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I have aworn upon the Alter of God, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over the Mind of Man. Thorna Jeflorwyi
II. WEBB, EDITOR AND ROPRIEPTOIt,
HLOOMSHUUC, COLUMBIA COtXTV, PA.
.j i-.
SATURDAY, OCTOBItJII, II. isi
Volume IX.
iViuiiber
OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRAT.
orriiTK .Vr. Pau.'s Ciurch, Main-st
Thr or uMiii.i DEMocn.iruuib
jmHiiheJ every Saturday morning, at
TU'O DOLLARS per annum payable
naif yearly tn advance, or I wo liellart
tiflu (cnts,tf not paid within the veai
Vo subscription will be taken for a shorter
ynennii titan mx monthtt nor any tttscon
cm'! met jtermiiiea,unru an arrearage
,are lixrlinrs;td.
Mil) I llll TISEMEXS not exceeding a
jipinre trill be conspicuously inserted at
'.iitr -ijiitiar for the. Jirsl thriexnserttons
mtilL''i'Uiittj-five cents for everti subse
qttii ii.if.Hion. IO"- liberal discoun
limit, ia thisf. who advertise by theyear
LETT K US ttldusted on business,must
be post paid.
CLOCK & WATCH
il AH At;.
WW3 IL-0 EETJEEa
RE8'ECTFULLY inform, the citizena o
Columbia county, and the pulilic generally
that lie hm locotecl himself In Dloomiiburg.on Muin
utrcct opposite St. Tsui's Church, where ho la
opened ahnp, and la now read v and prepared It
receive an J execute all work in hia lineuf buaineaa,
villi ilupnieh and in a workawnlike manner.
clocks & Watches
of the lifst quality, can bo had at hia establishment
on very reasonable termr .
m:iAii:iN(; & cifajig
w ill be done to the satisfaction of the customer, at
well of Clocks and Watches as of Ji-welsy, and hi
.wiil further, warrant his work to be cie"ulej is
well an any in thia section of, the Stole, He will
alao niuke to crdrr , '
SUKVEYIXG COMPASSES
or pocket, mid in short, will do all otherwork u
ally ilone in a well regulated reejieclablo eatahlitk
ment. He hopes by str'c' attention to bininm
and a desire U please, to ivcvive a liberal shaie o
patronage. 1,'ountry Produce taken in pay men
. for work at the market prices.
Bloomsburg, Novombcr 15, 184 136.1
Danville
THE Danville Steam Wnollon Factory, for
merly owntd and occupied by br. Petrikin
haa recently hicn purchased by the subscriber, who
. respectfully announces to his friends and ihe pub
.lie generally, that he is now prepared to execute
all kinds of work in his linn ot business, at ihe
shortest notice, according to order, and in the best
, comparative nunner. Having gone lo considers
be expense in repairing his machinery and appa
,rtus and being very parlicnlur in secu-ing tl c ser
vices of ex prienccd mechanics, ho feels confident
that be is capable of executing all kinds of work
in his lino in a stylo superior to ony oilier cstabliidi
, men t in t lie country. Prices of v oik as follows:
Cloth yard wide light and dark, from 4.') to 66
cmts pci yard-
To bottle greens, olive brown, &c, from 60 to f.O
,iitu:ets of the above colors, from . 40 to. 44
Flannels one yard wide, 30 cents.
V'iiin, brown or black, 40
Madder red, 45
.blanket 2 yds wii'c; twi'ledor plain, from CO tn 70
cents per yard.
C ARDX1IG- & FTJLLX1TG
It ill be done in the lici-t manner, and at the usu
al prices All kinds of country produce will lie
taken in payment for work at ZJanville maiket
prices.
SJIT1TXF.TTS; FLANS ELS!
CLO TI1S A IILANKE TS
Constantly on hand, for sale at reduced price
ft. i- ' )J ..r innicr.
rV ill.' :.' 'Mini illation of customers living at a
.distance wool lc .WanufucUiriiiu will be taken in
at tlie following pbii'CK
Cul.l.MKlA COIM V.-Icuoc Kline's Mill,
Fis.hins ei'k; Holnii-g stoic, Lolimihws; Low . &
Thompson's store, Lime-Midge; W. L. Waller &
Co.'s store, Iierwiik ; Stewait & llickets' store,
.Oranseville; Win. .VcKiIvy Co.'s store, Ulooms-
burg i J' hn HiarpkW store, Cattawis-a; L. Hi
scl's store, Jersey town; Deri 6i McBridc's store,
White .ill; Stroup s store, v ubliuiR lot) ville.
