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Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-10-03
DEMOCRATS OF OHIO.

From. all parts of the Union have We
echoed and re-schoed the glorious tri..
umphs Of democracy. Shall Ohio moi
send back the cheering shOutf Shall
this great State, the very pisneer in the
democratic reforms fall back, through The
cid of disOrganissrs and petty chickering's,
from the high station sho now so nObly
occupies! RecsHcile your differences at
once, If any exist-thrOw personal jeal-
Ousies upon the sltar Of public good, there
10 be consumed BY the FIRE ofpairiOtism
rally TO tho support Of the tickets nom,
mated by youf sonven,ions, where you
have held them, ahd where not, UPou the
candid - Known 10 bo faithful 10 your
intef B, and tbe enthusiastic shouts Of
victory will again gladden. the hearts OF
the county, while the Plundering monoP.
olist party the party Of high TARIFF and
high taxes, Of bank swindliDg and rotten
shaving shops, Ofpublic debts and private
sobbsriOs--will bs once more rebuked by
the voice Ofhopssl people, determined TO
submit.to no corporate mandates, tasten-
cd upon them BY the privileged few.
PEnPLE oyOHio,ate youpFepared for the
plundering expressions of . PESndtrtag
porrrrcAL STATE BANK, the idol Of
the wings, the very hope Of their successf
Are YOU prepared to have your property
moripaQed to pay the dehtsof : set Of
reckless political State Bankers, freed by
whiO lagislation from liability Of their
own property, for their crimes and FObe-
rios. Look at the past, and you may see
the future, II suCha calamity OVertskel
the State. Under democratic legislation
the credit Of Ohio has assumed the high
est point-she stands nobly forth upoT
her own resources; but let whiR tinker
inc commence great State Bank, ant
q debt OFTEN MILLIONS saddled upoT
our State as capital FOR baAkrupts, bro
kers and irresponsible spectators TO riOt
upon, and where will We landi Where
Let every honest, sensible mau, answe
| for himself.
Farmers, mechGaics, IabOring men
are YOU prepared to 20 :he polls, anC
throw the power aud credit Of the STATE
into the hsnds Of such men, with such q
vowals as these upon their liPsi 1t is i'm
possibIef Yov have bad sad SxPer'
| snce of their shinpldster currency 'exPan.
ding 70 day and contracting to morrow.
followed by bankrupt laws and demors''
ization. Of Ill kinds The ta'e OF '"'
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-10-03
A LEAF FROM THOSE "NEW
BOOKS.1

The wings, on coming into Office, O..
pened new ''Srt of books. " and PrOmis-
cd to give US more economical admins
tratiOn.- The following is an account Of
the pubic expenditures for the last two.
wears Of Mr.. Van Buren's administration n,
and the two first Of the whigs,' as taken
from the official report Of the Treasury
Department, exclusive Ofpaynents on ac
count Of trust funds, the public 1ebt, aud
Treasury Notes.
1910 %, ,4S9. .34o 81
This is the amount expended under the
two last years OF Mr.. Van Buren's admin.
istration, when every thing purchased BY
the Government was from twenty TO fifty
per cent? higher than at the present
time.
The following is the amount of expen.
ditures under q Uhig Congress, and at
low prices:
For tho year is4l $96,S76,S47 IS
l642 23,O7s,O47 II
Thus it will be seen that the expeNdi.
turea under a whig administration are
higher than those Of a democ ratie one,
although the former had vast expsndi>
lures TO mdke, on account of the FIori.
da war, and the Canadian border difficUl
ties. The people begin 10 think that
these 'ne,D boOkS' are not what they want,
after all, and are fast turning the wings
out Of offics.-HGdsOa Gag
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-10-03

ga writer in the Albany Daily Ad
veTtiser asks 'what are the wings TO doF
Tb;. l. a searching question, the asking
~ which is pretty good evidence that the
~bigs hardly know themselves. Hthey
Iii allow Us We will tell them what they
onoht 10 do-turu democrats, and become
honest men. Ifthey wont heed this ad.
vice, our skirts are cleared--and they
must prepare TO SUFFER- Aogging, Do
what they maY.-Roch. Ropub.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-10-03

