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The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23
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The anxiety to own a ''nigger"
in the Southern States is 40 large
it overrides all the teachings of
certain Democratic papprs-in re-
gard to discretion-to do nothing
rash. Wade Hampton, when.
pressed on this point by certain
Democratic leaders in New York
could only promise that nothing
indiscreet shonld be done if he
could prevent il" The proyiso
was well made. Hampton knew
the sentiment of the Southern
people and dared, not make .
positive promise. "If he. could
prevent" He knew that he could
not prevent the outcropping of
Southern hate Of free. blacks,
and the anxiety to. own and
wallop a nigger- Fhee Legisla-
ture of Texas have already enacted
laws providing for the sale on the
block to the highest bidder, of con-
victs and persons merely charged
with the commission of crime. In
every section of the South, the
custom of apprenticing minors to
masters who are not expected to
teach them q trade, because those
masters are farmers and planters,
is more or less recognized and
practiced.
In Georgia a law has-been enact.
ed amending the new code so as to
read as follows:
In all cases where persons are con-
victed of misdemeanor, and sentenced
to work in chain gang on the public
works. or public roads, or when such
persons are confined in Jail. for nom
payment Of fines imposed for such mis-
demeanor, the ordinary of the county,
and when there is board of commits
sioners of roads and revenues of the
county, then said board of commission
ers, and in those counties where there
IS county judge, then said county
Judge. where such conviction was had,
or where such convicts may be con-
fined may place such convicts in the
county or elsewhere, to work upon
such public works of the county, in
chain gangs or otherwise, or hire out
such convicts upon such terms and
restrictions as may subserve the ends
of justice, and place such conyicts
under such guards as may he necessa.
ry for their safe keeping"
I'm the county or elsewhere" :"
means into counties in the extremes
of the State, away from home and
friends, when the alleged convict
could be held indefinitely like q
Mexican peon.
| If these facts prove anything,
they certainly prove an abiding
faith in the doctrine of the political
inequality of the two races, and a
lasting inclination for the restora
ton of the ante bellum situation
when the negro had no rights
which white man was bound to
respect
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

GOING NORTH-lncluding all places sup.
pli0d from the Chicago X. r., and the Fl.
Wayne II. R.,;closes at 1000 a. m.
GOING SOUTH--1. Including Cincinnati
and all points beyond, closes at 7:30 a. m.
2, including all places supplied from the
Cincinnati Railroad, 6oO p. M.
GOING EAST-Including all places sup
All Eastern and Central States, closes at
1000 o. IN. Via Dayton and Xenia Rail-
road, closes 500 o. m.
GOING VEST. Including Indianapolis
and all points sbeyond, closes 1000 a. M;
q same as above, closes 1880 p. m; 3. in
Guiding all points supplied by the 1ndi.
annapolis Railroad; also, Chicago and all
points west and northwest, closes 500
p.
To Webster, williamsburg and Bloomings-
port, on Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day, at 300 p. m.
To Cox's Mills, White Water, Bethel and Ar
ba, on MoAday, "Wednesday and Friday,
at 1900 m.
To Arlington, Clifton and Liberty, on Mon
day and Friday, at 700 a. III.
To Boston. Beechymire, Geodwin's Corner,
and College Corner, on Tuesday and
Friday, at 1880 m.
MAILS ARE OPEN
At 500 n. m. from Indianapolis and Cincin-
natl and beyond
At II00 a. m. from Cincinnati, way and
through mails.
road, and Dayton and Xenia Railroad.
At TOO D. IN. from North, via Chicago Rail-
road and Fort Wayne Railroad.
At 500 D. IN from Indianapolis and beyond
Office open from 700 a. IN. to 7:30 p: NJ
On Sunday, from 800 10 1000 a. m.
Dec l 1874. b. W. DAVIS. P. NJ.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23
A BENEDICTION.

