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Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-08-02

WASH FOR BrILDIxGs-Takc six quarts
of fine lime, and one quart Of clean rock
salt for each gallon of water-the salt to
be dissolved by boiling and the impurities
to be skinned off:ITo FIVE gallons Of This is
alum, half pound Of copperas. three
fourtfs Of pound of potash (the last to
be added gradually four quarts Of fine
70 sui. the fancy. Il should be applied
with brush II looks as well as paint,
and is as lasting as slate. II stops small
leaks. prevents moss from growing, and
renders the work incombustible. Ashes
from b'acksmith's forge viii do ~ well
as copperas. The suiphate Of copper will
make biuisif color, and the copperas .
buff-SeieniiGc AMERICAN
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-08-02

COCOA son Of Erin. just arrived in
this land of plenty. being in want, ventur.
ed to solicit little aid from a person
whose external appearance seemed 70 in
dictate that he could easily afford il. He
was. however, rudely repulsed with Ego
to hell" Pat looked at him in such away
as to fix his attention, and meekly replied,
''God bless yer honor for yer civility; for
you're the first Jindemen' invited me
home to his father house since come TO
the land"
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-08-02

DEATH BY WnIskEY-The Family Vis-
tor at indianapolis says that a couple Of
young lads met at .'Cotiee House, at
Cumberland, ten miles east Of Indiana
polls. on Saturday. the LIST instant, when
one, becoming very courageous, bantercd
the otlier to- drink all the liquor he could
buy. He was taken up at his offer
whiskey and brandy were brought out.
and the drinking commenced. Dose aE
ter dose was taken. until the drinking youth
had swalled about quart!-He then be.
came insensible, and fingered about thirty
six hours, and DIED.!
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-08-02

On the 5tl, inst. resolution. declar-
ing the power of Congress to appropriate
money for the improvement of our har-
bors and rivers. viii h had been previously
offered in that body, " Is called up. The
friends of the Administration made a dcs-
perate effort to deiea, the resolution. but it
was no 60. 4 motion 10 lay on the table
was lost by vote of 100 TO 65,! The
question was finally taken on the adoption
of the resolution. and carrcl-veas 1875.
nays 59.!! The resolution is as follows:
Resolrcl. That the Constitution of
the United States vests in Congress the
power TO appropriate money I" open and
improve harbors. and remove ob>truc-
tons from navigable rivers. in all eases
where such Improvements are necessary
TO the protec ton and facility OF commerce.
with foreign nations and the CONNIE, ce
am2ng the States.
Here we see that more lnal two-ihrds
Of the members of the House of Repre-
sentatives voted in favor of lIarbor and
River improvements, A severe. but
merited rcbukc to President Felix. the
Baltimore Convention, aud candidate
Cass!
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-08-02

MADAME LAMAaTiNE.-Thc wifi. of
Lamartine is an English woman. whose
maiden name was Birch. We learn from
the Manchester Guardian. that. while no
longer in the bloom of youth. she became
passionately cnamored of L.amartnc from
a perusal of his Ncdi,aiions" Hecom-
ing appraised from a newspaper statement
of the embarrassed condition of His ac-
fairs. and of the necessity Of calling n
meeting of his creditors. she immediately
wrote to him with an offer of the loan of
the whole of her fortune. uncondtionallv.
and with the smallest possible reserve for
her own immediate wants Ii appears
that Lamartine was SO touched at this
proof Of generosity. that he immediately
set out to throw himself at the feet Of his
benefactress. Believing that such un.
sought interest could have its handspring
in one sentiment alone. he chivalrously
resolved to make her an offer of his hand
and heart. The pair were soon after mar.
ricd. the fortune of the bride amply re-
pairing every breach which youthful cx-
travagar,ce had made in that Of her hus.
band. She is remark able for her religious
enthusiasm, and is very popular with the
priests. from whose influence, it is said.
Lamartine has derived good deal Of sup
port.-Boston Transcript.
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-08-02

THE QuAKER's REAsoN.-No body of
men ever come to more sensible practical
conclusions than the Quakers One of
them being told that he could not con-
scientiously support Gen. Taylor for the
Presidency, replied, that either TAYLOR or
Cass must be President-that TAYLOR
though a fighting General, was Peace
Man-whilst Cass was talking Cen
eral, and a War Man. The distinction he
thought quite sufficient fbt him-and so
will it be for that great body Of good cit-
zens who take rational view of every
qestion presented for their consideration
Winchester way Republican.
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-08-02