State bangs upon your exsriiOns. Its
prosperity and future greatness depend
upon your VOtes-uPon the united &C.
ton ofthOse who would escape the dire.
lul consequences Ofa whig political State
Bank, and itS debts, taxes and folIies.
Statesman.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-10-03

turn msiOriiy Of bank cOOns 10 the nsS'
Legislature, and our word for it, the
work will be accomplished.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-10-03

NAr7he Governor OfNsw Hampshire
has appointed the S0th Of November as
a day Of thanksgiving ia that State,
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-03-15
CO G X E S S.

WARRINGTON, Wednesday Night. March 1.
This has been busy and noisy day ir
the House. Tire Senate has labored most
diligently, sitting steadily from ten o'clock
in the morning till seven in the evening -
A large number of bills. both public ard pri-
vate. were disposed Of by the Senate to-day,
and | believe there will be but few lost for
want of time, as is usual at The close of q
short session. No disposition has been
made Of the various nominations pending
in the Senate. Every body is on the qui
sire in regard 10 them, and those expected
to be made before the Senate adjourns. 1t
seems that Mr.. Forwards premature resig-
nation has thrown ell The Captains arrange
meDts into confusion, for Mr.. Spencer, who
was to go into the Treasury, dares not irus,
himself in the hands of the Senate, as it is
now constituted, so that some other person
must be selected for that place TO serve at
least until Congress shall have adjourned.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-03-15

Rivera" as the official despatch styles him,
suffered an overwhelming defeat. A letter
from the Argentine army gives the follow
ing summary of the result Of the bloody bat
tie:
THE result, of this glorious day has been
that 2,4OO of the enemy were left dead on
the field of ba,te-among them are the self
styled General Abalos. Colonies Baez. Ines
trossa, and Mendozn-(the latter was Rive
ra's nephew,) the secretary of Moscarilla,
(Morillo,) and more than go officers. with
out counting those who have fallen in the
constant pursuit made after them for more
than fourteen leagues. Rivera found him.
self so much put to it that he threw away
his embroidered jacket, hal. waiscoat and
sword leaving also in our possession all
the material of The army, his artillery, and
1880 prisoners. Our loss is not more
tina, three hundred men. Colonel Flores
and some other officers have been wounded,
but not seriously. The infantry battalions
have suffered most. Six days after the bat
tie. President Rivera, who commanded the
Mentevidean forces in person. was with the
remains of his army on the Queguay."
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severe struggle upon some OF ITS provisions
was passed at about 10 O'Clock.
Among the bills of Importance other than
those elsewhere mentioned which were tlnal-
" passed by both Houses, are the following:
For The Protection OF Commerce on the
Western shore of Lake Michigan.
To lest the practicability OF establishing
Prof Morse's Electro. Magnetic system OF
Telegraphs in the United States.
To protect the live oak timber in Florida.
To provide the means of future inter-
course with China.
In the House.
At six o'clock the House met again. and.
after long delay on points of order, call
of the House, &c., innumerable private bills
from the Senate were taken up and passed.
The Speaker having left the chair. and
his place being supplied by Mr.. Briggs
Mr.. Weller offered resolution, return
ing the thanks of the House TO the Speaker,
for the able, dignified. and imps rual man
ner in which he had discharged the duties
of Speaker for the 29th Congress.
NJ. C.. Brown, of Pa, rose, and unblush-
ingly proceeded, at some length, 10 oppose
the resolution bringing forward cata-
logue Of charges against the Speaker for no,
appreciating his worth, in not assigning
him a sufficiently elevated place upon the
committees, &c.
Mr.. Cooper of Pa. made spirited and
pungent reply, exposing the character ofhis
colleague, (Mr. Brown.) whose refusal to
vote for the resolution ne considered not al
] Ill f-o.,, h. honor Of tho Gnoalrar
but directly to the contrary.
The resolution under the operation of the
previous question was adopted. Yeas, l4l
Mays, rs.
Mr.. Gwin made futile attempt TO go in
to Committee of the Whole on the Union, to
take up the bill to refund Gen. Jackson's
6ne-the House refusing. Yeas, 77-nays
SO.
The repeal Of the Bankrupt Law is final
ly effected, having received the Presidents
signature which was delayed TO nearly the
| last moment.
Bill mo. 548' has finally failed, not be-
ing reached by The Senate.
The hour of twelve arrives--ihe exis
tence of the 9th Congress is terminated
although both Houses remain in session for
some time after without further legislative
action-ihe asperiles of partisan feeling
and excitement are supplanted at the mo-
ment of parting at least, by the better feel
ings -four nature, and are forgotten. The
| Speaker delivers his most appropriate and
affecting valedictory to those with whom he
has been associated in his arduous labors
and TO an immense concourse-the men,
bers take the farewell ssaake of the hand
and the scene closes. ARGUS.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-03-15

