The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-09-21
SUN1E.ARY.

A gentleman sailed in The Lverpool
steamer to bring out machinery from France,
for an extensive beet-sugar manulactory. q.
bout to be established at Boston.
France is represented as having apreed
to recognize the independence of Texas.
The bilious intermittent fever is prevail.
ing very considerably in the City and Lib
critics of Philadelphia.
A general convention of the friends of
we'll regulated and efiicacitu us militia, will
be held in the city of New York on the first
Monday of October next. !
Galveston, Texas, which contained onlv
twelve houses year ago, comprises 300
houses and $500 Inhabitants.
A man named Levant Hubbel has been
arrested at Detroit for passing counterfeit
money.
The New Orleans Courier estimates the
loss on this years expectation of Cotton
from that port at two millions Of dollars,
according to the most moderate caculs-
tlons.
One of the North River boats made her
passage on Friday, between New York and
Albany, in less than nine hours and half,
included all the landing.
The last years revenue, in Great Britain,
yielded &45, 5,049,43
We Learn from the Cleveland Ohio Her
raid, that there is considerable sickness ia
the Lake country west Of that place.
A child ofseven years Of age, died in Erie
county, N. Y, Of hydrophobia, few days
since.
The N. Y. Commercial states that the
Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church have chartered vessel, which
will sail on the lst proximo, with so pas
sengers, all concerned with the Oregon Ter
rltory mission.
Upwards Of 1900 emigrants arrived at
New York one day last week.
The monthly list of prisoners in the Bos-
ton Jail, shows at this time but Ten debtors
in prison; of these, sic are at the suit of
their tailorS. The lawers most admire
these ne,0 suits.
There were no less than 26 arrivals Of
vessels from foreign ports in New York,
on Wednesday last. They brought an i'm
mense amount of merchandise, and at least
; 1900 passengers.
Several serious disturbances have recent
ly taken place on the line OF the Reading
ftuiI I2uac neav IIu,ututg. On ucCa
sion the VOLUNTEER company from that place
was called out and by their exerons the
| =. 4 oC sl,n loo olo.,
were lodged in Berks County Jail.
The ship Birmingham, arrived at Bath,
reports having picked up two men at sea,
: drifting upon plank. They belonged to
, some vessel lost in the late gale, the name
of which is not given.
When molasses is used for cooking, it is
= prodigious Improvement to boil and skim
it before YOU use it. 1t takes the unpleas-
ant law taste and makes it almost as good
as sugar Where molasses is used much
for cooking, it is well to prepare one or two
! gallons IN this way at time.
+ Never allow ashes TO be taken up in wood,
i or put into wood. Always have your TIM
5 derbox and lamp ready for use in case Of a
}. sudden alarm. Have your important pa
/. pers all together, where you caA lay yosr
# hand on them at once, in case OF fire.
THE Thames TnneI.-It is now reduc.
ed to certainty that this great work will
d be completed, and that too within very
n short period. Mr.. Brunei has notified the
. Lord Mayor that the work is completed
d within five feet on the Middlesex side.
v ~ IL
% A Revolutionary veteran named Smoh
e recently died at Detroit in the eighty-tiil
year of his age. He was buried with mil
itary honours.
A man named Bolllnger and his vile
:, were recently killed by lightning IN thel
~ house, in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania
Their five children, who were in the nous
;" at the time escaped unhurt.
i'll RaERoads.-Iti is stated that in New
York there are thirteen rail road compahle
and that the state has granted and to '1eh
os the amount Of about 81, 100000.
n All the free persons of color remaining i
l., the State of Alabama after the lst OF Angus
he next will render themselves liable to DC eli
It, slayed according to law passed at the las
session Of the Legislature.