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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-07-08

The editor OF the Indianapolis
Journal has q letter from Vice
President Colfax, in which he de.
MES the statement that he has re-
considered his determination to
retire from politics, and says, with
the sincerest gratitude to his re-
publican friends for their long
continued confidence and the
warmess hopes for the continu ed
triumph of their principles and
their candidates, he does not in
tend to be candidate for political
'honors, bnt to retire to private life
at the end of his present term. In
speaking of his health he says: II
am feeling quite well and stong
again, and really enjoying rest and
relax alton at home such as l have
not had for years.
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NelC advertisements.
cHsA! FARMS! FHFI TRAVEL!
Chicago, Rock Island. and Pacific
Railroad Company.
100000 ACRES.
Choice Iowa Lands.

This Company is now offering for sa.e about
six hundred thousand acres of the finest ag-
ricultural lands in the West. The Company
sells OILY to actual settlers, and the prices
are exceedingly reasonable, ranging from IS
to SIS per acre the average being about IS.
The greater part OF these lands are situated
along the line of its railroad between the
cities of Des Mones and Council Bluffs, and
are in the most accessible and fertile region
in the State.
Sales made for cash or on credit long
enough to enable industrious men to pay for
the land out of the crops.
These lands are held under a title direct
from the General Government, and are not
mor;gaged encountered in any way. Full
warranty deeds given to purchasers.
For mars, pamphlets. any other informa-
ton respecting them, address EBENEZER
COOK, Lard Commissioner, Davenport,
Iowa.
EXPLORING TICKETS arc sold at the
Company's ticket offices at Chicago, and all
other principal stations on its line, and if the
purchaser buys land the amount paid for the
ticket is applied on the purchase money.
17.4w
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Young ladies, when your lovet

Young ladies, when your lover
proposes, before you answer him,
pry around and find out if he
ohews, and if he does, refuse(him
incontinentally. l say 'pry around,
for ii he makes any pretensidns to
gentility, he will not chew in yopr
presence, which habit OF restraint,
if it were kept up through fife.
would do away with the necessity
CT refusing him. But no tobtcco
ohe~er is gentleman in his own
family; he will throw out his Auid
before he enters the presegee Of
other ladies', and spit right over
his wife's head unless she is fare-
fil to stand from UNDER HewAl
SPIT on the stove. the carpet. the
wi nCov curtains, ami in the sum
mer time. right into your bed OF
verbcnas, and even if he is exits
good, and uses the spittoon--hit-
ting the mark every time--he will
lea e il for You to clean.
1t is true strong pipes end vii
famous cigars are rather o. lection
able to most people, but then some
flowers are unpleasantly perfn'"ed;
do we, therefore, condemn al
flowers?
TO sum up then, these are th'
excuses smoking can claim allow
chewing It is genteel; it is no
generally offensive. it is q panace'
for headache; il is poe!ical, als'
sentimental, aud it is not unclean
Yet l am not preaching in its de-
fence, tor three reasons. 1t is un
; handy. it is unhealthy, and it is to-
costly. The poetry is nothing bu
J plain prose after all.
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State of Indiana,
WaYne County. }

William Cain, In the Wayne Com.
VS.. mon Pleas Court,
John w. Pottinger September Term, A.
Jehiel Railsbeck, d.. 1871.
Enoch Ralsback. Foreclosure No. AGO
DE it known, That on this 9TH day Of
ID April, 1871, the above named plaintiff,
byJ. 5 Lyle J. H Popp attorneys, fled in
the Office OF the Clerk Of theWayne Common
Pleas Court bis Complaint ag ainst said de-
tendant in the above entitled cause, together
with the affidavit of con- pc t .nt person that
said defendant John W. P"ttinger is not
resident of the State of Indiana.
8 Said defendant John W. Pottinger, therefore,
is hereby notified of the filing and pendency
of said complaint aga inst him and that unless
he appear and answer or demur thereto, at
the calling OF the said cause on the second
day of the next Term of sai Court to be be-
gun and held at the Court House in Centre.
vile. on the I'd Monday OF Sep ember next, said
omplaint and the matters and things therein
contained and alledged, will be taken as true,
and the said cause will be heard and deter
mined in his absence.
Witness w. W. DUDLEY, Clerk,
81 and the Seal OF said Court, at Cen
3ssal t tcz, this Seventh day of July,
VIM. w DUDLEY, Clerk
John 5. Lyle 4 John II. Popp, Atty of Pitt.
174w$Q.
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Hon. A. H. Stephens, who has
been supposed to be dying for
year or two past, has concluded
that it will never do to give it up SO.
and is now engaged as political
editor of the Atlanta Georgia Sun.
He will devote two columns q day
to the work of gathering up the
broken and dishonored fragments
of the Lost Cause. An attempt to
reconstruct second hand tin-ware,
or to replace the feathers on o
plucked goose, would be quite As
profitable and senible.
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In a Mysterious Way.
Vallandioham is dead.

