Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-06-18
PANCAKE EATING.

ien bieachc:s. of Dacnsley. aid tri-
fling wager as 10 which could eat the
most pancakes in two hours. each to
fry his own. and 10 eat them as soon
as they came ont of the pan. The
batter being prepared for them they
began about eleven O'clock. one 10
fry III the room. and the other in the
kitchen. each party having an Gm-
pre-. About half past eleven o clock,
the kitchen gentleman had bol,ed
eight. being two and ii half more than
his opponent. Both pans went on at
a trizziing rate til twelve o clock when
the room operator was about three
bites ahead of his antagonist. This
reused his worship in the kitchen who
could scarcely see from the heat Of
the fire. and with face shining rs
bright as new tea kettle, fired away
at Il tremendous rate. Half past II
o'clock having arrived, the state oil
eating was again announced.
! The kitchen hero having a dei:-
cate stomach had oniy despatched Is
and 4 quarter, yet was in advance Of
his nei ghbor two and three quarters.
As there was no sting, both kept
holly at work.
! About 10 inmates before the .i.ne
appointed To give over. an accident
bciel the occancnt of the Kitchen
1t appear q Eat Ia turning cake h.
had thrownit too high, by winch i
stuck against the ceiling. which threw
T., o. L,i L.
a short time afterwards. the umpircs
called out that the time had expired.
The lists We're eagerly summed up.
when it appeared that kitchen had
beaten parlor by twenty-five to twen-
ty-three; majority two--:-ecds In
tel!'gencer.
/ Panic IN FLORIDA Tie following -
an extract !iom late General Order nj
Gen. Scott. II rd:cules the extreme
plnic prevailing in Florida, and Of which
our readers have ben heretofore advised.
! ''Thc panics which have recently pos
ses'ed the good people Of several large
districts n;,,,n Of 'hs<en!'e.s sse Infinitely hn-
! Within few days, just FIVE Indians
penetrated a neighb prhO"d in the heart Of
Mddl, Flord,, and com nitted a murder.
Instead Of giving pursuit, the inhabitants
abandoned their r'antntiOns, and he'd 70
Tallahassee.
A similar party had but few days BE-
fore thrown the Mic lnopy settlement ,nfo
The utmcs, confusion. 4 gang Of cow
|stealers adro.t.y added n report that an
Immense !res;, Indian trail had been OBJ
Served crossing the Tallahassee road, near
|the Santa r bridge The whole country,
from Micarnpy to Black creek, Instantly
became wild With fear. The daring false
hood wss Immediately exp'sel by colonel
Fitzpatrick aud captain ShalInon, Of tho
army, who happened to pass that way, to-
yether with the motives of the p.opagators:
but the MIA biianis could see nothing bot
hn Indian in every bush, and therefore
continued IN fly.
On this side Of the ST. Johns, a keen
susceptibility ofthe same kind prevails
Ia small party Of the enemy lately veniurcd
within the settlements A company Of
regular foot was promptly mounted, sent
liz pursuits: beat the enemy, and secured
most of the property the maraudeD had
I3k"H. NOW, dtsHouku u 10 nuo~u W AT
GOO. people that the greater number Of the
purity were killed outright, and that like
tate awaits any body of the enemy that
may follow, a panic is rife Throughout. the
|coun'rv; the inhabitants are sill flying 10
|St. Al Justine, and from St Augustine 10
|Georcia and South Carolins.
I, is evident that no Genciai, even with
Extensive means, can cure a disease in the
public mind, SO general and 50 degrading.
without some little effort on The par, Of the
|people themselves. Thus The planters in
1.-The recent case near Tallahassee. wh"iie
without knowing whether they ran t""n
|sauaws or warriors, Ought fss; I" have
ascertained that material fact. II they
had turned upon the enemy. they would
have found the cass within the easy com.
pass Of any three or four .c<olnte masters,
and half as many oycrseer-. This WAS the
SIMPLE ard mani. course. That adopted
was, 10 f1y. 10 spread the panic, and IN
threw exccra.ions upon the General who
has the misfortune TO cotn,nsni a hancful
Of br I'VE troops in the midst Of s,cl pop
ulaiiOn.
A RKxAnkAsLE EcEsa The Editor
of the l.. S. Telegraph o: the 18th in
slant, speaking q; Sirc:rsa. says
.~Where are hers:aiesnlen. and .Tsere
are her principles! And echo an