Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-06-20

II has been re- atod TO Us as q fact,
that man from The country, after listen.
ing 10 the argumeul Of the U. s. Disirict
Attorney before Judge Morsll, in the
Dalton case, and learning therefrom thar
in Detroit il was NO crime to steal city
warrants and shinplssters, proceeded to
the State Trsasurer's Office, paid his tax
es in Auditors warrants and took a re-
ceipt therefor, and stole the warrants
which he had just paid to the Treasur-
or, and sold them 10 broker in this
city.-LDetrOit Adv
Mr. Commissioner Caleb Gushing
made an official visit at IL O'Clock
on Wednesday 10 the Charleston Navy.
Yard and the United States ship Ohio, ,ac,
comppanied. says the Mercantile Journal
by his ''suite"-including we suppose,
the "OrnameDtal Secretary" The Ce>
lestlal party was duly SaluIed.-N Y.
Com.
The CABINET. The Hon. John G.
Spencer and the Hon. Charles A. Wick
life accompanied the President TO Bal.
timore, and will proceed with him to Bos'
ton. The Hon. A. P. Upshur and J.
M. Porter will, it is understood, Join the
Presidents suite in Philadelphia, and
also accompany him to Bunker Hill.
The Hon. H. 8. Legars remains at
his posl-ihe important Diplomatic Cor
rsspondence of the Government requlr.
ing his constant attendance at the caPi-
tol Mad.
DREADFUL FROM GUxA QUILL YclIOWFe.
ver.--Advices from Talcahuana of the
l4ih Feb, state two thirds Of the popula'
tion Of the city Of Guayaquil had died of
yellow fever, and that the authorities me.
ditated burning the city. All vessels;
coming from any port IN New Grenada,
and along the coast as far south as Tum-
bez, were subject TO quarantine in the
ports Of Chill. This caused much incon.
venicnce to our whalers touching for re-
cruits.
"THE CoNsTITUTIoN's ADVOCATE -
A paper with this little will soon appear IN
Boston, edited dy Alonzo A. Reed, and
will advocate the claims Of Mr.. Webster
for the Presidency.
THE LocUSTs.-The N. Y Sun says,
the "l7 year locusts" have appeared on
Staten Island in such immense numbers
as TO make ita curiosity worth going to
see, The trees are swarming with them
and they are daily issuing from the ground
in multitudes. They are yet in the fee.
BILE stale, but in a few days we may ex.
pect them to make considerable noise.
0FMr. Miller, the prophet, it is an
nOuncsd by the "Midnight Cry" is seri.
ously iii, and it 10 said to be doubtful
whether he will ever be any better. His
physicians hav interdicted all visitors.
OUR MARKETS are now filed 10 reple-
tioA with the goodly products of the sea.
son. Strawberries were sold yesterday
at 6 as cts. per Cherries 10 TO
l2-Butter Z 10 lOc.-Eggs DC. per doz.
Chickens 10 TO Is cts, each-Pige one
Scots. per dOz.-Radishes, Salads, Tur.
nips, and the othe small trimmings nee.
essaTy at to 3cIs. bunch. 1t is an
old story to say that for good living, at
the lowest prices, Cincinnati takes tho
lead of all other cities in the Union, but
1t is nevertheless true. Gin. GGG.
Bishop Purcell sailed in the packet
ship Geo. Washington for Liverpool on
the Slh.
CULTIVATION OF MApDER.-Mr. Swift,
OF Erie county, Ohio, has mads very
successful experiment upon this plant
he put nine acres Of large farm in
seed, and learned the art Of preparing il.
The result il, that last year he sold The
crop Of these niue acres, (al fifteen cents
per pound,) for about Sc 500, more than
half of which is clear profit. Each acre
cultivation may produce upwsrds
Of $500, while the cost of labor does
not exceed about $50. There is some
art in preparing the madder, but il may
be easily learned.
How ENGLIsH NEwsPAPERs TALK.-
One journal, ofliberal politics but deci.
ded responsibility, says, that, with The
exception Of the Duke Of Kent, the late
luke Of Sussex was the only honest
nan among the sons Of George the
Third; that George the Fourth was
iearllsss debsuchss-the Duke Of York
! systematic swindler and blackleg; and
hat Of the two survivors, The one is q vii.
ain and the other fool.-PsnssyIVGn>
ian.
INDlANA,-The fight wakes hotter eve. |