Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-05-03

we understand tndt zen. ana MIS-
Gaines still remain in the city, having
,een detained by painful accident which |
occurred TO one Of Mrs. Gaines's daugh- |
.ers just as they were on the point ofleav-
ing the city. The young lady fell and
injured her spine. from which
cause it is uncertain when Mrs. G. will he
able to depar, On her journey TO the South.
N. I. Tritune.
ABUSING PE-ir1oS-Cassius ". Gays
claim pending before Congress, for the
loss Of ell he possessed whilst prisoner
in Mexico. amounts to s!.373, including
a watch which cost only $500. The facts
OF the loss. &c, being. as he says, inca
pablo Of positive proof, he refers TO their
iellow-member, Hon. J. p. Gaines, and
pledges his sacred honor Two violins.
broken 10 pieces by the overturning OF a
wagon in Texas. he claims nothing for. as
nc and the United States have suffered
alike in that unfortunate land.
c-Thc "Ncw Orleans Crescent" Of
the 18th inst, states that young gentle
man, b. the name Of James Irwin, jr
yesterday morning, about o'clock. COM
miticd snicidc. by blowing his brains OF!
with pistol. in his lodging. at the St.
Charles Ho,cl. The deceased was
grandson Of Henry Clay. No cause was
assigned for the deed.
SANTA ANNA AND THE CoEprcrA.-In
reference 10 the seizure by Santa of a
conducta with 50 900 900 the property Of
British merchants, soon after his reap
pcarancc in Mexico. a correspondent Of
the y. o. Eve. Mercury Of March 7th says:
The truth OF the matter is Santa Anna
did get COO 900. but he took it with the
concurrence and by the British Govern
mcnt.
Yet still the sequel Of this 100000
highway robbery will be given anon"
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CHOLERA IN Rus
sIA.-A letter from ST. Petersburg. Of the
18th Feb. states that the cholera had dis
appeared from the provinces Of Pcnsa-
Woronesch, Toula. and Taurida, and
from Chcrson and the neighborhoods. In
the provinces ofNcnii- Novogorod. koursk.
and Crew. and malady had not made any
fresh progress; willis: in those Of Pocilia,
Volhynia, and Minsk, it had become more
intense.
/ Santa Annc's Tona.-A copy Of To-
bcy's Mexican North American contains
report of a gard jollifcation in the city
OF Mexico. at which all the principal Mex
lean and American officers joined hands
and tipped tumblcrs. Among other things
IS n letter from Santa Anna cxcusing his
non-a'tendancc, and closing with the fol-
lowing sentiment;
..Jumes K. PoM.-Thc Exlo's friend"
The accession to the population or the
United States last year from foreign cini-
grafton alone, was quarter OF million.
Increasing their Number Within the
past week there nave been about fifty per-
sons appointed to cierkship, principally in
the bureaus belonging TO the Treasury
Department. There were hundred and
fifty applications for every vacant desk.
Il say, Paddy said philosopher,
lean you do two things at the very same
titne?'
Cant II" said Paddy, "I'l be doin'
that any day"
"IIow!" said the philosopher
= "Why, I'll be shaping and draining q:
the same time" said Paddy.
The wife is the sun Of the social system
Unless she attracts. there is nothing to
keep heavy bodies, like husbands, from
lying off into space.
WHAT Rail- ROADS Do.-Whv. they
make business lively in spite Of rain and
mud, and abiding TO the most impossible
state of the mud roads the past winter the
Sandusky Mirror remarks-"Ilad il not
been tor our rail road commune alton, we
should have been. during the winter. SO far
as country trade is concerned. as isolated
as though Sandusky city was located on
some Island in the middle Of the Lake.
How our sister towns. that do not possess
the advantages of rail road communca-
ton have got along we arc unable to say"
OF all bodies steel is the strongest. II
requires force Of 1l5 900 lbs &c tear a.
sund,r tempered steel rod the area of
which is one inch.
A letter from Father Matthew, receiv-
ed by the Hibernia. states that circum- !
have lately occurred, which will !
render it necessary to postpone his visit to
this country till fall, instead Of coming
this season.
The Ou,kers in Virginia seem to be
placed in a peculiar relation to the laws
Of Virginia. The yearly Meeting Of Bal
limore. TO which they belong. has charged
all its members 10 educate the free color
I'd people. The laws Of Virginia forbid
il; and the Friends have addressed a mem
orial to the General Assembly of the
State OF Virginia. asking liberty to pursue
he advice of their Yearly Meeting. If
liberty is not given, we do not know what
course the Friends will take.
GREAT BAsGAISs.-An American in
Paris writer's: II was at a jewellers this
afternoon with gentleman. and saw the
counter covered with silver dishes, COM
,lete dinner services. knives. forks. spoons.
III of which; he told me, he had just