The Columbia Democrat. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, November 05, 1842, Image 2

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FOR PRESIDENT,
(Sybje'it to the decision of
((invention.)
a National
WANTED,
A FEW BUSHELS OF
WHEAT,CRN,6aTS, BUCK WHEAT
AND POTATOES;
In payment Tor .papers at this Office t
THE LITE 'ELECTION;
Tlio Ami Removal and Dj,fion party.in
this county, having been bcMn, rouled.and
Uticd up, are, now endeavoring to create an
impression that there was no fair test upon
the question: To proyo this, they assurno
as many different positions ftftivs as many
reasons for flieir not eueceejhng, as there
were leaders and interests in the party,
One portion claim that Fruit was defeated
becauso he. pledged himself against division
another, because the pooplo would not
believe he was opposed to division ahoth
or because ALL the division men did not
cote "or him, and a thousand other as ridic
mI us assertions as these, while the only
TRUE REASON of his defeat was.that he
WAS OPPOSED TO REMOVAL. This
is evident to any one at all acquainted in
the county. But the mopt absurd and fool
ish assertion of all ia made by thp Berwick
Sentinel; ''that the jipision men gener
ally vttd. for Snyder " ,Npw we chal
lange the Berwick Sentinel lo give the
haines of more than twenty who preferred
B division before a removal, tJut voted for
Snyder, while some hundred of removal
men voted against him,somo out of person
al friendship for Fruit, and others through
fear of the expense attending the erection of
new buildings. Of these were a largo pro
portion of the voted given for Fruit in Mflliti
and nearly the iole of thosn in Roaring-
mrftft luinnren voip. ivncrn men were
the division men who voted foi Snyder?
Were they injthe Fishingcreek townshipsT
Not, a man. They had unanimously remon
strated against it, and now i unanimously
vote against it. Were they in Mifflin and
Paxton? No. You cannot get thirty
nr.mes for division in preference to removal
in bolfi those districts, and yet tuey gave
111 votes against Snyder. Were they in
Briercreek? Moat certainly not, for a ma
jonty of that township did lemonstrste a
gainst division last winter, and now there
were 89 votes for Fruit, and fifty our more
taken from Snyder and given to Fruit would
have given him tlio majority. Did any of
those wno prefer, a removal to n division in
that township vote for Fruilt Who believes
it? No one. Then where art the division
men that voted for Snvder? Not to be
found any where but in the fertile imagina
tion of the Editors of tho Berwick Sentinel,
xcept some twenty in and about Berwick,
we Know mat anyaer e mo majority is a
knock down argument for tho division and
anli removal parly, but we can assure them,
that had the candidate resided in either of
the lower townships except Madison, and
the division question out of the way, and
110 pipe iaying in 'Danville, Snydei'a ma
Jotity would have been increased at least
300 if not 800, for then the question ol
xemoval or no removal would have been
'fairly up.without tho influence of neighbor
Hood friendship or tho division to operato
against the removal candidate, Petitions
Ka'veVwayrshown' two to ono in favor of
removal, and the late election proves it con
clusively. There is no backing out. Such
is the fact and no one in honesty can deny
it.
At the last accounts from tho city, Berks
tsounty, West Branch, Erie and Towando
Relief Notes were from 20 to 25 per cent
discount. All other country bank Relief
Nn s frnm 11 In A. Ttirrino the loot iil
Ifllgu Uliiuuill Ul ajrcbiu 1YB1 luncu iroiu
Philadelphia to New York, for the purpose
of paying duties opon 'goods imported ihro
New York, by the Philadelphia Merchant
It ie said that the bank of Philadelphia
-were never more abundantly provided with
pocie than tt the nieient li.Yj' -
BEARS.-.
For s vera, days, rumors hail been afloat,
that Bears had been seen in Homlock and
Mount Pleasant townships within two or
three miles of this village, and on Monday
morning last the inhabitants were thrown
into confusion, by the cry ol 'Bears. Guns
were loaded and pursuit made by men and
dogs, within an hour,tho company returned
with on old Bear and two cubs, all of which
wero killed within half a mile of our usu
ally quiet town. We learn that several
Bears have been seen on the borders ol
Fishing creek far below their usual haunts,
within a few weeks pasjt, and that scvornl
have been killed. What has induced them
to roam from their retreat on North Moun
tain, is of cqilrse unknown. But it is gen
erally supposed that the scarcity , of dies-
nuts and acorns in that section lias compell
ed llietn to -resort to the settlements, for
food. .
