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ACCIDENT TO THE QUEEN OF
THE WEST

We are sorry to state that this fine
steSmet was sunk opposite ShawHeetown
last Friday morning. She had Just land.
ed there, and in backing out struck an old
fange of the WinChester's engine, which
had remained in the bottom OI the River
for long time, )and knocked hole in the
lArbOsrd side OF her stern. She soon
filled and il was necessary to run her on
to the bar opposite the town, where she
sunk so that the water flowed over the
lower deck.
A bulk head was Immediately built in
her hold. and IL pumps at work cOntin.
uaily, but the water gained on them till
another was built, when il was check ed.
We have seen latIer from Mr.. Sar.
Rsanl, her clerk, which intimates hope
that they should get her sAOal on Saiur.
day.
The Queen was built in October, 1899,
at an expense of $4,000, and is in the
swiflest class Of Boats on the River
She is under very popular management,
aud we sincerely nope will soon be able
TO resume business.
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After so terrible an array as this, the
amount of property lost sinks into iHsig-
nifcance. 1t is large, but how large, or
whether covered BY insurance, We cannot
say.
Mush praise is due TO our Physicians
and other citizens, for their prompt efforts
to relieve the sufferers, THIS calamity
has carried desolatiOn into many iah i
lies, and there is much occasion for the
kindly Offices Of sympathy and charity
And for the brave men-Chamberln and
his fellow sUffsrers-whO have noun ted
their last wall, and died in the discharge
Of their perilOus dutysas 6remen, let the
citizens, as one man, now testify in the
performance Of the las. melancholy Office
to their worth and the public gTatitude.
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expense Of Government more than mil.
lion Of 6ollaTS.
Whether the bill will pass the Senate
is probismatical. The existing state Of
affairs, if we can understand the move
menl Of the Clay men, s9uihts at pro-
tractedslegislaliOn for special purposes
The wants Of the Government, which are
becoming immoderate.are not provided for
and there seems TO be no disposition TO
supply them. The session expires in a
few days, and the President calls upon
Congress BY message, which appears in
another part Of this paper, not to neg
lect the necessary appropriations. Moth.
ing, however, of a decisive character is
yet done, and five are not mistaken, the
talked of reduction vii end in an uslesS
extra session OtCOngre IS, at the expense
Of many thousands.-Nor. Reg
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A RESULT OF THE EXPLORING
EXPEDITION.

Hovey's Ms1szine Of Horticulture says
an important addition has been, or ul'lS
mately W Il be, made to our ccHec''ons'
by the lsbors Of the Exploring exPeG'.
ton. The number of live plants Orought
home amounts to between two hunored
and three hundred species, smong Them
se,eral new fruit trees from the East lR''
dies. The collection Of seeds embrac'
es many hundred kinds, from all the vaEi'
ous places where the Expedition touched
among them many of the EriCas, from
The Cane of Good Hope, and the spien.
aid Pinus LambeTtians and others from
the Columbia river. The seeds were
nIaced uuder the directions Of the Nation.
Al Institute at Washington, and have been
literally distributed by DR.. Pickering, the
curator. For the growth Ofthe lige plants,
a green house, so feet long, has been o.
recled Oh the vacant ground in the rear
OF the Patent Office. Part of this has
been partilioned of, as stove!Or hot
house for the tropical plants aud fruits
These, when increased, will probably be
among the Horticultural Sos
Cieties and nursery men Of the cOun-
try.~-CiR. Gas.
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CONGRESSIONAL 1t will be perceived
by our Congressional extract, that bill
has passed one branch of ConQtess,
reducing the pay Of members from 8 to g.
dOlla.s per day,sfter FIVE months Of ses
sion shall have expired; mileage reduced
about so per cent, and all other officers
Of the Government, whether civil or mil.
ilary, whose omOlumsnis amount to
more than $1,000, are redQcedtO 90 per
cent, except those officers whose sala>
ries are fixed by the Constitution
The bill, /. is thought, will reduse the
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OHIO LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Saturday, Feb. IS, ls4S.

