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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31
EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT UNDER ALL TIL

EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT UNDER ALL THE
ADMINISTRATIONS take the following
from the New Bedford Mercury
i deem il important TO call your attention
TO the following exposition and statistics of
Expenses of our government, taken from the
journal of Congress. for every administration,
commencing with George Washingtons and
concluding with James h. Folks. Ii will be
found correct. with the exception of the ex-
penditures under Folks administration, which
are probably under estimated at least some
$50 900, 600, it being stated on competent au =
thority that the Mexican war cost US Two hun
dred and fifty Millions Of Dollars, instead Of
two hundred millions of dollars, which is the
amount placed in the scedule below. By Civ
ing Mr.. Polk the benefit Of fifty million dol
lars, still, il will be observed, the increase OF
the expenses Of government have become ire
mendous.
What is very remarkable, yet true and be-
yond contradiction, is, that every Locofoco
administration has cost and taxed the people
of this Union vastly more than either of the
Wing administrations. Thus il will be
found, that the whole expenditur of whig
governments, commencing with Washing
toms and ending with John Q. Adams
duringa period of forty years, (and be ii re-
Tic pcIStSO VI lliC ,IlluCll
of them, were paid under Washington's gov
eminent, and all charges occurring ia conse-
quence of the last war with Great Britain, i'm
Mr.. Madison's,) the locofoco governments,
commencing with Gen. Jacksons and ending
with GENERAL Polk's,a period of twenty years,
are run up 10 the enormous sum Three hun
dred and thirteen millions, six hundred and fif-
ty-two thousand and forty seven dollars" over
and above the wing governments forty years!
A sum sufficient TO have made internal inn
provements, deepening harbors and rivers OF
The west and south, and building piers for the
harbors OH the lakes and seaboard, TO an extent
that would have been for all time to come OF
immense benefit 20 our country;-a sum suffi
cent TO have educated millions of poor chill
dren and placed school houses in every city,
town and village and paid for teachers for
many years. 1t is of vital importance to every
friend of his country TO probe this subject to
the bottom, aud ask why is it, and no has
caused this exorbitant expenditure of national
treasure. Shall our hard earnings continue to
be thus squandered by Locoioco misrule2
Recdpitulation Of the IT, s. GoUtrnment En-
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31

TUE CHOLERA, "A London letter of the, 9Th
September. published in the National lntelli-
gencer, says: -, ,.,,-.,f...
The Cholera is marching steadily towards
us; ii has reached Paris, and there were cases
Of Asiatic cholera in Lcndou reported last
week. Objections for treating the cholera,
nd other proofs of its proximity, il not of it,
presence, are advertised for sale aud exhibited
in the booksellers windows. The Times APP
pears to make light OF the disorder, and says il
is mistake TO imagine that its visitation is
attended with any extraordinary mortality;
thai more persons by far died of the Influenza
last year in London than did of the cholera
when last in thatscity. The cholera is pro-
nounced most decidedly nOn-contdgous, and in
its early stage very easy of cure. Panic is
deprecated, and cheeriulness and composure
and ease recommended.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31

0ECol. Benton was passenger on board
OF the steamer Olivia, on the 10th, descending
the Ohio river. The Maysville Eagle says he
was very garruious, and attracted good many
locofocos around him. Finally, he is said to
have proposed ttlIat o vote should be taken fol
the Presidency. surprising from the number
about him, that the Cass men had majority
He took great interest in the election, and went
down upon the deck with the Secretary tC
watch the voting, The result was declared
Taylor 60; Cass 81; Van Buren, 8 The Colo
onel was as much astonished as the locofoco
are at the extent Of their drubbing in Pennsyl
yania,7 Il --.~T-r fi3.I -ri1rrF
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31

