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The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05
New Postage Stamps.

In June last, Postmaste General Ran
dali advertised for proposals for furn,
ishing the Government with postage
stamps for a term of years. The com
mittee Of experts appo inted for the pur
pose decided in favor of the National
Bank Note Company of New York City
and the Post master General awarded
the contract to that company for o term
Of four years.
The following description Of the de
signs for the new stamps will prove
interesting to our readers:
The two cent stamp represents a post
boy on horse running at full speed,
illustrating the fact that this stamp is
mostly used for dispatch letters.
On the threecent stamp there is a
finely engraved locomotive. This is
surrounded by lines of lightning, indica
ting the speed with which letters are
carried on which this stamp is used.
The i've ceat stamp has an excellent
portrait of Washington.
uc ttA CChC ali CACCilCub
microscopic copy Of the painting of. the
signing of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, bringing in the rotunda at Wash
ington.
The twelve-cent stamp, mostly used
| for foreign postage. has a picture OF a
steamer at sea.
The thirty cent stamp has copy of a
pninting of the surrender of Burgoyne,
hanging in the rotunda Of the National
| Capitol.
| One of the characteristics o. the
| stamps manufactured by this company
| is that the ink used prevents persons
washing and using the stamp a second
| time. The fibre in the centre of the
stamp is broken completely; and they
adhere better, while the ink Of cancelia-
ton sinks into the paper.
/ The engravings on the stamps are re-
10 arkable copies of historical pictures,
and bear the test OF microscopical
examination.
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05
THE NEW YORK LEDGER
FOR THE YEAR, 1863.
THE GREAT FAMILYPAPER.

The Ledger is the most interesting paper in tho.
W ord.
More people take the Ledger than take any oshe-
paper in the country.
1t has the largest number of great and dsting sh-
cd writers. f
1t contains the purest sweetest, and most defis-tt
ful love stories striking narratives and instructive
biographical and historical sketches.
All questions growing out of the domestic reia-
tions, lovers quarres, law and business matters
are regularly answered in its columns. A vast
amount OF useful information is given through this
attractive department of the Ledger
The principal Bishops, Doctors of Divinity, an6
Clere ymen write for it.
William Cullen Bryant, the great American poet
has translated, expressly for the Ledger, thrilling
Spanish Novel, which we shall publish during the
new year.
Rev. DR.. Tying is now engaged upon an Original
Story, which will be con tinued through twelve num-
bers of the Ledger.
We now publishing series of twelve short true
stories, by twelve of the most distinguished clergy
men in the United States.
Our standard, popular writer, Mr.. sylyanus Cobb,
heretofore, to write only for the Ledger
The millions of admirers of Mrs. Southworth will
find her original stories only in the Ledger. -
Miss Dupuy will continue her dramatic stories,
and Fanny Fern her sparkling sketches.
Henry Ward Beecher will continue to furnish his
weekly articles. and James Parton his biogra phica
| Alice Cary, Ethel Lynn, Dr. Charles D. Gara4tte,
and al our other present writer's re-engaEe for
Professor William Henry Peck John c. SAKE and
Mary Kyle Dallas viii Hereafter write for paper,
but the Ledger.
| Two OF cur eoGtribntoTs hare been ministers to
the court al s.. James. Within the past year he
son Of another OF onr contributors has been elected
| President OF the United STATES
| The BEST that a long experience enables to see
/ lect and thai rfehey, without stint can buy. will
constantly sprea bei6reste readers of the ledger.
The render always gets more than hisH2ney'z worth
pin tbe Ledger,
/ OSJE TEarfs TzesS fS88xaE o ~. IS TIE
time TO sFJBSCxeEBE.
| par FC,tT#
which is So 80 copy; eight copies, S2o The party
| who sends SO for club OF eight copies ali
/ sent timel, will be entitled to copy FREE.
| Postmasters and others who get mp clubs, in their
respective towns afterward add single copies at
/ So 80. .@ at =& s1 -H
| n- We employ no travelling agents. Address all
| communications to
ROBE s0NNER, Publisher,
Corner of Villa .iAnd Spruce-Sts., New York.
!
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05
TIE BEST IN TIE WORLD.
New yolurae January lst,
The Scientific American
For 1869. 7t

