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Of yesterday, and with those Of the corresponding
day OF last year:
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13
An Oroinal Character.


A New Jersey correspondent men
tons the existence Of an eccentric old
farmer in his neighborhood who hps the
reputation OF being fire thiokef,' and
is consequently The subject of much SO
licitude to the village clergyman. Not
long since he was taken sick, and, being
quite old and feeble, his recovery was
considered matter OF doubt, and the
visit of the minister was desired by the
family After the usual friendly greet
ings were overtime clergyman, tosintro-
duee the objeet-of his visit remarked:
Friend W, you are now getting to
be an old man, ana have lived . care
LEES life; would it not be well to take the
present opportunity to make your peace
with Cod? Lord bless your soul!' re
piled the feeble old man, He and hain't
never had no fallin ont yet. s
This old gentleman's property adjoins
q cemetery, and at one time person
who was looking at it with 3 view to pnr
chase objected to it on this ground, and
asked Fits proximity did not cause him
some annoyance. Nc, indeed, my dear
sir, said he; the folks in .he graveyard
are the peaceablest neighbors I've got.
Il Harper's Magazine.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13

The largest record Miles Darden, a
native of North Carolina, who born in that State
in 1898, ard who died in Tennessee in 1881. He was
seven feet AMI six inches high and in 1s45 weighed
81 pounds. At his death he weighed little over
1000 pounds. In 1889 his coat buttonod around three
men, each of whom weighed 200 pounds, who walked
in it the square at Lexington In 1850 it requi-
red sixteen and half yards OF cloth, one yard wide
to mako him coat. Until 1853 he active and
lively and able to labor: but from tina. time he was
compelled to stay at hone,nr be hauled about in a
two-horse wagon. His coffin eight feet long,
thirty five inches deep, thirty two inches across the
breast eighteen the head, and fourteen across
the feet. 1t required twenyfour yards of black vel
vet to cover the sides and lid Of the coffin. Mil es
Darden was twice married, and his children very
large, though il is probable that none of them will er
er reach half the weight of their father.
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NEW BOUNTY Law.

IaDIASAroL,s, March 81, 1859.
tt the Editor of the indianapolis Journal. n
SRA great deal of inquiry is being made as to
the provisions Of the amended Bounty act of March
Sd, 1859. Claim agen s have greatly msrepresenied
its provisions, and caused soldiers and their heirs
much unnecessary expense and trouble.
= There are but two classes of persons entitled to
bounty under this amended act First, the soldier
who enlisted for three years and whose muster-in
and showed him to have served less than
three years although he discharged by oil
expration of term Of service This class, under
the act of July 2sth 1856, received only fifty dollars.
Under the new law they entitled to fifty more.
The second class are the heirs of soldiers who
listed for and served three years. and who, his
turn home after discharge, took sick and died from
disease not contracted in the service. His heirs,
der the act of July 2Sth 1856, received nothing
they will receive hundred dollars. These the
only parties benefited by the act of March Sd, 1852
Soldiers should pay attention to what claim
agents say, keep their discharges il their posss.
sion until they kno,c from DISTINGUISHED parties that
there is something coming to them Soldiers enlist
ed after July 18th, 1864 receive nothing under the
| act of March Sd, 1869.
Editors in this State will confer great favor on
soldiers and their heirs by publishing this notice.
The Indiana Military Agency continues to collect
all bountes pensions, other claims for soldiers
their heirs free of charge, heretofore Letters of
inquiry promptly answered.
| WILLIAM HANNAMAN,
| Indiana Military Agent.
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Choate's Account Book,

