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Columbus correspondence,
COLUMBUS, Dec. l6. I843.

LIEUT. DTs
During the past week, a great
number oil strangers have arrived az
Columbus, and among others the Hon.
R NJ johnson of the Great Crossings.
He was we'll received by his Loco brelh-
rem, who gave him repast at The
American The Colonel seems 10 have
learned that he cannot be the President.
He declared publicly that 1.-THE people
were for him every where" but that
the leaders and political machinery
were against him, and consequently, his
chance was hopeless one. He thinks
that the distractions Of his party friends
are daily increasugi that the letter.
writer who declined Mr.. Calhoun, forg-
ed the letter, end further says, that
nothing is further from the intentions
oI the friends Of tha, gentleman, than 10
withdraw him from the canvass As
Richie would say. nous UerrOHs.'
The COL shows the ravases OF time
visibIyi his physlca power will end with
his political; and the lew short days Of
his earthly career will DO spent with
his jGir Diadh, the shsrer with him of
lorlu0e's smiles and frownS. Although
old he has the appearance Of healths
and as Counsellor Philips said Of Ma
PoIeon, he seems 10 have fsIIeued on
calamity
The proceedings Of the Legislature
augur no iessening Of tbs peoples
burhens. The Wings in the House
have passed the DILL TO reduce the per
diem Of members of the General Assem-
bly, to Two dollars per cay &c 1t came
to the Senate, and by strict party vote
was referred 10 the proper committee
and subsequently reported back, with
an amendment Of twenty-five sections,
cutting down almost all salaries, and.
among other features OF the amend
ments, one was TO reduce the salariea
Of President Judges to two dollars per
day, while attending Courts; this was
strong y contended for by the majority
side Of The Senate. This way OF bring :
Ing the bill from the House into ridicule,
was we'll understood by the Wings, who,
by kind Of parliamentary fnessng,
sWaWped the majority in their own Irou. ..
bled waters They lost sigh; of what
they intended, and, after parIeying and
struggling for somo time, on motion Of
Mr.. Disney, who has little more man.
agement than the real of his fellows, the
bill was referred 10 The Committee on
Retrenchment, OF which Mr., Disney lie
chairman This was by strict party
+. vote-and in the hands Of that commit
lee il is doomed 10 remain. Nothing Of
| the kind can, or will, pass the Senate
this session. Any measure touching
: either the Loco foco members, Sam Me-
dsry or Jack Brough, 6nds no favor
with the faithful. What, you may we'll
ask shall the people doH Their Iiabi.
IitiSs must increase. and their means to
psy continue TO lessen. All they can dO
is to raise simultaneously and drive
these drones from power, and elect such
as will not live on the substance Of the
operators, without attempting TO bring
the expenditures into reasonable limits
n Every measure Of retrenchment yet in
O troduced, has shared lhe same fate o
# that most righteous measure, to cut
down tho per diem Of members. and it il
70 much to be- eared will continue 20 be
70 their fate.
5, The opinion generally entertained
of here is, that nothing will be done on thu
n subject Of the currency, but that The ul
, tras will make battle under the Hart
' Money flag for another campaign. 4
H. bill was introduced some days since, il
'g the Senate, by Mr. Jackson Of Sum mil
90 TO repeal The l9ih section Of tho BanI
10 law Of last wnter-,he effect of whicI
= &C would be TO continue the FIVE banks
. viz; (he Bank Of Sandusky, NorwaIk
al Wooster, Xeula and the Lafayette Ban
's Of Cincnnati.) in operation Thes
be Banks furnish almost the entire Obi
i, currency, and have so far proved sol
- vent and useful, but they are d0ome
10 before the axe Of the Loco headsmpn. =
We Notwithstanding several OF The Loc
sr, members we're then in the LpgislS
Of ture, and voted for these banks, they ar
=, now the loudest for their destruction
y" Ten years ago, the Democracy did nj
D. advocate the Hard Money. docrlnes-
N such were not then the teneIs of the
a. faith. But it now becomes necessary
"a please the South; thus they 90 for sue
measures as must PROSTATE The lnteres
~ oflhe gulIaDt State Of Ohio.
!" Yours, &c,