Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-10-28
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hoard The Home had on boz I'd ninety passengers
Of wham SEVENTY PERSISTED. and OF her
crew of forty five TWENTY-FIVE were los'-
making in all total loss Of NINETY FIVE
LIVES.
AooIr1oxAI PARTICULARS.
Since the foregoing was received, NC hive
copversed with Messrs. ROWLAND & IIoLNSs,
the two passengers on board the "HOmc," wh1
reached this city on their return &c N. Z. 10 re-
place their lost papers, Sc. They state that the
aIIome'' made rapid progress after she left n. T..
aud had proceeded far as TO the sonhward OF
Cape Hatterass. when the wind, which had blown
very freshly all Monday morning, 9Th inst: in-
creased 10 q gale about O'Clock +. NJ. and
caused the boat To labor very much. 1t was soon
very generally manifest her frame was not strong
enough to Withstand the violence Of the sea. and
VIC learn that she raised in the bow and stern al
least three feet from her proper line. II rs sup
posed that she leaked freely. for she settled
50 deep in the water to render her wheels ell
tirclv useless. and her sails were then raised TO
run her on shore. About or O'Clock r. NJ.
the water had quenchci the fire under the boilers.
and she continued nearing the land by means OF
her sails, until past ten O'Clock at night, when
she struck the shore near Ocracoke. and immcdi-
atc!y wen, to pieces! The passengers were now
in the greatest confusion and ala rm--somc capped
overheard and were drowned in attempting to
swim TO land, while others possessed thcmselNe s
Of pieces of timber and floatcd ashore nearly OK
hausted with cold and fatigue. Ono OF the gem
tcmcn above mentioned informs us that he re-
maincs. quietly the forecastie. and fioated a
shore on il after the boat went TO pieces. Mrs
Schroeder. ono of the two ladies, lashcd herself
to ono of the imhcrs and reached the shore in
safety Mrs Lacosfc, although very feeble CID
lady, aged about 20 wears. was safely dragged out
of the surf she is supposed TO have been buOycd
up bv a settee. Ons of the passengers had on 4
life prcservcr, and got safely to land by its AID
The boat WAS entirely broken into fragments. q
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beach next day were more or less in AIRED. Mess
RS. Rowland and Holmes remained at Ocracokc
two DAYS before they could get conveyance To
Norfolk. They state that about twenty bodies
hal been washed ashore and were buried before
they left the beach, among them the bodies of two
or three ladies.-Blltmorc Pat.
Treasury NorEs-Thc Secretary of the
Treasury has issued the following notice. He
confines TO indulge the ridiculous idea tina; the
people will give gold and sill, or tor ic.cdccmablc
SHIN p!asters of the Government II he will con
sent to take about ninety dollars for ono hundred
he may receive proposals B 1t Chr1n.
TREASURY DErAErMENr.1
18th October, 1887.
Congress has, BY an act approx ed on the 18th
instant. authorised the issue of Treasury notes TO
the amount Of ten million OF dollars, in dcnomi-
nation not less than $50 each, rccei, able in all
payments TO tho United States, and bearing in
tcrcst at "a rate not exceeding Der cent per an
mum. The Undersigned for the purpose OF effect
ing payments to such of the public creditors as
may not choose to receive SAID notes, invites offers
for the exchange o. loan Of them for the legal
rencv ofthc u. States.
The propos lis viii state the placc where the
will hr deposiied n.,a tho ls,~>s. ~at.. e
interest to DC borne by the notes hen taken par
Those who receive no rcpiv will consider il as
sufficient evidence that their offers arc not accept,
cd. LEVI WOODBURY.,
Secretary Of tic 1rcasury.
lNCoNBUsTIPLE AND STUcco WHITE WASH
The proportion in each recipe five gallons: Slack
vo1r lime as before directed. saw six quarts. ITO
which put one quart of clean rock salt for each
gallon OF water, TO he cntircly dissolved by boil
ing and skmnlinc clean; then add 10 the five gal
Ions one pound of alum, hall pound of copperas.
and three four,hs of 4 pound of potasll-the last
to be gradually added; four quarts of fine sand or
hard wood ashes also to be added, and colorinp
matter may be mixed in such quantity as to give
it the requisite shade. 1t will look better than
paint and he as lasting slate Ii must be put
on hot Old shingles must be first cleaned with
stiff broom. when this may he applied. II will
stop the small leaks prevent moss from growing
render them incombustible, and make them last
many years.
I'd. To make brilliant stucco white wash for
inside and out. Take cican Jumps of
well burnt stone lime, slack the same as before;
add one fourth of pound Of whining or blrni al
um, pu.vcrizcd, one pound Of loaf other sugar.
three pinis of rice folr. made into very thin and
well boiled paste jelly, and one pound Of clean
glue, dissolved in the same manner as cabinet
mixers do. This may be applied cold within doors.
but warm outside. 1t will be more brilliant than
plaster Of paris, and retains its brilancy for many
wears; say from fifty to ono hundred. 1t is SUI
pcrior, nothing equal. The cast end Of tho prcsi-
dents house, in Washington. is white W shed with
If.
Az vEKsfrIEB--Tbc ancient anecGo,e. ex-
plainn, shy bsa.diess is wall rhymai ia The
following:
How wisely Nature. ordering ali beiow.
Forbade. woman's chin, beard TO grow
For how should sae be sha I'd. what'cJe the Skill
Whose soigue would never let her Chi. be still
LATEST FROM CASroS.-B. the ship Mantle,
Capt. Deity. the editors of the New York Jour
mai of Commerce have received Canton papers 10
MAY 18th.
CANTON. May l6ih-If is reported that the
Villages keangtsung and Yahoo, some miles to
the north Of the city were flooded last month.
and many men and women drowned On the +
night Of the 3Oth Of April, in consequence Of the
heavy rains. the waters rushed down from the
hills and flowed round the villages like a sea the !
houses were swept away. and the inhabitants. bc-
ing unable to f1v, were drowned in gre numbers;
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