3 A good story used to be told of Choate
ate by Mr.. Minns, who was student in
his office. One day the former cam
into his office, and seating himself be-
fore the fire, began scratching his head
with unusual violence. By and by he
said, in his most dramatic tones. ~
i wonder what becomes of all my
money, NIr. Minis
Minis stopped his writing and looked
at him. His face looked comical enough
Finally he ventured to make a sugges-
ton.
why don't you buy small book Err.
Choate, and enter in it what yo;l receive,
and what you pay out? and then you
win know where the money goes
Capital idea, Mr.. Minis, capital idea.
Won't you be good enough to go out
and buy me one
Minis brought him the book, and
Choate sat down and made two Or three
entries in IT, III.
a few months afterward Minis had
the curiosity-seeing the book lying up
on Mr. Choate's desk-to look into it to
see how he got along with his accounts,
when 10! there were the entries he had
made on the day of its purchase, and all
the rest was blank
Mr.. Choate might have been rich
man if had had any method in the keep
ing of his accounts. After his associa-
ton with his son in law, Major Bell, late
~ deceased, his affairs were much i'm
proyed-Harper's Magazine.
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SHAD CULTURE There are physical
capabilities with fish as there are politi
cal capabilities with men. The one can
be naturalized in new waters as the 9th
er can be new countries. Thegeograph
icalsrange of shat, until within the last
ten years, did not extend south or west
OF Florida; the marine feeding grounds
of the Gulf OF Mexico and the Carib
bean Sea were not visited by til EN- until
DR.. w. G. Daniel transported some fe
cuudated ova from the Sayannah aero
the dividing ridge to the Etoxa, trib-
utary of the Alabama river. This spawn
produced young shad, which n igrated to
those Southern Seas In due time, true
to instinct, they returned and propaga
ted, and are now increasing IN numbers
in the rivers where they have been thus
naturalized. In this simple way DR..
Daniel introduced a new and valuable
yarity OF fish-food through u vast sec
ton of country, comforting a great boon
on its Inhabitants; and by the same sim
pie means we hope at some future day
TO people our own Delaware with the
salmon. Thaddeus Norris in Lippin-
colts Magazine
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Sharp Practice.

Our admiration was challenged at the
adroitness with which the majority Of the
special committee of our city Council
disposed Of Che two propositions, COM
mitted to it, out of which to mannfac.
ture nth Ward. The first, dividing
on 7th and Main, making the territory
for the new out of the old 3rd Ward,
was duly submitted, and looking thro'
the democrats lens, it appeared 10 be
somewhat Republican in its make up;
and, thcreupon, our democratic Council
men shook their heads-put them to-
gether, and the result was another peti
ton, and the proposed Ward (another
"Fifth' was carved out Of that portion
of the city North of Vine, and East OF
Ft. Wayne Avenue and the Newport
Pike. Solemnly, and with every appear
ance of fairness, thu majority of the
committee make their report, recon-
mending that the latter proposition be
submitted to the votes Of the city at the
election in May next; whilst the former
was incontinentally smothered. The
secret of tue whole movement is Just
this-the democratic foxes, after getting
all the substance out of the Republican
cheese in their possession, leaving moth.
ing but the rind, thought they'd thrust
a poll through it-caI it Fifth" Ward
and, with the aid of some Republicans
who might not readily see through the
transparent shell, succeed in making a
No l democratic Ward, and thus secu-
ring, for all time to come, the prepon-
liderance of that element in the Council
blame our democratic opponents for
their sharpness. in trying to perpstuate !
democratic majority in the Council; bat
we'd blame the Republicans if they
would quietly permit them to consumate
tiseii.s we'll devised plans, and we call
upea them to vote doUn the Vine Gus
FIFTH Ward, whilst they vote up the
proposition for Fifth that was
squeezed out of shape by the weight oil
the majority OF that special committee
Republicans Of the city. see to this thing
in time, and let US have both PROPOSE
tons, that in all fairness should have
been submitted to the decision of the
voters at the coming election, tn due
form, voted on. Let US have the ques
ton Of aohere the Fifth Ward shall be,
decided by the majority of the people,
in accordance with their political feel
ings, and, for convenience, we suggest
the following to be printed on the Re
publican ticket: FIFTH WARD, (divi-
ding 3rd Ward On Main and East from
7th Street.1 YES!. FIFTH WARD. Tin.
. tersection of Vine St. with Fl. Wayne
Avenue, and East with Vine to the cor.
poration ine,) NO!
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In MemOriam.

