The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-06-06
COMMUNICATIONS.
For the Columbia Democrat"

DEAR SIR--As | was travelling along
the canal, the other day, contemplating on
the hardness Of the times, the difficulty Of
making sale of nay notions, and the search
ty of money, my attention was arrested by
something that hove in sight, drawn by four
splendid dun colored horses, on strong
Pennsylvania Wagon. first took it TO
be a new kind Of pedlar Wagon. Thinks
| to myself, that brother Jonathan must be
driving a pretty considerable fair kind OF
business, or he could not afford 10 drive
four such splendid slck looking horses
But after looking spell, saw that il was
something composed Of white pine sap
pings very soft wood, and not one stick
of hickory about il. thought | saw
through the logs, something move inside,
which made me conclude that it was cage
for wild animals, such as kangaroes, bab-
boons, apes or untamesble hyenas, pig
stye, or chicken coop. The thing was com
posed, as said before, Of pine sapplings,
with two logs projecting out in front, some
two or three feet; the whole thing covered
with bark, and the windows shut up as !
supposed with Madsonian newspapers, and
as it approached still lnile nearer, saw a
sign hanging out which took 10 be sign
Of an auction. could not read the inscrIp.
ton inteligibly,uot being near enough, but /
thought it read thus:
"AUCTION THIS DAY.
A POOR WHITE MN, to be sold
or hired to pay fine and cost for spelling
British wings nose"
then concluded it must be an Indiana
Court house or Jail, and the projecting logs
were for whipping posts, where poor white
men and women were tied up and whipped
SO lashes if they had rnn away from their
black, white, blue or copper colored master
or mistress, after having been sold to pay
fine and costs, ,and that it was carried through
the country as an emblem of the love and
good feeling General Harrison had for the
poor white man and woman, when he was
Governor of Indiana territory, and sigBed
the following bill :-(Sec Territorial laws
revised code of 1907 pages 80 and 40, Sec
tions 80 and 30.
Section 80. When any person or per
sons shall on conviction Of any crime o.
crimes or breach Of penal laws, be sentenc
ed 10 pay fine or fines, with or withou
the costs Of prosecution, ii shall and may
be lawful for the court. before whom sucl
conviction shall be had, to order The sheriff
20 sell or hlre the person or persons so con
victed to service, TO any person or person
who will pay the said fine and costs for suel
term Of time as the court may think reason
able, and if any person or persons so sen
fenced and hired and sold, shall abscon
from the service of his or her master o
mistress, before the term of such servic
shall expire, he or she so abscondng shs
on conviction before a justice of the peace
be whipped with 80 stripes, and shall more
over serve two years for every one so los
Section 81. The Judges of the severa
courts of record in this territory, shall civ
this act in charge to the Grand Jury 4;
each and every court in which grand jur
, shall be be sworn.
JESSE B. THOMAS,
|, Speaker Of he House Of Representative
B. CHAMBERS,
q President Of the Council.
Approved, Sept. l7lh 1907.
! WILLIAM II. HARRISON, GoUernot
) Thinks to myself the poor Pennsylvi
9 mans will not lii Q the notion so well of b.
n ing sold and whipped, but will put their ve
: on the Indiana sale next election. III
thing went by. Well, as was a thinkin
pretty considerable on my bad luck in Sc
! ling my notions and patent rights, ev,
r since the banks stopped payment, and IT
J. fused to discount any more paper, says L,
n tell you what it is, will drive pretty col
y siderable trade yet, for just before the ele
y ton the banks will resume specie paymer
j. aud call il Harrison measure, and then
Al. Il I r