Saturday, reo. SOs 1880
nGELs BEAD THIRD TINE AND PASSED.
To amend the act entitled "An act TO
amend the act entitled 'an act to regulate
judicial proceedings where banks and
bankers are parties, and to prohibit issu.
ing bank bills Of certain descriptions, ="
passed January %, 1912, and declare
the true intent aud meaning of the 9th
section thereof, passed March 9Th, lS'
40;
The Senate then resolved itself into
committee Of the whole, Mr. Robbins in
the chair, on the bill to provide for the
payment Of the domestic creditors oil
Ohio; and, after some time spent there.
iu, the committee rose, reported the bill
back with one amendment. adding three
sections thereto, and the bill was referred
10 the Finance committee.
The Senate then adjourned.
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SENATE.
Monday Feb. ~. 1S45.
REPoRTs OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

REPoRTs or STANDING COMMITTEES.
Mr. Barley, from the Judiciary CON
Hnitlee, to which was referred the bill tC
amend the act to regulate EoFGjble entry
and detainer, reported tho sane back
with Que amendment, and Ahe bill tOgeth-
or with the amendment was laid on the
table and ordered TO be printed.
Dir BARLEY, from the majority of the
Judiciary committee, reported back the
bill 10 prevent usury, and to regulate the
rate Ofinisrest, with one amendment,
striking 0Ut EIGHT per cent, as the rate
OfinleEesL aud inserting se'en In lieS
theresf
A division Of the question being called
fOr, il turned 90 striking out, and the
sane was cMried-ye0s 90, pays 6.
So the Senate agreed to strike out eight
per cent
Mr. Mash then moved 70 amend the
ARendmenI. by Inserting Sax per cent.
DIR HRzeltine asked for q divisienof
question, and the same turning 0n'stri
kihg out, was lost yeas z, nays %.
The question Then turned on inserting
sae amendment as amended, and which
mOlion was csrtied-yeas 25, nays 10.
The question was then taken on sgFee.
tng 70 stsiks the l3th aud 18th sections,
which read a. follows:
Sec. 1S. That every person offending
sgainst the provisions pr this act shall be
deemed guilty Or an offence, and on con.
SicsiOn thereof, by indictment, shslI be
linedin a sum not exceeding double The
amount OF money OF other thing loaned.
nor less than the single ValuelOfihe same
With the interest reserved thereon, a, ,he
discre lion Of the court; which said fine
shall be paid into the treasury OF the pro.
sF county, for the use ofcommOn schools
therein.
Sec "a. That in all prosecutions IN.
srthis act ibe person 10 whom the
same was made shall be a competent
witness, and his credibility left with the
jury.
The question being taken thereon,
res caTried--yeas 20, nays IS.
50 The sections we're stricken Oat.
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THE STANDARD.
GEORGETOWN, MARCH 7, ls43.

THE BANKRUPT LAW REPHALED.-On
the 25th ult. the Senate passed the bill to
repeal the bankrupt law, by vote Of 80
to l3. 1t has probably ere this been
signed by the President and become a
law. No veto is apprehended, as the bill
passed the Senate by moro than a two.
third vote, and the House by very near
two.third vote-l40 to II.
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PA.rnlnTIsM.

The ladies' Of PhiladelPhia are making
offers through the newspapers TO give uE
all their jewels and plate for the pay
ment Of The state debt, rather than have
Il repudiated. Yhs oOitOr Of the North
American says he 10 personally acquaint
ed with two Of them who have made the
proposal, and thOughtthey are not rich,the
sums they offer are equal 10 500.
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We are requested to give notice that
JAMES SARsEANT, Esq. Of ClermOnt cOun:
ty, will deliver lecture on temperance
at The Methodist Church in this place ON
next Saturday evening, commencing At
early candle lighting,
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We have Texas papers to the 9Th inst.
They contain little exec pt complaints
Of their President. &c, Exchequer bills
are taken at the Custom House at SU
cents on the dollar, and at Houston they
were cashed at 80 10 60 cents.
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GEN. JACKsON'S FINE.

