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The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-12-27
PUBLIC NEE TING.

Thursday Evening, Dec. %, lsl5, at {
meeting Of citizens Of Bloomsburg, eonven'
ed for the purpose of arranging Debating
Society, the following proceedings were
had:-
II. Webb, was chosen chairman, and
g, r. Buckalew. Secretary.
On motion, William Neal, II. Webb
G. r. Buckalew aud E, Armstrong, were
chosen committee to prepare rules for lhe
Society and 10 report them at the mex,
meeting.
The next meeting TO DO held at Mr. Buck
alew'' Office oil Tuesday Evening, 3OIb
inst. at half past SIX o'clock
The citizens generally are respectfully
invited 10 attend.
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For the session
For III. wear
So 90
e. 90
THE TARIFF,

We maintain, and il has for long lin 9
been our settled opinion, thai the question
OF a protective Tariff nnsh! nsver to L4v4
been introduced into party politics. ri
becomea a question npen which poltica
party, as such, may be ranged it will, ne.
cessarily, be insecure. There will be NJ
certainty ebout it. TO throw the trade au,
producing industry of the counuy-yita
questions concerning them we mesn-be
tween angry combatans, fred by all !he re-
collections Of an ancient feud, is certainly,
most foolish and dangerous, And yet, this
has been attempted !! & the attempt kept up
for two OF three years, with zsal that is
proof against all rebuffs, land stubbornnsss
that defes all consequences! We canno, hold
the Wing leaders guil,ess in this particular.
1t is undeniable, that they have drsgged
this question into the arena of politics.
have unttuly alledged themselves 10 be ,,s
exclusive friends, and upon the false issue
thus raised, attempted TO ride into power.
Who ever heard before l843 that the Tariff
was question upon which the two Great
parties OF The country were divided ? No
body. The division upon il had been local.
up TO 1912, asevery one knows;-i, had
been q question between the Northern and
Southern States, and mol between poli,.
ical parties. Why was it then pressed
into service as topic of olectioneeripg =
Why were enemies made TO il by This in,
discreet conduct Of pretended friends No
answer can be given TO these questions nm,
will condemn those clamorous poli,ician,
who have attempted 10 make DoHicoj
question out Of local one, and aiemn,ed
10 raise an issue where none in truth exis,,
ed. But, is it pressed upon us. 10 poin,
out the 0ioiiUe for such condurt! We are
not bound 10 assign motives for what men
do. Human conduct is directed by 90 ores,
diversity Of moral forces, that we mich,
be quite incorrect in ourjudgment. Bot we
candidly think, that tho motive was. ,o
carry the late Presidential election II
tha, was the prompting design how sigps,Iv
has il failed And what an effective 70.
buke have the viruous masses given to M
iIcal managers aud stump declaimers -
Uninstrrcied' however. by the past, and
desperately bent upon mischief theWhip
newspapers keep pra,ing away to tha,
same old tune;'--ihe street TdHR-Me
'nc0mpdrcb'e TariF-heHh'g TarGoC
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Tie Interference Q(the British .7geat
in lie Zeras g,eStian.