LLZI'.iiAE CUUNTy Keynold'sstore.Kingi
. Ion; Gilder!eeve's, Wilksbaire; iS'tyeis' store, IS'an.
!.ticokc; JijJge Miick'a Mill, Huntington
Vlai t written directions must uccom
,vany each parcel.
B. 11. GEARHEART.
D .nville, May 3, 18 15 S
:I.it of Letter.
EMAlMNCi in the ToEt Office, at Blooms
burg, on the quarter ending June SUth 1846
jldairs Abraham 'an Uanel
rrper dhir Robaton Miss .Vary
Fullmer Darnel Itenhait Samuel 2
II irtmsn A. 15. Sprout A. B. Em-
Jacks n Jtseph Semi W'm. or John thip
Kaonady Srsh Wychony. V.
Martin Thomas Wakefield James
Pc.'sons rolling for let'ers in the above list will
.ilcaL-e (av they are advertiwd.
' ' J.R. MOVER P M
WAXTKP
Two Apprentices
rw0 the LAS I snd BOOT TREE Making bu
H jsincfK. mrt active boya between the
ss.of 15 and 17 will receive good encourage
ment upon iitimcdia.e application to the subscriber
.SIMON CSHIVE
Blopnislrurg, June .1-1,1845 Jftfni'8
THE GARLAND-
" With iwtttctt fluwtrt tnrieh'd,
From various gardens cull'd with care."
LIGHT FOR ALL.
bY J. ouasTicK,
You cannot pay with mntte y
The million eons of toil
The ailor on the ocean,
The peasant on lite soil, ,
The laborer on the quury,
The hewer of the coal,
Your money pay the hand.
But it cannot pay the soul.
You gaze on the cathedral,
Whose turrets meet the sky;
Remember the fotindationi
That in earth and darkness life,
For. were not these foundations
So darkly resting .there,
Yon lowers could never sour up
So proudly in the air.
The workshop must be crowded
That the palace may be bright;
If the ploughman did not plough,
Then the poet rould not write.
Then lei every toil be hallowed
The man performs for man,
And have its shares of honor,
As p;rl of one great pUn.
See, light darts down from heaven,
And enters where it may:
The ej eg of all earth's people
Are cheered with one bright day,
And let the mind's true sunshine
He spread o'er earth as free,
And fill the souls of men,
As water fills the sea,
The man who (urns the soil
Need have no earthly mind,
T)e digger ' nid the coal
Nerd not be in spirit blind,
The mind can shed a light
On each worthy labor done,
As lowliest things are bright
In the radiance of the sun.
The tailor, aye, the cobbler,
May lift their hands like men
Better far that Alexander,
Could be wake to life again,
And think of all his bloodshed.
(And ail for nothing loot J
And ask himself 'What made I
So useful as a ilioef
What cheers the music student,
The poet, the divine?
The thought that for his followers
A brighter day will shine,
Li t every tinman laborer
Enjoy the vision bright
Lei the thought that comes from heavei
Ue epiBdd like heaven's own light!
Ye men who hold the pen,
Rise like a bund inspired,
And poets, let your lyrirs
With hope for man be fired;
Till the rid becomes a temple,
And every human heart
Sh II join in one great service,
Each happy in his part.
SIMPLIFYING MARRIAGE.
The ceremony of lyinjj the nuptial kno
is very much aimplilieij in trie uoosiei
State, as the following scene will show;
What is your name: sit!' demand the
Justice,
'Matty.'
'What is your name, Miss?'
Polly.'
Matty, do you love Polly!'
'No mlalake
Polly, do you love Matty?
'Well, 1 reckon.'
Well then,' conculdes, the official digni
lary.
I pronounce yon man and wife
.All ihe days of j our life-
Ocu. Jackson's marriage.
