Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-11-03


. Naase n s. Louis shall Re nsrd a salary Of -
. Gaa-. premium; ami these SO ares respectively
.|-. b. DO '.I taF t.r services e tla rsrecty,
officers. I0r shall c.tsroi uem b. permitted o.
charge receive. any COMMISSION, H5y ur perGI',.ir
flr sly Official service vi any character or descup
nln Whatsoever; and the making o.. ans suct
charge. 90 ihc receipt Of any such compensation ).
hereby declared to be Hls,irmeaH0F, for which ths
officer convicted thereof, before any court OF The
United States Of competent jurisdiction. shall be
su5.ec, 10 punishment by fine, or imprisonment. OF
4 both az Tie discretion 0t the court beio.e which
+ the offence shall be tried.
Sec p. ind be 10 further enacted That the
Treasurer Of the United States be and he il hereby
authorized To receive at the Treasury, and al such
+ other points as he may designate, payments ~ adj
vance for public lands, the payments 50 made, IN
all cases 10 be evidenced By the receipt of the said
| Treasurer Of the United States, which receipts 50
given shall be current at the several land Offices of
the United States, as cash. at any public or private
sale OF lands, m the same manner as the currency
authorized by law 10 be received in payment for
the public lands.
Sec. % ind be IL further enacted That for the
purchase OF sites, aud Tor the construction Of the
Offices OF the Receivers OF Public Money, by tins
act directed TO be erected al Charleston, South
Carolina, and at ST. Louis, Missouri there shall be.
and hereby IS appropriated, TO be paid out Of any
money IN the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
the sum Of $, To be expended under the dlrec-
ton Of tie Secretary of the Treasury who is here.
by required TO adopt plans for the said Offices and
the vaults and sales connected Herewith, and to
cause the same TO be constructed and prepared for
use with as little delay as shall be consistent with
tie public interests, and the convenient location
and security of the buildings to be erected.
Sec 20. .4nd be Il further enacted, That for the
payment OF the expenses authorised by this act,
other than those herein before provided for sufh-
cent sum OF money be, and the same is hereby
appropriated, 10 be paid out OF any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
THE PRosPECT.-lt has often been remarked
that federalism hourlshes most in the distress of
the country. Thus during the last war, federal.
ISM raised It's head in several of the states and
fora while threatened to get possession of the gov
eminent. Mr.. BlddIo was so well acquainted
with The peculiarly of his party, that he created
a general panic in 1894, and spread alarm and
distress throughout the whole nation. In '37 & '3S
he undertook to play similar game and openly
recommended TO his yassals TO initiate HIM IN
keeping up the pressure in pecunlary matters.
But they carried the joke to Ear, the general ca.
lamlty began to be traced to its true source, and
good Will by seeming ready to relieve the general
embarrassment and distress which he himself had
brought upon the country. He assured presidents
O' the banks IN this place that he had made ad.
'ances to the government to enable them to
meet their engagements in the west and south,
when IN tact he had been Keeping back some
millions Of dollars which he owed the government
or years his purchase Of his own bond for
,OOV,UOO dollars was made TO save il from fall
ing INTO individual hands, who might have exac
ed payment to the full amount in specie when
should become due. The government, on the
onlrary, permitted HIM TO take up his bond at
'ar, although II bore neres, al the rate of 6 per
eht drawing for the proceeds whenever they
night be wanted-Bdde cdst his transaction
making ddrU,ces 10 The government, when il was
mere paying of his debts, or rather sharing of
'S ouH notes.
II Is by the exercise Of arts like these that Mr.. |
fiddle, man OF hlgn talents has, rendered the |
t2leci OF national bank odIous to the great
ody of the people, and destroyed all credn TO his
ssertlons and respect for his character The |
tempt to ra,se HIM lnpublIc estimation at the |
Expense OF the administration, which has been
ladc by his Snorant pauz0ns in this city, has
pened the eyes OF many men who had been de-
eNed' and who believed that Biddle had IN re.
I'ly aided the government with M advance of
ecunary means. When they were made to un
erstand the truth Of the matter, it was interest.
y to witness the surprise and indignation which
ONE of them exhibited. ais it possible nhev
ScIamed) that person in MIR. Bidde's situo.
on could utter such an imprudent and bare faced
{! Mon dieu! est il possible, The answer
Biddle TO the committee OF bank presidents is
'orIh Que thousand votes in this state, and fixes
LOUISIANA in favor of Van Buren, and democracy
firmly and as stedlasty as though her suffrage
las already declared. If Mr.. BiddIe showed
ne recklessness of his character in writing such
letter. his correspondents here exhibited little
act IL throwing II before the public. lis thus
rovldonce somtlmes renders the efforts of men
effect mischief, subseryent to his own bene6
lent designs.-.New Orleans Bee.
DEATH OF THE VINO PARry.-The feder.
lists of New York, who have been in the habit
u calling themselves Wigs since the great
'Snk "panIc" in 1894, have struck their FLAG. and