The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-11-16
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the hon. Robert j. Walker, candidate ~
the Uni ed States Senate-and A.. w
Vlcksbnrg has burnt the residence Of h;a
opponent, the Hon. Sargent s. Preptiss ~
Neither has the advantage of The o,her
therefore. in this particular
The total expenditures of the State or
vermont for the year ending goth Sen,ew'
Der, were 81 ,665,55. The amovp, nr a..
State School Fund is $ll9,64s 2I, TS nv
Bank Safety Fund amounts 10 sl9 23o ~ y
In Aiala county, Miss. recently, the non.
pie did not wish the court 10 s,t boc1rus,, ~,
'hey were not ready to pay their debts. s;bNN
er just or unjust. The sheriff knew ,h;l
ana having an eye to reelection, whon
called upon by the judge TO open the conr,'
lie handed IN his resignation, which the
Judge refused TO receive. The sheriff then
cleared out-the court could not 90 On -.
And that's the way il was done.
A public meeting was lately called at s.
Augustine, at which resolutions were n,s.
sed recommending division of FIorid,
territory. For several years past this sinh.
has engaged the attention Of the neonlo ot
East Florida. Tr'' u
The Milledgevillo Geo. Journal has
placed at It's head the name of George NJ
IrouP as candidate for the Presidency.
The hostilite5 between the Ross md
hidge parties have again broken out. A
letter, bearing date Evansville, Sept ODD
states that on the night previous, about mid.
night, the Ridge party crossed the Wash.
lngton county line, and murdered Beng. and
two OF the Ratlllis Of the Ross party, which
has caused considerable excitement. The
Ridge party are flying 10 the VIII tes for pro.
lection.
A late number Of the Raymond Times.
published in Kinds Co., Miss, contained
twenty and half colums of advertisements
by sheriis, collectors, and marshals.
three columns and more of notices of finsol.
vents, election candidates, &C., and only
seventeen and half lines of reading mai.
ter.
Al Noblesrile, Ind, Lewis Furman re.
covered one cent damages, in an action a.
gainst Caleb Collins, for the seduction of
his (F.'s) wife.
The Louisville Journal speaking of the
Ohio River, says it does not run very fast,
but ShowS a good deal Of bottom.
An English paper, in giving an account
of tory dinner, says that "the Queen
Dowager and other state paupers, were
toasted"
committee has been appointed by the I
Legislature OF Rhode Island 10 enquire in
to the prominent causes which occasoned
the suspension Of specie payments by the
banks in that state Messrs Hazard, Sim
mons, Blake, Whipple and Clarke, consl.
tute the committee.
Florida dates TO the l9lh ult., says that
detachment of Dragons belonging to Post
No. II was fired upon while crossing the
OsciIla river by party Of Indians, and sew
en- killed and others wounded. Two fami.
lies are reported TO have been attacked by
the Indians, but their names are not given.
An apple tree was in full bloom u, Kings
ton, (R. l.. on the first inst.
A prisoner confined on charge of larce.
ny, recently escaped from the Jail of lie.
high County, Pa, but returned in a few
days, says the Bulletin, aud surrendered,
because he found he could rot maintain him.
self in the wide world.
NeW JerSy.-Tho clear majority, obtain
ed by the democratic party, of the popular
vote in the recent elections in Now Jersy,
is ascertained, by tho official returns TO be
1883. A respectable majority this to be
represented in Congress by Wing mem
bers !-MetropOiis.
A country groenhorn, after being joined
in the chains Of wedlock, was asked by one
Of the guests, friend, if he ~had paid the
parson; to which he replied, "Oh no; he's
owing father for peck Of beans, and we'll
make turn ofiit."
There is but one man in Jail at Nantuck.
ct, and he threatens to prosecute tho town
unless the building is mado more comfora'
bic.
Resumption in TenneSSee.--ln the le'
gislature of Tennessee on the 24th ult. Mr..
Smith said he had just received intimatlons
from high quarter, which rendered it not
at all unlikely that all the banks in Tennes-
see would resume specie payments within
ten days.