Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-06-06


buried under the ground We under
stand. however, that they have made
temporary arrangement with the sexton Of
the Protestant Cemetery to have the bodies
OF their bretheren deposited in vaults in
the Protestant graveyard until the food
has leittneir own cemetery.-N. q. Delta.
An Auio- Biography IF Daniel Webster.
il is stated that in Inc preparation oil the
life Of Buckminister. by Mrs. Lee. which
is soon TO be published, She has had ac
cess TO many interesting private papers.
Among these manuscript o-1iograpny
Of Daniel Webster. :, paragraph quoted
from this shows Us fact which viii be
both cncoura ginc and consolngto difiident
school boys. Mr. Webster says:
My first lessons in Latin were rec.ted
10 Joseph Stephens Luckminster. al that
time an assistant at the Academy. !
made tolerable progress in all the branches
attended to under his instructions, bat
there was one thing could not dol
could not make a defamation. could
not speak before the school. The Kind
and excellent Buckminster especially
sought 70 persuade me 10 perform the ex
ercise Of defamation. Ike the other boys.
but could not do it. Many piece did
commit 10 memory and rehearsc it in nv
own room. over and over again; but when
the day came, when the school was coll
lccted. when my name was called. and !
saw all eyes turned upon nv seat. could
not raise myself from il Sometimes the
masters frowned. sometimes they smiled.
Mr.. Duckminsier always pressed and en-
treated with the most winning kinless.
that would only venture once; but could
not command sufficient resolution. and
when the occasion was over went home
aud wep. bitter tear, Of modification.
Hawi-Iae Ui2comfiure 81 Sou7ou
que.--The New York journal Of Com
merce Of Tuesday has las, letter from the
city Of St. Domingo. Of 9th April. con
trfning the accounts heretofore received
Of the triumph Of the Domin.cans over
the iiaytiens.
The first attack by the former. under
the command of General Santana. upon
the forces of President Soulouque, was
made on the l8th, and failed to move the
latter. On the 2lst, operations were renew
ed. the Dominicans again making the at
tack. After two discharges Of muskc,ry.
they are stated 10 have thrown away their
guns. and commenced a combat with
swords which lasted more then two hours =
Victory was for long time doubtful. but
the Hayticns a, last fed. leaving the field
Of battle covered with dead and wounded.
The route Of the lIaytlcns is represent
cd II have been complete. and their loss
Of artillery and munitions large. Moth
ing is said, in this letter. about poisoning
the sources Of the stream which ran by
Soulouque's camp, the drinking OF the
waters OF which made his soldiers sick
and disabled them from energetic action.
\ Cup OF BIrrERHEss.-Thc Cincinnati
Nonparcl tells moru!ul story OF a
woman who arrived in that city on
Monday on the steamer J. VI. Niles. An
Enclshrnan named Iiy der. had married in
The old country the woman he loved best;
and three weeks afterwards. came TO this
country 10 seek an eligible home. Find
ing the prospects favorable. he determined
to settle in Cincinnati. and RENTED funds
10 his young bride to follow him. She
obeyed the summons, voyaging by wav
Of New Orleans. where she met a cousin.
engineer Of the Niles. She took passage
on this boat for Cincinnati. happy at meet
ing her cousin. and 50 transported with
the anticipation of meeting her husband
that she slept not the last three nights q!
the voyage. On her arrival her heart as
crushed by the overwhelming tidngs that
her husband had died OF Cholera three
days before.
ZINc VESSELS FOR MILE--Numcrous
experiments have been recently tried in
France TO ascertain whether vessels of
wood or of zinc and other metals were
bes, adapted TO preserve milk sweet. The
result OF these experiments show that
Zlnc vessels are superior 20 all others for
milk. One experiment was tried with ak
vessels, three Of zinc and three of tin.
each containing two gallons Of milk. The
zinc vessels were filled with new milk a,
3 clock on Monday afternoon. At on
Wednesday, that in the Tin vessels was
found almost entirely curded. while the
curding had scarcely commenced in the
zinc vessels. and the cream could not be
taken off before 9 p NJ. The cream from
the zinc vessels yielded 9! pounds of but
ter, that from the tin 2 pounds. The but
ter from the cream in the zinc vessels was
sweeter and more agreeable TO the taste
than the other.
NAvyoo IEMPLE.-N G stated that the
walls of this edifice have been purchase, {!
by Mons CADET for the use Of his associa.
ton Of French Communists. We learn
/ from a gentleman who resides in Nauyoo
that CADET paid $1,000 and the citizens
$1,000 for the Temple and arsenal. tose-
Their with about eleven acres Of ground
the title being vested solely in Mons. CADET.
He has commenced rebuilding the Tenn.
pie. and employs the labor Of 800 men
upon the work Much Of the interest that
has hitherto attached to this edificc viii
now be d ss;pated, for il will no longer wea,
the proud lame Of "Icsnple.' but in flu
ture ii will be known as the Monster
Boarding House. The basement story
is TO be laid off into kitchens. the first floor
will be converted into dinihg-room. ca
pable of accommodating thousand per
sons. and the remainder OF the building
viii be fitted up for school rooms. Offices