Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-05-20

A BUsY BoDY.-A dow q East Editor says-~l
have to edit my paper; keep my books for the pa-
per aud other business; do al ny out deos basi.
put up all orders for goods; do I'll my eossss-
ponoence; generally direct my PsPsrs; wait upon
my Customer; have the caro- Of my psintinG o(hce;
saw and split my wood; make my 6ses; feed ny
hens instsuct my children; tendsh babes, besidse
other plans and other business. With ell THE, and
rigid econs.@y,l hope to gain consulting whom
get . s0st!'
Fss@ the Ci"ci"nsd Wig.
'WOODlNG."
Custom, the Ohio and M,ss;ssip1i rivsss, be-
made obligatory on deck passengers. eishss .
s'st tho crew in carrying in tho wood. sos esea"
boats, else to pay additional price, to be exssnp.
ted. Fseq'ent rcfusa!s on the part Of passenger,
TO comply with this somewhat arbitrary rule, havo
doomed them, not only to tho insult, but the pet.
sonal violence Of the officers Of boats. Tho Siek
Of those engaged in navigating our rivers, 10 make
rules for the government Of their vessels, and the
rates Of travel are undsputed; but the seaslv TOT
non compliance with tic acquisitions oftho cflaceD
10 not &c be q lynch law code.
We extract, from tho ST. Lous Republican, ~
account where heavy damages wers received, IN .
case Of the character referred to:-
The last Quincy paper notices the decision ofa
case IN which exemplary damages were rendered q
gains' the mate Of steam boat, fos blow inaicae9
BY him upon one Of the passengers ii the COat. =
appear- that young man named Th"mpson took
deck passage board the steam hoat Hero fos cone
port On the Upper Mississippi, with SONS fright.
| ''On arriving At Hannibal, tho carpenter, James
CLARK, who Il apPears, was acting IN the capacity
u mate. ordered Thompson "ut 10 lse1p 70 tako ia
wood. Thompson replied, that in addition 81 The
reguia: fare, he had paid cera,o amount 70 be e.
emp, from wooding. But this not sui,ing the no.
'ions Of the mate. he pushed him ashose, and iol.
! hDwed him with a billet Of who'd in hs had.
\ Thompson stopped down 10 pick up stick. and
while in this p 'sition the mate struck him ol0W
with his cluD acr,ss the right temple, which knock.
ed him down. lie was carried ~ board Of the
bost. where he lay for the thrtysix hours,
without sense or motion. Upon the arrival Of tho
boat at this place, the mate Immediately leil Ter,
and made the best Of hts way down the sboge On
foot. lie was pursued und brought sack 10 stand
; hts trial = civil action Of damages. The trial
came yesterday, and after the evidence had heen
heard, the iiry rendered verdict Of damages %
the amount Of $1,000"
T LIssoS.-The once proud city, Lisbon, = fact
losing her 'nhabitants and her commerce. IT, ~
moval Of the seat If Government to Rio Janeiso
Q mortal blow to the prosperity of Portugal, from
which 1t has never recovered letter in The Mon.
day Morning Herald says:
1.-The view from the heights Of Almads, on The
south side, places this falling OF in remarkably
strong light. Thence you noble city, ssseicls-
Jung TOT about 1--WE miles along the bank Of river
several miles broad, upon whCse bos0m, not many
years ego, thousand keels did rde,' which tbous-
and keels, We except hu!ks and ships Of var, are
nov reduced TO about twelve or fifteen seventy ton
: schooners and smacks, coming (2eneraIly in bel.
lss for cargoes Of oranges and onions. Theso it,
tie vessels are hudded together in group Of tho
house, leaving the rest Of the river ~ base
= a. the Mississippi thousand mles from the 90.
" So late 1907, Lisbon was the second city m En-.
rope IN point Of commercisl imPos'anee, and osly
j. yielded great Babylon Ia wealth. add II that
ince<sant hum and hustle Of industry os which The
= latter 10 conspicuous. To the eye ofsny c0n.
observnv, the fastening approach Of dissolutoa
to this popUlous, busting, and opuleut city.
10 plainly di.cemble. TIE houses, Of course, will
; continue stand where they are, but the peapls
in them will soon be forced 10 go and seek Cor food
elsewhere. Many Of them have done % sIresdy,
: and frghful 10 the extent Of emigration 10 tbs
" Brazs, that some Of the newspapers are incessaol
: 10 their cismor Eoe measures to put . stop to L.
Each vessel that sails fur that cou0iry ues crowd
: ed with emieranes-shoemakers, taiosss and assj
sans of al sosts-sll literally starved out; and, IN
IL something be done to check the evil, ib,s plscs
e will become depopuIated ere long. A. II 10, "a
Judge by the eye from the comparative solitude Il
Streets that used, many yess ago. 10 b Thong
o ed, and from the immense number Of houses 20 3
let, Lisbon cannot certAioly contain than two.
thirds Of tho number Of its ishabitants ten yssrl
; ago" :
II TEE Par wEsr.-The Philadslphia C.4esis be-
the follpwne:-"Prav, sir, IL not Indiana the fss
we.tfn NO" "Weli, 10 NOT Illinois the fss wests'
No; far from IT," @Surriy, then. when you eses
. the Mississippi you in the fss wrsf: are you
: nos!" "No-not exactly" WHARF, lhs3, 10 ~
far weste' "whv, il 10 just about half mile tbis
eide Of suo-do0n.n
h 10 sepossed shaa CON- Rogers has resigned ~
. Psesi6sue q the Board Of Nary Camaio'
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