The Columbia Democrat. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, January 27, 1849, Image 2

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Columbia Democrat
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S.VFU ItM.Y Y MOItN., J X. 57, jh 19. ''v'''y ,ll(,nit '" ,ll, ir power, " '""
y -mm . I be elideavoi lug la bring ulmut I lie result ol then
CAT Too r'nC -Om pape. tins week ouoi.le j H'lery. Whether tin pic.llon nl Slavery in
1, numbered 4d instead ol 4 , being otu lij;iirc ernlui tes, M ill lie sell led l) tlie present nd
W much tin hiit I tit inn, m, In s.iy I he le.i.it ilipiiiilul. Tay
loi was thought iMi.ible ul settling tliio nue-timi,
in drtidl for til JUiiHht , linos .Vi'.vty. and ti.ijoi it might bo us well to let him try Ink
! ' liatid at it. He was thought to be alu lui the
Wo re-publish to-day, ol I Im m.picst ol mim id Tarill'iUcstion, and yet the wings ask the present
Inn friends, tlie tirl ul a scries ul atliflcs under Congress to ai l upon lh.it subject. Why? Du
the above Caption The decease, I, w ho wrule (hey tear the spirits I hey have raised .'
tlieau paragraphs lor the coluiuiis ol the l.u.eiiie As cili.en nl the Kepuhltc we are glad thai
Democrat, several years since, .n J Humous ' T)nr it. not an ullia whig We till! ud-
wiitor, always amtiug .it 'i Jetitjl utility, Mlli )s(utiM1 (.1V , M. uj,
ra in its measures
silliest e desire to impart nsetul instruction.
Patents as well as children, lor whose edilicuitoti
they are ostensibly designed, can peruse tliem to
pititiltg galislaction, and, w dl we hope, hea-um
up their simple admonitions, as"lhe voice of on:, ,
who, though dead, yet Hpeaketh !
A rriglitful Mac Accident.
The four horse Slaue Cn.iih eontaiiiiiiK five
Pasengi r and the United Slates .Vluil, let! here
on IhursdiV evewini;, a little after dark, for
llarrisburg, and when about a wile below IVmiiis) Ivauia in a great ineaine leaves Ins trienus
Jll'iotnsburg, at the residem-n of Mr. Samuel Uioii a hand-bank. Although during number ol
Boone, one of the l.adern became detached from yeais he ha acled enlinly wnh the whig party,
therigginK,causinglhehor(i.'torun at full Hpeed and gone headlong, into all their doctrines and
and on turning the corner of the road leading owr policy ; he now ives them the cold shoulder.
Mr. Ba. will-race, tfie coach with two linrses at- Ills election was a Native American, Free Soil,
tar lied and all its content were preripitated Abolition, vv lug allair ; and it will behoove the
down precipice of some lil'leen feet, breaking ; Governor to lake lather a zigzag course, in order
through the ice and depositing all aboard in three i io meet the view of hi 4 numerous suppoitcm.
or four foot of water in the race. The Coach dri- Tpon the lai ill question the Coventor appears
er, Mr. Samuku Carman, to whom no blame to be ralhet rickuly. The tit i ill ol ISIti in hi.sho
ran possibly ailach, is si vf rely l,or. Mr. Eer- y abhorrence, and jet lie in inighly careful not lo
iah Davis, and noil, two of the passengfrs, escaped i hum his lingeia with the smouldering Taufl'ol
unhurt, but we regiettn a id, that the other three, 1UI2.
Hendernn Gay lord, F.q., and Judges Ross and , It is certain that not one of the vociferating
Shoemaker, nl Luzerne county, were each coo- crew who were so loud in prolessions beloie the
siderably injured the latter two most severely, i election, now raise their voire lor the subject of
We record the above as a frightful accident, his pi avers and utilities. In lact Ihey now on
and mutt add, our only nnrvcl is, that under the j blushinuly ask ('niigie.s to give them the act. ol
circumstances, they all escaped without broken ; js ; mndilied t) leinpora ! O moies !
limbs or loss ot ,n. i pn jm, qiit-Kiion the Cuveinor rcmcs onl
The Trcscnt Arc.
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The XtNUTF.ivTH t r.Mi'RY, has been distin-
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eimlied for the rapid advance of the Ails and
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Sciences, and the rxienstrm of rmli.non and
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human hanpines. It wail l iwm that Ihe wis-
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d'mi and exiierience nt everv proceeding age have
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contributed to rrelera1e the maich of improve-,
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trient. In no period ol the wmld historv can
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man boast of such intellectual, moral and me-
chaniral advancement. !
Lnok hack twenty yens and note the progress J
nf human invention. Then tin: mighty power ol ;
steam wa in its infancy : then railroads if con- ' We have heen inleirogaled as to Ihe meaning
teniplated, were doomed In the drudgery of horse : "I 'he above im ulun miliim, and lake pleasure
pirver. Then our walking water places culled in apprizing our iiiiUiring fi iiml, lh.it it is the
Steam Roats, navina'cd nur rivers at a (mail's ! name given loan Kpiscopal ( liun h ultlice, re
pace. Now the iinproVeiTieiil of machinery, and t eiitly eiorted ,i I'lnladelpliia en the walers of
the adventurousspitil of Ihe age, have given tliem the Delegare, and ivhich was last week dedica
a power, that was never dieamed of. The migh- 'ted lo the wmship of Almighty Coil, by the
ty Atlantic is vanquished, and ten days join nev . Kiglil . I!ev. Aliu .o l'otler. The Quaker City,
will carry us i -r is, her he ivinj; liosoui and safely thus purlr.iys its appe.ir.inee and delines its object :
land us tipon the shore-, of our fatherland. Dts- It is a hraiitilul structure floats at Ihe tool (.