At regular meeting of Washington Lodge Fo. 6,
A. p. A.. held the evening of tie It'll inst the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions adopted:
WHsREAs, 1t has pleased Almighty God to remove
ON US our beloved brother Bernhard Stitch, there
fore, ra
heso1red That we, the members of this Lodge, ex-
press sympathy and regret at the removal of our
beloved brother.
Resolved, That We extend syn. pathy 10 his be-
reaved widow.
ResoIved That we tender thanks to brethren of
other Lodges that assisted in paying the last trib
ute of respect to our worthy brother.
isesotped, That we tender thanks to Rev. Mr..
Sey erin haus, Pastor of st Paus Lutheran Church,
for his friendly invitation attend the service held
in the church after the burial.
Resolved Thst copy of these resolutions be fur
nshed to the widow of the deceased and also to the
Rev. Mr. SeveIinghaus. WILLIAM BARTRL,
II. H. EGELMAN,
GEO. F. KRAMER,
Committee.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13

From the Indianapolis Sentinel Of a
late date we learn that, not long since,
Mrs. Albert French, of Logansport, left
the room of her sick husband to 90 on
an errand to the houce of a neigh Dor
across the street. II lille there, some
one asked her if she had heard Of q ru-
NOR to the effect that she was divorced
from her husband. She replied no, and,
in a laughing way, was making some re-
mark about the absurd stories people
tell, when person entering, handed her
note from an attorney, informing her
that 1t was true. Her husband had made
an application in the Circuit Court of
Elkhart county, where the parties had
never lived at all, the sheriff had serv-
ed the process so informally, that she
never received it; the applics ton had
been granted on the 10Th of March; her
husband had brought the decree home
with him and lived with her more than
week before she found it out, during
which time she had been attentiy ely nur-
sing him through a fit of sickness Mrs
French was almost killed by the totally
unexpected intelligence. She had heen
married to her husband twenty-one
years; they had two children nearly
grown, and SO far as is known the fami-
ly had always lived in peace and unity.
The husband is worth $4,000, but the
wife did not receive one cent Of ali
mony, although g portion of tle prop
erty was inherited by her. It is one Of
the most Infamous cases we have ever
heard of, and as the decree was granted
in county where the parties never re-
sided, a considerable amount of perjury
must have been committed. The mat
ter should have legal Investigation, for
it Ger tainly caps the climax on any thing
we have ever known in the way Of Indi-
ana divorces
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FOREIGN Nominations.

A portion of the long delayed list of
foreign appointments reached the Senate
o-day. The remainder are fixed upon
and will be sent to the Senate tomorrow
The most important of the nominations
were Mr.. j. Lothrop Motley, of Massa-
chusetts, Minister to England; Jno jay,
President of the Union League of New
York, Minister to Austria; ex Governor
Andrew G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania,
Minister to Russia. Motley succeeds
3 Reverdy johnson, Jay succeeds Henry
Watts, of Philadelphia, and Curtin takes
the place of Cassius NJ Clay, of Ken
lucky.
Besides these, there were a number of
nominations for the third class missions
s Colonel Markbreit, of Cincinnati, an
Ohio soldier during the war, Is nomina-
ted Minister to Bolivia, nice John d.
Caldwell. v
R. Partridge, of West Virginia, takes
the place of Mr.. Andrew j. Diekerson,
of New York, as Minister to Nicaragua
Elk Congressman, w. A. Pile, of St
Louis, wanted to go to Brazil, but re-
ceives Venezuela instead, taking the
/ place of ExCongressman, T. n. Stilwell,
Of Indiana shea a
Henry S. Sanford is removed from Bel
GUM, and j. Russell Jones, of Illinois,
succeeds him., Mr.. Jones has held the
place of Marshal Of Illinois for the last
eight years, and is the warm personal
friend of Mr.. Washburne
It was the Presidents desire to get rid
of Dir. Sanford, but Secretary Fish made
special request that he be sent to Spain,
to supercede Mr. Hale, and he will be
nominated for that place to morrow.
Ioll IF W
moved from Stockholm, and John S
Carlisle, Of West Virginia. is appointed
to take his place. This appointment
creates very great surprise, as Carlisle
is remembered to have been very bit
ter Copperhead during the war He was
United States Senator during a portion
of the period Of the war, and. although
elected as Union mau, voted with the
Copperheads on the important questions
affecting the cause of of the Union
j. r. Clay, of New Orleans, goes to
Liberia, to take the place of John Keys,
of Ohio Clay is mulatto, and is said
to be man of most excellent character
E D. Bassett, colored citizen OF
Philadelphia, is nominated for Hayti
r c. Kirk, an Ohio politician, who
elected John Sherman United States
| Senator, goes to the Argentine Republic
vice Henry G.. Worthington, removed
| Kirk wanted Ecuador, so did Markbreit
but neither succeeded.
General Hurlbut of Illinois, relieves
Peter j. Sullivan at Bogota, and Silas A
| Hudson OF Iowa. takes the place of Gen
eral Fitz-Henry Warren at Guatamala.
| General Sickles has been rendered thu
mission to Mexico, but declined. III,
will probably be assigned to duty accor
ding 10 his brevet rank as Major Gener
al, in Louisiana. It is not yet determin
ed on who will receive the appointm en- t
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13

