Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-07-14

- l-,i norton Of cur circulation Is al present o.
,a.. t,rl-tfat il has been and must be the medium
Of r.ae for produce and property SO long as II cir
.,st-s. and that such inuenioes are well calculated
81, sf,ke the very foundations Of society. II mis-
n.e not this same paper Upon report) stated that
.,re would aval themselves Of the decision in
,,b,ma 10 avoid paying the Tombjgby Bank" II
-, ,-e the results of mere gosspiag, he should
-.--snber. that if these "repOrts be false lie is
l,.o,, immense harm to the Bank and Bill holder;
and if true. viii Of the Bank should fa) only serve
more iaiy to confirm the opposition 10 an irredeem-
abe paper currency OiT'%tN'
Tte Aberdeen Bank, Scotland, was lately robbed
Of 5000 pounds Sterling
Nar,bsra Liberalty.-The people OF the North
l.,s contributed more than 100000 for the relief
~ the Charleston sufferers.
A I,r,c and elegant Fountain has rccelily been
erected in Franklin Square, Philadelphia, al cost
Of about $4,000
Among the rare curiosities now being exhibited
in Charleston is that of young Pigeon Matched
without eyes
q ,omr Eitor.-A son of the Editor of the
p,Iairb N ca STAR only nine years Old, has esab-
Isl,ed a small weekly journal in Raleigh His eji-
torials are well writes.
Rssnnption.-T Augusta (NIe.) Banks have re-
snmed specie payments in fill. Those in INDIANA,
redeem all their fives Mr.. Bldde, in the Phladel-
nhja Bank Convention, took the lead by giving cas-
ting vote against II.
Air Deaths occurred in New York, in one week,
from the imprudent drinking OF cold lrater.-Tenl-
perauce Societies, what say you 10 th.s'
Extraordinary Shooting. Nineteen hundred and
Al in
by twenty-six hunters in Thompson Township, o.
a Modest Proposal.--The London Age IN war
I like mood, quietly recommends the British Govern
ment to take possession of New York in retaliation
for the AID given by the United States to the Cana
dian rebels,
Boston paper states that the fashion of wear
inr the hair so long as 10 the ears, took its
origin in the artitice Of gentleman whose surcu-
i lar appendages had been unfortunately c.opped for
his having committed forgery. The long locks CO.
Yered the delormty.
Another Wing Sub Treasury Gone We learn
BY letters received here from Pensacola, dated Gath
OF June, that the Commercial Bank Of Florida"
at ST. Joseph's, has failed; all the officers OF the in
stituon had left. Mobile Reg.
The celebrated Barere President of the Conven-
81 ton at the trial Of Louis XVI, ana orator OF the
al committee of Public Safety, is still living in the
u south of France in his SD year. He is a member
Of The Council Generate Of his department
Barbarism recedng, --The last Legislature of
j Virginia abolished the punishment of branding on
the hand, which haG so long been part of the pc
nal code OF that State The Court Of Norfolk Be-
rough, at It's recent session, ordered to be removed
n from the pillar in the hail. those odiouS relics OF
81 more barbarous ares, the shackies aud staples by
% which the hands of criminals were fixed and Idsten-
ed to receive the impression Of the brand.
MONTGOMERY .4dr
The Georgetown Cd. Co. Advocate states that
at least 100000 bushels OF Corn have been ship
III ped from that place since the opening Of the ma
# yigatlnn this season.
The Rev. Dr. Eastburn has declined 10 accept
# the Office of Bishop OF Maryland, station 10 which
he was recently elected by the Protestant Episcopal
S# Convention of that Diocese
The New York Courier and Enquirer announces
# thatlls new steam printing press the Great West
III ern, will be in operation the first Of July, and
VIII PRINT 6,00e sheets in the hour, Or 100 sheets
minute
From Maine we have the most cheering accounts,
Va The Democracy are ra)Iyng throughout the State,
81 and will elect Democratic Governor next Sep
tember By at least three thousand majority.
Coloaaation. population Of Liberia IS at
present 5000, and the extent Of the coast Of the
Colony nearly 800 miles. 1t has nine growing
Fagcs, two churches and schools, printing press,
and two public libraries.
The Legislature of New Hampshire met on the
81 9Th ulL The Senate elected Samuel Jones Prcsl-
denS this body consists Of only twelve members
Administration, and Federalists. In the House,
Ira II Eastman chosen Speaker.
A snug ncome.-Lord Ward young English
hooeInan, who has lately become Of age, is said to
possess an income Of more than two hundred thou
sano pounds sterling per annum, Or about two dol
aFs per minute!
'daaVadHre IF Vatc{es,-lt is computed th9t no
eS llian I0,000 Watches are annually made in the
cry Of Geneva. or these, 10000 are Of gold, Of
winch metal the yearly consumption is estimated at
9V,uoV ounces in this manufacture and the lewelry
'osiheSs Abort 10000 ounces of silver are like
wise consumed. Not fewer than 5000 ont of the
-ouVo inhabitants Of the city are employed in the
"a'eh and lewelry business.
81 a law ct the Ashantees allow their sovereign
H. possess 333 wives, this being precise mysti
Isl "u;hoef on which the prosperity Of the nation
depends.
af4iN'--ihe King of Hanover was about 10
VISIT London, to be present at the coronation.
Eome say 10 negotiate a marriage between The
queen and his son. -
Tui' Basile.-A lady promenadlng Broad
~, snort time since, accidentally dropped her
uusue' The New York Herald says, il
tvo t p'l, 'ae head Of sweeping brush, guam
~ :, uea snaylngs, pair Of stockings stuffed
". su,, bundle fine tow, and sundry other
"oeS' The Herald does not inform us what
was leit OF the unfortunate fair one.
". 0. Picoyune.
. narofaSfe 70 .Matrimony-Mr. Falret, in his
or ra'e Of suicides in Pans for thirty years. says
,ia , ue ofs2 persons who attempted suicide,
1919, or about one fourth, we're living in
a,s sue Of legitimate marriages and, when we
4 '' au no" small comparatively, the number of
unmarried IS at those periods Of life at which