The correspondence CT the State depart.
ment on the annexation Of Texas has been
published. Mr.. Buchanan, We sec, over.
hauls the man in the whle hat in the fol-
lowing manner, III one Of the letters 10 Mas
jor Donelson;
Il regret that have not time, before tho
departure uG Ihe messenger, 10 0xprrs, IN
10 you; as | could desire, the feelings Of in.
dignauon winch the conduc, of CAPTAIN El-
Iiot has excited throughout, TINS country
These are not confined 10 any parly, bn,
pervade the whole community me or il.
good fleets has beer to render MS. IN ,
very great extent, unlied people on Tho
question oi annexation. is scarcely pos-
sIbe ihat his conduct can be approved by
his government. Without sntotiDg upon
the inquiry bow far the Brush gpyern,nen,
had right TO lDtarlere 10 preventing the
people Of Texas from cOrsentinp to annev.
auon, no impartial ma1 can doubt but tha,
Captain Elliott IN bis efforts has transcend
deG all reasonable bounds. To assume Tho
character Of secret negOliaior of the gov
5rnmenI OF Texas with Mexico. ip a hos.
ule spirit towards Ihe United STATES; 10 cop.
ceal his agency m This mater, by pretend
ing that no had Ie!I Galveston for Charles
ION, when bis dc9tua,ion, was Vera Cruz.
and then to prevail upon Mexico 10 consent
TO tho Independence OF Hexas on condition
that Texas Should meyer annex herself 10
the United States-ihsse acts taken ,epelh-
er, are al war with all ihe modern usagss Of
diplomacy, and with lhe character of Me
Briushmeni government. which is generalIv
bod ani irsnh, If not always Just, in its
policy toward foreign nations lie has nc,
even Tor moment succeeded in his efforts
al concealmeni, aud lie will Gnd .hn hls
cunning will only tend to rem
der him ridiculous. But what is far worse
on his part by Obtaining the consent of
Mexico TO the Independence Of Texas. he
has deprived Ihat power Of The only miser-
shi~ pre'c@' Hhion 1t had for a war agains,
The United States, whilst he has fonen,ed
Anoog the Mclean people a spirit Of hosl-
ny against us which may plunge that il.(a.
led CouuIry inc war
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Mr. John Reiier, OF York county Pa,
lost his right arm, below his elbow, and
The thumb and index finger OF his lef mend
few days since. whilsi feeding 9 thrash
ing machine wlh short s'rawed grain,
gssfs-sstss7. z.1sFss
ESCAPED Mr.. f. Z Willis, who has
Just had second trial, and been again
found gn lly of an outrage upon a young
girl under his care, has escaped from Ak
ron, Ohio, jail, where be had been confined
sixteen months. lie was under sentence
OF six years in the penitenliary.
sTsassa.ss ssa9sE0sE
The Rumor that Nauvoo is about t.
be sold to The Catholics, is denied by
the Chicago Journal, 90 the au,hority
Of one of The parties o the supposed con
iract.
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lOST
Democratic County Meeting

A County Meeting of the Democratic
Citizens Of Columbia County, will be held
at the honse Of Charles Doebler. IN Blooms
burg, on Saturday, ,he Sd of January uext,
al Q O'Clock in the afternoon, TO appoint a
Senatorial and Representative DeIegpte to
the State Convention to be held at Harris
burg on the 4h of March next, to no inmate
a candidate for Canal Commissioner.
By order ofthe Demo cratic Standing
Committee.
Dece mber "a, ls45.
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.ls42 Every body is nauseated will
he trash it lie subject worn perfectly
threadbarei yet on and stl! on, over the dry
realms Of bombrshruu the Wing editorials
Week after week inlermiuabIe repeliions
Of the same doll leaden twaltle, on a subjecr
that ils praucrs neither understand in lis
principles nor appreciate in Us operations
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E.OOsc'

