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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-09-12

TAX ON Town PRoPERrY.-W We have here.
tofore shown, by figures, that the tax under the
new appraisement would be increased more than
ONE THIRD. on the land in this county. Now to
show who are benefited by the new law, we will
exhibit its operations in the town Of Woodsfeld.
In ls45, the real property of the town of Woods
field paid tax of $3.50 o3; the appraisement was
$l3,66O. The new appraisement is $26,606, on
which tax, at the rate OF mills to the dollar, of
$3.50 63, will be paid. Thus it will be seen that
while the tax on farms is INCREASED ONE
THIRD, the tax on town property will be RE-
DUCED ALMOST oNE.HALF!! Farmers,
what do you think Of this!
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to the United States, are directed TO
deposite with the officers, created by
this law.
Any officer. charged with keeping or
disbursing public moneys. who shall
loan, exchange, deposite in a bank, or
in any way appropriate to his own use.
any money entrusted to him, shall be
deemed guilty of embezzlement, and on
CO conviction, shall be sentenced to i'm
prisonment, for notlsss than six months
or more than ten years. A failure to
pay over money, shall be considered
prima facie evidence Of the felony.
After the first Of January next, all
payments made to the Government,
shall be in Gold and Silver, and after
the first Of Aprilnextall payments made
by Government, shall be in the same
currency.
The salary of the assistant treasur-
er at New York, is fixed at $4,000, and
those of the same officers at Boston.
Charleston. and ST. Louis at $4,000 per
annum. All commissions and perquis-
ties are forbidden, and provision is made
for the quarterly publication, OF state
ment OF the condition Of the Treasury
and Sub-Treasuries.-Chil. Advertiser.
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From the Cincinnati Advertiser.
The Public Debt-Who is re-
sDonsible for its increasep

In the brief and hurried notice which we took of
the speech of Mr.. BEBB, at the Fifth street Mar
ket, we alluded to the charge which he broadly
made, that ihe democratic party Of the State have
created, or at least largely increased, the public
debt. We said then that we should recur to this
point, but have not had leisure to do SO. recent
number of the OHIO State Journal contains an ad-
dress of B. s. CowEN, late a Representative from
Belmont County, In which this charge is again put
forth, and in substantiation thereofMr c. presents
table showing the condition oi the public debt
in 1886. land each succeeding year up TO Is45
During this time the democrats possessed the pow
er in the Legislature. up to 1912, except The ses-
sons resulting from the elections Of 1887 and lsl0
and within the same time some fourteen millions
Of dollars were added to the debt ofthe State All
this amount Is charged. by the whig leaders, as a
party measure. upon the democratic party; ;--even
to the 100000, which in single year was sunk,
by chig fund commissioners, ip selling stocks 81
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From The ". O. Commercial Times, .aug. "a.
Later from Mexico.

OueihrO,o and imprisonment Of Gen. Paroles
The country pronounced an favor OF Santa .ana
His a,riuat at Vera Cruz.
Through the politeness of an emf.
nent commercial house, we have just
been placed in possession of the follow
ing most important intelligence from
Mexico. The news were received by
a British man-of.war, which touched It
the Balize with dispatches from the
British minister at Mexico for his gov
ernmens.
The purport of these dispatches is,
that the United States have taken pos
session Of the CALIFORNIA;, and that the
revolution in favor of Santa Ana is
complete.
We subjoin the following letters,
from which it will be perceived that
the steamer Arab, with Santa Ana on
board, was in sight of Vera Cruz on
the 18th instant.
VERA CRUz, Aug. l6, 1s46.
Awaiting ourselves of the opportunity
by British man-of-war, we have just
time to state that Mexico and Puebla
have since also pronounced for fedora
ton and Santa Ana. Bravo's govern
ment, hardly established, was over
thrown, and Gen. Saas has put him
self ar the head of the movement until
Santa Ana may arrive.
Tranquility was soon restored. Com
ez Farias aided the partisans of Santa
Ana to bring about the revolution
His sons have come down here to well
come Santa Ana, who left the Havana
on the 9th IN British steamer called
the Arab, accompanied by Almonte,
Haroy Tamariz, Rejon and Boves,
and thus ought to be here every day.