tance is annihilated lime and space have ceased l' k Street, in the I) dew ire and is very taste
their controversy, anil we row toll cu t in n b.u.s fully decorated, with stained Windows, and with
t the tun of forty miles per hours. 1 lh Creed and the Cotninatidinents inset ibed a-
Nature has resigned her ancient supreinacy hove its pulpit, lis purpo-e is one that must
Art has usurped her stem prerogative The rug. "'eel with a response in every heart, for it ii de.
ged mountain and Ihe undiilatiiie. plainhave a 1 1 k v signed as a place of worship for seannii and ol It
obeyed the invincible mandate. The most distant 'bets wlm-i- garments .m. manner will not pel
ilaces are kissing each o'her, and Ihe ino-l sterile mil them to enter a church on land. We are re
regions contribute to the eniluace. Tlie Arabian p'li ed to see any denomination ol Chrisl iaiis in
Night's l.des cn baldly e.ptal or sm pass the re. actum on lielnll ol I he Heathen of Philadelphia,
alizalior. of model n loeotiiiilioii. When we add to The Bishop may write among Ihh good days the
this, the Magnetic Teleyr ph ami il wonderlul leineinliiaoce of the hour, w hen he dedicated, al
ar hie vemetil', w here elect r icily as rapid as Ibou'l 'er Ihe a lice ting ritual ol Iih seel, this Church ol
Spfeds I'i wry on metalic wiles lo the most ill,
lant statior,, freiglilid with intelligent language,
we are wiapt in wmot -r and amazeiiienl.
Where and when will discovery end, or what
it is yet destined to arc.utnpluh, iintn.igiiiatinn
cannot conceive ; unle-s, indeed, we place in the
firlhest verre, the perlectibil ty of the human
race. If ihomIiIv an I relmmn kej.t iiai e withltie
pfngre ol invention, we mighl coiitidently look
lor Mich h mi i : !n,; ii i n ; bit! the pace is iiin-ipial.
We cannot lirr.vever shut oo. ev s lo the lac i,it
the world grows aim-i ami better. Annu.g itvii
lized nations wars hiive neinly censed, and the
umpire of reason and humanity are appealed to.
I he law of s.alioiis wives ;n a common ImuhI
throughout Christendom a violation ol which ii
vtnted with disgrace. :hris unity, siitnol iled
by niiiisiiuiai v entei pri7". is winiiinr its w,iv into
the darkest legions, and iiids lair tn revolutionize
nations as it does men. Itespol isrn is relaxing her
grasp, and rational liin-rlv is exleiiilmc. In r i ,m.
quests. Having sketi bed sonie ot thei.bai.n lei
Hlir nf the present ace, we shall again n -ninc
this pleasant subo i I
OrJ-We a'-knov. Ii de the l:in.lm-sw- ,, , t,v nd
friends and new cutnmeis dui Ho. : t e Ijle sessini,
of our coun'y Court .
y. A fire ocenred in I ' ttiv ,li,- i,,-t . cek in tb
Store of Mr. Leihrirk, ti-i! was eviinuisbi d
without vety serious cm,. e.piein es
(jT The Eistoii Argus, mil-, a goo'l i.,. j
young genlleiiiiii. in 'iiat pin., lie pov,c,i., a
lather uncomely f, who .i-i wee ,-ul in.tt. J
to the novel suigit al opeialn ii ot haniig i sli tp-
ped of the skirt, tl," I and cartilage, cut away,
the nose rc-sltaio'd and tlie e.oeriiig rc'l.i' e,., and ,
, al th install' e ol Ins "i j'ly lo" " '
MoM'IIKIlt ill (ToilglT. I
The Niirlli Aiui'i icin has been describing, pic
luting nml iIimIiiik nvcr, tn licudhkc and prophet
i like s.iltsl.iclion, I'm snine linn', I he final disnlu
i Hun til tins I r I u I'niiin, The opposition have
I been -diving for some lone to bring about ecr-
I .h ii ii 1 1 1 r im i ; and 1 1"' slavery ipiestiou i i -,t ri
I In tin I In1 1 0 v i i h V vtlnrll nil things else ai r In be
I iiu'VimI unit overturned. They have done all they
f. Mil, I In bi ing about (In- rt'rnl stile el linn ,a nl
have In. ii declaring Inr iionlh, lli.il Ibis name
hI.IVIM) .UCS0I Would Jc MlfOJ (III! lil' lltll 10
: A uJ " they
; "lil lathii that the l.'t'iii should die
i Than then prediction prove ,1 lie."
and that (he iili'Ktiou it may he t ailed lliou to
discuss and decide may he I'otii ludud in aueh a
maimer as to avoid the result wliirh the North A-
ineric.in, hy its singular ami idiotic editorials an
,coul( hy m,ikinH' ditaolutioii l.umliar to
the in I nils ol I In; ieiide'
TtrinxtH ol' t 'on.icUHre.
" 'Tit milieu nrt iloth muki. vowunln uf tit all."
SllAH Ksl't.AK.
In his liist annual message the (joveiiiur of
lather D. moeulic, and indeed, upon every mailer
! thai he toreshadowm an oi i n mn , lie aband"tis ul-
ia whig ground. V here Ihe message is any thiol!
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ii i democratic. Mr. John-ton is in a light place
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I and he wntlles and wrug'el like a special plea-
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liter. 1 hi; message shows that he has not fnruot-
; ten his early liainiug ; and it is to be hoped that
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he w ill not n-e his power wiouglv. II Johnslon
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I does rghllv. the people will support him, though
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Ihe wliiis) may abandon,
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The II on litis: (hut eh of the
llulunur.
tlie I'ooi.
Our 12 ail o.m Ii lAnv.
