Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-02-25


a. il 10 received by him.
Size. IA. All the interest sccsuing TO the state
fsom the said oOe-hslf Of the said surplus fund,
thus distributed amongst the several counties Of
the state, shall be, and il u hereby appropriated
Tor the term Of Eve yean.
The SU1vEsEss IN rns SnnwREcx OF THE
|MxIcO.-The following extract ola letter written
BY . gcnileman in New York to friend in the
city Of Bussoo, gives affecting description Of the
sppearance afer ceath Of the unfortunate individu
|sIs, who veto lost in the basqoe Mexico, lately
shipwrecked on Long Island Beach:
"On reaching Hampstead, concluded to 90
some~ hat OF the road tn look At tho place where
the ship Mexico was cast awsy. Ia half IN hour we
care to Lofts tavern, some (ous OF 1--WE miles this
side Of tho beach whore The slip lay-and here, in
his bsm, had been deposited the b0dies Of the ILL
faied passengers, which had Lees thrown upon the
shore. went out to the barn. Tho doors were
open, and such . scene ~ presented itself to my
Wow, certainly never could have contemplated.
il was . dreadful, . friRhtfol scene Of honor.
Forty or fifty bodies, of all ages and sexes. ~cre
lying Psomiscuously before me, over the floor, oil
frozen and - solid - mssble-and oil except few,
IN the very dresses in which they persisted. Some
with their hands clenched, # fos warmth, and
almost every ono, with an arm crooked and bent -
il would be in clingine to the rigging.
There were scattered about among the number,
sOSs " uv0 sSOssS % ~
years age, their cheeks and lips red AZ roses.
with their calm blue eyes open, looking you in the
face, a. if they would speak.
I could hardly realize that they were dead.
touched their cheeks, and they were frozen as hard
and ~ solid ss rock and not the least indention
could be made by any pressure Of the hand
could perceive resemblance TO each other, and
suppo ed them to be the daughters Of passenger
named Pepper, who persisted together with his
wife and all the family
On tho arms Of some were TO he seen the impress
sion Of tho rope which they hsd chung to-the mark
ofthe twist deeply sunk into the flesh. i saw one
poor negro sailor, tall man, with his head thrown
back, hrs lips parted, and his now sighless
turned upward, and bis arms crossed hrs breast,
NJ II implosing Heaven Coz aid. This POOR fellow
evidently bad frozen, while in the act Of Ecrvent
prayer.
One female had a rope tied TO her leg, which had
bound her to the rigging-and another little fellow
had been crying and thus frozen, with the muscles
Of the face Just We see children when crying
There was n brother and sister dashed upon the
beach locked in each others arms; hut they had
been separated in tho barn. All the men had sher
lips firmly compressed together, and with the most
agonizing expression on their cOuntenances ever
bsheid.
A little girl had raised herself tiptoc, and thus
was frozen ut in that position. II was an awful
sght-,nd such picture Of horror was before me
found myselftrying to suppress my ordinary breath
lest should disturb the TepOsc OF those around
me- I was aroused from the Teverie by the en-
trance Of a mana CgoDer.
As was about to leave, my attention became d.
recsed to g.si, who afterwards learned, had conc
that morning from the city TO search for her sister,
She had sent fir her to CONS over from E0gland
and had received intelligence that she was the
shi,.-She came into the barn, and the second bo-
dy she cast her eyes upon was hers. She gave
wsy to such q burst Or imprisoned grief and an
y,,ist that 1 could not behold her without sharing
in her feelings She threw hcsself upon the cold
and icy face and neck Of the hfeless body, and
and soboing, till came away-and when
some distance off, ! could hear Ter calling her BY
nam. in the most & antic manner.
So little time, i: app .ars, lad they TO prepare Tor
their fate, that perceivej . bunch OF KEYS and a
half eaten cake, fail from the Gosom Of girl whom
the Conner was removing. The cake appeared
% if part Of il had jus, been bitten and hastily
thrust in.o her bosom, aud round her neck was .
sibsnd with pair Of scissors suspended.
And to observe the stout, rugged sailors, too.
wbose iron frames could endure 20 much hardship,
here they lay-masses Of ice. Such scenes show
us indeed how poweslcss and feeble are all human,
efosts. when co"tend:ng against the storms and
lemrests which sweep with vcsisslcss violence over
The face Of the deep.-And yei the vessel was 30,
near the shore, that tho shreks and Of the
poor creatures were heard through that b;ster,
dreadful nigh, till towards morning. tho last gson
lied away, and oil was hu>hed in death, and ilsel
nusmur Of the raging biliOws was all the sound
hat then met the ear.
After the storm, the wreck vas approached, and
,cse and there wese seen columns, pillars u zee,
h,ch had formed On the fsUzen bodies, as The sea
,roke over them"
UxuArrx D1scrnsURE-A few evenings since,
NO yousg men stepped into cellar and called
Of refieshmenis. Af,es they had been supplied,
he person IN attendance sat down in the adjoining
NIX, " a,sinQ their future commands. Whilst there,
e overhe ard plan to commit fMgery the follow
NO morning. He learned the name Of tho bank. |,
NJ not that Of the person whose funds were % be
distracted. In the morning, shortly after oclocs,