Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-03-12

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) full jeopardy in which their only child
$ was placed may be easily conceived.
: Maclean implored the man TO give
: him back his son and expressed his
t deep contrition for the degradation
T, he had, in Il moment of excitement.
! inflicted on his clansman. The other
. replied, that the only condition on
| which he would consent to the resti-
tuition was, that Maclean himself
should bare his back to the cord. and
be publicly scourged as he had been!
In despair the chief consented, saying
he would submit to any thing if his
child were but restored. To the grief
!, and astonishment Of the clan. Mac
lean bore this insult, and when it was
completed, begged that the clansman
might return from his perilous situa-
ton with the young chief. The man
regarded him with a smile of demo-
J, MAC revenge, and lifting high the
child in the air, plunged with him into
the abyss below. The sea closed over
them, and neither, it is said, everl
emerged from the tempestuous whirl-
pools and basaltic caverns that yawn-
ed around them, and still threaten,
the inexperienced navigator on the
shores Of the Mull.-Iareraess Courier.
Damned Aheady.-"Once. when
in the Roman States, l entered al
house of entertainment on Friday!
accompanied by a German artist, and
being hungry, asked for some ham or
meat. The woman to whom l add
dressed myself said could not have
il; it was fast day. Ireplied we were
heretics. She still hesitated, when
her husband growled out,-.Let them
Lave it,-let them have it; they are
damned already Thus satisfying
himself that, as we were heretics. or
what, singular enough, is here consid-
cred synonymous. philosophers, and
therefore already damned, he could
not injure US farther, but might bene-
fit himself by ministering to our gull
ty appetltes. coLERIDcE.
ALARMING EFFECTS OF sNow.-It is
stated in the Poughkeepsie Eagle,
that the snow drifts are SO deep in
Orange and Duchess counties, as al
most to obliterate the track of the
roads and to render it impossible for
the post masters to know in what di
rection to send Off the mails We !.
would advise small pocket compass
to be provided for them and their dri-
vcrs.
The lowest depression of the Their
mome:er in London in December was
81 above zero. +
Mrs. F. Kemble Butler has sailed
for England from Philadelphia. We
shall probably get second edition of
the Journal. |;
TExAs.-Bv intelligence from thence '
to Jan. s, received at New Orleans, 1
We learn that Santa Anna had arrived {
a; SaI,ille. with 10000 men, and ) I
pieces of artiliery.-Sesma rad $500 /,
men; and about 5000 were coming on i
from Zacatecas and Queretano. Mean r
while, the Texans are marching in q
every direction towards San Antonio. 7
i
WI0TH OF THE Ono RivEa.-Since :
the river has been frozen over, says y
TIE Cincinnati Whig. several persons Il
have taken an accurate admeasure- v
ment of its Wjdth.-i.'rom the foot of Q
street 10 the opposite bank.
it proves to be 1900 feet. +
The elephant which lately died IN t
Boston Is undergoing dissection by Y
the Society of Natural History. IT.
must be a great treat TO those who, t
wish to see the anatomy OF a quadru-
ped OF the highest class developed up ,
Oh large scale. t
AMERICAN 1NvENrloS.-Mr. Gays 5
power loom for weaving silk has {
been found eminently successful at a
Providence, Il. |. The lathe performs c
lao strokes per minute. The fabric c
is equal to the imported article. The q
little girl who attends to il says she T
can take care O. four a. time turn ,
ing off 100 yards per day. /
The Cincinnati Pork Narket again. c