Messrs I'iaii.v Aivn Kii'.ii, the tiiteipri.ing
mail CDiitraclors hum .Volt hiitiiberlatid to Wilkes
b.irre on the N, rllt lit. inch, desea ve great credil
lor Hit! handsome manner l.i winch they have
slocked Ibis route, Thev run two elegant loin
I oise i.i .icln-s, dailv on Ibis line, through our vil
lage cai v ing (In; I inlcd Nt.,, s Mail. I bis is a
v tillable unpiovi inent on ihe old hy.sli in , and an
liiipotlalit advai.lane lo the ttavelliiig eoliiliiuni -ly
.
Till: Sl A.':l.,-ii. ;,,.vaiio II. Dixon,
ol .New oi k , h.is lot iiislo il us w ii Ii a i opy ol a
Veiv ne.iliv . V,, ii,, ,.a M,,t, i,-t , ol some IlltV pu
g's, beiiii; ,i pun n,, i, iieaitli ad.ipled lo popular
and
pr di s-,iiiii,i if.nlii. and Ihe exposiiri' ol
ipia'-Ki i ,. U e e.iiinoi rt present command the
l.'.pilslle lime I Ve.llgiilf , (Oliletils, bill Irl.l
i olilldent Iii.iii Ibe aekliow .-dged iitiililyt.l Di.
Dixon, lb i' ibe s, ai. , rt w 1 1 1 1 ,,f u oriiiiiary
un til. A li Post Masle.-s ur,. eonsiiiuted agents
loi the sale ot I In- work jn ice 'Jo per Copy.
1 be LttfU'iu uiinii Jt.m ,m ,,. mlu u a
new and vety bainSoine whig paper, J'tsl ibsiied
fiom Carh..iel.,e, in .ieri,e c ly, by Cl.o. M.
Ri.v.Moi.iis, '.. i, ...htoriaU are coiiiteouslv
wiillen and liigmlnJ m ,!.,,. .. ,hg, U,,J Ihe
I'.uttial, upon toe whole, tn.ik.s .jioie a lav.,tjble j
iMIatiet .M,. lb .vi, olds, s,v, l,,s v.I.jkI in
eslilbllslung ,e .l,,H,, ,,, ,l,(l,ly a ll.sl.leut. j
tun miiib neeil. d, vi. , ..,., ,en,ed to ihe
l"veb,peme.,t u (. rK., , lllr(,s () (he j j, ...
awanna alley , rti,d we pi e tin,, , aleo, to aid in !
c,,,l,lis,iog iv , ,,,, ,ri.,ldi,, JR., , 0
iiiiiy of j
L.e ka .v anna
Coiii'l I'rtK cttlins.
Khidav I'.'tli Jan. IM'.i,
t'liinm. vi ('tilt h II. .7eis ; -Indiclliieiil, for-I
iioMlmi, Jury find (lel'eltdaiil guilly in manner',
and lorin as he slauds indicted. Sentence ol court. !
Avis pay a line ol let) dollars tu the use of the
county, ihe costs ol piiisecut ion and undetgo an;
imprisonment in the county jail lor thlee caleinlar
II in M I Ii r . i
Tlie Commonwealth business being all hnished
Ihe ourt on Saturday, look up the case o. l.e
West Branch Hank, at Willianuport, vs Aluam
-y liancoll.Ainistiongand 1'lcassnls, lor Pills. ;
..nit f'.....li r.... .j. c... i .... . -i-i i .... i
""" ' v-i ienuams. i ne jury on Maim
day eveiuiig found for the delelidaiils.
During Ihe week the tow u was unusually full
of people. We tlo not recollect ever to have m-cii
a court, unless perhaps the tirsl, belter atleinled.
('out t met on Monday morning at the nnging
ui ine iven. i no rttgumeni list was read over.
and the different motions argued before the Court.
Case of Mttchel vs Fitch.caine up ami was tiird
on Monday altemooii, the Jury reruiving the
chamc of the court and lit.ding for Flaiutitf, on
lu.vay uio.niog
Albnght and Mengel vs II. llayhursl Ires-
miss. 'I he case was ahlv argued, hv liain roll lor
I'Uinlills, and lloily for dcletidaiit. The j,,ry
found for Pills.
Among the points lhat were derided upon ar-
giimenl, was this; that money cannot bu attached
in iiih nai.js oi Louniy omiiiissiouers.
Derry Township was divided according to a pe
tition of the citizens into two parts, the upper, or
Northern portion funning a new township to he
called Anthony, in honor of our gentlemanly and
ellicielit president Judge Court adjourned Tues
day afternoon.
Aii Arliclc Tor lite Hoys.
nV IHK LA IK AMOS Sls'lV.
H7i did you till him forV
Such was the interrogatory of one boy to ano-
ther, at the river end of Market street the other
morning. The occasmn.for it was caused by the
fact that the tail-board of a cart passing by was
about lallmg out and the ii.leriagutcd had dtiec-
ted the attention of the boy-driver lo his his p.ob-
abb; loss.
The thought arose in our mind, when Ihewords j
"What did yot. tell him for?" fell upon thee.tr,
friti, til.. Il...linl.ll...a ..n..l.......r II '
from the thoughtless questioner fur tlniiiullinn
or bad he mils! have, been lhat he had Iold his
fellow-creature, who was likely to be placed in
Irouhle, how to avoid it, and that it was the nal-
ural feeling of a kindly he.nt finding utlerence in
kindly words: And be assured, boy, that he who
thoughtfully spoke to the cart-bov, evinced a
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disposition that will lake him lo the bed-side of
Ibesickand stilleiiiig: and iineedbe, tothHhat -
lln-field. It may he called a bm ich impulse
but it is moie for the hoy makes the man.aiidas
you sow so shall you reap.