AN OLD BOOK. ,
A friend has placed in our hands an' old
book with tho following title nnd imprint?
Tho Ethiques of.Arislollo.that is to save.
preceptes of good behauq.uio and perfighto
horiestie, now newly translated into Eng
lish. IMPRINTED. ;
Al London, in Flolcstiete, at the slime of
the Sunne, oure. agaynst the Condnyte, by
Edwarde Whilohurche, the. fyrst day of
Februarye, in the yeare of ouro Lorde,
M. D. L.
It is printed with English Germap Toxt,
and for many letters characters are used.
In some instances an accented o or a are
used for on or ait. It beine printed in 1540
it is consequently 302 years old.
It is dedicated by the author"!!. Wilkin
son" to "His Right Honorable Lord and
and master Edward Earle of Derby."
It is a curious specimen of ancient print
ing.
Extraordinary Surgical Operation.
One of the most'extraordinary and dan
gerous - operations on the'- human frame
ever aile.npled, wa3 performed lately in
England, by Dr. Clay, of Piccadilly, Man
chester, on a lady iiged 40. An ovarian
tumor weighing 17 lbs. 3 oz, together with
6 lbs. 4 oz. of fluid, apothecaries' weight
was taken out of the abdomen. The oper
ation was completed in the short space of
were entertained of ultimate recovery
Only one other similar operation had over
been attempted in England, and that was
unsucessful.
A marriage recently look placo in New
Urleans, between an old couple. The man
wa' seventy-nine the 'maiden fair' in her
eighty-fourth years.
The Mississippi river is said lo bo four
inches lower than it li3s been known to be
for many years
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An apple tree on the property of Mr.
Stouffer, near Lancaster. Pa. which has
borne two crops of apoles this season, is
now in blossom for the third lime.
I he increase of the desposites in the
Havings Bank of Paris may be judged of
by the fact that in 1831 ihey amounted to
5,195,051 francs, and on May 1, 1842) to
87,000,000 francs.
Several thousand of Polish and Russian
Jews.at Berling and else whercjhavc entered
irilo an engagement to proceed on the first
lavoraoiy opportunity to Jerusalem, to
await m prayer and fasting the cominr of
the Messiah.
The mines of Russia yield as mUch gold
as those of all the rest of Europe. Tho
yearly produce of-this metal is about six
teen thousand pounds. This weight of gold
has, the present year, been sufficient lo
load 40 or 50 sledges, the silver, from 120
to 150 sledges; and the copper sets in mo
tioii 5000 sledges.
We learn from St. Petersburg that the
Empeior of Russia had directed the Minis
ter of Public Instruction to organize Jewish
schools and synagogues on fundament
Teculatlons. A committee of four Rabbis
has beeu nominated for this purpose,
It is staled in the Presbyterian Almanac
foi 1843, tliit (heie are attached to this
Branch of the Presbyterian. 1,399 Ministers
104,403 Communicants,, (exclusive of
Presbyteries not reported,) and 2025
Singular Escape ftprn Deaih.Kw in
teresting daughier'of Col. Sylvesto'r Bourfie
of East Falmouth, Mass, of about live
years of age,while playing neat her father's
well, (which is Btoied,)leaned upon the
windless, which suddenly turned and carri
ed her over upon it precipitating her head
foremost, into the well, a distance of more
than thirty-five feet. Her father, descended
the fearful depth, with the expectation of
finding his. child a mangled corpse. His
oy was unspeakable, whan he found her
alivo, and not materially injured.
The Harrisburg Reporter. Samuel
Patterson, Esq, has withdrawn from
D
tho editorial department, and Col. John
Dimmock, of Susquehanna county, has
taken his place.
Connecticut Legislature. -This Legis-
alure' has districted the Stale, and pasted
resolution instructing tlio Connecticut
members of Congress to vole for paying
Gcrt. Jackson the fine of 91 000, with in
terest for 27'years.
The 'best way to perservc peach trees
from being injured by insects in the roots,
is to' engraft them into while walnut
trees.
There is a letter in the post office at Bur
lington Vt. addressed 'To the Preniest
Girl in Burlington.' Not one of the prettj
damsels of that town appeals authorized to
take it out.
A parly of hunters last wedk caplurcd n
bear weighing three hundred pounds, in
Edenville, Orange county, New York.