A man of talent-of energy-of
wide acquaintance, has gone home.
Men die when they have out
lived their usefulness. Men are
sometimes removed when their
counsels al not for good. So went
c. l. Vallapdigham to his home
and work elsewhere, that the party
Of men devoted to the defense Of
principle above expediency might
not he demoralized by trem bling
notes from an instrument that once
gave no uncertain sound, but
words of cheer and wisdom TO en-
courage patriots and the defenders
Of liberty.
Va.landigham made a mistake.
He went off half cooked. as did the
pistol which. accidently discharged
bv his own hand. took his life.
His speech. a few days since.
about dead mems bones was, all
unknown tc him, aimed at himself
There is special Providence, il
is said, and the departure of Val
landigham is one In dying, We
are told that he passed peacefully
away.
We lament his death, But, a:
a leader of the people. he haf
turned aside from that great lin,
Of right he once walked with sncl
boldness, to rest IN the shade, ant
find enjoyment under the SHADOW
of those tomb stones upon battle
fields which mark the ravages o
that insane Republican party who's
acts he first condemned, then ell
dorsed. Weary Of fight, he ha
gone to his rest.
Let US emulate his virtues an
his Democracy. and forgive hi
tiring of the contest in which b
once so nohlv bore himself Brio
POmeroys Democrat
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At a certain college the senior
class was under examination for
degrees. The professor of natural
philosophy was badgerlng in OPP
tics. The point under illustration
was that, strictly and scientifically
speaking, we see no object. The
worthy professor, in order to make
the matter palmer, said to the wag
of the class: MIR. jackson, did you
ever actually see your father3' Bill
replied. promptly, No, sir please
to explain why you never saw your
father Because replied Mr..
jackson, gravely, he died before /
was born, sir
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GENERAL NEWS.

Button, Indiana, had hail storm last
week.
Mrs. Fair, the California murdress thinks
if "poor dear Crittenden were alive he'd let
her off,"
lake Of borax has been discovered in
Washington Territory.
Senator Morton is at Indianapolis
Boston vntrd m Sa.urlay, Z, 42l to 1857
to permit the sale OF beer.
Brigham's son left New York on Friday OF
last week, with 800 English Mormons, emf
grating to Utah. There are 500 more at
quarantine in New York harbor, waiting to
take the trains.
On Tuesday night Mrs. Elizabeth Stark, of
Cleveland, Ohio, attempted to extinguish a
coal oil lamp by bio ing down its chimney.
She leaves a husband and four children, the
youngest but seven weeks old.
The Directors of the Cleveland and Pitts
burg Railroad last week resolved that there
was no legal method by which the increase
of fifty per cent. in the stock, asked for by
the stockholders, could be made.
George Woodruff, the oldest trainer and
driver of trotting horses in the world, was
killed last THURSDAY morning by being struck
by locomotive as he was crossing the rail-
road track near Beacon Course, Boston.
Lieutenant Mckee, U. s. n, who was kill
ed in the fight with the Coreans on the 18th
ult., was from Louisville. where his family
are we'll known and highly respected. HI
graduated from the Naval school in 1866.
The SueE Canal is said to be filing up will
sand. The Khedive of Egypt declines to be
come owner by the purchase of the insttu,
ton, even though the suggestion that he buy
comes from his imperial brother, the Sublim,
Porte.
Sheffield, England, finds constant cause TO
alarm in the tact that a subterraneous d.
RACES beneath her, the extent of whose burn
ings it is impossible to determine. Fears ar
entertained that its an old colliery that ex
tends to the very center of the town.
| Fosters chances for posiponem ent of hi
execution are one by one fading away. Eve
~ effort of his diligent counsel seems only I
result in disappointment. He has seven day
left to him on earth, unless some plan {
Judge Stuart shall prove potent to extend hi
time.
Gen. Sherman said, at Georgetown %. c..
College cemme ncement, that he would a
soon expect TO see an attempt to dissolv
this Union in the future come from the Mort
as from the South, but it will never come, ft
now we sre ;oned together stronger than
bands of steel.
The trial of VIM. Foster, for Putin am
murder, cost New York county about So OF
for entertainment of the jury at the Astt
House, where the choicest viands, the fine
cigars, the pos: costly refreshments we,
spread before them. The articles are sa
to be charged for at rea sonable rates.
Lansing Her, an inmate of the Auburn,
T., Prison, has fallen heir to $l50.GO0.
was q resident af Ithaca, where he MARI,
q lady in good standing. The criminal
known by the aliases of "Sturges'' and "L
renzo C. Stewart" His term expires 500
when be will be tried on an indictment
robbery ip Syracuse.
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RECEIVERS SALE
OF
Tul1table ReuI Estate.
JOHN NJ. WASHBURN, Cause No. 1899,
VS.. Wayne Common
WILLIAM T. SUIT. Pleas Court
nf InI;,no