He held her hand one minute in his own;
Murmered, through parted lips, "God
help you, SWEET
Left her alone; and in his vacant place
The twilight stole with soft and noisless
feet.
He passed away through dewy garden
paths,
Flooded with waves of moonlight, weird
and white;
And mystic scent of leaf-veiled lilac bloom
Waiting its incense to the soul of night
Between the setting and the rising sun.
Adrift her spirit wandered, till the day
Woke, the new story of a life begun
Out of the grave of one that slipped away.
A twilight life, of gentle thought and deed,
OF seldess purpose and reliant prayer;
A spirit moving in the misty light
OF springtime perfume on the evening air.
Standing alone, her life was doubly blest,
By this dead love, and OF sorrow born;
Till tender death sang all her soul to rest,
And merged spring twilight in the sum-
mer morn.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

THAT LITTLE GIRL.-The jovial
captain of one of the steamships now
in port tells good story relative to
the May and December marriages so
common in Brazil. A Brazilian gen.
tleman, apparently over fifty years of
age. was a passenger on his vessel.
He was accompanied by two girls, one
about fifteen, and another younger.
The gentleman was seasick in the cab
in, and the girls were on deck, where
upon the captain endeavored to amuse
them took them on his knees, and
told them stories, while he enjoyed
their prattle and pretty smiles. In
the midst of this pleasant occupation
the gentleman came on deck.
With a fierce expression he gazed
upon the scene for a moment, and
then inquired in harsh. husky voice:
You, sir, are you married. "Yes,
I have q daughter older than your lit
tie girl here" said the captain. "She
reminds me very much of mine +"
Here he patted the pretty cheek
That little girl, SIR" exclaimed the
indignant Brazilian, with great en-
phasis, that little girl is my wife,
sir!" The captain collapsed.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

The Hon. Schuyler Colfax is in the
lecture field this winter. During the
last three weeks he has received no
less than hundred invitations to
speak. On Thursday evening last he
delivered lis lecture entitled "Abra-
ham Lincoln" at Cleveland, under
the auspices of the Ladies Christian
Union. The Herald of that city al
ludes to the lecture as most admira-
BILE in matter and maner of delivery,
ana as having been listened to by the
largest and most select audience Of
the season Mr.. Colfax's long ac-
quaintance and intimate ASSOCIATION
with the great President fits him to
form correct estimate of his charac-
ter and public services. Nor is it de-
tracing from the merit of the dead
statesman aud patriot to declare that
his name receives fresh luster in its
commemoTation by his justly distin-
guished eulogist.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

The sirloin of beef is said to owe
its name to King Charles the Sec
ond, who, dining upon a loin of
beef, and being ngparticularly pleased
with it asked the name of the Joint.
On being told, he said. ''for its
merit, then,, [ will knight it, and
henceforth it shall be called Sir
In a ballad of The New Sir John
Barleycorn, this circumstance is
thus mentioned:
Our Second Charles of fame faccte,
On loin of beef did dine;
He held his sword, pleased, DER the meat
"Arise, thou famed Sir Loin."
In another ballad, The Gates of
Calais, it is thus noticed:
Renowned Sir Loin, .oftimes deoreed
The theme of English ballad;
On thee our kings oft deign to feed,
Unknown to Frenchmens palate;
Then, how much doth thy taste exceed
Soup meagre, frogs, and salad!
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

A young married woman in Wor-
cester dreamed twice last week that
she would die at midnight on the first
anniversary of her wedding day, and
SO strongly was she impressed with
the visions that she actually made
preparations for her funeral, and even
gave a sum of money to friend to
purchase mourning. Her husband,
becoming alarmed at her condition,
consulted medical friend, stating all
OF the facts of the case. The astute
doctor. after a minutes cogitation,
discovered way out of the difficulty.
Telling the husband to keep the
patient amused as much as possible
till late in the day. he went down to
the house in the afternoon and ad-
ministered harmless narcotic which
kept the lady asleep till the dreaded
moment had passed. She is now in
good health, and joins with her friends
in laughing at her superstitious fears.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23
Sheffield Operatives and DisstOn
Saws.


