Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-06-02

TEtAs.-A Friend has handed Us the Tele-
graph, printed at Houston, Texas Of April D
from which CLEAN the following item:
Col. Forbes has recently related 10 Us an in
teresting anccdo;c Of the celebrated Crockett.
~ the commencement If the war the latter ar 4
rived at Naco2doches accompanied by several .
volunteers Soon after their arrival they pro-
ceeded to the Office OF Col Forbes (who was then !
first Judge OF that muncipaliiv.) 20 take the oath
OF allegiance. The Col. Immediately wrote out
the following form:
81 do soIemnly swear that will bear true al
iegiance TO the provisional government Of Texas
or any future government that NAV be hereafter
declared and thai will serve her honestly and
faithfully against al! her enemies and oppressors
wilatsomever and observe and obey the orders Of
the government Of Texas the orders and DEGREES
Of the present or future authorities and the or /,
iers OF the officers appointed over Inc according
to the rules Tor the yuvc rniient of Texas help
me God" Upon Offering it to Crockett he refus-
cd 10 sign il saving that he was wiling to take
oath to support any future republican gov crnment
bu, could subscribe his this form, the
future government might be despotic: the CoIone!
therefore inserted the word republican between
the word future aId government and Crockett
readily signed the instrument. The original has
lately been deposited in the office Of the Secrcta-
rv of War, in which the word republican appea,s
inferlined and beneath it is the autograph Of Da-
yid Crockett.
An Eccentric Clergyman.-An eccentric Scot
fish Clergy man, by the name OF Paul, was a great
favoritc with the ladies', and on leaving his parish,
he preached from these words: And they all fell
Paul's neck and kissed him. which, i, is said,
proved true to the letter.-( Boston Post.
! MORE ECoNoMY.-The present Nationa! adj
ministraiion has paid within about one wear
TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS for pic
lures Of Gen. jackson and Martin Van BurenM!
This is $4,000 more than the originals united
are worth.
! 15-.;overnor RIT\ER has offered reward Of
$500 for the apprehension and conviction ''of
each and every person engaged In the burning of
the building called the Pcnnsy vania Hall, on the
7th inst; in setting fire to the building called
the Orphans Asylum, the 18th inst, to bc
paid on the conviction Of each and every persons
aforesaid.
! Ner York, Nav %.
| Stocks vet on the rise, United States bank
being l2lA rise of IL per cent. in about four
weeks ;ttat is, since the Globe began to show by
figures the bank rotten concern.-Nat Int.
A German philosopher has Just published n
large work in answer to the question, show does
a man arrive at truthY' We have not read the
treatise, and therefore do not know how it is done
in Germany; but in the U. States, men arrive at
truth by ''readiug the newspapers"
II The battle Of Banker Hill lasted four hours
f steady popping. 1t began between two and three
p. Nj. and continued till after six in the evening
"a long time for one to stand up to be shot at.
!, The latest monstrosity, is that of man so thin
and lea that he can't teel himself in u dark night
= Il Boston Times.
But greater one is when he gets a candle, 81
can't I'll the i'll Of n 81
, Phil. Ledger.
Greater one than either is that ola man so thin
and lean that laying all night in his bed and his
wife never discov red him until the
when she commenced making up the bed ane
: shook him on the floor-Balt. Sun.
:. 4 BrsrER---ssIandlord,- said Jonathan the O
d ther day, stepping up to the bar Ola public house
( ..jst give a cents worth of Old New England
and put it in two tumbicrs. Here Jim, take hold
s III pay; Dr. the expenses, l say, when il fel
Ter is on bust!'
l. PRIMITIVE LAw.--Therc is no better evidenc,
l. of the truth, THAT free people capable o
sclfgovcrnncnt,' than the fact. that the first set
ers Of this country transacted their business.
e discharged the ordinary duties OF life, with thu
; greatest dccorum and punct.aty without the il,
tervention of magistrates to enforce laws. 1t wa
expected that every one would act with due re
: gard to the we'll being OF society, and wheneve
e, any one disposed 20 act otherwise, the lover
\. of good order would instantly put bgs to RICH,
Early, however, in the year 1874 ke Governo
J. of the North Western Territory, appointed The
5, mas Worlhington, Hugh Cochran, and Samue
E, Smith, Justices of the peace for the settlement
I, Of ChilIico,he-The last mentioned justice tran
sac,ed the principal part of the judicial business
l. His prompt and decisive manner OF doing bust
g ness rendered him very popular His docke
could be only understood by himself.--Scarcel,
4 was a warrant issued by him, he preferred al
ways to send his constable to the accused to brn
K. him forward to have prompt justice executed
b, No law book was of any authority with him. III
I, ALWAYS justified his proceedings by saying
..that all laws intended for the purpose O
y enforcing Justice and that he himself knew wha
!, was right and what was wrong, as well as thos
Of who made the laws, and that therefore he stood il
need of no laws to govern his actions" In civl
Is and criminal cases, he was always prompt in hi
d decisions and sometimes amusing in his mode G
" executing justice, will be seen in the following
&c case which was brought under his cognizance.-