To the interrogator we say-r,r,, and ynn
,L-ill ii.uur ..1 th.it niinulio,, air.iin lli.tu di. e.,i,
know but that the loss ol so trilling an article as
Ihe tail board of a cart, might have given direc
lion lo the life ol a being endowed with .dirihuies
lor great good or great evil I be ab-ence of that Vaof Jutloe 1,0'lgstlTlll, wllicll would llllicli
trifling article, wjieii he letuinedto his place of j ... i , c , r I
s . ' 1 oralilv tin; host ol waiiiito applican s -nnl
business, might have suhjecled htm to a charge . n . ,
, i , , , , i , . i , I sore y disappoiiit t he exticetalion ol wliiLT-
of carelessness might have led lo harsh words .' 1 1 I "
from his employer possibly more a di.-cli.uge j gtry. Mollis respecllnllv,
from einplnyment and tint single circtimslance i HKI'DIVI' I'lli.
of losing the little board might have made a wan. j .
derer and a vagabond, a criminal and a pest tn so. Itrmi.c vf Ihf It-uibii- The Phila.lclidii.i
ciety, of him, who now may he, an honor to him- 1 Haii.v Hr.i'i in n , I he organ of (lie 'ree Soilers
self ami those around him. Despise not small' in Peiinsv Ivnuia, Ins "sbnllled nil' this mortal
things, if they ran he of service. Am! il is not i coil " .r. Win l-'.ldrr, its editor is an aeoniplish
for ns to say what is of service. A stone removed I t gentleman, ;:nd a pleasing waiter, hut I as nev
from Ihe pavement an orange peel thrown from ,.r ndvanced much in public e-iei in sii ce he t!i.
where the passer's foot may fall a thousand lit- . i muished Itimseli'hy iiilrediicini: J, hn I'mi IUi
lie things may prevent pain, misery, misloitnii,.. jt . Heading Convent ion lo-l Si piemlier
and crime.
We like the little hoy who spoke to his Icllnw
abonl that tail-hoatd. We don't know him, but
will guarantee he has had a good mother's leach,
ings. And may be h" who asked " What did volt
tell him for '." has been eipiallj blessed. Hut the
blessing was not with him then.
" What did you tell him for ?" Ami all gh
it may seem out of place, slill we would add
word of lli.M whose love am! charity should he
the guide nf all; and lit each one answer the
ipti'stion for hilnsell and w heuevei you Iind anv
line engaged i 'Is of beitev olence, of kinibies,,
warning a shading liuulal, binding up the wounds
nf the iillli'-led, leading bark the esliayeil, or in a
ny way doing good, don't ask why it isilone hut
go and tlo likewise.
Special Stnulorinl l.lulion.
The Speaker of ihe Senate has is,ii,.( his Wnl
for holding a special election, on the Jnd of 'eb
ru u v , to supply the vacancy t ec . sinned by the
i esiguat ion nt Cov. .'nliii-lon. The disliiei coin,
pi i.es the colt mies ol Cleat lied, Ariiisl rung, Cam.
In ia and luiliaiiii. Until. I.. Juliiislnii. a whig
ol Cnii'irri coiintv , Mine ii.tme ot, but no relation
to, the Ctiveiuor, has been nominated.
The democrats can redeem tint district, and
we hope they will go to w m k and do it. Col Wm
DiOLKH, lias carried il and can do il again. We
doubt not our friends mil there, will do tlieirdulv.
"The sluren in the South are iu a much
better condition than the free Harks, in the
over-ridtleii North." - Jellowsrile fl'a .)
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kinuerat.
ThusWiile out whig h nnils, Ihiunitis
H'ui.tliriiid, Pile i.i l.'iet tie c.'iitity. ill the I'VI
lowsville ( V ,) I'Jeinni'ial, a w hig paper they ctiti
duct tlowtt Si.tilb 1'ioin a personal knowledge
ot this pi ciiliir ii.siiiiiiinn, vcz : Slaverv, we
lielieve om tin. lids cxpics ill ,. liulli. however
jsloiiii ling it may aupe.u In m my of llnm l.in.il
ical whig lilemls in (he Niilh. We ask nor
northern whig friends, who have heretofore
rh.ilgcd the Itemoerary wilh nibs, rv ii i,.-y ,,
southern inlluence, to , in-, the
and p'.'iid' I w. II il . uiip. 1 1
i.buV e . t i ,ii I
Corrrspondcncc.
IaIIh- from M'uslilnzlon.-5.
.sii:'7(i(. J;in.V.O, H!I.
I,. Tai-k:
"I'll mi villi's anil iltiinos n' tin!
Iu'trsi'iil:itivin ul llir .Nulittn arc alw:t)H
looked lo anil I'm" willl Dltd i' ililncsl li;iit
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ItlCir I ill o i iivii1 wl " " ' i i'i 1 1 -mm ii t lie v
h;m, far,lhl, M.M
v .,',, MI,j(.rlH ler.tolor. :,-
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mttsi .o.ispi1i.f..fc ... me pencial leaner,
i -ill : I i
unless lllili't'ti i iiiui'tioco your ream is to
lilt! learned ami letiglliy tliseu.ssioti.s, pro.
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and eon., nil inr iciiiiotiai miiji ci, ia-
wry iiic!itiuii, .Mileiioe alFair, X.v, vc.
Mr. Calhoun s heal
is -Itllle "-;i-n-
nus. Tu-l:iv lit" I'fintitl in ItiM muC In-
! linnily anil incnl;il exe ileiiienl, as 'lie is
known lo lie very sciisiuve m letdiiiej, arc
supposed lo have leinpoianly weiohi il him
Am !llul .haustetl his ol,li! spirit.
Wlus South' ! n ( 'mn enl isjiot ,ints aM
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11 il 11 It Oil 10 US 111 its liiae'eiauinis .is i m 1 1 11 iixes
had CX peeled, anil w ill most likely end ill
smoke, since a house divided aoainsl itself
; eaiiliol stand,
' Respectfully a,"l ll'llly yours.
OHSKKVlill.
I.rr from llorrisburg IV.
I Jliurldurrr, Jan. Mt IHl'J.
