The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-18

pensioners upon a velocipede.
The President and Secretary Bout 5
we'll were early Informed of the contents
OF the dispatch, but apart from this they
had no other information
The Connecticut House of Represen
tatives yesterday (13th inst. ratified the
18th Amendment to the Constitution bv
vote of 126 to lO4. The Senate rati-
fed 1t last week s~ - es
c. F. jenkins is the first passenger by
all rail from California to Chicago -
Complete time in coming through. seven
days, six hours. Running time, five days
eighteen hours. 9et
Reports from various parts OF Min.
nesota say that the wheat crop never
looked more promising. A much great,
er breadth has been sown than ever be-
fore.
The former editor and proprietor of
the Albany &c entry county Missouri)
Ledger takes leave of the patrons of
that sheet in the following style:
"Valedictory-Fare No tcars,no
signs, no money. Let us have peace
III. S. K"
The monument to Lincoln, at Spring
field, ILL.,, will be about two hundred feet
from the tomb. The statue of Lincoln,
when placed upon the monument, ac-
cording to the present design, will front
south upon grand avenue leading from
the city avenue to the monument.
Late Arizona adyices state that Indi-
an depredations are numerous. The
savages murdered Milton S. Hadley, pi-
oneer citizen in the Territory, April IS,
near Prescott, and also captured and de-
stroyed the mail from California, near
Tucson. The mail rider barely escaped.
The Montgomery, Alabama, papers
contain call, signed by many Of the
most prominent business men and plan
tiers Of the city and county, for a con-
vention, on the 1st of June, to organize,
an immigration company. Colonel Lee
Chandler has been canvassing the State
in favor of the plan, and it is meeting
with great success.
A Colorado paper says immigration is
very lively this spring and promises fair
for the season. Letters of inquiry from
parties in the East who profess a desire
to emigrate to Colorado would indicate
LuaL NOl)IauO Will IcCClNS SiSdtSk AIh
migration this year than ever before.
The commission appointed to audit
the claims of settlers for losses sustain
ed by Indian depredations on the West.
ern frontier in the years 1867 and 1868
have made their report. The whole
number of claims allowed up to this
time is ninety nine, amounting to S43,-
All Ga
The Philadelphia Press speaks of the
rare song Of the iron horse Horse
singing is generally rude; and an iron
horse is not likely to be so very harmo-
NOUS; but this song is sheard on con
tinual line of rail from the Atlantic to
the Pacific coast Such q horse laugh
a newspaper ass.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 12.-Special Agent
Colonel 2. NJ. Penn, Of the Post office
Department, arrested Elisha A. Sanders,
Assistant door-keeper Of the House OF
/ Representatives, on a charge of robbing
the mail at Williamsport, Indiana. San
ders has been previously acting as mail
messenger between the post, office and
depot at Williamsport. He was held to
bail in the sum of 81 900 fer his appear
ance on the list OF May.
THE TRIBUNE SENsAIoN.-No infor-
nation concerning the alliance against
the United States has been received al
the Spanish, French or English Lega
tons If for no other reason, it is not
customary to communicate information
of initial treaty movements to foreign
representatives. The London telegram
st first occasioned general and spirited
comments, but to- night no one appears
to attach full credit 30 the announce
ment.
The New York Times, of Saturday
says:
ssYou can start from New York CITY
this morning, and be in San francisco
! next Saturday night. In other words
YOU can now cross the American CONT
| nent by rail in eight days. A man wa
in this place yesterday who was in Sal
| Francisco on Thursday of last week
| During his journey he has slept ever,
! night, and eaten three square meal
every day. The Pacific Railroad is com
plete. What next All hail hereaf
| ter! %
When General Sherman was at Fort
ress Monroe, the other day, he visite'
the engine house where the steam fire
engine is kept. Here was a portly spec
linen of the New York fireman, VIII
ofIiciates as engineer. "What is til
name of your engineT asked the Gen
I eral. THE name is B. E. Butler. =
"Humph, an odd enough name for a fiji
I engine" returned Sherman. "W wan
to chan ge the name, General" said tn
engineer, "can't you suggest name ie
it?' mo, no." answered Sherman; 'Sl'
him squirt"
Vice President Colfax visited til
Grand Lodge and Grand Encampmer
on Yesterday, making brief speeches i
each. At the meeting of the Gran
Lodge, handsome gold headed cal
was presented to him by the Grand Ma