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue of
~ an order OF said Court the undersig ned,
appointed bv said Court, Receiver in the above
entitled cause, will sell at public Auction. on
the premises on Saturday, the 22d day of
July. 1871 the following described Real Estate
to-wit:
The undivided 1898 $4,000 part of Lot No.
five 5 and seven y feet six t6) inches off
the South side OF Lot No. four A. extending
the entire length of said Let No four A. 10
that part of the city of Richmond laid out BY
Bicke and Laws, of ground purchased hy
them OF Charles W. Starr, near the Depot in
the city of Richmond, Wayne county, State
OF Indiana.
And, also, at the same time and place. the
following real estate in said county, to wit:
Being the undivided 1912 part OF that part
of section No. thirty three [33) in Town
ship No. fourteen IA of Range No. one ID
West, and in the Northwest quaI ter of said
section, and bounded as follows, to.wit: Be
| ginning at marked stone in the line between
| kenworthy and Hugh Moffit, which, said be-
| ginning corner is found as follows: Begin
| ming at the 'rthwest corner of said quarter
| section and tn nee South twenty-five 2)rods
and fteenl 5)Iinks and thence south eighty.
eight and one fourth (sSA degrees East, fifty
| inc and one-halt 5912 rods to said begin
| ming corner. thence South fourteen [ AZ rods
| to stake in the reservoir, thence West
twelve ~ rods to a marked stone corner,
thence Nort!, fourteen i4) rods and ten 10
links to a stake, in sad kenworthv's North
line, thence South eighty eight and one fourtt
(SSH) degrees, East twelve (l2) rods to the
place of beginning, containing one (l) acre
be the same more or less.
Said real estate W i'll be sold on the follow.
ing terms. to.wit:
One-third cash down; one-third in on,
year, and one-third in two years, with inter
est at six per cent. from date of sale. Th,
deferred payments to be secured by mortgag,
on said real estate.
Sale to begin at O'Clock p. m.
LEWIS D. STUBS, Receiver.
Richmond, June 81, 1871. p-f-$l5.l5.4v
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The following is the decision of
the noted case Of w. L. John VS..
The Richmond l. Fl. Wayne r.
R., which was appealed from this
county to the Supreme Court:
Held: That the act Of the Leg.
islature of May IL, 1869. ITO
authorize aid to the construction
of railroads by counties and town
ships taking stock in and making
donations to railroad companies, p"
80 far as the act auth orizes town.
ships to thus take stock. to be
paid for by means Of levying a
tax upon the property OF the town
ship, as in the act provided for, is
constitutional and valid.
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State oflndiana, Wayne County, IS
In the Wayne Civil Circuit Court. August
Term, 1871.
John II Hall VS.. Selma Il. Hall.

