The Columbia Democrat. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, March 06, 1847, Image 2

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    ItlisjdtJt rriiniiVtlo calling on the
psoplt at ill htzaids to rrsst lha invasion
of tb Americstis. Dining (lie monih
cf January the eppioarlics to Vers C he
xn therosd to if) inurioi -writ titcr-gib
ened . by bsttery of fitary guns.
Through the sime well infoimed gn
, tleenso from we learn ttiia fact,e
tie confirmed io ,n.r belied etpresto-d
tSove ss to tin dmii'wiioo of tl troops
In the city and castle. He wriiev 'I
Jo not ere how il tspossibla to introduce
tny more trocpi with toy prospect ol
idi g them.' - i
A. Me x lean Journal cf the Sih, Rive s
the folio wing iccour.l of in engagement,
svith part of trie command of Oentrsl
Kearney, who it al the head of the Nor
thtro ctNetv Meiicati mpeditioo, co1
, of which probtl!) rose the .report of th
, titHo it ChiVualma.
On the S3 h cf December Senot Coy I
, 0 waa it E P-o4 nthfl besd of 480
rf ftilats, who, sdded to the Pasenoe, or
(oooj)i raiod near El Psso -ticeeeJeeJ
1000 in rvmbcr. The Americana weir
. el Don Are, 400 aUorig. They ed
. 'Vincfd upon El Passo. -Coylti prepar
ed to C4I1I them, but lha evening lie
wis to eel forth oo hie march he wa
eeized with violent brain fever, which
rendered him he-lptest. The command
devolved uponVidal.whei possessed little
, military skill, inJ eipecled to surround
to J destroy the f merlons like eo nuny
ribite. He pushed forwird 500 esval
ry uoelerOapi. Antony Poce,of which
-erne lialPwero Paseno. The.Ameri
m demanded i pailey, which was de
nied, -end the fight imfaettiately cotn
-menced. Ponce charged it trie head ol
hi- ravaliy, hot it vin. he ws-j-woun
ded in the first nsel. -Vast then thePa
tenet run,nd threw sn?h disorder into
the whole ihal all took took' to flight,
leaving a fiowizer in the hands of the
American, but ortvinz oflf three other
precei. Vidtl lewreel with ell epeed
to Citrki, forty leagues froor'EI Pssso.
Tha loss on each aide wae not known or
is not elated. On the 27th (he Amei
iesni took possession of -SI Passoj with
400 cavalry - and 460 Infantry. The
cavalry immediately atarted in pursuit
of ho runaways ami ar.hough ii wa
not known at Chihuahua on- the 3d of
'.Januaiy that they had overtaken them
it waa thought Jiksly they would ge
possession of twotvsions which were
in (he rear with (he park, as well a ol
thirty mea who ecoMed them.
A Setter from Mazillin, dated the
11th of Ju., it published. Gov. ' Cas
tro was then to that city. Ex Gov. 1)
-I!0 Pico waa in Cuayma. -Doth were
'asking men and money to recover the
California, . They boaat indeed, that
we have not foot-hold on the land; that
with only 50 men an aUumpt by 700 A
rericana to take Los Angelos had been
-SJceemfulIy repulsed.
A project has been issued in Mazat
Ian of di elating Santa kiona dictator.
Thiidrtw from him an immediate dec
laration that a tie did not empire to the
'Presidency, t.e would use all hit force
to pot down any movement in Sonors
or any other A" ate, which should threat
en to kindle po'.itictl commotion. The
latest dates from Sao Lois Putosi are to
the 26th uW. The army had not then
-mjvud, hut the Vera Cruz lndictor ot
the Slat uU., thinks that i: had done so
eubxequently, being enabled to do so by
the funds raised by theSiate olSan Luis.
Thehw euthorizing the seizure ol
' fifteen millions of property bolongin(j
to the t'nufch, rrcmiws to be -cubic!
letter. Tue jjroperiy cons eta almost
-wholly of real estate in different ritie of
1 the republic. iEven if 'the law of Con
grrss be enforced, it ta - said .that no one
will advance money upon the piopert;
sospized, tnucli leca purchase it. Tlte
whole body c: ihe clergy had protested
tgiinsi tt-ve tei?ui a s)crilee.ious, and
they were supported by a !:ge portion
of the lower clesiee of the- people. San
ta Anna ge in his adhrflion to the
measure with treat reluctance. Pueblt
5Iexico and Quereiaio, anong oihere,
were opposed o it; Oajiea had tclrd
:n favor of it; atttl the . government ap-
. Mir dttermined to carry the plan out.
