Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-05-11

bo1od 0bereoa} several years, and lessen
de v.lue Of that part a the town left un-
touched by the destructive element. The
price Of insurance il but trifiing, when
compared with the probable advantages;
and the insurance can be effected without
inconvenience, As there is an agency At
our vcry doors. Let rs reflect on this
subject, and be guided by the admonieions
ofthat best Of neutrality-suspicious.
The Scarlet Fever is said TO be IA
Ring to an alarming extent in the vicin-
ity ofPit.sburgh.
The EFFECTS o. RAILROADS ON
THE PRICE OF LANDs.-The Winches-
ter Virginian says:-~A tract OF 9N
acres of Berkely land, with only ordi-
nary improvements, was sold few
days since, at public sale, for forty-twoI
dollars and one cent per acre. Three
years ago the same tract sold for
S25."
The steamboat Splendid left the
wbarfat New York on Thursday NOR.
ming week, for New Haven, and re-
turned a short time after, having IN
the thick fog run afoul Of brig at an
Choir near the Screw Dock, BY which
a part of her wheel house and one Of
her chimnies were carried away
The brig was but slightly injured.
MRs. FRANCES ANN DRAKE.-We
perceive from a notice in the Gazette
Of this morning, that this accomplish
ed lady has given the sum Of twenty
dollars. which she calls the Wido1vs
Mite, toward the Emancipation Of the
unfortunate children of Africa. 1t will
be recollectcd that she volunteered
her services few nights ago to the
managers of Columbia street theatre
at the benefit given to the Colonization
Soc,ety.-Cincin,.ati DAILY Herald.
Ship burnt at Seattle British ship
Brit,ania, bound from England to Van
Dieman's Land, with upwards Of two hum
dred convicts on board. accidentally took
fire ut sea, while the mate was drawing II
auor from a casl< in the run, and burned
to the waters edge. More than hun
dred persons, men and women, persisted
in the flames! After the vessel took fire,
the crew and some Of the passengers COLI
s,ructed RATS. Sn which about seventy
embarked, aud were fortunately saved
from watcry grave by the timely aP-
proach Of two English vessels, and car
ried into Rio de Janeiro.
Furnishing Of Gambling in Ohio.-A
law has recently been passed by the Ohio
Legislature, against gambling subjectins
the gambler upon conviction, to tine OF
$500 and imprisonment; aud incapacifa-
ting him from afterwards holding any Of
flee, or exercising the right Of suffrage IN
that state.
Rsse ofLake Erie.-For the last sever
nj years. the rise Of the water in the lake
has made serious cncrOachmcnts on ats
southern shore in many places. For q
considerable distance above the mouth Of
Black River, the bank Of the lake IS low
without rock. Twelve years ago the
bank was generally sloplEg with wide
beach. Now the waves beat against
PERPENDICULAR bank. which, from contin-
uaI abrasion is frequently falling OIL
From one to three roals in width are worn
away annually. The phenomenon OF
this rise Of the waters remains uncxplain-
ed.-Okio Atlas.
Proeress Of The Wesf.-The section Of
land ON which Cincinnati is land out, was
bought for forty mine dollars worth Of
land warrants! This was IN December
l706. Its population in 1895, was 500;
in 1913, 1000; and in 1882, 81 ,OOO.-
The population Of the Territory, now the
State Of Ohio, IN. 1890, was 5000; in
1890 IT was 937 900.
NJ. M. Noah is about to publish paper
IN the CITY Of New York to be called
ssNoah's Ark
From Calcuna.-Letters received in
Salem from Calcutta, says the Boston ia
zette. announce the bankruptcy Of the
great agency house Of Alexander 4 Co.
for the enormous sum Of nineteen million
Of dollars. Many individuals were ruin
cd by this failure.
Fifteen hundred chests Of Bohea Tea
were sold in New York on Thursday last +,
at l2A cents per pound.
Noble Benefactioa.-Tfe Hon. Thorn
Us II. Perkins, of Boston, has given his
mansion hause, in Pearl street, valued at
$500 to the institute for the education
Of the blind.
ROMAN CArHoLIcs.--Tbis sect has
increased rapidly in Great Britain.