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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

An interesting letter in the London
Daily Neys on American agriculture,
points out the different characteristics
of the various States, and how the adj
vantages of the one are compensated by
the special good qualities of another.
If, for instance, one State has alluvial
prairies, it lacks the necessary of wood
The rich prairie land is more fertile,
and easy of cultivation. but it costs
more to fence and build on it. Every
rod Of fencing must be brought often
from q great distance, also the timber
and lumber for building. Fencing alone
if substantial, costs about q dollar per
rod. Thus 120 acres, even if enclosed
in single field, would require 600 rods
of fencing. costing $500. Then the
first. breaking up Of the tough prairie
turf costs $5 per acre; making for fenc
ing and first ploughing $1l per acre.
Farms mostly fenced and under cultiva-
ton, with comfortable houses, barns
and other outbuildings, may be bought
in Virginia. North Carolina and Tens
nessee for $40 per acre, half in timber,
Of oil kinds for fencing and bnilding
material. In the latter States, too work
is to be found all the year round, whilst
in the great Grain growing regions
of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, DC,
the time from seed time to harvest is
amazingly short, and during the long
Winter there is scarcity of Employ
ment.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

Making the sum abore stated .$78,376 90
We now have twenty-five miles of our Road Ora
ded, Bridged, and nearly ties enough on the ground
ready for the Iron for which contract has been
agreed upon with the Pennsylvania R. R. Co.,
through its President j. Edgar Thomson, to furnish
the Iron, Fish plates and Spikes for s201 c0C enough
to make the twenty-five miles of Road For the pay
ments they become due pledged stock, and the
taxes voted. In addition to the twenty-five miles
ready for the iron have the bridging all COM
peted to Ridgeville-a distance Of eight and one
fourth miles further.
Our resources for the final completion of Che Who'll,
line of Road, from Richmond to Fl. Wayne, being
ninety miles, may be set down as follows:
Conditional individual subscriptions from Rich
mond to Rdgevie s9o,0OD but not payable until
the completion to Winchester aud RidgeviEe from
Rdgev lille to Jay county North line say $50, 900,
from Jay county, north line to Adams county North
line 900, from Adams county North line to Ft
Wayne $1,000 and four Townships which have
voted tax upon themselves $685. 900. 1t is believed
that Townships North will vote a tax upon
themselves whea called upon as those farther South
have done.
The necessity of the tax BET apparent as the
Company could see no way to complete the road
with resoting to it, which the people sustained
fully will be by the vote cyst in the four
Townships that have already voted, Seventeen Hun.
bred and seventy voted for the tax and Eight Hun
dr.d and TWEEN .y-one voted against the tax.
In conclusion might say. good rea-
son why we cannot have the Road in running order
to Winchester by the first of the Seventh Month
next.
All of which is submitted. 4th No. 9th day 1870.
WILLIAM PARRY
PRESIDENT.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

COMING TO THEIR SENSES The Demo
cratic State Central Committee Of Mary
land have adopted the following resolu
ton, and urge its adoption by the Leg
islature of the State
Resolved, That the registration laws
Of the State should be so altered as to
conform TO the provisions Of the fif-
teenth amendments. and enable all per-
sons who shall be entitled to register
under the laws Of the State to register
and avail them selves of the privilege Of
the elective franchise
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

According to a PhiIadelphia paper there is q
prospect that we shall soon reach the specie
basis, so far, at least small change is concern
ed. 1t says that specimens of . new silver
coinage have just been struck at the United
States Mint in that City of the denominations
Of 10, rs and SO cents. Three different speci-
mems Of each of these denominations have been
submitted to the Treasury Department for ap-
prevail. The standard value Of the new coins
is re duced as to correspond in actual value
with our present currency with view to its
immediate use instead of the 10, Is and SO cent
notes.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

