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Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-10-01
mount Of lands sold, and principal

Amount of lands sold and principal
Of surplus revenue received, sl69479 Ga
This sum, added to the $3.50 coo received from
the ordinary revenues of the State, will make a
clear amount Of S4l9479 Ga, lohich wiH be re-.
eeired and applied this year 10 the pay ment Of the
S!aie dejt.
Let i, be remembered that ,hi. sum docs not
include one dollar Of the balances in the trcasu.
ry Oh the 18th November lasl-it does not in.
clude dollar Of the payments uto the treasury
for school lands, nor any trust luud-u does not
include one doiiar for wEieh The Stale 0iH be.
come in any raJ iHdc6ied.
Let be member that the sinking fund Of
10000 dollars, which will he applicable To the
payment of the principal Of our State debt as
stated bv the Auditor of STATE in his official crlrr
of the 10 h August, is received exclusively from
the ordinary revenues of the State. We now
show, by including The sales of canal lands be-.
longing TO The State, aud The principal Of the
surplus revenue paid hy the counties. that more
than four hundred and nineteen thousand dollars
Of The principal Of Tie SIa:e debt rh be paid
and cancelled.
The Wings Of Ohio have not promised that
light taxes will BE- levied. They have pIr,'ged
themselves against The increase of the State d bt,
either by new loans or by permitting the interest
10 exceed the funds provided for its paymenl.-
They stand pledged to carry out system by
which the State debt shall b. gradually and Ger.
tany paid, aud thai sufficient amount of taxes
to accomplish this object shall b3ia.riy aad equal
ly levied upon lh1 capital and wealth of the
State. We charge and have proved, that tn,
LocoEocos, while they had The power, increased
the dcbt from year 10 year, and that ,hcy neglcc.
tod 10 levy the taxes necessary To pnS the inter.
est on the State d. ybl. We have carried into ef.
fec, a system by which the burdcn Of taxation ia
made N operate fairly and equal upon all, by
which the State debt will b. gradually paid aud
eXtinguished.
Freemrn Of Ohio! The 'asulr OF this system il
before you. Your taxes may be heavy, but will
you not chcrr(ully support the measures and
policy by which they are to b. made lighter
by which your debt will be paid and cancelled
not increased and made perpetual.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-10-01
Amt Of expenditures for Is47, sI,o57,aas OF

Balance, being surplus or Sinking
Fund, $780, ,433 80
Here we have a clear surplus Of more Than
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, arising
from the ordinary rereHuss Of the Slaic, wilhou,
including single dollar of the funds (excepI
$4,000 sinking iundl which Mr. Brough sup
posed to be included in this surplus.
To this sum may be added The following;
Sale Of Caual Lands for three quar-.
ter', s34l7I 20
Received since the 18th August, l60i2 63
Estimate up TO 18Th November, 10000 90
Amount Of Canal Lands sold, E5O.I8 81
Principal Of surplus revenue reed, il9 295 73
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-10-01

Tolal amount Of d1fcit OF interest
tund tor three years, 1888 393 o.
Daduct payments of principal ordcbI
made ia l643 aud l04I, as claim.
ed by Mr.. Brough, 97Io4 10
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-10-01

We have raised by loans made
meet our war expenses, as follows:
By the act of The 90 July,
BY the act passed this session,
We have also consumed the surplus
in the Treasurywhtn the war com.
menced,
The necessary appropriation bills
now on our table, to be passed at
this session, will, | understand, a.
mount 10 about
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-06
Mr.. BENEFITS LETTERS FROM EUROPE.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. Is, lS47.
The Commercial Crisis.