Thia event In ihe history of General
Jackson has often been alluded to, but ihe
circuiriiisnces attending it are very littl
known.
Miss Rachel Donelson, the daughter ol
Colonel Donelson, of Virginia, had been
nelebrated for her ffayetyi nffibilily and
dweetness of dispojiiion. Her father em
igrated 10 Tennessee, and, dying left her an
rpSan. She formed an unhappy main
nonial connection with a morose, jealous
mil disainniftd character bv tbe nam? ol
Roberts, who soon abandoned her
The difficulty was made up, and th
wedded pair came together again;soon aftei
which Andrew Jackson becatue a transient
warder in 'ihe same house where Robert-
Si his wife were residing. A second rapture
ioon occutred' and Roberts left his wife
and went to Kentucky, Learning that h
n ended returning and taking her there, and
treading his inhumanity and bud treatment
he determined to seek an asylum in Nat
chez, beyond his rcich. Natchez was ihe
Oregon of America. In iho Spring of
I79I, she came here wilh Col. Starko and
and his family. Al the earnest requeti of
Col, Starke, General Jackson piloted his
mi'y through the Indian county. After liia
return, Judge Overton communicated to him
he astounding intelligence, that he wi the
unconscious cause of tha last separation,
hit it arose from Roberta' jealousy of him,
and the circumstances of his accompanying
Col. Starke, lo protect him from the In-
lians, had been seized upon by Roberts as
i gijiunJ of divorce, in a petition to the
Virginia Legislature.
The thought that an innocenl women
s suffering so unjustly on his account
nade General Jackson's sensitive mind
nost uneasy and unhappy. He immediate
ly sought out Roberts & expostulated with
on the injustice and cruelty of his eatisley
suspicion; but the interview ended in mu
tnal defiances, Al length news came tha
the Virginia Legislature had actually grant-
d the divorce in accordance with Robert
petition, lorlliwtih, Andrew Jackson
laslened to Nal.?hf7t and offered his hand
nd his heart to the innocent and amiable
women, who had been made so nnhapp)
4y false and unfounded accusations. He
arr.e to Natchez lo give the world thr
highest evidence he could give of her in
locence.
Although free to form a new connection.
Mrs. Roberts declined the proffered effr
Hut Andrew Jackson was not to he outdone
lie addressed her in the language of Ruth
io Naomi. 'Entreat me not lo leave thee
ir to remove from following after thee, for
where thou goest I will go, where thou
loilgful I will lodge, thy people shall be rn)
people, and thy God my God; whrre thou
Itest I will the, and there will I be buried. '
promise which he literally fulfilled in re
fining ilia ssrcophagiii nf the Emperor Al
'lander Serverus, that he might be buried
hy her. Al length, after soma months, Mrs
Roberts, being convinced that llis rhivalrj
whi.'h prompted tlit proposal hid becotin
aocialed with genuine love, aereplrd tin
ffer, and they were married in Nitchfi or
us vicinity,' and retmnej to iannessee.
On arriving there, finding that the divorei
had not gone through all the forms itquii
d by the laws of Virginia, at the time id
ntriage, the ceremony wrs again perform
ed there'
TRUE ENOUGH.
A man entering a noru where two ladic
were sleeping in Albany and ttolo their jw
vis, wuicn were valuable An Ir.aaiint
hearing of tin liter ny gallantly rsmarken;
'An shure, the two ladies who wur the mon
valuable jttcelt, he didn't vouch at all, a
THREE KINDS Oi' POOR.
In this world the poor ate of ihreo doa-
criptionsjvi. The Lord's poor.sml devil
As a general thing, the Lord takes cars ol
his poor, and the devil takes care of his.
but the poor devila have to look out for
fbetLSilvts.
A THRILLING SKETCH.
THE PEDLAR'S WIFE.
One of the most sinking esses of pre
ence of mind and eelf-possestiort of which
I have any r. ccoll. c lon,c me 10 light in
i trial which look place son e rears since
mi n eiand. t tie story iooks like a he
ion; but I hare reason to believe it quite
hup, A woman travelling along a road
to join her husband, who was a soltliei
itid qmrtered al Alhlone, was joined
ny a periler, who wa going the same
way. 1 hey entered into conversation
luring walk of some hour.; but at the
lay began lo wane, lliey ag-eed that
hey should stop for the night at a house
if entertainment, and pursue their pe
leslrain journey the next dsy. They
cached a humble inn, situated in a lone
y spot by the road side; and fatigued al
er a lony day's walk they were glad lo
lind Itieunelves under the Shelter of
oof. Having refreshed ihemsplver-
-villijihe substantial cupper set btfort
hem, ihey expressed a wish to ifiire.