GEN. TAYLOR AND HIS WoUNDED.-"My
,coundcd are behind nc, and shall nerer pass
them aipen
So said Gem, Taylor to. Col. Davis on the
battle field Of Buena Vista, and more touch
ing and heroic reply was never uttered. As
the Baltimore American truly says. tits one OF
those Characteristic sayings which so strongly
mark Gen. Taylor's firm yet generous nature.
No wonder his soldiers had confidence in him
No wonder tina victory went with him and
perched upon his standard wherever itfl0ated
over a contested field.
While the best feelings of the American
heart are rising in sympathetic emotion with
that greatness of soul which prompted such an
answer as Gen. Taylor gave 10 his wounded
friend on the bloody field of Buena Vista, the
official papers worthily representing an Ad-
ministraio which prosecuted the 100 success
full hero. and left him to fight that battle as a
forlorn hope destined to sacrfice-the Official
paper may ftly employ itself in collating the
items of Gen. Taylors pay; in stating his al
lowances for fuel and quarters; in enumerating
his rations, with the number of horses the ser
vice authorizes him TO keep at the expense OF
the Government; and the sum total, when as
lcertained, may be put down with all The en-
phasis that may belong TO official Statistics
Nay, let that journal 60 over again, as it has
done more than once. the whole course of Gen.
| Taylor-not TO speak OF his bravery. not to ap-
plaud his victories, not to express a patriotic
pride IN glory so national as his, but to peer
into The pay accounts of forty years, with mis-
cradle calculations of forage aud rations, to
show by an aggregate most imposing 10 mer-
cenary soul the compensation that Gen. Tay-
Tor has received from the Treasury since his
commission as Lieutenant was signed by Mr.
Jefferson. Yes, let it point 10 the blood shed
at Fort Harrison, and in the swamps Of Flori-
ia, and OH the banks of the Rio Grande, and
at Monterey and Buena Vista, and tell the
American people the value of it all i'll dollars
and cents. And let il not publish, let ii par
.ticularly omit TO publish, the letter of Adult
ant Gen. Jones TO Senator Johnson, declaring
that in no case since Gen. Taylor became an
officer of the army had he received one penny
in the way of extra allowance, or beyond the
regular rates of the services for officers of his
grade.
From its fluctuations in pigeon-holes, the
official paper is likely to be aroused into a
dim-eyed perception of some startling facts
1t may discover that it has made woful mis-
take in its denunciations of man who is too
strongly in the hearts of the people 10 be reach
ed by its attacks, and that, in spite Of its sup
preston of facts which Its own invectives have
called forth, the people know enough of
Taylor 10 con6de in him, and to place the gfeal
trust of the Presidency into his hands.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31

COMING RrGHR.-Every account We receive
from Ohio assures us that the Free Sellers are
FILLING into the wing ranks in support of Tay.
Tor very fast. They are convinced they can ac-
comPlish no good By running Van Buren, now
while they have just reasons 10 apprehend
that, throwing away their votes on him, may
feat the very object they seek to promote.
The supporters of Birney in 1914, virtually
elected Polk, annexed Texas and extended
slavery; and so the supporters of Van Buren,
may aid the election Of Cass and thus defeat the
prohibition OF slavery in the new territories.
Reflec ting citizens. whoare earnestly in favor
OF Free Soil, cannot assume such fearful
weight of responsibility, and, as they know
Taylor will respect and carry out the will OF
Congress, they will 60 for him.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31
CITY OF EVANS VIII E:
TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 81.

ARE You AT WoRK?-But one week remains
between this and the Presidential election
Our State will be closely contested, and the
working party iriH pin' A change of one cote
in each township will give the State to Old
lack. Remember this and work like nailors
from this time until the polls are closed. This
State is for Taylor and Fillmore unless lost by
idleness. Work and win the victory! The
enemy is on the alert. They will do all tina,
men can do, and more than men ought to do;
and they are aided by all the power Of the Fed
eral Government, and The money of the public
and of the office holders. The contest is 10 be
a fierce one. Let us contest it inch by inch
until victory is won. We FIGHT FOR PRINCE
PIE AND FOR THE COUNTRY! LET 30 MAX FAL
TER. Whenever, wherever, and in whatever
numbers the enemy appears to give him bat
lie, rout him, and sAvETHE COUNTRY.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31
THE NINTH
WONDER OF The WORLD!

