The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-12-05

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il lividual, is making Himself ,sou1in
other parts of the State as he Gas in lis
ceunty, by statements d Whist he ter
as~"facts.' which he CLEANS as he &C..
knowledges, from democratic sources.
This, to say the least, is certainly curi-
Gus; but that he should repeat and thus
xchristen them, is still more SO: His
Statements about all those hin 9liqsor
in this city, 100 in number being
Dpublicans, we imagine is one off of the
same piece with the ''sights" he tells of
seeing at Indianapolis last winter, and
3 may be equally entitled to be considered
bawhoppers, with the ''tales he unfolds''',
Of our condition here--partlcularly when
such an incident as the following is re-
ported to have actually, occurred with
himself at the State Capital: Matthew
was at Indianapolis laboring for prohib-
nition, as persistently as he now is. and
sat a. large meeting Of the friends of
temperance there, he was called on to
make speech He arose. and stated
til at he had a confession t o make, and,
snftershearing it, if the audianeea insisted
on hearing him, he'd do so.s He said he
had met some of the 'sboyss in blue
who were drinking the ardent--they had
insisted on his joining them in their Ii
bations--he could not resist the impor-
tunities of the glorious boys, and drank
piM them, for which he was profoundly
sorry. land now" continued he, 1sif
you insist on me making a speech, I'll
do so.' The audience insisted, and our
friend Hull made pronibitory law
vouch for the truth of this incident and
merely give it to show that the skirts Of
this self constituted witness is not entire
ly clear, and that he evidently forgot the
cast the first stone," and that other trte
adage about the jewellers in glass taber-
nacles. If it be the fact that he found
Legislators INDUCING in dissipation, the
a prohibitory law as he himself did a
speech on the same subject, and be quite
as consistent as he claims to be ? sss fgz
~ A Thorntown correspondent of the
Lebanon Patriot. thus speaks of Mr..
HuHs efforts in that town. qzszqa2 g
. "Last Thursday evening the notori-
Gus Mathew r. Hull visited our town for
the ostensible purpose Of delivering a
lecture on the subject of temperance.
Thorntown, true to her reputation, turn
ed out good large audience which was
bored for over an hour by his mince-
meat harrangue. We are a friend to the
cause of temperance and believe temper
ance men should avail themselves Of
every opportunity to advance the excel
lent work; yet we believe that such 10 en-
as Matthew r. Hull. when they attempt
to deliver public lectures, do more inju-
ry than good. One of the most promi-
nent features of his jumbled up discourse
was his continued abuse of ministers of
the gospel and the Republican party, It
is true he said some good things and
told some stubborn facts, yet these re-
deeming features were almost totally
eclipsed by his irreverent and senseless
anecdotes. It was "big thing" for the
little boys, but taken as a lecture to an
intelligent audience it was q great bore"
p aa5n--------- Tayn ee#g- as
Commissioners Court is now in sessien-it
has considerable business on hand this term,
which is being dispatched by the Commission
ers with their usual promptness.s They are
holding their sessions in the Auditors Office.
the court room being occupied by the criminal
court There ares16 applications for license to
retaill liquor by the single shot-about half of
, that number being from this city.
Judge johnson, of the Criminal Court, gave
the grand jury strong charge in regard to fer
reting out various violations of law, particular
ly those occurring daily against the liquor law.
He is very prompt. and the prosecutor and law
yers will have 10 be ready when their cases are
called, or rub out and commence again. The
Judge does not look with any favor on either
wet nurse prosecutor or lawyer, believing that
the Court was established with the idea TO pre-
vent delay in the administration of Justice he
is working up to that idea. and, with his indom-
liable energy and perseverance, he'll succeed, or
dismiss the cases. F21 sffia ~ ~ ss1st5ssd
We neglected to notice the re- union at Cor
nelius Ratf s. of all his relatives, that Occur
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