The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-08-26
DOMESTIC CoLLoQUY.

"Whsn is that relief conIing along, talher'
which you talked so much about last year when
you came back from the Syracuse ConventionP
!Very soon my dear-as soon as The dIsuI-
button bill and
what is that distribution bill falherP
u declare Janeitee, how inq0isitIVel it's
scheme designed 10 take the money out Of tho
Treasury TO give it TO the people,
'How nice thai will bel Shall we get anyi'
To be sure we shall: that is to say, indi-
reCtly, per6aps.
Shan't we get it in our own hands father
that shiny stuff that uncle Joseph calls ppsl-
IerY'
mo my child, not exactly
sWell father how much shall we get, 'ndr-
ectly' as you called iI|
'Why love, you shall get Ret--get, yes, we
shall get, may be, a quarter Of a dollar.
'OnIy t,CO shiihngs, father. Why you gave
hundred dollars 10 get them lOafer looking
fellows TO hunt Coons, 90 to conventions and TO
vote in a good many places?
Go 10 our Ma, deaf; Pa iV busy"
"REFoRM AND BETTER TINES Tho last
New York Era says: Tha, the price OiTcaS.
Coffee, Sugar, and Salt, four Oithe acctual ne
cessNrtes OF life, have sdvanced several per ct
among groccrs since the od,ous tax has been
levied upon them by the Wing majority in Con
gfess. Is this one ef the specimens OF iAr-
r,s0a Reform and Better Tines, that the peo-
pie were 10 loudly promised before Tho elec-
ton,
SALT OFTHE EARTH. The besi art
lists, best scholars, greatest warrlorS, sta1eS-
al, aud N la thtn II FnaA
from the con,mon labormg classes OF re0PlC.
Had tho world waited for princes, noh''s, aud
the afflucDt. 10 Ihv,It the art OF p !ui-
ing navigation, c'ach-maklng uud L" ln"u
sand oh'r things, Ne should perhaps Lave
been in grOsS darkness at this day.
Tenn. AsricuItursi.
PAPER MoNEY.--Thc country is undoubted-
ly laboring under some pecuniaTy embarrass-
meuts; out the idea OF paying our Oebs by the
creation Of more paper money Is gross taila-
cy- We cam pay debt by tho creation of
moro debt Every additional bank note issued
is but the creation OF Il new deb, winch tho
bank owos TO the holdor. /, is not wealth--It
is not capital; and 1t Is idle 10 think Of l'ssen-
ing the debt Of country in tins Wsy. We
moy shit or change our responsibilities, but
they will still exist in some shape or other. un-
I'll paid by the creative energies Of the hand of
labor GovernOr Shannon.
TExAs.-Tho New Orleans Bee contains
advicee from Galveston and Houetonito tie lot
Of August. the Texan papers are mostly oc-
cupied with tho coming election, and. contain
but little local news. The report that large
armed forco Of a, 600 Indians was encamped
AbOnt seventy miles distant frcm The Santa Fee
pioneers has been confirmed. The Texan
troops were waiting for renfOrcmen, Of 500
men who were expected tojoin them previous
10 the 25ih July, at which time it was intend-
ed 10 attack the village.
Three wagOns, laden with tobacco and dry
goods, valued at $l500. were robbed short
time since on tho road TO Bexar, by party of
Mexicans.
The movements Of Arisia are viewed with
suspicon-as it is believed that the maraudiug
BANDS are all under his command. Gen. Ur-
roa is reported TO be at the head Of a band in
the CALIFORNIA;.
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