Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-12-02

have ,id nothing Of the salutary influence /!
which this mode of punishment Is calculated to !
exert upon the offender himself, as compared with
the contrary influence which our present system
is known to have--of the exercise Of body he en-
joys-the means Of moral improv ement thrown in
his way-1nd the trade he acquires, as contrastcd
with the excavation Of body, and corruption Of
mind which the inactivity and vicious associations
of our common jais must produce; as it has
been my purpose 70 glance but slightly at the
prominent features of the important sub ect In
hand, | will simply remark In conclusion of this
subject. that in my humble judgment, nothing
which the present General Assembly could do
would much rebound to the welfare of the
State. and their own honor the establishment
of penitcntia,v. and with these Impressions |
again cordially recommend TO them that mcasurc-
MATCHING FIsH-The artificial Matching Of
eggs has been described matter of wonder
but there in reality, nothing new surpri-
sing. the progress having been long known and
practised in the East. The following account of
u mode of Matching fish, will be allowed to be
little more extraordinary. The Chinese fisher
men collect with great care, on the margin and
surface of the water, all the glitaneous matters
that contain the spawn Of fish. After they have
found sufficient quantity, they fill with it fresh
hen egg, which they have, previously emptied.
Stop up me nOlc, duu put IL uuucE StttlS low
at the expiration of a certain number Of DAYS,
they break the shell in water, warmed by the
sun. The young fish are presently Matched, and
are kept in pure fresh water tall they are large
enough to be thrown into pond with old fish.
The sale of spawn for this purpose forms an i'm
portant branch Of trade in China. In this us in
some other matters may perhaps take some
useful lessons from Chinese. The destruction of
the spawn of fish by trol-nets threatens in many
parts. the utter extinction of fisheries that were
formerly very productive
| A careful estim,tc has been made of the pop
ular vote in States in which elections have taken
place since the policy of Van Buren, has been
manifested. After allowing the Van Burenites
all they could, and even more than they, in per-
feet fairness ought to clam the estimate shows n
Wing gain Of 1866 votes!-[Balt Chron.
Tue IMPORTANCE OF A SINGLE VorE.-A gen
tleman in this city from Plymouth not getting
through with his business until after the depar-
ture of the stage, took a chaisc for home, feeling
} as he did, the Importance of one vote That
town, it will be seen, gave a wing majority oi
ONE VOTE Boston Cour
Among the MANY causes for rejoicing which
, the Wings find in the result of the rccen,
election in Massachusetts il would be strange
D if they should find none for grief. The town O
{ Hull, county of Plymouth, furnishes one cause
:. of the wonderful falling off in the Wing vote
one third of the Wings not going to the polls
Last wear, Everett received Z votes and Morton
O--now the Judges only return votes Tor Ever
G EFT and for Morton. 1t is thus ever with tn
Whgs--.hey will forget to vote-the Van Hu
q rentes nevsr--and in this way we account 10
- the fact that in the of Hull, Morton recei,
q cd the same vote he did last year.
J. Breach OF PROMISE case was tried in tn
Baltimore County Court, sitting in the city las
# week, in which Louisa Wallace, of Hartfor
d County was the plaintiff and Mr. John Sappingto
g OF the same place defendant. The jury yesterda
;. morning rendered a verdict of $1,000 damage
: for the plaintiff, Messrs Jenkins and Lee wer
e Council for the plaintiff, and johnson and Nj
N Mahon for the defendant
ofI EMIGRATION FROM BRITAIN TO AMERICA
r By the customhou.e returns in Britain, it a.
i pears that the number of persons who cmgratt
r. to the British North American colonies durir
n the last year 81, 226, and to the L. S. of I
m merica during the same period, 49,774. In Il
~ wear 1894, the numbers wcro respectively 4
et $50 and }3, O74 and i'm 1882, at which time EN-
as grafton seemed to have reached its maximum, &c
n 800 and -, $50.
The Charleston Courier (semi-official admin
n tration organ) has the following We learn tn
Is the influential Cherokee Chief John Ross, has
5. fercd to mediate between the Government al
&C. the Seminoles; and deputation is to proceed
in Florida, charged with talk, from him, and wi
IS authority to convey, unframed, any the Sen
noes who may desire to visit the city Of Washin
d. ton for the purpose Of concluding treaty.
e. The n O. Commercial Bulletin Of the l5
CHI instant, received by yesterdays Express Ma
IS. furnishes the following Intelligence Extraa
wv dinary:
ID. sour merit President-Ve learned, a few da
" since, from a gentleman, who has for some tit
Ia 'held an important onlce IN exas, ana mas DC
ID. 'on terms Of intimacy with the Chief Magistrs
,w 'of that Republic, the following facs He 81
he that President Houston's opinion is, that I
sv 'only reason why Mr.. Van Buren, opposes the
or mission of Texas into the Union is formed on
ell sapprehensions lest the Hero Of San Jacir
,lv should aspire to the highest Office within I
ng gift OF the American People, and thus defeat
no. reelection of the present incumbent"