! To the Kdilor ol'llu: Democrat :
! lh ar Sir; - The business ol
legislation draws its Indeed lenoth slowly
aloutr without any intnkcd eviilenei! of
j cliai" or important variation.
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I ho llitiik, ant new county matters urn
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vvlieru I left thtlll illiny laM. A bill has
)(,,,n n.I)0r(!d r i,e eoinplelion (.1 lite
' m jj,,,.,, (..,!. a .s!rt.nou.s
j
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j -I"' will be a respectable appropriation
granted for ils speedy ctuiipleiion.
'',e unaiiillKills j iissaoe of ihe resohl-
ljunM ()c ,.(.t .( ,.011(olt.,,ee to the
of our laic lamented and f xcel-
I ""y
1(111 Alajtisirate, v.ov . 1 HAM l It.
j Slir.NK, by the l.ecislalur; last 'I binsday,
i reflects oreat credit upon the whole Com-
1 .,l'-! ft 1,
... n...e.,ill, 'I ,;s .u;l allows his widow,
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l , l I' o e i i t;i iti to .'in. 03 mini
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l tlie dale of his resignation tn lln; Kiihof
till! present month. It a fjords: mc true
1 picjn,-,, ,0 rommt'iid this act, and I itin
j (he wi (fi M lm;uiim()s j
! . (,(. h h(, L is,;llm,. w;,s , t
1 I 11
in piussitio II.
The. Canal Hoard have not vet moani-
i zed, being in daily cxpectency oflhcarri-
M in should learn wisdom and be ciulioti.
infections diseases.
nf all
rvy-We will endeaver to impart to Col. Seelv i
. . 1
the infoi mat ion he desires at si, mi. Inline ttme or
as soon as we can command sutlicieiit leisure.
A piioitiliiH'iil hy rro-ilcul.
Hi ami with Ihe whirr uwl eourenl of the Senate,
Jons 15. Wi uni. of Ohio, to he Coin- ,
i.iissioner for riniiiin.r tho hrnintbtrr line '
between the I nited States and the Uepnb-
lie of Mexico, under Ibe r.ih article of ihe
treaty with that republic, concluded on the
2d of I'ebrnary, 1S IH.
The Wtifhiualon t'niiiii 'avs: " We congrat
ulate ihe country upon the '.ilu ve appointment.
It has been in ev.iv respect honorable to Col
Wr I 1,1 li lie was iii'iiiinali.,1 only yesterday to
Ihe Senate, and was promptly contirmei!, without '
difficulty or opposition.
lIAieiCID!) :
On Tuesday the inst., by K'ev. I).
.1. Waller. Mr. . ATM A M K. L. C. M . .
m. 1 ,' I I I t . yf 1 1 i 1 1 i 1 1
.,!,. ol llctnh.ek, to Miss SAK ll,
, , r.l I . , ,,- i, . ,
iiauirntcr ot me laic oiiuiuei ueui), 01 i .en-
c i.;
",: '"""-"i" -
i l. -. l. i . . ti .
ill v.oviiieioii.ou tiic tin iiisiaui, oy nev.
Mr. Knilcdoe, ). S. I"()() Ksi., (Law-
yer ami I'rinler.) to Mis.s A., only
dao,,eroflbclatCA.nasaIIallis,er,allof
I nfin-im nn
' ...111-.'-
'
Iii Hemlock tovynsbip.on Saturday last
Mrs Makv IUrkis, aged 78 yt'iirs.
In Hemlock township, on the I'.hh inst.,
suildeiiK. Mis. Isaiiim.i.a Kvkkitt, wife uf
.lames I'.veritl. aoed about ?,'( vears.
In Wilkes-liarre. tn Monday last. Mr.
I'omiaI) I n:Ti:R, an-etl about 7 vears.
I I
In I'lyni.mtb. on Friday the Hlib inst., 1
I.... I ' ii It., ul' Inn v I ' V,,,.., II I
O I I II IV. ..ii' ....... ... .'I I I I, , .1 l hi ,,
Ii r of Ivoberl and I'llt bt Jbli
','ti v t .ii.s am! i"J 'lavs.
npoit,
iUntliimiu hi IHIlh vliis."
( ur new Senator, I Ion Jamks Coo i- hi, thus
decide. 1 1 V epli ell lllllistll on Weilliesday l.isl
III the House ol li'epn seitlalivm, i. II, i. Slate,
of v ho Ii lit I- a linlllbel , npiiti the hills which
( I'.v , i hoi J.-ii s ii i si would net I her vein ict si'ii.
What a Conn:. eol is ll.i-. upon Ihe recent Federal
o ptisilloti lo the exeici.-e ol Ihe Vein I'mVir !
.M. I.liekt lilmt'll nlii'l' tl a li'Miilllitill ili-
htl'iiclilij lilt' .lillln'i:ii il ( 'iillllllillt'C ti re
,., lo 7,,,. a.-.i.,,., H'ltllN, W:
, in n lali,,.. 1 r.t.i.l M ,,;,s-
s,.,,v ii,c hsl Icoisltjiiic and niTHCilril to
iiiti i iih n ii")
, y , (. :l t r (. t . 1 1 1 1 1 m l) t ol'
i -I ...... .
i . lt.inslai tire, anil winch Imil nti t'l't n
returned lit llii.s It lyisshit u 1 1' in ll.rt i; ilays
-it'll. e il ..kuimi i.iii -il
"i ii- "ii ..,o
- ,lr. CiMij.er iiltseivetl, Unit In; li()ii;:lit
ill ere eiinlil tii iiiieiK he no ai'tinn. Iltlllei'
,..,..... a,:,, loose, in re.ranl
1 , .iH.s rel'ened'lo, exeei't its laws lohe
i repeali il, il any o1' tliem sfioultl In; lomitl
. nlij'-eiioiialile. I lie last ),i ii,iainn: nan
pa.s.-ed tliein, il was jin'Miinaliie, anur inn;
.1.111.. ii.... . 1 1 .... - I, ...I 1 .1 .ii it .ii'i.siiilnil In
im, ( .
