The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-04-09


Surprise and Donation Parties.--Some few
weeks ago, the members of Rev. c. N Simss congre-
Cation Pearl-st,) and several OF his warm friends
considers concluded show their appreciation of his
labors Is a minister, by agreeaby surprising him
Accordingly, they quietly arranged their p.AnbrOt
their baskets full of provisions possession OF the
houseset out the tables and loaded them with all the
good things imaginable and with the family, partook
of tie sumptuous feast thus prepared. After which,
they presented Mr. :. with splendid Writing Desk,
well stocked with stationery, and his family with silver
spoons wearing apparel, &C., TO the amount of
hundred dollars. This was truly agreeable
prise and most excellent plan of Observation-Disclosures
with little trouble to the recipients and much sasfac
ton 70 all concerned.
On last Friday night two weeks, several of the
rous friends of Esq. Poe, determined surprise him
and his family with similar visitation An avalanche
of friends filled his house-but fres-set out the Ia
bles and loaded them with creature comforts by the
basket full and, together with the family ate drank
satisfactorily merry, and when the FuLLSEss Of
time arrived, the Squire and his estimable ladyths
surprised and surprisers-were formed in procession
and timing the dulcet of a miniature fiddle Of
the horse type, marched up starsformed around the
table which WAS spread whole tarm-in fee simps
and in -deed-farm house and necessary outbuildngs
orchArdfne lot of chickens and poultry of all kinds
"A large turnip, &c.
| Rev. Mr. Lemon made . neat and brief prcsenta-
| ton speech, which received with much applause.
Squire Poe replied thanking his kind friends for their
handsome present and the pleasure it afforded him to
| be thus remembered. He acknowledged that he was
very agreeably .urprised-never dreaming that so
splendid affair would here the eloquent speaker
graspcd the trnp aforesaid and raised it from the
ble which completed the sentence and rounded IT,
period, amid rapturous applause All who participated
in this surprise say of truth that good to
be there-the county surveyor and oursef both rELr
that way, sure!
DANIEL w. VOORHEES, writes 10 the Cincinn att
Commercial that its crarge that he 'visted Governor
Seymour, of New York, some times ago, to urge him
to take the lead in Northern instruction
true, and that if it true he would be unfit
| person 70 live IN this Government" Daniel might,
without straining the TRUTH conclude that he
unfit person to live in this Government" anyhow,
whether he guilty of the particular offence charg
ed not The Confederacy the right place for him,
unless he isists that his duty that Constitution"
quires him to stay where be do it service.
In that view Of the case he might fifty enough
clude TO live under this Government, but certainly in
other. The Commercial objects Daniels denial,
that he does the real point at issue which
not that he urged Governor Seymour to lead in
BY calling the militia, necessary, and it asks
with pertinence that annoy Mr. V. considerably,
whether he considers that forcibe resistance the
draft would be instruction ?" We should ike 20
hesr Daniel .iet his Elf cut thes decidedly peae-
/ srating point Ladsaaapot1 JonrHai-