It is a fivoti'e one wih Gomez Fjrii.
nd hia frieodr, the r.dralii, or Ill-
5til, tt we my call them. One of the
. clergy in (he City, of Mexico has been
iapriojJ (sr his fictiom opposition t
to Oie measure. At our laJt account
the Meaicin Cngiesa had before , il
modification of the law, which would
render i( le burdensome, without
changing the principle.
Our letters say 'hit the lute rnlnis'er.
h.ve i en mned. The Ministers of Fr
ein Afltira and finances hafe ctrtainly
-lone so. Smoi U Ron, vh so recent-.
Iy pfeUfd itlt Snta Anna, his gone
Duck m th Sia'e Department. He ia an
unleiit Frtltralis', and av relied upon to
cany trumii'i Ihe eoiifi'Caiioa ofChureh
property. Neiitie r our npeia nor letleie
mention who now haa charge of the
War DepaKaneni. S-nor Franctseo
Soarrz Msrt has taken charge of Ihe
anancee. lie w a menioer.oi me
Chamb. r of Ueputiee, and nceived
heir aosetn to tj'S acceptire; hi neeni'
..See, Tu ad J to the nenerl il'iorg.,
mzttinn, the Mtxican C jiiriii ia lid
o hve determined la liulv about
ihe fimt of the prcS'fii mon'h.
Tne Capture of C.iu M Clay,Maj.
Inland, M-j Gaines, and 80 caval')',
by Gen. Minon, ia confirmed.
LAl'EK FttOM 1AM PICO.
WashinotuK, Alarch 2 8 o'clock.
NewOrleana ppera to th Th hive,been
received by the Southern Aail filiiaeven
me. They conlaia dicea Jrom Tampion
to ihe 13ih, Galveston to ;he 18il Bratoa
to the 16;h, and Vera Cruz , papers of ibe
2J inn
i'he Louiaiana Toluntesrs wrecked on
board ihe Ondiaka are all safe, with lite ex
ception of ail, hem Col, l)e Rosaey was
constrained to leave behind. No action
lud ccfitrjed between the volunteers and
the Mexican, amt they reacheu Tatnpico
in safety nu the 9ihin genera! good healtl
but much eshauated by he forced wbicIi
ieven were abandoned a few uiik-a front
the firfli eneantninent; 'beirg unable tn
march, and it was fouud impossible to car
ry them through the amid nu lillera. One
ubsequently overtook (hefliain body , and
the remainder probably fell into the hand.
f the enemy,- !
The adventurea of the 'Loliisiaiu volun
teers are particularly deserted in vhe Pica
yuue. The day Uiey look retuge on tht
beach oppposne trie wrerk u escape a wai-
ry grave, ihey rereived viaiia from s'veral
Mexicans in the character of pesaanta anc
fisherman. From 'their conduct and piom
ises Ihe voluntatis were led to expect as
siatance on (heir way in itansporsing ilicti
stores. These fellows were subsequently
dieeoveied lobe spies, and on the same nf
ternoon made their eppearanco iih a fl ig
of truce from Csn Cos, end demanded an
immediate and unconditionid surrender. ,Q
laruiing representations wrro mada o
warnis of arwed Mesieana eufiicient to
cut off all retreat. ' Gtt.n. Cass declared hit
force ti be 1GO0, when in reality l,e hai'
but OSn, all (old, the most tf whom were
raw recruits, who had entered into the
scheme in ihe hopo of gain and plunder.
Col. Ue Kussey teplied lo this demaad,
but was not allowed admission -ineide of
Gen. Cts lines. - lie was given until nine
o'clock the ni't inurning, when the Amer
icano were told they must surrender or fight
That night the camp fiies were lighted, but
the -A mericana matched awoy, leaving then
Sinspsaetis and burtlieneome inuicrialf,
which vvuuld in) pt de their march, (Xccp
aufTicienl provisions to iflurd ihein aus!en
.lace.