1s . ,,v l,;ttl MMt 1)4.( I, rtHiin.-i!. :i.:-
r ' i .1
,i n uiii;; 10 nit; v on m on i ii mi , i iiiii-, ijhi-iiiit,
Ihey Mere laws, ami as laws we have no
fur! her einuitil over idem. When (Jov.
Mintilw re.'ieiietl,aiiil his late s'i er'y of Slale
handed over these laws to the Speaker ol
the .Seitale, who sun-ceded as anting- (Jov -
. .
eruni', ihe con.stiiiilioual chain was coin-
plctc. To use a e phrase, Mr.
.lolinsloit. cotisrniiiitmailv, slippetl into
vl i'i ' i ,i I...;, I. M
( loveinnr rs iu ik s shoes, co lit t Willi ail
Ins previous powers, successor lo all hi,
duties. W hatever (!ov, Shuiik had not
peilot nieil, throlioli Ins illness, or other
' . i i. i
i uosi iiu s;llri-.siii' W:is III III! ill sec f title.
whatever he had left pailiallv executed,
( !ov, .lolitision was hound to eomplelt!.
' "' Oo'.pfnvut urcutirc vun nv
Ivrlmn nth r rinrx ; lie win hare n tilnir
. . ' , ; ,
-miii i.v tit i.v in' if stl IT rnllltl lint
(. uy;r( yy ') hlnl heltmvnl Ihe.
rcspimniljll'tli. We hare nulhiny; Id do
villi thru,, ire eunniii wol.e lluw hue, lj
,, (,,,(; ,,,,,, ,u w
!f i , are. Let us llien not meddle Willi
j'h j(. j v .s y jlln.(.s.( j
any one of
ads, I should rest salislicd
in the convicliou, lltat ihey Mere laws
lllld.r every sa.icli.d. anil provision of the
Constitution. Eien if this matter was re-
feri'ed to ihe ( 'oininitlee on llic Judiciary, it
(.oll, only report them It) be la WS, and that
H mm ,(; convinced of already.
M r. Swarty. welder said, ihotigli lie was
i n tTfnlcil in one of tin; acts in dispute, lit;
1 1 ) it t ri t it a n ice uliest ion to (letcinilK.' wbc-
. . . ,
iher ihey were or were not laws. Ihe
.1 I I l I ,,. . i
iicltiiLr t'overnor had h:u no o icia notice
,. . . ii- ,. . ,, ,
ol their passaoe- and to him ollirially they
enuhl he only as so many iieees ol blank
paper. tSlill be ihoticlu it was a nice (pies-
(juU
i I ;,,l ..,, .un,l . I, ..t
... . ,,,.. ., .. ,!,,. .,..,., t ., , '
should denntniunie ll.is a nict! or thllieull
(lueslion. The consiituiion was most ex-
pbcil. Il sa s: "ll'any bill shall not In
rcluriicil by tlie tiovernor within ten
tlxvs, (Sunday excepted,) after il shall have
been presented lo him. the same shall
be a law, iu like manner as if hi; bad sinn
ed it, unless lint ( ieneral Assembly bv their
adjiitnnini'iit prevent its rcliiru : in which
Case il shall be a law, unless sent back
, within three (lavs after ihe next uireiiiio."
It appears that these bills were duly pre-.
seiited lo "llii; (ioicrnor" ami were not
"sent hack within three days" to the Icois-
1 laiure. Ilow, tinder this plain stale of
facts, can any one doubt t What mat
ters il, lltat the Si erelnry of ibe Cuniinou
weallh, w ho had lliese acls in custody, was
or was not in nllicn when he picsenled
i I b en i In I lii (Jnvernor diftielo '. 'I liori;
; never had been any interregnum in "ibe
lovernor s olbce. Il was to "ihe (Jov-
i . . . i- i i ,
ernor and not :in individual, to whom tin
Coimnitlees of the last It irisl.'ituic presetttcil
,i . . .ii t ...
the acts-it is still "ibe (.overnor" who
has had ihem uninterruptedly in custody to
the present time. Iu other lands, it is a
maxim, that "the Kinir neverdies." There
(inverinent alway exists. So in lYiinsv,
lv;ini;1 j" amn. ,'l,s'' "'I"' .ovmii.r"
wu'r ,ll, s oi"'' ls immortal. Under
this view, the acts referred to wen
1111-
.!l',,,ti,0"il,',.v ws w 0 ,lilve "
IIISIIII'SS
with lhcin.f iVio;' IIiirinlnirgTeleriiph."
C anal Merlins-
At a liieehiig of the cili.ens of Tnnkhaiincck
borough, held at Ihe An ici ican I Intel, on t he
Pub inst., Col JOHN JA( KSII,, wascalled to
the chair. K. W. Smith, ,,nd Thomas Osini-
not i, ..-ii s ctioseii ice l icMdotils, and John
lUhl.'ui, and T. M. Ot, yhmil. Secretaries.
The object of lie meeting being slated hv Win.
M. Piatt, F.s, ,ll,efllovvingliesol,ilionw;is of- '
.. ,,..'.,. , , ,
leieil uy junn l)lsii, tH u !ta 11 1 IIIOIISI V ailOpit'l : I
r,i,.i..ii .1....... :. !.. ,
no lllo i 1 1 I IICCIII IV III! II II oi III ma i
,, ,. , i.. . ,..i i
'-"nil- llOil.silH.ss
l,m(MI(
ne an approit.'iatio.i for the comple-
- . ''. 1 .. '
ol the iSonni iiHAXcn Canal :
tion o
. ,i,,r ;
J,',. wired, That the citizens of the roun- ;
ti,,s 0j- Luzcrtte, StistntebannaIWa, Jlrad-
Wayne, Cohnnbia and Sullivan be,
I.i ..i I . t . . i u
11,111 n "m " r(!SP,!,,,""'y '
li.i tn nuii.l It'll I I iiiimIi-oiii i.i ,1,:
l"l I" I'I'" i, i IHI.I ll.l Ul III 3 I I III .
tv. :,t the Court Iloiue in llii P.-.e,.l,
J . ,, i .i ,.., '
-I,lll,':iy eu ning, the2!)th inst., for the
purpose, oi iiiiiiiuiio suai measure's as may
be deemed expedient.