As to the lessons which these saws
are to read to Sheffield paper in that
town news very tamely as hereafter !:
I'VE have been favored by Sheffield
merchant with an inspection of a
number of saws made by Henry Diss.
ton, and which have been sent here as
samples. From what we have seen
we think it very desirable that speci-
mems of American workmanship of
this high class should be placed in the
Museum at Weston Park, in order
that workmen in the saw and edge
tool trades may see with their own
eyes and handle with their own hands
such very tangible and very instruct
ing facts in steel. We have written
over and over again in order to pre-
sent as vividly as was within our
power the danger that Sheffield work
men have to face from the competition
of our novelty-loving and acute
cousins of the New World; and few
cases of American manufacture. il
even temporarily placed on view
would probably serve to satisfy even
the workmen Of the saw trade, tha,
the policy of dislike to innovation and
obstruction to changes involving i'm
provements in production has been q
most serious mistake. e.''-Correspon.
dent American Manufacturer.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23
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The blithe and busy hum of Christ
mas increases with every rising and
setting sun, and gives gladsome indi-
cation of the many preparations
which are being made to celebrate the
sacred and cheerful season as it
should be celebrated. The animated
scenes which meet the eye in all the
principal streets and in the holiday
stores would not lead a stranger to
suppose that Chicago had been visited
as it were but yesterday, by another
great confagration. Everywhere is
lively stir, multitude of beaming
faces, brisk display of goods, and
an unloosening of pursestrings. Old
as well as syoung feel the kindly in-
spiration OF the time, and in many
parlor arrangements are being made
for the Christmas tree and its pre-
cious fruits. The brilliantly lighted
windows of our retail merchants es-
adjustments overflow with all man.
ner of rare and radiant articles of
luxury, amusement, and comfort.
There are costly shawls of wondrous
fabric, silks, satins, laces, and jewels
for the expectant fair; slippers and
smoking-c caps for the ruder sex; and
toys and candies of the most exquisite
description for the little ones. Every
day now witnesses an increase in the
grand onslaught Of purchasers and
activity on the part of urbane proprie-
tors and polite and assiduous clerks.
The days of probation are few, and
every hour is valuable for the purpo-
ses of research and purchase.
OF all that tide of humanity which
ebbs and flows through b the streets of
our city it is pleasant to think that
there are few who are not looking Tor
ward with some anticipation and
coming gladness to the Christmas
holidays, and counting the days as
they slip by and shorten the time in
tervening. No need now of the alma
nae to tell us ef the month and the
date. From somewhere up in the
land of eternal snow and ice, where
Santa Claus has his home and work
shop, the patron saint of the season
has sent US a Whit of his frosty breath
as messenger to announce his COM
ing. And somehow no one seems to
think that the so much talked of hard
times are to put damper on the
holidays A great many people will
let their money out now, no matter
how tightly they may hold it on other
occasions, and the store keepers have
made all their preparations just as
though there were no grumblers in
the land. The holiday shopping has
already commenced, and bids fair tc
be unusually brisk. On that dear and
familiar apotheosis of all the virtues
and joys Of Christmas which Dickens
offered on its shrine, he gathered then
all into a compass of expression wher
he pictured the streets of London, a:
seen with the eyes Of the converted
Scrooge on the morning Of the great
day. It would do any man, woman, OF
child good to read that once or twice
| for the next week, and then start int
his or her holiday full of the spirit O
the genial novelist who so truly lovet
the time and all its hallowed associa
tions.--[nter Ocean.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23
Temperance Victorious.

RUsHvILLE IND, December 16.-
After very determined fight on both
sides, the case of William O'Calla-
CHAN, an applicant for license to sell
liquor, has been closed, and the Com
missioners have again decided in ia
vor of temperance, justice and right.
Everything that could be done, even
to blackguardism and heaping epithets
upon the good women who were so
anxious to have our town free from
saloons, was INDUCED in by the attor-
neys on the liquor side. The fight
has lasted eight days, and taken near.
ly all the time of the Commissioners
Court.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

The fire in Boston on the 14th, men
toned in our last weeks, was very
severe, the loss being between six and
eight hundred thousand dollars. As
in the Chicago fire of last summer, the
firemen found it impossible to check
the spread of the flames in the wooden
structures, and it was here that the
principle loss occurred. A FIRE at
Charlestown the same evening des-
troyed property to the amount of$1OO,-
600 or $150,OOO.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