VNHIS GREATEST WONDER OF THE DAY
Was discovered in 1910. in a wage state, on the
island of Borneo; and supposed 10 have been wor-
shipped as deity, by the inhabitants,
Will be exhibited at the Court House on to-mor-
row. Tuesday, Octo Der 3lst 1918. .
The following arc The opinions of medical men.
regarding the structure and combination OF the wild
nondeseript, CASPER HAUSSER.~ Judged by
naturalist be about 40 years OF age. Its weight
is 30 pounds. lis mode OF travelling as designed by
nature is on all tours. % -. u. 80.
have carefully examined CASPER HAUSSER,
now in possession OF DIR. Sisson, and look upon him
as the greatest living curiosity OF the age In him
here seems to blending of The human and brute
creations. In formation, the head aud face Malay,
the upper and lower ex'remiiies approximate nearer
10 those of the Ourang Outang than any other ami
nal. The animal organs are well developed. the
intellectual weak and deficient.
- O. fIaE WILLIAM BAYLE, NJ D..
Oakland, Miss, Dec. 18th, l945 -'..E
AT meeting OF the Board Of Toronto, U c. We
examined the above curiosity. and hndt departure
from both the Human and Animal creation, ard
nothing but combina ton of the human and lower
race, and a struggle tor predemination could have
produced such a wonderful creature.
r. w OBRIEN, NJ d., Prest.
July -, 1874. 1850.
91rAdmission only D cents,-Children under IL
years 10 cents.
6.-DOOrs open at O'Clock, and at o'clock. p. NJ .
9cTFron, S.aisreServsd for the Ladies. &c 80
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31

d. WELL SAID.--The Madison Courier, re mark.
ins upon he rage of the public for newspapers
containing an extra amount Of reading matter
says, eff reading matter alone be their object
they will find enough that is new TO many Of
them in the Bible; and it is good reading too.
We have rarely seen harder or a better hit
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31
RALLY, ONE AND ALL, RALLY !!

conscience r'-How 1T WoREs--The Ma.
rietta lntellisencer says:
Free Soil votes enough were given TO WHIT
TLEsEY, the Locofoco candidate for Congress,
in the 18th District, TO defeat WM. 2. CUTLER, a
man whose every drop of blood, sent down
through long line of Puritan ancestry, bounds
only for freedom and Free Soil
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31

VERMoNT---Carlos Coolidge. whig. wa:
elected Governor by the Vermont Legislature
and Robert Pierpont, whig, Lieut.. Governor
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31
TIT For TATI

The Washington Union having assailed
General Taylor OH account OF the amount
of his salary as Major General, which does
not embrace single item OF ertra allowance
the Washington Battery rejoins by bringing
up the abundant ''spoi!s" enjoyed by the tx
ecutve Editors. The Battery says;
And how much Thomss Richie and John
P. Heiss? The rhote amount Of their enor-
nous emolumen,s il is impossible to get at
with any precision. We publish below de-
tails which We copy from asingle Blue Book
OF none Us paid 10 Richie u Heiss to The
amount OF more than QUARTER OF A
MILLION OF DOLLARS
For the Department of State S66l 90
For the Treasury Department 1865 80
For the War Department sol 90
For the Navy Department aal 1923 OIL
For the Post Office Department 5,lS6 %
For the Senate 50 $40 Oh
For the Hnuse los, 4O7 81
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31

Look toit one and all. throughout the Re
public, and say whether you will any longer
countenance such lavish and wicked extrava-
gance.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31

OEMr. p. 6. O'RiLEY will please accep
our thanks for late up river papers. u
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31
Making
S276,46S So

