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

re dreadful atrocities as the following. who
III we copy from the Louisville Journal, and tn
IS increasing frequency Of brutal outrage, fill
Y. the mind with shame, regret and distressin
r. Iapprehensions Of future evil.
n We have derived. from respectable tray
J. e'ler the particulars OF one Of the most attrc
L cioUs and horrible occurrences that ever dis
IS Sraced the annals Of human life. civilized O
If savage. A feeble bodied man, whose nam,
j we did not learn, settled few years ago OF
+ the Mississippi, short distance below Ran
/ Idolpt. on the Tennessee side. He succeeded
: in amassIng property to the value Of abou,
e Sl4 900, and, like most of the settlers, made
a business Of selling wood TO the boats
r This he sold at $3.50 a cord, while the neigh.
bOrs asked So. One of them came to remon-
!strate against his underselling, and had a
fight with his brother-in-aw, Clark, in which
he was beaten. He then went and obtained
legal process against Clark. and returned
with a deputy sheriff. attended by posse
of desperate Williams. When they arrived at
Cla,k's house he was seated among his chill
dren, and they instantly fired on him, woun-
ding two children, and putting two or three
balls through his body. Clark ran, was over
taken and Knocked down IN the midst of his
cries for mercy, one OF the villains fired a
pistol in his mouth, killing him Instantly.
They then required the settler to sell his pro-
perry to them and leave the country. He,
fearing that they would otherwise take his
life. sold them his valuable property for $500,
sand departed with his famy.--The sheriff
was one OF the purchasers.
CuRroUs TRIA1.--The Southern Cores
pendent of the New York Evening Star
writes u strange circumstance, which is the
source of some excitement, is about to un-
dergo investigation in Jones county. Georgia.
IL al, o..,l,.., l.
that county, about Is years of age, left his L
home; his father died ana left large proper
~. and he not being heard from, the estate
was divided, and his share, some thirty thou
sand dollars, divided among those left.
Within few months, he has appeared and
laid claim TO his property; his mother denies
him, and says he is an impostor, as the real
pei son died some time ago in New Orleans,
and she paid his funeral expenses. He is TO
be tried as impostor. Opinion is equally
divided in regard TO his identity: some avow {
&c is the man, and others as decidedly con-
lend he Is no.. He has the same marks as /
he supposed indvidual-a scar on one Of his 4,
egs and joint of one Of his fingers ampuia-l :.
ed. He relates numerous circumstance rs
with his leaving and early youth,
md there are many he cannot remember.-tt
Bait. Ciiron. ia
BANK FArLunE.--The New York Dry 4
Dock Bank stopped business on the 9th inst. :,
run had been made upon the Bank Sat :.
'rday previous, and about 100000 in spe- :
:e drawn from its vaults by depostors and
'iIIholders. The Dry Dock was Deposite p
Bank and had 81 10000 Of Government mon Il
v in possession, which Of course the said v
Government must lose. No loss will be sus- 81
aimed by those who hold the notes OF this in .,
olvent institution, as the Wall street banks :
ave agreed TO redeem them. So the 'exper- ,
nent' progresses. "
Much excitement prevailed in New York. :
'uns and rumors of runs upon several of the ii
'anks are mentioned in the papers, but no. cl
ling serious was anticipated. a,
The condition Of things in New York grows 81,
'orsc and worse. Three hundred failures
n ''the road to RUM. All is dsnav in the .
reat commercial metropoiis.-Dayton Jour. tn
BATTLE BETWEEN A WEASEL AND swALLOws.-A' m
easel vas observed by persons in the neigh .,
'rhood Of Garven, in Scotland, to attack some
'sts Of bank swallows followed in the sand Al"
lnbcs Of the bravcst swallows, placed themselves
battle array pounced upon him, seized him by Of
tail, raised his hind feet from the ground aud re
it'll great dexteriiy iumbled him down the decl.- a,
:, at the top Of which the nests we're ranged in
W. The invader renewed the attack several Pu
mes, but was as often repu'sed in the manner to-
al frs: and. being at length worn hy fatigue ne
elced up the pllm Of victory TO his vanquslers 81,
~, ich
We done great injury TO the peac, orchards Of ~
wv Jersey. To such an extent is the peach pa
l'ivaIed in that State that the Trenton Gazette crs
Inmates the damage at 'many bundled thousand
i!ars'
The names Of the Buf,lo B,nks whose doors a {
ve closed, the Com mercial Bank IF BSfolo. ri,
!: City Bunk Of buffalo, aud the B4mk of Eufa H..
OIL was introduced into the Senate yesterday col