-lW . . J I jlftv- BWWn uprni the Alter f ftoA, etonial buWrty to every form C Tyranny over tUs Mini of Mail." Thorn Juffuraou --4 If. WEBB, EDITOR AND PI20PB5IETOR. IlL003ISKUU(i, COLUMHIA COLNTY, PA. SATUIIDAY. APKIL 125, 1810. Volume X. .'Viunlici' 2 , Yl 31 ixiMnf mm fPir ;f3f if UtHUUt liuun.w 3FFICE orrodiTB St. 1'aul's Church, oiain-st The COf.UMnU DEM OCRJi Twill be vublished evcru Saturday morning, at 'llVi IrT 1 II.H'.,.,. i. Di lunmhlr half yearly in advance, or Two Dollar, t'iftu Cents.if not paid within the year ... f I io subscription will betaken for a shorter period than nix months; nor any discon tinuance )criiilted,until all arrearage are discharged. Jil) VKH Tl SEMENS not exceeding a square will be conspicuously insertedat One Dollar for the first three insertions, and Twenty-five cents for every subse quent nser'tion. IO" J liberal discoun made to those who advirtise by theyeai LETTERS addressed on busiuess,niusl be post paid A REMINISCENCE OF THE REVO LUTION. The following fads and incidents respect ing a noted Tory of the Revolution, whos name is yet nentioned in many a legend 01 adventure of that memorable struggle, ore for the first time, nc belierc, collected ami piesented to the public. They are inter esting in themselves, and valuable as the) present a picture of the state of things that existed in portions of the country, when to the dread of the British Arms, and the a larms o( the Indian outrage, were combind the stealthy, midnight atucks of Tory mi. raudcrs, producing feelings of constant ap prehension and alarm among the inhabi tants. Claudius Smith, though a native ol Biookhaven. L. 1. resided with his family at a place called Smith's place, in Orange county, filled and was known us the avow ed advocate of immortality and crime; f cnure of life which led in the most disas irous consequences, as will be related. At the opening ol Hie revolution, Clamli us, with a pmty of associates, men of dar ing and desperate character, espoused the cause ol tlx; enemy, and by their frequeti' dcprodatiotiH upon the inhabitants o! Orange countv, filled that region with dread am' apprehension They had frequent inter course with the British at N. Y, and often slier a night attack upon a defenceless neighborhood, pillaging the houses of the farmers, they would lepair to the city will their booty, and spend a season in merri ment aud debauchery. Claudius Smith was leader of the gang a man of large slatue and powerful nerve,- of keen penetration; a man upon whom na lure had bestowed abilities wort.iy lo je exerted in a belter cause, He conducted his expeditions with such cautiousness, as scarcely ever to be suspected until in the very "execution of them; and if a sudden de sient-was made upon them, by some boh stroke or wily manoeuvre, be would sue cessfully evade hip pursuers and make his escape. The aged people of Orange rouu ly lell many a surprising tile of this noteti man some of which are doubtless we. At length, in the execution of their nw farinu plans of plunder and blond, Claodi lis, with four of his party, some of whou were his sans, on the 5th or Cih of Octobe 1778, approached, at about 11 o'clock night, the house of Capl. Woodhull, Oxford; (who was then absent on duly, and whom it seems by their own declaration they intended o mnrder) when they robber) (he house of a variety of valuables. 7'hen locking Mrs. Woodhull, with he children and negroes, in an upper room ihfy left, and proceeded at about 12 o'clock to the? house ol Nathaniel Strong, who be ing in of d, they broke and entered the out er door- broKe a pannel out of the door oi the inner room, where Mor Strong lodg cd. being alarmed, entered (he room arm ed with a pair of pistols and a gun. A soon as he entered the romn.he was fired a through ihe window, bill escaped unhurt The assailants then called to him lo de liver up his a(in?j and he should havs quar ters, on which, selling down his gun againsi the wall, he approached the door to open i but as ho advanced, ihey through the bro pannel shot him with two balls, and he ex pired without speaking a word. Taking 2 nin..Mi nn mm! iiMinDHT hri l nm li m d Irt Hev immediate v ie . r. . . ' um rftiired lo trie ir Old Haunts. 