Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-05-13
PA'fRONACE-rHE ARnv

PATRONAGE ARMY
The Baltimore CAsoaicle Of the 9la ;.
"lhe recent announcement Of psoa.eassae !. -.
army spPsisea ~ that the usage Of The so,.......
/, u SLING aeancies with the cadets Of NJ 49,
has been abandoned, and tina, l,ereafe, 49,, ..s.'
ments u the amy arc to Le the reward go
services. The motive for aoroga,ine de ~
CO tom - very Oevious-it gives increased 49,
age to t;,e Executive Of the Geoesal Gov..--.--
and will have the effect, in iime, OF briorin. ~
my proper under the same party discipline ..1
sonai slleg'e1ce 10 tho head Of the Guverpms.,
and connect il in the sanse manner viii ~. ~,
that feeds II. as nos makes al our publ;c 49,
the ahject subjects of the Pres;deus. n -
course will, without doubt. b. pursued town. ~
navy, and when IL and the army shall Be slIe1 :.
clusively with tho partisAns Of tho Pres;de., -.
the chances 81 promotion aud even reseut,oc !. r
service depend on the degree OF pany l,ho. -.
formed by the officers, the days of he Reo.sIe
will indeed be numbered"
VAST FLocks OF SHALL Brnss on r.r w.
CoAsr OF ScorLAND.-Durins The ve,v e,.,r
weather which occurred between The 7th A. M
Of February last, tho Lighthouse ss The N.iI e
Galloway, va susrouoded with small h;,d. =.
such amazing numbers, that the light epsm re-.
employed for many hours 10 beating them Of N a.
10 free the light, and when the dense m;st IA
cleared away, they picked up mere thaa 600 which
had been thus killed. What 10 vsrv rnm.h In.
during the same period, similar bird. .ppeard in
hocks OF still greater numbers At the lighthouse On
the island OF Pladda, about sixty mea moth
Of the Null Of Galloway. Al Pladda there arc ton
distinct lights, upper and lower stations. Both
were beset by lnnumerable birds, which we,e. A
at the Null light, switched of hy tie lgh, kecper,
No fewer than 1879 birds were picked Up which
had thus been killed during the Cog. The bisds
we lark lal. fhVnsh shoe
starnss, fieldfarcs. aud red ngs. The prevailing
winds the coas, had, for about eight days, been
from the south: and the gales we,e Occasiooly %
violent, that stones from the beach were driven
against the light house windows.
BURNING: or THE TREASURY m Resz.
On Sunday the 3lst Of March, 1888, the
building was discovered to he on fire, BE-
tween the hours Of two and three O'Clock in
the morning. Owing to the most extraor-
binary sxertions Of Mr.. Francis Dickias. The
papers in his room were saved, among which
were the forged pension papers, and some Of
DIR. Temples amoug the number. lmmedi-
ately after the fire, an investigation was held,
at which Judge Cranch presided, and after q
very full and careful examination Of all the
persons connected with the depar tme ut end
Of persons in the neighborhood, it was .ery
generally conceded, that the FIRE was the re.
suit Of accident. There were some few,
however, that entertained strong suspicion
Of one Of the clerks who discussed largo sumo
of public money, and the circumstances were
by no means unfavorable to such an impres-
sion; but as the committee that Investigated
the matter, seemed disposed to think It acei-
dental, no more was thought Of the a9ar
here; though had not these Selons been arrest.
ed lave no doubt that some people would have
gone down to their graves under the full i'm
preston that the building was fired BY he
clerk in question. Happily, however, for
him, this trial has removed even the shadow
Of suspicion. l will mention the circum-
stance--this gentleman was ordered on Sun
day morning the 3Oth March, to Immediately
settle his accounts; his reply was, that the
book was in his private dwelling, bot that 10
would be ready by the Monday following.
The messenger Of the Office was dispatched
for the book and directed TO make fire On
Sunday in order that the accounts should b
prepared. On Sunday morning at daylight
the building was heap Of ruins, and the fire
proved beyond all question to have ong'nar
ted in this gentleman's room so strong were
these incidents that several newspapers
from a distance made the charge direct q
gainst him. Hero then, ''scas Harry ~ss-
management as sworn to by Mrs. Baldwin
he placed the fire in this gentleman room
instead Of the one opposite, where the forged
papers were kept.
The fire and all relating to it, were quite
forgotten, when Mr.. Livingston recsiveda
letter from that excellent and vigilant officer
of your city, ~Old Hays" dated the sans
year Of the burning, informing him that he
had reason to believe the building was burnt
by design. He said he had the 'nformat'on
same time, from one that had never deceived
him IN any information he had communicate
and if Mr.. l.. could identify the money, he
would arrest the suspected persons. Thus