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the best, the cheapest and most popular Journal in
the world, devoted to Invention Mechanics, Manufac
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Among the many important subjects discussed,
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many other things Instructive and useful to all classes
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Each number contains from Eve to ten Original En-
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with of Patentees, together with illustrations
and editorial notices of the principal inventions.
The numbers of the SCIENTIFIC AEERICAN
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pages each full OF choice reading and illustrated by
hundreds of SPLENDID ENGRAvINGS.
The New Volume commences January ist, there
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Clubs of ten names or upwards So so each per au-
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MUM Il CO.. Publishers,
81 Park Rev, New York.
@~ The Publishers of the Scientific Ameri.
can, for more than twenty three years have been
Patents, and have prosecuted thirty tn housa nd
applications at the Patent Office. An Illustrated
Pamphlet of Ito pages, Containing the Patent Law
and information to inventors, sent free.
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05
ANoTHER ACo1DENr.-On New Years

ANOTHER ACcIDENr-On New Years
day, whilst Adam Sauers was working
1t the grind stone which was up stairs in
the Paper Mill of N. r. Nixon, he at
tempted to throw off the belt, when his
right hand was caught in it and carried
his arm up to the shaft, until it stopped
al the shoulder, and then his body was
whirled around the shaft at fearful
speed, striking his feet against the cell
ing. Mr.. Nixon heard the unusual noise
and he hailed the engineer, who stopped
the machinery. Sauers, was extricated
from his perilous position, when it was
discovered that his arm was broken in
several places--mashed, and his right
leg broken in three places. His arm
was amputated, and the bones OF his
leg set5 but, from the severity OF his
wounds, it is impossible for him 20 re.
cover "hh
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05

DEATH FROM Hoe STEALING.-"Soc
cum," has always been famous for seeur
ing hogs, and pleading the custom of
The county, A case occurred near Spar.
;ansburg, where the plea could not avail,
from the fact that the party defunct
whilst abstracting the hog. A colored
Individual, having been employed by =
farmer to help him kill his swine, he
thought he'd go back at night and ap
propriate one.as He did SO, and In get
ting over the fence with his load, the
gambrel caught the colored individual
around the neck-the hog on one side
and the darkey on the other and in that
situation they were found the next
morning, both, t'yery dead indeed
Ehe hog will be tried before a jury con,
sisting of the farmers family.
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05
WASTE OF TIME.

There are only about THREE-T1FTHs Of the ca
ses Of chronic disease that admit of POSITIVE
AND RADICAL CURE. One-half of the incurablea
can be, under favorable circumstances, much
benefited, and the other half only pailiated.-
am willing to treat any case and do what I
can for it, but it so happens that very large
number of those patients whose complaints can
not be wholly eradicated do not wish to under
go treatment. Now as my time at each point
visit is all needed in examining and treating the
euRABLs cases it would be waste of time for
me to bestow my attention upon those whom I
cannot cure. =
TO avoid this, and save the patient all unne-
cessary trouble and expense al, are required to
write to me and await my answer before calling
on me at any Of the places | visit. Each PERI
son so doing must answer the following guess
tions: What is your height. weight and age?-
How long have you been sick? Are you of
temperate habits? What do ply scians call
your disease? Are your bowels usually costivc
or otherwise? Is your complaint hereditary
that is, have any other members of your family
so far back you can trace been afflicted in
the same manner as you? Has emaciation (loss
of fesh) been gradually going on since you be-
came aware of your present complaint? What
is the condition OF your mind; Are your
thoughts and emotions generally of dreary
nature or the contrary? Have you pains of any
kind? If so. give their location, character and
degree Of intensity nearly as you can and
the length OF time you have had them
A plain answer to the foregoing questions
will enable me to determine at once whether
the case is curable one.
All letters may be addressed to CLEvE.
LAND, O., as | have an agent there who will
forward letters regularly by express, wherever
Ispay be, SO that they will never be delayed
feyona day Or two On any occasion.
AS soon IS letter comes to hand I vii,
take the case into consideration, and in nv re-.
PLY give my opinion OF il snd the name - nc
Hotel At which may be found in the city Hear-
est you which visit.
14H correspondents mast eaclose poet
paid e1Veiope addressed to themselves.
Direct all letters as follows:
Or. A. NJ. FRENCH,
Care Lock Box 900, Cleveland, q.
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05