JUST DEBrs.-Tha Van Vert Bulletin pertinenty
inquiries whether legally released from honest
debts BY the bankrup. law is morally released from
their pa vnent he aferward acquires ample ability
to pay? The gospel of honesty needs new procla-
nation. The who ooats to escape doing as he
promised, and snatches at out!awry laws flaws in the
contract lack of Witnesses and all such leg al quirks
get rid of fair square bargain is foolish to discuss
the morality of the thing. He is past that. The law
may give debtor moral release in some cases. but
a simple indury may throw light on special cases.
Was the law intended to put the debtor in position
to get living and pay his debts if he got bank
bilance in his fay or to help him get the ba nix
balance while he snaps bis fingers at toe man who
holds his Notes.-The western Democrat good Es-
Sex Republican?
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RICHMOND MARKETS.
CINCINNATI MARKETS.

CINoINSAT1, April, 10, 1852.
Flour dull-sales of Family at S. 26@S6 So
Wheat is dul-Saias at SI35 0e1 As
Corn in better suppiv-sales Of ear at 64@65c.
Rye firm, at 81 30.
Oats dull, at Soc.
Barley unchanged.
Whisky dull at 90c.
Colton-dvll prices nominal.
Clover seed in good demand at 1871 c.
Timorthy is in good demand, at So 1908 35.
Proviisions-The market is dull and heavy. Mess
pork sold at S31.
Lard is duh at 1Sc.
Bulk meats are dull at--13c G013Lc. shoulders; Il
sides l6Hc. -E4
Linseed oil is firm-sales at 81 059l 0s.
Lard oil firm, at 81 90
Butter hgher--40(144c-
Gold 324 buying.
Exchange firm at 10 premium selling.
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ANSWER 70 PaAYEE.-A spondent of the New
York Independent, writing from Andersonviile, the
locality made UNANIMOUSLY immortal by the great pris-
on pen of thousand of the boys in blue, in
stockade where the space allowed to each man was
one foot by six feet, says:
"Many wells still remain, which dug by the
prisoners varying from IL to 75feet in depth, now
dry and said never to contain much water. At one
time they were furnishing with thirst. All means
had failed to supply them. What could they do
They had a great and earnest prayer meeting. 10
God did they cry for water. Now mark the result.
That very night terrible rain storm came on, such
as this country sometimes Witnesses The W ind
howled among he Trees and the rain poured dow in
torrents Anil the darkness Of that terrible night,
to the rebels, many of our prisoners escaped. The
torrents of water quilted deep down yonder hillside,
inside the stockade. In the morning a pure spring
of water running from that excavation and It
continued to while the prisoners abode there.
And still this 'Providental Spring" gives forth its
pure ever flowing water. have just tasted of that
sacred water Let skcptics laugh, if they will but
choose to believe that God heard their prayer"
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DIED.

kRAMER-On the 18th day of March, 1859, at his
residence in Centreve, VIM. Kramer, aged 80 years.
MAULE- On the ist day of the 4th month, Of Con-
sumption, Hannah H., Maule aged 6S years and
months.
SMELSER-At the residence of Jacob Smelser.
ST., April 7th, 1869, Mrs. Elizabeth Smelser aged rs
years, months, and IL days.
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Observations ON Shoeing.

No person should ever allow his horse to be shod
by farrier who employs keeps in his shop the
knife used for cutting away the hoof, shaped like
small shovel and usually braced against the shout
der when used in shovelng away the horn.
The Almighty designed The frog as an elastic. in
sensible cushion, which the horse should walk as
do the fowl and other animtls; yet blacksmths de-
light in cutting away this most useful part and
thereby expose that which is sensitive to contact
with the hard road. No greater folly can be imag-
ined. and to reasonable i. only requires to be
noticed to make the error elfapparent. The black
smith will argue that he must .cut away the rags
and some are ignorant to declare they cut away
the frog ito prevent pressure it, tina is to say
they cut it away to prevent the very object of its
creation. The frog should never be cut, or any Dor.
ton, if allowed to take its natural it becomes
perfect safety and protection to the foot In
colts the frog may be in its full vigor and USE
fulness; but at the first shoeng the knife goes ia
work-and so it continues while there is any frog e
J cut.--Pub ROYAL Society.
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Immortality.

