Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-04-27

Jackson, the seat of government, where the le-
gisature is now meeting, says: II
Board IS more than extravagantly high this +
season. The charge at the hotels, is seventy ,
five dollars per month, and ten dollars n month
for fires and candles, which amounts to eighty five
dollars per Neutrality-suspicious. are also high, eggs
have sold at one dollar and fits per dozen;
turkies three dollars each; and chickens a, two
dollars pair. The BARRIERS here too, have learn
ed the art Of shaving well as the landlords;
they charge fifty cents for cutting hair and twen-
ty-tive for scraping ones counienancc,' and you
can observe pasted up in their miserable novels
mo shin plasters taken here"
few weeks ago, Dr. Heniken, of Columbus,
New Jersey, had his cellar entered by means of
| Il false key and, robbed Of 2700 morus muticau-
lis trees. The thief, who called himself Rogers,
was subsequently caught in Norfolk, Va, five
hundred dollars have been offered for his arrest
| and the recovery Of his booty.
Go AHEAD!-The very last Yankee notion is
steam tread! It's very light and pala table and
It IS SAID If man eats a moderate slice Of it away
he goes, whizzing along, at almost any rate he |
chooses. The Baltimore Transcript says, that |
It IS vastly superior to the patent pocket steam /
boilers which are in vogue in parts Of the |
country. The day IS fast approaching which will |
see every man his own steam engine" and the |
inhabitants OF cities popping out Of doors, liph
ting up iucier and whizzng off in ious Gi-
rectiohs at speed too great TO calculate. Go
ahead!
The result of the late Corporation Election in
the city OF New York, although certainly to be
regretted on several accounts, is not to be con-
sldered as indicative Of any detection from whg
principles, or as affordiHg any augury Of the event
oi such future elections that city as turn on
questions OF National politics. Though ou,vo,ed,
the wing candidate for the Mayoraitv received
greater number of rotes than any Wig candid
ate for any office before rcceired in that city
l--lNational Inteliigencer.
The Hamburg, Borsen Halle paper, Of the 20.
, u't announces the demise at New York OF the
wealthy John JACOB Astor of that civ at he adj
vanced age OF 50 years II added that Mr. As
tor leaves property esiima ted the value Of ,p-
! wards of 9O,OOO,OOO (mnns) of dollars, (fl7,
100000 sterno) He was, it seems, born n,
E W"ldorf, near Heidelberg.
The above is from Liverpool paper Of March
> the Sth. Mr.. Aston ia not dead and we hone he
will long survive The Hamburg Obituary. He IS
no, worth ninety millions of dollars and thank God
we speak IN reverence-thank Col no man is
Likely 10 be worth that sum IN this country. O II
: heads can be turned and ch!rcn Tuined with
= one h"ndredeth part Of such amoun,-U. s
i Gazette.
y CHANCE FOR SPECTATORS Owing to the
large quantity OF real estate IN the market i'm.
!. proved lands in Mississippi are now selling e.,
u
u arc sacr feed under The hammer. This state 81
~ things is accounted for by the fact that for sever
: al Years past vast amoInt of surplus capital his
/ been invested in real estate, and MANY planters
and merch niS have gone debt for the purch IS,
= of Wild uncultivateJ acres. The instruments are
~ now becoming due. al 10 meet he pa ymenis III.
u lands forced INT" market. and sold hv the she r
=. III a, hat their original cos.--N o. Bulletin
~ PINT OF oRDER--There is 4 story tod # 4
=. debating society uo>n easf, " h un6erto k one
~ night 10 discuss the question, whether slavery 81
!" incompetence was npst II ,Guctve of evil IN the
q United StafeS? worthy deacon who happen {
q o Le present. csiendng against the former. pro
posed To show its effects victims in the 9th
We ar world. "Stq stop!' cried the chairman i,
=" am tone that's OF the United States
L" A New Engianier has sent three dollars all til,
w. way from Ohio To the directors of the Bunke
Hill Monument, as his mite towards the compile
a. ton of thu, great corner stone of The temple Q
Is Liberty. 1t every New Highlander in the Yves
&c would contribute equal sum, the thirty III III
r. sand dollars requisite for the completion Of III
~ Monument would be speedily sed.-Bak. Tran
~ UPPER CANADA ExrENDIrUREs.-The civil e,
penditures OF the province the last wear ,hos
;. of the year preceding are $50, 900, and the AZ
" nnal interest on the provincial debt is 354 ,OO(
. The deficiencies In the resources of the PfovInc
- to meet the expenditures of the year are $3.50
$50 This Is called the first fruits of the Hig
~ :. Cnurch system of finances
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- BOUNDARY LINE.-The following verses take
- from DR.. Frankns ALMANAC. published in 49,
- one year after the conclusion Of the Treaty I
ns Peace describe the position Of the Northeaster
- boundary as 1t was understood at that time
. will be seen the line IS the same as that whic
-. has been recently claimed by the American a,
- thorIties:
G.
er From the of ST. Crox, the State 10 dshns
st Due north to the highlands. first draw RICH, line
r. Then Westward along those highlands extended
To the south Of wha, ST are bende
:. Then let it proceed till it meets in il. course.
Connecsicu, Rivers ror,hwestcrmosi source
. Then down the said rive. until i, arrive
AT degrees of North Latitude, forty and 6r..
Then westward, through woodland, line lie, i, make
Till strikes the On;ario. lake
The New York 'Evenns Sar'' remarks tina. j, has be.
assured by intelligent gentlemen who arrived Gre
Western, that The People Enyanf In. Cover
IL and all classes the idea going 10 war III
country is deemed perfectly preposerous; that,
should take place. they would whole territory
into the ocean, that they look border dispu,
he in which the feelings If