Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-03-08
E0-;,~ Rat,.-Mr. Charles Pierce,

- The rats troubled him.very much,
So eaten through the chamber floor;
~. eeeeared in great numbers, and were
s.oe,blesome, SO that he felt justified
1000 70 stratagem and severe treatment
=. All expulsion from his premises. He
ss..ded up potash and strewed around
~ holes. threw some under their holes.
~ .url,ed some on the sides ofthe boards
- under places, where they came
Io,,sh. The next night he heard
ss,.e,}ine among them, which ne supposed
~. from, the causiic nature Of the potash
chsf 81 among their hair, or on their bare
~. They disappeared, and he has not
~. 1r.nbled with them since that time,
!.A;ct was nearly year ago.-Bosfon
Cnnirdtor. -.-.-..
AR.ssidn Crrsus.-M. de Tiszkiewics,
n. richest landholdcr in Russia Lithuania.
IA = short time since. The St. Peters
.I.,,oh napers inform US. that he had left to
IL. three sons 2O3O Villages, containing
,,s~,.e dian GO, 600 serfs, s. in ready money
m noOOOO crowns; and that it was this
..r,ieman who was said to have refused
she hand Of his daughter to Duke Alexan-
1er ri Virtcmburg. who afterwards mar
red Princess Maria d'Orleans. His
laughter married Prince Sapicha, and had
qOOO. 600 crowns for her dowry. \ let
Ter from St. Petcrsburgh says:-"This
pensler,an's property comprised 46 exten.
s;vo domains, on which there are 1000
families, Of Peasantry, reckoning in them
10000 males. In money, he possessed
$1,000, 600 Polish forms. in French money
10 81 ,GOO,OOOf. He had six children, Of
whom three sons besides his daughter sur
yiye him. The eldest. according to the
laws Of Lithuania, inherits the whole OF
this immense wealth. However he has
assigned one fourth to be equally divided
between his two brothers.
q "A MuScn.UsEy SronY is told by a correspon-
dent Of the Newark N. j. Advcrter, writing
from Augusta, Ga, who states that negro man
Of miidlng age and size, weighing about l 50 lbs. {,
in the short space Of two hours, at the usual
hour for break fast. ate and drank the enormous
quantity Of provisions comprised in the follow
ing list, viz: - cat fish, shad - dozen biscuit,
AOAat cakes, IA ID butter, 6 links sausages, %
eggs, 30 ears Of corn, chickens. slices Of
beefsteaks and 2 Of liver, gallon back bone
stew large plate Of rice, - cups of coffee, aud
I mint Of brandy. The Inconvenience attending
this expe rment was trihing that he immedi-
aieIy walked 10 another quarter OF the city and
ate IL water melons, expressing desire TO par
take Of more could they have been found. 1t
shove, and il would seem strange too, that as re-
CARDS his ordinary habits Of eating and drink ing.
he IL remarkably abstemious.
ALMOST FArAL ACCIDENT TO II. CLAY.
The sage Of Ashland came near meeting
with fatal accident on Thursday even
ing. Our readers are aware that he is a
guest, Of Mayor Swift. After he retired to
rest on the evening alluded to, the SER
vent who waits upon him, instead Of stop
ping off the gas in the usual way, blcac it
ont, and then left the room. Things re-
NAMED in this state until near daylight.
when the worthy Mayor was awakened by
an unsuffcrablc smell Of gas. He got up,
dressed himself, and his first thought was
to proceed to the room Of Mr.. Clay, to see
If all was right there. lie opened the
door, and the room was so filled with gas.
that it was with difficulty he rushed to the
window. and raised it. so as to admit a cur
towards the bed. The clothes which COW
cred his distinguished guest moved slight
ly. The alarmed Mayor took courage,
and exclaimed
"Mr. Clay-Mr. Clay-arc you alive!"
"Yes, my old friend, cnd nercr 1eH
better in.hy life"
MILITARY GLoRy.-William Tompkins,
. New York volunteer, who was with
SCOTS army in all its Mexican battles, is
now in New York without his left arm, rag
ged, pcnniless, and pensicnlcss. SO says
an exchange. If he only wore epaiet.cs
now. he would be feastedt to bursting, and
smothercd with obsequiots adulation-
The world is very discriminating in such
matters
People should not stop counting when
they get married, but, on the contrary,
should learn to court the more. This lay
ing aside the little cndcarlnents that nurs-
ed love into being. the very moment YOU
have sworn to live on it forever, is almost
perjury.
We have been shown the plan Of new
roller invented by Col Heron Foster, of
the Dispatch. No printer can fail to see
the advantage of this invention. as it rolls
any number Of colors at the same time on
the form: thus at one impression, printing
bill in which different colors are given
both totype and border.
II may be mentioned as a singular and
significant fact that no native Of a large
city has ever filled the Executive chair of
our State or the Union.
A towel dipped in hot water. and appli-
cd to the part affected. will. it is said, af.
ford an effective and immediate relief TO
The painful contraction Of the mucles. call
ed the cramp.
The Tennessee Legislature has appro-
Priated SlO,OOOto buld q Lunatic Asy-
lum. through the inilacnce Of Miss Dix.
CENTRAL ANERt,A=-This country is
the scene of another bloody reyofn,ion.-l
The Geographic dispatches from, Philadel-
Ph'a convey the intelligence than Il broke
out III Caracas. The President Of Mon.
argos had attacked the Congress While in
session. sta!ioning the soldicrv in the win.
dows. Many of the members were killed. |
and the others were taken prisoners; the
furniture of the Hall was entirely DESTROY
Cd and the portrait of Bolivar was hacked
40 pieces After destroying much valua-
pie property. the members were escorted
back into the Hall and ,.r,,r.,l,d ,,,J,r