The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-04-12
--OUR. WAsnINGFON LETTER

or IN ehe past ten days, nom WINTER
to summer has robbed us Of our &C
customed genial spring. The mer-
Quay rose to GO to day. The oldest
Inhabitants here say that the past
two seasons have been colder in the
winter and warmer in the summer
than any two successive seasons in
their time. Not until within the
past two days have winter clothes
been uncomfortable TO wear, over
coats even being in good demand.
About six o'clock yesterday morn
ing q CORY face and scalp of q man
was found near the capitol. No
traces Of the body has yet been
found The city is Mortified So
frequent are most foul murders
committed here, that the people
have become thoroughly aroused to
the importance Of speedy thrills, and
If the parties charged with such
crimes are found guilty certain and
speedy execution.
The jury in the Tom Wright's
trial for the murder of Royerski
last December, only took ten min
utes last evening to conclude on q
verdict of guilty.
Treasury still withstandh the
pressure for increase of cur ency,
and the state Of, the country is one
of contraction Men have the same
money each year to serve for an in
cressing trade. The railroads hav-
ing declined to take issue with the
government on the postal car issue
are aggrayating the present difficult
ties by high freights. The Western
produce now in store, if sent to
market would soon relieve the
stringency. by it's increased circula-
ton of money. Stagnation il one
leading branch here makes trouble
all around.
The visit Of the Secretary Of war
accompanied by General Sheridan
to the Mexican frontier suggests a
grave complication with our neigh
boring republic, growing out OF
causes which neither government
can control The occupation of the
Rio Grande in force to arrest the
depredations from Mexico viii lead
to collisions. A proud and haugh
ty but foolish and weak people will
be equally unable to keep out Of
difficulty or to fight it out when
once involved. Another slice Of
Mexican territory viii probably,
within the next ten years, enlarge
the area of freedom.
Senator Wright Of Iowa, whose
efforts to incorporate into the rules
Of the Senate something like the
ssprevious question" during the late
extra session have already attracted
public attention. The subject will
doubtless recur again at the. next
session, to which the consideration
of Senator Wright's suggestions
appears to have been RENTED oi
course there is q good deal to be
said both for and against the limo.
walton thus proposed. tt is argued
that IN q body SO numerous as the
Senate has become with seventy.
two members, some rule of the
kind is absolutely necessary to ia
cilitate the despatch of business
when john p. Hale was member
Of the body, he endeavored to have
some sort of gag law IN force in
order to prevent certain Senators
from speaking hours and sometimes
days at time.
The Republic, a monthly maya
zine published here, q copy of which
you have Mr.. Editor, doubtless re-
oeived ere this, is receiving much
favor from public men. In the cap
itol alone the subscription list al.
ready swells up to 500, and from
all parts of the country letters en-,
dorsing it, is received n@