John II. Hall VS.. Selma b. Hall.
Divorce No.
DE it known. that, on this sixteenth day
bot June, 1871, the abo We r AIMED Pl Unfit,
bv Ralsback & Young, Attorneys, fled in the
offic' of the Clerk of the Wayne Civil Circui,
Court his complaint gainst said Defendant
in the above entitled cause, together with the
affidavit at disinterestcd person that said
defendant, Selma b. Hall, is not re- ident If
the State of Indiana. Said Selma B. Hall is
hereby notified " the fling and penien
of said complaint against her. and that on
the twentieth dav OF july, 1871. a,>the law
office OF Bestow + holt No. IA, Wal tree,,
New York, n. T.. befo-e compett mt author
ity the plaintin viii proceed to take the dep
ostion of Sidney Doane and others ; and on
the twenty-fiith day of Jnlv. 1871, at the
MAYORS office in the city tf Cleveland Ohio
before comoetent authority, the plaintiff " i'll
proceed to take the deposition Of David Ell
don Hall and others ; and On the twenty ninth
OF July, 1871, at the Mayors Office in the city
of Evansville, Indiana before competent au-
.thority, will proceed to take the deposition OF
Thomas WoIthington and others the taking
of said dispositions at each o! said places Ia
be continued from day to dav until all are
taken, and to be used as evidence in behalf
of said plaintiff on the trial 81 said eau e. and
that unl IS said defendant appear and answ er
or demur to said complaint at the calling of
said cause, or the ID day of the next Term of
the Wayne Civil Circuit Court, to be begun and
held at the Court House on the first Monday
OF August next, said complaint and the mat
ters and things therein contained AMI alleged
will be taken as true, and the said cause will
be heard and determined 10 herabsence.
Witness VIM. W. Dudley
Clerk, and the Seal Of said
SEAL. Court, at Centervilie, this 10th
t~, day Of June, 81.
WIN. w. DUDLEY, Clerk.
l Railsback 4 Young, Atty's for Pl'f.
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& DAVIS. Pr,priet,rs
TER MS:
CoMroRrvR.--We are fearful that

COMFORTER. W. are fearful that
we shall net succeed in comforting
our n eighbor Of the Radical in the
loss he has sustained. He evident
~ regards the position he has re-
Gently held, in the light Of a piece
of real estate that had been trans
mitted to him from one OF his
grandiathers, and hence the diff
Guilty IRE are under in our labor Of
love. If this vagary could have
only been dispelled from our
friends mind, he would have treat,
ed the subject little more philo-
sophically, and whilst keeping up
q good deal of thinking, he would
have acted wise by saying nothing.
But it has proved otherwise. and
We can't help him. Whilst extend
ing to him our sympathies. We can
not help suggesting to him that if
he was, as he says. one of the fore
runners and founders of the Re-
publican party. we arc extremely
sorry that he had not made a better
start than by editing the Jefferso-
MAN at the time that party was
born, and condemning it as an
abolition partyw In abiding to
his past political history. we by no
means wish it to be understood
that we do not believe in the doc
trine that the vilest sinner may re.
turn
We will not pluck one pos,ofice
laurel from the brow of our illus
trious predecessor; but We wish il
distinctly understood that E. A
Jones, Esq. has the honor Of in.
augurating one of the daily mails
he attributes to himself ae having
secured. Our neighbor shouli
make this correction in vindica,ior
Of the truth of his Post.die-luviar
career.
Our neighbor of the Telegram
sympathizes with the late p. NJ.
thusly:
"The Radical has taken the new departure
has reduced, wilted, drawn in. This step,
intimates, has been made necessary by tn
change in the post-ofice. 1t regrets. OF cours
it does. He would have liked yer
have helped him amazingly in sundry and d
vers ways. Now he is thrown upon his ow
resources, and must support wife and fou
pos:-offceless children single handed an
alone. He therefore appeals to the public
come to his aid and subscribe for the Rsdica
diminishe ed in size though it be. The heal
that is not melted BY this touching apes
must be made Of stone. Our sympathy goe
out to Isaac, in b is sore bereavement, Y ithor
stint. He can put US down for one copy
the Radical SO long as we both shall live
The more it is reduced in size the closer v
shall cling to it. When the time comes (whc
sooner CT later must) that il shall only ha'
room in its columns for Georges ancier
speeches and Isaac primitive poems we sha
still cleve to it With that terder reveren,
which age extracts from early love. Ar
finally - but the thought of its ev,
diminishing TO nothing over. powers US Goa
pletely. Eucuse W dear reader
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A CARD.

4 CLERGYMAN, while residing in South
"A America as a missionary, discovered
safe ard simple remedy for the cure of Ner-
vous Weakness, Early Decay, Diseases of
the Urinary aud Seminal Organs, and the
whole train of disorders bro ,ght Oh by vi.
cious and baneful habits. Great numbers
have been cured by this noble remedy
Prompted bv desire to benefit the afflicted
and unfortunate, viii send the recipe for
preparing and using this medicine, in a seal.
ed envelope, to any one who needs it, free Of
charge. Address Jos. 7. IMAM, Station n,
Bible House. New York City. nav
G.P. r, 4 Co,
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A new tangled coffee-pot aston
ished q peaceable family in India
napolis by blowing off the top of
the stove, and furnishing them their
coffee In the manner Of o shower
bath,
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AN ORDINANCE