AIOOsc'
few davs since General Cass ! ovet
The adoption of three Resolutions in the u
s. Senate with reference to our Nauona
delences, the Navy, &c. lie accompa.
MED his moliop with some remarks IN re-
ference to the Oregon question, and lht
danger of rupture with Great Britain IN
regard to il and asserted that an inquiry
into our situation ior meeting the shock OF
hostiities, was rendered necessary by the
menaoing stalo Of the negotiations between
our government and that of Great Britain.
On two different days,ihe Resolutions were
opposed by the Wing leaders in the Senate
as unnecessary, i'll timed and lnjudicious
Nr. Archer, Mr. Cruendsn, MIR, Mangum
and Daniel Webster, oil made speeches
and all thought it was a greaI pity th}r
Gen. C5ss had introduced them, and tried
to lrduce the Senate to decline or defer ac-
ton upon them. They were supported by
Mr. Allen of Ohio, Mr.. Sewer and others.
The Wigs were finally brough! u2 to the
mark, and when the vote was taken, it stood
4s in favor Of the motisn--a unanimous
vote Even Webster who made the anti,
American speech as Boston lately voting iu
favor Of the Resolutions The truth is the
Whig leaders dare not vote against propo-
sitions tending TO assert and maintain A
neric an rights iu Oregon. Public opinion
is too snong TO be directly opposed, and
the American people will pronounce a fear.
fu condemnation upon those who venture
10 show the white feather, whom the inter-
.sts OF lhe country are at stake. This last.
var taught Federalism lesson it will not
soon forge;. Ii was then rebuked effect
laI y; and Democracy proved its ability to
rush treason at Nome, as well ns to repel
nvasion from abroad, H.r ford Conven,
ions were as powerless for evil as were The
'ayouets Of Packenham at New Orleans -
Over both scdluon and invasion, the Demo.
cratic administration of James Madison s,v.
naIIy and gloriousy lrumphed. The Fod-
'ral leaders cf The present day, are in.lruc,-
I'd by the past, and will not ba in hurry
o repeat, openly al least, the experiment of
the vindcstiou OF American 'igh,,
and American honor. And 20 even Webs,
'''S' 'sh" gaze away ePur' OF Uur tertiIory
q Maine 10 England, and who Argued
sansl American rights in Orsgon in his
ale speech al Boston, is forced against nj,
wishes, 10 yele right in lhe Senate of
the United States. Mr.. Mangum's
speech was the least objectionable
one made on the Wing side, aud IT was
queer mixture Of good and evil, sense and
oily. Perhaps by lhs time 4e makes az
'Iher speech he will get his ideas straight
med. and be an American Demacra, in fact
S he partly seems to be in intention, apll
IS ne was in his brighter and better daya
We see by quotations from the EnpIishl
newspapers that they are highly delighted
with Wsbster's Boston speech. There is
rot man in the United States as popular in
England as Darrell Webster. His donationI
o them Of that slice Of Maine made lheml
lis friends for life, Bur Heaven be praised
Iames Buchanan and not Daniel Webster
5 Low Secretary Of State, and so EngIandI
leed not expect any further donations oil
American territory
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FOREIGN,

The steamship Acadia arrived at Bos'
tor o. Friday morning. OF Sea /,
land on Wednesday night, at 10 o'clock
The Acadia passed The steamship Cam
bra for HaIlf,x and Liverpool. 10 con.
sequence Of the thick fog, The Acadia
went ashore, IN coming on the coas',
bnt fortunately struck on soft bo tom,
and suffered not the slightest injury, al
though the accdeit delayed he, auriva
.everAI hours.
The price of Wheat and Flour hav,
slightly declined since the l9,h of NJ.
venberj and 5000 barrels Unied Sral,s
Flour had been sod a, 81 shIlllng' pc,
I1irel:
A Cabinet Council was held at III,
Foreign Office on the % inst,
The Times Of The 9 instant has at
lrncle relating TO the late me ,tiugs OF
the Cabinet, bat nolhing had yet trans,
pired as 10 the result, II result there
has been.
Within few days o survey has been
going 90 Of the large Mercantile Steam.
hips in the mail --fyioe, with view
to ascertainiug their capabilities for
.cIryiag guns Of the largest cslibre. eud
al arraus ement hs. been entered alo
10 have then placed at the command OF
The Government, in case Of war.
Accounts from New Xeallud, by the
way Of lodla, tell Of another defeat Of
Dhe Ecglsh by tho Natives Ooe
'ourth Of The British aodiers (oo, ex.
ceedlrgn 500 in the whole were eth.
cr killed or wounded.
The Jonrual des Dcbats, in long
article that created surprise end regret
in Paris, takes vic'v Of the Oregon
question, from which it may be referred
that the Ftench Government is indls-
posed 10 accept the Office Of arbitraler
between the British Government and
That Of the United States Of America, il
H-red.
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NEW WONDER OF TIE WORLD
4 1TODE0N pvGMALION.

