Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-03-24

~ kOvE.-WOef8 Will VIC uil1 pJtcf,
and boiler love, than the affection OF mother f,s
her offspring! aud who will forgive more injuries
than she4 The Baltimore Sun gives al instance
Of suffering and inRratit,.dc, perjury anI Sudden
wealth, experienced by the widow Of Amcri-
can soldier, whom the Editors kacw;-IIcr bus
band. who was gallant officer of the Revolution.
fought aud died in the last war. in defence Of his
country. At the time Of his death, he left the
widow and Eve or six children the only legacy Of
. gallant soldier The widow reared her children.
and saw them all we'll established in lite. Some
Of them died and others migrated to distant coun-
tres; and one, on whom the mother had lavishcd
all that a mother could afford, abandoned her in
her old age, and the helpless widow was obliged t.
take shelter in the Aims house. Here she ren,ai-
ned for 1--WE years subjected to all the ills Of a
pauper! The WIDOWS pension law passed last
summer; it gave her upwards Of ten thousand
dollars in pay, and the ample income of fifty per
month for the future. She left the Aims house,
and is now at ease, but 18th all the f,ndness and
virtue OF Roman m,tron, appr"priates large
portion OF her income to the support Ut her uD-
grateful daughter. God bless her.
, The village of Washington, Mississippi, says
the Natchez Courier. ''has had its ordinary quiet
disturbed BY tragedy OF which We have heard
the following account: Some gamblers, on Friday
night, the 9th inst, had quarrel about their
games-a rencountre ensucd. and one of the par
ties had his throat cut 50 badly that he expired.
Such an event needs no comment. 1t speaks IN
language that requires no enforcement. cor
respondent Of the same paper gives the annexed
item: 81 have just been to see the body OF ALEX
AMBER CAMPBELL, who was killed last night in an
affray which he provoked, when intoxicated. He
10 the last of four brothers, Of . respectable fam
" in Westmoreland county. Pcnnsy lvania. Three
of Thorn died last summer with congestive fever,
and he, the last, rescued by medical aid, from,
the very verge OF the grave. to await more aw-
ful death, by the hand Of fellow creature"
| The Administration party in Connecticut hav c
nominat ted Seth p. Beers, Of Litchfed. for Cover
nor There now three candidates in the field
the Wing, the Conservative, and the Van Buren,,
each supported by regularly organized party.
New GooDs.-The New York papers state that
the foreign packets now arriving. are bringing
much larger cargoes of dry goods than has been
usual for some months past. A large proper
ton of them,it is presumed are shipped on account
of English owners.
An AvALASCHE-A portion Of the right bank
Of the Mississippi river, opposite Canal Street, n.
Orleans, slipped from its moorngs into the river,
on the SSth, carrying with it the ferry house, a
stable, and two three work shops, leaving q
chasm of some two three acres. The event
happened at the hour Of IL when all the laborers
on the ground had gonc to dinner ANA thus lives
were lost.
The young Wings Of Louisville, offered Mr.. S.
$. Prentiss, OF Mississippi, public dinner as he
passed through that city, but his desire to reach
home soon possible caused him to decline
it.
4 The Hon. Edward Rumsey, Representative in
Congress from Ky, has returned home. We regret
to learn that his return was demanded by severe
domestic Affections.
A proposition to force the Banks Of Virginia to
resume specie payments on a day named has been
rejected in the house of delegates Of that state
vote Of 10 ayes to Ill noes
GrThe 23d and 24th days o. April, have
been fixed by the Governor Of Mississippi tor q
special election to fill vacancies in Congress de-
clared by the House Of Representatives,. Prem
tiss and Word again before the People
Dayton Jour.
Col. McNab, speaker Of the House of Assembly
Of Upper Canada, hiss been appointed BY that bo
dy to proceed England, to represent the affairs
Of that Province to the home government.
BENEFITS THR sUB-rREAsURY sCnEME.--Or
ders have been receiv ed from Western merchants
!, by several shoe manufacturers in Lynn and Dan
vers, for shoes to be delivered, in case Mr.. Var
Buren's Sub-Treasury bill should be defeated: -
in . contrary event. the orders to be considered
, ntermanded-( Boston Atlas.
CoxcRrssIoSAL.-Mr. WEBSTER concluded hi
: speech ON Tuesday in opposition to the Sub
Treasury. 1t is regarded as ono of the creates
efforts Of his life-portions Of it, certainly sur
: passed any thing VIC have ever heard or read
= The battery he opened on Mr. CaIhOun, II must b.
0 admitted, overwhelming.
Mr.. RoBBISs yesterday addressed the Senate il
q opposition to the Sub-Treasury. Mr.. BENTON fol
lowed, in favor Of the bill.
Madisonsan, March IS
. The PRESIDENT, Yesterday, presented, throug
}. Gov. JOHNSON, of La, the gold medal which wa
s. ordered, by a resolution Of Congress in lSl4,
e be struck and presented to General RIrLEY.-(l
6 A Shot at the Monster.-An individual, sur
9 posed be insane, deliberately walked up to Il,
" door Of the Bank Of the U. g., Saturday nigh
applied pistol to the key-hoe, fired it, and e,
II claimed with great exutation to the Passers b
70 There! you will have more OF the monster
ID or words to a similar effect Some of the polio
officers got wind Of the affair, and in III
er course Of few moments, this modcrn Don Qni,
70 otte was properly disposed of.-Phil lnq'r.
g
a DuED,-On Friday the 23j ult., COL SrMrso
ID ToRBrr, Chief Engineer Of the White Waite
re Canal after a severe illness of % daye. TT