The bill was passed, [,he Senale], and
in the form its friends desired-a simple
unconditional indemnity Of $1,000 with
interest at 6 per cent. The Obdurate
leaders of the Federalists opposed this
remission, in the latter stage of it's dis.
cIssion, on a new ground, TO wit: that
the revocation repealed the censure of
the court, and involved censure Of
Judge Hall. But their Arguments failed,
and the bill passed by the following vote:
YEAS-Messrs. Allen, ,Bagby, Benton,
Buchanan Calhoun, Cuthbert, Fulton,
Graham, Henderson, King, Linn, Nc.
Duffie, McRoberls, Mdngum, Ripss, Sc
vier, Smith of Connecticut, Smith Of In
diana, SprGgue, Sturgeon, Tdllma dye,
Tappan, Walker, WiIcoK, Williams, Wood
bury, Wright, YouDg-2S.
NAYS-Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Bates,
Bayurd, Berrien, Choate, Clayton, Con
rad, Crafts, CriItenden, Dayton, Evans,
Huntington, Kerr, ,Merrick, Miller, More.
head, Phelps, White, WOodbridge-2O.
The wings who voted with the demo.
Gratis are distinguished by Italics. Mr..
Porter Of Michigan, lodged, like an fart.
ful dOdger," as he is. This is aRother
measure of Mr.. Linn, Of Missouri, the
industrious originator and chief councel
lor Of The Oregon bill. The bill will be
postponed, however, or amended so as lC
bring the friends of the remission to vote
against it in the House. We apprehe I'D
that this is the understanding.
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During the disturbances in Ireland, the
following was written by q Justice Of
the Peace; This town is all in upFoar,
expecting the rioters every hour. | am
" a did hurry. While | write Won
these few lines, ! hold pistol in cech
hand, and sword in the Olhsr.
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Maj OF REFERENcE. I've have re-
ceiVed from :he publisher, map of tue
politics and statistics Of Ohio, exhibiting
the counties of the State; the seats Of
justice; the year when organized; the
number Of townships; number Of square
miles, number Of acres oftaxab4e land,
with the valuation per acre; and the vote
cast at each Presidential and GubernatO.
rial election, from lS2sto 1912, inclu-
slxe. Published by w. C.. HOweIls, of
Hamilton, OHIO, who h's the map for
sale, at Wholesale OF retail at a very low
price.
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THE COURTS.

The Supreme COur. will be held in
this comfy on the 9Th aud 2sth OfMarCh
inst. Asd the Court Of common Pleas
OH the first Tuesday Of May.
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The question then turned on the en-
grossment of the bill, but before the
question was taken,
The Senate took a recess.
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BANK SUsPENsION.-The Commercial
Bank Of New Orleans suspended specie
payment on the 2Oih ult, and refused to
pay dePositOrs even with paper. This
created some panic, and a lun was COM
mcnced upon the other banks: but "be-
fore three O'clOck, [says the BuIletin,l the
panic had nearly subsidized, and we are
persuaded the run will not be continued" !"
The Bulletin adds-"The vaults Of most
Of our banks are OverfOwIng with specie,
and it is not at this season Of the year that
a run upon bank can be considered dan
gerous."
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-03-07

Extract from the correspondence Of
the Ohio Statesman, dated Washington,
February %.
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ASTRONOMICAL HOAX.

Our correspondent Of Saturday was
correct in reference to the astronomical |
hoax. Mr.. Olmsled, nor no one else at
Yale College was responsible for the sto.
ry. We have a number Of the Lynn Lo-
cOmOtiVe before us,handed US by "a friend
which contains the following letter from
Professor Olmsted.
"YALE COLLEGE, Feb. I'd. lS43.
"TO the Editor of the Lynn Locomo.
tiVe:"
"SIR-An article has had an extensive
run in the papers, said to have been o.
riginally copied from the Lynn Locomo
tive, purpOrting to be a letter from 'an
eminent man Of science connected with
Yale College, addressed TO a scientific
gentleman in Lynn giving an account
Ofsundry extraordinary changes now 60
ing on among the heavenly bodies, &c.
"No snch communication ever aemant
ed from any scientific gentleman connect.
ed with Yale College, IS has been three
times distinctly asserted in the New York
Palladium; hut as the article in question
is still going the rounds Of the papers, and
as applications TO me personally are Nh.
msrous and trublesome, | beg you will
be so kind as to inform me what you
know respecting the origin and history
ofthe said letter. BY doing 50, yop will
greatly oblige
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UNFINISHED PUBLIC WORKS OF
ohio

The Auditor Of State, in answer to .
call from the House of Representatives
OF the Ohio legislature, has presented
the following estimates Of the cost nee.
essary to cOmple.e the public works Of
this state which are now in progress:
Miami Extension Canal, $1,l6O, 6sS
Wabash and Erie do. 575,O5l
Muukineum improvement, 1855
Walhounding Canal, 32,643
Hooking do. los, ,O42
CANAL LANDs.-The number Of Scres
remaining unsold in Ohio Of the Miami
Extens ion lands is 49, 900 acres amount
ing at $3.50 per acre, to $2S2,272 SO.
Of the Wabash and Erie canal, thers
remains unsoId 239, ,976 acres, value st
$3.50 per acre, amounting to $599, 100.
-ChiL. Ado.
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our Ob't servant,
"pENNISON OLMSTED."

