Here tills rich man 'settled himself :
and here, when ho hall become a little
used to his grandeur; so that it did not sit
swkwaidlv unon him. lie determined to
rive a sunerb entertainment.
Preparations were accordingly made;
scientific cooks were encaged; foreign deli
cacies purchased, and the most exquisite
iliatipi nrenarcd.
The hour and the company arrivedand
ilia master of the feast looked round witb a
nmlln. a9 each ono seated himself at his
place. They ate and drank and mado merry,
Delieht. and Friendiless, and Comfort
seemed the presiding spirits of the banquet,
After a while.when their glaswes were filled
with rich wine it was proposed that they
should have a toast. So a bcnevolont look
ing elderly gentleman rose, and after speak
ing a few moments, to the purport that ho
felt suie that all those present wpuld join
him, he raised his glass aloft, his examplo
being 'followed by -the others, and said;
'Even handed bwj which in our glo
mus republic dispense to all impartiality
their dues.'
When the revellers heard tho sentiment
Ihev clinked their classes together, and
'raised a peal which made tho lofty ceiling
rino-'seain then a second and tuen a third
which was a louder and gladder peal
'than either.
And at the Banie moment that (ho echoes
theieof died awav. there-was about a mile
off a human being writhing in his agony
It was that of tho tipler, who stole the loaf
when he was famishing, and had been sent
to exmate his crime bv toil and imprison
ment. The dissipation of yoars bad mado
'bira weak, and he could not bear up against
'oxnosure. Joined with hard work. Ho fell
sick. Who would minister to a rascally
'jail bird? He went from bad to worao, and
wns soon in a dvinir condition.
Before the dinner party returned to their
'Jiomea that night, the corpse of the eonvie
' fed thief lay cold and clayed upon tho pri
ian fjoor.iv. Y' Jlurora.
A GHOST STORY.
Ono of tho most plausible ghost stories
'we rememoer ever to nave rcart is containeo
In the New Hampshire Slatesraan-a gazette
Taual to any lc N. England in respectability
01 last weeic, x aero are in nearly every
neighborhood 'well authenticated' accounts
( . 1 WTM I .
of apparitions, ana every man and woman
in some counties can tell marvellous his
or
liad implicit fai.h in tho M. 7" T",'
. . ' -.-.. immi
'rrrpn I prima, n , ... ,
i5 wom iue living oi an
liroaching dissolution, tho dead rcvisito d at
umes-iuo gnmpse oi the moon Shakspeare
-flpeaks of the grave as the 'bourne whence
Jto traveller returns.'yet in Hamlet.Macbelh
andj other tragedies 'the unquiet slumberera
ud waiK mo earth,' 'and are seen by numer
u WUUCSBBB.
ine statement in the New Hampshire
pojioi- is vannou Dy, the oaths of two
jrespociaow men, tauen belore a justice of
xuB peace in me town or Grafton. Hazen
Whilcher and David M- Norris depose
Inst An (h n f. t t 1 1 . . i I.
a ...... .. ... u,6, ut n,e lvm junei iney
were watcning ai the death bed of their
jiuignoor, eamuei Mann, of North Benton,
mu puiuii room, me situation of which is
Jhua described: 'The bod was on the north
iae, mo nre piaco on tho south side, the
uoor way to me Kitchen on oast, and a door
jeauing into a oeu room on tho west end of
uib room, ana a setoi drawers, omhe east
eiuo oi me room near the foot of the bed;
nd a window by tho foot, on the north
iae. i ne window was raised from four
u six incues. The door into the kitchen
-was open, an Mr. Ueorge W. Mann
Biep. mere in me south east corner of it
a ne aoor into the bed room Was shut, and
Mrs. Peter Howe and Mrs. Mann slept
mw ..wBUu Him wuom tney were
wmcning oaa oeen in a dying state for
.vi uays, oui appeared to have perfect
wa still on Sunday night, deposition goes
on io say mai mr. vvtmcher was standing
j .... .u.v. .ud ouu, tioao io me open
"Window, and Mr; Norris was silting south
of the bed eome four or five paces fiom the
head, on the west sido of the room. The
candle was standing on the mantel over the
fireplace, when both distinctly heard a
groan. Both were positive it could not
come from aiek man, nor the bed whereon
he was, nor from another room. It was a
'deep lengthened groan, and startled both.