CHICAGO, April 4.
The Western bound pass enger train,
which left Quincy, Illinois, Saturday
night, on the Hannibal and st. Joseph
Railroad. met with serious accident
apout twenty -four miles from Quincy.
Two passenger and one sleeping car
were thrown from the track, down a
steep embankment and completely de-
molished. Twenty-Five passengers were
more or less injured, two OF them
fatally. .e
The latest triumph for woman is the
approaching graduation Of Miss Smith,
a colored graduate Of the Woman's
Medical College in Second avenue, New
York, where she has studied hard for
three years past and borne all her ex-
penses but Of former savings as pub
lie school teacher in that city.
Hon. John H. Thomson, who was
Secretary of the State of Indiana. I'M
der Governor Whitcomb, twenty-five
wears ago, previously to which he was
a Judge Of the Second Circuit, died on
Sunday, aged ninety-one years.
It is said that Lean Mems Associa-
ton Is about forming in Hackensack.
Crawling through key hole is the first
e.c:, =: r. initiation ceremonies.
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A Cautious Endorsement.

Shadrach Bond was among the earliest i'm
migrants to Illinois, and he settled in the
American bottom. As the settlement inereas-
cd. Judge Bond, who wa4 good pious man,
felt the necessity of giving to the people relig-
ious instructions; and for this purpose he would
gather together the people on the Lord day,
read sermon, and either lead in prayer or
call upon some seriously -inclined person to
perform that duty.
The Rev I. NJ Peck, in his "Reminiscences
of the Early Preachers relates this incident:
While Judge Bond was thus officiating among
his ncighbors, on the Lords day. stranger.
tall and por,ly, and OF grave aspect, entered
the assembly. Besides, his dress was not that
of deer-skin hunting shirt, moccasns, ETC.,
which was the prevailing costume in that re-
gon but Of woven cloth, which betrayed .
civilized origin. Judge Bond, surmising that
he might be praying man, invited him to ad-
dress the Throne of Grace. The stranger,
kneeling, poured forth duplication fervid and
impressive; and as he waxed warmer and
warmer. Peter Smith, or Dutch Pete, as he
was nick -named,- very devout Methodist,
who ordinarily could recognize no merit except
in a preacher of his own persuason-began to
twist and squirm and groan; and at length,
when the stranger. in his fervid zeal, took hold
as it were, Of the horns of the altar, Pete could
restrain no longer. but shouted, Amen, at
venture,
The stranger proved to be the Rev; Josiah
Dodge of Kentucky, the father of Henry 8.
Dodge long a United States Senator from
Wisconsin, and grandfather of A. G Dodge,
for many years United States Senator from
Iowa Western Monthly.
Some idea of the magnitude Of the Ca tie
trade may be for ned from the fact that tho
railway freights in 1869, horned Cattle,
reached the vast aggregate of 500. 0OOUOO
Chicago received 4O2 1O2 head thus. worth
500 100000. and shipped 294, III East by rail.
St. Louis received 134,675 head the same year.
Within few years many Cattle have been
drawn from the Indian Territory and Texas,
where they roam in vast herds, owned by men
having other property. The West and
South West must continue to furnish the sup
ply and the methods of shipment must improve
with the groth of the business. One man sent
10000 head to Eastern markets from Chicago
in 1868, and his business last year was at least
twenty per cent. greater. Cattle are often sold
several times en- route. Scarcely any other
branch Of trade has grown more rapidly during
the last few years than that in live stock.
Don't depend upon your own own lungs alone;
use tho lungs of the press.
Don't depend one upon your own hands
and the labor of other mems hands; use steam
power il possible, and make it known by prin-
iers ink that you are prepared for business.
Sell at small profits. for cash, and make it
known through the newspapers.
He who forbcars to take revenge, achieves
the nobest conquest Of his foe.
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Temperance in High Places-Grancs
Tee.TOtal Administrations.

