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The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23
COLUMBIA RAIL ROAD.

The Senate having refused to concur with
House of Representatives in authoriz zing
the State TO put on passenger cars and carry
passengers over This rail road, will be sene
by an advertisements in this paper that the
superintendent Of motive power has invited
.FtoPt9als,for putting on passenger cars land
carrying passengers over the Road--of
course the contract to be given 10 the low
est and best bidder.
We have heard it stated by pretty good
authority that the State can make more
money out of the road-and at the same
time reduce the fare very considerable. If
this be the fact--as we believe il is, the
public will be the gamer.
w are pleased 10 learn, notwithstanding
the decline of business, that the profits of
the Columbia Rail Road, over all expenses
were very handsome in the month of June
and equal TO full average of the three
first months under the new system Of man
agement,
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23
VARIOUS MATTERS.

Another Dreadful Catosypohe. The
Montreal Courier Of the lth inst. contains
an accoun, Of one of the most distressing
casualties which has occurred in theProvince
since the Introduction Of steam on the ST,
Lawrance. The high pressure steamer
Shamrock, while between Lsceine and
Pointe Cloire, on her way to Kingston, with
12o passengers, about ten O'Clock on Satur-
day morning last burst her boiler and
her bows being blown out by the explosion
she went down head foremost So sudden
were the effects that in less than s minutes
sixty.two human beings were precipitaed
into eternity The passengers were English
Irish and Scotch migrants; but principally
English, and were distributed al the time
of,he accident nearly as follows: The
English, in a number about sixty ,exclu-
sively, occupied the bow OF The vessel, while
the Irish and Scotch occupied the stern, in
the cabin were three English women and
two men between decks, ia the forepart of
the vessel were number of loiterers.
The loss fell principally upon the English
who were in the bows: the three women in
she cabin perished, and all who were be.
tween decks, with the exception of three
Irishmen
The Steamer Dolphin was at the time
about half mile in the rear of tho Sham.
rock, and made all haste TO carry suc-
cor. When the Dolphin reached the
scene of disaster, the sight was appalling,
the steamer had disappeared and the surface
of the waiter was covered with the living
and dead bodies, the living ciingiug TO irag.
ments of the wreck, and to the sides OF two
barges which remained unimpaired BY the
humane exertions Of The master g. crew o.
the D., about sixty persons ofdiferen, age:
and sexes pckedup. OF these absut thirty
are more or less injured, and about thirty
principally Irish, escaped unhuri,
Eighteen of the wounded were conveyed
10 theMonireal General Hosptal-54 remail
to be accounted for Much money is sai'
TO have been lost, the emigrants being Of
superior description.
One old lady, named Cousin, from Cleave
land, Yorkshire, was found alive foa,in,
on feather bed, but her husband and seyel
children had persisted, a man named Cover
bald from Dandy, Yorkshire sunk on Sat
urdsy night under amputatien, leaving be
hind him wife who besides her husband
lost six children.
The Montreal Courier gives the to!a
numb Der Of lost or missing as SO.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23
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We have received communication too
late for this weeks paper, animadvering in
strong, but manly language, upon an article
which appeared in the Berwick Sentinel of
last week in reference to a sentiment given
at the Oraugevile celebration on the 4lh.
1t shall appear in due season, and if we are
not mistaken,i! viii show up some folks in
light that will make them appear more
like "kaaveS" and "fools" ikan "wise~
men. Ii is an old saying, and very tue
one "that man living in a glass house
should not throw the irst stone"
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

The Volunteer companies in this neigh
borhood, have been invited TO attend an
encampment at Lewisburg, the first Of Nov.
We lsarn that extensive arrangements ale
making for fine display Of military.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23
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The Philadelphia Gazette states thousand
of dollars worth of silver plate have
lately been sent to the mint in the
city 10 be converted into money The
Gazette adds--'llis nothing rare to see
gold and silver gobleis and sundry other
silver plate taken from the sideboard to the
mint, thence to owners pockets in the
shape of substantial money
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

