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The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
CURIOUS AND HAZARDOUS
EQUITATION,

l.. c. Pickeu,U. S. Charge d'Afflires
At Lima, in letter 10 the National In
stilute; remarks: q have travelled five
lays at a time among the Andes with
ou' seeing a human creature, except
those with me. and along a track mo, a
road) which, for the most part, serpen.
I zed over almost PERPENDICULAR precl.
pices, or through forest literally i'm.
perviouS, excep: but cutting ones wa,
It every step. Provision, baggage and
my saddle-horse was stout muatto
(part Indisn,) whom | occasionally
mounted when tired of walking. | fell
At first decided repugnance 10 this
sort OF equiialion, aud could not think
OF using fellow being for beast OF
burden. bat the necessity Of the case
and The custom of The country got The
better OF my scripl's. as they had OF
those OF more CONSCIENTIOUS men, no
doubt, and as The SiiierD (chai. mani as
he was called told me it was his occupa
ZION to carry Christians over he noun
'sinS and solicited he Job,l struck a bar
gain with him, aud the price was ten
dollars through, | riding about half the
ime. The qnad'upedsI biprd, if so he
may be called, turned oul TO be very
sure footed and uus,y animal, aud car
rie me in perfect safety 10 the end Of
The route. The moduS eQuitandi is this.
-lnHeod Of a saddle a very light chal,
IS used, which the chairman sings upon
nls blck, and the travellers face, when
seated in it.; is 10 The north, should ht
be gong TO the south, or Uice uerS0.
is necessary that, when mounted, ht
should keep himself very accurately
,alanced, for there are many places il
passing which false step on the par,
Of the SHiero might cause tumble
down a precipiece which would be fatal
both TO The rider and TO The riden.'
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
MlLLERlSM DlS4VOWED.

On Tuesday evening IN the MilerIie
Church, corner of Christie aud Dtlancey
streets, MIR. S'oIrs publicly reCanred his
egFegIouS folly aud maduess in Me mater
1t the second advent lie said, what in
deed Others beside his congresa,Ion had
ready found out, he was deceived as ,o
he day Of 'he second advent lie said he
had been led as'ray by excitement aud de.
ceved by MEsMERlsM and now mos,
penIienIIy acknowledged his manifold sins
ana w,cIedness' He now Cxhorled them
TO sick 10 work; &c.
ii'mes next took bis stand IN the confess
,onal; aud forgetting. we presume; that lie
nsd been both the dtcever, rated the pco
PIE rieily harshly for their infalua,on, aud
urged them all TO 60 home and to work and
,FPPcd down from The rcsuum. Slorrs
,as 0l'o srknow'cdgrd Lis error in the
Midnight Cry, but we DO Lol remember
'eeIng any thing lhere about mesmctr,su.,.-
Gem. 4dr.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
THE SOUL.

No storm OF Nature, and no bias, of Fate
Shall e'er destroy il. When old Time him
self.
With all his folly, all his pomp, aud pride,
Shall reeling, loltering plunge to rise no
more
IN eide e,erniiy's unfa,homej sea,
Shall i, took or; and without (paI hehoId
Sun. Moon and SIars,he grand machine
Bv wh'' b his ages full Of emptiness
Were numbered, into dreary moth ny fade
And h avirg seen the suns last gImmering
ray,
And having heardAT'ime's last expiring
grOln,
Look up,suppr by lhe A'migh'y's hand,
Aud know, and feel that il can never die.
Bloom sburg, Nov. 4, 1874. W.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
ANIMAL MAGNETISM IN CHINA.

This is understood in the celestial empir,
and turned TO good account being prarliseC
Wy the BARRIERS Of Canton. | observed
says NJ. Borge., that The greater part Of the
patients slept while they were being shaved.
and conld not account for this singularil,
But one morning observed man sea-
himself on stool little apart from the
rest; b'gan my task Of skelchlrg, When
the barber. instead OF commencing hls oper
atoms placed himself before his customer.
nd, frat Of all, took hold of his hands
hen passed his own several times owe,
he shoulders and before the face oC III,
'uer, who shortly fell into state Of auie
irowsluess, il he did no, actually go t
sleep. lie then moved his customer
head about in every direction he pleased
% facilitate Ihe operation Of shaving.
When he had finished, he shook IN,
sleeper gently and awake him. frequen,
saw the same thing practsed after
wards - Captain Pidding's Chinese OHc
and Tea Talk,
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
co EXPLAINING.

