The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-05-21

The Departments at Washington expebd
abou, $500 year each for periodicals.
the House of Representatives $1,000, and
the Senate $700.
New Orleans has 323 grog sheps Of differ
ent grades, paying for licenses, $l9s 200,
Their cost to the city is estimated by the
Bee at s2.20o.Ooo.
Two Infant children were smoihered 10
death in New York. lately by being, ae.
cidental!y overlaid by their mothers willis
in bed
Rev, Samuel Cheever, the first congrega
ton minister al Marblehead, has preached
fifty consecutive years, without emitting a
single Sabbath.
The Cleveland Herald says that eigh.
teen hundred squirrels were shipped on
board the General Scott, for the New York
market
Peter G. Brooks, one OF the wealthy
CapltdilSto III Dootoh, Paye a 'aA VI pc,SaV.
This is larger tax than the city Of New
Haven pays with population Of l6,
600.
The great race betwixt Boston and the
Southern filley Fashion, came off on We'd.
nesday, at the Long Island course. The
sum of two hundred thousand dollars is
said to have been staked on the issue
scarcely any evidence Of tho hard times
Fashion was the winner. The first hea.
was iun by her in 3la; second heat 7 As.
The FIRST heat Boston. who hae been here
to fere considered the fastest horse in the U,
States.
Wormwood is recommended as a cure
for deirum trcmsns' The patien. is 10
have strong decociion taken as hot az it
can be borne and repeated until the agi,a
lion subsidies and sleep is obtained. In
nearly cne hundred cases OF delirum tsamens
ai the house of Correction in Boston. every
one has been cured by Wormweod
lea, taken hot and freely.
A convention Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church convcnes in Baltimore on the 25,h
inst
The Small Pox is quite prevalent in the
South. The cities of New Orleans and
Macon, have been visited by i,s ravages-.
The iausr, huwO~or, but slightly.
There are l6 lins-of.baule ships, IL
frgaies, and l6 sloops and other smaliar
vessels of war now buildings at The var.
ious naval dock yards, in England.
Ma, will you have pochacho!' mo,
my dchear, rather sichake tchurnip.
Prentice tells ofa chap;who in an ecsiacy
OF overpowering excitement, jumped up.
struck his fists together, and exclaiming,
i feel as if must either cut somebody's
throat; or steal somebody's wallet
The Departments at Washington. n..sxpend
about $500 year each, for periodicals
The House Of Representatives, $4,000, and
the Senate $500.
A passenger ear was precipitated down
the incline plane at Ithaca, New Yerk,lass
week Most of the passengers got out be-
fore reaching the level, and many were
baby injured. -
Thomas Bell native Of Baltimore has
been detected in robbing the mail at WASH
ing,on. He was formally employed by the
Rail Road Company, to carry the mail to
and from the Cars and the Washington
Post Office
In the suit in the u S.Circuil Court, N.
York; in which John Gibson IL Co. were
plaintiffs, and the u States defendant, the
former recovered verdict of$ls, 400, being
the amount of duties, with interest, which
they paid under protest, during the cosc-
torship of Mr.. Swarlwou., of an invoice of
unOleachsd linens imported by them.
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