The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-10-19
PALLADIUM CORRESPONDENCE.
HwAsH,seros. D ~. Oct. lstb. 1869.

President, all of. the Goveinment~ d.
partments wese closed; by direction of
the Mayor, all of the Municipal Officers
of the District were closed, and by the
will of the business men of Washing ton,
business Of all kinds excep the business
of selling Wlliskey and segars, was pref
~ generally suspended.
d9a9i THE ELEcTIoN.eRz EI baa
Although the people of the District of
Colum bia have no vote, except a munic-
ipal one, they are m ore than equally in
terested and excited with the people of
the different State, in every state cleo
ton. Many here actually live on poll
tics and would be out of their elements
if forced to engage in some honorable
pursuit The principal street corners
are crowded to day, and the main topic
of conversation is on the election in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Iowa. Among
the republicans, it is principally about
Pennsylvania, for we know full
well here thatthe republican party OF
Pennsylvania has not only to fight the
Democratic party so called, but have to
buffet against the influence of misused
Greenbacks. OF Ohio, and Iowa, the
is no fear, and so little is the faith of
the Copperheads here of Packers chance
In Pennsylvania even, that they have
dared to make but few bets Of one
against two in his favor, ,.e-r.,
prospects of being elected to the United
States Senate, is fatting his friends here
and they claim that their Second Jack
SON oaly has to crack his whip, and
Tennessee obeys; that his absence from
his native State while President, was
the cause of her loosing herself, that
while the cat is away the mice will play
Complimentary to the intelligence and
independence of Tennessee. al a7ea
! Eevfr en STORYTELLING alto ~, 5T5rs
What would the people do withou,
newspapers, did your readers ever stor
to think? What darkness would enyeloI
the social world, what an aching void
would ne felt, we're the good old times
of SO years ago to return upon us sud
denly, wherein we had only one news
paper for more than one hundred tina
we have now2 Common people could
not hear about the great things goine
on in the world, for they could not af-
ford to take the costly paper. the only
one perhaps, printed within one hund
red miles. isyefrrs4 sxs sno6s st
People talk about common schools
education. DC. What is greater. edn
cation of the masses, than the country
newspaper Suppose our people wer'
deprived of having all the wonderful
news of the events transpiring all owe
the world, of the struggles Of the mssse
to establish free governm ents; of Oh ina
and the Chinese; of Cuba, and the FIJI
libusters; Of Andy. Johnson's prospec
Of coming to the Senate in two years
and how he is backed by the gold gam
blers of Wall street; of the rumors tina
General Grant has joined that sam
crew; OF all sorts of scandal, from al
quarters Of the world. the rowing match
es, fighting matches, and matches i
high life, very few of which are "mad
in heaven" there is re ason to feal
Would not their education be sadly nee
lected, if they could hear nothing of til
inventions of the day, for the saving c
labor, and the development OF the rae
in hundreds of directions, as well as {
current, ism and 'ologies', OF the ag,
some of which however seems to b
steady going people, to be little bette
than inventions Of the evil One to be
fool and be little mank ind.
. But rejoicing over this feast Of f.
things, occasionally mixed, we confes.
with some that is rather lean, the reat
er ought not to forget the poor scril
bier who tolls for his education and d.
velopment, who writes that he lniel
read, who travels the highways, an
who drives into all the by. ways Of Iii
in hopes to bring forth, for the re- adler
benefit, things new and old Here "
! have been in Washington. during a
this season, which every body calls dull
searching for hidden treasures for, yo
II we have found q few pearls, we hay
sent them to you, and we are we'll repai
in the Consciousness, that we have n
cast them fore-unappreciative ere
lures of any description We deser,
especial commisseration because tn
season has been particularly dull f,
tho news gatherers at the Capitol
WOMEN SUFFERERS
Wonder If the Woman's Riohte
hold any such meetings in your town
, we have here every week! I do not 8,
accounts OF any such in your paper. r.