Congress, the expenditures of the p,s.o.
nee department are for the first time tb,o ol>
into the general charges,-,hat Depnr,,OSn
having formerly been made senrr,, ,.n'hs
count, balancing its own expepd;turo.I &C.
its own receipts, generally about e. 10y
600. That item must therefore be- snE lSOO'-
ted, for fair comparison. exclnJo is !,
the interes: on the Van Buren, Natio a'.S
Debt -'a''onal
| In the statement of appropriation.
Gently furnished by the Accounting CAL. IT.
of tho Treasury, the Distribut;oe 'l ne'e
land fund to the States is inclndoJ VI Inc
the appropriations of last year, as !, Jug
the two per cent fund granted 70 tb h i a'S9
States, and the release of the Distr;t nc zen ieau
hmbia from its debts to the Goya. . III = O.
OF course. these are not charreablo " ~ !.
expenditures of this Government ~ 'n9
The Wings found the Florida War -oa
after drawing S4O,OOO.OOO and lbons.as
Of precious lives from the nation. Tvs
Locofocos were never able to stoD This la 10
cause it was to them the goose that laid ~"
ny golden eggs for ther party; and Iboy
had not the heart to kill it. The Who,
knew it to be blood sucker, and tbsr
crushed it.
The Wings found accumulated disonto.
and occasions of war with our ancient On.
my,-the most powerful nation in the ror,I
They adjusted all these,-maintained d,
honor OF the country. established lis bour
diaries, made permanent peace, pconirsI
new advantage and secured the riob.s =,
our citizens on land and sea. The nrev;,
Gus Administration having also laid a tr,;,
tor quarrel with feeble and dstracte5
nation on our southwestern frontier.-,bo
Wings soon checked this conspiracy apaiD,t
our peace and honor, and, in spite of 60,
rupt and mischievous Executive. forbad.
the practical extension of our borders in tb.,
quarter, as they forbade the diminutioD Of
our territory On the North.
The Wings found all the public WORK,
suspended along our rivers and in every lima
of internal improvement,-ou Notifications
displayed, and decaying from insufficient,
provision. They have caused these to be
resumed. and conducted on an economical
plan for the repair and security of what ha,
already been done, and for gradual exten.
sion and completion
The Wings found3the Treasury plunder.
ed by defaulting officers to the amount Of
more than s5O,0OO,OO0 in single term Of
four years. As far as the power was CIV
en- them they displaced all defaulting Off.
GERS; and no Wing office-holder has ever
yet failed to meet all demands of this Gov.
eminent upon him. Where is the Wing
deiaulter in any department of the Nation.
al Government
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-03-15
THE CLOSE OF THE SESSION.
&c. &c,
Correspondence Of The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Friday, March

