Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-05-11
M T. r. 1G II
FAMINE IN SCOTLAND.


FAMINE IN SCOTLAND
~ MRS L. II. slcoUnSEr
rbs,e's weeping mid the lonely sea-
Where the rude Hebrides lie,
And where the misty Highlands point
Their foreheads to the sky
III. oats were biighted the stalk
Tn. corn befor. its bloom
Asd many a hand that held The Piongh
Is senseIess in the tomb.
rhcre is no playing in the Streets
The haggurd children move
~. uouruful phantoms. mute and slow,
Uucheercd BY hope or love.
No dog upon his master lawns
No sheep the hllock tlirong-
No. even the playmate kitten sports
The sad-eye babes among
Nomorc the cock his cIarloa sounds,
Nor brooding wing IS sPread,
There is no food in barn or stall.
And all are with the dead!
From the young naiden's hollow check
The rulay blush il gone
The peasant like statue stands.
And hardens into stone
The shuttle siccpeth III the loom,
The crook upon the walls
Ard from the iapguiL mothers hand
The long used uistuif falls
She hears her children ask FOR bread,
And what she bestow?
She sees their unco npIuining siro
A mournful shadow grow.
Oh! Southeastern. if Thy woes
Awake no plying care,
Nlong at banquet board we sit,
Nor heel thy deep despair
While thou art pining into death.
Amid thy heather brown
Will not the G,ver of our Joys
Upon our iuxuries frownl
And blast the blossom of orr pride,
And ban the rustej goia?
AND turn the morsel Into gall
That we from thee withhold!
THE Clay DIxSER.-A dinner was gwen yes
terdsy at the Apollo Saloon, in this city by the
frinc4s Of Henry Clay, in honor of that gentle
mans SEVENTEEN birth day There was much
saloxy Of the Kentucky statesman IA the virt-
Gus speeches which were delivered on the oc-
esyou Joseph L. White, iatc Of In.iana. a
clever speaker. made the principal address, which
vas interrupted with applausrs AMI ttrmin ted
10 storm Of them. A consi lerabie part OF his
sprech referred TO the sub ect of the next trial
for the Presidency of the United States. We
i've one Two passages:
"Whotn are we to have for our leader in ISiS
but him who lei u IN / 81, Tremendous APP
plause.l know that there those in tn.
whis party who. for the purpose of testifying
their regard for the military achievements of a
distinguished general in the feiIs of Mexico,
have already placed him in nomination for the
presidency in 1913, upon the ground OF exPe.i-
eucy. Now propose, as whg-as wing
having some regard for ths constitution of my
eouutry no, only in its letter. bnt its spirit, an
profrssing also to have some regard for consis-
,eacv - a wlis-that entertain the same views
new which were cherishe in 1929. and again in
1862, when that same Wing party of ours, stan
ing upon the high ground OF principle, AMI dis
earIng all preferences for men, looking Tar into
the future, with an eve not only to the interests
u that generation. but pos,rrity which was to
come after them. and TO whom they desired T.
transmit uninp tired that rich inheritance of sub
stan,iai glory which their revolutionary f.ther>
had bequea,hed to them; warned their fellow
eountrymen against the elevation of a miiltars
shiefsain to the presidency of the United States.
Again:
ii protested ag,ns, the policy of 80. I pro
test az INST it now; aui while there il no msu
in this Union that woul 60 farther and do NOR,
than the humble Individual that addresses you
'Sr the purpose of tesiifying proper regard an.
aa""raiion for that distinguished man who ha~
shed such lus,re on the military ch lricter Of his
country in the tented fell. yet am the last. So
drip me Coz. and whilst breath shal. ever b,
NE last, TO invite a man fresh from the battle
aeid. 10 the chair of the presidency; and TO re
ward military achievements with the highes,
civil office iu the gift Of a free people"
INDIA RUBBER MAIL BAcs.-A new invention
3" Just appeared in the form Of an Iniia rub
ma" Gag. The bag is so arranged tia; when
80 IS perfectly air-tight and waterproof.
"s" nfed with letters or any mailing matter.
-4"i'fnt AR Introduces iiselfto render the whole
'A.'emeiy S9oyant. They would also serve as
."ssois life preserrers for each bag will sustain
ssa Two to six persons. ACCORDING to its size
ssases its contents.