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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

THERE are about 100000 holders OF
real estate in this country. These fgur-
es contrast well with the 200 landed
proprietors of Great Britain. In the
difference between these two figures
lies the whole question of the relative
popular prosperity of the two countries.
In this country every man may be the
proprietor of the land upon which he
lives if he should so will it, relation be-
ing had, of course, to locality; but in
England more than half the land is
attached to hereditary estates, which
descend from father to sun, and which
are practically closed to the balance of
the people. One man in ten thousand
in Great Britain owns the land, which
the remaining nine thousand nine hun
dred and ninty-nine must pay him his
own price to occupy as home. The
possession of these vast tracts of land is
the secret of the enormous incomes en-.
joyed by the British nobility and gen.
try. So long as the law of primogeni-
ture and entailment is in force, and the
three hundred thousand landowners
keep the thirty odd million British sub
jects beneath their feet, so long will the
immense majority of Englishmen con.
tinue in poverty, while the few grow
ric her out ofthe necessities ofthe many.
If the movement for political reform in
England should take the direction of
breaking down this privileged class of
land-holders, and compel law which,
while leaving the aristocracy theempty
shadow of their titles, would permit
the great estates, which now descend
with the titles, to be thrown upon the
market, every Englishman would have
an opportunity to become possessed of
that which at present he cannot lay
claim to-a home and the ownership of
the land upon which that home is situa
ted.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

A Mrs. WILLIS, residing at Middle
town, this State, recently plead guilty
beforge Judge Cadwalader, of Philadel-
phia, to passing counterfeit money, and
was sentenced to five years hnprison-
ment in the Penitentiary. She assert,
ed that the notes were given herby John
Mengis, formerly of Muncy Dam.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

COLLECTOR r. NJ. WALLACE, Of the
Third District ofSouth Carolina, reports
that one of his assistants, named Ander-
son Cooper, deputy United States
Marshal, while attempting to seize Illicit
whiskey in the possession of dealer
named Zachariah Young was attacked
by the latter. Both men drew pistols
and fired simultaneously, and both were
instantly killed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

IT IS announced that Fred, Douglass
will be the Republican candidate for
Congress from the District of Columbia,
and it is even limited that the District
wasgiven Congressman for the express
purpose of making a place >for the
representation of the negro race.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

AT Lincoln, Nebraska, the prosecu.
ton in the impeachment trial called
James Sweet, ex-State Treasurer as q
witness. There seems to be a question
OF varacity between Butler and Sweet
as to the disposition of $4,000 Of school
money belonging to the State.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31
Another Mine Explosion in South Wales

New YORK, March 26.-The late for
eign papers contain an account of an
other terrible colliery explosion in
South Wales. 1t took place in colliery
No. /, in Victoria Glyn, Ebwy, a few
miles from Cwmrhondda, the scene of
the late holocaust. Nineteen lives were
lost. 1t was caused by fire damp.
Thirteen months previous similar &C,
C ident and loss of life occurred in the
S same mine, which has been in constant
operation for twenty five years.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

Mr.. DAWES asked Congress for sls7,.
600 for the Freedmen's Bureau, but it
was cut to $4,000, which were appro.
priated. When will this leak to the
public treasury be Likely TO stop? The
election of Democratic Congress would
stop it off.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

THERE is serious fear that the present
spring will not pass away without a
political convulsion in Spain which will
overthrow the Spanish Cabinet, if not
the newly-created dynasty. Amadeus
1. is well'meaning man, but upon
neither the grandees nor the people of
Spain can he rely for support. He has
no party and no hold on tho nation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

IHE Hon. Il. w. Nesbit, formerly
Judge OF theSupreme Court of Georgia,
a member of the United States Congress
from 1888 to 1910, and lawyer of dis
tinction, died at Macon, Georgia, on the
18th aged sixty-eight years.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31
Disgraceiul Scenes In n Radical Lcgisla.
turc,

The Legislature of Arkansas ad.
journed sine die on Saturday morning.
A Little Rock despatch says that the
House had night session, lasting un-
I'll A. NJ, at which there was great
confusion. During call of the House,
ana while the sergeant,st-arms was
searching for absentees, "whiskey
flowed freely, cigars were circulated,
and dozen members were addressing
the Chair at once" The results of the
session are thus sumed up. "The disa.
bilities of abont 200 persons were re.
moved, the taxes increased, number
OF new offices created and salaries raised
and the registration laws so amended
that the Governor can carry almost any
election over the VIII of the people
Not one measure of retrenchment OF
reform was adopted"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

