Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-06-23


ents, TO pause In your mad career. Throw n
Your party erAmmels, assume the char,c,cr q
statesmen, aud decide in reference to eh;, o...
ton as becomes dign:fied Legislators dclibera,,os
for the present and future veal Of our ..nce pros
porous but now bleeding country. And, sir. \
you will not thus act, then appeal to that people
"hom you have wronged, and whose interest,
you have clsregarded, and shall await with conf.
dence their judgmen, at the polls.
ADVERTISING GRATIS.
we have often expressed our COW lotion Of the
."sord'ty and injustice Of tho claims Of those
who insist that the editors or publisher. onvh,
to he always ready to insert advertisements ora.
It's when requested, and have avowcd cur ~.
termination to use our own Judgment in REGAIN,
to such matters, without being in the slightest do
gree influenced BY those would be chsritab,es.
who CRAFTY their philanthropic and benevoien,
feelings BY putting their hands into the pockets
of others. The following remarks, from the N.
T. Commercial Advertiser are plain and SEN
sible that We must give them insertion.
Every body knows, or ought to know, that the
publishing business is one Of large expense
employing great number OF hands and I'm cx
tensivo capital, that every paragraph set I'm
costs certain sum OF money in the composition,
or setting Of the type; and occupies u certain
space, which ought to yield its proportion Of in
come to tho proPr,etors. Every body must
know, too, that the main source Of its income is
tho portion Of the sheet devoted to advertis-
meats, and that ask the gratuitous insertion Of
an advertisement, or Of communication or an
editorial notice 10 servo In the place Of one, is
literally asking the publisher to incur an expense
OF q dollar or more, without making him far
thing Of return.
1t is to all intents and purposes asking him
to take a sum Of money from bis pocket, and
present it to tho applicant. Yet this is done
every day---and many times every day and
that too, by men who have no earthly claims on
the charity Of the publisher, and who can much
better afford than he to disburse the money
without advertng to the fact that the object Of
the advertisement communication is 10 pro-
mote their interest, and not that Of the publish
err
There are scores Of people who would never
dream Of walking into a tailor's shop and asking
for the gift OF a waiscOat, into a hatters and
begging to be favored free gratis with q hat, vet
can see no improperly in calling upon the pub
Usher for the gratuitOus announcement Of course
Of lectures, or a patent fy-trap, or any other no.
,ion, in the bringing Of which before the public
they happen to have an interest
The Smithsonian Bcqscst.-The Pcnnsy lvania-
an Of Wednesday SAYS "A letter from friend
in London informs that the hon. Richard
Rush has obtained absolute decree for tho
been paid to him. 1t amounts To upwards Of q
hundred thousand pound sterling. Mr.. Rush
was to have embarked On his return in the course
Of the present moa:h, bringing with MIN ; soo
money thus bequeathed for the purpose Of educa-
ton in the u. S.---Ib.
The Charlcsson and Ohio Ral.road-Tbo
bia has been put under contract, aud progress
sing with great activity. Slave lahorcrs are
exclusively employed. Tho Charleston Mercu-
~ says that the fire in that city will not
cIxr a. - IL
that arrangements To be immediately taken |
to put the railroad bank into operation Baltimore
Chronicle.
@They have curious ways Of doing things
1t Mobile One of their old customs IS to call
public meeting Of all the candidates Just before
election, and cause them tell their sentme MS
1t would not answer in tho vicinity Of kinder
hook.
Another Fort on the Arkansas Riper.-The
general government has purchased 1876 acres Of
land the Arkansas River for the sum Of 81 500.
The Little Rock Gazette says il is tho site Of
old Fort Smith, having froa. Of one hundred
yards on the Arkansas river, Immediately below
the Choctaw line. 1t is the intention Of the
government to construct strong works At this
point, and Captain c.. Thomas, u. s. A. has
been selected to superintend their erectiou.-Balt
Chron.
DEATH OF DIR. MARTIN RUrER.-t is with
heartfelt regret that announce the death Of
Doctor Martin RItcr, long known in Cincinnati,
and throughout the entire West, . most faith
full minister Of the Gospel, and earnest promoter
Of the cultivation Of general science. He died
whilst on a missionary tour in Texas, NAV To-
but ut what particular place We are not advised.
In every thing that high sense Of religious du-
~ imposed upon him, no was a model Of chris
tian propr'ety, in his efforts to perform that duty
A ripe scholar, an eloquent speaker, sound log
ician, and devoted christian, he was what few
men can be-what all should aspire to be, IL op-
portunity afforded them. His death was
occasioned by disease contracted in his mission.
airy labors, and he departed, in the midst of great
usefulness He was advanced in years, and has
left wife and nine children. The religious So
ciety, from which he is severed have lost power
fa supporter. Society at large, in all the circles
where he has resided, will feel his death a. do
priva tion.-Cin. Gaz.
4 Loco 1oCo LEGIsLAroR.-There IL story
told Of a member Of the last Legislature which is
almost too much to believe, and yet we are told
it can be sustained by undoubted authority. He
was declaiming violently in praise Of ''the great
est and best.n Rising to his climax-"Sir," said
he, ''!et me tell you, Gen. Jackson the great
est President we ever had since Napoleon Bona
parte!