'Phis new outrage filled the inhabitants wiih resentment, and reached the ears of the executive Gov. Clinton, on the 31st of by the British, pursuing his way home October, who pursuant lo a motion cf the, ward from the niighborhood of the disaster, Assembly, issued a proclamation ofl'tringjwhen he suddenly met Claudius Smith in a reward" of $1281) for the appehens'.on of, the road. They knew each other. Judge Claudius, and $000 for his sons Richard and James Smith, '1 his had the effect de sired A number of persons barded togeth er, headed by one Titus, a powerful man of much daring, and set out for the place oi Smith's rendezvous; but tho latter had gone 10 y. Y. and Tims and his p?rty followed. I'hey learned that Smith was at a certain place on Long Island and repairing thither n the evening found Smith al a Tory dance Smith being apprised of their approach, es- aped before the house could he surround- d. He fled lo another place on the Island in J Titus and his associates, nothing daunt d, a;ain sought him out. They cautious y surrounded the house, and Titus with nhers repaired instantly, but silently, to he chamber where Claudius was sleeping with a brace of pistols by his side Titus sjrasped him, and with one e(Tn jerked him from the bed before he could seize his armi Ie was immediately overpowered, finiiL bound. & conveyed lo a boat, from whence he was conduned to Ponghkeepsir, and odgfd in thejail at that place on Thursday November lOih. He had his trial before lie Supreme Court, silieg at Goshen, Orange county, on three indictments one of which was the murder of Major Strong. and mall he was found guilty. He conduct" himself with fumness duiing the triv nd when asked if he had any thing lo say in his defence, ho replied, 'No; if God Almighty can't change your hearts! I can- lot.' lie was confined in the Goshen ji l ojiiai led aud chained to a ring in I'.e rlo' while the jail was closely guarded by par ties of the, inhabitants for they were ap prehensive lhal an iiiiem'Jl would be mad it rescue him. The order wis given u shoot Smith if an attack upon the prisot, was likely lo succeed in his libetatitiii. At length ihe day appointed for his execution Hiiuary 22- 1779, arrived, and crowd flocked to see ihe exit ofa man whose nam' had long spread lerrnr throughout the couu Smith with two oilier crimnats Gordon, convicted of horse stealing, and De La Mar, of burglary were led forth ti he gallows Claudius was dressed in a suit of broad :loth, with silver buttons, with his largt form and manly air presented a noble ap- iear?nce. While walking to the place of xecution, he was observed to g;ize intent ly towards the hills, east of the town, to see ,:s was ihoiightj if his comrades were nm 'oming lo his rescue, fur he had 'harbored throughout, Ihe idea thai be should be pre served by siime such interposition. Norn appeared, however, smd he ascended the illows with a linn step Castuip' hit eves about, he bowed to several whom he knew in the crowd. Alibis moment a nan approached Claudius, and desired him io tell him w here he should find certain val' liable papers which he had abstracted fioni Sis house upon a certain oc canton, ('lau- tius replied tint that ws no place lo talk if such lhing, and gave him no satisfac lion. To show how perfectly hardened this wre tched man was, it is authentically ilated that on the gallows he kicked off his lioes, wiih the observation that his nioih- r had often told him that he would die like i cooper's horse, with his shojs on. bin hat he would make her a liar. When tin -rarl was drawn from under, he swung lu nd fro perfectly straight, determined as was supposed lo evince no feeling; when na twitched a liule. and exhibited sns of ife uPer he had hung a long time. Thus died a man whose abilities if right ly directed, would have raised him to emsiar travelled without intermisaion. inence and gieatness Notwithstanding bis iif of infamy Claud'nn had some genr- his qualities and it is