In tentyfour hours they had marchee!
thirty. five miles, and not an armed Ahxi
can waa acen all ihe nay lo Tampico,
General Coa thoiig'it he had alaliuned a
4ufiicie.nl furce upon the ruad tn cui off re
reaj, uud deprive the Americana of all hope
if succor, but Yankee prcacrvance fuilei'
dim.
There waa Lul about ninety eerviceabh
tins in the putsraiion of the volunteer,
Hie othera hhving been lost in gelling a
.lime from Ihe urerk. Tliia waa one rca-
mn that Col. 1)e Kuaery did not wait te
neetihe expected attack.
Oen. Pjt erson whi making cx'epmt
.iirpjralhiiia to itjr.ue i!i vuluiilteis urlai
they arrived.
General Srou waa hourly esneeied a
I'ampico.
Tlie ifkies sntorg the troops at Tarn
pito had been grectly txaggeiated, the gen
aral health wh eirelli n;. 'I'here weie a.
4oet seven thousand men there, eager foi
iciion, but kept inorni of iheir hnitiedi
ie detiiiiaii.in. It waa presumed that Vn
Cru would be the nexi poiul of attack,
4fld the general opinion wai ihat thr v
would leave 'i'ar!io befjre the cluae of
tenruary. t,
The St. Catharine waa still off Tampico
with a portion of ibe Nev York regiment.
ou board.
Jlanv (,f iliaufikeis had gone atbore,
bm the men were not allowed to lane?.
Nothing had been heard from the Missis
aippi troops, wh'n h were s'ill on board (he
ahip Staiesmati, but si the last accounts
ibey were aiffciing dejdorally from aick
ness.
High honors had been paid at head quar
icra to ihe late Lie nl, I)aid Gibson, of the
second artillery. He was a native of Virgi-.
nit, and a graduate of the military acade
my al Weal Point.
Gpi Drown, f the eieamboat I'ioneer,
sent by Caneral Paitereon vo the succor o(
the veilunteeia wrevkeil in the Outlaika, re
turned to Tampico on the 7dii He report
ed ihal on reciting the wreck of the Jn
dirks bad finding ildeaerted he had burnsd
her.
Gen. Sooti probably left iho Bratoa on
Al.e lOlh, on bnti lha lUaaaacnuaeua,
which wasaatl to be wailing h-r him
Four compauiea of artilleiy, umer Capi's,
nnh and Swartout and Lieutenant
Sliackalord aud Vmtor, acting aa hia body
guard.
The camp at Palo Alto had boen diecon-
tinued and Oen. Worth and hia elaff were
at the mouth uf (he river wailing to em
bark. The roda between Cainargo and Monte
rey were almost impasaable on account ol
isi-a nt rohbtriea.
The tancheroa were galheriDg in oil
quarters. At Matamoraa they were ex
peeling an attack. The Pbzi had been
fortified, and lha place put iu a state of do
feoee.
Gen Velencia had beer, relioved from
the command at Vera Ciuz ind his place
supplied by Gen. Vayguez, The iltxi-
sans were convinced (hat Vera Cruz waa
to be ihe next point1 of a tuck, and were
busily engaged in fortifying (he passes J
lite road lo ihe city of Mexico'
The Merctmrits of Jalapa had been J
ed upon fur a loan of 84 ODO.
Nothing has been hoard atSaa La ol
Santa Aniio's fnarch.
At Tula audJ,lnpa they were m !(.
lerl in expec:atioti uf the attack efGensScuii
The news from Texas is interesting, but
nui enough so to telegiapli.
h!jcicn Intelligence The private
dvicea received tiom Mexico by ihe
New Yoik Sun, furnitfh. some facu
which heve not tianspired Ihr.mgh the
pipers. The Church authorities are
paraz d with honor at the proposition
io lake the church properly for the pui-
pose of cai r ing on ihe war" M-rn)
if llie piie&ts have publicly declared in
favor of a peace. One nas arresied in
he Pi za of tlii Cdpiial fur lurrsiiuiiia
he p.fojle and enlihtning Ihtoi us i,
the condition of the Church in the Unit
a I S u i l d. Ii 8ipiars by the sen tinl in
he papeis Hut he pronounced ihiM'-xi-
can (ovei erriennt worse thin that ol
ihe Noilh American. The ht'er, he
aid, prolected the Church, while the
former coi fisciled its properly. Hi?
was arrested and ioipi isotied, with foil)
of his follower?.