Gen. Paredes was taken prisoner,
and is kept in the citadel of Mexico
Gen. Salas has issued already letter
OF convocation Of Congress on the prin-
ciples Of 1924, and the members are to
assemble at Mexico on the 9Th Decem.
Der next.
The present conveyance carries the
news of the annexation Of California
to the United States, received last night
BY express at the British consulate.
VERA CRuz, Aug, 16,, 1916.
Advices have just been received by
express of the formal annexation Of
California TO the United States! and
this yesseloi-war takes the British min
L 4
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This table furnishes full and complete refuta-
tion of the statement of Mr. BEBB and the figures
of Mr. CowEN; and will show the people tho
base character OF the imposition which the whig
leaders would palm upon them 1t will be seen:
1st. That not one Of these measures received
any thing like the entire vote Of the democratic
members:
3D. That neither Of them had sufficient num-
Der of democratic votes to pass it through either
House: ~
3d. That except the Walhonding, canal, in the
Senate, every bill had majority of both parties in
each House; and ~
4ih That saving the same exception, the mega
tive whig vote throughout is SO very small, asto
almost entite the whg vote TO be called the act of
the party in the affirmative. Thus of 81 whig
votes cast on the Miami Extension canal, there
are but 6 in the negative. of35 upon the Warren
county canal, but in the negative. OF 81 upon
the Hooking canal, but in the negative. Of40
on the Muskingum Improvement, but 8 in the neg
ative or 81 upon Wills Creek Improvement,
but in the negative. And Of 46 upon the Turn
pike act, but 10 in the negative. And yet with
the record thus staring them in the face. Messrs.
BEBB and CowEN have the effrontery to charge
the increase of the public debt, arising from the
undel taking and construction ofthese works, upon
the democratic party. Demagogueism was never
more barefaced; falsehood never more unblushing.
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How THE TAX Law OPERATES IN
BaowN CoUNTy.-Wc promised to
show the effects the present lax law
would have on property when it came
into full operation next year. We
have collected few more items from
the Auditors Office, to illustrate The
matter. In lS45 the whole amount of
taxable personal property in Brown
county was S738,552. In l846 the
amount is S51l,9o2s. Here, then, is
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY
SIX THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED
AND FIFTY DOLLARS AND FIF-
TY CENTS decrease ofPersonal prop
erty in Bro,cu county alone! The real
estate, it is clear, must therefore pay
not only the increased amount Of taxes
this year, but also the whole tax paid
last year on this $226,65Os! Here is
over a QUARTER OF A MILLION
taken from the duplicate Of chattle
property this year and placed to that
OF real estate.
But let US examine how things will
work next year. under the new valua-
ton. The real estate last year was
valued at Sl,9l5,O44. This year it is
valued at S3,77l,255, being over three
times the former valuation. Take the
excess, then, of the present over the
former valuation of lands, and the de-
crease Of the personal property, and
the figures show that the Farmers Of
Brown county pay on TWO MIL.
LIONS, SEVEN HUNDRED AND
EIG HTY-TWO THOUSAND, EIGHT
HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE
DOLLARS, fifty cents increase! Sup
posing then that the per centage Of tax
levied will be but one half what it now
is, or mills to the dollar, Real estate
will pay Sl9,48o, while personal prop
erty will pay S3,58s. This is what
Mr.. Bebb calls "relief to the farmer"
We wish somebody who believes Mr..
Bebb would take these figures and
prove it. Readers, save this paper.
Mark The place. Study these figures
taken from the records of your county.
Dem. Standard.