Tee-Total Administration.
Reforms are on the increase every
where, but are more vigorously prose-
cuted in the quiet places of the land.
They carry influence and weight when
led off by prominent men at the central
points Of political and social power.
Such is the condition of the temperance
cause at the present time. Formerly
Washington might have been called the
Headquarters of drunkenness but
better condition of affairs is beginning.
The Hon Henry Wilson, that staunch
apostle of temperance, in late address,
said,
In spite Of much thai is discouraging
and an increase of drinking in some cir
cles. on the whole there is great pro-
gress. There was five times Us much
drinking in Congress when he entered
the Senate, fourteen years ago, as there
Is now. And those that now come into
Congress from the South, have not
brought SO much with them. Liquor
shops are now banished from the Ma
tional Capitol. This is a new thing, and
a great Improvement. There are also
5000 temperance men in Washington.
Two thirds Of the dram shops have also
been closed sAud he thanked 6 cd that
we now have a President Of these Uni
ted States who does not drink and
Vice-President who does not drink
and Secretary of the Treasury who is
q temperance man. and who is not in
league with the whisky ring. We al
ready see something of the effect Of this
| in the improved condition of the reve-
nue. and the Treasury
Hon Oliver p. Morton, Ex-Governor
of the proud State of Indiana, and, uu-
til Thursday, March 81, in the year of
our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Seventy, and of independence of
the United States of America, the nine-
tv-fourth, a Senator of the aforesaid
United States of America, came to q
violent death at the hands of the Tall
Sycamore, alias Eastwood, of the Wa
bash, within the walls of the Academy
of Music, in the city of Indianapolis
The relations, friends acQuaintances of
the illustrious deceased feel very bad.
| p. Sit took six months for the
Tall Sycamore (alias Basswood) to do
it-but he did it. For full particulars
we refer to the indianapolis State Sent
] inei.-[ Lafayette Courier
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

A Nevada editor, in discoursing upon
the common (dreadfully common
practice of kissing bride, says, with a
good deal of sense as we'll as fun wv e
never had bride that we can rememb Der
for the reason we are too poor and in
digent: but should the future have one
in store for US, and any man should at
tempt that privilege, we'll knock chips
enough from his nose to exempt him
from the draft"
They have raised the biggest tree knot ever
seen in tho State. in Wabash county. John
Kunse manufactured twenty-seven large mauls
from it'll Was that KNOT whopper?
The Laporte Herald estimates that five
hundred sinners have protested conversion in
that county quite recently. The city OF La
porto claims ono hundred Of tho converts
The vino merchants of New York have or
gani zed = league for protection against unjust
legislation and oppressive taxes.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

A gentleman who wishes to protect
the tomb Of Eliza Wharton buried in
the village churchyard at South Danvers,
procures from time to time freestone
chips and scatters them at the foot of
the monument. Relic hunters pick them
up, and the monument itself is spared
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

At Madison, 'the trains are let down
by a rope, but whether they ever go
back we can't say Seymour Times
At Seymour, men are pulled up by q
rope, and if they ever go back it is in
the spirit form.-[ Madison Courier.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

Twcnty>one Democratic members of the
Ohio House of Representatives voted against .
suspension OF the rules to consider resolution
Of respect to the memory of Gen. George H.
1homas
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PAClFICATIoN.-OIr neighbor Of the
Telegrsm, n week or so since, greatly
feared that the "unpfeasantnessn that
occurred between one ofthe sons oflJohn
Bull and Cousin" Isaac Kinley, might
interrupt or greatly retard the degotia
tions between this country and Great
Britain in regard to the Alabama claims.
Since the nominating election resulted
in the manner itdid, by the complete and
overwhelming defeat of our weil>belov-
ed cousin" our neighbours apprehen-
sions of fatal consequences to our coun-
try's interests, cannot help being entirely
allayed; for Premier of England; we
opine: is governed more by the position
occupied by the individual who thrusts
his intellectual lance into the corporosi-
ty of one of the loyal subjects of the
realm over whose destines my Lord
Gladstone watches, than anything else,
and, the almost unanimous remanding
to private life of he who was "Senator
from Wayne" by his constituents, can
not have any other tendency than one
of amity, and we have no manner of
doubt now, as soon as a cable dispatch,
shall have reached England, that-ne-
gotistions regarding the Alabama claims
etc; will resume ed, and the apprehended
difficulties will be am:cably and salts
factorily adjusted.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05
THE FUNDING SCHEME.

