Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-05-06
JOHN WHIPPO.
l.. ID. PARSONS.
SIMEON DICKINSON.
American CalicOs.

GroAt progress has been made this branch
Of our manufactures, especially in The fine finish
Of tho goods, and the perfect &c, of The coIors -
They ure now considered equal in these respect [.
70 aay imported, and ihcy have always been fa,
superior in durability Of texture. The follow in
statement is remarkable illustration of tn,
energy Of some OF our manufac ,nrers, and the per
feet organization Of their business
On the frs, day Of February, a new pattern o
Muslin de LANES arrived in New York and w. ere
offered hv the importer At II GEMS yard by the
case. The sgen; Of a Rhode Island Calico Print
ing establishment. forwarded Il piece Of the ne W
style Of goods to Providence, the day offer their
arrival, aud IN sixteen days he had tho .ano s,vie
Of goods and of equal fabric in New York Sc cling
n, 10 cents the yard. The manufacturer had but
twelve days to engrave tho pew pattern on n
copper cylinder. from which Tho engraving was
raised on steel cylinder then ha rdened and ready
for impression; the compound Of ingredients for
color discovered by chemical experimeuts-,he
cloth printed dried and ca.ed for market,
FATHER HATTHEw.--We understand saw. the
Philadelphia Chronicle. that the Catholic BlsboD
Of this ID Geese, at tho suggestion Of the Ca bolc
Temperance Societies Of Philadelphia, b,s sent
an invitation TO tho celebrated Apostle of Tenn
psrance, Father Matthew, TO visit THE country i;
and that ,hcro 10 little doubt but that he will &C
cept tho invita-, ion. aad leave Ireland 20 be
hsre tho 4th Of July next. Father Matthew
has secured for himself imperish, BILE celebrity
--his ardent zeal in the cause Of universal phi
lan,hropy and temperance is so we'll known, that
his coming among will be hailed by every
lover Of good order from end Of tho country
a. tho other Let him come-and do here a he
done in ond Ireland, and he will reap a crown of
immortal glory.
The POWER OF THE PREss.-In the year 1871.
tho wages of laboring man we're ine, three hnlf
pence per day; and AT the same period, the price
Of a Bible fairly written on, was ESQ sterling. OF
course q common i.borer in those days could no,
have procured Bible with less than the entire
earnings of thirteen years! Nom, a beautiful
printed copy Of the same book can be purchased
with Tho earnings Of one day, Take another vie "
ef tho subject. An ordinary clerk cannot make q
fair manuscript copy Of The Bible in less than three
months: With common printing press, work
equivalent TO printing copy Of the whole Bible,
can be douo in ten minutes; and with steam
press Of the most approved construction The same
work can be done in three minutes.
CHURCH PEws.-In the practice of politely
bowling strangers out Of pew where there is still
room TO spare. Is there not lack of even worldly
cOurtesyf "Have you not mistaken the pew,
sirf" blandlv said one Of these Sunday Chester
fields. as with emphatic gracefuIness. he opened
the door. 81 beg pardon" replied the stranger,
rising TO go out; IL fear have. | took it for
Christians" -American
MEMBERS OF THE BAR.-It i, said that there
arc over ono thousand lawyers in this city. The
great falling Off Of business produced by the late
Bankrupt Act, will cause a vast many seek
ncG field fer their talents in the Western States.
". Y. American.
The Charleston Courier published a letter re-
ceived in that city from the interior Of Georgia
dated April e, which says
1.-The spring was never so backward. Cotton
still implanted No inducemcnt TO plant. Many
Of ablest farmers have sent their hands 10 dig
g,ng gold in the mountains. MANY ran away IN
perfect defeat and bankruptcy The scowling
swoop Of the sher,tfs unrelen,ing grasp, felt 10
oil quarters of the Cotton growing regions.
Nor UNLIkELY.-A clergyman at Albany re-
marked. that If all the world believed that the
Second Coming was to take place the 23d of
April, lSii, at O'Clock. p m. thirds Of them
would delay all preparation for it, till half pas,
GrJohn w. Paulding,a son of one of the cap
tors OF MAJOR Andre, has been appointed one of
the high constables Of 81. Louis. Mo.
The MI. Vernon Times states that CT Nc
Nulty q late notorious member Of the LEGISLATURE
of Ohio, was convicted in the Cour, of Common
Pleas, for Knox county, Of libel on the Rev J
II. Po,rers, and fined two hundred and six,v dol.
lars.
GrWhen religion is made science, there is
nothing more intricate: when a duty, there is
nothing more plain.