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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21
RTCHMOND, WAYNE CO., ND,

the time Of Alexander the Great, up to
the present time, is altogether the best
written article on the subject we have
ever had the pleasure Of perusing. His
description of our great country, its
railroads, rivers, canals, and other inter
nal improvements his full description
of the Pacific slope, with its 10000, 900
acres of undisposed of public lands, and
its great Pacific railways, is State pa
per in which every man in our country,
desirous of being informed Of our true
national greatness and prosperity, and
our great prospect for the future, will
eagerly seek for. -a
Mr.. Wilson reports that there is room
enough ON the great Pacific slope for
forty new States. He thinks that by the
commencement Of the next century we
will be united country Of one hundred
States, with the control OF all the great
treasure shipments of the world. He
says this country has commenced her
grand imperial course, with the control
of the Eastern trade in her power, and
that the immigration and natural growth
of the country will place US at over one
hundred millions of people by the year
1900. He speaks Of the civilizing influ-
ence of our great Democratic institu-
tions, and their effect upon the rest of
the world
Mr.. Wilson has been a long time pre-
pairing this elaborate paper. with the ac-
companyiug map of the world, which
has also been well prepared. He has
consulted over one thousand different
volumes, been in constant correspond
encc with the principal officers of the
European Governments who could give
him information on the various subjects
of which he treats, received much in
formation and data from the State De-
partment and our ministers and consuls
throughout the world, has had the assist
ance of the surveyors and mineralogists
of our Interior Department, and now
lays before the people. through the Sec
retary Of the Interior, one of the most
valuable public documents this country
has ever received from any of its public
officers.
In preparing this paper the facts out
side of the General Land Office matter
have been detailed by Mr. Wilson, SO as
to show the value and influence Of our
public lands, and their great wealth to
this country for years to come. We
hope to see the report and accompanying
manuscripts printed by order of Con-
gress and freely distributed througout
our country.
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Iona Sermons.

A lawyer who consumes three hours
in urging question Of law relating to
the ownership OF barrel of apples, is
indignant at the preacher for exceeding
twenty five minutes in unfolding one of
the greatest principles Of morality, on
the observance of which the tolerable
existence of society depends. The Judge
who fills two hours with his ssopinion"
on the right of the counsel to challenge
a witness, grumbles at the minister be-
cause he has prolonged the discussion
of fundam entail laws of hnman progress
to thirty minutes. The physician who
takes ten minutes to prepare the medi-
cines for a headache is nervouslv rest
i've if his minister spends only twice as
many in attempting to relieve chronic
heart ache. The belle who has spent
how long?-in adjusting the bows of her
bonnet, is remorseless in her criticism
on the minister who does not finish his
on the Fatherhood of God
in fifteen minutes. The fop, who has
combed, and stroked, and perfumed, and
waxed his mustache for half an hour, is
mortified past endurance if the poor
is not through his discussion of
the immortal life 'sinside'' of twenty
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21
NOV. 81, 1867.
The Author Of Confiscation.

That Andy johnson was the author
of the doctrine of ruthless confiscation
of Southern estates, his own speeches
during the war sufficiently prove. That
he adhered to his ideas upon that sub
ject after he became President, was de-
clared by Ex-Gov. Holden OF North
Carolina, on the 18th ult. Mr. Holden,
it will be remembered, was johnson S
Provisional Governor of North Carroll
ma, and at that time favorite of John
son. Mr.. Holden was making a speech
at Raleigh, and said
g But, who are really the confscators?
For two years, during the war, these
acts hung over the heads of rebellious
generals and secession landlords, spur
ring them on to desperation. Then the
mos: distinguished champion of confs-
cation was Andrew johnson, who is
now the idol of these gentlemen. He
was the originator of the most radical
of all confiscation ideas and measures.
When he appointed me Provisional
seize property. and confiscate it to the
use of the State government. He, An
drew johnson, did that, fellow citizens
And he ordered the judges to enforce
the confiscation laws of Congress. Yes,
he said to me, in the presence of John
P. H. Russ, of this city, and Robert p.
Dick, of Guilford, that it was his pur-
pose to cut up the lands of the South
and divide them among the poor people
of these States. He declared with en-
phasis that this should be the result Of
proclamation that his purpose was fix
ed, that the large landholders of the
South who had involved the people in
rebellion on account of their slave prop
erty, should not live all at their ease on
their large landed possessions, while
thousands Of families Of soldiers who
had been beggared and orphaned by the
wicked policy of these landholders were
pining in the ashes, without means to
educate their children, or means to live
in any kind of comfort. If he is now
the friend of those whom he intended
utterly to destroy at one time, it is none
of my business, but I can not believe
that they are really his friends. But let
that pass I say that he gave his pro-
visional Governors power to confscate
he told them to do So"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