A VERY rare and beautiful medallion
Of Benjamin Franklin, struck in III,
was lately presented to the Massachu
sets Historical Society. 1t is believed
to be the first ever made of clay in
France.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

VoTISG aid to railroad companies has
been carried to such an extent in
Wisconsin, as to ala rm the more pru-
dent business men of that State. In
some places the Prqpertg Of the ibdt bcitifHos
are ruined beyond their own power of
redemption. The Wisconsin Legislature
accordingly makes proposition to
Cong ress for the appropriation ofpublic
lands TO aid these men in their dlema.
But the first step should be taken by
Wisconsin in amending its laws, so
that thorailroads cannotg go on absorbing
all the substance of the country through
which they pass.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

In is considered on good authority,
that the cost of the war to France will
be found to have exceeded four millards
of francs. A millard of francs repre-
sents S2O0,OOO,OOO of our money. This
is exclusive of the vast indemnity de-
manded by the Prussians among the
terms Of peace.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

RECENT letters from Hon. Hester
Clymer state that he is in Rome, and In
good health. He is travelling in company
with sister who resides abroad. His
return may be looked for next summer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
III the FIRST NATTO NAL BANK of Blooms.
burg, at BloomsburR, in the State OF Ponnsyi-
wanna, NJ the close OF business, March lsth lS7f

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF CoLuM-
BfA, sSt
|, J. 7. TUsrfN, Cashier of the First National
Bank of B oomsburg, do solemly aflirm that tlIo
above siatemt mt Is true to the best OF my knowl-
edge and belief.
J.P. TUSTIN, Cashier.
Subscribed and affirmed to before me this %
dny OF March, ISL
wM PEACOCK Notary Public.
WIN. NEAL, ! Dircr tn,s
G. X, PAXTON.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

u RLOOMSDUEd FEMALE BOARD.
Ap ING SCHOOL.
This Institution has been in successful opar,.
tlOn, for the last nine years
Tho co ursc otstudy Is thorough, systematic aEd
practical, and embraces all branches taught in a
iifSt-caSs school.
With the ornamental such n, Music Drawing
Pain ting, Hair Work, Lc.ther Work, Wax Fruit
and Flowers. Spring Term commences April
~ ISL FOR particulars, address
tebl77l p NJ. or T. W. WYNKOOP,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31
GRAND JURORS,

FOR MAY TERM 1871.
Bloom-Jacop Dcnenbach. l.. B. Rupert
Brinrcreck Jonathan W. Eek, Andrew Fowler
BentOn-Samuel c. Krlckbaum ~
Herwick-Levi kurtz, Henry g. Frcns
Cent II. d. Knorr, Samuel DietterlclS Gilbert
II. Fowler.
,sdi. F5,9nhlin - Washington ,Parr, James Kester,
FishingCreelS-Iohn G. Allcgar
licr. '' "'-eF' W '"'-
Iactson-Inchson Kline, Henry Wagner.
IOcust-GcOrge leagcr.
MI. Pleasunt-Ioseph keller.
Madison-Snmucl Farnsworth
Urangc-Willlam Schuyler. Hiram B,wu,op
piuC-P. W. Sones. '"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

Sw1NDLEs.-An exchange says sharp
ers are travelling the country appoint.
ing farmers to agencies of all sorts of
patent traps, and when they have in
duced farmer to become an agent, they
make him believe that 1t is necessary
for him to sign paper which they call
an acceptance of the agency. In many
instances the papers so signed by unsus.
pecting farmers turn out to be promis-
sorry notes, which the sharpers bring to
town andeell for what money they can,
and then get out of the country, leav-
ing the farmer to pay the note. The
moral of all which is, sign nothing, un-
less you have seen and read it carefully
for yourself and are certain that you
can fully understand what it means.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

THE Roman correspondent of the PdH
Nal Gazette makes mention of con-
templated "crusade' in Europe in sup
port of the Pope. 1t says that forces
for the recovery Of the Papaf Dominion
are being mustered in Belgium, which
is the heart of the movement, while
volunteers are Offering in every part of
Europe. Funds are pouring into the
Vatican to meet every expense. During
the last month the Pope received l,l0l,-
600 francs, and since the 1st of February
this sum has been swelled by 100000
francs more. This sensational story is
added to by the assertion that the Pope
himself will lead the crusade.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

Hon. ALEXANDER CALDWELL, the
new Senator from Kansas, is said to be
worth ss,00O0O0,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

MINISTERS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, FARM
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would meet with the most profitable of all cru-
ployments-are invited to correspond with us
with Il View to an agency. Not few such are
now averaging from $500 TO s7OOl annual profit
in its sales. There Is a great want for the book
and rich field offered, while It Will elevate the
spiritual condition by constant contact with and
conversations upon Its beautiful and eternal
truths.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