The Farmers, in this neiglborhood for
several days past have been very busy in
gathering their wheat crops, for which they
have had fine weather. The wheat gen.
orally very good, through,in some instances
we learn that il is injured with rust and
smut.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23
The NOTES OF THE WYOMING
BANK, are received at the Treasury for
dues 10 the Commonwealth.
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A stay law has passed the Legislature
and been signed by the Governor. pro-
vides iha, no property, either real or per.
sonal, shall be sold unless it brings two
thirds Of Its appraised value.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES
BUCHHANA AN,
(Suycct to the decision Of the NatiOno,
ConOenfion

The Bill, leaving The settlement of the
removal question 10 the people of the coun.
ty, has not yet been acted upon in Tho
Senate.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

Inland Cemmerec-has so increased be.
tween Philadelphia and Hsvre-de Grace,
that The Directors of The two boat company
have determined to run regular daily line
hereafter.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

Tie editor Of the New Y York Tribune has
Just returned from a iouroweeks tour through
about one half ofshe counties of New York
portion Of Western Pennsylvania, and
parts of Connecticut and Vermont. and he
speaks of the general appearance of the
crop wherever he has seen them as cheer
ing. Corn alone promises badly,and that only
in some sections. Wheat, rye, ats,grass,
potatoes, all bear the appearance Off heavy
yield.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

R0mlor Of }PQr'--By information receir'
ed tt New Orleans frcm Mexico fears wcrs
entertained that theAmericsn minister, Gen.
eFal Thomson, would Withdraw from
Mexico in which event Santa Ann would
declare war against the U. States Govern.
ment. The Picayune alluding to this ru.
NOR remarks:-'We know nothing OF the
nature of instructions sent toGeneral Thom
som in relation to the claims OF our citizens
upon Mexico, nor what has been done as
regards some Of the Americans among the
prisoners taken at Sanie Fe who have
claimed the protection of their government
but this much we do know, that there will
be little temporizing on the part OF Gent.
Whatever may be our present relations
with Mexico, they will not snifer while in
the hands ofso prompt and eiiiciegt an
officer
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

During the month Of June the arrived at
Cleveland fiom the interior cf Ohio, by
way of the Canal, 2ll,923 bushels Of
wheat, and 70,342 barrels OF -four. The
number of vessle tina! arrived al the port Of
Cleveland in the same month was 900, land
the number cleared 207.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

The account from all parts OF Virgni
are very daItering in regard to the abun
dance and excellence Of the wheat cropIn
Jefferson comfy the yield is the largest ev-
Ell known. In the James River comfy
where fears were entertained that the grain
from the lowuess of the ground, would be
injured by rust ,he result has exceeded all
expectation. In Fairfax county the wheat
turns out better ihan was expected though
in some places it is partially injured. Rye
and oats promise well. In london cspnty
there has been SEINE rust, but the crep will
be an average one.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

,Rbo6shment of ImdrisionaCen fer DEBT
The ac. of the Legislature of thisSaie, is
the 'Abolishment of Imprisonment forDebt
and to punishment Fraudulent Debtors, has
received the signature Of the Governor and
is now lawof the Commonwealth. 1t is
universal in It's application except in the
| following cases:
Where the debtor is about TO remove any
Of his property ont OF jurisdiction Of the
court in which suit is brought, with inten.
| 10 defraud his creditors;
Or that he has property or rights in &C.
| ton which he frauduleutly conceals'
Or, that he Las rights in action or some
interest in any public or corporate stock,
money or evidence of debt, which he un.
| Justly refuses TO apply to the paymen. of
| any judgments. which shall have beer rem
dered against MIN belonging 10 The COM
plaint
Or, that he has assigned, removed or dis
posed of, or is about to dispose of, any OF
his properly with the intent to delraud his
creditors
Or, that he frandulently contracted the
debt or incurred The obligation, respecting
which suit is brought.
The exemption from arrest aud imprls'
| ionment does not extend 10 persons
who shall no. have resi- ded IN the State foI
20 days previous to the commencement o.
Of any suit against them Eve. Journal.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