The El litpuhLttn mention the fie
fa review, by Santa Ar.nn, of a com
pany of tmerican deertars, pr iicipal'j
lnh, reviewed by His Excellency the
Cln eral in Chief. They are perfectly
rpiipped, and are on the point ol
ilrpmlurs (kjT Tula. This cornpinj
nave made peculiar Gtundarl foi ilittn
elv-, on I side cf which i? seen ihe na-n-nal
coat e f Hfni, with ih mo'to'Ling
ive Ihe Krpuhlicof Mr-xico.' O.i iht
iiher side is a figure of Si. PjIi ick,theii
,iairon. We venture lo predici that i
ny of Si. Pa rick in the vfineriran ar
ny e ver come acmss ihesa lenegtdes
they will give ih maucha diubbmg it
hty will Le likely lo remember the re
in under of thiir lives.
Shotkiitg Trng eily. MurJer and Sui
. . The I'oitaville mpurium of the
Oi h in t. , say On Tuesday lail, Mr.
Drtutcl Snyder, of Upper Mahantango, wa
murdered by i;is wife, who il appears, atose
about 6 o'clock in the morning and while
ner hurband was el aaleep, and stjuck
him in his fon head with an axe, killing him
with a t-irf le blow. The eldest son who
-lept on the tfli O'ld floor, sua a Kmc led lo the
eene of inurdtr by thegruans of the father:
when he was toJd by his raother thai
he had 'done it.' Rhe then attempted to
hrow herself into llie well, but was prevent-
ad by the interference of eome of the chil
dren. She then rushed into the bo'jee and
cui tier thtoat v ith a ruor,
ARMY COKKESPONDEXCE,
LETTER VII.
On board tiiz Suip Ocea:,
January 29ih, IS 17.
Cot, Webb: I embrace thelaai op
portunity 1 ahull have this side of he
Gulf, to infoim you that we have had a
pl'-ansnt day to day. Yesterday we had
moat kamendoua storm of lightning,
thunder and wind. The mo.it vivul
fl sites of lightning and defining peaU ol
(hum! r, that I ever saw and heard, 1
mw and heard yesterday, while Ihe rain
poured in torrents and the wind blew
a perfect huiric me ami so heavy was th-
ale, thai htinelreda of dollars worth ol
'ood, which had been brought tlown
the liver in floats, were lotn from their
mooring aud dashed i) pitces by the
violence ol ihe waves.
Ilul this morning every thing wore a
more pleasing a?ppct, and ltiistio ihen
i he moKt pleaainl day we havj had in
two weeks. We weighed anchor Vhi
morning about10 o'clock, and got un
der way, being in tow of one of Iht
large town boats, aud wo have this day
passed through tome of the most en
chanting scenery, 1 have passed pan
of the afternoon at half iib", and erjiy
ed myself veiy agreeably in viewing
'he fine plantations, Ihe rich orange
trove, jUl titie rxtentive praries.
JCoiyng appears to me can present a
Gnter view Oiao the country which we
ie passed. Im-igine yoeirse Ives upon
a iigQ veeweJ, with a company of '
least three liundered enen the vessel
floating down the Misiesip,pi Ihe hink
sis t-stiiea" side skirted wiih pi mt ition '
of mgT can and oren groves, arxi
he country back, for the mo: pjtt ex
enive sjiararie, where the river is buuii
led enij by the hctrizm, add in the pi
aniee you sometimes see a tmaJI patch
Vflive ofk', at oilers you tbseivt
'varnchs of ih.e liver winding their fer
jieniine couri' AH thfse lfiing adile;l
together hnsninile thispait ef our voy
ge highly pictureqno as well as inier
esiing. If we have good luck in s.ifely
ly croi-sii'g the Gulf, I shall be able to
)- which in my opinion i ihe finer
view, the Ocean or Praiie.
While we have been in motion since
we left Djnville, evuy lliiog has been
ihlereoting to me, and I have giincil
many new ideas with respect to Ihe
cutniiy bordering on ihe Mississippi.
