Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-05-30

distance of thirty feet alb owe the water. In
waves land it is ssid they will not extent
above that height will have nothing to en-
counter but these upright iron shafts anc
their connecting braces. and will there
tore break harmlesslv through them. anl
under the body OF the light house.
Var by Contract When it was deter.
mined that General Scott should be sent
to Mexico to help Gen. Taylor conquer
peace cute Yankee in this City said
ne had mind to propose to Govern
ment to conquer '.tle whole" for less than
a million Of dollars.
The last news from Mexico confirms
the report, that Mr.. St. James Lane, "a
citizen Of the United States,'' and proba-
bly, cousin in the first degree ofthe Yam
kee referred to. had proposed to the au-
thorlties of Coahuila, to make war on his
own account, against the Indians who
were infesting the towns, destroying prop
erty, numbering and carrying off prison
ers. on condition that all the booty taken
should belong to him; tina: he should be
paid fifty dollars for each scalp Of the en-
envy, and one hundred dollars for each
Indian captured alive Gin. Gazette
Hungarian Female So1diery.-The
Evening Post has the following commu-
ncation. by the last steamer received
some particulars of the glorious success
achieved by the Hungarian nation i'm the
war with the Austrians-a war conducted
with all the genius ofthe Hungarian lead
crs. \ Germsn paper, the 'Didask LA
of Frankfort. informs us that the Hunga-
rian ladies are fighting with the same en-
thusiasm for freedom as their country
men. Among one hundred and forty
Hungarian captives taken by Gen. Simon
ish. there were nineteen Hungarian ladies
with muskets in their hands and dressed
in military uniform. A Countess Of the
highest rank has raised regiment at her
own expense, and her sister is to be COM
mander Of this regiment. L. Breisach,
Hungarian by birth
Iwo Lining Specimens Of The real
Ourang Outang. or wild man ofthe woods,
we see it stated, have arrived in Salem
The animals that have hitherto been
b. ought to his country and exhibited under
the name of the Ourang Outang, have
been Of the species CAmpanize, or large
black African Ape. The present pair
walk erect upon the hinder feet, cat with
spoon, and have all the natural movements
Of the human race. They do not offer to
scratch or bite. like the monkey tribe, but
defend themselves with great dexteritv,
with club or short stick. and will throw
any missile with unerring aim. They
show the strongest affection for each other.
and upon the entrance of a stranger. the
male invariably steps in front ofthc female
with some weapon in his hand, if he can
secure it,
Tom. Cormin and George Lippard-l
They say a: Washington that Corwin's
evee is always well attended as any in
he city. and that strangers coming thither
always call on him as one Of the ''lions.'
Among others, Lippard, the writer of raw
mead and bloody-bones stories, and who
kind of piratical sheet during
The Presidential campaign in which he |
abused Corwin without stint, called upon
himself with the easy and confident air Of
a patron. Said Lippard, smiling:
''Gov. Corwin, my name is Lippard,
George Lippard, of Philadelphia, whom
YOU have probably heard of. glad to make |
your acquaintance. sir. | biackguarded /
YOU a good deal. last year,
Corwin. with one Of his peculiar
ooks) "Ah! Well. Mr.. Lippard, you look
very much like blackguard!''
Lippard was shut up, and left.
A woman named AMMAN, whose hus-
band had been sent to the Illinois peni- |
entiary, committed small theft for the !
purpose ofjoining him, and with her child /
If nine or ten months old, was sent to the /
same prison.
MATERNAL LovE-During the recent
reshet in the Allegheny, at Pittsburg. a
lneel boat sunk to the roof, was found /
1oating down which contained the corpse
If young and handsome woman, with
title child clasped in her arms.
Thomas J. Henley. member Of the last
Congress from this State, has gone to Cal
fornia. He will. perhaps. be the first del
gate from Alta California 10 congress at
" ashington City. Who knows!
To The Weather. mise.-Dr. Frost. Of
'ruges. who is we'll known as meteorol-
st. declares that. by journals of the weather
sept by his grandfather. father, and him.
elf. even since 1867 to the present time.
whenever the new moon has happend on
Saturday. the following twenty DAYS
rave been wet and windy, in nineteen
Eases out Of twenty.
By means Of chemical discovery re-
Gently made. it is said that oil of turpen-
inc can be freed from its peculiar smell so