Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-03-09


Fifteen carriages pass over London brde,
per minute.
An extensive religious excitement Is iakip,
place at Brooklyn, N. York, principally amonS
the BaPtisis and Melhodists.
The frslPo Office in America was establish
ed at BOsion IN 1889. Franklin was for man,
years deputy post master
The first steamboat eompan, on The Ob,o uo.
formed at Louisville in Oct. 1910.
Judge ColslOck, Of Virginia. late president q
The State Bank Of South Carolina, died r
Charleston, Jan Goth. Judge C. has 6Iled VA.
ruus public stations.
The Wings are not willing To- entust the Dub
lIc money in the hands Of several persons. but
are willing Nick Biddle should have the case II
all oft.
Land Saiss-S 2sOOOOO were received in
one week last month, at the land Office IN Bur.
lingion lOway Territory.
The steamboat Clarendon, of Savannah an
her way from that city to Daren, was DESTROYED
by hire on the 9th ult. She had SIG bales Of col.
ton on board, which we've all consumed.
A young man in Erie, Pa drank a quart Of
whiskey on a bet Of $40 and died soon after.
.Mormons. The Legislature OF Missouri has
appropriated two thousand dollars for the relief Of
The poor distressed Mofmons Of Daviess and
Caldwell counties.
The quantity Of -four and meal Of all kinds in
speeted in the city of New York, fion the Is,
Jan. 1888, to LIST Jan. 1899, was ,246 964 bar.
rels, and 2O,795 half barrels, valued at 50, $685..
$50 63,
Among the importations al New York from
Marseiles, are fifty fire tons cf Mulberry trees.
A pretty heavy Shipment we should think, If there
is no mistake in the entry"
The Cincinnati Doctors. for some time past,
have been engaged in one of the fercest con.
flcts ever known in the worlds annals. Their
patients have breathing time.
There has been a recent Temperance conven-
ton in Boston, at which upwards Of seven hun.
dred delegates were in attendance.
Allen .M'.Nab, commander at the outrage up
on the Csfoline, and Speaker Of the asst House
Of Commons in Upper Canada, has been assas.
snOted. fIo was shot while passing through the
Grand River Swamp On the 10Th ut., by some
patriot, as was supposed.-Io,ra GAG.
NVU UhU sHuWWOH.-hl tut same QOOT, III
this city, can be found the two following signs:
american Sunday School and Bible DeposiO.
'y and "Erchange Officer Chicago Demo.
Some Of the five dollar notes of the New Or
cans Banks have been altered 10 flti.s. Look
out for them,
trish.--The editor of the St. Louis Gazette
.dvertises to eat all the potatoes that were raised
asst year in lndianna.
On the 9th inst, notice was given to the
gamblers, through tho Vicksburg Wing, TO leave
hat place forthwith. ntwelye hours none were
o be found in the city.
A Mr.. Catell, few days ago, murdered a
'oung man named Bios, in Washington Co.,
Miss with a Bowie knife. The victim had Just
seen married
The mail between Carollton, Mis- and Pamela,
was robbed on the End inst The mail bag was
aken from the carrier by a couple of men whom
The boy thinks he would be able 10 identity. They
have not yet been arrested.
The Rirer.-A letter from Pitsburg, dated on
he nth inst, says: 1.-THE ice in the Allegany
and Monongahela broke up TO day."
american Colleges-it is said there are at
present eighiy-eigh, Colleges in the Union. Be-
tides these, are IL Law Schools, &c Medical,
md SO Divine Schools. The number OF stu.
dents in / Of the Law school is 227, in 20 ofthe
Medical, 24s9. and, in 80 Of the Divinity Schools,
1868.
During the session which has just broken up,
the Legislature Of Alabama passed thirty acts Of
divorce.
During the late destructive fire in Erie, pa
ladies entered the ranks, and carried water for
the supply Of the engines, with an energy that de-
serves the highest commentator.
The Galveston (Texas) Gazette states thai
about one thousand emgrNnts arrive monthly at
that port alone. Many Of them are planters, who
bring their slaves with them from the United
States.
There was received al tho late Ladies Fair in
Richmond which was got up for the benefit Of
the poor, $240l.
The Ladies. We admire them, because 81
their beauty-respecl them, because of their vir.
tue-adore them, because Of their intelligence
and love them, because we can't help it.
Despatch Of Business At recent session oil
the Circuit Court Of the county Of ST. Louis
Missouri, upwards Of eight hundred cases al
law and equity civil and criminal, were dis
posed Of by the court during the term.
A late attempt in the Alabama Legislature &c
chango the mode of choosing representatives tC
Congress from the District to the General Tick
ct system, was defeated by vote of so to &c.
two 10 one, against the proposed change.
The Merrnack Manufacturing Company o
Lowell have made dividend Of 40 per cent
on their capital Of million and half, besides re
serving one hundred thousand dollars for the pur
chase Of new machinery
The Massachusetts House of Representatives
by vote Of S30 to 81, have ordered to its thirt
readings bin making highway robbery and burg
larry punishable by Imprisonment for lfe instead o
death.