Making S276, 46S 50
Now we should be pleased To know what
public services Mr.. Richie and Mr.. Heiss
nave rendered the country, TO eniitle them
10 Executive aud Legislative favors, that
have enabled them to become DEALERS
IN GOLD MINES from the emoiuments OF
some Two or three years public printing, in
spite of the annual thousands they have
squandered in magnificent, living? And with
what face can these men asssii General Tay-
Tor for the receipt of The hard earned, richly
meriled, and comparatively humble emolu-
menis OF an American officer?
Yes, Mr.. Richie for sitting in his mag
nfcent apartments, taking his daily ride To
the Capitol in his own calriage, withhis own
equipage, iounging on the Senate setiees in
his well brushed, brass bniioned coat, white
vest and unsoiled white kid gloves, "a flesh
turnout every day. figuring about aud dan
cug himself off bis legs q, The splendid as
semblies al Jackson Hall, and at the magui.
icent entertainments oi the Heads of De-
parmens and The foIeign Minister'S feast
tug at the luxurious dinners of the French,
English, and Russian Ambassadors = for run
nlng this round of rank through elegant dis
sIpaiion, and writing anoccaslUnal paragraph
audalory of Mr.. Polk, in The columns oiihe
Union, this Thomas RITCHIE, in single
Congress, FINGERED SOME S277 ,46S 50 OF
THE PEOPLES MONEY.
Daring the same period of time, one old
ZACHARY TAYLOR was winning imrnor-
al houors 10y his splendid achievements in
The service of his cunniTy. Uuder tb" bum
ing suns aud the pestilenltl moonlight of
Mexico, he was besrning our fl1g in TRIUMPH
through The veteran legioGS of Arisla, plan
ting il on The towers of Munterey and the
ridges Of Buena Visla-shlring all the while
The tolls. the privatons. the perils ul his hum
besl soIdlers-and finally dispensing, with
handfUil Of raw recruits. the disciplined aud
encounIed hosts of ; tnra Anna. Aud all
this, The sleek AMI pampered minon of Off
cIal patronage. iatienng on his S277, 4fjS,
Turks ovERpArD By THE EMoLUMENrs OF A
MAJcR GENERAL
Let US see now the accounts stand:
Richie 81 Iieiss, S217 ,46S 90
Zachary Taylor, 1885 80
Both paid ouI of The public Treasury We
nave not heard iilat General IA, Tor makes
any complaint because The official printers
have become The proprieioTs of gold mines,
rom their immense enolumenis, whilst he
has been rece wing just enough for support
ing lie urdnary expenses Of his rank aud an
establishments Tor his family. Bot Mr.. Rit-
chic does complain OF General Taylor's pay,
and abuses him every day in he Union be-
cause he receives the enDlumenls oi a Major
General, To The amount, his horses and IIav-
ellng expenses included, Of 81 ,395.
Is MIR. Richie such "a simpeion not TO
sec that no man can read his abuse Ol Gen
eral Taylor, for receiving SEVEN THOUSAND
THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY. FIVE DOLLARS
NINETY CENTS. without thinking of Mr.: Heiss'
GOLD MINES, and good Mr.. Riches Two
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEFEN
THOUSAND FOUR HUNERED AND
'SlXrY-EiGIIT DOLLARS EIGHTY
rWO CENTS .r.s
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-31

C.ss's ExrRi Px.-The public documents
show that Cass has received the following lex
Ezrrs cha on his private account, .S63 $40 DC
. Chaisesoa has public aceouh t, SdA'53, IS SO
,gHOH a - :
Total ..,ovK MIA ,.ir,iT I'll 1,Oo9 AZ
Salary for Is years. nj $4,000 per
annum, a.l-i3lis Assfl gl oo'VOV w
,-1TI3TOlJ IrIt u 4tt. 4. -
.,,apace;ved IN i8 wears, 90 sl53. O6s 42
9lFnfiiIed 10 receive per year, $1,000.
p One hundred aud fifty-three thousand and
, ssxty- nine dollars and forty-two cents for Is
wears official service, over one hundred and
seventeen thousand OF which was extra pay or,
in more common sparlance, stsalng, while ne
Was fsring anonymously everyday will the
neonle who paw the taxes look at this'
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-10-27

Tho returns of tho late election in this
county have demonstrated that the Wing
strength was not out by over 400 votes
At the Governors election, in 1914, we
polled 2402 votes. AT the Presidential
election, same year, we poled 2542 votes
This year Ford got but 2266, Every
township fell off but Liberty, Perry and
Madison. Liberty was the same, while
the lattertwo increased their Wing vote,
Counting the natural increase, wo now
should poll near 200 votes.
Friends of Taylor and Fillmore! Will
you not go to workl The time is short.
The contest will be close. Do your duty
and you can save Ohio. But by such
disgraceful apathy as was exhibited, at
the late election, by some Wings, all over
the State, Taylor will lose it.
Let the full Wing vote Of the county
be pulled aud Taylor will go from here
with near 2700 votes.
Wellers' vote was only II short o
Todd's in 1874. No wonder he had 1906
majority.
We present these facts to the Wings q
the county. We hear some complain
because the majority has been increased
against us. Yet. If these croakers ha,
gone to work like men, we could have re
duced it.
A large number Of voters never see
paper, never hear speech, are neve
visited by the Wings of the townships
, If we expect to gain, and not lose, W
d must work. We can reduce tho mejorit
. We are in the right, and the right mui
>, prevail. Neod wo add morel
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-10-27


