The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-02-02

! Igsnce and fidelity to justify your choice
4 81 Tue House reassem bled gat the close
ef the. Senator'S ssmarks. Nhsn motion
for adjournment until the regular hour
I was made and carried.
j. EHn
-a FROM WASHING Tow CITY.
! The contested election case OF the Sec
ond District OF Louisiana was argued be
fore the Elections Committee on the 22d
Mr.. j Willis Menard, q colored man,
one Of the contestants Tor the seat, ap.
/ peared before the Committes aud made
long speech in his own behalf There
appeared to be much curiosity to hear
!. Menard. and . full meeting Of the Com
tni,tee vas secured He had prepared a
careful account Of all the facts attending 2
the election In HE District. and stated
fthem with force AMI eloqaence. having q
goodlinpression on the Committeeni en .
There is much speculatiol - TO tho re-
suit of this contest on account OF the
j right Of colored man to sit in Congress
oeirg involved. The impression pre-
walls that the Committee will not reach
the m ain issue, but will fnd themselves
! compelled TO report against both claim :
ants on account Of an Illegal electics,
/, The Secretary Of War has sent to Con-
gress the report Of Cen. Harvey, to
! whom was committed the charge Of the
Sioux .:s1 Indians md on the Upper Missouri.
From the report it appears tha: Gen.
Harvey has expended 9485,7S4 81 in
excess Of the 5000 600 placed ct bis dis.
posal, relying on Congress to make up
the deficiency. "A letter from Gen Sher-
man accoE panies the report, in which
the action of Gen. Harvey is approved.
Gen Sherman recommends that Harnev
be permitted to como to Washington to
advocate the justice of his course and TO
procure an appropriation to cover his
past outlays and to carry into full effecs
his plan of putting those Indians to work
in the Spring. e>,ts s - So "a
Mr.. Corcoran the m:llionaire banker Of
Washington. says he has made no claim
TO Consre for rent for his art building
Tor the use made of it during the war.
He has made claim however upon the
@ Qlarternaster General for rent of the
building from August. 1861, at the rate
OF Sl2.5o0 per annum. making total of
about $4,000.
Gen John NJ Palmer was inauzura.
ted Governor, and Col. John Dougherty
lieutenant. Governor of Illinois. at
Springfield, on the 9th ult. The Gov.
ernor strongly in.iorses the recommen-
datioIis generally contained in the mo-
sage Of his retiring predecessor. He
congratulates the Legislature on the fact
that the State debt is very nearly extin
guished. and j sng9ests that no debt
should be created in the. future that,it
might be possible to avoid. He referred
with pride to the system of public
schools, that offens adeqaats and equal
for flln al <f Ill Hho
children of the State the State charit.
asle institutions for. tho protection. i'm
prDvement. aud care OF the insane, the
deaf and dumb. the blind, the i.aiotic,
and the feeble minded. the Eve and Ear
Iafrmary, the Soldiers Orphans Home,
dc O. He recommended that the general
incorporation laws now in force he re-
vised and that summary method be pro-
vlded for the dissolution Of fraudulent
corporations. He also suggested that a
law might property be passed. restricting
railroad companies in their charges.
aa NovsL. DUEL -An apothecary lately
resused TO resign his seat st 1 theatre at
Vienna To an nf3cer, Who feeling him elf
in salsed, sent him q challenge. The
air,.hecarv Was punctual at the meeting.
but Observed he had to propose q. new
way Of settling the dispute. He then
drew from his pocket . pill box. and TAX
in. therefrom two pills, thus addressed
mis- antay ,nist .9ggxni e aF .HaalnaA aEo1t
AS man Of honor, sir, you wonld
not wish me 70 fight on unequal terms.
Here are, therefore, two pills, one com.
posed Of the most deadlY pOis1nn nthe
other pcrfectlv hsrmisSs We are, there.
fore. ON eq,Fti gronn,ls If I'VE each swM-
q.<. A. a. IL.
and / promiseT faithfully TO- take that
which volt leave. sagi3 asiElo1g e9Yf8 bBH
II is needles to add that the affAir
VAS settled by . hearty lAugN..e 8 tln"
- ses8y5eggs 5 ->-s l>-------s 10 s1ssi1t
A correspondents of The San Francis
20 Bulletin writes from Hankow, Chinh.
,naers slate Of November 10. that the cit,
zens. Of the Uaitcd States 1esident at
in ascor1suce with q circular
ssued by Dr. rsSalter, United States Con.
ul at Hankow and kinkiapg. .calle6 at
he Consulate on Tuesday, ogembers3.
nd voted for Grant and Colfsx. h vote
vas taken on the di6erent American
teamers then In port, with the following,
esult: On the Fire Queen, 1886 .tuns,
for Grant and 4 for Seymour; on the
lang Loring,i D45 tucs, 2 for Grant aud
for Seymopr; on the TAhroah, 300
ans, for Grant and for Seymour.
he different dependencics of the Han
ow Consniar district, viz: Kinkianxl
Voosuc. w Wuchong, and Hong Yang, al
otsd for Grant, making . oosal Ut68 Tor
rant and only 8 for Seymour. o enq
There are forty men Of Wit for one
Ian of common sense and he who will
arry nothing about him but good must
1ery day be At lose for small change.
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