Phis is et i landy a great river, and the
country lurk fi o.".;i i hu river ii hmei
ihan lha immediate banks. Voii i.o
lotiSt wish 'o know our (lesiin;iii. ti this
is only conjiciure. As yet as we have
-,i'( d miller sealc'ii oider, but the must
piubable coi j-ruire is th.it we ihal! sail
for era Cruz. Il 1 fm 'pun! to write
tgain I sh ill be able to give you some
account of ihe pi-sage across ihe Gulf.
Consigning all things, but few of the.
men are ck, aa there are only six ol
Cant. Wilson's company nn ihe tick list
and six deserted, but not one man of the
company has died, and the general
health of the Actios) Ivania Regiment is
good. 1 hBte cornplelfcly recovered from
my cold, aud feel in very e.ood health
but I expect lo be sick enough in cross
ing ihe Golf, as ilr y sy ilul the Gu'f
is generally veiy rough at idis s a-oi
of Ihe year, and stor ids i e moru coin
mon Ihun al any other auasorr
Respi ctlulv youie,
C- W.FOUr.NKR.
For 'lie Viiinoerat.
" DtT, BV THl'XDUR."
Was you ever btl by a rattlesnake, one
uf those venomous reptile s, the wound of
which produces almoti ceitnin dcaihl V
yon ever bit by a mad doc, and in conso
duence. eel ihe tit uraplinlnar ell n
waa'nl in either of theee ways, that 1 am
(jning to speak of gelling bit. I'ray tell us
how il is. Have patience and you shall
hear the wholci You reccelleci ihe old ad
aee 'patience ia a virtue,4 and if we wore-
destitute of this, we should be very unhap
py creaturesi
Now any one would nol be led lo sup
pose on reading the caption, thai I nisai.i
io convey ihe ida, thai any body was bit
by thunder, in this cold season of ihe year,
when thunder is so u-ry rare. No 1 meant
no such thing. 1 wish the whole menu io
feu bid on llie word bit, and ther, you will
gel iho whole idea." I
In order to gire you a full Insight into
he siauer of which I am uoaiinj, it will be
neccisiry for me lo make a few prefatory,
remarks, all of whic i howovei shall have
some hearing upon the auhjt'il in question
I tie 22 J of Fob. is a day memn.ble in
ttio amula of ntir country, aa the one which
g ive lo ihe world a "a hinum, arf eta an
nual return is hailed tbroiiyhiiui 'our land.
with emotion of jy, anil celebraied in a
becoming manner, by the aged and tin
yuung. Well it was not on ilns cl-y, bt,t
then it waa only two day after, thai iho e-
vfitls whteh I am about lo relate iranepirnl.
True every day brings something new.
The Genu of liloomabu'g Cm! it m
' This is a great country and ui.'ri a urtut.
ponple,' Have any of you ever H ti J
little place on the river bide, uhoui three
miles up from Blooinnburg, comiMmi)
known by the name of i'ppyiow nf If you
have not 1 wouk adviso jou D ro it once,
and hire one of Pieniisb f-iet (lorues, and
go thoie, for il b deattned to attain hisiotit;
fame.
It ia very common for small towns in ih!
country, to strive to sec which can to the
biggest load in the puddle, and n i uoi
uncommon for some uf them, m utrain al a
camel and swallow a glint. Nov I won t
not pretend lo say thai Khijiowi wea o:
ihis son, no! not fot the worid.
It has ben very fashionaiilr, iti this part
of the country, tlui ing ihe patt niuicr, to
get up Cotillion parties w hie!i are imch
more fjchionable aud rtfiued man lallh,:tnd
dirTt-rfiom ihem as much t iweedleduiu
from t-weedlcdee. Ii seems tfseylown
was determined not to be left in t he lurch,
although, entirely out of the question, in
making up the parties of neighboring places,
ycitbe was not to be out-done, and there
foie went to woik in earnest, employed a
skicntilic Dancing Master, and had a regu
lar school. Well ihe school had been well
attended, ihi quarter nearly gone through,'
the class had nearly learned two flgi.res,
when they resolved thai their Teacher dc
arrveJ, and should have a hem fit. It is
but justice io the good people of Uspeyt.wr.
to say, that ihey considered this Djiiclng
Master, an object of charity, being appa
rently deaf and dumb, (though consult red
by many a 'perfect humbug' J Hud Ihey
iheiefore no doubt ihnughl tiiey could Un
t fi t him, and s-hine ihv(iielvf s.