Mr Whiloher stepped to the light, to see
where the noiao came from, or what caused
it.As he took the b'ght and turned aroond to
ward tho bed, both saw the room lighted up,
all at once, with an unearthly crimson colored
light. It almost extinguished die lirrht n,h
candle, so that it was very feeble.apparently
almost out; and immediately both saw a
strange looking man standing between them
and the bed, looking apparently at Mr.
uicjj ncy cannot describe,
his whole face they -did not see; his clothes
were dark, butthey cannot give the fashion
or make, nor say whether lie had on boots
or shoes or hat.Oolh were transfixedboth
ftooil there aide.by side as Norris had risen
up, Whttcher still holding the candle in his
land, and no fire, n tho fire-place, at least
uone Uiatgnvo any ighl.As the strange man
stood belore the m, bis back toward them, and'
his face towards Mr.Mann.Mr. M. appeared
much excited and agitated rolled on the bed,
and threw his arms about and opened his eyes
wide, appeared frightened, and to gaze
upon the apparition, and then tried to cover
up his head. The sick man, it is stated,
then declared that he had forty years pre
viously assisted his employer in murdering a
man and making away wltli lus body, no
mentioned tho name of Edwarad,but in what
connexion the deponant cannot say. The
affidavit then goes on: 'Ho called no
other name, and we may be mistakon
in this namo, but think we aro not, Ho
then sunk down; aftor turning over once or
twice, arid throwing his arms about, groaned
and died. We know wo wore frightened,
and could not speak, or did riot, nor did
the stranger, and as soon as Mann had
finished confessing, and was "dying away,
ho the stranger was gono. How ho got
in or out, wo know not; one door was open
but we did not sco him como in or go out,
nor can wo believe that ho did.'
The editor of the Statesman, in connec
tion with tho affidavit, tells tho following
circumstances. About forty, or forty-five
vears sinoo, it is affirmed by individuals in
me vicinuy, wai a man uy mc uaiuo -'
HOUguon was-woraing in xjauuan, n. n.,
, , i ; r 1 re s
as a toiner 1 he last season he was there,
be finished on a house lor Jonathan moves
and made his home with Mr. "Noyes during
tho time. He lent Noyes some two or
three hundred dollars in money, so that
when tho house was finished Noyes was
indebted to him about four hundred dollars
for labor and money. When Noyes's
house was completed, he went
to work upon a house for Mr. John Gross,
in tho vicinty his clothes and part of tools
still remaining at Noyes's houso, He left
Gross shouso ono evening to no up
Noyes's and was nover seen after that night
Some little excitement existed thero, the
old people say, at the time, respecting his
mvsterious disappearance, Ibul as ho was
a stranger, it was said he had absconded
and Noyes soon after pretended to havo
received a letter from some place in New
York, requesting him to sell Hodgdon'
tools, and other things, and send tho money
on to him. which he accordingly did, but
whether the proceeds of the talo went
New York or any other place is not known
The excitement soon died away, and notn
ing more was said or thought about it, un
til the death-bed confession which we
publish, brought the hidden mystery
light. Noyes died a few days before
Mann, to whom the ghost is said to have
appeared, and on his death bed, intimated
that he had something to disclose before
could die in peace, but Mann went a day or
MMfCTiiTiiminraBrMiCTMMiMB wii' Mr
"l"'"" VP!1 grca't memlal
i ajiuiiy ara unaer oorrih n mmnr r ....
science, frequently exclaiming 'Oh God!
forgive me that one sin!' Tho Edwards
to whom it is supposed Mann referred.and
who, many now suppose, was accessary
w 1 uk, 4 liUI,1
... ...u.uci, ,a Dim uving, anu has been
jiaruauy oerangeu at times over since,
wen as Mann. We should like to know
Buiueimng more oi the character of the per
sons of whose deposition we have fiven an
abstract above. They are, however.spoken
uo us vcpeciaoie.
MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.
Wo published Iastjweek an account of the
supposea loss ot Messrs, Mathey, Friand
nosers and a mulatto bov. who Mt h-0
on oaturaay night. July Oth, in an open
boat, to go to Morris' Island. Considering
all the circumstances of tho ease, it seemed
. . ... - ..w.w
impossioie that thev could hav P.-.
ed They wero given up by every body
ana every uody was in the wrong, for
tney arrived here sale yesterday morning in
the St. Augustine packet Stephen and
riancis. iue tacts are bnefl v ihM?
i he boat left the wharf about ft nMt
in the evening, for Mortis' Island. Fmm
mistaking tho lights, they got among the
breakers before they were aware of any din
ger and the boat unset This waa ahnm in
rril J .. . ..
u uuta. xiioy got upon me oottorn, sup
porting themselves as they might, and in
this position were carried out in cm t.t,
tiiln All ninlit .I.:r...t . . ..
.... uiiucu aoout at tho
mercy of wind and waves. At day break
on ountiay tney were in sight of Charles
ton lights, l hey succeeded in righting
... uui mo was 01 COUrSO lull ol wa.
ier every thing moveable was lost and
mey were as helpless as before. During
... uV, .un uuai capsizea several limes
and they clung to her with diffieuhvr An.
other dreary night upon the ocean and bv
tfcia limn t,M. ... .11 II . l . r
...uu .i.ojr woe an wen uign exnaustcd
But they ware true to each other and as
weariness or despair caused ono or ilm mh.
er leave his hold upon their frail support,
ni icsi cujiuii, mm, mi no naa recovered
himself, For forty-three hours did they
continue in this awful si
late Monday afternoon they were fortunately
discovered by kCapf Southwick of the
Empire, on his wav to St. AnmiQiinn
They wero then 18 railes from Charleston
lights. Capt, S. immediately run down
for them and took them on board. Fmm
apt- c. his lady, and the tjassenfrr nr
me umpire, mey received every attention
and relief whir.h generosity and kindness
could dictate and of which thev KlnnH in
.i - . n-- w
nuch pressing need. When within 15 miles
oi oi. Augustine, they .Jell in with the
Stephen and Frances, on board of
wgisa ine rowrneu to Jhl cityj .Npyr is
hat (Ms a stirring adventure a touching
romance! So much was it considered a
matter of certainty that they were lost, that,
as wo understand so nan of the clergy went
to church yesterday prepared to preaoh
their funeral sermonlet them thank God
there waa no occasion for itl
(Charleston Mercury.
SanaciN of a Dog. On Tuesday last, a
yonng man about eighteen years of age.resi
ding near Tapley's Brook, in Danvers, left
t.ia rnllintc liiiin in 1 li A mnrnlnrf vtrllli fits
1119 lalllDi " uuuuU'iit tisvi luvitiitig aastr
dog, gun Sic. for the purpose of shooting.
About noon mo uog entered me house, ap
peared in a stalo of extraordinary agitation,
maKingmany motions wnicn were aucr
wards understood to be invitations to follow
him, but which at tho time occasioned somo
apprehensions that ho was about to suffer
on attack of lhehydrophobia. Finding no
attention was paid to his wishes, ho finally
left tho homo, and was notsoen afterward for
several hours, when he again onteied and
recommenced his attompts to induce the
family to follow him.
