The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-05-02
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every white male citizen of lawful age in
that State, was voted down--eUery log CO.
bin Harrison .federaliSf Uoting against
ii, and every Democrat vOting in its fa-
DOR.
The Buffalo Sun Of last Saturday says
Yesterday morning, al o'clock, some
mischievous person. by means Of powder,
blew TO atoms the celebrated monument,op-
posite Lewiston, erected to the memory Of
Gen. Brock. We hope, for our own cred
il, that this was not the work of an Ameri-
can citizen.
Henry Wild, tailor who lived in 1894,
became in few years while working at
his trade, master of the Latin, Greek, He
brew, Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic and Persian
languages.
PraiieS on fire Mr.. Black, one OF the |
supposed "Whig" representatives in
Congress from Georgia, has come out de-
cidedIy in opposition TO Gen. Harrison, and
in favor Of MIR. Van Buren, for the Presi-
dency.
The people of New Haven have voted
an appropriation of $4,000 for the ornament
ing Of their already beautiful burying-
grouad. on condition that an equal
sum be raised by subscription among the
citizens.
A nan named Robet McBeath undertook
10 perform a surgical operation on one Da-
vid Hunter, at St. John, N. B. a few days
since, and through his ignorance killed his
patient. The coroner's jury returned a
verdict Of man slaughter against him, and
he Was committed for trial therefor.
The price Of the fare on the rail road
from Boston 10 Dedham, distance ten
miles,) was reduced, week or two since,
from 37a cents to 25. Since the reduction,
the weekly receipts of the road have near
doubled.
Royal iMarriuges.--Untl the wedding
of Victoria, nearly eighty years have elaps-
ed since the marriage Of sovereign has
been celebrated in England-George III.
having been united to Queen Charlotte on
the 7lh Of September, l76l.
We learn by the Eastern papers that Pc
ter Edes, the veteran printer, died n, Ban
gor, Me-, on the 29th ut. at the advanced
age of 80. MIR. Edes, it is believed, was
, the oldest printer in the United States
= Till within few years he resided in Bal
> timore, and assisted his ssn,the late Col.
Edes in his office, in the capacity of proof
reader.
, II is stated that -four has lately sold ir
Texas for $lOO per bbl. Corn for $l4 pei
. bushei, and pork for $75 per hundred
. Texan money, Of course, which is goor
, deal worse than the paper money Of the U
/ States.
5 The Dublin Total Abstinence Society
: commenced in November, has slread 600(
members. The clergy throughout lrelanC
0 are following the example Of Father Malh
: ew, and placing themselves at the head o
0 the Temperance movement. Father Math
4 sw, it is stated, had administered the pledge
e to more than million Of persons.
= The Ouoes and Ioways are dspredatins
It on the horses and cattle of the farmers o.
: Buchanan county, in the northwest part Of
s Missouri. Col. Kearnev, at Fort Leavens
s worth, has despatched squandron of l0(
a u. S. Dragons. under Capt. Boone, il
e pursuit, and Gen. Atcheson, of the m ltia
u mas Deen calteu upon 70 alu WIFI tNo Vi
a three companies Of his division.
y A Quaker'S Leiter.-Friend John, dc
:. sire thee to be so kind as to go to one o
:. those sinful men III the flesh, called attor
y neys, and let him take out an instrument
i with seal thereunto, by means whereof
i he may seize the ou ward tabernacle o
George Green and bring him before th'
lamb skin men at Westminster, and teacl
!, him TO do as he would be done by.
Thy friend, r.
Negro Cloth is manufactured in the Pen
o itentiary at Baton Rouge, (La.) The lin
. seys manufactured there are said to be su
. perior to those at the north, and that th'
cOnvicts will shortly be able TO manufacture
1000 yards per day.
a A man named Taylor recently went int
T the woods in Adams county, (Illinois.) Il
cut timber; log knocked him down anC
rolled upon his thighs, holding him in tina
e position until he died, which, from appear
e ances, was not until several days after 1h'
G accident.
+ Cincinnati Election. late election
in Cincinnati, about which the Wings hay'
boasled so largely, turns out to be hart
: cider affair for the Wings. In 1888 thu
i majority against DR.. Duncan in that city
| l.. al. IL 81. NnIrs h.