To issue greenbacks to the amour t
requisite to pay the National debt is
equivalent to putting up gold to 80 pre-
MUM, or to make one gold dollar worth
three dollars in currency, and raising the
price Of all tho necessaries of life in a
corresponding ratio. A paper dollar is
promise to pay something; it is usual
ly understood to be promise to pay
gold dollar. The paper dollar is new
er understood to be a payment in itself,
but only the promise Of somebody's
bank or government-to make pay
ment on demand, or at some future time
The gold coin is payment itself. How
absurd, then, to say the public debt
which is promise to pay gold coin at
definite time can be paid with new
promises to pay, with no definite time
in the future fixed upon.
Gold can not be deprived of its value.
The attributes of gold were given to it
by the Almighty, and no government is
strong enough to add to or subtract
from them. The value of gold is older
than any government, and will outlast
all governments. 1t has never been af-
fected hair ir's-breadth by legislation,
and never will be. The French Gov
ernment, in 1893, did every thing in it's
power to deprive gold of its value, for
the purpose of keeping the paper cur
rency-" assignats''-a at par. Yet, in
spite Of the dungeon and the guillotine,
gold went up and assignats' went
down. 1t has been held by the most
eminent writer Of the French Revolu-
ton that more misery was caused by
the paper currency than by all the blood
shed of that tremendous epoch. The
necessities of the Government of the
United States has forced gold out of cir
culation, but has not abated particle of
its value, nor can its value be diminish
ed.
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THE SONG OF THE HORSE.

A poor old stage horse, lank and thin,
Not much else than bones and skin, ~
Ijog along, week out, week in,
Kicked, and cursed, and meanly fed,
damned in the side and jerked in the head
And the thing can't at all make out
Is, what on earth it's all about.
Why was made to toll and tug
For this odd little human bng.
Two legged, dumpy as jug,
Who sits aloft my ribs to batter
Or why was he made, for that matter $?
And, if needs must be Great d,
Why is it that l was not fated
To prance and curvet, finely mated,
Silver harnessed, sleek and fat,
With groom and blanket, and all that
Here 60 day after day,
Pounding and slipping down Broadway,
Dragging these curious biped things,
With fore-legs gone and yet no wings
Where they all go to l don't know,
Nor why in the world they hurry so, s
Nor what good use Heaven puts them to Z?
1t wasn't my fault, you see, at all,
That my joints grew big, and my muscles small,
And so mis- sed of a rich mans stall.
Im clumsy, crooked, stupid, slow,
Yet the meanest horse is a horse you know,
And his ribs can ache with kick or blow,
As well as the glossiest nags that go.
o, Lord, how long will they use me so?
And when may the equine spirit go
Where glorified horses stand in a roy,
Switching their bright tails to and fro,
Careless of either wheel or whoa
Where oats are always apropos,
And flies don't grow
Oh, no!
OF
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

