The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-06-20


Daniel Zarr, of Franklin,
Stephen Badly, of Caltawissa,
Jonas HaymaD, Of Greenwood,
Daniel Pursel, of Hemlock,
VIM Ikeler, of Mount Pleasant,
Samuel Achenbach, of Orange,
James Allen, of Madison,
Benz Former, of Franklil,
James Patterson, of Greenwood,
Tram Derr, of Jackson,
Samuel Lazarus, of Montour.
Secretaries,
Elijah G Ricketts,,
Robert Clark
II was then resolved that committee of
twelve be appointed by the President TO re.
port the sense Of this meeting on the subject
of the new county. The President appointed
&c Thomson ESQ, Reuben Knittle, A R
Jacoby, Z Mendenhall, D Reinboldt, Col II
M'Rey no.ds, Isaac M'Bride, Sweasy, John
Achenbdch.
CIR Biekaisw, Esq, was then called upon
to address the meeting, and he spoke upon
the mischievous tendency of division, both
as affecting the people of the old and new
county He proceeded to show that either
county could scarcely itself sustain county
organization, and that Columbia without a
division is already quite small enough Tor
the convenience of lis people. He also ar.
gued the practicability of repeating the law
erecting Montour county.
E. c. Thomson, Esq, from the Committee
on the new county, made the following
REPORT
The Committee appointed on the subject
ofthe new county report That the act erec-
ting the same is, in their judgement, unpar-
rallelled in character and in the circumstan-
ces attending it's passage.
Columbia county entire, is one ofthe small
counties of the State, and yet new county
is cut wholly from its territory A direct
line drawn from the eastern point of the new
county, in Roaring Creek, south of the river,
10 the eastern point of the same in Madison,
north of the river, would cut about through
Bloomsburg, the present county seat. The
distance to the west line Of the County, from
Bloomsburg, will be bat a. miles. The
whole county is left but II miles wide by
the river road The northern and southern
parts Of the county, back from the river, are
comparatively sterile and broken, not admit.
ting Of dense settlement in future. Such is
the condition in which Columbia is left by
the act Its people with fragment of a
county and increased taxes, have good reason
10 protest againt the injustice to which they
have been subjected for no fault whatever,
exceptthat they confided too readily in the
pledged honor of one, who's, approaches and
promises they should have spurned.
The new county created by the act, mus
also be burthen TO its citizens. Its size,
form, and location, would almost appear in
tended to caricature the new county mania
in tho state, and render ridiculous the innu.
nlerable projects for cutting up counties in
order to multiply Offices and build up the
prosperity of border towns. Other new coun'
ty projects may have merit, but this is cal
culated to turn into broad farce 10 all but the
sufferers the whole system of erecting new
counties. No county IN the state. new or old
is, at the same time, equally small in terrific
~ and limited in population. In fact the re
mark will hold good as 10 both the fragments
into which Columbia is cut, that they canno
reasonably support independent county or
CARNATIONS, and that the time will never ar
rive when dense population will make
amends for limited territory. 1t is otherwise
with counties recently erected elsewhere in
the State, where large or considerable terri
tory, yet unoccupied, invites future settle
ment and cultivation. The new county is ir
the shape of wasp-but7 miles wide il
the middle, on the north bank of the river
and - miles on the southern. At the south
end Of Franklin it is but miles in width
The citizens of Roaring Creek, included il
the new county, must now pass through Col
umbia or Northumberland 10 get TO the new
county seat. The county seats Of the new
and old counties will be but 10 miles from
each other. Danville will be upon the Dor
der OF the new county, and Bloomsbury upov
the border OF the old
The act imposes upon the people Of the
present county the sApport Of two county or
ganizations instead of one, and of four addi
tional townships The consequent increase
of county and township offices, is not only
unnecessary, but a serious and permanen
burthen upon the people. The line of th'
new county cuts Madison township into
pieces oppressively divides Hemlock ant
Montour, and sunders Roaringcreek in 9
manner which spite alone must have dicta
ted The fragment of the last named town
ship, left in Columbia, is scarcely able to or
ganize as township, and has its place of 9
lections fixed mile and a half distant in tht
other county.
Such are some Of the facts in relation 4
the division of the county.
And all this wrong and injury has beer
done against the will of the people, and il
defiance of its injunctions.
The circumstances attending the passag'
of the act through the Legislature were un
exampled. Itis plain case Of the rassag
Of o bill against the judgments Of large ma