Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-10-30

more than the amount represented by the De.
paIlmeaI RseI TO he due, thus, for the first time.
saddlhg tho cost OF mad service uaan the lrea,.
uty aud setting an example which, II carried out,
will etca'o demand Tor additional taxation 10
the amour, Of untold millions. Fifteen thousand
dollars OF tins money, howeyer, IS to be applied
to pay Tor the services Of additional clerks M the
office OF The Auditor, Tor the Post Office Depart .
ment.
IL They have appropriated twelve thousand |
dollars TO pay the compensation OF an agent, and .
expenses ~ negotiating the loan oftaclyc m |
lOns
10. They have appropriated one hundred thuly
nine thousand SIX hundred sxysN dollars SIX
cents to pay Navy Pensioners, who have hereto.
fore been pad from fund created by a deduc.
ton FROM the pay OF officers and seamen OF the
Navy, thus throwing upon the Treasury the bur.
den of one OF the most outrageous systems Of
public plumber that ever existed, a system by
which some officers Of the Navy, not 80 disabled
that they cannot manage any public or private bu'
sOess, are receiving toll pay and full pensions,
| and at the same time living at HON, and carrying
on farming and other operations for their own
emolument.
| - hh'l NV "lt''Vil"tSu tulfN llNHSilu
five hundred dollarslor the support OF the Iunatcs
of the District OF Columbia during the present
year, IA addition To three thousand dolars nppro
printed at the last regular session, and then stated
| by those who ought to have known, to be sulii.
Gent thus making the Iunaucs belonging to
this ten mlles square Of territory cost $4,000.
10. They have gwen fifteen thousand ergd,
hundred and SIX dollars to rcpalt the free bridge
across the Potomac, at this city, thus making the
people OF the United States pay the tolls OF fer.
rage OF all who approach OF leave the clty by that
avenue.
l6. They have made an appropriation 10 pnv
the funeral expenses Of General Harrison, which,
according to tho bulls rendered, amoaut to
| S3,0Ss 90.
u. They have repealed the act for the safe
keeping Of the public MONEY by which it was
kept for public purposes alone, according 70 the
letter aud obvious meaning Of the Constltut on,
and caused il again to be deposited IN banks 10
be loaned ont to Traders and speculaots, plan
dered by fraudulent bank officers and exposed to
be lost by those contingencies which are over
wheImins the whole banking system with conlu.
SION and run.
Is. They have renewed and extended tie c,ar
lsrs Of the banks IL the DisrlCt OF Colunbi
while they were IN state Of suspension, and have
authorized them TO pay out the notes o! bank,
which do not redeem them n specie, thus sus
tanning these institutions IN SlhLh na tho laws q
d.- is.l~-A T. 8 fr,';"e a r r""fl- "f' s.rrclc
OF gold aud silver or ls equivalent.
10. They have passed an act to enable bank
rupt spectators and others to wipe cut lhel
debts, refusing 10 include bankrupt banks in it
Provisions, thus saying from mrrlled desuuclo
those instruments of fraud and veny, that the
may enable their ayorilos who avail themsclve
. Of the relief offered by the bankrupt law, to tr
their lack again a, fortune mnkug,wltb new loan
from these banks, while an honest pc 0pIe met
, the hazards and bear the los.
20. AT the sumo time hey have struck fat
i. blow at many Of tho banks by this very law, who
4 Will sacrifice the Property Of their debtors a, fo
y ced sales, and annhllale millions Of debt due
. them, winch would ultimately be prid under ndu
q geuce and by private arrangements,
= u. They have Knocked down the price OF III
& stocks Of the States and es.eued their ability
!, borrow money or maintain their credit, by throw
ug INTO the market n stock more highly pnzt
and becoming their competitor III tho boslness
| DOFDWIHE
y, o. Aud 10 pay lof these services rendered
b.. the States and the people, they have appropriate
r Tor Their own compensation and the expenses
i, The extra session, I'm part only It ~ believed
- three hundred seventy SIX thousand four buad'C
l. and seventy seven dollar, and sixty conts,no ell
/" Uugio provide fifteen thousand dollars iopoy i
:, The stationary used By the Wing Coagrc'sloa
:, committee IN. sieciiOaeetng for TIP and ~
:, I'm l5i0i
n Mr. Wright stated on The floor Of the SonoI
d that he had Investigated this item and found In
II all or mos; Of twas produced by stationery us'
d during the recess of Congress last year.
e Such s4he first scene in the drama oil VIII
"a retrenchm,ut and reform.
E. What is to lie expected from them in future, y
will endeavor to show IN our ncM.-headab
e Erpo'ior. .--
e, Dow, JR's. SgRMoS.--Ou, friend Dow, Jr.
!. the Mercury, New York, gives the following q
y vice to the Wings. Like every thing else lfo
y his pen, i IS excejIenl