Ths editor makes but very poor apol
Ogy for the hoax practiced upon his read
ers and The public in general, so far as
that public were disposed to suffer them.
selves fooled by il. II was a god send
to the Millerites, and such weak minds
as are disposed 10 believe every absurd
story that is told them.
Editors might amuse themselves some
other way quite as profitable as getting
up stories OF this nature to raise breeze
for short Time, that in the end must re-
coil upon their oWq heads.-StGte$mGn.
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In pursuance Of he provisions Of the act Of Con,
gress approved % March, 1888, entitled An sc ~
establish town at ST. Marks, Florida, D. the Reg.,,
and Receiver of the Land Office a, Tallahassee. " 4
be required, prior to the day Of sale 10 ascertain he
value of any improvements which may have been
made" on the lots designated In this proclamation :, .
spectveIy, "and The purchaser at public sale OF auy
lot upon which there such improvements obrr
than the owner thereof shall in addition to the sum
be paid TO the United States, be- and hereby is ID
CURED to pay 10 the owner of the Improvements The
value Of hem thus aseehoined; and if paymen,
therefor shall not be made upon the day which the
same was purchased the lot shall be again offered Al
public sale the next day of sale, and such person
shall not be capable Of becoming the purchaser Of that
or any other lot offered at that public sale Pro5ldi
That if any lot offered and bid OF the last ay
of the public sale shall not be thus paid for the SANE
may be entered at private sale upon paying to The
United States the sum at whck il bid OF, and 10
the owner Of the improvements the previously as,
tanned value thereof"
By the act of Congress aforesaid, the pinln
price of each LOT is fixed at twenty-five dollars
THO II. BLAKE,
Commissioner Of The General Land ORa,
June I4-t23d Oct.
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE U. STATES
june 14-tGNov.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE u. STATES
NAT llEREAS by the act of Congress, approved on
w the 3Oth day OF June 1884 entitled An act
10 authorize the sale Of lois IN the town Of 81 Marks
Florida" the PRESIDENT authorized to direct the Re.
gister and Receiver of the Tallahassee land dstrc,
to make sale at public auction Of fourth of the lots
in the town of ST MARKS, ia the TERRIFIC
OF FLORIDA, according % the plan Of the Survey
Or General of soid Territory Now know yc that l.
JuHN Tyler President Of the United States do here
Ivy declare and make known hat publ sale will be
held at the Land Office at TALLAUAS SEE in the
TERRITORY OF FLORIDA Tor The disposal Of
The aforementioned lots IN tie town of ST. Marks,
Florida on Monday the t0eniy-hird day Of October
next, viz:
Lots numbered one, Eve, nine, thirteen, seventeen
tweniy-0ne, twenty five, twenty-niDe, thirty -ihr~e
thirty seven, forty-one, forty-fve forty nine, fifty
three, 6ly-seven, sixty one sixty-6ve, siKtynIne
venty seveniyseyen, eighty one, niney-6ve, eighty
nine, nnety.three nnotyseven, one hundred and one
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one HUNDRED and Ave, one hundred and niRe, on.
hundred and thirteen, one hundred and se,ente,1
ne hundred and tweDly-one, and one hundred Ind
twenty five as Iepr sened olon ihs plan ot the sa
tow n prepared by the Surveyor General Of tAe Ter
ritoIy Of Florida.
The sale will be kept open for two weeks unle,.
the lots are DISPOSED oO and no longer and mo-
private entry of any lot, so offered, will be adml,
until after The expiration OF the two weeks,
Given under oiy hand al the Guy OF Woshng,,n
this eighth day Of June, Ammo Donlni 1913,
JOHN TYLER.
BY the President
Tho. II. BLAKE,
COamissiOner Of the General Land OGee
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE U. STATES.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE L. STATES.
IN pursuance of law, l. john TYLER, Presi-
l. dent of the u nited States of America do hereby
declare and make known that public sales will be
held at the aforementioned Land Offices, in the
State OF MICHIGAN, at the periods hereinafter de-
signaied, To wit !.
At the Land Office at GENESSEE, commencing