WASHINGTON, Friday, March 3.
All has been hustle and confusion, beyond
the power of description, almos, of imagi.
nation. TO those who are not its witnesses in
Congress to-day.and the hurried interchange
OF bills between the two Houses, many Of
which are the finishing up of the business of
the session, have been passed.
The SENATE, last evening, after the close
OF my letter. were occupied till half. IL
O'Clock T. NJ. on the bills from the House
to authorize the reissue of Treasury Notes
an? The General Appropriation Bill, both
which alter debate we're passed with amend.
ments and returned to the House this NOR.
ming. The amendment of the Senate (tbe
OF isinal bill authorizing the reissue of
treasury Notes and the payment ofirterest
after maturity further authorizes the funding
Oh Inc notes for 20 years at per ceut.
The House this morning, non concurred.
and the Senate insisted on thel. amendment:
me result OF committee of conference wa,
me modiilcation Of the amendment of The
Senate to limit the stock to 10 instead of 90
years; which after the rejection of "a motion
'y Mr.. merriwether 10 lay on the table was
agreed to-Yeas 80, Nays 70, and thus the |
bill finally passed.
The General Appropriation Bill nftcr !
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-03-15

istration of public affairs or the country
more faithful officer.
feel it therefore 10 be my duty TO rec
ommend him. JOHN TYLER.
March Sd, 1S43.
YEAs-Messrs. Bates, Calhoun, Cu;h-
bert, Fulton King, McDuifie. Rivers, Sc
vier, Sturgeon, and Walker-1O'
NAYs-Mpssrs. ALEU-, Archer, Bagby,
Barrow, Bayard, Benton, Berrien, CLAYTON,
Conrad, Craft, C-ittenden, Graham, Hen
derson. Huntington. Kerr, Linn, Mangum'
Merrick. Miller, Morehead, Porter, Sim
mons, Smith. of Indiana, -Sprague, TapPan,
White, and Woodbridge-27.
To the Senate of the United States.
nominate Caleb Gushing rs Secretary
of The Treasury, in place of Walter Forward
resigned. JOHN TYLER
March, I'd l843.
Yeas-.Mess.s. Cuthbert, and Walker-2.
| NAYs-29.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-03-15
THE TWENTY SEVENTH
CONGRESS-

1t has become so much custom to:oPy
down the twenty. seventh Congress, Its
measures and its members, that any attempt
to change what seems to be public opinion,
we suppose will prove Of no avail. We shall,
nevertheless, make the effort, convinced as
we are that Congress does not deserve the
general censure it has received. Sweeping
condemnation is more frequent than Just,
and errors of action and opinion are often
thought to have an existence where fair
investigation OF facts proves the charges
made wholly unfounded. 1t is so with the
twenty seventh Congress. 1t has become
the fashion to condemn it out and out, and
charges are often made which have no ex-
istence in fact. We do not mean to say
that the late Congress has not done some
thing it should have omitted, or that it has
not left undone much it should have done.
But we do mean 10 say, that under all the
circumstances, of the three eventful sessions,
no Congress has done better, few as well.
In point of talents, the members have been
a superior order of men. In devotion to
labor they have been assIduous, almost be-
yond example. As members individually,
and as members of committees, there has
been labor without stint, the controlling
motive of which has been desire to serve
the public. In indulging in wholesome
censure against Congress, we ought to re-
member the circumstances attending the
session The great hindrance to thorough
Wing action in Congress has been an Ex-
ecutive, whose ambition has been to thwart
Congress in all its Wing measures. lfthere
has been no confidence between Congress
and the ExecutIve,--a state of things al
ways TO be deprecated and productive of
the worst consequences,--the origin of The
evil was with the President who withdrew
his confidence from Congress. "Captain
Tyler" was not headed there before the
work of heading was commenced at the
other end of the Avenue. But we deny
that Congress merits the censure it has re-
ceived, independently of these quarrels with
the executive.
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BALTIMORE, March 9. ls43,

