The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-08-17

.nont. n dyertises that he will receive sealed
".onosals from old maids for entering into
marriage contract. None under 35 years
race need apply, as he wants nothing to
do With giddy, flighty, young things
We learn from the Philadelphia Ledger,
that the Wilmington Whaling Company's
ship North America, Captain Slmmcns' ar
rived Yesterday, at the mouth OF the CHRIS
tiana Greek, from voyage of IA months,
with 2,4O0 barrels Of whale OIL go barrels
snerm oil. 1000 pounds whalebene, and a.
bout 81 400 in specie.
/ The first railroad constructed In the Uni-
,.d S,.ia was the Cuncy Railroad, in Mas
sachusetts, something more than mile III
length, and leading from granite quarry
The next was a railroad made by the Lee
high company, from their great coal mines
60 Mauch Chunk, on the Lchigh canal
The Poughkoepsie Telegraph savs--Dan.
;el Thomas and Daniel Woodward. moved
on Inc farm of VIM. raber, on Quaker hill,
on the lst inst, fVe acres Of large grass,
in six hours. These men use no ardent splr
its.
domestic informed his master that the
house was on fire. "Tell your mistress OF
it," SAID be, "for do not meddle with
household adrairs."
It's stated in the agreeable book just pub
lished upon the " white Sulphur Springs"
that in Virginia, whenever man kills 2
black snake, he is made a Major on the
spot.
A company is, in fact, forming at Norfolk
for Aanuracturing raw silk, and the Paupers
of the Aims House, are at work IN the bu-
siness Of cccoons.
Cure for Dvsenfery.--The Times gives
The following as an excellent remedy l'r
dyseniery.
Taks Of Indian corn, roasted and ground
in the manner Of coffee, (or of coarse meal
Drowned and boil in sufficient quantity
of water TO produce strong liquid like col
fee, and drink tea cup full warm, Two or
three times a day. One days practice, ii is
said, will ordinarily effect cure.
The Trenton Emporium speaks well oil
the a,pearaui:e and evolutions of the troops
at Gimp Washington. The whole force
were reviewed last Saturday, by Brig. Gen
eral Eustis, when they made hne display.
The st. Augustine Herald publishes a
statement of the debts of the several states
Of the Union, showing an average of $l3
rer head, while that of Florida alone is
$40.
The chief cook at the United States Ho-
b tel, Saratoga, received, il is said, $500 per
month Cor Ills services.
The Globe states lha, the Hon. Charles
Sheppard has been elected TO Congress IN
the Northern District Of North Carolina.
Two thousand five hundred names have
been obtained at Rochester to memorials for
the release Of Mackenzie.
Itis stated that Dir. Joseph E. Muse, o.
Cambridge, Md, has a field of A acres o
corn, which will yield l05 bushels Of shell
led corn 10 the acre. He made 70 bushels
TO ihe acre last year.
A Wisconsin paper mentions head o.
timo,hy, the growth of Jefferson county, IN
that territory, which, when taken from the
ground, measured over eighteen inches.
The Cstysburg Star notices a tomato
from the grounds of MIR. Peter Diehl, o
Oxford, in that county, which measure II
inches in circumference, and weighed ont
and hAif pounds.
The public lands now held in the U. S
are estimaied at 900, 100000 Of acres.
The crops in Canada are said to be excel
lent.
The corn crop of Maryland is said to b,
remarkably fine. The yield, it is believed
vii. equal that Of 1897
Al the last dates, the plague was prevail
ing at Ae.andra.
Electoral Pots Of the States.
AS means of information we hav
thought it proper TO give the following lis
of lie voters of the several States in tn
next Presidential election. Every state ha
;>numaar of ballots equa! TO her Senator
and Representatives III Congress.
Maine Il
New Hampshire
3 Massachusetts l.
4 Rhode Island
5 Connecticut
6 Vermont
z New York a
8 New Jersey
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