The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1838-07-14

They cure The most obstinate lamsnesa
down east, by.swalowing crutches, in doses
Of from one to fifty. I
Seventeen chickens and barrel of pick.
les, were all killed by lightning, it is said.
few days since, in Craig township, Indi-
ana.
The NeU Haoen Wtig8 have removed
the City HearSe DriUer from Office, because
he was democratic!
A Yoakee writing from the West. speaks
of its great matrimonial facilities, and adds,
''Suppose you get our girls some new teeth,
and send them out!''
The Detroit Post calls man "a distilla.
ton of brandy and puppyism"
Sleeping Somd-A man fell from
steamer on the North River, the other day,
while asleep, and was in the water two
hours, the New York papers say, before he
woke up!
British Mipping.-The number of yes
sells employed in the foreign, trade of Great
Britain is ll,740, British and Irish, and
470l foreign, making total uf 1881 yes,
sells. The burthen Of these is 2,952,63l
tons.
The most severe thunder storm ever expeA
renced there, took place in Cincinnati on
the 26th ult. Considerable damage has
been done the crops in the vicinity.
The Jewels upon the robes belonging to
Prince Esterhazy are valued at one hundred
and thirty thousand pounds. The robes
are to be worn by the Prince atthe Corona
ton Of Victoria.
1t was SO hot in New Orleans on the 2lst
ult, that the thermometers all Boiled over.
A Western journal contains the following
notice:--"Ths paper viii be published
every now and then"
The Quebec Gazette recommends the
employment of Indian warriors, to ferret
cut the brgands On the Thousand Islands.
The express mail from Nashville, arrived
at Cincinnati recently, with many of the
letters rifed Of their contents.
A fire occurred in Lancaster, last week,
which destroyed house, and two sons of
Mr.. Lands persisted IN the flames. The
one aged ten and the other twelve years.
The. whole town of Point Petre, Barba-
does, was destroyed by fire on the 10th of
May.
Among the steamboat disasters which
have occurred within the last few months,
are the Ben Sherrod, 100 lives lost; the
Monmouth, 400; the Home, 100; the Mo-
selie, 30; the Ben Franklin, 100; the Oron-
okc, 1870; the Washington, 80; and the
Pulaski, 100.
The Fashionables "A fashionable city
lady while in the country shon time since,
inquired 'what those animals were with
powder horns growing out of their ears!"
as though it were not genteol for a woman
to know COW.
.Another Steamboat Erplosin. 1.-The
steamer Tomochich; arrived at New Or
leans from Tampa Bay, having on board
$50 Seminoles and 80 negroes. While off
the Balze, on the morning of the ! lth inst.
burst one of her larboard boilers, by which
accident five men were scalded-the first
engineer and a deck hand severely.
.Another Steamboat Burned. Mon
treal Courier of the Goth inst. says.-"We
| legieI W Stdle IldJ lHe news was Yesterday
received in town of the total destruction of
Varennes steamboat by FIRE, nearly opposite
st. Ours, on her return from Chambly to
this city,
n Steamboat Lo8t-The steamer Mus.
cogee, of Columbus, Ga. Captain H. w
Van Vechten, late in the service of the IT,
| nited States, was wrecked in gale Of wind,
and went down about 40 miles TO the north
wsrd of Cape Florida, on the 23d ult. She
was on her passage from Indian river TO
r Apaachloola, and had come to anchor to
: repair her boilers. Ther9 were twenty-five
persons on board, three of whom were
4 washed from the deck by the sea, which
made fair breach over her. The rest took
: to the boats just as the steamer went down,
after being out four days were picked up by
the new steamboat Giraffe, and landed at
q Key West.
t The Albany Evening Journal says An
, derson, who stood indicted for assisting to
| burn the Sir Robert Peel, was tried at Wa
tertown during the past week. The Jury
found a verdict of not guilty. The prison.
er, who stood indicted also for robbing the
Boat was remanded fortrial on that charge