-They were shown into the traveller!-
loom, and wenl to rest in their resnic
ive beds. The pedlar, before letning,
iad culled the landlord aside, and given
into his keeping the pack, which he had
tinMrapped from his back, till the mor n
ing, telling him that it contained a
considerable sum of money and much
valuable properly. They weie not
Ion;: in bed beforo the sealer fell into a
nound sleep, bvil the por woman, per
haps from over fat gue, cr fr o.n lliouoh'
of mealing her husband next day lay
awske. A couple ol hours miiit hael
passed, when she saw the door slowly
open, and a person entor holding a ligdi
wnicu ne screenea wun ins nana, o ie
11 I
instantly recognised in him oie of the
young men ahehad cen below ,on io
me landlord, he advanced ivtth stealih
ily step to the bedside of the ppJIer, :rnl
watched him for a few seconds. lie
hen went out end entered a o i n with
nis brother and his father, who laid it
his hand a lare pewier basin. Th?j
went on tiptoe to the bedside, when
ihe pedler lay sn a t!ee sleep. One ol
'he voutig men drew out a knife, and
while the father held the basin so as ii
receive the blood, he cut the poor vie
tim's throat from car to ear. 1 sliglv
naif-audible groan, snd all wasstiil, sav
he cautious movemerits of tho pari' en
gaged in Ihe fatal deed. They hai
brought in with them a large sack, inn
which they quickly thrust the unresist'
nig body, The poor woman lay silent
ly in her bed, fearing her turn would
come next, ahe heard low mutlenng
tmong the men, from which she sooi
gathered hat they were debalin wheth
er they should murder her too, as ihe)
u-ared she might have it in her r,owei
to betray them. One of them said In
was fura that she was fast asleep, ann
that there was no occasion to troubh
themselves morejbut to make autu of thit
being the case, one came to her bedidt
with the candle in his hand, and thr
other wilh the knife. She Lcpt het
eyes closed as il in sleep, and had oncl
complete command over herself, as no
o beirsy in tur countenance any tgi
hat she was conscious of what wzs no
tug on. I he candle wa s passed uloss It
htr eyes; Ihe knii'e was drawn close U
her throat; she never winced, or show-
ed by ony movement of i'catura cr ol
limb that she Bpprchended danger, be
ho men whispered that who wis so
roundly ssleep th:t nothing ivaj to bi
feared fioin her and Ihey went out of
the room, removing tae nc; which con
tamed the body of tr.a murdered man.
How long must that uiht of l:orroi
seemed lo the poor lona woman how
rightful was itsatillness and its dark
nesa! he preaente of mind whic'.i ha
o asloniahingly entblsd :zr to
part to which the owed her life, sustain
ed her all through the trying teenei
winch she had ytl to pics, ohedid not
hurry from her room at an utmeasonabl
'aily hour, but waited until s!;a h-jir-ill
ll.o lamily itMr for eop.io timo e'.u
hen worit doen, and said eLo Lilicvcl
he hail ovetsiopt herialf in coi4equcner
u oeitijj gre-uy urcu. z,io ntkerii
wheie t.K.e pa dlar vvaa, and was told iha1
io was in loo great a hnrry to wait fotj
her, but that lie had loll siipjnce lo pay
in r her breakfast. sa t down com
posedly to that meal, and forced liersoll
io partake wi:h .pparenl appetite the
rood set bercre ner. Mia appeared un-
"onieioul of the eyes, which wilh deep
cruttny were nseo. upon tier. When
he mesl was over, .ha look leave of the
lh 'east appearance ol di!.componire
r f . av
aiiflieiniiA u.. .u.. .u... ... "
,w "'"" iici uiai nicy were
'he .wo younn men. .nd one ,hJh, t!
4nrm U.
