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

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The Republican party has saved Re-
public and enfranchised race. Its
deeds win shine n history As the grand
est in the records Of nations.
The Democrats are raving about high
taxes and . depfociated currency, md
yet propose 10 debase the currency still
more By paying off the debt in green
backs. Every man in the country. no
matter how poor, has . direct interest
in the defeat Of 80 disastrous scheme
Secretary stanton fixed upon Novem-
Der !. - the date when the Southern
railroads should pay their Indebtedness
to the Government Application has
been made TO General Grant to extend
the time, and he has decided that no
more extensions shall be granted.
The National Bank system swept from
existence currency which was at once
mongrel in appearance, unstable in val
lie, and with few exceptions, insecure in
character, and substituted therefor
currency uniform in feature, everywhere
equal in worth, and safe as the Republic
Returns from eighty.ive counties in
Iowa show Republican majority of
twenty six thousand, nine hundred and
twenty. There are about q dozen thin
ly-peopled counties to hear from, which
will somewhat increase these figures. =
Our friends in that State are justly proud
of an increase or ten thousand on their
majority Of last year.
Milligan ard Bowles, Of Indiana, who
we're put in tho penitentiary on charges
Of IRRESPONSIBLE conduct during the war,
interpret the late Democratic successes
a. endorsements Of their conduct. We
suspect that those Republicans who
voted the Democratic ticket will soon
begin to plead that they were misunder-
stood. - ,.eass -
John A.. Andrew, for several terms
Governor Of Massachusetts, died Of ap-
oplexy, at his residence in Boston, on
the evening OF October s0th ult. Next
to Governor Morton, Governor Andrew
ranked, during the war, as an energetic
and faithful officer.
We heard q Democrat declare the 9TH
er night that the majority of the sol
diers who fell in the late war were Dem
ocrats. or course they were. Those
in gray were all Democrats.
James Gordon Bennett, jr., has for
some time been the managing editor Of
the N. Y. Herald, owned by James Cor
don Bennett, sen. Recently the young
man took to fast ways and his father ad
dressed the son note. The boy replied
from the DeImonico saloon stating that
he was agrssably engaged and that that
establishment did not advertise in the
Herald. Thereupon his name was drop
ped from the paper and soon afterwards
young Bennett, drunk upon the streets
and somewhat noisy, was arrested by
the police. The Bennett family need
demonstrating.
A single mile Of the Western Massa-
gchusetts Railroad cost 1920. 600.
Is The road to ruin is always kept in
good repair, and the traveller pays the
cxpenses Of il.
~ A rebel soldier, residing in Stanton,
Va, claims to have marched over seven
teen thousand miles during the war.
We shonld like to ask the Musical in
strument dealer who says his :" drums
cannot be beat" what they are good for.
An auctioneer vexed at his audience
said: at am mean fellow, mean as
dirt, and I feel At home in this COM
pany."
A wit once asked . peasant what part
he performed in the great drama Of life2
IL mind my own business" was the
reply.
sia What is the difference between bar
Der and q mother2 One has razors to
shave, and the other has shavers to raise.
Cal. the other day, while looking al
the skeleton Of donkey, made very
natural quotation. "Ah,'' said he we
are fearfully and wonderfully made
The most difficult operation in the
practice Of surgery is said to be g taking
the jaw out Of woman" The fellow
who said that must be an old bachelor
of the large blue sort. -
A lady in Maine lost five one hundred
dollar United States bonds. They wer,
picked up by an ignorant man, who die
- mt know What thew were and he carrie f
them home and gave them to his chill
dren for "pretty pictures" They Gu
the bonds up and carefully trimmed th'
coupons, which they kept to play with.