The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1838-07-07
*Mr. Polk, as he did not vote.

AN ARMY OF PENSIONERS From doc
ument communicated (among others) to the
House Of Representatives, it appears that
the number of pensioners on the rolls of the
several pension agencies OF the United States,
at this time, is as follows:
Invalid pensioners, r. 4,l2l
Under act of 18th March, 1918, $3.50
Under act of 18th May, 1923, 692
Under act Of 7th July, 1882, 25,783
Under act of 4th July, 1886, 1882
Total number of pensioners, al, ,459
Mr.Spring Rice, in his budget, givesrath-
er melancholy accounts of the British fl
nances, The revenue has declined TO the
extent of nearly three millions.-The ex-
penditure of the last year exceeds the re-
ceipts nearly a million and half sterling
Canada has made heavy haul upon the
British purse.
fl NoUel Sait.-A Mr.. Young, Of Brook
ville,. brought suit against schoolmGster
in tine district, for refusing to permit his
children 10 use ''Volney's Ruins" in school
as reading book. action was brought
to obtain compensation for the damage his
children sustained in being deprived of the
| perusal of that work. The verdict was, OF
course, for the defendant. 4.
Singular Coincidence.-The Great Wes-
tern and Sirius steamers, says ihe New York
| Star, were the first that ever came from
Europe, and now we have the pleasure Of
announcing the arrival at this port of the
canal boat Great WeStern and Sirius, from
Polsville direct, beiug the two first boats
from that place with coal, under the direc-
ton of Messrs. Stockton & Stevens, of the
Camden and Amboy Railroad and Delaware
and Raritan Canal Co.
At sale of Blooded Cattle, at Bloomfield,
Newly ork, in the latter part of May, three
COWS and the stock that has been raised from
them in three years, sold for four thousand
nine hundred and sixteen dollars!
THE widow Bctrothed.--Barron, the
Young man convicted at Rochester Of the
murder of Mr.. Lyman, was engaged to be
married. His intended bride was present
at his trial, and the day after his conviction
appeared in the deepest mourning. She is
said to be beautiful and chaste appearing
young lady.-EOening Star.
Notwithstanding her ''chaste appearing"
the young lady stated on her cross-aXamina-
tion--for it was as a witness she was pres
ent at the trial-that there was little Ie-
sponsibity in the cradle at home, Of which
she was the mother and Barront he father.
Com. ,AdU.
A gunsmith in Cleveland uses Wrights
Indian Purgative pills for drilling rifles.
He states that they are a great bore.
The Citizens of Charleston, S. c. have
petitioned Congress to enac; some law
relative to steam navigation, which shall
protect the lives of travellers from the
carelessness or ignorance of people en-
gagged in that business.
.4bsence of Mind.-A youngpady carried
a letter to the Post Office, dropped herself
into the box instead of the letter, and did
not discover the mistake, till the clerk ask
cd her if she was single.
Formidable.-The number of bank direct
ors and bank officers in the United States
is said to be sixteen thousand. ....
Clear the Way.-Letters have been re-
ceiyed in Mobile, from Pensacola, dated the
24th ult, which state that the Commercial
Bank of Florida, at ST. Joseph's, has failed,
and that all the officers of the institution
had left between two days by express, for
other parts. Go it ye rogues, if you break
your legs!