The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-07-28

Oouul tHey Will oo Justoc ocs"SSn sAis
parties At another time, when sen
fencing a man to be hanged, this same
Judge said "Mr. Green, the jury In
their verdict say you are guilty of muir
Now, I want you .and all your friends
down on Indian Creek to know that ii
is not who condemns you, but the jury
and the law" and then having asked
him what time lie would like to be hung,
the prisoner replied he was ready to die
at any time Court would appoint The
Judge told him he would give him four
weeks time to prepare for death. The
prosecuting attorney reminded the Judge
that it was necessary for him to state to
the prisoner the particular reasons for
sentencing him to death, and admonish
him to prepare for the solemn event
His Honor replied: 'Oh, Mr.. Green un
derstands the whole matter as we'll as
though / had preached 10 him month,
he knows he's got to be hung this day
tour weeks-you understand that, don't
you, Mr.. Green?" to whicL the prso
ner replied, ..yes" When Judge Rey-
nolds-afterward Goveruor-was on his
first circuit, the sheriff proclaimed =
Come in boys; our John is going to
hold COURT and court was held. This
was before the day of circumlocuticn.
In 1880 Illinois had hut two small
ambOats, which ran on the Illinois
river, and the merchants had to go to
St Louis to buy exchange. In 1886,
however, the land speculation broke out
alresh, and created such a pressure on
the legislature for internal improve
ments,' that the construction of twelve
hundred miles Of railroad was author
lied, and large sums were voted as in
identification to those counties which
were not directly benefited. Eight mill
ion dollars were to be raised for this
purpose, and four millions more for
canals. The result was financial disas
ter
Up to 1852 there were but ninety five
miles of completed railroad in the State
Within four years afterwards there were
no less than two thousand three hundred |
and fifteen miles of completed railroad |
The main stimulus to this unprecedented |
extension, was the imperial land grant
made to the Illinois Central Railway,
mainly through the ipfluence of Senator
Dougfas
The Republican gives the following
recapitulation:
In 1910 the State contained popula-
tion of 1922: in 18l8-at the time of
-35. .22O; in 1920. 55,211; in 1880. 157.-
AS; in lS4O, 476, 1888; in 1850, s51, 40; |
in 1855, 1,3O6,676, in 1860, 1,711,951.
The exact increase since 1860 we have
no means of ascertaining, but the ratio
has been no less, certainly, than during
the preceding decades, although within
that time Illinois furnished over 264 900
soldiers to sustain the flag of our com
mon country-many thousands Of whom
now sleep near the many battlefields and
prison pens of the Southern States.
There are now between 5000 and 4,
900 miles Of railroad completed, at q
cost of not less than Sl20, 100000 and
other lines are now in process of con-
struction. These have developed the
resources of Illinois to remarkable
extent.
In 1858 the amount of taxable prop
erty in the State was S4O7 Al, 1867. The
State debt at that time was S9,0Os, ,26S
9S.''
Figures such as these are more effect
i've than any figures of speech can be in
conveying a notion Of the wonderful
the Union, as regards population.