scenes; in all bis intervals Of leisure, in his
winter evenings, his furlOughs, his retire.
ments from the esharperselvices Of the camp,
he has been an observer, student, and
thinker upon the great national interests of
the land; he has learned them, sir, as Julius
Cesar learned astronomy, in the camp.
"For all these reasons, / observe in him
exactly the ability you expect from the
Chief Magistrate of the land. He's not TO
conduct our di iplomatic correspondence with
all the world; he is not to settle matters Of
international Jurisprudence; he is to execute
firmly hnmanely and steadily the laws Of the
land. which Congress prescribes. lie is to
appoint honest and incorrupiible men TO
public Office; he is to hold steady hand be-
tween this nation and foreign nations, oh
serving honorable peace aud avoiding en-
langling alliances with all. In all this ]
may be permitted TO say--I hope without
exlravasnnce--thAl have the honor 20 re-
gard him lns day in comparison with any
public American,pre eminently qnallhed Tor
the staii TO which we call him. at least
would rather give the flag Of my country
into The hands of the man who carried 1t
among the living and the dead, up the sleeps
Of Monterey, and against the tremendous
odds at Bucna Vista, than to eEtrust II to
that man Of Klnderhook, who carried out
that radiaut standard and laid it at The foot
of the English throne" "(Immcnse'a applause. :,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-10-27
IkCNOlullOM.

We think bolG effort will he made 20 car
ry out the disorganizing edIcis of the l.o-
cofoco Convention of the 10Th of May
Whether il will succeed or not is another
question, But the real merits OF this queS-
tion may be narrowed down TO one point, to
witt whether Sam Mcdary shall be State
Printer-HO has a very large establishment
at Columbus, and it Is said that, If he does
not secure the business Of The State Govern
ment he il bankrupt. or course he will be
refractory, and use all his power to defeat
an organization Of the Legislature, unless,
In violation Of The law, the five l.ocoIoco
mombeIsare admitted from Hamilton coun-
~, which would leave both branches Of the
Legislature tied But we shall see what we
shall sce-- Cleveland HernM
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-10-27

ltwould appear (says the New York
Express) as if the cholera which has
been making such ruvages in the north
of Europe has at length reached Paris
Several cases had appeared which are
said to have all symptoms of the Asiatic
cholera, but in mild shade, A medic
al gentleman says ,ha, he had two cases
of what ho calls cholera aphyrid and
that in both cases the patients are likely
to recover.
The Cholera had also appeared at Tri-
este but had greatly diminished at St
Petersburg. On the morning of tho %
there were three hundred and eighty
cholera patients under treatment. Al
Moscow on the 25lh ult there were
twenty-five new cases and sixteen deaths
and on the 26th there were twenty-five
new cases, but only eleven deaths. II
the other provinces Of Russia Athlete,
with this disease, it is making great raw
ages; in some of them as many as be
tween five and six thousand persons ar
carried ofby it weekly.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-10-27

ELEcTIoNERING ExTRA.-Among the e.
lectonering expedients resorted to at the
late election in Paris. was the following
ingenious proceeding; The agents of NJ.
Delesser,, one Of the candidates, induced
Mr. Green, who assembled in his celebra-
ted balloon from the Hippodrome, to take
up with him some millions of little bulle-
tins, bearing the name Of M. Delessert,
as ballast. AS he passed over the de-
partment of the Seine, he let these de-
scend in showers from the clouds on the
sstonished and bewidered citizens, who
seemed TO receive from heaven this in
spirution to vote for the son Of the cx-
prefect Of Police Boston Journal.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-10-27
THE FIGHTING pARSON.

Parson Brownlow, of the Jonesboro'
Wing, says that on the night of the 2Sth
ult., young man named John Ryland,
Jr., armed with pistols, went to his house
in the dead of night. cursed him an hour
or so, dared him out to fight, and a, length
threatened if he didn't come out, to shoot
him through the window. We give the
sequel in the fighting Parsons own
words: s.,o.a .a-s
"Upon his swearing profanely that if
we did not go and fight him he would
pick US through the window" we rose
up out of bed, drew on our clothes, took
down double-barreIed gun, well loaded
with buckshot, cooked it, and went at
him, when he swiftly retreated down to
the gate of Col. Willett, distance Of
near hundred yards" .a.s