Fsats sf Sfrengfh-Monsfre Paul.
There is man exhibiting at the Bowery
Theatre, calling himself Monstre Paul, who
performs almost miraculous feats ofslrength
We are told that on Monday night, he re
sisted the strength of two large Pennsyl.
yania horses, who are accustomed daily TO
draw weight Of more than two tons.
His method is to place himself horizontally
upon ladder, fasten a giith around his
loins, to which the horses are attached, and
then resist their pulling by means OF his
feet and hands
These feats, a, first, appear incredible;
but, we arc told by philosophers that per-
sons OF even ordinary strength can accon-
plish them, after few trials, by learning
10 place the body 10 righ position. In
Sir David Brewstei's Letters on Natural
Magic, an interesting and valuable work,
published by the Harpers in their Library
there are several instance Of the kind mar.
rated at length About the year 1903, a
native of the county Of Kent, named
Joyce, exhibited such feats of strength in
London and other parts.of England, that he
received the name of .be second Samson.
His own personal strength was very great;
but he had also discovered, without the aid
of theory, various positions of the body in
which men of even comon strength could
perform very surprising feats. He drew
against horses, and raised enormous
weights; but in the course OF few years.
his methods were found out, ard many
persons OF common strength went through
his performances with success.
Not loLg while after Joyce, German
named Van Eckeberg, native of Mar
tzgerode, in Anhalt, travelled through
Europe as another Samson. He was a
man Of middle size, and ordinary strength;
aud as DR.. Besaguiers was convinced that
his feats were exhibitions Of skill, and not
of strength, he was desirous Of discovering
his methods, and with this view he went
10 see him; accompanied by the Marquis
of Tullibardine; DR., Alexander Stuart, and
DIR. Pringle. They placed themselves
round the erinan so as 10 be able TO obseye
accurately all he did, and their success
was so great that they were able to perform
most Of the sasse fea,s, lhe same evening.
Dr. DesaguIiers exhibited some of the ex.
periments before the Royal Society.
Sir David Brewster is OF the opigion that
drawing against horses admits of any easy
explanation. II depends entirely on the
natural strength Of the bones of the pelvis
with double arch iha. it would require
an immense force to break 6y any external
pressure directed TO the centre of the arch,
and as the legs and thighs are capable Of
sustaining four or Eve thousand pounds
when they stand quite upright, the perform
er has no difficulty in resisting the force oil
two horses or OF sustaining the weight Of a
cannon weighing i@o or three thousand
Soands.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

Fatchsz Tornaao.--The Natchez Dali
y Courier takes notice of somewha. re-
markable coincidence between the terrible
tornado at that place and the recent destruc-
1--WE earthquake at St Domingo. After the
last named catastrophe person alive was
dug out of the ruins, who had lived fifteen
days under bed of wall. Alter the tor
nado of 40 living person was dug out
from the Natchez susins under the hill,
who had been buried alive eight days He
fully recovered being not dangerously hurt,
Ii is singular coincidence that the torna-
do and the st. Domingo earthquake both
occurred on the same day of the same
monIh--the 7ta of May.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23
IS REPEALED.

The obnoxious section Of the law abol
Ishiag Imprisonment. for ebt.which requir
ed all persons to have resided twenty days
in the State, before they were entitled 10 the
benevolent provisions Of the bill has been
repealed.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23
MEEszZEa2eEg

Better than Good Luck.-The New
Orleans Crescent City metions, as a piece
of good luck. the drawing of 81 900 prize
by the engineer of the steamboat Lalla
Rookh, and the Mobile Register registers a
still more lucky individual: On the last
upwards passage of the Lalla Rookh. he
was accidentally knocked overheard, about
Twenty-one mile Bluff, in the night, and
nobody being aware of the accident, the
boat went on. and 10 this time, they doubt
less believe that he is drowned. He arose
to the surface, however, after the wheels
had passed over HIM, and swan TO shore,
although encumbered with part of his
clothing and pair of heavy boots. After
spending the night in the swamp, he footed
il into the high road, borrowed horse, and
arrived in Mobile richer than any prize in
the lottery could make him, having saved
himself from the jaws of death.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

Neao Remedy fdr Kydrophobia,-Dr.
Heller, member the Royal Academy of
Medicine, Paris, lately communicated
10 his society, that in Greece it is practice
10 observe the tongues of these persons
who have been bitlen by dogs, because
at the end Of eight or nme days there ap-
pears on each side of the tongue, and near
the upper part, bustules, called lysses by
the Greeks. These busiules contain the
whole rabid matter, and Immediately they
are cut out and wound caulsrised, which
prevents hydrophobia.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

j. OrvilleTaylor estimates that there are
80, 900 common schools in the Union.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