said that ihe poor man found him a fiiend readv to sliure both J i his meal and his purse, and i". is believed' thai much of what he abstracted from tin; wealthy he bestowed upon ihe indigent.! rho Ulc wort'.iy Judge U., of Tliompkins Ornngs uied to re county wen rewrui in i... o,i ,i. l,i.L.. if i.l,-.. .!. .onhin iho Lords of me circuuiBianto mi u"u ...... self. Upon the morning following the in vestment ond capture of Fort Montgomery B. was perplexed: lo escape was i.npoasi- ble.aud pulling on a bold front he approach ed Claudius, who addressed him with i friendly good Aiorning, calling Judge B. by name and extending his hand. Alter inquir ing the news from the river, Smith conlin ued, 'Mr. B , you are weary with walk ing. go to ray dwelling, yonder, f directing to a place off the road) and ask my wife to give you a breakfast, and tell her I sent you.' Judge B. thanked him, seeming to accept his efTer, and bade him good morn ing, but when he was out of sight, he chang ed his course towards horre. nor fell himself s'ifn until he was a fair way on his jaur- icy. A. h. L. 7he Jews Rev. H. A Graves, one of the Editors of the Chrislain (Boston,) Re flector, who is now on a visit lo St. Thorn as, in the vvesi indies, turntsnes ine reaon ers o! lhal paper weekly letters of the most ihrilling interest, from the last number of which we extract the following im;urti,i notice of the Jews and their customs. The irticle will be alikt interesting to Jew and Gentile. Mr. Graves says In litis paper, 1 beg leave lo slate, farther a few facti, showing the surprising eleva tion of character, the astonUhihg personal and political influence, and the high at'.ain- ntnts in nius:c and lileraluie, which the Jews have acquired within the last century ir.d now possess in the civilized world. The improvement of the Jews in mind ind morals i9 perceptible in all European ountrie?;and commensurate with this is ihe hange which has t.iktn place in t!.e public leclimpnl ol different nations coneemns hem. In many kingdoms the civil disahi'. Hies nmlir winch nv 'mn tor ages neee ipprcssed, have been recently removi d they are treated ith rmntesy, are favnro with the highest liierarv a nil social d",' - lages, and elevated to offices of ti list and honor Both the policy of nations and tin leniiments cfc conduct of Caristain chinch es towards their, have undergone, ami are now undergoing a decided and important hange. The Jews are no lonqer to be i ii 1 1 - regarded, merely as ignooie peuiars or o verreaching money-jobberf'ihey have a mong them those who occupy professor ships in the first universities of 'Mirope: who are members of national senates, lead en of armies, and ministers of Slate. D Is raeli, of ihe British I'ailiament, a man of -xiensive learning anil commaidin influ ence, is a Jew. And with reference to lb' iarl now taken by Jews in the in'ellectual md political movements of ihe world, this eminent statesman has given us some im pnrtanl testimony, and such as we may, with little if any abatement, rely upon as tine, lie tens us mat mysienoiis Kiissiat ip!om:ie.y, which alarms Western Euiope U organised and principally curried on by Jews That mighty revolution, which at this moment preparing in Germany, and which will be, in fact, a serond and grealsr Reformation, anil of which so little is yei known in England, is entirely developing under the auspices of Jews, who almoit nonopolizs the professional chairs of Ger many. Neander, the foundet of Spiiitual Christianity, is a Jew. Benary. equal Iv famous in the same university, is a Jew, .ffewvesrs back,' save D'Israeli. wf weie applied lo, by Russia. I resolved le go mysell lo St. Petersburg!!. I had, on my arrival, an interview with ihe Russian minister of finance, Count Cancrin I be held the son ofa Luihunian Jew. The loan was connected with ihe affairs of Spait I resolved on repairing io Spain from Rus had an audience immediately on my arrivul with the Spanish minister, Sanor Mendiza h, I beheld one like myself the sor. cf Nuovo Christians a Jew ol Arraeon. In cuusequence of what transpired al jladrit