The panic which now prevails in London and
the commercial world, is probably as great as
ever took place in England during the last thirty
years. Since the last steamer sailed, fortnight
ago. failures to the amount of five millions sterl-
ing, Twenty five millions of dollars,) have been
announced, principally in London-last week
about two millions sterling, and this week
nearly three millions, among whom was
another Director of the Bank of England, and
two or three large bill houses, or foreign mer-
chants. AS yet, Liverpool has comparatively
escaped, but how long no one can tell.
The aggregate amount of failures, since they
began, five weeks ago, cannot be far from sixty
or seventy millions of dollars and many of them
are very bad ones. None but the large failures
are recorded, but crowds of small dealers break
that escape notice.
When is all this to end No one can tell
There is positively something wrong in the state
of England. The extraordinary fall in the price
of grain, which took place two months since,
set these failures in motion; but though wheat is
now advancing little, the panic increases
and spreads beyond belief. The currency, the
crops, the railroads, the government, have all
become topics of investigation and reproach,
but no one can agree with his neighbor as to the
real cause of ths present commercial embarfass-
ments. believe myself, that the crisis is, in
some degree, the accumulation Of the disorders
and bad conduct Of century in the manage
mont of public affairs, appertaining specially to
the government, to the currency, and to the
condition of society. Famine, and railroad
speculation, including, also, corn, and other
speculations, are only the proximate causes Of
the present disturbance.
X, There is, however, one point on which these
events should be examined in relation TO the
United States. hat is to be the effect OF
present events he - the commercial affairs OF
New York and tn e United States | have much
to say on these points, for have collected much
general and special information on such matters.
On one point, there is little doubt about. The
British Government, the Bank of England, and
the great European bill and bullion brokers,
have taken their measures for the last six months
to bring back from the United States all the
specie that had been previously sent in payment
OF grain, during the short crops of 1916 and 1s47
The frst effect of that policy has been to break
down the most rotten, and the most extended
OF their own merchants but if they can check,
or put stop to the money power of the United
states, they will expect, as it's natural conse-
quences, vast profits in the new turn of the ex-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-06
NEW YORK HERALD.
The Herald for Europe,

We shall publish this morning an edition of
the Herald for Europe, for the mails of the
Sarah Sands, which vessel will leave this port
this afternoon.
1t will be ready at eleven o'clock, and will
contain the latest news from the seat of war
accounts Of the entry of our army into the city
of Mexico |; the American markets, and such
other information as will be of interest to Euro
pean readers.
1t will contain, likewise an engraving of the
capture of the town of Panuco in Mexico.
1t will be single sheet; price two cents per
copv tn
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-06
Movements In Politics

The wings have lost two county commssioners IN
Rockingham H., on account OF informally In the
returns and bunder in leaving of r" from the name
Of one Of the candidates. by which he lost six hun
dred votes in the towns Of Exeter Derry and Newton
The last Tuscaloosa, Ala, Monitor says The Cover
nor has appointed VIM. II. Martin, Attorney General
TO all the vacancy caused by the death Of T. D. Clarke
The legislature of Tennessee to meet yesterday
The Liberty party Of Hampden CO., Mass have nomi-
mated Dr. VIM B. Alden Of Ludlow, and Chauncey Cha
pin Of Springfield, for senators.
The annual session of the National council will oon-
veue on the first Monday In October The organization
~ hm.nsss .snsrsv promise TO make the ssssion ous
Of much interest and importance adpoeats,
Sept. 18th.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-06

The STEAMSHIP SoUTHERNER, whose regulari-
ty we have been in the habit of noticing, arriv-
ed yesterday afternoon from Charleston, in a
passage of seventy hours. She had bat ten
hours pleasant weather, the remainder being
very unfavorable, blowing gale from the north
east. BY her we have one days later
gedce from New Orleans, than brought by the
mail
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-06

The SANDMAN CORVETTE. L'Aurora,
which had ueen lying in our harbor for some few
weeks, took her departure yesterday. A parting
salute was fired as she passed the Battery and
Governors Island.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-06

