The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1841-03-06
JUDGE r. r. BARBOUR.

| Judge BARBOUR, 0f the Supreme Courl ol
The United States, who retired 10 his cham
Der in his usual health, ON Wednesday
night, was found dead in his bed on the
morning OF Thursday. He appeared to have
died without struggle. His sudden de-
cease is ascribed TO all affection of the heart.
The last rites were paid 10 the remains oi
this excellent man to-day, a, the Capitol,in
the chamber Of The Supreme Court,
The service was rendered most impress
i've by the exalted worth Of the deceased
the dignity Of the presencc--,he President,
Vice President, Senators, Representatives,
and Judges at,endlng--ihe solemnity of the
place, and tie simple but eloquent aud most
appropriate address of the Chaplain who
ofiiciaied.
There was never higher ormore deserv-
ed tribute paid 10 the dead than that awar-
ded to Judge BARBOUR from the very tribu-
nal in wtirh he himself once sat. Ii was
but the echo of that which Mr. RoANE had
Jus, Pronounced in the Senate Chamber,
and MIR. BANKS in the House, and TO which
every heart responded that surrounded his
bier.
Judge BARBOUR had, frCm youth 10 age,
been yersed lo busy scenes Of life--the po-
lemcs of the bar-the politics OF Stale and
National assemblies-!he high trust of the
judicial s.aiun---in all that involves The in
teresls and passions Of the world, and yet
he passed from it unspotfcd 0fhe world.'
In every social and domestic relation. the
curren, of his life ran pure, and diiiused
happiness on all around him. He was, in
l.. Il ,nI ,,fn
probi,v aud benevolence, fine exemplar
of that character which raised his native
State 10 such deserved distinction among
her sisters Of the Union.
The considerations, which must make
sharper and deeper the first pangs felt in his
death by his family, will, in time, be their
greatest consolation. He will survive to
them in his character and in the history Of
his country. - Globe, Feb. 25.
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Uar Prospects. Bennett, of the
New York Herald, writing from Washing
ton, remarking upon the biuer correspond
cnce ,ha, has lately taken place between
Messrs Fox and Forsyth on The subject of
the Caroline, and Mr.. Mcleod says: "A
Queens messenger arrived recently from
Upper Canada, with important dispatches
IRON Governor Arthur to Mr.. Fox. On
these despacthes Mr.. Fox re-opened the
correspondence, aud hes made new and
menacing demands upon our government
to interfere and protect Mcleod from the
legal authorities of Lockport, New York.
He has gone over the recent rioious events,
and INDUCED in a STRAIN of acrimony and
harshness, which has rekindled a fresh
flame in the breast Of our Secretary
There is every reason To believe that the
organization of a war army Of 10000 men.
regulars and militia, in Canada. is intended
to enforce the demand Of the British gov
ernmen, for the delivery Of Mcleod, nor
is there the slightest hope TO think that The
disputed territory IN Maine ,cW eUer be
giUen up By England.
Before tie close Of the present session.
this hiltcr and infammable correspondence
will he Gent TO both houses, and shoeld
not be astonished TO see movement made
in these bodies ills, will aslound the nation.
If law should I've proposed and passed,
authorizing the raising of fiCeniy millions
TO put The nation in a state of defence, both
in military and naval point Of view, let
no one he as,onished or taken by surprise
ihereat."
NE should be aslonished, for we begin
to think there is scarcely enough courage
or patriotism ief! in Congress TO propose
(what should have been proposed five years
ago. ihe erection of steam batteries, steam
ships, and corous supply of the Paixhan
bomb-guns.--Spirh Of The Times.
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A strong sensation has been excited in
Paris, and indeed throughout France, by
the appearance Of some forged letters, said
to have been written by Louis Philippe
some when Duke of Orleans, and some
since his accession 10 The throne. These
letters, says the Correspondent. of the Sig
nal. have coo,ribuied greatly 10 deepen the
dislike entertained towards the citizen King
by the Republican or war party in France,
because of the favorable terms in which he
speaks OF England, and the dispalring way
in which he expresses himself respecting
La Jeune France, and the Revolution Of
July, 1890. Louis Philippe denies in the
most positive manner the authorship Of the
letters; but even his own friends are forced
to admit that if not his the person who has
committed fraud on the public and the for
gerry on him, has inflated in a remarkable
n,,cnar mt nnIy bis hand yriiinu but his