In the fullues of x their hearts, they ex
tended the invitations to lilnointhtrg. Who
could resist the temptation lo eo, w hen a
professor of the art of dancing, was himself
to conduct ihe performance? Twelve cou
ple, aj eti in their Suriuay gi Meeting
best, set out about dusk for ihe scene f.l
thuir exploits, Th'i sleighir.g being very
goml, ihey got there about iho lime they
stnried. 'Che ladtea being safely dep"sietl
each man put aw iy Iiih own horde, and fed
him very plentifully on fence rail. By the
way, fearing thai iho town would not be
laige enough lo contain such a ci'inp-my, a
hoii-n was selected, haid by, o;ily a niih
oiT, where iheie .nighlbe a yreait.r chance
to expand, and it waa here the cuupari)
assembled
For the purpose of having the best of urn
sic, the lancing Master f-jiifeil i,o paiur
but sent clear lo ISloiimshor, and aei-nn
the services of one of our ciuzci.p, w h
plays Jim v.row ami laoKte jjooii:o, ven
well, barring the variation. He was it
play in connection with the Dancing ,Mb-
ter himself, who ot couise would be able to
keep time with him. inasmuch as hecuuldn'
hear al all. Well Ihey struck tip the firs
.une on the key ol x, mid thai Ud into :
tune, with which our part of the company
wcte nol much acquainted. The first ha'
hour was spent in liying lo gel the coaipa
through the first sett, The performance i
minded ene of an attea-;l, by it nwkwBrt
hilow lo break colis. i'.isl pulling one: Inn
then (lie oihci, and get,ing iheiu pubhing a
bout, and tiually getting both lo balking
The variety ir. ihe lime, tiuJe il ury con-
vitiiciit both ror the niititile and the !iow,
lor the master woulJ Ii ad o!l' the lunu al i
raiid rate, and the other muMcini crim
limping al -ng Hail a unto iitiiitiUi it is
but justice to the iniis ciaiier from uui p-Iace
to say, tliat he went with real reluctance
as lie was nol in thu habit of playing the
liddlo, except. ng I ir his own aiinieuioeot, oi
thai of a Jul of boys who might gather
round liiiu, and il was only by dnil ol gieai
urging by his friend!!, thai he was prevailed
upon lo go, end I thick ha must have re
gretted his course, w hen he found hnusell
ompelled to ride home ou fooi-bjck.
After an all in pi al a dance liail been
made for some iwo hoursf ii thought
best to have eome supper. ' lis il must
bo remcmcered was hbtntjit lo the Dancing
Master, and of course all the prnfi'a were to
go into his pocket So ir.siead of a supper.
which wu:d have diminished ihe prod a,
each of the company was supplied with a
good hunk of ginger coht, which cf roor5ejcpmmif-i.iom r ;l0
mado a liesry supper for tliose from thi Iwhcn ourp.ipr!r-'
place, all having gone from home wii1.ov.t
their suppers. Nobody found any Unl .
In it waa ihe maulers btnrjit. IV ill tin y
hndu'i dam-id all night, before (he steam in
aome ol the boll-guiea began (o ion Ion,
and a hule afer tea o'clock coaio of Urn
company concluded that il was hhotitti.ni
lor (hem lo inizxle, or ai leui to ee w,.i
lien hi! was going lo be. lamgiue lit
your.-eif Archer lrvin rushing iu ljt hastu
into li e kitchen, in search ol the iiaater of
eereii nuiea, and on enqtming what hit bill
wns, and being lold ilul il was 'only two
dollars,4 do you suppose he gave vent lo a
ny lug exprestiuns, uttered any eathe, ant
swore tie woulJn'l pay U-.al Uiur.Ul I
wouldn't for a siomeui hive you liunk sue!
