The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-07-11

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For the inform alton Of our readers we pub.
lish the following list Of the officers composing
the State Board of Agriculture. under whose
directions the coming State Fair will be held
President A. D. Hamrick, Hamrick's
Station, Putnam county.
Vice President-Dr John C. Helm, Mupcie,
Delaware county. az sQ8HxA ia 7@
Treasurer-Carlos Dickson. Indianapolis.
General Observation-Disclosures B. Sullivan.
Indianapolis.
Secretary-J A. Holmes, Rochester, Fulton
county. Office in State House, indianapolis.
Executive COMMUNICATION. A. d. Hamrick.
president, ex oficio: Hon. w. G. Donaldson.
J. III. Grosvenor, Hon. James e. Williams and
Joseph Poole. sG . T#.RE@h.
A New Orleans Special says that the late adj
vices from Juarezs headquarters state that he
will convoke Congress at the captal. into whose
hands he will deliver the government, and ten.
der his resignation. A revenue cutter left for
Vera Cruz with dispatches from the State de-
partment. Mrs. President Juarez was rendered
q passage, but did not arrive in time. -ataT
In 1862 number of Servians vowed that q
razor should not touch their faces until they
could be shaved in the fortress of Belgrade, on
the day when the Turks left it. A few days
ago, the Ottoman garrison having Withdrawn,
these very long bearded patriots marched in
procession to the fortress, escorted by number
Of BARRIERS, and had their faces placed once more
upon the peace establishment. sfeef eas
General Spinner, in an ofic al letter TO the
cashier Of national bank in New Hampshire,
says that after the failure of q national bank it
has nothing more to do with its notes. all of
which the United States undertakes to redeem.
Such notes are subject to the same rules of re-
demption as the public notes Of the United
States. .-asses17-5s -aaf5
PRUNfNG ToMAToKs.-It is stated that gar
dencrs in France cut off the stem of the tomato
plants down to the first cluster of flowers which
appear on them-thus impelling the sap into
the buds below the cluster, which pushes up
vigorously, producing another cluster of flow
ersTs when these are visible, the branch to
which they belong is also topped down to their
level; and this is done five times successfully.
By this means the plants become stout dwarf
bushes, not over eighteen inches high. In or
der to prevent them falling over, sticks or strings
Special dispatch says that at a negro meeting
held near Charlottesville. Virginia, on the 4th,
colored preacher was the chief spokesman. He
said he would be satisfied with nothing less
than absolute social as well as political equality.
and he would not think reconstruction properly
effected until he could enter the parlor of the
best white man in the land and be addressed
as Mr. Lindsay He urged the negroes to
elect black Governor and fair share of the
Legislature, one Senator and all the Congress
men they could get. s. .s-.z.
A large force of Indians are encamped on tho
Arkansas River, south Of the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company, Eastern Division. busy engaged
in horse stealing, their object being to mount
all their braves before commencing war in earn
est. 1t is said that every thing i'll the shape OF
a horse or mule is driven off. Work is now en-
tirely suspended On the line Of the road for q
hundred miles west Of Fort Eiarker; but ar
engagements being rapidly made to arm the
workmeD, and commence operations again.
Governor Crawford, of Kansas, has called for
eight hundred mounted men for four months,
and recruiting is very brisk.
A late Paris letter contains the following:
ut is remarkable circumstance that in the
midst Of the fruit season, in the midst of unusu-
ally rapid and unreasonable changes Of weather,
and with an immense superadded population at
Paris, we are having less Of diarrheal affect
ions than usual at this time of year. The hos
pitfalls almost free of cholera and of choleri-
form Affections ~ ri -=ez- t,- ..=4
The same cheering indications that the chol-
era will not prevail this summer are remarked in
this country The health of Cincinnati, this
season, is better than usual, and there no
cholera cases or choleTiform affections whatever.
= Gin. Commercial.
New Orleans dispatch says that ex-Gov-
ernor Wells having waited sufficient time for
the President to decide on his removal, and the
latter not having acted in the matter, has determ
mined upon issuing a proclamation declaring
himself Governor and Flanders usurper de-
claring null and void Flanders acts, and direct
ing the Sheriffs and other civil officers not to
obey his orders. This. he believes, to be the law
under the Attorney Generals opinion, and he
thinks it will compel the President to act.
In the case Of Vickers. ard Others guerrilas,
charged with robbing negroes in Nelson County,
Kentucky. and convicted in the United States
Court at Louisville, on negro testimony, mo-
ton for arrest of judgement was argued before
Judge Swayne yesterday. The prisoners coun-
sci take the ground that the Civil Rights Law.
under which the trial was held. is unconstitu-
tional, and not applicable to Kentucky. where
where the State laws do not permit the evidence
of negroes to be taken against white men Tho
Judges decision has not yet been rendered.