PRETTY WELL PAlD.-It has been
shown by recent speeches i'll the House OF
Representatives that Gen. Cass, bv adj
ding ''ExTRA ALLOWANCES" to his regular
salaries. &c, has, for the space Of THlR-
TY YEARS, received upwards Of TWEEN
TY-ONE DOLLARS DAY! Sabbath inclu-
ded, and al! from the treasury The Lo-
cofocos might have scraped the nation
over with a fine toothed comb and in the
heterogeneous mass that constitute their
forces. they could not have found an indi-
vidual better suited TO have represented
their great cardinal principle, ITO THE
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-08-02

JaHN Van RUnES's I.Asr.-The Wasl
ington correspondent Of the Baltimor
Patriot saws:
John Van Buren, has written. to h
friend Collin in Congress, and asks if IN
friends of Cass still insist on running hi,
to distract and divide the Democrat
party! lie is a harnonist himself. an
thinks the friends Of Cass had better viii
draw him for the sake of the Democrac,
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25
H { R OIL S M

Mankind are not acquainted with their
own nature. We have progressed in in
ventiOns ard have advanced in the sci
ence of civil government, but are there
not hearts still pining in misery and bo-
SONS heaving with distress. Go to the
bedside of the poor invalid and learn
lesson of true heroism. Yes, It's there
that the soul of man can drink in some
feelings of that fate which awaits US ALL
The excitement of battle may lead men
to brave death fercely, unthoughtfully,
but what a heroism that is which can
calmly look death In the face and smile
at the grim monster as inch by inch he
steals through the avenues of the system
and breaks to pieces the "wheel of the
cstern." This is heroism. But there is
a nobler heroism still. The man who can
dare death in the lazar house of disease
IN ministering to the woes and sufferings
of others, is a true hero-one of Gods
heroes. The man who can dare to be a
lone in 4 cause he thinks right though
all the world were against him, is a true
hero. The man who can die for the truth
amid the jeers and SCOTS of multitude
is true hero. The man who leaves his
native land for an uncertain home in ano-
Their, or 10 teach others more pure phil
osophy and religion with nothing but per-
secution as his earthly portion, is hero;
and the man (and how many there are "a
mong u.s. who amid poverty and lowli-
ness of lot struggles day after day for his
wife and little ones without scarce hope,
or thought beyond the narrow bounds
Of his poverty stricken home, is also he
70 and a true hero, They who have bra
we'd the frowIIs of fortune or the bitter l.
ron prosecution Of physical infirmity, or
what is more heart rending, the soul-eat-
ing canker of neglect, are truly heroes
and more so, indeed, than those who
have lived and died upon the breath Of
popular applausc.-G!ca Rmher.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25
TEMPER ANCE IN A KING

Our total abstinence friends are not
perhaps, generally aware that Charles
XII, the mad King of Sweden" as he
was called by some of his contemporaries,
was pledged man, if not a member of a
teetotal society. The anecdote on which
this statement is founded is given by Nj.
de Bury. Charles as everybody knows.
IN the commencement of his career, drank
to great excess. In one Of his drunken
bouts he so far overstepped the limits of
propriety as to treat the Queen, his moth
er, with great disrespect. The next dav,
being Informed of his rudeness, he took a
glass of wine in his hand and repaired to
the Queens room. Madam said he
to her, have learned that yesterday,
in my cups, forgot myself towards YOU.
| come to ask your pardon, and to prevent
a recurrence of such fault, I drink this
glass to your health it shall be the last
durin. my life" He kept his word and
from that day never tasted wine. We
may add by way of recommendation to
the habit, that in his subsequent life no
king was ever known to have undergone
greater hardships, and enjoyed better
health than this g cold water" monarch.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25
MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 25 1913

