Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-06-08


government, in ga, al Of which wer
. condemned and rejected. In this position OF al
fairs he proceeded south and fell in viii. an aren
from New Orleans. en- his way North for shoe.
fe- ne army, when he struck bargain, ana sol,
the lot for 81 80 per pair.
SANTA A~S,s MoNrY-A letter from Jalana
speaking Of The capture OF Santa Anna's CARR
age and money. says. the writer helped to carry
the bags Of silver to Gen SCOTS quarters. one
Of the bags barstcd sct;ingit down. and the Mex
lean dollars rolled r5out the place The s.boys'
commenced regular scramble for diem: The Sc r
geaut Of the guard oraercd 4 charge upon tAenl,
bal Cen. Scott intericred, end SAID ..let tue ba,
alone; don't hurt them; they have behaved well
to day, anj deserve n he rewarded" The doll
las We're speedily poeheicd bat The bags con-
tanning the gold would not burst. notn ithstanG-
ing they were pierced BY many an anxlous eve.
FROM iEti,vo.-I'hr hIig WaikulIa, Captain
Mu!ford, fauoas Tor quick runs, has Just made
Ia" passage from Galway to New York in L
DAYS
Capt Mu'fort has sent the Journa. Of Com
lnerce The Western Star Newspaper, of May Ist,
published at Bainas,oe, from which it gathers
tttS io4.oN4 He 4Hte1+4Gcf4tG III reference to the
growing crops IN Ireland:
\ greater breadth Of lana has been sown I'M
der wheat than had been led to believe could
have been accomplished under the disheartenino
circumstances for which the autumn and winter
Of last Year had been remarkable
With resard to wheat-except in the counties
Of Cork and Mayo-we believe the quantity
sown inevery other county extends over a space
OF more than an average cultivation for that crop.
aud the appearance OF young stems would iust-
fy sanguinc expectations of their WELD next har-
vest.
he oats crop has been got down to period
later, We believe, than ever known before;
and the qn'ntity sown, perhaps, less than an
average tillage.
/ ne potato has been planted 10 an extent which
shows the national attachment to that esculent.
and the great caution that has been observed in
the selection Of seed, and tillaee of the land
would induce hopes of success beyond the range
which rrudence would dictate
Vow is the time TO make the most of every
available circumstance by which turnips, carrots,
M mangle Wurzel can be sown.
The paper from which we quote was published
Nay st. Says the editor:
y '14S "IO tHc hdS-GaV rcIOicIngS now -
y here the laughing revelers7 Alas. the fingers
hat wove the wreath and coronal of this day
weivcmonth, are either stiff in DEATH or busy
losing the eyes of those whom famine and pes
Hence have swept away if flowers are plucked
Is 10 deck the death bed or the grave; and no
more joyful sounds heard in our afflicted land
han the mourn of the dying and the voice of the
Keeper! +
On the May day morning of by-rone wears
re Peasantry of ireland arose to celebrate a iu-
l!ee- To-day, with lettering limbs and hungry |
totnaclis seven hundred thousand men crawl
-on their wretchcd beds of rotten straw with
le horrible prospect of starvation staring them 1
! the face! With famine in their eve and fever
! their blood, they creep from their wretched
oyels, to throw, coliinless, into hurried graves,
ieir parents, wives and children; or 70 betake
lemseIves 10 seek a wretch'd mockerv OF nour- s
hiient at the nearest soup-kltchen.