Some love..to complain, and hence they
are constantly whining, either about their
bad health, their losses in business, The in
gratitude OF their friends or something else
Do they expect 10 move the sympa,hies
hose To whom they complain! 1t is a mis-
rake. The old have suffered 50 II II h then
selves, aud have seen 50 much suffering II
others, that they are not al all surprised
he evils at which you replnc; and inslea,
ul sympashizng with you, they are oiIe,
rired OF your tale, and are wishing for some
polite phrase to tell you so. At bes, lheS
will give you history of their own misfur,
tunes, laugh al your want OF courage, and
tell you to look out for far worse to come
Fhe minds of the Young are SO full of fuu
that they have no time to lament the sOr
rows of Others, and scarcely time to motto,
hose which threaten themselves. lirncp
never complain No man ever pitirs anoD'
r. without al the same time desp,siug him
After disappointment then, laugh if yor
can, but II not, put Your hands in you
pockets. and walk down street, " hislling Il
yourself some old tune, muslng in the me an
lime on the wisdom Of that ute observa
lion, "B essed is the man that expect
nothing, for he shall moi be Disappointed
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
OBSCENITY.

There never was reason, and there
never can he AN excuse. for obscene conver
'aiion. Ii is disrepuiabe to msu's char
'cter, it corrup,s his moIsls, and certainly
it does n 1t afford pleasure sufficient to com.
pensae for snch losses. Pope's lines are
not sufficiently known, until every young
man has conmltted them 10 memory:
Immodest words admit of no defence,
For want Of decency is want of sense.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
La UGIiTER

Some body has remarked Iha, man is The
only animal capable of laughing, and that
he is the only one that deserves to be laugh.
ed at Nature never gave us a faculty
which ii is no, our duty to improve and ex
ercise on its proper Object We are obig
ed therefore to confess it is one Of the laws
Of nature 'ha, men should laugh at men
Let every person then rejoice when lie sees
one laughing at another, for ne has The sat
lslacton of knowing that men do not violate
every law Of their being.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
SECOND ADVENT

Beautifully and truhfullv has DR.. Chan
ling spoken Of ihe doctrine in 3 erkshiIc. a
iule before his death: There are somt
among us at the present moment who are
waiting for the speedy coming Of ChrlsI
they expect, before another wear closes,
q hear his voice. TO stand before his
jndgemen, seat. These illusions spring
rom mis- Interpretation of Scripture Ian
guage. Christ. in the New Testament, is
,aid 10 come whe' 6 er his religion breaks
~, in new glory, or gains new ,riumphs.
He came in the destruction of Jerusalem
Shic !, by subver,ing the old ritual law and
nreaking the power Of the enemies of his
religion he ensurei 10 il new victories. lie
anne in the Reformation of the Church.
He came on this dav, four years ago. when
through lis relig o., egh hundred thou.
sand men were raised from the loves,
.legration, to the rights, and digLity, and
fellowship Of mrn Chris,'s Onward an.
,earanre Is nl iile momen, com paret. with
/ brighter manifestation Of bis .piril.
lhe Christian, whose inward eyes and ears
a touched by God, discerns the coming of
Christ, hea,s the sonnd OF bis chariot
wheels and the voice of his trumpet, when
mo O hers perreivrs them. He discerns the
Savior's advent in the dswnlng Of higher
'ru'h on the world, in new aspiration of the
church after perfection, in the proslralion ol
pref ldre and error, in brighter impression.
|of Christian love, in more enlightened and
intense consecralion of the Christian To III,
cause Of humanity, freedom and religion
Christ comes in the conversion, IN,
regeneration, the emancipation oi h,
world.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
MELANCHOLY.

Bv poets aud some others melancholy
as ever been praised, and they affect To
despise the man, who is so foolish as to be
'on;ented. They 0auer themselves that
cepllon OF the nature, aud relation of things:
md they suppose tina, all men would be
equally dissatisfied with the world, if they
we're only gifleG with equal powers of mind
to see lis evils. They are therefore delight.
ed with melancholy, because they believe
they are more knowing than others. just io
proportion as they are more dissatisfied -
Byron appears TO have thought SO when he
.aid
The glance Of Melancholy is fearful gift
What is ii but the telescope of truth
Which strips the distance of its fantasies,
And brings life near in native ugliness,
Making the cold reality too real.
Probably melancholy does no, spring
so often from superior dscernmen. as from
A consciousness Of having msmproved, or
misdirecled the energies Of The mind. lie
who has spent more time in ,he fancie d en-
jovmen, Of learning and influence. than in
active exertlons TO obtain them, must be un-
nappy when he thinks OF his folly. When
person suffers his mind 10 run wild ,hro'
the poeiical world Of dreams; where all Il
bs ant u tenderness and npacp ne unust ey
pecl to feel ga !, and LONELY when he returns
10 the busy, noisy world Of reality. Mos,
freqnen ly then folly, 81 disappointed smb
lion are ,he parents Of meianchoIy.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
FOR THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.
SOAApSo
ANGER.

