Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-02-25

Barker in the office of ComPtroller--~
: thus offering insult to the memory OF
! General Harrison, aud outrage to the
| whole Wing party. Well then did the
Senate, to reject the nomination OF
, Barker. We trust that the rebuke will
: be felt in the right quarter.
The nomination Of Washington lr-
wing as Minister TO Spain, has been con-
firmed 10y the Senate; and also, the no.
mination of Waddy Thompson as Min
lister to Mexico. In the confirmation of
Mr. Irving's nomination, the Whig Sen.
ators have shown that they ale not gov
erned by facIious or partisan spirit
Although slightly tincured with Locc-
focoism, Washington Irving, as Iitera.
ry man and as gentleman, is an honor
to his country. To such man, let his
party predictions be what they may.
it is not the habit Of the Wings to make
objections. Contrast the course of the
( Wings wrh that pursued by the Loco
iocos IN matters OF this kind!
HTThe Hon. William wilkins. late
Ministerto Russia, presided at the Pro-
tectiVe Tariff Meeting held a. Pitts
burgh, on the 5 h inst. That dIstin-
guished Pennsylvania, Notwithstanding
his adhesion 10 he Van Buren, party,
goes The whole length for a Protective
Tariff.
Messrs. George Dewalt, o P Brown
ing and Elijah P Grant publish, as as.
SignceS, The condition Of The Farmert'
Bank Of Canton, at the close of the bu-
siness on The 18th inst An assignment
Of the effects of the hank has therefore
been made 10 these gentlemen; and, Of
course. the bank is in progress of ''li-
qudalion."
The State of Ohio is indebted to the
Urbana Bank $4O0000-a sum, we
sould think, at least equal 10 the present
circulation of that institution. The
whole indebtedness of The State to the
banks within its limits, is about four
millions ofdoIlars
While the resolutions to ocensure John
Q Adams, were pending in the Senate
Of Ohio, an old and respectable member
of the majority-Mr. Spangler, of Fair.
field, openly expressed his fegret that
the said resolutions had been 'introduc-
ed. Mr.. SPanger is q com mon sense
man.
The Louisville journal lately pub-
Iished horrd libel upon Mr.. SecFeta-
ry Webstef-alleginga against that gen.
nan an act Of brutal Iioentiousness, said
to have been committed (as we under.
stand the charge) in room Of the State
Department. Mr.. Webster has felt
compelled to deny the charge by his
own misunderstanding that it s from
beg inning TO end, naked, base, and
: malicious (aIsehood." Fourteen clerks
Of his Department also swear that the
; slatement,o ,ol the Journal and the mat
ters and things therein contained and
set forth, are utterly false in all and
every particular. 1t is believed that
Mr.. Webster will seek legal redress
for the injury done him by the pubica.
ton of the Infamous and outrageous Ii
bel referred TO.
}, Delaware and Massachusetts, we be-
g ieve. have never been defed by Loco
J. foco legislation. The former State is
: entirely out of debt, and The stock of the
d latter is at par everywhere. Can the
n same be said truly, of any State that
+ has bowed to Locofoco misrule?
If The Wheeling times says, the ColIec-
tor Of the Customs at Boston, MIR. Lin
coin, has reduced the expenses Of his
ID department of the Government business,
h in the last year, $l3,216, while the bu.
Is sness of the same has increased by the
10 arrival Of 1863 more vessels ard the i'm
portalion Of So, 27,68l worth Of goods.
So much for Whig officers!