The bill of fare being provided in
the South for the good people of the
North,s who have clamored SO much
about taxes is very encouraging. The
old rebel planters are getting up muster
rolls of their former slaves with values.
intending, when the Democracy get con-
troll of Congress, to present their little
bill of four or five thousand millions of
dollars for payment, SO that it may be
placed on our tax duplicates. If the
Democracy get into power we shall en-
joy the privilege of helping to pay the
Southern rebels for their slaves, their
war debts, and their individual losses
caused by the war. A sweet prospect
indeed
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21
From Harper's Magazine for November.

from f1drpeFS magazine TOT NONefuOer
New Anecdote Of Mr.. Lincoln.
After Mr.. Lincoln had sent the name
Of Rev. Mr.. Shrigley to the Senate for
confirmation as Hospital Chaplain in the
army, self constituted committee of the
Young Men 8 Christian association called
on him to protest against the appoint
ment After Mr.. SIS name had been
mentioned, the Pres ident said:
'.Oh yes, have sent it to the Senate.
His testimonials are highly satisfactory,
and the appointment will no doubt be
confirmed at an early day"
Che young man replied:
for the appointment, but to solicit you
to Withdraw the nomination, on the
ground that Mr.. s. is not evangelical in
his sentiments
"Ah.' said the President, that alters
the case. On what point of doctrine is
the gentleman unsound p
"He does not believe in endless pun.
ishment,' was the reply.
Yes said another of the committee,
che believes that even the rebels them
selves will finally be saved !; and it will
never do to have man with such views
as Hospital Chaplain" ~
The President hesitated to reply for a
and then responded with an
emphasis they will long remember
If that be SO, gentlemen, and there
be any way under heaven whereby the
rebels can be saved, then, for Gods sake
let the man be appointed"
He was appointed.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

The New Albany Ledger wants to
know what ''sort of money" the Indiana
State bonds have been redeemed with by.
the Republican authorities. With law
full money, is the answer. The Ledger
proceeds thusly IS eg
The holders of our bonds, as is well,
known. gave US the gold for them, and
we contracted to pay them six per cent.
per annum in gold, as interest After
wards the State became SO deeply in
volved that the Legislature was com
PEELED to cut down the interest to p per
cent. on those bonds the holders of
which did not choose to come in and
take the canal for half the debt. Now,
have we paid these foreign creditors of
ours this miserable pittance of interest in
gold, or have we compelled them to take
greenbacks z@..
The parallel is not good. There is
no objection to paying the National bonds
with greenhacks when they are due.
The objection IS to making new notes TO
pay she old ones. The Ledger would
have been in accord with the staple Dem
ocratic argu,p ent had it insisted on com
pelling the holders of State bonds to
take only the amount they had paid
for the bonds in gold say 80, so or SO
per cent. The argument urged so furi-
ously that bondholders gave grecnbacks
for bonds when gold was from 200 to
2:85 premium is worth nothing if it cam
not be applied to the States indebted
ness. The Ledger having failed to make
this point we do so for it.
Yet the parellel drawn between what
the State did in the payment of outstand-
ing bonds, and what it is proposed the
Nation shall. do is not good. AT the
time the State made a composition with
her creditors, giving the Erie Canal and
its lands for one-half of the debt, new
bonds for the other half, and two and a
half per cent. bonds for the interest then
due, there was in existence State Trea-
sury issue Of circulating notes, beariug
per cent. interest, and receivable for
all taxes due for the State. The Dem
ocracy-f5 was not so-called then
did not then propose to enlarge the is
sue of these circulating notes to pay of
the five and two and half per cent
bonds. Such q proposition the old hard.
money -Dalnocrats would have scorned.
The State Treasury notes were redeem
ed in lawful money, and a large amount of
the principal paid.
At the beginning of the war the State
issued six per cent war bonds The
bonds sold in the market as low as SOC
for a dollar. The State promises only
to pay them interest and all in lawful
and they have been paid-one
hundred dollars in lawful money for the
eighty dollars loaned. The National
Government is doing what it can as fast
as possible to make the lawful money
eqnal to gold. Prudence and common
honesty will make the greenbacks equal
TO gold long before the bonds became
DUE Madison Courier. -
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A band of Indians made a sudden at

