Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-07-30
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matter.
From the Cspsso,,.n.
sEr. Clay OF DucI!ing.
The duel between Col. Wehb ani Mr.. Mar
shall has directed public attention to the pcrnj-
clous character Of this barbaTols usage. The ter
mlnaton Of this duel, which LET: the corrbatants
III the same hostile state c. feelings when they
first met, Is an evidence Of lis absuTdity n set
ting disputed points OF honor. II vas frequently
the misfortune of Mr.. Clay, by the everything IN
laence Of the customs Of the society in which he
lived, 10 lie drawn into duels. In address TO
his feliow-c!tizens, IN 1886, he remarked, Il owe
II 70 the community TO say, that, whatever here
sotoTo | may have done, Or by inevitable cIrcum-
stances, may be forced TO do, no man in il holds
ia deeper adherence then DO, tho potnicloas
practice Of duetiing. Condemned. as II mast be,
BY the jldgmens aud Philosophy, to say ao.hing
Of the religion, Of every thiukI0g man, it IS an
affair Of feeling, a50ut which cannot although
40 should reason. The true corrective vii he
foand, when oil shah uuite, rs iii o3ghi to unite,
il is unqualified prescription"
WHEAT CEar OF lSi2-Ffom The prcsen;
Appearances the wheat crops If ls.2 vii he the
largest harvested in America. Michgao,
II is said. viii have surplus 81 5000 ,G3D bu~h~
cfs. OHIO viii exceed her production Of last
year, mad 50 also Indiana, iiuo7, Wiscor sja,
Iowa, Missouri. and oshcr western states. Even
Arkansas has been added 70 Tho vhant growing
atatos this year, aud has already occurred quite
largo crop. So also has Alabama and Northern
Mississippi. In Virginia, Mary land and Penn
sylvania ihcrc will be from all accounts, more
Than an average crop, md il New York thus far
the wheat growers have reason TO complain
The most authentic data that we have soon. est
rna'o the surplus wheat crop Of the u. States the
present yehf ,,V,ooo ,UJU bushels Ct 5000 COG
barrels Of flour This being no case, the Dpo1-
tan, question arises, where shall we find mar
kct for
Great Britain and her colonies in n. America
may tahe directly or indirectly 5000 Go0 hash~
els. South America and the West ladies 5000,
coo, and tho rest Of tho world as much more
This will leave our hands 1900, 600 bushels
without purchaser; and in case the crop in CIR
Britain should be good one, several millions in
addi.oa.--Ciaciana'i Times.
| SroR,r IN fSDIsNA.--The Enquirer informs US
that desola'i7g hal and rain storm passed over
tho noighbortood Of Rockville, Indiana. on the
23d iasta II, destroying the crops, growing timber
buildings. &c, in lie track, wh.ch was from
TO three nliles wide. The hail stones were So
large, aud fell in such torrents, ha. The crops Of
al kinds wefo completely destroyed. The hail
stones weighed from enc to two ounces, and such
quantities remained On the ground that wagon
loads might have been carried IF late as the
following day. The forest trees wefo stripped OF
their eaycs--the chickens and birds dcsfroyed--
and in many cases horses and cattle were severe
I ~ inbred and a number killed.
Tho loss Of property from the stoFmin the neigh
barhoo1 Of Braakve, is estimated at from 600
600 TO 0ooo.--CinciHnati Post.
/ 1Tr. Tfn Buren, --Fhis gentleman arrived ut
Buffalo n Y. on Thursday, JulY ! ,b, ia good
health aud spirits, The People formed Il grand
procession and marched through tho principal
streets to the Mansion House. The Mayor well
coined him in an appropriate speech, to which
Mr.. Van Buren, replied IN his usual happy manner.
Hyper5ole Talk Of man eating peck Of
dirt during lifetime; why hive been only
swallowing Mlssissipni water. said ken3ooky
boatman, for month, and sn alraacy ohock fall
e sand bars. snags, sawyeFs, RATS, ISLANDS, and
snnken haiboats, and never was healthier IN my
liie!'
Indian FIgdt-Tha ST Louis Evcu,ne G7zetto
Of the 9th INST. says:--''He learn, by letter
from Galcna. that about FyFtn5ght age, some
ChiPpewas made attack upon party q Sioux,
near Fort Smelling. \ fight followed, u hich last
ed good part Of the day. aud resulted Ia the
death Of Il Sioux and > Chippewas-20 IF the
former and z OF tho latter were woaaded There
Is an hereditary feud between these fr,bes, and
ithas been found impossible 70 reconcile II.
Tmpo5:an, from Washington a correzoooaent
of the \ Y. Express. writing from Washington,
under date Of he 18th inst. savs:-tl Ies7a from
good authority that the Treasury Department Il
ready 10 meet tho TcanisiEian Of The States, hg
distributing the share CT money allowed thern IN
der the Land BIZ, fer the sales from January 70
July. New Jersey. ii IS said, has received her
share
4 Subscriber 'eortb hariHg The Hartford
Couraut mentions that subscriber sged eighty
az Years, called a few days since, and paid his
s.xty fab subscription, be having taken tho pa
pr thai RAINY years.
Apy!es.--aPpiss b. the bushel, Of this years
grow b, carried from Kentucky . Bgtfzlo, are
Ter sale il the latter city.