On motion, Ibe (;!iair appointed L. C. Conk
liu.S H Phelps, S. S. Winchester, F.. Smith
I IV. ,. M I'. ... 1.' :.. . '
r ...I t .
in in. , i,-i-,, ,i t i, ii iiuiiee to c(,i-.
"M""''' ;' '""" "f tbe above ,,;: ed
rullh IC4 II III- n.l'ilii'u i. ii i ...,.! .1
. " "'J' ' 1 ""suiu-
ling. On motion,
I'e.w'red, Tkil tho nroct . diiios f ,),; '
I I l- t i ii ' ,
lllretlllg lie liUlillMii'll III all t u; I,: ul'
his and lite Counties above inemioiu t. : precious metal, ami In- tinei t ing manner in w hich,
Oil million the mcellli" adjourned ' " ""1ti,',, , ,llr pnnnic el that and other metal
" J " "' , ic MihsUbcci Jan. 13, IS 10. bt.
(; ) Wo are indoliled to Ihe polilenesh of Se.n
tor l-i.sr, Inr r'.ntes uf the Annual Kepori (, tbn
Slate Treasurer, iinil also the Hi port of the Ad
jutant Ceneial ol Pennsylvania, lor ,,. y.tlf
sS.
(.'KNI-iKAfj MriWl).
"VTOTH'F, Is heieby gtv mi Id all pe'sons having
linsellled aceoitols with Ihe subscriber that
lie intends leaving lilooin-bnr.' , upon the tirsl i f
next April, and roust have Ins business se(,. ii
. lZ,, Z,, ZZ Z aZTI1
Those w ho egle.-l ..pp,,, , ,, i,t
'"'"plain il Ihey hate lo m-iiI,, with the oilier
oeiuie lli.it nine lie can oe loimd al all times at
SI'FTilFN 11UOHST.
Itloontshiiri. .fan. V7, I l !t. If.
CAI.II'OUMV (illldl !
Dheorered hij Simir If Jihf.u Uoltl
umeter '.
I k S v v K i ( h (
Or Seen t an of lindinir Mitres of (nild,
Silver, Iron, l,ead, Copper, Coal,
mill oilier .Mineral Kichcv
M1F lir.-i tli-c. veiv oi Cold in Cidilornia wa
iioiile bv D(. JOSK lALVK: K, an enuti-
eoi P'ltJiiisii in t logist, (. I, em i, and natural Phil
osiipht i, by tneai s ul a (it i ly inveidi d Magnet
ic illsti tin. cut, called
Tin; (.'oltloivieler, nr (iold Nwfcer's Guide !
Mgimr D'Alve.ir has ju,t airivedal New Yolk,
Iroin tlie Cold icgiotis i I I altli una, by way of
Panama, (. bagi i ss, ainl Nt vi OtliaiiK, liuipeg
wilh Mm a very forge tjiiantity nfgnld ore. val
ued at lien !y one miDioii uf Dn)ai s, v, h it h he
collei ted il.ere, )i.ng belme lb existence ol Ihe
' i"1'1 '' "'""" ieidei,ls of
( .illlol nl.i genet al I v .
.
heMne of the ( loldomcter, and i'.ib-
, lri"1"" "l 111,1 i,",,,,
S'lunot U .ve,ii, in con, pliai.ee with the retpihl
.-,, ... , . .. . ,
ol liumeroiis sn, pi ilic gt nl It iiien, fas cnitiinelici tl
the mai titarimr .f Ins . w ii.i.gi.i-iic Insin tin i.t
the c'((oWi;. wlm h l,e m w olh is lor sale, in
Co; Ctuie.l M-.,l., al the i. maikal.ly low pi ten
ol I hit c Itoliais. each, iieciinioaineit bv lull ilt-
sliuclions lot use. and a variety of I'lulirophinil
hii.tsdiawn from the illicit lit ul.d li.oilei 11 science
or the
.Art of finding Mines if (Iold!
Silver, Plain tun. Quit Ksilv, r. Ci al, Iron, Copper,
J,i ml, and otber Mineral liiciies, 1 ). c whole being
givi 11 in a t 'it'll ictii 11 ii c.lli d I be
('old Set kt r's (inidc !
This new vvmk, and il e liUl.l'OMKT- Ii am
hot It I:i w 11 ad lor sale.
I he Cll.l;l)Ail.'l I I! :s so siiT ).) I'll iiUlo
tnei t , I hat a 1 hi 111 I:, ay I. .11 n lo npet ate w it h il 111
live liiii.ii'i s 1 1 is in t ; lleeli 0 by elm ale, liiois
lure, or anv oilii r know n ciisi , ii .vet pi Ihe nai
un.l maguel,) iind w ill iclaiii Us pi iver ol potni-
ing oil 11 1 1 iii 1 al nclii s Hi the 1 ailb Ii 1 :mv 1 1 1 1 1 . -her
ol veais. Hv ihe aid ol the Cniileaiiy person
in; y 11. e tin' i nl 1 11 iih ril at mice wild prilict sin -cess.
l'ai'iner.s and Land Owners.