A band of Indians made a sudden at
tack on detachment of our soldiers in
the mountains. The soldiers had a
mountain howitzer mounted on a mule.
Not having time to take it of and put
it in position, they backed up the mule
and let drive at the Indians The load
was SO heavy that mule and all went
tumbling down the hill towards the saw
ages, who not understanding that kind
of warfare, fed like deers. Afterward
one OF them was captured, and when
asked why he run 90, replied:
:" Me big Ingin, not afraid Of little
guns or big guns, but when white men
load up and fire whole jackass at Iniin,
me don't know what to do"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

Mr.. JOHNSON AND THE MAsoNs. -
Some people assert that as Mr.. Johnson
is a Mason, that the influence OF the Or
der will be used to prevent his impeach.
ment. II is not believed that any Re-
publican Congressman will be governed
by this influence. but il shows the des-
perate expedients johnson will make
use of to save himself.
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Mrs. Knowlton, Of Wright county. /.

Mrs. Knowlton, Of Wright county. Ia.
was subject to commissions, and while in
one of them, pair Of shears in her
dress pocket penetrated the abdomen
and stomach to the back bone, where
one point of the shears WAS, broken o6.
She died in few hours
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21
To Cheyenne and Onward.

Cheyenne, to which the workers on
the Pacific Railroad have been looking
forward as point far on their grand
journey to the other ocean, is no longer
a frontier, but way y-side town. The
tIack-layers reached it on Friday, and
before night, the town was left behind
and the rails were extending further and
still further over the plain. When the
spring opened in 1866, there were some
forty miles of rail laid west of Omaha.
and between Omaha and the Mississippi
there was gap of unbuilt railway not
less than one hundred and forty miles.
Since then the rail has been made con
tinuous over Iowa, and is now SIT miles
west of Omaha. Over 1000 miles of
continuous track westward from Chica-
go! This has been no ordinary labor.
Everything needed in the construction
of the road had to be carried there
Cars, locomotives, trucks, nails, spikes,
ties, rails all had to be conveyed to the
road from the East. The building ma
terial for bridges and culverts, the tim
bers, the iron, the stone, bricks, lime,
and cement had all to be collected and
brought o..Omaha, and then pushed for
ward on the newly laid track. There
has been more done than mere track
laying; towns have been built, settle
ments made, fields plowed, crops sown,
and gathered, and the hand of industry
employed to make that hitherto desolate
region productive. AS fast as the road
is built, agriculture pushes on its steps,
and the route from Omaha to Cheyenne
will in few years. be dotted with farms
and farmhouses, villages and towns just
as seen along the line of the railways
in Wisconsin and Iowa. The progress
of this enterprise is one of the marvels
Of marvellous age.-Chicago Tribune.
The Democratic papers throughout
the country are making merry over the
fact that portion of the delegates to
the Constitutional Convention of Ala
bama can neither read nor write The
Democratic editors of this State should
say as little as possible on this subject,
as one Of the most active and influential
members Of our last Legislature, Dem
ocrat by instinct and education, and rep
resenting a larger. Democratic con-
stituency than any Of his associate
members. was as deficient in reading
and writing qualities as the most ig-
norant negro chosen to any conven
ton in the South.-Ind. journal;
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

The Minnesota Christian, association
is discussing the question why do 90
many people say away from church and
can the evil be remedied That inquiry
may be answered in few wor1s-minis-
terial dullncss-the remedy being, more
spirit, more study, more earncstness,
more practicality in sermonizing
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

It is said that a Portland belle has
captivated the hero of Winchester, and
a serious engagement is expected.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

Mr.. Andrew Johnsons s. proclamation
recommends the American people to ses
apart and observe Thursday, November
%, as day of National Thanksgiving.
Among the reasons for gratitude to God
which we do not find enumerated in his
Proclamation, we reckon the fact that,
on the day thus appointed, barely fifteen
months and five days Of Mr Johnson's
term will remain to be endured.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