A person men in ino nouse, out wno wan
. .1 , i I.
not there at the -dog's previous visit, obscrt
ving his strange conduct, and learning tha
it was similar to what had bocn exhibited
before, concluded there was sufficient 'meth
od in his madncs' to constitute him a safe
companion, and accordingly followed him
out to see what would como ot it. At lust
in the eagerness, the dog ran out of sight of
the man who followed him. but being re
called by a whisllo,kept himself afterwards
onlv a short distance in advance. The
man followed 'through brade and through
briars,' but rather daunted when tho dog
plunged in to the recesses of a swamp
Determined to sco it out. howover, he went
in after nim; and there discovered the
voung man lying upon the ground insenst
ble. with his faco dreadfully shattered by
tho discharge of his gun. He was taken
home immediately, the dog following in
triumph, and although, as wo learn, still
insensible yesterday morning, was not
considered in a hopeless conditio,.
Salen Gaz.
Inleresling fro'n lihode Island.-li is
said that an attempt was made to seizo two
pieces of cannon belonging to the Slate by
the Constitutionalist at Pawtuxet. a few
nights since. Thoy so far succeeded as to
break into the building in whicb tho guns
were kept, and to drag them to a high w?ll
through which they were making a passage
when they were discovered, but managed to
escape.
The nanersuree tho effectual organization
of the military, in order to be prepared for
any emergency.
'uiottwwm'tieiiiuiiifgin'BrM6nrEfe
oascneu oy me unronicle that an attempt
.. miuuo iu rc iiig oarn oi ut. Anthony
near Scituate and to enter his premises, he
iiavmg renucieti nimeeit somewhat obnox
lous aunng the recent troubles. The
following prisoners were sRnt i!nn i ,i,
Bristol jaii, under guard of a detachment of
tiio oca i'encibles, on Wednesday evening,
by the Fall River boat, viz. Hiiam Chap-
pen, onarics H. Campbell, David M. G
Hamilton, William S. Olney, and Caleb
nuiey. i ne two tirst were concerned
tllA n I In m r t.m. I. fir
. ..uji. ,U ,Uk mo varren cannon.
mauiey was one ofthe men who escorted
mcssrs. recKham and others to Wonnnnrt
oi. uiney was a lieutenant in tho Woon
i vi , . .
socKet company in tho Federal Hill and
Chepachet expeditions, and is deeply
implicated in the recent robollion, as is also
iiaiumoji.
AN INTERESTING FACT.
There is now residi no in llin viol,.:
thl n ana .nj I. I r
..... ,.., aim uas ueun ior some years,
hlrrnlv PA.nan.t,l. .1.1
...b..v .vwioui uiu genueman, who was
preseni at mo execution of Major Andre?
Ho was then a sure-eon in th r.h
and was on a visit io this conniru- with i
view to offer his assisinnrn t i.
i , , ... I,.U1
band when struggling for their freedom
ouuBcqueniiy entered the service, aud
was among the unfortunato, who wore
thrust into the Jersev Pricnn Rhino
uiiuerwent me dreadfu rmpliip. .
.1 ... . II14
sunenngs which prevailed in those living
.uhiu. j. iiungii greauy auvanced in years,
ue biiii enjoys tho blessing of health, and
possesses all the buoyancy of spiiils and
activity oi limb which a man of fifty miaht
tnvat . fj4.ui m
SCARLET "FEVER.
The happiest effects have rnsullnri From
washing the Datient i
feels slippery lo the fingers. It is best to
begin in time, when the fovpr nr r.iin.ca
first appears; and with a cloth or sponge.
apply it all over tho child every few hours
but if the fever has got un. it hmil,l i,
repeated every five minutes, till tho heat
abates. A child was getting better under
this treatment, but his nurse observed in the
night that ho was again very hot she washed
him all over and in a few minutes every
trace of tho fever left him. Ho felt cool.
lept comfortably until morning, and had
no return of it. Even bathing tho feet
In weaR lye has a very soothing efl'ecl.
Mr, Hudson.of New York, in his sneprh
on the Tariff, in the house of Representa
tives last week, stated among other things,
the fact that Massachusetts furnishes a home
market for $42,000,000 of American
produce, coming into it from every one
of the remaininr twentv.five Slam nr ii.
