The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-06-16

Thursday Morning, June 16, 1859.
ZT-The citizens of Lafayette intend hay
ing a great civic and military celebration o
the Fourth of July. Hon. Thomas Corwi
is announced as the orator Of the day, an
Mr.. w. A. Fosdick, Of Cincinnati. it Is state
will recite poem expressly written for tn
occasion.
g-There are about 5000 Free Mason
in the State of Indiana, as near as can b
estimated from returns made to the Crane
Lodge al its recent session.
lr-The appraiscment Of the real estate o
Tippecanoe county has been completed, and
shows that LafAy cite has 8, 3S5,0l5. and the
whole county S8,loI. SIS. The former val
uation was 1926, 500. Increase 50, 8fo'-
053- little less than loo per cent
gY-The Custom House tables show the
imports Of May to be s23. 552,oiG, against
SII,464. 7O2 last year Exports s1''ooo'-
7s2, including 81, 421 .os2 ofspecie
F<z-The Logansport Pharos says that the
gold diggings near Winnemac, IN Pulaski
county. on the TiPpecanoe river, are exciting
some interest. Several claims have been
taken, but the yield, far, is only about 81
a day to each man. a lump worth - was
found.
lag-It is stated that a vigorous organiza-
ton has been set on foot. at Washington,
within week past, to put General 10 Lane
of Oregon, forward for the Charleston nom
inaton for the Presidency.
g7The breach of promise case at St.
Louis, TO which we made reference the other
day, terminated in a verdict for the plaintiff
in the sum Of one hnHdred thousand doliars.
Mr. Shaw, the gay deceyer, is worth mil
lion The case was aggravated in the eyes
Of the jury, by the introduction of evidence
10 prove that the plaintiff had led
an unchaste life in Charleston, S. c., where
she kept millinery store in 1850.
- The citizens of Arizona City and
vicinity, held meeting on the sth Of May, at
which resolutions were adopted bitterly com
planning of the neglect with which their en-
treaties for territorial organization had been
treated by the general Government, and
strongly favoring the establishment of an In
dependent government. To that end they
that an election Of delegates to u
Territorial Convention be held on Monday,
the 3Osh inst, the Convention to assemble at
Tucson, the eth of June next.
IMPoRTANr RAILROAD DECISION James II. +
Hotchkin, of Prattsburg, Steuben county,
bought ticket on the Erie Railroad at New
\ ork for Rochester. 1t was marked Good I
or six days only" After the expiration Of
tx days, Mr.. II. presented lie ticket between
Saith and Rochester; it was refused. and he
was elected from the cars. He commenced
suit, which was recently tried before Referees
designated by the Supreme Court, and they
have awarded the plaintiff Sl5o damages.
RFs-Th Americans Of PENNSYLVANIA held /
n State Convention at Harrisburg last week
After an Interchange OF opinion, they resolved
that 1t was "IneXpedlcnt under the present
circumstances. tn take any definite action in
regard to the approaching State Election."--
i here was very 'thin" attendance Of dele +
gates The Opposition viii be cordially
united in the Key Stone State, from present
appearances. in the coming canvass, and for
the great contest of 1860.
20 Messrs. Burton and Spoke, the African
travellers. have arrived at Alden. from Lanzi-
bar. They penetrated into the country about
700 miles from the coast, and surveyed the
famous Lake Uniamesi, and several other
axes in the same longitude. Their research
IS tend in some degree, to dispe the doubts
which have SO long hung over the sources OF
lie Nile.
Gz1-The Captain Of the Echo. SLAYER has
,een tried for a violation of the African
5Iave-Trade laws, and acquitted. in spite OF
he plainest proofs of his Guilt. And yet.
hese same men who commit or approve per
ury to sustain the most gorgeous iniquity
he sun ever shone upon, are crying out for
vengeance on certain benevolent individuals
Who have sworn common charity towards an
escaped slave on free soil.
- rhe Buffalo Republlo states that N
3londin, of the Martinette Troupe, is abou.
,rossing Niagara Falls on a tightrope The
'ope on which he is 10 cross is sixteen hun
lrcd feet i'll length, and six inches in circum-
erence, has been purchased expressly Tor
his feat, and is now being inspected. The
eat will take place in about two weeks
The crossing is to be effected from the low
r end Of Goat Island, to a point in Can
ada opposite.
Merit may not always be rewarded as it ought.
,ut il viii always DC known.