The little Republic of San Marino,
aimee 1859, entirely surrounded by the
Kingdom of Italy, as it was formly by
the Pontifcal States, has been wisely
as well as magnanimously left undis-
turbed by the Government of Victor
Emanual as an interesting relic of the
middle ages. Its population according
70 recent census, numbers about 5000
7o5 souls governed by Council of State,
composed of twelve members, chosen
from among the patrician families,
which have enjoyed this 3aristocratic
right for more than 200 years. There
p are no lawyers among them-the States
Attorney even not residing in the Re-
public. g ~ 7h5 G. 1a G
Solomon advises the sluggard to go
% the ant, but the shiftless Of the pres
ent day 60 their uncle.
In a happy family of father and.moth-
r. er and seventeen children in east tennes-
see, every one chews tobacco except two
"o' girls who dip. "a q
y Red checks are only oxygen in an
other shape. Girls anxions to wear pair
will find them where the roses do out
Of doors.
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05
Che galladin,,1.
RICHMOND. IND, JAN. 5th, 1869.

The Cincinnati Commercial, contains
> denial by Gen. Carey, that he used his
fac smile frank miscellaneously-it was
" 90 without his knowledge or consent.
Just SO; and this is the best reason why
these fac SMILES OF M. C.'s should be
abolished and they be restricted to the
legitimate use of the frankfng privilege.
We do not know that our distinguished
81 c. ever went to the expense of pro-
curing q fac simile of his name; if he
did, he didn't t use it on the Phrenologi-
cal Journal -"Pub. Doc he sent us; for
THAT, We distinctly mber, was frank
ed in his own fair and beautiful chirog-
raphy. ~ e ~ Gag- r av
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05

ACCIDENT, RELULTING IN DEATH.-On
New Years Eve, Henry Grotendick, re-
siding near New Paris, Ohio, while en-
gagged feeding his, stock fell from
ladder and injured himself so severely
that he died short time after.
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05

POCA ETrBOOK FOUND,-In this city, on
Main street, between Pearl and Fifth streets, small
Pocket-Book containing some money, &c. The own
er have it by applying to c. Wnkler, at the Dye
House west end of National Bridge, on describing it
and contents and paying SO cts him for this notice
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05

Having purchased the tools aud fixtures of Samuel
Sinex, Boiler Maker, and retained in employ that
most experienced of all Foremen, Charles Sinex, we
are making and repairing Boilers of althe desirable
STYLES and sizes. Use the best material the market
affords eud with the experienced workmen, assure
our customers that they will always receive good
work and at satisfactory prices.
YOE & SHOEMAKER. 3
Dee. Is, 1868, 2n. 9-'@ = sf.~
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05

NOW READY.
THE JANUARY NUMBER
LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE.
A HOLIDAY NUMBER.
CONTAINING
Tue opening chapters of the
BRILLIANT AND ORIGINAL AMERICAN NOVEL,
Written expressly for this magazine, entitled
BEYOND THE BREAKERS :
A STORY OF THE PRESENT pAr.
With tull-page Illustration.
HPOEMS FOR A GOLDEN WEDDING,
/. FIRST GREETING. BY R. Fl. Stoddard
2. SECOND GREETING. By Geo. H. Boxer.
3. SoNG. By Bayard Taylor.
III. CHRISTMAS PANTOMiMES
By T. C. de Leon.
". THE BLUE CABINET A CHRISTMAS STORY.
by Lucy Hamilton Hooper.
V. THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW
ByF. W. Clarke.
VI. THE SECRET AGENT (oF NAPOLEON I'LL
VII. JUSTICE FOR BLUE-BEARD.
Bv Miss NJ. A. Campbell.
VIII. CROSS AND CROWN; PoEM
By Edgar Fawcets.
TX. PEARL OF GREAT PRICE
By Rebecca Harding Davis
X. THE PARTISAN NEW YEARS.
Rv Gee VI. Towel
Al. NOR DEAD NOR LIVING: A LOVE Story.
BY Jane G. Austin
MI WILL SPAIN BE Il I;EPU8LIC?
o by Karl Blind
NH. GOLDEN D REAAs5: \ CHEIsrMAs sToRr
By Albert Fabre.
XIV. OIB 3LGNIHLT G0SSIP.
X. LITERATURE OF THE DAY.
The Third yo2unlc and S8covb YEAR of LTPELZs-
COTT's MAGAZINE Of Literature Science s.ref
Education commences with the Number for Tanr r.,
1863; and it is The intention of the Publishers
the Magazine shall not cniv MAINTAIN the
HIGH LITERARY REPUTATION
which it has acquired during lie first year osts pub
licaton, but that it shall be still more valus e at
tractiye, and entert aiming
Each Number will contain large proportion Of
LIGHT READING, together with articles of a more
thoughtful class.
NOW Is THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE,
and the opening chapters of the new and en-
ter.ainng Serial Novel.
TERMS OF LIPPENCOTT,S MAGAZINE
Yearly Subscrpton, tS4. Single Number, IS cts.
Specimen number sent to any address on recent
| of Twen tyfve cents.
Subscribers will please be careful to give their
| Postofice address in full.
"A full Prospectus, with Club Rates. and Prenri,r,
List of valuable Books viii be sent on application
Address j. II. LIPPINCOTT & CO..
Publishes
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The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05