Union.
BJiTirnojiv, aui,v ao, 1812,
FOR PRESIDENT!
JAMES
BUCHANAN.
(Subject to the decision of the Naliena
uonvemion.j
THE ADJOURNMENT.
Both Branches of our Slate Legislature
adjourned on Tuesday last after having
passed the apportionment bill, tho skeleton
of which will be found in to-days paper.
Up to the hour of adjournment, no comma
nication had bnen received from the govern
or upon this bill, and it was generally sup
posed that he wouldnot si gn it. The bill
roceives but little favor from the democratic
party generally throughout the state.
An attempt was mado on the last day of
the session to get up tho removal bill in the
senate, but ailed.
APPORTIONMENT BILL,&c.
A bill embracing tho generaU '"appropria
tions, a tax, payment of the Domestic
Creditors aiid authorizing the Governor to
invite proposals for tho sale of the Public
Improvements, passed both houses within
the last half hour of the close ofthe session.
ELECTION OF SPEAKER.
On Tuesday afternoon last, on the 35th
ballot William HEisTErt.Esq. of Lancaster
county,, was elected Speaker ofthe Senate,
A thrilling Incident and narrow Es
cape. On Tuesday last, three gentlemen
went to the New Slopt,z Beaver Meadows
for the purpose of descending into the
mines! This slope is about 150 yards of a
descent of 10 feet in 12, down which cars
are let for the purpjse of drawing up coal,
lor coal, and the gentlemen directed to i
Qlinnr.l MM.!!- .L! .
-.... uii mis was transacting, a la-
oorer had passed down the slope some fifty
j . o .nu ui mo gcnucmcii slept on
to the car it was discovered by the hands
that the chain attaching the car to the en
gina had not been hooked, and the car star-
ted, alarm was given, the gentlemen leaped
from the car.and in an inatanl it was dashed
into a thousand fragments at the bottom of
me slope, passing by ihe labourer above
mentioned, who had instinctively slept ore
iue, wiiiioui aoing any other injury to him
man laying him prostrate.
A a nn r I n r.it n i i ....
iiiiuiiuau, roinarneu, "ineir nar
row escape from an instantaneous and l,nr.
liblo death, and the thought of the almost
sure and dreadful fate of tho laborer who
naa descended before the car, rendered tho
company entirely speechless for some mo
.., mueeu nardly a word was ennUn
until .1 ... . . 1 '
.. uiiumcr car nau descended and found
me man uninjured, although almost ;
sioie irom fright."
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NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY,
W .,i,-.:.j .
uumuiiiou io 83V mat a nnnvjn
tinnat linn nf l.nH.l .i .
" """Hilary, Wll II Its var nun
conditions and equivalents, has been nrrnri
I... .1 . . . " -
y .no executive and the British Special
Envoy, with the unanimous consent of the
commissioners ot Maine & Massachusetts.
Wo congratulate all parties upon this hannv
I 1 . - IV
uuu uonoraoie resu It.
'I' 1TF .
iiiiiMs. Yve nave reason to know ilmi
,l. r !. . .
mu wuiiiiiiisBiaiiers ni lho
mu wiuivW ui
Maine and Massachusetls havo sijrninP,l
(heir assent to a lino of boundary betwoen
maine anu iNew Brunswick.
uouy Knows that lho lerr torv in
dispute embraces aI tho region ofthe Upper
St. John, and tho general understanding
e'
...a, uu, icgion is io bo divided into
unequal parts; tho largest, and by far the
most valuable, to be assigned lo Main,,.
together with considerations connected with
the navigation of tho St. Johns, (both Bidr.
of the lower of which belong to England,)
of the greatest importance to tho value ol
ihe timber growing on its branches. Other
important arrangements in different parls of
e line, nittiertp unseltled.in various nlaces
ociween Maine and the Lake ofthe Woods
are rumored as likely to take place. '
I V . .... .
Madiionian.