The pending measure for funding the public debt
meets with very little favor in any quarter, its lead
ing provision being very generally regarded per-
nicous to the best interest of finance and commerce.
1t is, moreover, impractble, for the that the
holders of the six per cent. bonds selling at a dis
count, not blind to their interest to
exchange them for five and four and half and four
per cent. The whole truth of the matter is, this
funding scheme is pre- mature, and the bare posi-
bty of its passage has depressing effect BUSH
ness, it would be the part of wisdom to abandon it
without further of time its dis cussion In
deed, judging from the strong sentiment that has
been raised up against the BILL there is reason to
believe that it cannot be passed in its present shape
The question to the payment of the bonds in gold
having been practically settled that which is now
in order is the means of dealing with the large sur
plus of revenue which is oyerfowng the National
Treasury. There is very general impression and
which finds its support in English traditions and
experience, that the most useful application of the
surplus would be to the reduction of taxation That
is certain take less out of the Treasury, then it
will put in to abe pockets of the tax the i'm
provement in industry which follows the reduction of
imposts being always great enough to augment the
the remaining taxes and recoup indirectly large
part of what is directly lost.
Let the business interests of the Country be fos-
tered, enterprise encouraged the way to prosperity
cleared of every obstacle in its path and will then
be time enough to fund the debt. All the people
ask is for emporium y to repair the ste of the
war, little time to meet the obligations they ac-
knowledge themselves to be under, chance to re.
cover from the effects of test which has pros
trated industrial enterprise. Thirty years hence,
moderate computation, there win be three to pay
the debt where there is now, and the natural
sources Of the country will have increased in far
greater degree. What is heavy burden for the
present generation will be easy one for the next
Even a few years of uninterrupted prosperity will
change tho whole aspect Of affairs, and what
strains the of the people to the utmost
will not then be thought of as burdensene
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

J. Zeyen Bro, are better prepared than ever be-
fore to accommodate their customers with any article
of clothing they may need, made to order TO from
the best OF material. which they have on hand.
For Collars Neckties etc. go to their establishment,
No. 1872, Main-street. Their prices are reasonable.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05
MILLINERY.
Liberal Reward!

Lost near the Richmond Wooden Mill, bundle OF
Grain Sacks, (35) branded 'McW Kinney Swisher's
New Madison, Ohio. Return to Nestor's Gracery,
and liberal reward will be given. L. N. MERINe.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

j. NJ. WATSON has taken the Contra
Hotel, on Main street, between Marion
and Franklin street, and proposes tt
keep q first class boarding house.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05
Billy .. PIERCE, Champion B.njois., wi

Billy .. PIERCE, Champion Banjoist will
give lessons on the Banjo on the most reasonable
terms. He will be in our city twice 8 week and
those desiring to learn then receive LESSONS
For further particulars, call at this office.
He is also Travelling Agent for various useful
household articles. The public respectfully re-
quested to give him their patronage and it will be
gratefully received and satisfaction guaranteed 2tf
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

An action for breach Of promise has
just been decided, in which the defend
ant, clerk in the service of one of the
city companies, pleaded almost every
conce ivable defence : l. That he had
not promised, 2. That he had not
broken his promise; g. That reason
able time had not been allowed him for
its fuIflment; 4. That the lady had re
leased him, and, laetly, that he was
quite willing to fulfil the engagement
This reminds one of the celebrated deg
biting case. where the defendant pleads
ed : l. That his dog was always chained;
2. That the dog was too good tempered
to bite, if he were free; 3. That the ami
NAL had no teeth, and couldn't bite if he
wished; and, 4. that he never had dog.
The jury, however, were not sufficiently
impressed with the ingenuity of the de-
PENDANT, for they mulcted him $50 dam
ages,
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The following resolution was one
among those adopted by the colored cit
izens of Cincinnati, on Friday night last.
in regard to the death of Gen. Thomas
The true eloquence and pathos which
characterize it will challenge attention ::
Resolved. That while we sorrow over
the demise of this great and good man,
and mingle our tears with those which
will drop from the eyes Of every lover
Of his country, we bow submissively to
the will Of God, trusting that he has
been admitted iGto that grand army
Shove whose ranks are never thinned.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