BALTIMORE, March z, lS43.
GREAT FIRE IN CINcINNATI-SEvEN
MEN KILLED, AND TWENTY WOUNDED
The Western Mail brings US an account OF
dreadful fire which occurred in Cincinnati
on The afternoon oflhe 25;h ult., about o..
clock, by which seven men are known 10
have been killed, and twenty, more or less,
seriously wounded. The fire broke out in
the smoke house Of Messrs. Pugh & Alvord,
at The corner Of Walnut street and the ca.
nal. The smoke house stood in the real
and was somewhat detached from tho main
building. by tho wooden door which opened
on narrow passage. The fire, il was SUP.
posed, could be confined to the smoke house,
by closing up the pork house on the main
building, and this was accordingly dome
all the wadows aud doors and shutters be.
ing closed.
In The course o. half an hour the main
building was filled with smoke, rari6ed air.
and probably some infammabe gas, from
The smoke house, and when the flames burst
through the wooden door connecting The
Two buildings, an instantaneous roar of
hame was perceived, and in the twinkliug
of an eye the whole of this spacious, sub.
stantial building was mass of ruins. The
whole roof was lifted up in the air and
thrown into the streets in large fragments
the second story walls on the north and |
south sides were thrown down, and the whole
eastern end of both stories. fronting on
Walnut. blown into the streets, from its
foundation up.
The appearance Of the explosion was aw.
July terrific, and its consequences fatal 10
several most eslimable citizens. Ii is tho't
hat from eight TO twelve persons were i'm.
nediately killed. and probably twenty Sc
'erely wounded. some of them dangerously.
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Correspondence of I he Express.

WASHINGTON, March D, 1915.
The nomination of Mr.. Spencer was not
unexpected, but his confirmation will no
doubt create some surprise. Had his name
been presented before that of Cushing, the
result no doubt would have been adverse to
Mr.. Spencer. But the rejection of MIR.
Gushing was an additional motive for his
continuation. Beside it is suspected that
number of Senators voted for the transfer Of
Mr.. Spencer from the War to the Treasury
Department under the expectation that the
name of Judge Porter would be before them
in few minutes to fill the vacancy created
by the change. Had this been the case,
the Pennsylvania politician would have
been taught lesson not soon TO be forgot
ten. Unless great change takes place in
the political atmosphere before the meeting
of the next Congress, so as to render his
rejection unnecessary or inexpedient, his
chance will be as slender as at present. The
attempt, by his appointment, TO buy up the
Loco Focos of Pennsylvania, will be resis
ted by them, and the character Of the man
will call up an equal resistance from the
Wings. No name was ever more universal
ly obnoxious than that Of the Porter family
of Pennsylvania. Its last refuge, like all
other political prohigates, was I ylerism.
1t is said that the nomination of Mr..
Spencer gave rise to an animated debate
the Wings in secret session,and TO
some warm expressions between disiin-
guished gentleman from Maine. and no
less distinguished Senator from Kentucky.
The argument used by the former was that
ave must give the President a Cabinet. -
The opposite party say that no Democrat
shall take Office under him without being
denounced. we say no Wing shall do So
THE Government must 90 on" The ma
ture of the reply is not known.
Amongst other arguments urged was, 1t
is rumored, the incompetency of the pres
emit acting Secretary or chief Clerk. The
Loco FOcos voted for Mr. Spencer, of course,
10 prevent the appointment of any one from
heir ranks, and under the idea that his
presence will render the present Admins
ration repulsive to the embraces of their /
,arty not an uni easonable conclusion.
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THE 27TH CONGKEss.

The Washington correspondent Of the
! n. Y. American, in his last letter, which
occupies l-2 columns of that paper, and
presents a general review of what the
Wings have done and endeavored to do,
and the manner in which they have been
thwarted in several of their more important
measures. The letter is written with no
little power, and gives glowing expression
to manv serious truths. We should like TO
republish the whole, but have room for only
few extracts.
This Wing Congress has sat four hundred
and fifty days,-has passed more than four
hundred bills into Acts, (nearly twice as
many as any previous Congress,-made
more than t,co thousand Reports, occupying
more than twenty-6 five thousand printed pa. /
ges, and circulated several hundred thou
sand copies Of valuable documents among /
the people for their information on public |
affairs. A few brief statements will give
general idea Of the character of these acts
and works.
The Wings found the annual cxpendi-
lures of this Government S39.00O,00Ol-i
They reduced them last year to s21,O0O,-
700, and this year to 81, OOO,OOOll This
will be officially shown by the annual state
nent of appropriations soon to be publ ished
" the Clerk of the House. | take this OPP
'ortunity to call attention to the fact. that
n that statement under a new law Of this