We had the pleasure, in company
with number Of scientific, medical,
Ianc other g0nlItma luw evenings
since, OF inspecting and ljslning to what
We pronounce viii be considered a new
I'wond,r of The worId.' Ii isa MEcUAN.
IciL MAN, or . issure which The inven.
to'i a German named Faber, after
study Of tlt'een years, has succeeded,
.PyGmaIion iie, IN apparently infusing
lie into, certainly 10 causing il 10 speak
nylhIng, IN any language, at the will
If the operator. the manner in which
the voice is produced is by valves and
pipes. ans weiing L t varions organs of
speech, located in the mouth and
lhroal OF the natural subject, which
IA the figure ere supplied with breath
by arllllcls, longs, IN The breast, opera.
ted upon by scale Of levers or KEYS
somewhat Ike those ola common or
gan. THea., how YER, merely govern
the speaking department. and a separate
Or plana arrangement adords The facil-
ny OF singing any given luue ia con-
neclion with the speaking applrrausl
In working oil his invention, 1t is
singular to Stale The Inventor has found
i've vowe's, q, p. i, o, and u, and eIev
IN consonants, all sufficient 10 express
'oy word, in any language. Those
words which are made up more numa.
ou'ly OF yowels, as A4hom1. Tusca-
ooss, Sophia, &c, &c. are given with
IL H.
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HrEsEw--Ewz
WASHINGTON, Dec, l9,1846.


A strong effort was made to adopt q
resolution to proceed forthwith 40 the
elerIon Of Chaplain for the House,
but; after a short skrmisb, it YVES foi
he present laid on the table.
Mr. Prat submitted series of reso.
tlolions. setting forth that Congress.
has no Constt1li-nal power to sppro
plate money for religious purpose, or in
other words TO pay chopIa Us. Mr. J.
giving notice Of wish 10 debate The
RESOLUTIONS, they were laid over for enc
day.
Mr Owen, in pursuance Of previous
notice, introduced bill providing To-
,he establishment Of a Smuhsoenl1n Ia.
IsDitute,ll was twice read, and referred t.
select commitle
Mr.. Douglas, from the Committee o.
Territories, reported bill 10 prolpc
rights Of American citizens in Orogon,
until The termination Of the Joint occu
patton Of tbs same. Il was read twice
referred to The COMMITTEE Of the Whole
and made the order Of Jbs day for the
second Tuesday in January, and every
day lhsreaftsr unit! diepa,eI cf.
Numerous other bills &C, whjcI
previous notice had been given, were
also introduced aad appropriated. re-.
fcrtcd Among them w4s he pre-.
bill.
Mr.. BrwIin presented memorja'
from The Legislature Of Oregon. o.,
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authorities will, and consc cquenily The
clergy will give up heir Offices.
In this matter the Government !,
wrong, os it is deprivins the clergy Of
very thing having The slightest ap.
prosch 10 religious liberty, or indeed
he full yet reasonable exercise Of their
sacred functions.
GERMANY.
BERLIN. Nov &c N. p, Willis. ~
,it4chr to the United Safes Emba,.v
his city, lrf some days back with
tesprtche' for Washington Government
The King Of Prussia has issued cir.
guIar protesting strong y against report,
;har he was favourable 10 the emiptlion
u Prusn,us 10 the United States. Ia
strongly opposed TO such migration.
tecommeods the people 10 keen At
home, telling them they--csn find oesu.
patton enough in The Western provin-
ceS.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-12-27

TerdS Admitied iaio The Union 6y The
House The House Of Representatives, on
Toesday, settled the question Of the admls~
sion Of Texas into The Union by the very
decided vote oi l4l yeas 10 SO nays. The
Senate has 10 act upon The resolution, and
will give II sanction equally as decided
This is settling the matter in pronpt aud
expeditions manner.
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LEuIGu AND sCuUYLKML R.

