Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-07-21


MT RoAAScH II1H.
Few ysan ago, (says shs editor of he Hssad) whom
Ut single steamboat made il ssmimonshly nip Lake
s, from Bdalo Dssois sooehins Ere, Clsavsland,
assky, &C., and whsn i arrival and departure NJ si-
place incident that CREASED st,s bsals. ws
ssAsding amosg ss crowd upon The WHAT II Dsdale
vasehing the passnssn hunynG board The SSPsrss,
;aptain Sherman, which fsw minutes N take It's
departure detroit. There lar number Of Paassn-
er. mostly consisting Of smeanss The then asssound
of promise, Michigan Among the different groups
,on couple somewhat past the meridian flife
no conversation with yosng while
female Of sboomng sevenssea their daughter, stood
listening The discussion ws look Of deep absorption,
betrayed nsense she ss in the subject
We ards the couple had been long
each other, bust the young had been unable
of parents marry their daug-
She only child, and the circumstances Of her
answered the views they had for her.
Basness had called the man from home for several
weeks, his great surprise and chagn,
he found Mr. s. father Of beloved had sold his
farm, and with his wife and daughter had departed for
Michigan James thought he through the motive of
this movement ad learning that they had bssn gone but
days, his resolution taken follow, unpre
pared he for the journey, either with ready
change of apparel. He gave sleep his eyes
sumbsr his eyeds, till he tho way and lessen
ing he hoped distance himself and the obec
love- As the departure boat did take place
till days after the arrival Of parents and their daus
Buffalo, fortunately for the young man, he arrived
they had placed Lake lovers;
and when detected maiden stepped the boat she
surprised and oveoysd behold him, than he,
parents vexed. The latter testified their dspleasurs
his thus following them, in little calculated &c
strengthen his hopes of final and though he urged
his with all the eloquencs he could
mand, no still found them nfexible.
Al length the of parting arrved'she last bel
rung-hs word given for those who going
with the boat leave, and the order OFF, from the
captain hyard.-Wih mingled look of affection and
regret James extended his hand Mary, from whose eye
ssreamed the fast falling Drops What the whole world
them forgot the gaping multitude
and every thing but each oshersher hearts about
BE- suDdsred chung the closer As utter
ed, Mary held his hand with 4 grasp, while quicl
thought threw dissngaeed first round her moth
ers and round her fathers imprnsing burning
kiss upon the cheek Of each, and calculating
father, farewell mothsr-coms Jamss''-ere her parent
could find tim. sprung with her lover from
the boat the wharf The boa, moved majestcay
way, while shout of delight burst from the surrounding
crowd, had witnessed the whole scene, had warm
Iy sympa,hzed The conflict between fiji
duty and affection, and love, had been violent
in the breast Of the maiden, but love sriumphed father
mother forsaken, and their way lonely
while the lover back his humble dwelling triumph
tho of his heart, and the hearer Of his future prosperity
| adversely.
WABASH AND ERIE CAvAL.-A correspondent
Of the Boston Post gives the following facts rela
tive to this undertaking. 1t is to reach from Man
haitian, at the mouth Of Maumee river, to Terre
Haute, on the Wabash, 80 miles; thence BY
Cross cut twenty -four miles, to the central cana
| and down the southern section of that ] 10 miles
to Evansville on the Ohio river, in the south
western part Of Indiana, Inaking a total distanc.
Of 444 miles. The summit level about 200 fee
above lake Erie, is Fort Wayne. One hun
dred and ten miles Of this canal, west Of For
Wayne are ready for navigation. Ono hundred
and six miles eastward from Fort Wayne 10 Man
haitian, its termination, under contract, partly
made, and to be completed by October l, 1889.
| An ALLIGATOR TxAx.-The captain ola steam
boat engaged in the Red River trade has inform
ed US, although inclined to think he wa
joking, that wealthy individual up that wa
has tanned and trained 4 couple Of aiiigators 8
that they will swim in harness, and haw and &c
about rs regular oxen. So well, indeed, hav
they been broken that their owner frequenti
tackles them up, bitches them to a ''dug out,
!. and cruises about the bayous and ponds when I'll
waters are too high to admit Of his going ON hors
back.
, On late occasion, while sailing along quiet
under the banks Of bayou with his ''critters' ha
messed abreast ne was seen Ov hunter, VINO SUE
D out:
I'll say, there! halo! drap your dug out aste
Q and give me a chance to plug one Of them va
c mints"
a 'Don't shoot this way-take care, don't y
see I'm after them2'' said the owner, as the BAG
/ woodsman levelled his rifle.
d ~ sec you're ofaer'enn, and you'll SEQ b
e foer in on tho same trail in less than two mi
; u,es. Look out Cor yourself, stranger; there &c
for a crack at tho varmint this way.''
''Stop! hold up your rifle. That's my team II
r you aiming at. Look at tine harness. the
Just on the top Of the water. They are hitched
n the canoe, and I am on little jaunt out back
re look at and enter some lands"
Or swell. l decIare!' said the old hunter, "if d
ID don't beat all the dons Eve heer'd on way in
e. thick settlements. l reckon you understand a
10 NAL magetism, rs they call it, a few"
/. IL understand training alligators."
Sc "Well, You can pass-hope you'll havea pie
eP ant excafrsion.o
ed The man now stirred up his team, and '
IN under way at a rate which would leav
I'll common high pressure steamboat out Of sight
w no time.-[N.O O. Pic.
n Theodore 8. Fay, Esq. American Secret
be Of Legation at Berlin, has completed his n
ell novel Of ANDRE the subject being the Uni