JOHN CuINAMAN has become some-
thing of an institution, as well as a
fixed fact, in California. There arc
10000 Chinese in that State, constitut.
ing more than one twelfth of tho entire
population. In the city ofSan Francisco
alone there are 1900, of whom over
1000 are females. Chinese laborers usu-
ally obtain from five to eight dollars a
week as wages. The assessed personal
property of the Chinese population in
San Francisco amounts to 81, 1sS, ,OGO and
their real estate ia valued at S7l 500. 1t
is stated to the credit of the Chinese in
San Francisco that in proportion to
their population fewer of their numbers
are brought before the courts on criminal
actions than Of. any other class of the
people.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

EXPERIENCED AGENTS are wanted through
out the country for its sale, with whom liberal
arrangements viii be made. An opportunity OF
equal promise Is rarely or never presented. Its
sales VIII not be limited to any period, but will
continue for lifetime constantly increasing :
with the owth AMI intelligence OF the country.
1t is therefore desirable that those who engage
with Us, shall do so with view to making the
business a permanent one.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31
COLUMBIAN DEMOCRAT BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBIA COUN
CALAMITY IN THE TyRo1,-It Is rc.

CALAMITY IN THE TYRoL.-It Is re-
ported the "Schlossberg," q volcanic
mountain overlooking the market
town of Hohenems, Tyrol, fell in, burn.
ing two principal streets of the town
and burying over 900 persons also de.
stroying the principal church. A great
excitement exists, in consequence, In
Transylvania. 1t is more probable that
the disaster is not volcanic, but caused
by landslip. Hohenems is pretty
little town in the circle of Vorarlberg
in the Austrian Tyrol. 1t is built in a
valley at the foot of the Schlossberg, a
projecting crag of one of the immense
peaks of the Noric Alps which grid the
Tyrol. The SHOWS this year have been
deep in Europe. or late there have
been heavy rains, and the water courses
have been full. These may have loos-
ened the rock, which, falling in huge
fragments, cover the valleys beneath
like waves of Tava. The shattered
houses may have been set on fire by the
burning wood in tho hearths and ovens.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-03-31

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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12

The bad condition OF the United
S.stes notes and fractional currency in
circulation in many parts of the country
would seem to indicate that the liberal
facilities which the Treasury Department
has provided for their redemption are
not generally known or appreciated.
Under regulations which have been in
force for many years, any person what
ever, living within the territory covered
by the Government contract with
Adams Express may forward defaced and
mutilated currency under the contract
to the Treasurer Of the United States at
Washington for redemption in sums of
$500, or a multiple of $500, at the ex-
pense Of the Government, and receive in
return check on Boston, New York,
Philadelphia or New Orleans, or new
United States notes or fractional currency
forwarded by express free OF charge.
Postmasters and Internal Revenue Col
lectors and their deputies may forward
ed in like manner in sums Of 500 or
more, but when they send over $500 they
must conform to the above mentioned
regulations as to the amount. The
Government contract with Adams Ex-
press Company extends to and includes
all points within the United States ac-
cessiole through established express
lines, reached by continuous railway
connection, but does not extend west
ward beyond Omaha and Nebraska City,
in Nebraska, and Atchison and Leayen-
worth in Kansas, nor include the lines
of Wells, Fargo & Co., in Missouri and
Iowa. The Treasury Department is al
ways ready to return new money for that
which is unfit for further circulation,
since such a course not only tends to
promote the convenience of the peo-
pie, but prevents in a great measure the
circulation OF counterfeits. But day or
two is needed to count the money at the
Treasury Office, and returns are always
promptly made as soon as the counting
is completed.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12
Whipping the Indians.

A letter, dated on board the steamer
IDA Rees, gives the following particulars
of the fight which recently occurred,
near Muscle Shell Mount, between q
party of wood-choppers and a band Of
Yankton Indians. The war party of
Yauktons came to the river few miles
above Sioux City, few days ago, and
attacked three men belonging to party
OF wood-choppers. The men ran to the
bend in the river and concealed them
selves in thick bushes, but their hiding
was discovered, when desperate fight
took place, resulting in the death OF one
white man and II Indians. The Indians
numbered 40, and left six OF their dead
on the field of battle, not having horses
enough to carry them of. The fight
commenced at Q. p. M, and continued
until dark. The men were intrenched
in heavy underground and lay behind II
large log, from which position the
Indians found it impossible to dislodge
them. The two survivors reached their
camp in safety the next morning.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12
You Hnrrn,t Tried Them.