..v, ,uai .ran yv m meir pow-
r, and on Ihe verv vere of desln etion
r. . . . . . . r---rT
fy waiKed ry her side, entered into
conversation, asked her where the was
going, told her that iht-ir road lay Ihe
same way: they questioned her as to
where she had lodged the niaht befoie
ana mane most minute inquiries abou
ihe family inhabiiin the house of enter
tainmeot. Uer answers wera nuiie un
mbarrassed.and she said Ihe Decnla of
no uouse naa appeared to be decent and
u. i . . . . .
civir, anu naa irealed, her very we
: i , . . '
for two hours the young men cootinu
a oy nt:r side, conversion with her, am
ii;rwnK wun Hie most snut n s n
fiances any cnange in her countenance
nd asking question, which, had she no
een lully self-possessed, mieht have
)UI her oil her guard. It was not til
her dreaded compaions had left, and tilt
i
ne saw tier husband coming along the-
"u to meet ner, that she lost her .elf-
comnunt! which she had so successfully
exHictieo, ann throwing hcrBelf into hii
i .... . .
rtii a tainiej away.
RAIL ROAD ANV TELEGRAPHS.
THE OLD WORLD AND MW,
The London Times of a late date coi
1,,,., ...l-:..Li. i .. ,
ini3 mi nuujirauie article .Hide In re
ation lo liail Roads and Tlefranh.anii
jihe influence they are likely to ptoduc.
ainon society end the creal movement
ol the world, not indeed political, oi
moral, but not without important mora
I i : . : - i i 1
anu poiiitcai oeaitng, -a rearrange
mail of l,e infernal communications
of the country, amounting to a fresh con
tiruction ol its social geography. Th'
Time, then alludes to it. ex'raordinnj
express, with the news of the Sunder
land Election, and says that whith lit
'le danger and small expense, Englam
was traversed from almost north to soutl
within eighteen tourt, two or three ol,
a hich were spent in Jondon. 'Con
iider' says the Times, .'what this im
,jlies;'
Fr om the southern coast to Edinburgt :
and back become, the easy work of
'oui. From the Land's end lo Johi
o'Groal'a hotr. is brought wi bin lh
ame compass. The whole, whple ol
mis island is now, to all inten'sand put
io?, as near to the metropolis as Susso
r Uuckinghamshire weie two centurie
;,o. The midland counties are a tner
-uburb. Wilh the space and resource!'
)l an empire we enjoy the complnet
ura city, Uur roads are contracted in
to streets, our hills and dales into mu
nicipal pmks, and our thousand league
f coast into the brief circumference o
i castle wall. Ninevali, it is said, was;
ih.-u days journey acr os. Gieat I3ri
tamisoue in iis longest dimension.
For usilior.s o.;' distance we are as nun
t spot as ilalta or .Sl. Helena, as one ol
the Ci.or.nal is;and,or as any one of thos
minuto though famous insular slates in
the ancient .Egean. One peaceful cir-
cumva!latio includes the hundred op
posite pans are blended into one Piiu-
and to every point of thj compass di
long walls
that unite thttu with tur unirdlcd ac
ropolis. In connection wilh hia warvellou
a:hicvemcnt of I'.atlroad enterprise, ar
prei&ntsd ihe etill more estraordinan
marvels of the I'leclric Tetcgruph
which io a few years will biing Mh
whole population under one roof ami
into one room.' tor everj great em
igiincy, the lartheist point will instant
ly communicate iu wants, and receivt
mttint reply that they shall speedily be
supplied.
The island will thus become one ner
vous system wr.h a scarcely less quick
.nd infallible action than the human
'frame. Our metropolis will be the sen
ori'Jtij of one acutely sensitive and in-
telliont iabiict. The most northern or
uesietn part will communicate its sen
sations as immediately as the finger or
the eyo itaasmi.L ,ita noiseless tidings lo
the Lraiii. A pulsation, a glance, quick
as itgming, nnicij as tnought, . parses
from Caithness to the dmalty, and
tnencetorenzar.ee. rrom Uover to
Holyhead takes less time than the writ
ing of these twp word9. Termini a
(houand miles apart, wilh a hundred
nteroiediate stations, may, if i,l be found
,misiru I. aha hid i roceeded hwr .Th. l j ... v'
abort way, when h. wa. ned byVo ,1 reml Jh' T' "
inppinc uokin. women.one look If. ?-?.T.!'?. ? .f" " V"" V. '
or timn ih. ffi.;.i
- w uuii.n iiiiiiiiiiii'Piiipni na AnaK
" '"'Ciiigeoce. 1 lie l.blo OF
in Wl , nt . n
... uZ ' ' ?f. ' -P"' l 10 Don,n8 il-re
I 1111114 v
sn emn r. . On
urn, n rrppear tne Coi.t.oual rC-
"ex ol t nation's history.
