The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-25

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Senator Morton has prepared an ar.
sumUusUu16xt constitutes quorum Of
our State Legislature. He maintains
that IL 10 two thirds Of the actual mem.
bers Of either House, and the number
will vary with the variance in actual
membership. In case of the resignAtlon
Of forty members the House consists Of
what ID fSGt, and two thirds Of them 10 9
quorum Lnfs ~ 7g1 aak e@tta
PHRsoNAI. vyNDIcArioN.--Wep publish
on our fourth page, an editorial from the
Wabash Express, in vindication OF Mr..
MEREDlrH, one of the State Prison Di-
rectors. Our opinion is that much in
Justice has been done Mr.. NJ. and the
editor or the Express speaks our idea
when he characterizes the attempt to
remove him, without fair trial and an
opportunity to. be heard in his defence,
as malicious prosecution. 80 ,sa~.s
It has come TO light that Johnson par
doned 142 counterfeiters and 81 convicts
for violating the Internal Revenue laws.
According to this showing A. j. must
have, at least, 233 friende, provided all
the pardoned are alive. ass ussj .ga.r
Commodore Charles M Cauley died ut
Washington on Saturday, aged seventy
six. He is the officer who destroyed the
Norfolk Navy Y ard at the breaking out
OF thesrebellions anzs zqa EDS BAD bEs
Each of The Presbyterian Assemblies,
In sessfonpin New York, has q commit
tee OF fifteen to initiate plan of union.
The project has been before these bodies
for SIX years. 1t looks as il 1869 might
be the year Of union, to be long scelebra-
ted by those who are house divided
against itself, A report on the subject
was made to the New School yesterday.
The last eighty six miles Of the Union
Pacific are to be examined by Messrs.
Morris, OF Illinois Wilson, of Iowa,
aud Gen. Warren, before the bonds go
ont for the same. Bad stories are told
on those last spikes. s.f : : e-.,sssl.g
Its aaid that General Cochrane is to
golto1 Paraguay on special mission
He probably goes to hunt up our regV-
lar Minister, 6 eneral McMahon, who
has so mysteriously disappeared. Some
body will probably have to go to hunt
up Geueral. Cochrane by and by. 81
Mr.. and sAes.. Daniel 8. Grant celebrated their
golden wedding In Boston, Mass Saturday evening,at
the residcns tsr son-in-law, Me-. Reuben Crooke,
Of the editors Of The Traveller. Mr.. Grnnt is over
20 and his wife y years of age. The worthy couple
surprssd in the appearance of ancient set Of
china which had been used at their wedding in 1917,
and which they had not seen for some years. They
have six living children and eighteen grandchildren,
4. number of whom were present. OF
A. H., Stephens is gradually improv-
ing. Mr.. S. hopes that in the course Of
q few weeks he will be able to resume
his labors on his second volume of the
.s.War Between the States" He is walk
ing ABOUND his room supported by chairs
The general route Of the Pacific Rail
road between Sacramento and Promon-
tory Point il 80 nearly direct that in the
whole distance the greatest deviation
from d straight line drawn between the
two places is but fifty five miles, and
there Ii ci1ay one Instance Of such devil
alton. p l4Ssafb stS 1aA rSA soN
Senator Sherman, in reply TO the in
vitation to attend the Equal Rights Con.
vention in New York, said that: .'From
Congress into convention is from the
frying-pan, into the fire." AS to the
policy of admitting the women to the
franchise, Sherman .can't see it, slough
he suppose they will get it if they want
it. He. is inclined to think, however.
that female voting, like free-loye, will
be calculated to- produce discord in the
family. G2i1 ysi1corvd b1aclno t9u !iiv
Prof. Goodwin Smith, Of Cornell Uni
yersity. has replied to Sumner, who al
luded 20 his fSrnith'sI views before he
came to this country on the Alabama
question. Prof Smith argued that Eng
land had not acted in bad faith toward
this country, and that the Palmerston,
like the Gladstone, government desired
to do ,liberal Justice to this country
Goldwin will probably find the debating
society OF the University at Ithica
s'down on him. &. ga -it
Gold went down two and half per
cent. under the order of Boutwell, to sell
two millions a week instead of one
That 10 probable the result of tempo.
rary spasm by the 'bears." 1t will
doubtless react. 1sa = 20 Tia'1
Drunkards in Illinois are legally class
ed with idiots and insane persons, and
their property handed over to guardi-
ans. It is probable that no person of
money and fine cloth will be vulgarized
by the title of drnnkard. Many laws
are enacted more especially for common
people. ~ gsa9rroa s.. g faaof
The loaps and discounts of all the
National Banks amount to $659,OOO.00O
the capital stock to over $500, OOO, 900
This gives $1,000, 600, 600 bearing inter-
est for -1420, OO0, 900 capital. 0
PANS, May 23.-G eneral Dix, the
American Minister. to-day had an audi
ence with the Emperor, at which he in
troduced Mr.. Washburne as his success
sor, and took formal leave of his Maj
esty. Mr.. Washburnc then presented
his credentials as envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary Of the
United States to France.
LoNDoM. May 22.-The rejection OF
the treaty for the sale of St. Thomas,
a. TT-;<od Q<afoo Couofo eauooe