Victim Of debility who is responsible for your feeble
ness' Not yourself you viii say for you've done all you
could to cure it Thats mistake on your part
You haven't tried Hos.e,ter's Bitters.
Gloomy dyspcp,ie, with an uneasy stomach and 4
wOrdweAry face Of course you don't thni yourself
.ponsible for your own tOrmeuts Bot you are 1t /,
easy see from your condition sha, you haven't tried
Hostetter's Bitters
Bilious sufferer, is not your fault you think that
your symptoms grow day by day. Blue pill docsn,
do you any good vey likely. But you can be broush,
round for all that
Why haven't you tried Hostetter's Bitter,?
Friend whom fever and Ague alternately blows hot
and cold and whose brain to be bursting with the
effects OF powerful drug do you the respon-
sbility? O. no! You've taken piles Of quinine and all
the regulation medicines What could you do more :
One thing more-the very thing that would have e.
empted you from all the panEs that now rack you.
You have never tried Hosietters BItters
Nervous invalid, what have you TO ssyf You plead
tina, you have taken all the nerVines Of the phsmseo-
pra they have done you good it not your fault
You are not responsible Wrong. all wrong You have,
in reality, nobody to blame bu, yourself.
Why haven't you tried Hostetters Btthsi
For all the above-named complaints The Bitters arr
absolute specifics.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12
How Bad Boys are Reformed.

The annual report of the Board of
Trustees OF the State Reform School Of
Connecticut says: Never since the es-
Enlistment OF the institution has there
been more reason to congratulate the
friends OF reform on the success attend
ing their efforts than at present" The
labor of the boys has been continuous,
and there has not occurred a single days
intermission in several years on account
of the deficiency of material. This is
great benefit, as it helps morally, men
tally, physically, pecuniarily, and in the
discipline OF the school, and the result is
very satisfactory. The aggregate OF the
labor OF the boys on the farm and in the
shops is estimated at $4,000. The boys
have made S0Gcoats, 1,03l pair OF pants,
S46Ashirts, 217 vests, 69l pair of suspen-
ders, 55 aprons, AT handkerchiefs, los
pairs Of mittens, pairs of slippers, 1853
bed ticks, 96 bed spreads, DAT pillow
ticks, 1856 sheets, 337 bed quilts, lis
towels, 90 curtains, 2 carpets, 40 pillow
cases. The amount received for the
boys labor in the chair shops was
SlO,227 81 (; the expense being SIS, 49,
90; ST. chair seats were carved
6,325 backs, and 1872 settlers.
The farm contains 169 acres. II pro-
duces sixty tons Of hay, and Winters
thirty head OF cattle and four horses.
The whole cost of the farm, and build
ing when completed, viii be about
$4,000. Boys between the ages of
ten and sixteen may be sent for crime by
the several courts of the State, for not
less than nine months and during mi
nority. Boarders are received by inden-
ture from parent or guardian, for a
period of six months, not less, but longer,
and advance pay for three months is
at So per week.
The inmates are required to labor at
some domestic, farming, or mechanical
six and one half hours per
day, and to attend school four and one
half hours.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12
WHY Printers are Dissipated.

A certain typo, whose nose shone in the dark
ike 4 lighthouse, from the effects Of steady
and copioHs ibatio9s OF stimulAuts, having
been asked why printers were dissipated, as
tonished the questioner by the following neat
answer:
When others Stunned the murky sky,
Where fash on flash was brightning,
Great Franklin went to fly his Kite,
And bottled up the lightning.
And since his time, when cares oppress
And the hard times are lightning.
The printer seeks TO drown his woes
In draughts Of " bottled lightning"
When badly tatterod-his warm heart
place for grief to rankle in
He takes the "ightning,n flies his kite
And thinks himself Franklin.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-12

GENTLY DOES IT, without pain or irri-
tation DR.. WALKERS VINEGAR BrTEgs
relieve the consipated bowels at the
same time so thoroughly toning their
inner membrane and restoring their me-
chanical action, that it seems as if they
had been reorganized on an improved
PLAN Yet the result is solely due to
nature, reinforced, and sustained by the
best vegetable Alternative and tonic, that
ever passed the lips of the sick and SUI
fering.
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For Dyspepsia,

Indigestion, depression OF spirits, and
general debility in their various forms
also, as q preventive against fever and
and ague, and other intermittent fevers,
the " Ferro Phosphorated Elixir Of Cal
isaya," made by Caswell, Hazard l. Co,
New York, and sold by druggists, is the
best tonic, and as tonic for patients
recovering from fever or other sickness,
it has no equal.
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