Governor Andrew had . policy of
$4,000 for the benefit of his family in
the New England Mutual Life Insurance
Company. s e. s-
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

The chairman of the democratic CEN
trail committee of Upton, issues call
in the Times for . convention on Satur.
day, Nov. 10th, 1867. We hope Turpen
will see to it that an earlier day shall b
that time and the democracy will then
mostly be angels.-IKokomo Tribune.
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MY CREED.
BY ALICE CARY.


hold that Christian grace abounds
& Where charity is seen that when
We climb to heaven, tits on the rounds
Of Love To uen.
hold all else, named piety.
A selfish scheme, a vain pretense
Where centre is not, can there be
circumference
This I, moreover, hold and dare .9
Affirm, where'er my rhyme may GO,
Whatever things be sweet or fair,
Love makes them so.
Whether it be the lullabies
That charm to rest the nursing bird,
Or that sweet confidence of signs
And bushes made without a word
Whether the dazzling and the flush
of softly sumptuous garden bowers,
s Or by some cabin door or bush
Of ragged flowers.
'Tis not the wide phylactery,
Nor stubborn fast, nor stated prayers.
That make us saints We judge the tree
By what it bears.
And when a man can live apart
From works on theologio trust,
know the blood about is heart
Is dry As dust.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

a correspondent writes from Georgia:
You would hardly believe we're to tell
you the absurd hopes excited in the
Southern bosom at the recent Democrat
ic success. One result the planters re-
gard as certain. We shall all be paid
for our niggers,' they say, 'in less than
three years. I know of several plan.
ters who have already made out all the
necessary papers, with descriptions, az
fdavits, &C., to support their claims"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

A clerk in the vincennes postoffce
has collated, from the letters which pass
through his hands fifty-six different
modes Of miss spelling the name OF that
city. @s "a =
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

Dan Voorhees, made . Coppsrhead
speech in New York, recently, in which
he impudently asserted that the recon-
struction laws of Congress had disfran-
chised 6O0, 900 white Southern men and
enfranchised million negroes. The
truth is that not one hundred thousand
whites in the whole South have been
disfranchised. and not exceeding COX, 900
negroes have been enfranchised, while
the white votes exceed the blacks in
numbers in every State. excepting South
Carolina, and possibly Louisiana. The
whites hold the political power In all the
rebel States, with one exception. If they
choose to exercise it, but II they refuse
70 vote they have no right to complain
Of the consequences. - ~ s.sset
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

The great error of the National Con.
vention, held in Baltimore in "a, was
passing over tried Union men Of the
highest standard OF antece lents, for
Andrew johnson whose antecedents
were all pro slavery, and whose pledges
have all proved worthless. They were
deceptive, made to be broken.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

The terrific tornadoes in the West Ia
dies on the 29th October, destroyed the
town Of ST. Thomas and 500 people.
About 500 more people were lost as sea
on the West India coast
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

A young lady recently died at Elgia
Illinois, and at her funeral when her
relatives and friends we're taking Last
look at the loved face, man to whom
she had been engaged, and who had pre-
sented her with An engagement ring but
a short time before her death, deliber-
ately bent over the corpse, and in pres
ence of all the church, removed the
ring from her finger and walked Oh
with it. -. eM 500. $500 = =.
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One, Bogy, a Democrat, complains
that johnson ''seems to be controlled by
some mysterious influence which is inn
penetrable." Apply to Mrs. Cobb. gs
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

DIR. Mcgowan estimates that the loss
of life by the Taeping war at about 75,-
900. coo souls but intelligent Chinese
say that full 100, ,00O, 900 were killed or
perished from starvation. The victori.
ons party put men, women and children
to tne sword, and canals and rivers were
red with blood of the Slain.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-21

The New York Herald is severe on
Johnson's Revenue officers. Itsays that
popular opinion hardly makes the dis
tinction between revenue officer and .
thief"