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fiftv cents on the dollar. This course OF election
eerng is the lowest and basests species OF dema-
rogueism to which ever the whig presses have re-
sorted. Taken in the sense in which II Is intend
ed, II IL utterly and totally false, AID the authors
and retailers of the falsehood kaotc Il to DC sueh
The fact is established by the Journals OF the Gen.
eral Assembly, that there has never been parry
vote, or any thing approximating to one, upon the
construction OF any work of public Improvement
involving an increase Of the State debt sl
But let US put this electoneering charge to
plain and simple test The great Ohio canal the
Miami canalto Piqua. involved the State in adebt
of something like six millions of dollars, besides
exhausing the fairest portian Of the large grants
of land made by Congress to aid in their construc-
ton. AT the session of 1867, the Legislature
ordered the purchase and completion of the War
rem county canai,-the completion Of the Miami
Csnsl, the construction of the Wabash and Erie
canal,--the Hooking canal,-the Walhonding ca
nal, the Muskngum Improvement, and the i'm
provement OF the navigation of Wills Creek. At
the next session the Turnpike act, better known
these sessions the democratic party. it is true, had
majorites in both Houses; butit is not true that
either of these bills was passed by party votes,--
or that either ofthem could hare passed toithoM
the aid u the ,chig uotes ,chich they actually re-
ceived. We propose to put this assertion to the
test of the Journals; and to save space, we present
the votes on each OF these measures, in Senate and
House, in a tabular form. In doing this, as we
are compelled to rely upon our recollections TO
the politics Of the members, we may be slightly
incorrect.-but such error, If it exist, cannot vary
the statement more than one or two votes. Here
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Synopsis of the Independent
Treasury Bill.

This law as passed by both Houses
of Congress, provides for the appoint
ment of four Assistant Treasurcrs.
whose locations and salaries are fixed.
II also requires all receivers of public
moneys to keep safely, without ex-
changing, loaning or deposlilng, with
any bark, all monies coming into their
hands, until ordered to pay them out by
the proper officer. These officers are
to execute bonds with ample security,
for whatever amount of money may
come into their hands. Whenever di.
rected by the Post Master General, or
the Secretary Of the Treasury, the col
lectors at New York, Boston, Charles
ton, New Orleans and st. Louis, are to
pay over the moneys in their hands, TO
the Assistant Treasurers, or to the u.
5. mint, its branches.
The Secretary Of the Treasury is
authorized TO transfer money from one
depository to another, or TO the Treas
ury of the United States--and the Post
Master General is invested with SINH
lar authority in respect TO moneys be-
longing to the Post Office Department.
The Secretary Of the Treasury is au-
thorised to appoint special agents to ex-
anime the books and accounts OF depos-
tories, and as still further check, he
may direct Registers, Naval Officers,
Directors Of Mints, &c., TO examine
the books and accounts of Collectors,
Receivers, &C., in their respective To-
cations.
The Secretary shall not transfer the
balances remaining with the present
repositories, before the first of January
next, except for the payment Of public
accounts. All Marsballs, district At
torneys, &C., having moneys belonging
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From the Ns,o Orleans Commercial Times.
Later From the Army.

The steamship Alabama, Capt. Win.
die, arrived this morning from Brazos
Santiago, having left on the Oath inst.
She brings fifty sick and discharged
volunteers.
We understand that when last heard
from, Gen. Worth, with 1000 men had
left Camargo and proceeded seventy
five miles on the route towards Mon
terey.
The brig Architect, Gray, from Bal
timore, arrived at Brazos Santiago on
the Oath; the U. S. revenue cutter
McLane, Capt. Howard, on the 2lst;
cutter Legare on the 10th; steamers
Greenwood and Montera, schooner
Vesta sailed on the 18th; the Atlantic
on the 22d, and the Edward on the Esd /;
all Tor this port.
The town Of Matamoras is represent
ed as being quite dull since the troops
have moved forward.
We have received the following from
our attentive correspondent:
MATAMoRAs, Aug. 16, 1916.
Since my last letters little OF Interest
has taken place. Troops are still going
up the rive, by land and water. Gen.
Hamer, with his command, left yester-
day. This morning the light artillery
companies, with len guns, and the Sec
ond dragons, lookup the line ofmarch,
and two or three steamers are now at
the landing filed with volunteers
The dragoon and artillery companies,
with their baggage train, made a grand
military spectacle. Everything indi-
Gates some movement in a short time
upon an extensive scale. From what
| have heard of what is doing at Cam
argo, the probability is, the advance Of
the army will leave about the Goth in
slant. lis not known here what regi-
+ments or corps will compose the ad-
vance guard; but if Gen. Worth COM
mands il, his favorite regiment the 9Th
infantry will no doubt form part.