The Apportionment JJW.The foll0i
jng tablo precoma the scale of representation
to Congress according to the Apportionment
Bill, just p assed by the Pennsylvania Leg.
isiaturo.
1st District Southwark, Moyarriefiiing
Passyunk, Kingsessing,Blockley and West
Philadelphia in the county of Philadelphia,
and Cedar Ward in the city of Fhiladel
phia.
2nd Tho city of Philadelphia! except"
Cedar, Upper Delaware and North Mulber
ry Wjrds.
3d The Northern Liberties and Ken
sington in the county of Philadelphia, and
Upper DeIawaro& North Mulberry Wardi
in the city of Philadelphia.
4th Spring Garden, North and Bouih
Pcnn Township, Roxborough,Germantowrt
Bristol, unincorporated Northern Liberties
Oxford, Lower Dublin, Byberry and More
land, iu the county of Philadelphia.
Qth The Counties of Chester and Dela-
ware.
Oth Tho counties of Berks and Lehigh,'
7th The counties of Montgomery and
Bucks.
Sth The county of Lancaster,excepl tbo
townships mentioned in the ninth district.
Qth The counties of Dauphin and Leb
anon with the townships of Rapho, Warwick
West Cocalico, and West Donegal, in tbo
county of Lancaster.
10th The counties of Northampton,
Monroe. Wayne and Pike.
11 Tho counties of Schuylkill, Nor
thumberland and Columbia.
12th The counties of Luzerno, Wyora
ing and Susquehanna,
13th Tho counties of Lycoming,Potter,
Bradford and Tioga.
14th Tho counties of York and Adami.
15 The counties of Cumberland,Frank
lin and Perry.
10 Tho counties of Huntingdon, Juniati
Union and Mifflin.
17th The counties of Bcdford.SomeisJt
Cambria and Indiana.
18th Tho counties of Fayette &Grcene.
19ili-Thc counties of Westmoreland and
Armstrong.
20th The counties of CIarion,JoiTersoD,
Clearfield, Centre, Clinton and MeKean.
. 21st The counties of Washington anl
22d Tho county of Alleghany.
23 Tho coutios of Butler, Mercer and
Venango.
24th The counties of Erie Crawford
and Warren.
Mr. Smith, of Virginia, affirmed in Ihj
House a day or two ago, that the cotton
productions in the U. Stotes amounted to
2,100,000 bales while 350,000 would sup
ply all the manfuctures of this coutory.
It is slated in the baltimore American
that Cheif Justice Tanoy ardJudsa Siorr.
of Massachusetts.'that as soon as tho Bank
rupt Act went into operation, it did.
ipsofecto, suspend all action upon futnra
cases arising under tho Stats insolvent
law,'
Tho Secietary of tho Treasury, who has
recently been very ill, is recovering from
his indisposiiion, and will in a few days bs
able lo attend to the duties of his Depart
ment. A PLOT DISCOVERED;
By the Richmond Aurora of Tuesday
i
last, we learn that a purposed insurrection
among the blacks, in Smyth county, Vir
ginia, has been discovered and put down.
The ringleaders havo been arrested and
imprisoned. Thev tn fnmlw! t-ilKnr 1l (tin
old people, and making slaves of the
young ones.
The Alton Telegraph sava'lhs Iocbsls in
Illinois, have taken possessions of the for
ests. Never with!
... v I VWUIVWIUII -
wo seen such auaniiiios .i n-n.nni .t!q
in this
A - vi w t Is a V I wiwf
seunon oi mo state. The army
worm Is creating great havoo with tho
crops. 1 lie grass, in palicular, has fallen
a prey to tbo destructive worm.'
Edward Bonney, Obadiah Cnolev and
Henry Kellog havo been - arresled near
Warren, Ohio, for being engaged in the
manufacture of counterfeit coin- In their
possession was found 92, 070,50 spurious
coin part of it finished and part unfinished,
consisting of Moxican dollar and American
half dollar pieces. A portion of their tool.
implements and machinery was also caplur
ed, "