A conductor on one of the trains
of Chicago, Dubuque & Minnesota
Railroad had, until a couple of days
since, a Scotch terrier dog, which
was his inseperable companion,
and accompanied his master with
unfailing regularity on all trips,
the conductor going to the North
end of the line one day and back
the next. The dog had his place
in the baggage car, and kept it all
the time the train was in motion,
but when the train stopped at q
station he would step out take q
look at things, and when the bell
rang he would resume his place in
the car. He understood all of the
signals as well as any of the men,
and when the whistle sounded
seattle on the track" the dog
would rush to the steps of the car
and join his notes of warming with
those of the whistle Just this
side af Guttenburg . year ago,
WAAAO OoA nAnS 0U CnUtAO II 4Vu4 GA10
steps of the car, he fell overheard,
and it was supposed that he had
been killed. The next morning,
however, when his masters train
returned to Guttenburg, "Scipio"
was there and jumped on board as
if nothing had happened. He
seemed to understand the time OF
the arrival and departure of his
train, for many times when he has
been absent at the house, his mas
ter has found him waiting at the
depot A couple of days SINCE,
however, he met his death. The
I, whistle had sounded q cattle
alarm, and he rushed 10 the plat
form, as usual. just then the
brakes were suddenly applied, Civ
ing the car jerk that threw poor
"Scipio" from his feet and rolled
down between the cars and was
hlled.-Dubuque Times.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23
Calico etatfsttes.

It has been estimated that of r.
OOO, 600 women in America II, ,0OO, 600
wear calico dresses, more or less; that
the spirit of economy has, during the
past year, induced them to forego one
dress apiece from their outlay; that
the average calico dress contains
eleven yards. consequently, there has
been loss to the trade OF 121 ,OOO, 600
yards.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

BY JOHN GODFREY SAKE.

BY JOHN GODFREY SAKE.
Give me kisses--dO not stay
Counting in that careful way;
All the coins your lips can print
Never willlexhaust the mint.
Kiss me, then,
Every moment--and again!
Give me kisses--do not stop
Measuring nectar by the drop;
Though to millions they amount,
They will never drain the fount.
Kiss me, then,
Every moment--and again!
Give me kisses--all is waste
Save the luxury we taste,
And for distinguishes live
Only when we take or give;
Kiss me, then,
Every moment--and again!
Give me kisses--though their worth
Far exceeds the gems OF earth;
Never pearls SO rich and pure
Cost so little, 1 am sure.
Kiss me, then,
Every moment--and again!
Give me kisses--nay, It's true,
am just as rich as you;
And for every kiss 1 owe,
can pay you back, you know.
Kiss me, then,
Every moment--and again!
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

Three men purporting to be from
Kansas, named Hilton, Mosse and
Mitchell, have been endeavoring to
collect money and provisions at Terre
Haute, Ind, ostensibly for the Kan
sas sufferers. Investigation shows all
three to be frauds and that nothing Of
what they have collected has been de-
livered.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

The Christian is meek, but vehem-
ent-meek in his own cause, but We
hement in the cause of God. As
Moses, who was dead to affronts, deaf
to reproaches, and blind to injuries,
he will comply with anything that is
civil, but with nothing that is sinful.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

To one quart of best alcohol add
one OF. each of sassafras and cedar
oil, one OF. each of spirits of turpen-
tine and ammonia, one OF. organum
two OF. American cayenne, two OF.
gum camphor. Put in . glass bottle
or jar; let it remain for one or two
days, when it is ready for use.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23
william Bruce and the Young Halter
An ANTIQUARIAN. writing in the Ea-

william Bruce and the Young Halter
An antiquarian. writing in the Ea-
ton Register, of Dec. II, gives a very
interesting biography of William
Bruce, the original owner of the land
now occupied by our neighboring city
of Eaton, Ohio. We were particularly
interested in the manner in which he
treated a young hatter-as it shows
the TRUE plan to build up town
with the right kind of material-econ-
omy and industry:
IAN instance, related by the late
John Gardener to the writer of this
sketch, so fully illustrates the char.
acter OF Mr.. Bruce, that it seems to
be proper to introduce it in this con-
nection. Mr.. Gardener was'a halter
by trade, and came to Eaton a young
and poor mechanic. When he com
menced business, for want of proper
means to carry on his trade. he color
ed his hats in kettle, on the bank OF
the creek. He was frugal and indus
trious, but poverty pinched him close
ly in the start. Being in want of some
meal for bread, and having nothing to
buy it with, he concluded to 60 to the
mill for it, and candidly lay his case
before the miller. When he arrived,
old Billy Bruce, as he called him,
happened to be in the mill, and saw
Gardener. Iasked him." said Gard
ener, "for sack of meal on credit
and he remarked, You are the young
halter in town. Yes, replied Gar
dener. BY blood!' said old Billy, i
hear a pretty report of you, and you
shall be encouraged and taking the
ing asked the price, he said, Nothing
and if you will behave yourself and
be industrious in your trade and bust
ness, will give you lot in town, anG
more meal whenever you need it, fol-
We want such fellows as you arr
among us"
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