Jated, III the following terms assigned 10 III
world the reasons for this cruel separation:
1.-The political interests of my monarchy
the wishes of my people, which have con
stantly guided my actions, require that
should leave behind me, to heirs of my love
for my people, the throne which Proyi
dence has placed me. For many years have
lost all hopes of having children by my be-
loved spouse, the Empress Josephine. That
it is which induces me to sacrifice the sweet
est affections Of my heart, to consider only
the good of my subjects, and desire the dis
solution of our marriage. Arrived at the age
of forty years. | may indulge reasonable
hope of living long enough to rear, in the spir-
it of my own thoughts and disposition, the
children with which it may please Providence
to bless me. God knows what such deter
mination has cost my heart; but there is no
sacrifice which is above my courage, when 1t
is proved to be for the interests of France
Far from having any cause of complaint, /
have nothing to say but in praise of the at
tachment and tenderness of my beloved wife.
She has embellished fifteen years of my life !;
the remembrance of them will be forever en-
craven on my heart She was crowned by
my hand she shall retain always the rank
and title of Empress; but, above all, let her
never doubt my feelings, or regard me but
as her best and dearest friend"
Josephine, with faltering voice, and with
her eyes suffused with tears, replied
81 respond to all the sentiments Of the En-
peror in consenting to the dissolution of
marriage which henceforth is an obstacle to
the happiness of France, by depriving it ofthe
blessing of beng one day governed by the de
scendants of that great man, evidently raised
up by Providence to efiace the evils of ter
rible revolution, TO restore the altar, the
throne, and social order. But his marriage
will in no respect change the sentiments of
my heart; the Emperor viii ever find in me
his best friend. | know what this act, com
manded by policy and exalted interest. has
cost his heart; but we both glory in the sac
rifces which we make to the good of our
country feel elevated by giving the great
est proof of attachment and devotion that was
ever given upon EARTH
Such were the sentiments, repete with
dignity and grandeur, which were uttered in
public; but Josephine returned from this
dreadful effort, to her chamber of the darkest
woe, and so violent and SO protracted was her
anguish, that for six months she was nearly
blinded with grief.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25
PERFECTION Of tbs HUMAN FRAME

Beauty is q property of animal forms,
that Is, the provision which is made to a.
dapt their appearance to the perception
of the animals with which it converses,
The bones are covered, the bowels con-
cealed the roughness of the muscles smoo-
thed and softened, and over all is drawn
an intcgument which answers the pur.
pose of concealment. Could we view
the mechanism of our bodies through the
skin, 1t would excite our fears. Durst
we make a single movement if we saw
our blood circulating, the tendons pulling,
the lungs blowing, the humors filtrating,
and all the assemblage Of fibres, valves:
&c, which sustain an existence so frail ?
A surprising perfection of the animal
mass is the package, by means of which
several operations are going on at the
same time yet the case containing the
machinery is rolled and iolted about with
out any injury to the mechanism. The
whole must therefore be firmly packed
together. Examine the contents of the
trunk of any large animal, the heart pun
ping at the centre at the rate of eighty
strokes in q minute one set Of pipes car
/ rying the stream away from, and anoth-
er bringing the fluid back to it again the
lungs performing their elaborate Office
distending and contracting their many
thousand vesicles, by a reciprocation which
cannot cease for moment the stomach
exercising its powerful chemistry the
bowels propelllng the changed aliment
! collecting from 1t as it proceeds, and
transmitting to the blood an incessant
supply of prepared assimiIated nourish.
ment that blood pursuing its course; the
liver, the kidneys, &c. drawing off from
/ II their proper secretions.
The great art In packing, is to prevent
one thing from hurting another; for thi:
eni. the head, and abdomen of an ANNA
/ body IS provided with membranous par
titions which keep the parts SEPARATE
This most curious and important provis
ion is visible IN the entrails, which one
would think were IN danger OF beiug IN
IJuIed By every jump or fall. The dan
ger Is, however, admirably warded Off
. The intestinal canal, throughout lis Who'll,
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25

process is knit to the edge of broad fat
membrane, called the mesentary, like the
edge of ruffie, and being four times as
long as the mesentary itself, it is what a
sempstress would call gathered on The
mesentary sustains the small vessels, ar
terles, veins, &C., which lead from or to
almost every point of its coats and cavity,
and this membrane is strongly tied 20 the
first three Vertabre of the loins.-Sct.
American.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25