I w ent straight lo Paris to conntill the French rounci', I beheld the son of a French .lew, a hero, sti imperial marshal, and very properly no, fr who should ba military he roes if i Hosts!' . . -- , 'And is SuuU a Hebrew 1' Yes; and several of the French marshals and the most famous Massena, for exam pie, his real name was Manasseh. The tonsequence uf our c oiifuliaiion was tha some Northern power should be applied to a Triandlv nd meditative canacitv. Wr fixed on Prussia, and the President of the , , council made an application to the Prus sian minister, who attended a few daya kfie our conference. Count Arnim entered the c abiu'el, and I beheld a Prussian Jewl' Of the hih attainments ol the Jew in musical science, D'lsraeli speaks SB lows, 1 speak not of the past, though were 1 to enter into the histoiy of the lords of mel ody, would find it in the annals of Hebrew genius. But at this moment even musical Euiope is ours. There is not a company of singers, not an orchestra in a single capi ul, that are not crowded with out children under ihe feigned names which ihey adopi to conciliate ihe daik aversion which yotn .,.;,. M,;il anma Hair dirfrljim Willi shame and disgust. .almost every great compose) killed musicians almost every voice that ravishes you with its transporting strains, spring from our tribes. The catalogue i mn nil in ftnumerata 1'0 illustrious " dwell fur a moment on secondary names, however eminent Enough for us that the '& great creative mimU to whose exquisite in ventions all minds al this moment yield llusimi, Meyerbeer, Mendolessohn are oi Hebrew race; and little do your men f fash ion your 'fuuscadini' of '.iris, ana your dandies of London as thrill into raptures ai tha r.olps ofa Pasta or a (irifi, little do they suspect thai they are offering iheir homsg' to tli o sweet singers of Israeli' II. A. G. From the Farmsrs Library. awnon ROT-JAMES GOW EN'S LETTER. Mount Airy, D-c. 89, 1845. Mv I)ar Sir, Your note on the sub jec'. of 'The Polatoe Rot,' dated Satin. lay, did not reach sl-Aloiuit r' iy outl ay inteverneinj till mis mornnu. Monday. It would gve me pleasure tc hi i tie vou ftinv m this maiter, ci;u lime . . i . :i l... .1.. permit lo go more into uetan, nui ui In itf space allotted for reply, will com pel me to he as concise as poseioie. I hold that a mttMiheric tnlMence i- the sole caus of the late prevailing roi n ihe rio'aiocp; ihat i.etiher manwe no condilio.i of soils could have prr.duced he calamity, th.it atiimaleu'se and fun ;i are as lemote from it Ihe latter may n a paiiia) manner injure a potatoi ilant, as Ihey would, under peculiar ipiim.lanres. be like to mime othei iilanis, that the roi is not epidemic; am. I hive reason to believe that found oi partially sound potatoes, taken from eaxrd crop or he.ip, will if planted, pro duce healthy, sound potaloes, in Ihe nb opnen of Hie chu-ic which iniui'ed litem ...... - - w the previous faKon. I would therelore encoursge lite Iir mcrs to culiivate their potaloe as lor- merly, choosing the soils sod applying he manures wich hnherio were found best adapted to their culture, forgetting r ovei loo tma' the rot altonetner aim lisregardintihe nostrums reaommended for its prevention the pototoe won lear doftlortn. The weather which produces rot i--ithsr a severe, continuous draught oi oms weeks' eirndiog, thereby pre venting the natural growth and maturi ty of tho potalor, for the wani of mots dire, or very hot weather, hriuginn tin polatoe to premature ripeness, bjcccco id by wet, sultry weather, unnaitara ly spring like, which provoker the tubers ioperform tha lunctions ol seed, thereby disolving the connection beiween therr and their vines, the vines die, the root underio sr, incipient fermentation prep aratory lo ilccomposilion lite operationl of budding or crowing is checked byl the natural tempriaiure that at length prevails which Brresl the potaloe in il wotk ol protlucing, anit nonce its neter oral ion . The latter condition of' th wealheris the prevailing cause cf tht rot. As to a severe and continous dr uh', ny own experience poiuts to thai of 183S. That season, I hail a five acre latch in with potatoes, which did nm jay the trouble of taking them cut ul re grou id. They were small, ill ship d, had lasieil poisonous, spotted and md black hearted, and rotted io the rel jr. Potaiots thai seasons r.l I n h td ,ifc Si 25 io l5l 50 per birrel not a bmli- l not a bushel of good pol a!oe al mar ket, except those inipuriml. 