Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-07-03

| AroL0GTsING.-lt! IS related Of the immortal Da
vid Crockett, THAI being al a raensgerie IN Wash
ingion, he called the attention Of friend TO
solern-faced monkey, who had fixed upon him
searching glance, and asked if he didn'i think
iJacko the image ofe certain ilI-leaiured mem
! Der Of Congress lrom. Turning round q
/ tho moment, who should stand IT his elbow but
the very member himself I'm in fir and no
mis- take? p exclaimed DAVID; but after a momente
hesuation, he added: ''bu, If you'll tell me ho,c
| III apologize. Id go ahead 4. once: but don't
! know whether 10 apologize to y0u or 10 tho mon
| hey.
! If this had happened this session of Congress
we should have thought tha, Andrew Kennedy
! the member from the 9th Congressional District
! Of Indiana. tho I!-featured nernhe, 81
Congress" alluded to.
! WAC PAys?-Tho 81, Louis Republican states
that ono mercantile house In that city, in the
course Of its business paid last year upwards OF
$4,000 on exchange. On this the editor well
remarks:
"Who pays this in tho end' Why. the con
suuCr-the farmer, the mechanic. Merchants
who obliged to pay tho enormous exchanges
no~ demanded for eastern funds ere by no means
going t. sell goods At tho same prices, If ex-
change DO what II was when the L. States Bank
was ''menstor" and tho Loco Focos preferred
shin pIasters 10 sound currency. and the peogle
arc now the sufferers. Which IS the most mon
StTOlS ] u >. DaQH or u general DUtafGplCS
PREsExr To Ma. CHIrrESDEN.-The National
lntolijgencer says: .'One o( tho most pleasing
incidents We have heard OF for many day is
that Of the presentation to Mr.. Crittenden,t now
Attorney GenoraD By a number Of his Kentucky
friends, of valuable Kentucky built carriage
aud pair Of horses They were offered to his &C
ccP0nco since his late arrival Ia Washington, in
testimony Of the regard Of those friends for Mr.
Critlenden friend md neighbor. ard Of the
high estimation in which they hold his public ser
wees and brilliant career whilst one Of the Rep.
resentatives Of Kentucky in the Senate of the
United States. This proceeding is so cred!abe
to both parties, 10 tho giyers rs well as 10 the
receiver, that we hardly know which is the mos,
honorod by ii.-LShelby (hy) Ners.
SNAIL Pox-Is is with regret wo state that
lire small pox and vnriood is prevalent TO some
considerable ex,en. in and about Outstanding
in this county. There were some ten to twelve
cases OF tho small poN, ani some twenty five &c
thirty of the varioloid up TO Monday morning
iasr.
We think al proper measures aud precnution-
ary means should be taken TO prevent, if possible,
its spread.-LI ID.
INTIDRL AND LIcENTIous BooKs-The Presbv-
terry OF Niagara New York, have passed a formal
resolution, declaring thai Byron's works and Bll-
wers novels ''are books of iniidel and lcen-
tious character.'' We agree with n contempora-
~, that notwithstanding ihis decision, we should
not be as;onshed 10 hear that persons still CON
,inuo to read those detcstablc books
Wheeling Gazette.
Tho New York Canals are doing a large bust
ness. The tolls received this season 20 the end
Of May inclusive. amount to : f99l-being an
increase of 80, $50 dollars over the corresponding
period of last year.
\ SrANITn PRovERB.-A great fortune with
n wife, is ted full Of brambles
NATIVE C,sroR OIL---A Western paper states
that astor Oh is manufactured TO a large extent
in Illinois In Randolph County alone, il IS adj
ded, one thousand barrels are made annually
The castor bean is cultivated with great facility
and at little expense. When clarified the castor
is said to give brighter light than sperm oil and
Is entirely FREQ from offensive smell.
LrDICRoUs ASECDoTE.-A fc W years since an
aged clergyman In the western part of this coun-
try. speaking of tho solemnisy attached 10 The
ministerial Office said tina, during the whole term
OF forty fifty years that he had ofiiciaied there.
in. his gravity had never been bu, once disturbed
in the pulpit Ga that occasion, he noticed man
directly in front Of him leaning over the railing
of the gallery with some thing in his hand. which
he soon discovered Tn he n hnno md vf tobacco
jus, taken from his mouth. Directly below sat q
man asleep, with his head back and his mouth
" sNo OPEN Hc tildH III tIe 8AiieFy was intense
ly engaged in raising and lowering his hand Ia
king on exact observation, till, at last. having
gost right, he let fall the quid and i, wen, plump
into the mouth of the sleeper below. The whole
scene indescribably ludicroQs, that for the
frs, and las, time IN the pulpit, involuntary
smile forced itself upon the countenance Of the
preacher.
We learn from Washington that John S. PEN |
dloton. Esq. Of Virginia, is TO be the Minister to
Russia.
G1-Mr. Clay Yesterday laid down tie true
course for the Wings. at this extraordinary SEES
sion OF Conrress-"make no answers TO the spec |
ches Of tho Opposition but IN measures
a WoNDER.-The Richmond Star says-"A /.
gentleman, for whose word will vouch, has
Just returned from Charlottesville. and informs US
IF the extraordinary tact that there is living ear
Ina, place, q negro woman. ns"d one hundred and
l.