Amcag the various new railroads pro
jac.ed recently, is one IRON Easlon, Pa,
hrough Allentown. TO The coal regions Of
ihc Northwest a meeting IVES held q
AIIanNowa on tie subject few days age,
and preliminary measures were taken to
obtain a charter.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-12-27

IN agrecajte Surprise "A prisoner,
arrived at Baltimore on Wednesday from
Hagerstown, convicted of larceny; and sem
enceddo be confined for term of years
in the Penitenliory, was most agrooably
surprised upon finding himself preceded by
a pardon from the Executive of The Stale
The happy fAIow regarded the documeni
as special proclamation for a lhanksgiy.
ing day, and enjoyed it accordingly.
ss--ss-ssezssl-sza5v-esy
MuSkcfa 1t estimated that there are
at least one million finished muskets in the
different armories and a,senals Of the u
mon.
~, . - lzssEZ gvr-sn
ne statue OF stephen Gprqrd, which Isl
being made in Paris, according 10 the mod.
el adopted in Philadelphia, is spoken of as
remarkable resemblance to the originalL
Is five feet five inches high, comfortably IN
Ine The the measurement of the corps by DR. |
Clark
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Tile Oregon QVc9iioa .4broaE--Bv ,bs
Intelligence which the Acada brings. J. ap-
pears that tue Oregon subject has been
started 10 England again, induced hy Nh,
articles ~ 'he Washington Union. claiming
the whole Of the territory Souo OF Nh,
journals are extremely rabid, aud threaten
the Us. with eX,ermlualion. The Lon
don Morning Post says that il is lie pep-
eral sentiment that the Americans wish for
war, and with The blessings of God uDor
4 good cause, they shall have enough Of il
Never since the Unlcd States has become
a nation, was there in England a desire
more reasonable, and at the same time more
agreeable, Ihau that Of giving tho Ameri-
cans drubbing.' Ine London Times a.
buses tho democracy, who are always, il
says ra5lI FOR curing thToa,s and smiling
blood Tne French press arc also englysd
IN discussing the Same subject. The con-
clusIon they come 10, is thai hard words
may pass, but that Ihere viii be no blows.
Mr. Webs'er's speech a, Fanoull Hall had
greatly delighted the British journals, and
nolIlfed their resentment considerably
The Presidents message will have the eC-
ecI OF stirring itup again, and Mr.. Cass'I
war speech will not lessen it any. We
nay look for great bursts of udigna,ionI
when they are received The British pub,
Ic are IN as anxious and as excited condi.
ION upon this subject as are the people of
he United S'ales.-Ledgor.
EgEsfEszazzazaas
The emigraMon 10 TeXas hy waler rrnm
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szsikzlfiEsl l6Ss.i.i isSissT


bLOONSBJR X ! FURNACE.
This Furnace has now been IN operation
about three months, and continues to CO a
most excellent business, it having made the
first eIeCea wechs after il was blown in,
c'eOen hundred and hiriy,Evc fons Of
mostly number pig iron. Mr.. Rals,on,
ghe foundryman, may certainly challenge
competition fom any furnace of tie same
size, ( IA feet bosh) in the United Snles.
SEsassssEs-gJzszae
The Berwick Star Of the Nor,h' has
has been discontinued
s's-ssagfsq9s
The Bill admitting Texas as a State Into
the Union, has passed the House of Re
Presenia'ives by large minority,
4s=s-.AA .s.ass=ss
II is currently rumoreG at Washington
that the negotiations in rslation to the terri.
tory has been reopened by the BrilishMin-
ls'er' Mr., PackiOsm offering a new pr3po.
siuon Ior the settlement Of the difficulty
szzzazszs1z.zzaAs
Tirrrel the suspected murderer Of ,he
young woman in Boston, has been arrested
N New Orleans.
EsEsZ7Tzzssvss
-Four Men have been frozen TO death in
Maryland.
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aEEase..gss:..zszzss

