The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-12-21

LAw.-Whilr South Carolina, Arkansas and
other Southern States have compelled their
free colored inhabitants 70 choose either
slavery or fight. Maryland has Just shown
her hatred of the oppression of this unfor-
tunate class In all tine counties Of the
State. from which We have received returns.
IN viii h the act for the enslavement of free
negroes was submitted to the people, the
voters have emphatically aud signally de-
nounced that unjust and unchristian law
The question has been met and decided
without any reference to psrty politics. and
the law is defeated by maioriliss amounting
almost to upanimity. The result is greatly
creditable to the counties in which the vote
was taken. and honorable to the State At
large.
BEWARE OF LucrFER MATCHES "A Ger
man paper relates the following: Two men
entering tavern in Combrin, France, re-
Gently, ordered some coffee, and after drink
ing the first cup both dropped down dead
The landlady fetched the police; they talked
Of poisoning "How is it possible?" ex-
claimed the landlady; they only drank one
cup Of coffee and that could not have hurt
them Thus saying. to prove the harm
lessness of it she herself drank a cup
Hardly having partaken of this. she drop
ped down dead too On examining the cof
fee pot. they found packet oil lucifer match
es at the bottom Of it. 81
D1-The message Of the Governor Of
North Carolina shows the amount of State
indebtedness to be $40 629, sos Receipts
into the treasury during the past two years
Sl.3iO,SS4. Estimated receipts for the
present and ensuing years. 81. 1.726.495 -
Assessed value of real estate. S126 .OOO,-
900, and increase of $40. .4OOOO in tho
last ten years. The number of schools and
colleges in the State is 4. 500; scholars l77,-
400.
~The last lows Legislature. in repeal
ing a whole section Of the revised statutes,
inadvertently swept away every provision
for the payment Of public officers. county
and State. who receive their salaries in fees.
Witnesses. jurors, county officers and State
functionaries, suffer alike, and the courts
have just decided that there is no remedy
for them until the Legislature which does
not meet until 1862 passes a curative act.
IA rapturous poet thus describes the
manner of obtaining kiss As the Hot
tentot gentleman SAYS al the Aquarial Gar
aens. at is goot;' FIRST, grasp with haste
srnnnd the waist, and hug her tight to thee;
W ont you let me bel' Then. oh what bIiss
then make dash. as quick Is fash, and
Harriet, hold my hat
We learn from a fr end that on Wednes-
day, at Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia, . man
was seized By parsy wh,,e b. w.. s,..;.x cn.ns"x
out o, the courthouse and carried short
distance from the village. where he was
bl cked completely with printers ink. noun
ted on his horse and started for his house in
as uncomfortable n situation as one could
wish to be in.
"While Blondin performing on
stills at Troy last week, he attempted to
turn summersault, but the crotch that sus.
Iained the rope suddenly gave way. and he
tell among the seats and people below. He
wa consider ably hurt BY the fall. and one
Of his arms appeared to be partially parsly-
sed by contact with the back of the seat.
Hasr The late Jacob Hare, an old citizen
Of Columbus, Ohio, who die1 on the Sd
instant. bequeathed the bulk Of his estate.
amounting to about $50 600. 20 the city OF
Columbus, for the purpose of forming q
charity fund "ior the benefit Of the poor and
unfortunate of the city"
EH Ii Is fepOIteu tuAt tilo HedftH Ot HIS.
Fremont has not been improved at her noun
tain nome, and that she has been obliged to
remove to a residence near San Francisco,
where the air is less keen, and the comforts
Of civilization are more get-at-able.
EgA law has been passed b, the Leg
isative Chambers Of Hayti. parceling out
the immense estates of the Ex-Emperor
Soulouque among military men who had
served in the army 90 wears and upwards;
reserving, however, the works and . CEN
trail portion of each habitation as the site Of
a model farm.
~We learn from the Parkersburg News
that Mr.. Rathborn's oil we'll. at Burning
Springs. Writ county, Va. has been en-
lsrged and averages from a hundred and
thirty 10 a hundred and iftt barrels every
twelve hours This is considered the lar
g~st yield in the country.
CuRrous SMILE Henry Ward Beecher
delivered a sermon. halt political harrangue
at his church in Brooklyn On Sunday night,
in which he used the following curious
smile:
As men grow rich they grow mean
Why knew men--plous men-who actu-
ally periure themselves about the value ot
iHeiF property tuht we may sdsC Wbot 70
justly due :he city for taxes. They are IS
mean weli-meannes~ has tunneled
them IRON end to end, and the biggesl one
lies through the heart. and the Devil daily
runs his train through and through.
IAccounts from the south Of France
state that the vintage is abundant, but that
a large portion Of the wine is Of interior
quality, and will b. used for distiilafion; 50
that there will be more brandy made this
year than last,
aas Rober, Williams, the wealthiess plan
ter in Yalabasha county. Miss, was muf-
dered BIZ one of his slaves on the 18th inst,
while visit his plantation near 0reoa1s-
He attempted to chastise the negro VINO
thersupon killed him With an axe.
1The population Of Wisconsin - re-
por,eu by the Marshal At the unique num-
be, of 77,777. an increase OF 48l,1zo 10