The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-11-30
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RICHMOND, NOV. SO, 1869.

The Western Associated Press met
ut Cleveland. on the oath inst, and
elected . Board of Directors for the
ensuing year. ,s
u A telegram from Cheyenne reports
the completion Of 81 miles of the DEN
yer Pacific Railway. The track is now
being laid at the rate one and one half
miles per day GT0E 1875
Conrad Weir, under sentence Of death
+ for the crime Of murder, escaped from
the Jail at Toledo, Ohio, on Tuesday
night last. "A reward Of FIVE hundred
dollars is offered for bis capture.
A copy right law would lessen by two
thirds the quantity of Imported books,
many of which are the trashiest class,
and elevate authorship here into con-
scientious profession. 5saarts rassoI
They have excluded the Bible from
the public schools of Cincinnati. The
next thing tLey will do will be to abol-
ish the dictionary, put out the gas-lights
, and move down to Observation-Disclosures
Journal. ~ = fv
A London paper tells of two rival
travelling dentists who arrived together
at a fair. One hoisted banner inscrib-
cd 'Facile Princeps:' the other immedi-
ately painted up, on his booth, 'Facilc
Forceps,' and drew the crowd
There is an orange tree in Los An
gelos, CAL, on one half Of which hung
$500 ripe oranges, while the opposite
branches are thickly covered with fresh
blossoms, which load the air with their
rich aroma. The usual time for orange
trees to bloom, in that section, is in
February, and nature seems to have for
gotten herself. 29ta - i'r~3
A day or two since young lady,
whose name and brogue gave unmistak-
able evidence Of Hibernian birth, called
at the Probate office, in Cleveland. Ohio,
d and procured marriage license for her.
self aud her swain She said that Pat
couldn't leave lis awurruk, sur, and /
.jist thought I'd be afther coomin' me-
self to save him the trouble! 1t was, Of
course, given to her, and she went her
way rejoicing.
The poet Bryant scouLsels young
contributor to the Post So follows: My
young friend, ] have observed that you
have used several French expressions
in your article. / think that if you will
study the English language that you
will find it capable of expressing all the
ideas you may have. 1 have always
found it so, and in all that have writ
ten do not recall an instant where /
q was tempted to use foreign word, but
that, on searching, found a better one
in my own langaa ge.
The entire speech of Mr.. Gladstone,
Mt the Lord Mayors dinner, has just
been received at Washington, in The
London papers. It is regarded as
friendly to q settlement of the Alabama
claims, in manner satisfactory to the
United States. This view is strength
cned by letter from q distinguished
source in England, making inquiries and
suggestions, indicating continued i'm
provement in the state of feeling on
this subject, and strongly expressive of
a desire that the dispute may be
promptly adjusted. There has, howev-
er, been no official action, but the as
pect leads to belief that negotiations
will be resumed at an early hour.
A. d. Richardson, formerly war cor
respondent, and long an attache of the
New York Tribune, was shot and it is
thought fatally wounded on the 18th in
StuuG, UJ Il bul p1CI 1TluAu, ldWycT ny
profession, between whom there existed
arrangement, caused by the alleged init.
macy of the former with the latter
wife.
Two years ago, Mcfarland shot at
Richardson for the same cause. II
seems that Mcfarland is violent and
drunken man, and his wife was COM
PEELED to leave him some three years
ago, and seek a divorce. At the time oil
the first shooting, Richardson, publish.
ed a card, denying improper intimacy,
and saying that he would marry Mrs. F
as soon as legal disabilities were re-
moved. She recently obtained her di-
vorce and was about TO marry Mr.. r
Nc Farland is. said to have been under
the influence of liquor at the time OF the
recent shooting.
He will probably not recover.
NEW York, November 23.-The United
States District Attorney, Judge Pierpont. re.
ceived instructions to proceed against the
Spanish gunboats. now almost ready to sal
and lying in the East River, for breach of the
neutrality laws The libel will be filed TO-
day, and tho order of the District Court obtain.
Gu IUE GuelE SEIZURE OEe OF the GROUNDS o
the seiz ure preferred by the Government, is
that these vessels are to be used by foreign
state, Spain, to cruise and commit hostilitit
against the citizens and property Of colony
or the people of Cuba, with which the United
States are at peace. This being urged by the
legal representatives of the Government, and
under the direction of the Administration, il
Es1xv III -: -
belligerants, for in it lies embodied the ides
that for the purposes of our neutrality laws
Spain and the people of Cuba are two dis
tinct communities, and that neither must
trample upon the rights of the other while en-
joying the hospitality of the United States
The main ground of their seizure, however
is that they are intended to be used against
foreign State with whom the United State