The New Orleans Picayune extra Of
the same day saws:
Captain Wlndle reports that Gener-
al Worth, with 1000 men, had left
u. n V y
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NEWS FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA.
Fifteen DAYS Later.

The steamship Britannia, from Liv.
erpool, reached Boston on Thursday.
bringing intelligence fifteen days later
than that previously received. The
news, on its arrival in New York, was
Immediately telegraphed to tins city.
Things remain very much as they
were at the departure of the last
steamer.
The Hon. Louis M'Lane, Minister
from the United States to the Court OF
st. James, came passenger in the Bri-
Iannia.
The Cotton market has been in a
quiescent state. The sales on the 18th
at Liverpool were estimated at 5000
bales.
The Money market is easy, and for
business cash can be had very readily.
SD The Produce markets are tolerably
active, both as regards the home and
the export trade.
Several markets have experienced
the effect of the new Tariff, which goes
into operation in the United States on
the first OF December next. Iron has
already advanced in price: and the
wooden manufactures are firm and i'm
proving.
There had been frequent storms and
great falls Of rain, which had injured
the crops severely.
The accounts of the Potato crop con.
tinue TO be disastrous,
The steamer Cambria, from Boston.
arrived out in 10 days and l6 hours.
The steamer Great Britain, from New
York, arrived out in l3 days and 8
hours. In repairing her driving chains.
she had detention at sea of l8 hours.
Parliament was expected to rise
aboutthe 28th of august. On the 9Th,
the House of Lolds passed the Sugar
Bill.
The destltution in lreland occupied
the House of Commons on Monday.
A sum has been appropriated for the
employment OF the poor of Ireland.
The French elections have terminal
ed, and great has been the success of
tic Ou!Lol Pulty' nc hioJoiiy III TIC
new Chambers is expected to be one
hundred, and may possibly reach over
that.
The King had opened the Chambers
with short speech.
The popularity of the new Pope is
said 20 be very great.
- The price of Indian Corn has risen
to S2s. per quarter.
American Hams are selling at 35,
to ASS.
Lard in kegs was selling at SO to
4Os. in bbls.; 35 to dos.
There is good demand for Beef and
Pork, and late prices are full lly supported.
Cheese Of good quality is very scarce
at Liverpool. Pared, ofdifferent quail
ty have been sold at 35 to ass. per cwt.
The new papal tariff makes great
reductions on woollen manufactures,
cotton goods, sugar and coffee.
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0D-We copy the following article for the benefit
of Mr.. Cowen, the whig candidate for Congress in
this district.
By the way, is it true that Mr.. Cowen, while In
Congress, voted to give the whig printers to Con-
gress 40 thousand dollars more than they agreed to
do the work forl Yes! Is it true that Mr.. Cowen
voted for and against the Bankrupt law' Is it
true that he voted for and against duty tax on
tea aud cofee' Is it true. that while in the Ohio
legislature, he at first opposed by speeches, and af
forwards voted for the new tax law! Yes! Has
Mr.. Cowen been on all sides of all questIons' Ask
the abolitionists
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-09-12
For the Shirt of Democracy.


Mr.. EDIToR:--Accordng to our arrangement
the FIRST topic for consideration, is the kingIy and
imperial power Of taxation possessed by one single
individual in the State of Ohio Is not such an in.