In recent lecture, Col. Higginson said that all
his life he had beiey ed in immortality; he had never
had doubt it, and he any could
be that twas simply instinct People who whe
in health were the Mortified as the idea of death,
lose ell that repugnance as it approaches de never
knew OF person who, IS the time of death drew
near, was afraid to die; and he had seen death in
many MS and had talked With many familiar With
disease. BIZ the various paths the human race, in
its W rous tempera ments, comes to a knowledge OF
Immortality. In proport ton they attain 1t, their
life becomes larger and wider, and they live on. re-
CARELESS of the little fact of DEATH They feel sure
tia. in whatever sphere they live thare is something
for us to do, and it little difference where e
do it. When person believes in immortality SIN
cerely, i: makes little difference to him whether he
stays here do particular work, or goes some
where else to do another. He is like tie sailor on
board ship, whose duty it is not to do his own VIII
bu. the will OF his master. deep and abiding be-
lief in immer tally makes fame and fortune alike in
diifsrent to US. When one lives nobly day by day
he feels that he ay one day look back upon al GO
joys and emotions here, and to his companions
in another sphere, "Do you remember yonder planet
where once went to school together, and what
happened in that school?'
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At last his foot is on his native heath,
Mr.. Johnson, who says very naturally
that he feels like a breakwa ter, like a
freedmen, and like one risen from the
dead, is on the stump. OF course our
readers know what he said. We are
afraid the graceless and lazy reporters
have saved themselves little trouble
by taking an old copy Of his Speech to
telegraph to the country, but still, that
is of nc consequence. It is all the
same.-[N Y. Tribune.
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u. S. INTERNAL REVENUE
TAX NOTICE.

The Revenue Tax returned to me upon the annual
List of 1869, being income, for the year 1868, Tax
upon Watches, Carriages, Gold and Silver Plate
And Especial Tax License), for the year beginning
May LIST, S69, are now due and payable.
The law requires each person or firm in business,
and liable to paw special tax, to pay the when
commencing business, which makes this annual spe-
cial tax due on the LIST day of May 10 each year.
Pa meuts can be made at my Office in New Castle at
any time in business hours, and in each county and
division respectively as follows:
Richmond: April &c. Nav l, Is, aud II, 1869.
Cambridge, April 80, May |,
Connersve, May 3, 4, and S,
Liberty. May s, and 7, 8.
The penalties required by law will be added if pay
ments be neglected beyond the times indicated in this
| notice. VIM. CROSSE,
s1E I7f-3 Collector.
No Saw.
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of General Longstreet by the Senate by
the decided mjority of 25 to 10. The
Noes were scarcely equal to the number
of bitter speeches made against confirm
alton Every impiacable Rebel in the
South will be chagrined and thousands
and of hearty Unionists cheercd by this
result. It is proclamation of amnes-
ty to every one who has in good faith
renowned the Lost Cause.-[N. Y. Trib.
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Vice President Colfax has been invi-
ted to preside at the National Sunday
School Convention, to be held at Newark,
New Jersey, on the 28th inst. The in
vitation was conveyed by Hon. John
Kelly, of New Jersey. 1t is probable
that Mr. Colfax will accept.
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A Negroes Prayer for his Teache:

o Lord bress de teacher who SO fur to 'struct
us in de way u heaven. Rock her in de cradle OF
love Backen de word power in her cart, dat she
may have souls for her hire and many stars in her
crown in de great giten' up nornn when de general
roll is called And when all de battles is over may
she fall all kivered with victory be buried wild de
honors OBJ war; and rise to de long white robe IN
glory and walk de shinin' streets in silver slippers
down by de golden sunrise, close to de great white
throne and dar may she strike glad hands wild all
her dear scholars, and praise You, o Lord, forever
and forever for Jesus sake, Amen.
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r. l. Oalman, keeper of a concert
saloon. in Chicago, committed suicide
yesterday. He laid ua,on counter, pla
ce1 drop burner in his mouth, covered
his head, and turned on the gas.