The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-07-05

been formed In the West to urge
upon Congress the necessity of
On appropriation for the
. construction Of three grand Ship
Canals. i,,clading the Niagara Ship
Canal, from the interior TO the
seaboard. A memorial has also
been printed and Is now being cir
oalatsd throughout the Western
States for sisnatures, urging upon
Congress the propristy Of the con-
struction Of . double track railway
between New York and Chicago,
70 be worked exclusively in the
freight business, at low speed and
cheap rates. Congress is asked to
order the construction OF such .
highway - . national public work
or 70 grant . charter for such road,
with judicious and proper restric-
tions - to capital stock, toll rates,
and speed OF traine, and Impair
TALLY in the reception and trans-
portation OF freight. The advo-
Gates Of this scheme have made
statements Of such . road would
do for the material interests of the
West. Il il said that With IN
average speed of seven miles an
hour, 45O, 600, 900 bushels of grain
could be delivered by raj at New
York, and about 10, O00, 900 tons Of
general merchandise could be &C.
livered in Chicago annually. The
estimated cost Of the road is $laG,
OOO, 900, which provides for steel
rails. The friends OF the echsme
ascert that, with road OF this
kind constructed on q cash basic
and operated in the freight busi
ness alone, the trains running at ,
low rate Of speed, grain could b
moved from Chicago to New York
afos six esnts . buslel, against abe u
thirty cents now charged.
Lhe prospects Of the growipI
cotton crop viii be the controlin,
influence upon the market for ses
sral months to come At presen
the adsices are not altogether II
vorable, which, in connection wit
the demand from the shorts t,
cover. and strong cable advice
has contributed to the recent ad
vance. The New Orleans Picay
Que Of the 18th inst bss the TO
lowing regarding the corn Gro
prospect-"Heavy and continnou
rains have fallen for some tim
pact over nearly the entire cotto
belt, and beyond doubt the crop
very much injured. The grass h.
gotten such start that unlei
clear weather comes soon tt
STAND Will be ruined. As it is Il
plants have been much stunte'
and II many sections permanent
injured. In many portions {
Louisiana the grass is so high til,
the cotton plants are wholly invii
BILE.
| IL 10 suggested that Poe's hi,
must have had the deiirium tr,
mens,as he was raven on bus
An Ohio man hes Invented
~sparkarrestsr. !" Isis to be presu,
ssi that he has . family of daug
| tiers.
SinguIarly none Of the pape
have yet said that in these da
Of hustle every woman is q pap
SaSItVts
+ Mr.. Moses Dupont Of Holyoh
Mass, add his twenty three brotl
ers have between them 1922 CHI
drsn. anf AZ ag
Eleven hundred migrants arri
ed at Houston. Texas, for the sc
Element Of that State on the 20
and 9lst inst.
. In Upshur County, Texas, II. o
, Cinnamon. are at work on the re
as Pacific Railroad.
Judge Hudson of Memphis, v
died OF cholera last week, forme,
resided q Bloonins tou. He serv
in tho Union army during the ~
I and at its close settled ia Nc
phis.
Il Captain A. j. Jennings 81
sCribed toward building a Meth
? dist Church In Eudora Me.
, refused to pay up, was sued, q
|, was put in Jail, where he says
: IL serving his time out like
man.
Somebody has written q W
: entitled sUseful Hints for U:
: Girls" and the New York e
Q mercial Advertiser decl les Il
= the book has the smallest circu
: ton OF any literary production
the United States.
, A Kentucky paper says: A b,
nees man in Covington bough,
Q postal card yesterday, wrote 3
n lines on the back Of II, and I
II ting it in Q STAN bed envelo