7nen o dry hot weather, soiceedeil by wnt, close, over prin like temneraturp, tin season of 1843 in point. I took more than common pains that year to product i surpassing yield, efual, at leas', in my famous crop ol the breeding yeai, which was over 440 bushels to ihe acre fi :ld culture. My seed was in pan rom those line poUioes, and in pan from some very large, tound potatoes mporlcd from Ihe bta'e of Mexico. f)n aking out ihe crop in Oaiobar, the whole was found lo be very bully di. eased. Tne weather, from the latter jaitof June till the begining ufSepte.m er, was mainlv ho!, occasionally very wet and dry. September set in wiih wsim ain, thunder sionn an I g'H'i; m noislure and closenosi unprccodentod ; iruil lltru lyiusBuioto . " . lluweiinc trees and shrubs. I recollect " . . .. II....: r a iiihkine a iarce conecuuu u; uuwer bm the matinolia.. 59tne ol which J " ... r.t to the editor of tho 'Pennsylvania Ionuirer.' My potatoe vines looked healthy, when all of a eudden ihey chan nel! color, droopad anil died, l itiiuk .f I had taken out Ihe poiaioes at ilu' juueturo Ihey would luv j)roved corn- jaraliuelv goodjhut ihey were permineo o rt main quite a month aficr, when iltey were lound badly loUed, tainted, mil almost worthless. Now then, as lo tho epiJemic. Io 1844,1 planted r-ome foil'- or five seres of jo'atoes, tne. seta of wucn wtsnrmci oalhj culled from the diseased crop of 1S13. I planted, also, at the same timr o ths same field, ether seed of very 'ound potatoes brought from M,.ine; hey all did equally well, I otlld dis !Over no diffei ance; the crop was a veiy 'air one, and the q'lalily utiexcepliona ile in every resp-el. i do nolimian by his lo encourage the planting ol ilisenyd r doubtful potatoes. L isfcr to plant souod and petfect ones; but I am sinng in the opj'i'O" '',el' ' '"'S1' ' i diseased or tainted pplaloe producing Incased or tainted polain?. It way, 'loin its want of vitality, bj very tm riti,rtivp. ma kes treble shuois', the ime as decay ed potatoes from on ship loard after a long voyage, the heat an.) noisture of the vessel's hold ha ing o send out enotmouis shoals, impiring their vigor and producing rut. Such potatoes, when planted, never produo well as to s'Ze and qmniity; but I !nve yet to learn that they ever produced a diseased polaloo. Much has been said of potatoes be coming feeble and sickly from long an-.1 constant pUnting", theio may be come ihinj in lhi, lima will not perm t me io exmiino it now. I have however,nu merous sorts of seeding produced lioir Ihe apples of my vry fine crop of 1S13. I shall lake occasion to present you ivith a few lo send U somo of youi friends abroad. By this you will see lhal I can oflVi no remedy or preventive fur the rot. 1I that tempers the wind lo the shorn lamb on only control it. Should it tegain visit us, we can only exercise our bes judgement by taking out the potatoes acly as soon as ihey exhibit signs o. lecay laying them in thin liyers in l Iry, cool situations, or otherwise, as 'circumstances nnyjiHify. Lei the far mers go on and plant in coufi le.nc, as ihe r best experience may teachrustm for an shuodant yield i thatPcovidnCc ,vho seudetri the esrly and tha latiei rai ). Verv repnrc'follv V"'r, &e. J.-2.1ES COWEN William I'tter, E-q. Her liiannic Majesty's Consul, Phila lelphia. 11IN7S FOR JJVIUL There is, perhaps, no mouth io th year which should be mote deeply in lerrftiog to the the Am-riceu husband- m.n. find Ihus believing, we Will p'X cred to call the t'en'ion ol our breiir ,n m on to work to in ngbt goo.i esi- ..i. .nihni tbev may always command tlitir own lime, and have the pleasing alisfiiciion lo know when ihey may re. tire lo rest at night, that they have o miited nothing which Ihey should hive iliended lo, and lhal their business is no,' behind hand. With this hiief in lodudion, wealtal proceed lo skoieli hi oii'line of some of the things which should be attended o.