Mr.. CRAWFORD LIvINGsToN.-We regret to
learn that Mr.. Crawford Livingston, of the firm
of Messrs. Livingston & Wells, has for some
time been confined to his bed by serious indispo-
sition. He was, some days past, thought to
be convalescent, but his friends to-day learn by
telegraph that his case has again become serious,
and fears were entertained about his recovery.
He lies i'll at his fathers residence, Livingston
Manor, Columbia county. Mr.. L., it is unne-
cessary to state, is one of our most enterprising
business men, and has, during his intercourse
with business men in this community, Sc
cured the respect and esteem of large circle of
friends.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-06

chanees-and such financial embarrassment in
the United States as will compel that govern
ment to evacuate Mexico, and give up their
views in that quarter
In the present state of alarm, many Imagine thal
there will be an early meeting of the new Parlia-
ment If so, a new and singular combination OF
parties will be effected, such as have not been seen
in England since the time OF the French re-
public have every reason TO believe that there
will be an attempt to form union of the wings
and tories proper, in the House of Commons,
against the repealers the radicals, the ultra libe-
rails, and even some of the friends of Peel, such
as Burke succeeded in effecting in Parliament
against the first French revolution. 1t is said that
the Russell ministry is busy preparing new tariff
system, in which only ten or twelve leading arti-
cles will be taxed, on the principle of protec
and that In this system will be comprehended a
corn law, to suit the landed interest a sugar law,
to please the colonies; and cotton law, to satisfy
Manchester and India. This is TO be the basis
OF new combination Of parties, composed of
the cid wings and tories, and having for its ulti-
mate object the union and preservation of the
landed and moneyed aristocracy of England
against the new movement of the radicals and
repealers, who look ultimately to republic like
that Of the United States.
At present, however, until Parliament meets,
the revulsion among all those classes connected
with the American money market, will be
allowed to 60 forward, until the twenty millions
of specie, heretofore sent there, can be recover
ID. BY accomplishing this result, it is expected
that the finances of the United States will be-
come embarrassed, and hence Mexico will be
abandoned, thing that will be very agreeable
to Lord Palmsrston. We will see.
WHIG STATE CONFERENCE.-The whig dele
gates to the State convention for the nomination
of candidates for State officers will assemble in
Syracuse to-day. We have not heard of all the
aspirants for the Offices to be filled at the next
election. The following compose all that have
come to our knowledge
NAMES WHros THE STATE NOMINATION
Secretary Of State.
Geo. A. Simmons, Of Essex 90.
Comptroller.
Francis Granger, once N. c., and once p. NJ. q.
Samuel Ruggles Of New York.
Willard Fillmore.
State Engineer and Surveyor.
Charles B. Stewart Of Rochester.
Charles A. Omsted, Of Onondaga county
I'VE shall publish the proceedings from day to
day, and the nominations as soon as they shall
have been made We hope this convention will
be characterized by more harmony and less quar-
relling, than the democratic convention, which
was held at the same place al few DAVIS since.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-06

MR.. TRIsT.
From the Washington Union, Oct.
In justice to this gentleman, 1t 10 proper observe
that the statement Of the Mexican commissioners
not possibly be truethat II the other terms Of the
government in the hope of favorable result the ques
ou Of surrenderng the territory between the Nueces
uia In the absence Of sny information from that
tleman the subject undertake to give this state
ment Nat denial IL would not only have been viola.
ton Of his Instruction. but the Idea Of consulting his
upon the proprety Of surrenderng portion
Of the territory Of the sovereign State Of Texas ia too
surd to be entertained for moment BY any person
cept rabid Mexican whg. MIR Trist Il an able. firm,
and truly patriotic and confidently venture the
assertion that he made any such suggestion 10 the
Mexican commissioners.
MEXICAN DOCUMENTS
Letter ef thu Governor of the State of Mtpico to The
General Government, accompanying the prottst of The
rpyessnfavs of the States Of sasrico, Jatisco and
zaeatseas, to hs Escsiieney the Minister Of Foreign
From the Vera Cru. Iris, of Sept Isl
Mssr EXCELLENT sIR-If his Excellency the President
has made almost superhumsn efforts to carry on thu
war and defend the capital those efforts have been al
together unsuccessful and they could not have been
made without the assistance Of The nation and of de
cided public opinion II the States had furnished
supplies Of men and money nothing could have been e
speak at least for the State of Mexico at the
head OF which am placed This State has loaded It's
citizens with taxes has sent to the capital all the
armed men and ell the money that 1t could collect 1t
and regrets TO that 1t has done this purpose
and that Its sacrifices neither appreciated
knowiedged From this capital alone thousand infant
y soldiers have been furnished comprising the greater
part Of the battalion which have the honor to COM
mand nearly all Of them well equipped, and the whole
supplied with the best to be found In the army
sembled In the city From ell parts Of the State nclu
ding the sutry districts of the SOUTH large bodies OF
men, armed and uparmed full Of enthusiasm, have Wed
with each other In flying to the defence Of the capita
the State has done this through It's love Of
and desire Of preserving nationality and had not It's
citizens been impeed by these noble motives no human
force, the influence Of any individual would have
induced them to sbandon their homes and saornce eve
~ thing, even toexistence, In the defence OF tner
country.
1t is time now Mr. Minister, that these sfortsthese
noble and generous eRorts-should be achnowieagedi
and tho best mode of showing sense OF tner vaue
cause the arms Of these brave men 10 fa rom
their hands at the rst Of the foreign enemy
hama the art Of war has been studied among only for
the purpose Of running the country this not the fault
Of the natonit IL not the fault or its deserving cit
have not found chief worthy Of commanding them.
This government knows the extent OF its powers and
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-06