stitution most anomalous in Representative Re-
publica A little consideration will serve 10 show
that 1t is as mschevous as il is irregular and snom
alous. little more than twenty years ago, when
the State government determined to invade the
province of individual and social man, to COM
mence speculator, 10 hire laboIers and deal with
contractors, 1t also determined to borrow immense
sums of money. An arrangement was accordingly
made by Act of Assembly, surrendering 10 the
State Auditor the power and authority heretofore
possessed by that body, to levy taxes on the prop
erty of the People, sufficient to pay the interest on
the state debt and to support the public credit This
system is twenty-one years old and after all our i'm
mense sacrifices, our public debt is nearly twenty
ry on this beautiful institution! The FIRST ques-
ton that strikes the mind is, whether such an ar
rangement can possibly be constitutional! Is Il
competent to the Assembly to delegate the taxing
power in pepetuity' Suppose that soon alter the
formation Of the constitution some politician had
objected, that according to its provisions some
weak or wicked General Assembly might vote away
the taxing power from themselves and their sue
cessors, and vest it perpetuay in single oHicera
Would not the members Of the convention have
arisen up as one man, to deny that that instrument
wasjustly liable to such an odious Imputationi
ii ~ D =
The Heathen Gods had each mythos, partic-
ular attribute, peculiar glory Thus Mars was
the God Of War, Neptune Of the Ocean; Minerva
was the Goddess of Wisdom, Venus Of Beauty;
while Jupiter was the sovereign monarch alike of
Gods and men. What then is the myfhos, the Pc
culiar, the special attribute of this enactments--
Three words will disclose--conceai,ne fraud,
secrecy. 1t tseparates things that ought never to
be separaied-the duty Of providing the ways and
means from the function Of making appropriations.
By this means it often happens that though the
General Assembly has made the most exlravaeant
appropriations, yet act Of theirs informs the Pco,
PIE Of The additional burlhen that Is about to 10 i'm,
posed upon them. The general laws contain no
information upon the subject, but silent ukase
steals round 10 the County Auditors ordering an
increase oi taxation. Hence il hss sometimes hap
pensd that men, who in reality deserved the exc
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Auditor Woods

Made use Of the following language. when ad.
dressing the people OF this county, the subject
of the new tax law:
I'll don't care who's Govern
or, 1 am .auditor, and I will
put it (the tax on you (the
farmers. y :!
The "Cadz Sentinel reports Auditor Woods
having uttered such sentiments as the following.
in his address to the people of Harrison:
In npassing over the country
he frequently heard the groans
and Winnings of tax payers in
consequence of the new law
he loved to hear it, it gave him
pleasure-their cries were MU-
SIC in his ears
The "Sentinel" adds: "Such sentiments are in
sulting to the good Of every taxpayer of the
county. "He loved TO hear them whine," "ther
gToans gave him pleasure" and ''their cries were
music to his ears" And this too from an officer
of the State who is fed from the public crib, and
who assisted to fasten this British law upon the
people of Ohio! Such expressions will awaken
storm in October next, that will hurl these federal
vampires from the stations they so unworthiIy fill,
and mete out to the trainers OF the law the deep
oblivion they have so richly merited."
Democrats of Monroe county! are you willing
to vote for men who glory IN hearing you 'groan'
under the oppressions of the new tax law? Ifyou
are, cast your votes for VIM. Bebb, and the balance
of the whig ticket
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Camargo and proceeded rs miles on
his route towards Monterey. This re-
port is no doubt premature. We have
late dates from Camargo, which repre-
sent that active preparations were 60
ing on to move at an early day. We
have others, yet later, but they con-
tain nothing to confirm the report that
General Worth had moved from Ca
margo. The report probably grew out
of the advance Of Captain Duncan's
party, mentioned in our correspon-
dence.
Since writing the above, we have re-
ceived the American Flag Of the 23d
instant, which thus notices the report:
FROM CAMAReo.-The steamer Vir-
ginian reports having crossed General
Worth and his command, consisting Of
the 9th infantry and Two companies of
artillery, over the San Juan river on
the 10Th inst. General Worth, says
our informant, received orders to march
to the village of China and remain there
until further advised. This may or
may not be so; we are inclined to be-
lieve that there is a little more of the
may not than may. 1t would be hard
ly WorM while for the commander Of
this expedition to start at all if he had
TO step at s. miles,
A letter dated the 18th inst, from San.
Fernando, announces the arrival there
Of the Texan regiment ofmounted men
three days previously, in fine health and
spirits.
The late report that Capt. Godfrey
Pope, of the Kentucky volunteers, had
been shot by a sentinel is pronounced
a fabrication.