Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-08-24


ofDirectors on the subject; ifnot will
you do me the favor to give me your
own leaving an expression Of the wish
es Of the Board to some more oonven-
lent opportunity.
Very respectfully, your ob't serv't.
AMOS KENDALL.
Michigan.-The Detroit Journal
states that the sales Of public lands in
that Territory during the quarter en-
ding the 10Th June, Amounted to IA
bout tzOo hundred and fee thousand dol.
lars as follows:
At Monroe, $4,000
Detroit, 10000
White Pigeon, 5000
The same paper says the accession
which has been made to the poPula-
ton Of Michigan, since the opening of
this season, may be selma
ted at bctwee 5000 and 6OOO. There
is but little doubt but that next year
the population ofthis territory will en-
title it to enter the Union as free and
state.
Iennessee.-Col. David Crockett,
has been elected to Congress from the
state Of Tennessee, by a majority Of a.
bout us votes over his competitor Mr..
VIM. Fitzgerald. the late member.
A Chain Saw has been invented BY
Mr.. p. p. Quimby, Of Belfast, Me.
The teeth are riveted together, and
then the saw is placed round cylin-
der in groove.
Within the last ten years upwards
Of $4,000 have been collected aud
expended for churches in Eastoo,
Penn.
The population Of UpperCanada has
increased IS, $50 IN the last year.
1t is remarkable fact that in Eng
land, during the last ears, there were
$50 persons who received sentence of
death, Of which number only four were
executed. Does not this fact prove
that public opinion does not sustain the
bloody severity Of the English laws
Tennessee is suffering from drought.
Every thing says the Nashville Banner,
is parched; and corn, it is feared, is al
ready beyond remedy.
A powder mill has been erected near
st. Louis, Mo-, in which GOO lbs, Of
powder are daily manufactured.--This,
taken in connexlon with the shot fac
tories at the lead mines in that vicinity,
must make ammunition plenty.
1t is stated that nineteen thousand
dollars worth Of Swaim's Panacea has
been sold within the last twelve
weeks.
The British Factory Commissioners
have recommended in their official
report, that the hours Of labor for chill
dren in factories should be restricted
to eight hours per diem.
Among other sentences given on the
Sd inst. BY the New York Special
Sessions, Eve men were sentenced to
six months Imprisonment at hard labor,
for beating their wives.
West India Poputasion.-The popu-
lation ofthe West India Islands is as
follows, srhites los, $50; sloues Sl2, 200;
free blacks l48, 7O7.
A premium Of $1,000 has been offer
ed by the American Peace Society, for
the best essay on the settlement Of all
that may hereafter arise
between foreign nations, by the arbi-
tration ola National Congress.
Another riot took place at St. Cath
arines, U.C. on the 4th July. Some
at tavern, having showed
some inclination to celebrate indepen-
dence, a mob assembled before the
house in the evening, broke the win
dows, and maltreated several persons
in the house.
British cotton lace to the value of a
million and a half pounds, was last year
into France.
MAMMOTH SHEET OF PAPER.-At a
dinner recently held in the city of Dub
lin, which was given By respectable
printer, to a large number of persons
who had exerted themselves tor the
Of his premises from FIRE
On a previous occasion, the table was
covered By single sheet ofpaper, the