The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-04-11
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RICHMOND, IND, APRIL u, 1857.
The last comment on the season 10 by
a soldier, who says this is not forward
March. N 50 ,a@4 Gts A
Theodore Clay, ,son Of Henry Clay,
has, for over thirty years, been an in
mate Of the lunatic asyinm at Lexington,
Kentucky. He became insane from dis
appointed affection
EASY TO RxMENBsR- length of
the Atlantic cable from the point where
it leaves Valentia Island to the spot
where 1t landed ut Hearts Content, 10
precisely l,S66 miles. It 10 . singular
coincidence thst its length should exact
" conform TO the date Of the year Of its
completion.
The Montgomery Mail declares it to
be colossal lie that Alabama needs
military law. enforced by federal armies,
and more huge colossal lie that Ten
nessee does not need it.
A boy named James f. Cloud. OF
Winnsboro, South Carolina, was killed
by lightning, in school, on March 18th
He was struck while walking with slate
in hand, across the room. The teacher
was stunned and .scorched, and had one
Of her ear rings melted. -4f.=z
A party Of robbers attacked the watch
man a. the railroad depot in Jefferson
Vile, Ind, short time ago, knocked
him down and gagged him. They then
broke into the paymasters office, forced
the safe with powder, got about S2O, OOO
and escaped. eaAs-zs3. rs ea4
There was Dutch Copperhead in
Pennsylvania, who was heard loudly Ia
menting after the late election of Gov
ernor Geary His sympathetic neighbors
begged to know the cause Of his distress.
"Oh teer me r. replied the afflicted citi-
zen, s'Gcary is elected and now we must
marry our daughters to te niggers.
It strikes US that under the present
condition of things it is not unlikely
that the Democratic ticket for 1868 will
be as follows: For President, Beverly
Nash, of South Carolina. For Vice
President, Clement L. Vallandigham.
The fact that Mr.. Beverly Nash has q
strong strain OF South Carolina blood in
his dark veins will make him peculiarly
acceptable to the Democratic mud-sills of
the North.-[Dayton Journal
LIQUOR LICENSES. The Journal is in
formed that the city authorities Of Shell
byville have put up the price OF licenses
in that city to six hundred dollars. This
slight increase in fees has had the effect
to reduce the number of saloons to five,
and, MS result, the police force has
been diminished ~
INTEMrERANcE ON THE INCREAsE-Dr.
Kirkbridge, of the Pennsylvania hospital
F. Al = % Ioo full n.
alyzing the causes Of insanity. For ex-
ample, in 4,776 cases he finds 334 direct.
" caused by incompetence, though this
is really but small portion Of the cases
that should be assigned indir ectly to that
cause. Ill health produced $50, large
portion Of which were due to intemper
ancc. So, also. of 15S cases resulting
from loss of property, and of 3O5 cases
BY mental anxieties, DC. dc. One opln-
ion DR. Kirkbridge has arrived at de-
serves serious attention, to wit: Thai
..intemperanco il steadily on the increase
in both sexes and among all classes.
We should dot be surprised if an ex
citement should arise in this country
that would result in closing up all thu
haunts of vulgarity and dissipation, boil
in the country and city.
At Convention of colored men il
Florida, on the 14th ult., they adopte'
the following first rate platform. III
last plank is especially sound, viz:
Resol,va, That we, as body, will sup
port Union ticket; we will support n
man that has ever been in the Confeder
ate service Voluntarily -. -. -.
Rcsoiced, Thatwe will stick to eac
other in one body, that we will stan
united rs one-that we will not be In
hucnccd by any man to cast vote.
Resolved, That We will not split GU
ticket, but vote the whole ticket.