A Mr. Niitful, ofCambrige, who is' re
puted a celebrated botanist, has lately eoiuo
in possession of a fortune of $500,000, by
the decease of a relation in 'England. Such
a nutful is worth gathering.
I he English language contains about
140,000 words. 15,000 of which are .primi
tives; two-thirds' ate direct from the Latin
or through ihc medium of the French; the
reel are compounds frnm the Latin and
Greek, aiding in the polish and beauty of
tho whole.
imn-wrnerr"8etn-i,t-ij.
a mark between a vulgar am! a noble soul
as the reverential love of womanhood. A
man who is always sncerinir at women
is gciiarally a ce-arse profligate or a big
ot.
A colored woman in Richmond hung
her own child last Thursday. It was four
years ofsge.trled to do it.and was delected
the Sunday previous.
There is only thirty millions of United
States Bank paper afloat.worth thirty cents
to the dollar I
Important Naval Movement. Tho
siearn frigate Missouri, Captain Newton,
sailed from Havaiinah, for Vera Cruz, on
the 19th inst, with Mr. Corson, bearing of
despatches from this govermcnt, as pssen -
ger. As me utmost despatch was stised bv
Mr. Curson to net lo sea. it is fair lo bud
pose that his despatches are of a very im
portant character.
HONORARY DEGREES I -Tho
Degree of L. L. D. was conferred
on Mr. fitiMiarmn nf IT R. Stanntn -n1 n
Benjamin Champneys, of Lancaster, Penn,
at the lale commencement
of Marshall
College, Mercersbiirg, Pa.
In all ihe public places in Philadelphia
they have stuck up a.label of 'Look out
for Pick popkets.' The label is signifi
cant lo its moaning, and conveys, a mortify
ing characteristic of the morals of that city.
It is no wonder that the Mormons and
Millcrites secure converts.
GENERAL JACKSGN.
The Nashville Union, of the 18th, says
that Gen. Jackson has entirely recovered
from the slight injuty received recently by
the upsetting of his carriage.
There is a great deal ol cqUnleifeit U- S,
coin in circulation, of all the small denomin
ations, and it is very difficult to dettct'ii.
As to Cents, they are manufactured nnd
sold by the keg.just like nails, The private
ly manufactured cents are worth just as
niuch as those made by ihe government
but1 in eilvcr;coin the freo trado'iplan gets
in too mtiBlt oopper. ifsrg '-. , , i .
A. -PROV-IDENiTIAD 'PRESERVATION.
From the Sktnbatelesr Columbian of
Oct. 27.
Mr. Alferd Hitchcock, of this village,
and' his w'ile unci son, u lad n limit nine
years of age were so providentiilly perserv
ed on Saturday evening lasH, that a state
ment or the particulars will Uouotlcss lo in
teresting. They were returning
in a light carriago with two horses
from a tisit lo Ningara Fulls, nnd h,ul ar
rived within about lour miles of home, when
ilberamosodnrkthutMr.il, thought it
unsafe to prorerd farther xvilhnut procuring
pi lantern. With this view1, oil asi'fcndiUg a
hill, and seeing a light in a house near by,
he rose, lo qi out, when ihe iorseS sudden
ly started, iciked the reins from his hands,
' .1 lX. V I-..- .'. .1...' I... '. '..-I...
anu nmiuu luriuusiy uuwo uiu ujiiucno
side of the hill, marly upsetting the'Carriage,
antt throwing Mi. H. with a part ol his
baggage, lo the ground, On recovering
his fall, he could lu-iir noihii'a of his. team.
tie rallied several persons in pursuit, "iiu
Willi one of them, in a One hmre wagon,
succeeded in reaching (he village.
ThU frismeneil'horses, left entirely with
out control) had dashed, oi mi the darkness
at the lop of their speed, 'up hill and down
dale,' over parts of the road extremely
rough, with Mrs'. (1. and hr sun sealed in
the bottom lo- the earrings', crying lor helpi
but crying ill vain. AitUed .at the village,
thoy crossed llic bridge, pucd up Main
street, and proceeded on east nlout a mile.