A distinguished Methodist Minister
and prominent Temperance Lecturer
once remarked that go where he would,
from one end ofthe country to the other,
ne hardly failed to find PLANTATION BIT
rERs, and while he condemned the prac-
tice of using these Bitters too freely, he
could not conscientiously say that he
would discard them from the side-board
for he himself had experienced beneficial
results from their use, and that, from a
long and close observation, he was con
WINGED that when used moderately, and
rs a medicine exclusively, they were all
that was recommended. At the same
time he warned his hearers not to pull
the cork too often, for they were far too
pleasant a tonic to trifle with.
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05

Why would lawyers make good sol
diers? Because they know how TO
charge.
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05

The steamship Rising Star, from AS.
aeinwall on the 29th ult., has arrived at
New York, bringing over half million
in treasure %
The State debt of Illinois is now S5,-
9es.453, decrease since 1864 of over
$4,000. .o0Oa The receipts from the H.
linois Central Railroad and from the
Illinois and Michigan Canal, will, after
1870, be sufficient to pay the State debt
by the time it natures in 1879, without
any. other tax. i5caEGs t'Gir
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05

Partnership Notice b,ls
FHsHE undersigned have formed a Co=Partnership
ness, in tie city OF Rchmoud, under the title Of
PLUMMER MORRISON. sa.sl
We will be pleased % have friends in the Trade
call upon ats, examine our Stock compare prices
and give the benefit Of their orders, If they find il
TO their interest to do so. .zes-7T
essg J. W. PLUMMER, 4
ROBT. NORRISSON.
18th month, 1st, 1868. Dec. 15,-3t.
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05

Jones called on the man who restores
oil paintings, and requested him TO Try
TO restore one stolen from his residence
ii year ayo
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05

SENATOR CHANDLER, of Michigan, yes
Republican caucus of the Michigan Leg
;slsture for reelection to the U. S. Sen
ate. The opposition to him, though
zaucy, was not strong. The main point
urged against him was that he was too
large consumer Of whisky, and other
wise person Of improper habits, but
the politicians do not seem to have
troubled themselves much about his
moral character Cincinnati CONNER
cisl, jan 7.
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05

MAGNOLIA WATER. to the
best imported German Cologne, and sold at half the
The Richmond palladium., 1869-01-05

DTEp,-on Tuesday morning. Dec. %, Harry D.,
only child of j. W and Jennie Hutson aged years,
months, and 10 days.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-11
IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS.

IMPORTANT TO PAINTERS
The following are the rules adopt
ed by the New Orleans Cotton
Shipping Association:
Six ties OF bands only, shall be
received on each bale, unless an
allowance is made OF two pounds
for each and every tie or band
above that number. Three hun
bred pound shall constitute the
minimum weight of a merchanta-
Die bale, and the buyer shall have
the right to reject all bales below
that weight. Bagging heavier
than usual, double bagging, on
more than sufficient to cover the
cotton, will be objected to, and
will have TO be allowed for.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-11
KANSAS CRY AND IT'S BRIDGE.