Race Of Pignsies. AT meeting of the
Geographical Society in London recently.
the chairman stated some interesting facts
on subject which would probably soon be
brought before the notice Of the society. 1t
was, that gentleman, employed by gov
ment, had, in ascending the river Juba, in
Africa from east TO west fallen in with a
considerable tract of country inhabited by a
curious race Of pigmies, not exceeding four
feet in height with very curious views OF
religion and government, and exactly re.
sem5ling the type of Herodious which
singuIarly conGrmed some opinions on the
subject recently brought before the notice
of he Aborignes' Protection Society.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23
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MysteriSus:-At Noriield, Mas, a few
days since, Mr.. G. K. Slebbns, on taking
down wall for the purpose Of charging
his cellar discovered the bones Of person,
which upon examination byphysicians, were
supposed TO be those of female from l6
20 20 years of age, In the sknll there was
hole about the size of a bullet and the
probability is that the woman came to her
death by being shoi.It is said tha,lhere is a
tradition, that about 20 years ago, woman
by the name OF Kendle mys,eriousiy dsap
peared. 1t was supposed at the time that
she was drownde in the Connecticut river,
near where she lived but her body never
was found. Suspicious at that day rested
upon an unprincpled and vicious man by
the name OF. MalIory,who has since been in
the state prison in Vermont
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

The Mormon .Schism.-I, appears that
the repor, that Joe Smith, and some of his
disciples had qaarrelled is too true, John
G. Bennett who has been excommrnicated
by the Mormon Prophet; threatens retaia-
ton; in late Burlington; Iowa: paper, He
says--'The holyJoe fears the consequences
OF my disclosures and has threatened to
take my life; and has ordered some of his
DANTE band to effect the murder clandestne,
ly--but he shall be eapoSsd. If he mur.
ders me; others will avenge my blood ard
expose him; il live; will do it to the
entire satisfaction Of all. Just suspend your
judgment few days until you see my er-
pose in the 'Sangame Journal next week,
or the week following. over my name So
the Grand Theological Humbug is TO be
exposed and the Latter Day Saints morth.
ed by General Bennett, of the 'Nauvoo
Legion
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

1t is announced in the Nashville Banner
on the authority Of the officer Of the banks
that the banks in Tennessee and their bran
ches will resume specie payments on the
frs, day of August next, having been for
some time past fortifying themselves for
that purpose.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23
IMPRISONMENT FoR Dnsl AnoA.
ISHED.

ISHED.
The blot of shame has been expunged
from the statutes of Pennsylvania! Justice
stern. equal justice has hiumphed the
divine iSersliy of our free institutions has
been redeemed--the genius of republican
equality has risen, ph@nix-like, from the
ashes Of the last relic of barbarism that re-
manned upon her bright escut cheon' The
prison doors have been thrown open by
righteous act o5 liberal Legislature 1.-The
manacles have fallen from the limbs of that
bondmen, and he once again inllales The
breath of Jehovah in the sweet air of morn
ing. Oh! what glorious triumph of lber
al principles! What lasting honor 10 the
State and her legislators who enacted this
humane redemption Of the unhappy creditor!
How many thousands Of weeping wives
and starving Children do this day pour
forth their very souls to the God of Heaven
for the blessings Of Liberty to their hus.
bands and fathers. How many emaciaed
forms now stand erectin the image of God
glorious in the suRlight of Heaven, and
models Of manhood--whose youth, and
strength and vigor had been spent in the
foul jails of the unfortunate poor--whose
bounds were the damp walls of oppression,
and whose beds, for years, had been the
slimy earth that the snals and the venomous
toad marked with their slow progress by
many glistening tract!
We regard the abolition Of lmmprison-
ment for Poverty as great moral reform
unsurpassed by any legislative act since the
glorious Declarstion-and hail it as ihe'era
Of good feeling--the dawn of better days.
1t will be received ever rywhere with shouts,
with bonires and rejoicings Pennsyvan-
ia now stands pre-eminent, the Keystone
of the Federal Arch; her liberal institutions
only equalIed by the liberaliiy and devo
ton Of her whole populaion-whose wealth
is Industry, and whose name is Honor.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-23