TREEs.-At the Cape Of Good Hope a
tree of peculiar beauty grows, called the
silver tree. At Il distance lis leaves pre-
sent the appearance of silver and spark
ling with diamonds. On approaching
near the spectator finds the leaves downv
and ola silvery hue. At the apex or
point of each leaf small globule is sus-
pended; and upon shaking the tree the
drops fall off but are Immediately renew
ed by collecting vapor from the atmos-
phere. Even il its dricst state and un-
der burning sun, nothing but absolute
observation can give correct idea of the
bea uty of that tree.
The Banyan tree of India is, however,
the greatest natural wonder of the arbor
lal world.-Oliginally single trunk,
there falls from each trunk fibre or vine,
which on reaching the ground takes root
and forms new trunk. This being con-
tlnued as fast as the trunks become suffi
GENTLY strong 10 send off their branches,
the trees eventually extend over several
acres. That near Bombay is large en-
ough to shelter ten thousand troops.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25
Making a sum total of two thousan

w dhIiS Il SUN tOldi Vi tWC lllOuSAilu
nine hundred and nineteen"
five estimate the average annual sales
Of the liquor dealers Of the city, for spir-
ituous liquors only, to amount to one
thousand dollars each, (Which is about
three dollars per day. we have total "a
mount of tIco millions nine hundred thou
sand dollars for the retail sales of ardent
spirits in this city in a single year. This
is probably rather under than over the
mark, without including the sales of ale
and other malt liquors, The liquor deal
ers of New York form powerful body,
and exert a great influence in politics and
the municipal affairs of the city. They
have an organized association for the pur-
pose Of protecting and promoting their
interests. Deducting 81 8 from the whole
number Of dealers, as an allowance for
those who do not NEEDLE with politics, we
have the round number Of two thousand
men, acting as "a diciplined and organi-
zed corps" on elections, and the passage
Of laws affecting their own interests
Express.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25
LONGEVITY OF WoMAN.-We see

LONGEVITY OF WoMAN.-We see If
stated that the widow of the celebrated
DR.. Rush is still living, at the age of
ninety, in Philadelphia. She is the moth
er of the Hon. Richard Rush, Minister 10
France, and Drs. James and William
Rush, the first of whom is author of one
of the most profound and original treat
Uses ever published on the voice. The
widow of Lewis Morris, we blicve. still
resides in the vicinity of Newly orll
Mrs. Madison is in Washington Mrs.
Bradford, widow of the first and greatest
Encouragement Of the United States,
is in Burlington, New Jersey and Mrs.
Hamilton, daughter of the brave and
accomplished Gen. Schuyler, sans peur
ct sans reproche, and wife of the immo!-
tai statesman, we saw q few days since in
Broadway. Here are five Of the bellies
who gracod the Ievees of the first presi-
dent! What an interesting party, could
they be reassembled II LIZ. World.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25
TO BE CONTINUED.
T u I H

Truth courts Investigation, but error shrinks
from scrutiny. Truth fears no evil from the
most rigid examination, but error always fears
the consequence. Truth is immutabe, and
will stand criticism. Truth, like It's author,
is eternal, and will exist amidst the wreck of
matter and the crush of worlds, while error
will be swept away with the refuge OF lies
The more you examine truth, like gold, the
brighter it shines. Truth is never furnished
by inspection, but discovers the more splen-
dor. Any system which shrinks from scru-
tiny discovers corruption IN its premises, and
is unworthy the attention of an intelligent
mind. A certain writer has said with the
utmost propriety: {" He that viii not reason
is bigot; he that cannot reason is fool ;
and he that dares not reason is a slave
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25
LIQUOR STORES IN NEW
YORK CITY.

4 morning paper gives the following
as the number of liquor stores in New
York
We have been enabled to gather al
most an accurate number of the retail
liquor stores in the different wards in this
city. 1t is almost impossible TO believe
that there are now open daily upwards of
two thousand nine hundred ,as will be seen
from, tho foilov,iprr 1,S..
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25
SINGULAR FAMILY HIsToRy.-,

