Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-01-21

lO'yCSatOu. lucy uou OcVcG keep Cool OOVeves
az 1t is not genteel ia these days Of re6nemeu, !,
gougc out eyes.
From the Baltimore Anesisoa
SINGULAR AND DISTRESSING EvExr.-No,h.,
south Of Washington was received BY lest srkS
Express mail. A clip from the office Of the WI
ington Telegraph contains the following pasjcui,
OF singular and distressing occurrence which ,osk
place at Troy, New York, on the nigh. Of ,hs II
inst. They related in letter to a member Z
Congress, dated
Troy, Monday morning, Jan. z lsN
"Ihe lower P-rt OF Oui CITY has become . roden
Pompe'i. Last evening, about O'Clock, the N
at the lower part Of the city slid down, coverae =
houses, barns, DC, with men women and eliI6po
in them. 1t has covered Up every thing half ~
to the river, passing over sixth, fifth, and ksai
streets to third street.
Never was there greater CONSERVATION. n
whole city is alive and on tho spot, with shossssa
from other places, digging cut the dead. They In
found eight dead bodies, and nineteen horses. he
impossible 10 say how many lives are lost. I'm
Just come from the spot and I Saw them dig =
two Little Children lying in a trundle bed, sleepeg
the sleep Of dc ith without bruse upon then, ~
b. bly, s:no,he red.
Where Fourth street was, the earth 10 a hese
sixty feet high. There were not many bossa
near the spot, hut what re buried. i csIcuk
ted that seven buildings, eac!, occupied By twos
three families are destroyed. There was Q hsDs
upon the hill which has not been discovered
l was sitting my house. and heard ssstaag
noise. Ike distant thunder, AID went to tbe 80,
and saw light to the South, and cloud ceaag
the bells commenced ringing. and ! wcat ~ -
spo, Immediately. The brick kiln vas essisd =
hundred rods, and ON fire. 1t gave light easle
to see the horrible and novel scene.
To add to the dreadful sublime, the watss esne
f,amin. down the hill in a torrent. Il 10 noe evt
dent that the earth about here is volcanic, q ~
the water comes from the mountains east d -
The swamps that not filled up with eafts, -
filled with water. /: is a melancholy day w'ihS
u. s. SExAroR-Ohio Leeisls,ure-TheW -
no election for u. s. Senator on Saturday -
time fixed for the ballpiting. appears moi 10 ~
been fairly undesstood-and tie House refasees
meet the S-na,e, on tina: account. Tho resssssN
as il came from the Senate, adopted IN SsssC
fixed ''thc l4th January nert," a. the DAY q -
ton, which it was commended in the ttosss -
the l4ih January 1888 This brought % "a
which lasted until IL clock on Satafssy
when the House broke up in confusios- %
the story as given 10 us-which il il Be is1ss ~
that the wings are paying the "aPPos
men back IN their own con.-D1ytos 49,
A good deal Of excitement Was creates =
Lower House of Congress, on Moodsy ve
the manner 10 which NJ. J. Q. Adams, Psssee ~.
petition for the abolition Of Slavery N the y !.
NJ. A. determined 10 read the pesitioa, ~s.1
seem. is against order-of which he wss "a a.
bv loud cries, at the end Of every word Of ise
succeeded IN getting through however. 10
ton was received AMI laid upon the table
i, will in all probability, repose und'ssurbesf-"
Ex;rac, from a letter to the New Yosx Ssss:
the President elect, it is said vii scos
the alta: fair widow Of Virginia-Mfs. -:
The wedding will soon succeed the IN. sI
md the next season will Of cOurse md snas -
e,a,.,n. Presiden,ess, AZ the head a The
Den ,rtnent. This will render the White J. -.
much more bssrab!e, socially speskias' a. -
hitherto been Il u said BY them - -
The winter Of 1873 viii be very gay ~
one"