a t'linj. Il was a company of gentlemen
thai went from Bloom and they wouldn't
do audi a thing. Immedi'itfly a(W this
fur soma reason or other, I c;ui'i imagine
rthat, the whule Bloom dt-leation were gel-
ting remly for blurt, w hen ihey were coolly
lold by ihe master of ceremonies, 'they
might as well dance till morning for it
wouldn't com ihrm any more.' ill sic
of ihe company pid their bi'ls, I know,riinf
suppose the oilier t-ix ilul iIib same for
they wi re L'cii.'lcmeii. I. couldn't be pos-
tji'ole there wer six Archer Irvins iu iht
coaipany. Nevti! Never ! 1
The company came aw -ay nil in fine
spiriw of course. The Dopey town ilclega
lion stayed and danced on, and for v;l;a1
know aee datui.ig yti. When monnitif
came, our company didu'l feel at tl aura
about the matter. Two of ihem didn't g
up to Espeytown lo compromise thei aff.ir
and get one djlhir a licad deducted froea lie
price. No! none of these things happen
ed, ceriaiiily not. Perhaps some tf lid
promising youth of Bicom would do wclJ :o
tarry a while at Jonco.
TEX ASUS.
"TIlfTH WliEiH"." "tt'
T. U. ii.LMF.Ji, Eq.iau1h.u-kktt kxuttst
iiifCi fur Iht ' tioLU.MiiiA Dkmuchat .tnd
empt all monies fur Hu!iitr!j)tiuii ond Advwiit
to nt his Agtnei ki
rliiluilcliiiJa A 58 Fine-afreet.
!': Yurie " W)y-lssuu-itrmt.
&.,stti " 10 S'ati-xIrMt.
fittltiitt'ire S. E. our. ii.'. anil Culvtrlsk.
.We(n?-MK'(j; and .''riiih sinen nniyjini
H hi Ihnir ivlvnUiy to advert tin th's p'iperm
H in the ouy jm ,i't!dislitd a iht County stat
MUih i ii 1'ealitr (t-rctliillin i, til county thm
any 'J !:- ktjr puU'mhsd ivithui sHliihitt.
V-2500 APPROPRIA P10N.
The bill auihorizing the Oounty Com
. iiiissioners ut appropriate $2500 towards
the new Public Buildinas at Bloomsbnrg,
jusoeJ the House of Representatives on
Monday hil without oppovitinn, end i now
ilaw. 'I'hs silly cppn-ii i m cf the I):invile
people lo tlii j'isl and wi-'n measure, Ins
htia been evaoraicl into very thin air.
to tuavkLli;:,
Mr. Joseph l.iurish ha comnenccil run.
nitig a Suigc tlirce limes n week, between
Blooriisltirg and Po'tsvillp. Il leave
Bloomsburg every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saiutdaj tiKirningi, and arrives al Bh oiits
burg eviry 'onday, Wednesday and FrU
lay evening. By ihis arraiigcmcnt passen
ii rs leave Bloeintl org in the morning and
i.rive al Phi'adelf hia the next day at noon,
by the way of the trading IS -til Road;
deeping al Pottsviile. returning, they
eave Philadelphia ii the nioniMi and ar
rive M Bloomsburg ihe same evrniiu'. We
liopo soiin to ee this line exiepdrd to To
.vnm!j, aid to iMincy. Bull of these
lilies are Kiy much nquiicd fur the nc
-iindaiion of iravt Hers, ami wc luive no
lotibt wotild be well supported.
The i.uz-Mie Democrot ol ihe 2 Mi u!l.
any s a lire broke o il on I'licjiLy afirinui'i
in the up;er p rl ol the Undertaker's shop
if 0. B.Pii.-e, oo Mai-i-atreet. This !to)
VPs consii'tieil, togt t'n-r w ith ;he building
nlj lining the slioi-niaket's shop of Air.
I'ussel' 'I he hi''f frniiiR Inilliliriij at'ioin-
ng. iied by J ihn IIjcIir as a smith alio
md owned by G. .1. 11 llcnnai !i, was
lown in crdir to arrest the denies
ihrt-aiece-d the residence and store 'a
Drake. The store house of A, i 1
Myers was much irjurtd in th
ave it. . . m,.
lafl at i'""
Congrci-s adjourmil on WeA bo'-1
nilit. 'J'hn three milliuo bilbut.
and the (Vil.-nol provito tU
State Con-
I.,,.
The 4ih of .Varch ia,tl I1; ,.aQ11j
tion mittt Hnrriborr-tOVfjiioi R,;" , t
innle a candi.luto not hMrJ
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