The are ipdeeu wonderful results,. nd
railroads apd telegraph?, is. employed in
the manner despribed, and s exercis-
me the most exlrannlinaru ir.fl. ....- ...
F7.--;...f...p, HIIILICIIL'g UU
on rpankind at large, in bringing na
Hons closer together, and lranmiitinz
intelligence from one point to another! '
ney well be regard as .mong the
leading fe.lu.res of the present age. If
o important to England.w.hich occupie
o fl-nall . apace, and al
many faculties of Km and fiomrnunic.
'"on, how much more important io a
country ;ke thjs divided into Stjto
yei recognizing a common eenij-al gor-
i-ii-iciii aim Bcanereu over such sn im
nense ejlent of ttrpiipryl
REVOLUTIONARY ANECDOTE
A venerable A merirao judge relates the
lollqwing anecdote: The morning follow
ing me pattie uf yorktown, I had the enrr
iosiij to atjend the dressing of the wound
ieu. Ang others whose liiuhg were
o much injured as to requiro amputation,
was a niOBicjans, who had received a mus
net ball in the knee. As was usual in sticf
ases. preparation, were making tn lash
nm down to ihe table- tp prevent the
pnssibiljty hj. moving. Savs the suffer-
r
'Now, doctor, whM jjpuld jou be at?'
'My lad, I aoi going to take off your
eg.snd itjs .pecessa; ytj.u should be Jashed,
down.'
'I'll consent lo ne such a thing. You,
nay pluck the heart from my boaoins.biu
vou'll not confine me. I there a fiddle in
he camp? Jf .o, bring il tp me.
A violen wa. urpished, and after tuning
t, he said
Now, doctor, begin,' and he continued
io play ,un,till the .operation, 'which tpik
ooutiorty mtnutes.was completed, without
nissing a po,te pr moving a nnicle.'
ONLY TAKLl.NQ TQ HIMSELF.
A persop in company paid, rj a violepl
laesior. to another
'You tu-e a liar a scoundrel'.'
The other, with great composure, turned
round to ,tbe cpmpany, and said Ip them
'You must not mind wiat this poor fel
ow say., it ti a way he has; he was only
talking tp himself '
NOriiL.G MORE LIKELY
An extravagant young gentleman, having1
i pair of poautifu gre; $ isked afriep I who
happened to be of a serious cast what ho
thought of them?
Why, J confess.' replied the other,
'hey look txiremely beauliful;but I am fear
ful lhat yonr greys will soon be converted
into duns'
The Picayur.e tell., the slary pf a snake
that swallowed a mulo Iwire. It kicket its
way out each time, and finally killed llio-
?nake, mule was brought from the Kick
poo tribe oi inuiaps
Why was attorney Gen. Van Buren, in
tho recent affair el Hudson, like Christian
in the last. chapter of Bunyin's 'Pi'grim's
Progres!' Because he made t'pais over
Jordon.'
Veal iscalled'unfiished beef'in the Netf
burgh Telegraph. Th. Saturday Visitor
(oppose, lamb would be termed 'inr-ipp.it
mutton,' and we (hink pig rriighi be denom
inated premonitory ,por,k.
The.re.isa man in, this city, who ha
such a haired 0 any thine pT'rintng lii
rnonarchy , that he wou't wear tcrowfi
n his, hat. A'. Y rftla.
tOrcat, riches have sold mqre men than
evpr ihpy have hmijrht cut.
liase .natures, if they find lhemfelve
once suspected, .will never be true.
lie that cat, pot see well, let him rp
oMy.
of