We learn BY The Northampton, (Mas)
COnrisr that the late John Hopkns:Esg .,of
that town bequeathed $1,000 to benevolent
societies; as follows: To the Home Miss,
ionary Society $1,000, American Board of
Commissions $4,000, American Bible Soci-
ETY., 81 500; American TraclSoclety, $500.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-08-16

are already blaming the President for
their own faults. If they connect bill,
which might bc approved by the Presid-
ent, with one or more VIII ich it is known
be will not approve, and he vetoes il, who
is at fault2 The answer is obvious. A
bi Il should stand entirely upon'it own
merits, and those Who endanger il by
making it shale the merits of others, are
blamable for its loss.
The federal wligs threaten TO go home
and leave the treasury empty and without
revenue, if the President vetoes their
bill; but promise TO autho-ise the issue
Of new batch Of treasury notes, for inn
mediate relief, il he sign it. We shall see
what effect all this will have upon the
President.
The House has passed bill reducing
The salary Of members 10 six dolarsa day.
This is commencing retrenchm ent in the
right place.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-08-16
LEGISLATIVE.

The bill authorizing the Auditor o.
State to receive and cancel turnpike
drafts, exceeding in amount one thousand
dollars, and issue FIVE hundred drafts in
stead, passed the house on the 4th inst =.
and is now law.
The Honse indefinitely postponed the
stay bill, by a vote of 44 to "a. The Gin
cinnati Gazette was too hasty in condemn.
ing the democratic Legislature, when
this bill was first introduced, as if they
had already passed it. The vote shows
that it was regarded with very little favor
by the House; and as the action upon the
bill was SO very different from the antici>
Pations Of the Gazette, we shall claim the
political capital which that whig paper ats
tempted to make out ofthe affair. Tho
law providing for the appraisment of per.
sonal property under execution, which we
publish in this paper, affords lin connec-
liOn the apPraisment law for re al estate
all the stay that any honest debtor can
ask.
At our latest dates, no bill 10 district
tho State had been passed. The States.
man Of the 9Th inst gives the following
account Oian attempt TO mutiny BY the
whg members:
Great RON in the Wing rankS-AHcmp,
at ReUOl1lion-Scdred al their opn
Acts.
On IasI Friday night the wing mems
bers of the Legislature resolved, in eau.
Gus, to break up the Legislature on this
morning by an act ofrevoution-by ieav.
ng the Senate and House Of Represen.
atIves without quorum, and ihe Jour.
lal OF Saturday came out with all sorts of
about gerrymGndering, &c,
o prepare the way. Some of the men,
ers got their pay up TO this morning,
nd preparations were going on finely,
'hen a part of the wings refused 10 "toe
Ie mark" one said that the moment the
ssorted TO such an act of revolution, he
'As DEMOCRAT! The hoispurs, see
lg that they would not te sustained, the
'solve is re:resolved for the present, aud
eace is sgain restored TO the federal
nks.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-08-16
PLEASANT TOWNSHIP MEETING.

PLEASANT TOWNSHIP MEETING.
AT meeting of the democratic voters
OF Pleasant township, held in George Town
on the 18th Of August, 1912, for the
purpose of appointing delegates to the
county convention, and also, delegates to
district convention to be held at Fayett.
vile on the 18th Of August, JAMES BA-
KER, Esq. was called TO the Chair and D.
Z. PALMER appointed Secretary. When
the meeting proceeded to nominate dele.
gates.
On motion, the following gentlemen
we're appointed delegates to the county
convention: Messrs. Noah Ellis, Joseph
Dugin, James Louden, Benjamin Sells,
and A. P. Fitzpatrick.
The following were appointed delegates
to meet the Clermont aud Clinton countv
delegates at Fayetteville on the 10Th inst.
to determine from which county the fourth
candidate for Representative shall be
chosen. Messrs. David Crawford, d. P. !
Palmer and James Louden.
On motion, the Chair appointed the
following committee of vigilance and
correspondence for Pleasant township.
who are empowered TO appoint a like
committee of three for each school dis,
irict in the township:
Messrs. VIM. Carly, WIN. Dickerscn,
samuel J Ellis, Even TrunneI, John q
8rose, George Kautz and A. P. Kinpat,
ick.
On motion, the meeting adioulnsd.
JAMES BAKER, Pres't.
D. P, PALMER, Ssc'y. II