On Sunday morning, G. j. Miller,
Deputy United States Marshal. and
c. H. McCarty, Sheriff of Burleigh
county, D. T., while driving on the
Missouri, opposite Burnt Creek Bot
toms, went into an air hole, and in
stantly both men, with team and cut
ter. disappeared under the ice. The
bodies are not yet recovered.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

A POLITE WIFE.-A French paper
tells of marriage which occurred not
long ago, where the bridegroom, un-
able to write, signed his name on the
register with cross. The bride,
though she had received good edu-
cation, did the same, replying to a
relative who whispered a remon-
STRANGE, did you wish me to humili-
ate my husband in this solemn act by
placing him in state of inferiority to
his wife? | will soon manage that he
shall be able to write"
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

The interest on the national debt is
$1O7 ,OOO, 600 per annum. So much for
the efforts of the Southern Democra.
cy to destroy the government.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23
r q. LO n G.
NO. q, NORTH MARION STREET.

Keeps on hand a large assortment of second
hand clothing. Also, cleans, dyes and re-
pairs clothes Of all kinds. His work ia Of
the best quality, and prices to suit the times.
Richmond, Ind, Sept. 23d, 1874. 2S-ly.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23
NEW HACK LINE,
DAVID SAINTMEYER


Has established HACK CONVEYANCE
In each week, ''
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

DAILY JOURNAL, by mail, per annum,
$40; six months, S.; three months, $3.50; one
month, S5 cents; by the week, payable to
the agent or carrier, 20 cents.
nn-All subscriptions invariably in adj.
vance. Address, for circulars and informa-
ton, "THE JOURNAL"
indianapolis, Indiana.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23


Previous to the elections, the Dem
ocratic papers, from the least to the
greatest, were bowling from one end
Of the Union to the other that the
outrages down South were idle tales
invented by the Republicans, for the
purpose of affecting the elections-the
murders of white republicans. and
colored ones, indiscriminately, we're
inventions to increase the zeal of the
opponents of Democratic lawlessness
in the North ard intensity, if posi-
BILE, their hatred for the party that at
tempted to dissolve the Union, and
establish slavery as the corner stone
of the Southern Confederacy! The
elections are over, and still these
same kind of INVENTIONS" and idle
rumors" come to us in our exchanges
in every direction. Southern soil is
really becoming drunk with the blood
| of colored men, and the garments Of
their white League" slaughterers
are rolled in blood!
Things are getting pretty warm al
the South New Orleans is on a
| slumbering volcano. Vicksburg is
the scene Of cruel outrage in which
hundred and fifty innocent negroes
are killed, though Hon. VIM. Niblack
mildly calls it ''only local affair. >
The White Leaguers are alarmingly
active, and general spirit of violence
and lawlessness is showing itself. A
meeting of citizens, held a few days
ago in the parish in which Shreveport
Louisiana, is situated, unanimously
adopted the following:
Resolved, That we, the White
Man party in Ward No. 5 outside
the city limits, do hereby call upor
and invite the people Of Caddo Parish
to assemble in their respective Wards
Saturday, the 10Th, SO as to have sim
ultaneous action and perfect under
standing on the labor question upol
the following basis:
II. That in making contracts fo
the ensuing year we give the frs
preference to those who voted with u
at the election; that we give the mex
to those who didn't vote at all; tina
we utterly repudiate the employmen
of any Radical, black or white, an,
refuse to countenance any planter O
patronize any merchant who gives ali
or comfort in any manner to the same
Resolved further, That we cal
upon the presidents and secretaries O
the various clubs in the parish to furn
ish complete alphabetical lists of al
the Radical voters whose names wer
taken at the polls, and that the list
be forwarded at once to, the Shrcve
port Times; that the Times be re
quested to print the lists for the bene
fit of merchants and planters, an,
that the people be requested to pur
chase lists at a price which will pa
the paper the expense of publishing
that we earnestly implore the peopl
everywhere not to allow their individ
ual interests to influence them for
moment to violate the solemn faitl
and obligation they made to eacI
other upon the labor question previou
to the election"
These are the peaceable fruits G
Democracy.
The Richmond palladium., 1874-12-23

Weather wise-The Us that end
rainy, cloudy and stormy.