ANOTHER PIONEER GoNE.-Mrs. Mary
Hun: Ross, widow of the late Phineas
Ross, Esq, who was leading lawyer at
Lebanon, Warren county, thirty-One
years ago, died Saturday evening, April
I'd, at the residence Of her sons, 50 Syc
amore street, Of lung fever. She was
connected by marriage with the late
Hon. Thomas Corwin. A large circle
of friends praised her for many virtues.
At the time of her death she was in her
seventy-fourth year. She was the moth
er of eleven children-three daughters
and eight sons. Seven sons and one
daughter survive her. She has always
resided with her sons since her hus-
hands death, and at the time OF her de-
cease was residing with Daniel, Phineas
and Raphael She was a member of the
Baptist Church nearly all her life. The
remains will be taken to Lebanon for
burial in the family cemetery.-[Dsyton
Journal. April 4.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-04-05

Go to the Clothing Store of B. & w. Frank.
lie, 263 Main Street, for every article of wear
ing apparel you may need, and you can be SUR
of purchasing at fair rates for Cash. Remem
Der the sign of the Zouave.
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FINANCIAL sAEACITY.

All b0siness men will remember the ankle
ty which pervaded the country in regard to the
resumption of specie payments, after the close
Of the war. All business men will remember
the fssriul forbodings. the chilly apprehensions.
the croakings Of the croakcrs, and winnings of
whinsrs-the doubts Of the doubling and the
distrust of oil. - to the possibility Of tho re-
turn Of those halcyon days when the jingle Of
gold and silver should gladden. the ears Of the
good people Of the Union.
All will remember that grave Senators. cru
dite Secretaries. profound Statesmen ambitious
Congressman, and scheming Bankers; all pol
ished up their mentsl Telescopes to peer into
the future, and fastening. each in his way; to
be the first to discover the hidden path to spe-
Gle payments.
Lamps have been drained of their midnight
oil-bottles have been exhausted of their inky
contents, steel pens. gold pens and quill pens.
have been drsgooned into service to dem ons
trate the exclusive avenue to the perchaace
of Gold and Silver. Ihuman foresight could
have found it. or patient Investigation reached
it, We certainly should have had our Statute
Books enriched with the enacted wisdom of
our modern Solons, and, 1t some future period.
it would have ''been enacted" that from and
AFTER ect.
But the natural result Of natural causes. the
inevitable course Of the laws Of nature, and Of
trade which spurn the tiny cob webs Of politi-
cal legislation, and stride forward with crush
ing power. have left all the strained optics Of
wise mon Of the East and West too, gazing up.
on tho phonomeon presumption, as astrono
mers follow the course Of . blazing comet
which has suddenly burst Athwnrt the plane Of
the orbits. Without legal enactments or pre-
liminary resolves" the wheels Of time have at
length brought the unexpected event and Banks
and individuals in various localities, are hasten
ing TO square themselves. before the world as
having resumed These sagacious po!ti-
oians-these country savers-these ''admirs.
bic Chrichtons" had better take Pope's advice:
go wondrous crsature, mount where sci ence
guides,
Go measure air. weigh earth, and taste the
tides;
Instruct the planets in what orbs to run.
Correct old time, and regulate the Sun.
Go teach eternal wisdom how to rule.
Then drop into thyself. and b . fool
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Sn~A<co'&
THE HALTER; 22e MAIN STREET
EXTRA ANNOUNCEMENT.

Now is the time to buy a good Ha. or
Cap. All the latest styles on hand, and
to be sold at COST PRICE, to close out the
whole Stock on account of engaging in
another business. GOSEPOHL,
ZEE The Halter, 226 Main st.
MILLINERY.
Ladies', do want either Fashionable or Plain
Bonnet-beautiful Ribbons. Flowers and Feathers !;
in short, anything in the Millinery line! Go to Mrs.
SARAH A. fLIFF, en- North Franklin, few doors
from Main, nearly opposite 'SeuRer Halle, and she
will supply your wants to your entire satisfaction,
and at prices that will please you.