The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-06-01
OUR HOG BOOK.

We understand, says the Alexandria
Gazette, that 1t. Edwin w. Moore, late of
the United States Navy, has accepted the
situation offered him by the Texan Gov
ernmeLt, as Commander in Chief of the
Texian Navy.
Mr.. Johnson, the Attorney General, has
filed in the Supreme Court, an information
in the case of Judge Collins, and the Conrt
granted a writ of quo ,0arranto, returnable
at Harrisburg on the 10th of June. The
same point is involved in this case, as was
involved in the case of Judge Darlington.
Jim you've been drinking" No l
havn't-l've been looking at another man
drinking, and it was too much for me-"
2haddeuS NevenS.-The Baltimore
Chronicle, like good many of its brethren,
cannot stand the humbuggery of Stevens
and his gang. A late number of that paper
makes the following hitat his last specimen.
" A meeting was recently held in Adams
county, Pennsylvania, by which Mr.. Ste
yens was requested to take his seat in the
Legislature at its next meeting. OF course
he knew nothing of the proceedings before
hand-Not he. Such game is too dis
gusting,"
Beef is selling at Washington city at 81
cents per pound, and no cheice at that
The Antimasonic State Convention as
sembled at Harrisburg on Wednesday of
last week, and nominated an electoral tick
ct pledged to support Harrison and Web
ster.
A writer, describing Aaron Burr, says
" He glided rather than walked; his foot
had that quiet, stealthy movement. which
Involuntary makes one think of treachery,
and in the course of long life, | have new
er met with frank and honorable man to
whom such step was habitual.
By resolve of the Directors of the pub
lie schools of the Northern Liberties, Phila-
delphia county, corporal punishment is for.
hidden in all the schools of that district
A scholar may be dismissed by the teacher
for bad conduct until the meeting of the
committee, when an examination into the
case will be made.
The New Orleans Times says-"Straw-
berries have been ir market about four DAYS
and they afford pleasant and expeditions
mode Of spending money. You can get
two quarts for twenty-six dollars, or buy
them at retail for four cents piece.
According to the Cleveland (Ohio) Her.
aid, eleven thousand one hundred and thir-
ty-nine bushels of potatoes have been re-
ceived at that port since the opening of the
spring navigation.
The Rev. E. T. Taylor, of Boston, in
late prayer, beseeched /" God to pity the
speculaior, the highwayman, and the loaf
er!" He is one of the best preachers of the
day.
In Russia, if carriage is driven over any
person and hurts him, the horses are for
ielted to the crown, and the driver, if a Rus |
sian peasant, sentenced to be soldier.
A boy eight years old, died at Sing Sing
Harbor lately, from inflammation of the brain |
caused by standing on hls head This is a
pernicious practice not uncommon among
boys.
There are three gentlemen to one lady
in st. Louis We hope some of the ladies
ofthe old Bay State, where there is three
ladies to one gentleman, will take pity on
st. Louis and migrate.
Has the Grand Jury broken up9 inquired
one friend of another. {" don't know
nor do | care-they owe me nothing" was
the reply. You are not certain Of that"
remarked byestander, they may have
bill against YOU"