Farmers and I. anil Uwneieis Ihrooghoiil li e
Coiled Slates, who b.ive lea-en to suspect Ihe ex
istence id - 1 1 kind ol Mineral riches upon their
mils, s 1 1 1 hi i 1 1 avail tin ui-elves ol Hits opportunity
KS thai Ian, l,v II e .ur.st ol all known test-
lielote ll.e abui dance ol tii-cov 1 1 it . in all pat Is id
Hie ci nutty s,i,u I,, vi!
le
1 1! this soliice 1 f
nt.iiiii in i i.tii rsi.iit .
11 , , i re
Advenliireis to ( alilornia.
,,,,,. , , , rllill ,. , Itl.lke a ,.,.
icr investment than bv m. hasi ng m I ilnst
instrumenis, w Inch will m t only be wnth bltv
times ils value iheie, to m II iigtnn, hid vv ill ,,J.;',1, ,
' iliestiuiiible worlli to llii.e who go in star! Ii oft
ii i .
(iold. as has been 1. 1, v., I bv the Ii tM i.biin.lai I
X.f rimciit boih in ('alilornia am! I ho I'nii
Stale-
Testimonials.
Signer D'Alv . nr does not th em it necessary Ik
em iimher this noli, a- wilh a long list of lisnm.
II I il Is . in ptool ol I ii' valuei'l ilslill.DOMKTFIv
and t.i'l.l) sl'.l Kl -'lis 1,1'IDF. The brillianl
n stills ol his l.ilmis in Calilormn, and the dismv
erv this vety week, id Iresb vnn.s i f Cold in Vir
ginia, and beds id cn,i in IIIioiIl' Island, by its
use. are alone snllc-ionl to stamp il as Ibe great
est discovery ol ll.e iilc. A'oiiiilig bill Ihe i
Iri me cheapness of the insti uiitenl and his tlvsire
lo see il iimiI nr the belli fit iii mankird inouces
him to di-pi se i f it nt (be low pro e of w hich he
oilers ii. liesiili h i i in, IA own tlesnc for wealth
is neat I v sal t-tit d.
Ibe follow mi; testimonials, in proof ofllu: val
ue ot I be C'd'loliieter, selrl'led ll'olll a gli al lilllli
ber e.jiiiill) siilislat loi v , ii, list si. Mice lor ll.e pus
ent :
Aster House, iew Yolk. Dec. VI, IMS.
The undersigned, loivieg ll.isdav witliessetl the
practical opeiiilidii 1. 1 Signur ,lee De Alvim's,
newly invented magnetic insirun enl. the Ct lo
om r i r n, let I enliit ly salisfu d that it cs-esscs
Ihe e.vlraortlinaiy power ul ilctecliiig Mineral oies
hidden hetiealh Ihe -III Life ol the earth, ami have
""''' 'tll pi. .ve an invaluable aid in.
tbe nisei vi v ol the mineral rcsninccs of ihe
L:mle,l States I ,l,c w,.,l,!.
.1, Ii. DI.WI'KU. .In., Chemist.
1- s- 'I ll'.li.MAXN, Magnelic, Ins. Maker,
c. s. Dana, c.-oiogisi.
Los Angelos, Cidif. rnia, Aug. Is-IS.
Phis Ii av it nilv II !, e in., ft hig it (I is lolly
rnnvii.c .l that Nigin r )),, Ivear was ihe
lirst tliscnveier ol (. (i, , ,,.pi sites el ('alitor
Ilia, and lhat Ibis discnvi t v was lii-.ido hv ihe aid
(,f ., ,;,,,,,,,,. inMr,,,,,,.,,, ,.'.,11,,,! ,m. ,;,'), Ilipll.r
w hich I have seen sueresslu'llv applied to the d is-
overv ol veins i. geiii ,n I,, places w here no in-
no hi ions oi i n ii I Milisi ance
iippeiir.il upon the
sm lace ol the faith.
W T SIIF.KMAN,
Lieut, oil Artillery, V. S. Ailny.
No Agents.
Ill Cntiseniiriice ol the 0 1 Ibci, It V l I' li lulilie fail h .
ful agents and id picventtng frauds, where aiti-
licles ol Ibis inilnti. are si nt i ul b r g. nctal sale,
Signor JVAIvear has ilelern in. d tostll tine of
works or iiistruiiieiils unless I'lilniil bv
''!! ?" ''"'' r,!.v ' !"',. vv hen the tlesii.d
"l dicatton, i.- iiish ninciit, will I e Ii rwattlt d lin-
i..r lMV tui.
I a I it re and seal, so I lai al I doubt as lo
itu i'i. iiliin.i,.. .... .. I i
- ' s hi .ii re rt It .'V . o.
CO- JUwor, of ll , l this Tn-liu-
1711,, Sill",' "n ' "IM"", as the secret
""Palling Ibe (,oh (letecling pi wer is known.
t no person whatever, . pi the t tiginal in-
ventor
COThe finldomei. r I told m rk. Cs guide,.
"'i' 't" "' Y i"'''1 h n,1,il ' ,v '", '"' mI
hSa
...
'V1 "r 1'eAh. ar. P, a m N.
lOIKCIIv I'lie ii,. tieii.nl is tell lie If -Tidtl.iw
. ' .
''""l,! pi inlcd on lb i t ap. i-so
at the charge
by mail, or cm, less, wnl I. vnv mi a I
part of the Fniteii
lo an"
alt s I Itf price ol Ihe Cold
Seekers's Cuide ah ne is line Didlai si nt as above.
Address.
SICNOIi .IOSF. 1H: AI.VFAK,
Hox -'"l.'t. N. Ymk Cilv.
rj-Ollice lor the sale ol the C. Id stekets Ciiido
(; ,;. JJ;;' ' ;": ::.r.:?f, vi
, ifnriiia Cold, in the rough stale, as rMrnrted hv
' ' .' r 1 ' ...
S,iKI ":r l,''Alv,':,,r "": "l""' "'l""1'
"'so vtmiess i ,,( operation it ire niuoi met. r.
vv hen held w iibiii t be im.i ii. lie it flnenre of lh.