-dmerican Far mer. Fences. If you have- not already ivailcil yourself of our last month's ad noiiitioi), delay no longer, but go lor Hi it once aud examine every panel of icocf, giies and promptly bavo eve.ry 'lecessny repair made, as it is Uieif '3 put in crops unless you jjicvio'i-iy cno. them against tho dri'tdoiioii of niiichievous auima's. 1'reparation CJ Ground vd the "Hiving of Gal). It is an ul,iii.i,'i lici that the eatlitr oats are got lulu iIm ground, the belter chanoe there h 'f heir filling and yield. ng well. Wuls I is difficult lo fix a day in a country ike ours on wliich to s ir them, it w perfectly safe to any, that i ho ground tiould he plowed for the receptioo of ihe seed as soon as the free: is out uf it md stifficienlly relived of moistu'e to admit wf bi ing well plowed. is not ni'cessaiy that one should iva t U' til tn Iti V t J VV ' - j t contrary, It is tar ontier.mai ine g'oumi should be plowed long enough la sei 'le, down and becume compact before he seed be commuted to it. Hauling out your manure. -If yon uve still tj peifjrm tins duty, losa no loie in going about it, and do not q'lit '.intil y ur work is done, it i aKvjy i-fli lo b ahead of your wvik, sod t ,,echi!ly iuch heavy jobs as litis. S lould you not ba piepired t spread and plow it in as hauled ou', co'r each p.le with aith, and if you ilsirt tint yjjr mi iure shall da you ihe greatest amou-it of service, before you i a nova it lo tlin iHd . iucotnorate a bushel of plie tr with every 20 loads of it 'Iv will pr vent the eicapa ol tha enriching gnus mi which ths c;;rn plan's so delight .o feed, and which gives an impeiui.s o thei,' arsi coming up. Cum and Corn Gemini A the imu ha ariived in maty parti of our iDUntiy for corn planting, an! in a fe.v vntks more il will be tune in all, wa Kg io call the a'teuii iu of our leaden . this important rmt of tl'eir duties. W'c lake it for granted that all who imy oive clay lands which they intended , ut in corn this spring, wrre proviJe.it .noiigh '0 plow thfltn last winter, a lotniuz is more conducltva to sucas n sueii soils with the com crop, toau he advantage to b! derived fioni their xno-ute lo ihe intlixitce ol titu aiienu ion of Ireez ng and thawing and early nrimr. While it di'uilfrogiies thi more adhesive pars, It mallows the soil essen the toil of working, anil tiasiroys he embivo cut worms Iii.l it is but air lo remark, that this ben-fit to ihi ex'ure of the sail, can only bs ciicui ted upo'i where the precaution wa i i ken to plow only when ine l.md wa m iroper condition; lor U ' nuyiam bten (uinel ww wet, Ilia protxti my ; that it will reonin in do Is Uu 1114 he emire season, thus adding grsaily lo the toils and expensi of culli v.tion, a ivell as lessening the products 01 ina rop- If any should have such grounds, in 'iideil for corn, which is still " ti plowed, wo would admoimn ina n noi 0 nlow it when u may oy enuei iu Ci .r 100 dry, but to choose lhal goldsn .tato of 'beiweeniiy.'whent it miy bo easily reduced to a state of polvecsm uy neans of Ihe roller and iwnow, noin 01 which should ba freely uied until tin lesir d end is attained. Mitcli awand Cows in Calf Lltlusa receive iLil'y allowoaces of .oiriciou) slops in addition to their luu ler. , n . ff'arlcins Horses-Mules and Oxen As the tune has come when "U will ba ..King upon tnos generous, patient am i.ale, to strain their every muscle for your .(Wantage, let us urge il upon you as so act f iustioH a well as for inteitsi. " bavo hem liberally supplind with food, well dcaned and pnperly lodged. By ueh m- rsased atte'nlion vou will tocreasa their .... 1 .1 ; 1 . t,M 1 1 physic il ability lo permrm ineir um,y Nsy, tliat is not all jou win 11110 vaid in the pleasurable feelings which the onciousness ol having been kind 10 ihei-i iml':iM. ....... 11 Outhouses Ml all kinns enouiu 00 n cleans ed and whiw washed Li.ickcas. Cur cxpeneoce icatues i