HE FLIGHT OF THE MORMONS
Twenty-Five con panies or 100 families
each ara abou! leaving Nauyoo for CaIilor-
MIA, and it is said lhaI the wagons which
are to convey them and ihelr baggage will
oumber 5000, and will form a line Of %
miles long! In 'he front is to be "a printing
press and type, from which will be issued
every morning paper, to be sent back to
inform the rear guard what is going on in
the van.
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SnOV at Richmond - The Richmond
(Vs) Wing says: There was a heavy fall
of snow in Richmond on Monday, but l.
melted nearly as fast as it fell There is
dno sleiehing from Winchester to Wheel
log, through the Northwest counties A,
Carksburg, the snow was fifteen inches
deep
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SWITZERLAND.

GENEVA, Nov, go Yesterday, Dr..
Pdnsr, who had been arrested on a
charge Of beiog concerned in be asas,
sjualon Of Leu, was sci al liberty and
the seals were taken of his papers.
Deprived Of what they consider their
just rights, the national clergy of Vaud
have determined 10 resign en- maSse on
The 18Th December, if, in The meantime,
The Government shall not afford them
relief There is no likelihood lha, III
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LOUISIANA.

The new Constitution has been adopted
by yeas 22,277; nays, 1892 majority for
id0pDiOn, lO,555, Gov, Mouton has made
proclamation accordingly; aud directed that
the State eecuo0 for Governor, H.. Gov"
ernor and Legislature ,ako place on The 30
Monday (l9Jh) of January. This will call
a great vote. Hon. John SideIl having
gone Pienipotenuary to Mexico, has resign
ed his seal in Congress as mrmber hOm
the first Disuict, embracing pa;I Of New
Orleans and tbs lover parishes. Emile
La Sara is .aksd Of by lhs Democrats to
succeed him, The Wings will give them
contest
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HARRISBURG PAPERS.

The Publishers of The DEMOCRAT
&c UNION and PENNSYLVANIA
REPORTER propose issuing their pc,
pers twice week during The session OF
the session of the Legislature, and ono. a
week during the remainder Of the year.
TERMS.
For the session So 90
For tn. year 90 90
This above papers are both Democratic,
and ably conducted, and promise foil re-
ports OF the proceedings of both branches
of the Legislature, having engaged compe-
tent Reporters
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The Chambers are cnyoac3 hy royal
ordinance Tor the 27,h December. There
will be some grave qGrs'icu 10 di5cugs-
Algiers, Morocco, railways, and the ev.
erlas'ioa Tahiti
TIE Minister Of Commerce hes snec.
lilly eGnvoked tho counsIs general
oi Agriculture, Commerce and Manu-.
fac'u~es, TO deliberate on various cues
uous of political and coramprcisl I'm
porlance, and among Others, on the sb.
nitIun Of the dates on iron destined for
the steel manu5ciories and ship build
ing. The great demand existing for
iron railways, and the achoowled .ed &
reduction ofthe preseut prohi1iiye du.
ties absolutely Indispensable.
In some provinces great ala,m exists
with regard t. a deficiency in tho sun
ply Of fcodjand in Bretagne disturbance.
have taken place to prevent the reno
val OF corn 10 the south Of France, ,whereI
he harvest has partially f,led. Wnh|
the view Of all ying the allrm he Min
ls'rr Of commerce has addressed a cir.
cuIar TO to the Projects Of Departments
stating that the last harvest indeed wa.
not so abundant as the hlryests of l8l9I
and 1914. but that it was more abun-l
dadl than in 1899, and that is was SUI
Hoient for the country; 26 departments
having produced more corn, Sc. than
they need, 2S having produced enough |
aud 80 being deficient,