"There are two things in the world
says Howard, AT which ii is unreasonable,
10 get angry, viz: any thing ,ha, you could
have prevented, aud any thing ha, you could
20, have prevented" A moments ieHoc
lion will satisfy any man that II IS foolish
10 be angry al either of these. Let every
man therefore, before he gives way TO pas
s'o1, ask himself if The cause Of bis dlssa,is.
faction falls under either of these heads; II
II does not, then let him crack away, anger
reasonable.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
ELECTIONS.

The returns from Maryland render i
rer'aln 'ha' she has cas-, her vote for Clay
She has always been federal from the four
lat on of the government.
Ono has probably gone for Clav bv
small INCREASED vote over that Of the Go
sernOr,
Connecticut has elected Clay electors b,
ooUt $500 majority.
We have no returns from New York OF
r than report that The city Of n. YorI
h's gwen 5000 majority for Clay.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09

WA few days before the Election we
issued n handbiI cau,ioning our friends a
gsinst fraudulent Electoral Tickets whicl
was said to have been put in circulation b.,
The whgs. To do away The effects Of the
exposure of this attempted fraud upon tht
electors, some whig emisares circul; ted
The story ina, we had printed, and disribu
ted the fraudulent Tickets, and then 90, up
the bandbll for effect. Among others, was
certain ilinerant whg scamp, from Dan
vile. and Isaac w. Museravo, Esq. of w
Pleasant. The story is false from beginning
to end. and we hereby Offer a reward ol
TEN DOLLARS, to be paid to either OF
The above gentlemen, upon their proving
ma, we either printed, or caused 10 be prin
ed, circulated or caused 10 be circulated
any other than the regular Democratic F.
ec,oral Ticket, eXcep, in the handbill,
which we issued cautioning our friends To-
beware OF the Deception and Fraud, and
we hereby call upon them, either to prove
her assertions true, or stand convicted of
having circulated a wilfIl, malicious false
hood, in regard to ourselves.
While upon this subject, we may as well
give the fact, that (rauduIen, tickets were
offered at the polls, in Sugarloaf on ihe DAY
If the election, containing the name of Jon
Alhan SIocnm, ,whig,in the place Of Stephen
Badly, Democrat, and we have good evl
lence 10 our possession, 10 inducs us to
believe, that these tickets were a, other
polls in the county, on The day Of the eIec
lion.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
FROGS.

We recently had accounts Of one Of our
minister's abroad. having collected vas,
lumber OF frogs, for The enjoymen, of ,helr
nusici and it is now posiliVeIy ssserl,d d
hat Two hundred full grown frogs ler. their
natural clement, the other day. and paid 4
visit TO the house Of Mr.. Nathaniel Roberts
IN Alton, travelling some dozen or fifteen
rods IN body up quite steep hill, and
hover'og upon the door,slone, seeminl
10 seek admiuance in;o The htnse.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09

Her 0Iyes'y's Ariary at Uindsor . =
The following singular and rare (if unt
nnl4ne) occurrence has jus. lsken place
at the Royal avlary, in The Home Park az
Windsor. II having been deemed ad wise
bic by Mr.. Walters, lhe superintendent Of
her MaJrs,y's aslary, in order TO Improve
'he breed Of the genuine DorLing fowl, thai
1t should be crossed with that Of lhe Coeh
ln.ChIha fowl, the necessary arranee emenrs
were made Icr that purpose. Dorklng
hen, which had roasted for some time pasI
with the fowls from China. has recent,
been IN The habit Of laying twice and some
iIne' lhrire week; eggs containing double
nr two distinct yoIks Mr.. Walters de.
iermined 10 try 'he experiment OF au6mpi
ing 10 hach one OF these double yolked
eggs, and placed 1t with severa, oher eggs
under the hen. The result was Mai lwu
rhlckens were produced from this sing lie
egg, one Is cock bird of The pure Cochin
CHINA breed aud The other is a ben chick
at 'he Dorklhg genus. Both o! wm,h ate
now five days old, are 10 good health, and
mere Is at The least doubt Of tbelr beng
reared. This Is a circumstance as we ale
'nloImed Unprecedented in the ann Is uf
natural history. The Chuchln China
fowls were imported INTO Tins county DIR
eel from Bsla: aud presented 10 her NJ iesly
last uutumn.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
SAGAClTY OF THE CAT.

Passing by the back window of neigh
bours's house shuIl time since, | saw u
'avourle Tom cat seated on table near
the window beside narrow necked cream
Jug containing milk; no person was in the
kitchen. He was smelling The milk; and
endeavonring 10 reach il with his tongue
bnt could not; al last he inserted one OF his
fore paws; and Withdrew it, the lur salural.
I'd with milk after he had licked il clean
ne dipped agaI"; and kept repeating Ihe
process as long as remained observing
oim; which did loI several minutes, aud
: en- left hIm TO HE empoymenJ; lor
shoogh' h well deserved his reward by his
Ingenuity. The Z,uogrst.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
MAJOR NOAn'S LECTURE.