the ii turned mirth, ami flacKinc their pace n
little as tlinv ascended a hill, Mrs. H,
safely leaped fninl the carnage The
horres renewing lheir spued, blio coiilil not
trsrue her son, uut could hear his cry
Mother, mn'her, until the sound died upon
her car. Whal-mmi have been her feelings
at ihis'inonienl stiatclit-d, hersnlf.appnront
ly,finm the very jaws of death, her husband
as site thought, cither knled or badly in-
juied, and her chud lorn finm her under
circumstances of the utmost peril I I he
horses continued till they struck the Gen-
essee road, on which they proceeded over
a mile, descended into u deed gulf.and then
taking a northeasterly course Wi-iu on near
ly a mile farther, when reaching a sandy
piece of road, near the resilience of John
Adams, Ksq- they became exhausted mid
fell. The hoy jumped from the carriage.
ran into the house, and with grout, coolness
ami presence of mind, tod the family his
perilous jaunt, and asked for lodgings for
the night, In the mean Hint:, scores n
people in the village and alu, the route
had starred in pursuit. The hoy was soon
lotijul, and Hie father, mother and miii res
lored l i each other embrace, with no other
than a slight injury sustained by Mr. II. in
his fall. The carruye. loo, was unbroken',
and the horses only badly fatigued with their
raco uf mte mite.
Jl Story that make us laugh.-Caming
down the river on that pleasant am! well
officered boat, the Pathfinder, we were lold
an excellent story at least so it seemed io
us. Joel Green, when commanding an
other boat, had on board, a dry, humorous
pilot, named Pennington. A deck passen
ger having drowned his cares, if hi had
any to drown, in 'bald face' whiskey quietly
laid down to sleep, and as quiellj died.
In an huui or so after, it was discovered
that he was dead, tho boat landed at a wood
yard, and ihe deluuct toper was deposited
in mi extempore coffin, uud shovelled away.
Pennington looked and shook his head,
perhaps in discontent with all liquor, be
cause it had killed off otic lover of it in this
abrupt manner perhaps dissatisfied with
his hasty interment.
The next day si passenger came on hoard
.(,.. i... i ..:.! i i . . .
! one drinking, ami
tvuuiirm uviiieiinv ueen onKimr at mmo
whose rtMiHjii'il viin-i
' lions to the finrhart rather incapacitated him
- '"tjutwsic exercises, lie talked thickly
and biaminorinuly -Ilavuirr mudo his wav
i lo the hurricance deck, Peni'ingion who
was at the wheel, for some limn narrowly
obsem'd him, and at length thus accosted
him.
'Hallo, stranger, you're drunk V
'Oh no, only slightly interrogated,' was
somewhere about the reply.
well, said I'enniimloii, Met me mve
I you a bit of ad
vice. Don't en to slcen on
; 'o'8 a'. for "f they don'i bilry you may
i ub,biuiv )uy, mere was a chap yssier
day got drunk and went to sleep, and jn
two hours they buried htm. The man was
ho more dead than 1 afn. Tlcy saivo nil
drunken men so on this boat. '-'ihy. I
drink myseif, and darpey'l go io.,Heen on
ihe boat. I hav'nt slept for two . weeks,
for if I close my eyes I know they'll bury
mo.' -
- Ponnington's story so alarmed - tho pas.
sengur, that it perfectly sobered him, and
he did not drink another dram on the boat.
A'utehez Courtcr.
Quarters.-'Vo Bank of North America
yesterday, refused to receive Spanish quar-,
ters of a dollar "as part of a ilesposile and
the teller was veiy nice in his laste about
Ihe half dollar of American coinage. Wo
shall be very happy lo receive quarters and
halves in payment of bills, iiovi rtheless.
U. S; Gaz.
Major General Scott returned to Wash
ington city froma-tour of i- spoetion of iho
military ppsds on thi.m'r'beru arid western
frontiers fiom Lako Ontario via Mackinaw
lo the Mississippi emhracing 'a'joutji'ejof
.,n, ,,m. itKu.aiiu wjiiur, WiJlim ilU pCIOrm
ed in thirty-nine diys. - 4 4, ?
stfotts on 'Ihe Ceutuir bnti tt the Dim
cihtia'ti papers furnishes the following inter
esting calculations bused on tile last census
returns 'of the Ujiilcu States:
'There occurs, between 15 and 25, nnd
death in 21 It between 25 and 30, one death
in 43; bi-twr ell 30 and 45, one death in 70;
between 45 and 00, one death in 54; be
uveen 55 and 05, one death in 34; between
05'and 75, one death in 10; between 75 and
P5, one death in 125; between 85 and 05;
one death Hi 112; between 05 uud 105, one
death in 116,
" 'I lie laws of life and mortality between
the sexes are very remar.kable. iThey may i
be slated thus :
" 1. In iho present condition of tho whim
population of ihe United Slates, the number
of females butn per annum is about tivclvo
thousand less than mates. 1 his determined
of itself thai polygamy is not a natural con
dition of man, and that' the., laws Of nature
and religion are the same that one man
shall ho ihe husband of one-woman.