SINGULAR FAMILY HIsroRy.-On
this 9th day Of January, 1913, and in
this our goodly thriving city of Nor
which,is living an aged gentleman, the
progenitor of five generations, all now
living. He was born on Sunday-his
wife was born on Sunday-and his
eldest child on Sunday and he had
child born on every day of the week,
commencing with Sunday morning
and ending on Saturday night. AL
the first born of the five successive
generations were born on Sunday
all are males, and all bear the same
name, and al are now living. OF these,
the last born is the son of the fourth or
fifth 1--WE do not know which) child of
her parents. The oldest of the five
generations is ninety-six years of age
the youngest is between two and
three months old, SO that the distance
which separates the two extremes is
but little less than a century. What
world of history, written and un-
written, has been enacted within the
period which has thus transpired since
the birth of the great-great-grandsire
aud that Of the great-great-grand sont
i Norwich Courier.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25
Prom the Gcm Of the Season.
LAY Or THE WOUNDED HEART.

RY FRANCIS c. wo0DwoRTH.
o Glide me not for weeping
She 5 still the same to me,
Though she has long been sleeping
Beneath the willow tree.
That name, 50 lightly spoken,
Falls sadly on my ear
Deem not that Death hath broken
\ spell 50 strong, 50 dear.
Can the cold grave Ger smother
The heart. first, warmest flame ! -
That heart cnshrine another,
And still love on the same !
say rot she early persisted,
As flowers in autumn die;
say not tie form I cherished
nwens where her ashes lie.
No-od when tears are flowing,
As tears are flowing now,
And hlr's chill winds are blowing
Fierccly upon my brow,
Tint lovcd one, who before me
Flow TO her native sky,
Is bsudlag foudly DER me,
As in bright years gone BY.
How Tim the curtain hiding
The spirit world from me-!
Ig, f.E-. T.a .T.,r,z. rfi.1ie.~
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25
NUMBER 25.

oh thank my starsl he's safe--but
he has been driven in the bay of Ferna
ment by q bamboozle ri ht in the teeth
it blowed great guns, and they carried a.
way the ulpit-a heavy sea washed over
board the pinnacle of the tabernacle-tho
captain lost his conjuratioh, and couldn't
get any salvation for fifteen days-at last
he arrived safe at Hallelujah ~
'-Lor bless us i what a wonder they
were not beaten out.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25

PANORAMA OF THE MIssIssIrPI.-k
moving panorama is now exhibiting in
New York, in which the spectator
sees passing before him the western
bank of the Mississippi, from the mouth
Of the Missouri to the Ohio, and the
eastern bank from the Ohio TO New
Orleans. The canvass is three miles in
length, and EXHIBITS the principal towns,
bluffs, etc.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25

The admirer of Rough and Ready stood
astonlshed and abashed, when he recog-
nized him, bat was made perfectly happy
by hearty shake of the old Generals
hand,-COr. 81 Louis RereiNe.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25

ELECTRIC VELocIrY.-It has been sta
ted, and generally understood, that cleo
tricity in high tenson travels at the rate
OF two hundred and eight thousand miles
in a second of time-that this is the prob
able velocity OF communications by the
magnetic telegraph. But from recent OBJ
servatlons It appears most probable that
! no space of time whatever is requir ed in
the passage of the Geographic current
from one station 10 another, whatever the
distance. The induction ofth fluid al
one end of the wire produces eduction
at the other at the same instant.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25

0F How sweet a thing is love of
home: 1t is not acquired il is feeling
that has It's origin elsewhere. 1t is born
with US, brought from another world
to carry us on with Joy in this. 1t at
taches 10 The humblest heart that has
ever throbed.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25

OUR Naval FoRCE.-Acording to the
official reports, we now have in cmmision
five ships of the line, one razee, four frig-
ates, thirteen sloops, five briggs, eleven
schooners, four bomb-gun vessels, one
ordnance transport twelve steamers, six
store shiPs-total eighty-;hree. Vessels
IN ordinary, Nov l847-one ship of the
line, eight frigates, ten slooPs of war, 2
steamers-total, 81. The official esl-
mates of the Naval service the coming
year amount TO over ten millions of dol
lars.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25

JE A London letter mentions that
the cholera had broken out with great
violence in several density populated
parts of that city.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25

Father Mathew expects to sail for New
York IN the packet ship New World car
" ia April next.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-02-25

GT The Milwaukee Wisconsin saws
that 200 teams were counted coming
into town In one day on two Of the prin-
ciPal thoroughfares of the city.