Sir I'm obedience to your ORDERS have the honor to
submit the following report Of the operations of the oh
regiment Of Infantry under my commend, during the
10th instant.
About 10 O'Clock, A. NJ, on the morning Of the qoth
the sth Infantry the right of your brigade conducted
by Capt. Mason, Engineers, proceeded by tho right
flank through the craggy and broken ground to the left
Of San Antonio to turn that flank Of the ensmys works.
to get in their rear and cut OF their retreat towards
Mexico.
When the advance of the regiment came In view Of
San Antonio the road to be filled with
Of the retreating enemy who were abandoning their
works and retreating towards their next fort in
The regiment was rapidly pushed forward and engaged
the enemya heavy fire was kept up for about ten mi
nutes when the anemy broke and dispersed in every d.
rection, closely pursued Many dead bodies Of the
my were left on the field, Including 1t Col and
many more wounded. number of prisoners were
taken, among whom were Brevet Brig Gen. Perdigon
Gavay, commanding their rear guard, and one Lieut.
captured by Lieut. c. s. Hamilton-one Lieut. Col and
one Lieut. captured by Lieut. NJ Rossellthree other
officers ptured By the command. The main portion
Of the regiment then passed along the causewsy to-
wards San Antonio, In close pursuit OF the enemy drv
NC them from the sandbas bresstwork thrown soros'
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1847-09-10

Ameriean, Gttahye Cincinnati,
Coeb,
Hariem.-
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1847-09-10

Klo Gr0dc, QUINCY. TIll.IHJgH9
Arrow line, miller,
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1847-09-10

)auabe. c ek.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-11-27
A CARD.-THE FREMONT TRIAL.

MEssRs EDIToRs We send you, not part of the pro-
eeedngs of the Court in the trial Lieut. Col Fremont but
matter belonging the and necessary to be known
in order understand the proceedings of the Court this day.
the following official copy Of Senator Benons communication
to the War Department the l4h Of June last The news
paper article mentioned in the first paragraph of this letter
marked Al the offered in Court this day the Others
(marked respectively b and O. are not yet offered
In the postscript this letter it will be seen that Captain
Smith, of the First Dragons then and in California,
given the supposed writer of the article marked A. and
given for that supposon Since that tme and
since the Major Cooke from California, Senator Ben
ton has received from gentleman in St Louis in
whose word he has implicit faith, that Capt. Smith not
the author of that article upon receiving which assurance he
filed in the War Office revocation OF Capt
Smiths the supposed author Of the article and upon
which he deemed 10 be not only probable but
violent, substituted that Of Major ST. Gorge Cooke.
This statement Messrs. Editors, is submitted to you for
publication render the proceedings the trial this day, on
our part the more ineligible your readers.
Respectfully, &c. THOMAS n: BENIN,
WIN. CAREY JONES.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-11-27
OHIO RIVER.