"2. At twenty yearn of ago. the females
exceed (he males. This proven that, between
birth and twenty, mortality among boys is
much greatet than among girls,
"3. 1'rom twenty to forty, tho number
of men much exceed that of women, which
shows that this is the period of greatest
mortality among women, .
" 4. From forty to seventy, Ihe-difTerence
rapidly diminishes', the females, as in tho
early pari of life, gaining on the males.
This shows, that' tills is tho period of great
est danger, and'exposure to ihph the least
to womn.i,
"5 From seventy onwards, the women
outnumber the men. This shows, conclu
sively, that relatively. speaking, in compari
son with men, tho healthiest period of fe
male life is the close of it. Absolutely,
howevei, no period to either sex, is so heal
thy as that of youth, tlte blooming period of
boyhood and girlhood.
" The above deductions of statistical ta
bles correspond with every day observations
of human life.
" Women are exposed to peculiar haz
ards in the middle of life; but in the long
run, far She largest part of exposure, danger
and risk, in civilized nations, fall on men in
the active periods of life."
Bankrupts and the Bankrupt Law. It
i :i fact, which a reference to ihe records of
the District Couits of the Utiiicd Slates for
the Easjnru and Western Districts of Pcim
sylyania will lolly establish, that the appli
cations for relief by the Bankrupt law of
the United Stales, have been much less iis
number, tljan in any statu in the1 Union
wnh tlie same population. In New York,
tlio number of persons declared bankrupt
have been thrice greater than in Pennsylva
nia. In Maine, with not one fourth of our
population, the Bankrupt law has been en
forced in nearly three thousand cases, if
nowfpapeV reports are to be relied upon.
In the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,tho
cases amount to over cine thousand.
The effect of the Bankrupt law in Phila
delphia, hag beqn extensively beneficial.
CuniproniihCB with creditors obstinate and
unyielding before the law, have been very
fiequeut. The general influence of the law,
over ihtf dealings .ir,d transactions of men
in business; has been wholesome and use
ful. If the law is continued, it will work 11
mosi faiurablu alteration in all credit trans
actions. But will it be continued!
This is a most important question to tli 9
community; and it is still more important 10
many who have hitherto hesitated to avail
themselves of ihe provisions of the law.
At present the debtor is exempted by tho
laws of Pennsylvania from iirrest; and if
he is insolvent, and without property, he
cannot be disturbed by his creditors. But
in what situation is he as to the prosecution
of future business? All the acquisitions of
his industry and enterprise will belong to
his creditors. The property he may obtain
will be subject to execution, and 'thus he
remains, unless released by tho Uuykrupt
Law, at the mercy of his creditors. U. S.
Gaz.
Columbia llailtoad,' The Canal Com
missioners have made ariangeinenls with
A. P. Wison and Win. Caineronj for tho
carriage of passengers over tho line of this
load, by means ol which the price of pas
sago to Columbia will be icduced to two
dollais while through tho c'onneciion by
boats with Pittsburg, thep-wsaga to the
latter city, will ba reduced by ihe fast line
to $10, and by ihe slow line lo 57. There
wero 14 bids for the contract. Tho two
gentleman named, pay ihe states its two
cents per mile for motive power, -fee, and
then, charge only 35 ;cents to Columbia.
Cheap enough. Tho number of passeii
ge'rti Will be enormously increased, and wo
have no doubt (he polite, liberal and gentle
manly contractors, will realize a handsomo
profit by the arrangement
TO BE HUNG.
We lea-r. from the Cambria Gazelle that
Bernard and Patrick Flanagan, weie tried
at tho hut term of iho Ebei.sburg Court Pa,
Tor the murder ol Mrs. Elizabeth Hidden,
and after a protraclMdlri.il, in which they
were defended with great ability by Mr.
Cox, of Somerset, and other counsel, weie
foiiiid'guiliy. Jndgo White theii pussed the
sememe of (he -law.
AVY astern uyvr in.delault of ink haj.lo
bo Pnriied with' tar. They must have Taii
U'aijoinfSrdjiinVs .in thai Vejjioii;' or tfra
editor rnust-bif.a TAXff'irnaiiT '
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