Monday the ninth day Of October next, for the
disposal Of the public lands within the limits of the
aforementioned townships and fractional townships,
TO wit:
North Of the base line ana easr OF the rneridian
Townships thirty -one thirty two, thirty three and
thirty four and fractional township thirty five, boz
dering on Lake Huron, of range siI.
Townships thirty one thirty two and thirty three,
and fractional township thirty -four, bordering on
Lake Huron, of range seven.
Fractional townships thirty one, thirty two thirty
three and thirty-four, bordering Lake Huron and
Thunder Bay, Of range eight.
Fractional townships thirty, thiry-one thirty-two
and thirty three, bordering on Lake Huron of range
nine.
Fractional township thirty, OF range ten.
North Of the base line and West Of the meridian.
Township thr'y-6vc, and fractional townships
thrty-sr, thirty and thirty eight, bordering on
Lake Huron and Mullets Bay, range one.
townships thirty five, thriy-six and thirty-seven,
and fractional townships thirty eight and thirty-nine
bordering on Lake Huron, of range two.
AT the Land Office at DETROIT, commencing
on Monday, the ,wen,y-f6n day of September next
Tor the disposal oil the pubic lands, within the limits
Of the following detached tracts, viz:
The lot number in section eight LOT number
nine in section nine; lots three four and five in sec
ton seventeen, and lot number one in section egh-
teen, which have recent been surveyed in town;
ship six, South Of range ten, East of the meridian
Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools
military, OF other purposes, will be excluded from
sale.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks
UNLESS the lands are sooner disposed OF and lon
yer, and private entries OF land, in the townships
so offered will be admitted until after the rpiraion
OF the two weeks
Given under my hand, a, the city of Washington
this eighth day of June, Ammo Domini, is43
JOHN TYLER.
By the President:
Tho. ii. BLAKr
Commissioner Of The General Land Office.
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North Of ths base line and ises u Inc yVtA P'e'y1i "s
yidian aud tsesi Of tho former western boundary u
Me STATE. -
Fractional townships hftys hfy-one, hfy-.hree,
III y-fye and If y-sesen, of range .h.ry-hfee'
Townships Gfiy-iwo fifty four, hity six, hi'y-egh'
and sixty. of range thrty-iour.
Fractional tow nship hty- nships hiiy',hree
dhy Ave- fractional township fry seven and township
df nine, Of range lhiry-dve. -.
| Fractional townships fity-tour, hhysh, ana my
| seven and township sixty, of range hirty-sh.
Fractional ownshps hfty-ve, hity-sin, hity-eighl
and ffiy-nine, Of range thir,y-seven.
Fractional townships fifty five and sixty OF range
thirty eight.
Al the Land Office at LEXINGTON, commenc-
ing on Monday the second day of October next for the
disposal Of the public lands within the limits OF the
undermon.ioned townships, TO wit
North Of the base line and css Of The Uh principal me
| Tidlan.
| Townships thiry-six, hrly-seyen and thirty ight
townships thty-Gye and thirty -seyeD of range
| fifteen.
Township thrty-fve Oranges sixteen and nineteen
Townships ihirty-6ve, thiry-slA, ihiriy-sesen and
! thirt weight of range twenty-one
Township thrIy-eght, OF range twenty 'tnree
| Township thin y-nine, of range ,wenty-eighl.
Townships thirty eight and thirty nine, oil range
twenty nine.
Township forty, oil ranges thrty-ohei thIly-t"oi
and lhirty-tbrec
South west fractional quarter Of section twenty
one, and the north east and northwest fractional
quarters of section twentyoul in TO nshp htty-ohe,
south of Missouri riyer, OF range twenty-slx.
Southwest quarter of section seven, IN township
forty. nine, of range twenty-seven.
Lands appropriated by law, for the use of schools,
military or other PURPOSES will be excluded from
sale.
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks,
[unless the lands are sooner disposed of and long
or and no private entries Of land in the townships so
offered will be admitted, until after the expiration OF
the Two W eeks.
! Given under my hand at the City of Washington
this eighth day f June, Ammo Domini, lo43.
JOHN TYLER.
By the President;
Tho. II. BLAKE,
ComHl'r u The General Land Office.