The Cincinnati Gazette has thrown together the
following very interesting facts respecting this river
and its tributaries
"The Omo, including the ALLEGHASr, which may be re-
garded the river under another Is twelve hun
ded miles long At Cincinnati which is about equdlstant
from Pittsburg its confluence with the Mississippi, it is 534
yards wide which may be assumed its average width It's
annual range here, from low to high water about 30 feet
its extreme range record Ga feet Cat the time of the flood
in 1922 generally reaches its lowest stages in August
September and October and its greatest rises in December
March, May and June Its current when low does not
coed miles hour, when at height three miles,
and when higher and rising four to five miles. Its immediate
valley has average width of mile 1t has the follow
ing tributaries the Monongahea Allegheny, Beaver, Kama
wha Muskngum, Hooking Sco,o, Great Sandy Great and
Little Miami Licking, Kentucky Wabash, Salt, Cumber-
land, and Tennessee, which drain region OF upwards OF
$780, O00 900 three times larger than all New
England and large all the Atlantic States north Of the
Potomac
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-11-27

Now that England is crippled in her resources,
our great staple, Cotton, declined materially, and
yet looking down, the consumption fallen thirty per
cent below that Of $40, and gloomy
indeed surely every man of practical knowledge must
be convinced that the time is come, nearly come,
when the home market must be our chief reliance
for the sale of the raw material, If the Planters de-
sire remunerating prices. Within nine years, all
know, the growth of cotton in this country has
greatly increased: all supposed the consumption of
England would increase with every succeeding
year. But to our establishment, the consumption of
England this year is not more than it was nine
years ago
Under such state of things, it is demonstrate
that it is the interest of the Planters to protect and
cherish Domestic manufactures, and by conse-
quence be not only independent OF European COM
mercia and financial revusions, but certain also of
getting for their Cotton remunerang prices at home
If instead of consuming some four or five hun
dred thousand bales of cotton in this country, we
had twice the number OF mills, and consumed
million of bales do not the Planters that prices
of cotton would be higher! 1t is as palpable as
daylight that this would be the case, even in the
face of the present large crop. During the last
shipping season cotton was too high, and the plant
ers were benefited at the expense of the shippers
Prices have fallen at least four cents per pound ;
but it is perfectly clear that, if we had mills enough
in the United States to consume one million OF
bales, the decline in price would not have been
more than two cents per pound. Estimating the
crop at twenty three hundred thousand bales at four
hundred pounds (ayerage) each, this saving to the
planters of two cents per pound would be about
eighteen millions of dollars. But let US see what
the manufacturing of million Of bales, would do
for this country. AT ten cents per pound, (nstead
Of about eight cents the planters would pocket
forty millions of dollars, Qess the charges from
their plantations to and at the seaboard,) and the
labor and capital of our own people would be be-
Melted to an equal if not greater extent
In view of all these important facts, it is indeed
passing strange that the people of the country are
not unanimous for protecting and fostering domestic
manufactures until cotton mills spring up in almost
every county in the Union.
1t has been lately stated land we have no doubt
it is true) that every bale of cotton consumed in
England contributes twice the amount of its cost to
the labor and capital of that counry-tha is to say,
if England purchased from the people of this coun-
try one million of bales per annum, of cotton for
forty millions of dollars, this business alone
tributes to the labor and capital of England eighty
millions of dollars. Instead of frittering away our
means and resources by sending large armies abroad
to conquer miserable countries, we might much
better occupy our time and capital in laying the
foundation of solid and lasting prosperity.
NOVEMBER l6. SOUTHERNER.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-11-27

The NORTHERN RAnRoAD.-The section OF the
Northern Railroad between Grafton and Lebanon
IN. H. was opened with festive ceremonials on
Wednesday. Among those who made speeches on
the occasion were Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER, Mr..
QUINCY, Mayor of Boston, Ex-Governor PAINE, OF
Vermont, and ex-Governors HILL and Colby, OF
New Hampshire.
The completion of the road from Lebanon village
to the White River including the construction of a
truss bridge 600 feet long over the Connect
cut will be effected in season for the opening of
the Vermont Central road to Northfeld, and per-
haps Montpelier, by the 4th fully next.
Among the natural obstacles overcome in the con-
strucon of the road thus far is the Merrimac river,
which in one instance has been forced out OF It's
natural channel and made to turn aside for the ac-
commodation of the railroad.