Although the weather was exceedingly
Indictment on Monday evening, a pre,ty
lrge audience gathered at the New York
Tabernacle to listen to the Lecture of Mr..
Noah, on the rest ,raion of The Jews. The
lecturer maintaired that the prophecies of
the Old Testament clearly fore,old the liter.
al return Of the Jews to the land of Palestine:
and he presented review Of the revolutions
which have lately occurred ~ the Eas hnd
which he thought ndt'a,cd the speedy
fuflmrn, Of those prrdrcuons lie sp.
pealed to Christians 10 and IN Ibis object,
and said that the first sep to DC taken was
10 Obtain tho permission ol the Turkish
SniIan for the Jews To become owners Of
Ihe soil. Christians believed that the
Messiah had already cone, aud 50 he had
o the Gcntlles, bu, no, TO the Jews; and
'he Millennium predicted in Scripture
would not be ful6lIed until they welo
restored to the land of their fathers, nor
until the Temple was re built,
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
SNOW.

Snow fell a, Oswcgo, n. Y. on ,he 2Slh
all To the depth of SIX inches, At Galena
Illinois, on the 2GIh to the depth of six in
ches. Al Rochester, N. York, on The 2sA
II fell during the day about one foot deep
There was good slelghing al Buffalo on the
I2sIh ult.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09

The in'ellgencer oil Petersburg, Va ac.
kuowIedges from Mr., c. Young, Of the
county of Dinwiddie, a present Of some
mammoth Sweel Potatoes; The largest of
which weighed seven pounds anG measured
q inches in circumference.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
THE SNOW STORM.

ln the Western part Of the Stale OF New
York which occurred on The night Of tn,
27.h MI. covered the railroad to such =
depth that the train was compelled to stop
The mails were carried fo-w ard in seighs.
a large barn in Rochester gave way under
'he accumulation Of enow on the ,o.f
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
PRIDE.

lie is commonly tie Proudssl man in =
community. who rails most al the pride Of
9lsersj he feels the proud To Le his rival,
and hence he hates them. The humble man
knows they arc not IiraIipg him, and there
fore spends 'cf'e'y Ihough upcu .lcm
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
Remember the Printer.

WHEAT, CORN. RYE, BUCK.
WHEAT, OATS or WOOD, will be re.
ceived for debts due us for subscription.
Also, a few bushels OF POTATOES, If
delivered soon,
From those who have promised Lumber
inch and inch and quarter pine boprd
will be received If delivered soon.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09

a parl Of The inland trade Of 'CiHcir
Rsu, 10 carrIed on by mears OF wagons
and lhe size Of some Of item wDuto
make our old Cones.ogas blush al lIheir
insDgnlilca 'co, lheir Fort'y dlmeuslou,
permitting the storage Of ,hrleen thou
ssnds pounds cf goods.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09

Providence is seen in the fact that
comparatively so many were preserved,
large number under circumstances Of
xtreme peril.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09

sylvester Carver eyed lhrcen ycsrs;has
oeeh 'huIt'ed in Clncinns,ii for murder.
"a"ng shot toy at ShorP'burg' with
! islol,
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-11-09
v HCT'gAHgY g!
TIE KEYSTONE SAFE.

I'VE have met the ene'ny and they a,e
ours, and Pennsylvania suIl Democratic 10
the core. We have received returns fron,
All The state except nire counties, and iht
majority ihus iar for Polk and DaIIss j.
5000, gain Of 1927 votes over
the Governor; elecuon' Should the re
naming counIles 10 BE heard from. give IN,
same vote lhey did tor Governor Polk and
Da!Ias'' majority wal be 1924.
We will publish the oiliclaI vule in our
next.
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AGENCY AT WASHINGTON.

A MOS KENDALL and JOHN 4. KENDALL.
IA offer their services to such may have business
with the Government Of the following description,
viz:
obtaining contracts from the Post Office and othel
Executive Departments.
Procuring patents, and other business connected
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Procuring pensions army, and ma
w; and other business in relation thereto.
Settlement of accounts, whether with the State,
Prosecuting Of claims against the Government,
whether for lands, other property or money, before
any of the Executive Departments or Congress.
Our Office is in the house of Amos KENDALL on
street. the first door east of the Medical College,
two squares west of the Post Office Department,
where we be found during business hours.
Amos KENDALL will prepare cases for presentation
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of the forms and details of public business derived
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Persons at distance will find it much cheaper 10
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All letters on business should be addressed to
Messrs. Kendall, & Co., agents, and must be post
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oct 3-6m JOHN Z. KENDALL.
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