KANSAS CITY AND IT'S BRIDGE.
The first bridge over the Mis-
souri,, recently completed, cost
upwards Of a million dollars. 1t
is opposite Kansas City, where
seven lines of railway center-this
being the most important railway
point west Of Chicago The rail-
ways converge on the bottom
lands below the city, which are
now worth $1,000 per acre. The
great hills in the ueighborhood OF
the city still need a vast amount
OF grading, and strong Jets OF
water thrown from hose are now
cutting them away just as the
hills of California are disembow.
eled by hydraulic mining.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-11

We clip the following report
from the Union Parish Record, of
the 4th instant:
CoTToN.-We have made dill
gent inquiry in regard to cotton
prospects in our parish. and from
the best information we can get,
there will not be scarcely a half
crop gathered Of what the yield
promised on the 10Th of August.
This may appear strange to those
who read our encouraging an
nOuncement up to 21st ult., but
it is true and of easy solution,
and many planters ON the alluvial
lands will be disappointed in the
yield when they come to gather
After the copious rains in july
and August up to 7th, the showers
through the remainder of the lat.
ter month were very partial, and
the sun shone with such intense
heat as, in certain soils, to scald
the cotton, causing it to cast of
all squares and small bolls; an6
where showers did not visit regu
larry, all cotton suffered from thi.
intense heat. The last day O
August gave us in this locality /
general rain cooling the atmos
phere so much as to make heay,
clothing comfortable in the morn
ing. This viii have a good effec
in maturing and perfecting boil
that were opening before maturi
ty under the intense heat.
| 1t we are to credit the reDort
from all parts Of the country. tn
crep will be considerably short Q
last year, and with a reporte,
failure in India, our farmer
should gather with care and er
deavor to some extent to make n
in quality what they lack i
quantity.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-11
The Planters Banner furnishes

The Planters Banner furnishes.
the following scrap of Coolie his
tory:
It will be remembered by many
of our readers that ia 1867 we
visited DIR. Kittridge's plantation,
where there were % Chinese la.
borers at work in the field. They
had just been brought from Cuba.
Lieut.. Kelly, then and now man
ager on the plantation, gave us
all the information he had in re-
gard to these labors, and / gave a
statement of these facts in the
Banner. u 1851 "tf t5fE
| met Lieut.. Kelly on the mail
steamer at Franklin, and came
with him to the Lafourche Cross
ing. | asked him what became of
those Chinese, and how he liked
them? He said that at first they
did pretty well, but they soon be-
came trifing. He could neither
coax nor drive them into the field
when they chose to stay in their
cabins. They preferred making
bead work, toys and trinkets, to
field labor. IN making these they
were expert and ingineous. They
sold them at Napoleonville for
more than their plantation wages
amounted to, and docking their
wages, and Withholding their ra-
lions had no effect on them. They
all carried sheath knives like sal
lors. One day Lieut.. Kelly was
badly aggravated by one of them,
and struck him with a hoop pole.
Eight of the Chinese drew their
knives and made at him. He
backed, and fell over cart tongue
backward; they would have killed
him but for a truSty negro who
fired among them with a six
shooter. s -.l'
Lieut.. Kelly then went to Ma
poleonville, and obtained the ser
| vices of an officer and drove then
all from the place. In searching
their cabins, they found axes
saws, hammers, and all sorts q
carpenters and coopers' tools
hidden away, tools that they hat
missed from the plantation, bu
never till then knew who til,
thieves were. He says they cal
outsteal anything he ever saw
They are treacherOus, stubborn
and lazy, and he would rathe
have one negro on a place thai
five Chinese. But he thinks thes
were not as good as the average
of Chinese laborers, and doubts
they did not rank low among tn
Coolie labor of Cuba. But b.
says he never wants another CHI
nese laborer on a place that h
manages.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-11
Now that the Southern States

Now that the Southern States
are about to commence a new |
cotton year, they ought to |
transact the whole of their cot |
ton business on a gold basis,
JUST as the foreign bankershave
always done in their dealings
in bills of exchange. In this
way the whole Southern States
might gradually place them
selves on a gold currency basis
precisely the same as practised
in California, thus ignoring the
Legal Tender act of Congress,
just as the loyal State of Cali
fornia always has done, from
the beginning until now. The
Southern States, by following
the example of California in
buying ann selling only for
gold, would then accumulate
a gold and silver currency,
which would bring about a
practical resumption of specie
payments and protect them
from danger of loss from any
fluctuations that may arise in
the market value of the green
back currency. Cotton COM
mands gold in every market, at
home and abroad, and it is a
better basis for the practical
immediate resumption Of spe-
Gle payments in the Southern
States than the gold and silver
mines of California. Every
Southerner is interested in this
question, and every journal in
the South ought to exert its in
tiuence to bring about this re-
; suit without delay. Let the
South sell it's products for gold
and gold only, and let them
keep their surplus in gold as
the only currency to use, just
as California always has done
This will be some progress OF
; the road to specie payments
: and it will tend to keep gold il
! the country.-[N. Y. World.