To Protect Birds and to Prevent the
Throwing Of Stones aud Other Mis-.
siles Within the Limits of the City.
SEC. l. Be it ordained by the Common
Council of the city of Richmond, That il
shall be unlaw full for any person to throw
any stone or other missi, at, or to shoot in
or any other manner. iniure or fright en-
away any bird or birds within the limits OF
this city; or to throw any stones other
missiles at any animal at any place within said
city, where the same might be calculated to
injure any person or property. Any person
violating this Section, shall on conviction, be
fined 10 any sum not more than ten dollars.
SEC. 2. This Ordinance shalt be in force
from and after its passage and publication in
the Richmond Palladium.
Passed ami approved this 10Th dav oil June,
A. D., 1871. JAMES NJ. POE, Mayor.
Attest P. P. KIRN, CITY Clerk. l5-2w
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A farmer near Southport, got
down In front of his moving ma
chine to fix some Of the gearing,
when the horses started and 1t
struck him back Of the neck, sever
ing the head from the body a.
clean - though guillotinsd.
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Vinegar Bitters are not a vile Fancy Drink,
Made of Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof Spirits
and Refuse Liquors. doctorcd, spiced and sweet
ened to please the taste, called Toncs, Appctzers
"Restorers, &C. that lead tko tpper on to drunken
and ruin, but true Medicine, made from the
Native Roots and Herbs OF California free from NIL
Alcoholic Stimulants. They are the GREAT
BLOOD PURIFIER and LIFE GIVING
PRINCIPLE, perfect Renovator and Invigorator
Of the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and
restoring the blood to healthy condition. No
take these Btters according to directions and
main long unwel. provided their bones not des-
troyed by mineral poison other means, and the vital
organs wasted beyond the point of repair
They are Gentle Purgntive ms we'll Ms n
Tonic, possessing also, the peculiar merit ofacng
powerful agent in relieving Congestion InHamma-
ton Of the Liver and all the Visceral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether in
young old, married SINGLE at the dawn Of woman.
hood the of life these Tonic Bitters have
equal.
For InAammntOry or Chronic Rheumnt ism
and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bill
i0us, Kesnittent and Intermittent Fevers,
Diseases Of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and
Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful.
Such Diseases are caused by Initiated Blood.
which il generally produced by arrangement OF the
Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Read
ache, Pain in the Shoulders Coughs, Tighness Of tho
Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks Papiration of the
Heart Inflammation of the Lungs Pain in the regions
OF the Kidneys and hundred other painful symptoms.
the o6sprines Of Dyspepsia
They nvieorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels which render them Of uneQualled
efficacy in cleansing the blood Of all impurities and i'm
parting new life and vigor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions letter.
Salt Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pmples Pustues, Bois
Carbuncles, Ring Worms Scald Head, Sore Eyes
Erisipelas, Itch. Scurfs Dissertations Of the Skin
hnmors and Diseases OF the skim of whatever name
nature literally dug up and carried out OF the
system in short time by the of these Bters One
bottle in such will convince the most increduoua
Of their curative e@oct.
Cleanse the Initiated Blood whenever find Its i'm
purties bursting through the skin in Eruptone
>or Sores cleanse it when find II obstructed and
sluggish in the veins: cleanse il when it is FOUL and
your feelings will tell when Keep the blood pure
and the health Of the system will follow.
PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS. LURKING n
the system of many thousands, eGectually des
troyed and removed For full directions, read CAREFUL,
the circular around each bottle, printed In foul
languages-Engsh, German, French and Spanish
WALKER, Proprietor R. Fl. MCDONALD 4 CO
Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco Cal, AM
- and - Commerce Street. New York.
~ SOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS
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wNANrED,-AG AGENTS. ( 20 per Day to
w sell the celebrated HOME SHUTTLE
SEWING MACHINE. Has the under-feed,'
makes the clock stitch" alike on Doth sides, J
and is fully licensed. The best and cheapest
family Sewing Machine in the market. Ad
dress JOHNSON, CLARK & CO., Boston,
Mass, Plttsburg, Pa, Chicago, Ill, or St.
Louis, Mo- 154
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Lumber! Lumber.

UMBER! You can find all kinds Of
IL Building Lumber. Sash, Blinds,
&c.. at EZRA SMITH co -, as good as
the best, and as low as anywhere of same
quality. l3 st
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LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the Post Office at Rich mond,
Ind, JULY lst, 1871.
| Persons calling for these Letters will please
| say "ADvERTISED" and give the date Of
| this list
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rAS BILLS discounted Is per cent
IL if paid on orbefore the 20th of each
month.