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VOL VII.

CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, SATIJBDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1848.

No. a.

THE LOCOMOTIVE

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Saturday, December 1 6 , 1848;

Female Beauty. Those who are accustomed to enlightened views of female beauty will know that there are different kinds of personal beauty, amongst which that of form and coloring holds a very inferior rank. There is

beauty of expression ; for instance, of sweetness, of

nobility, of intellectual refinement, of feeling, of animation, of meekness, of resignation,' and many other kinds of beauty, which may all be allied to the plainest features, and yet may remain to give pleasure long after the blooming cheek has faded and silver gray has mingled with the hair. And how far more powerful in their influence upon others are some of those kinds of beauty ! for, after all, beauty depends more upon the movements of the face than upon the form of the features when at rest ; and thus

a countenance, habitually under" the influence of

amiable feelings, acquires a beauty of the; highest order, from the frequency with which such feelings are the originating cause of the movements or expressions which stamp their character upon it. Vho has not wailed for the first opening of the lips of a celebrated belle, to see whether her claims would be supported by " the mind, the music breathing from her face V and who has not occasionally turned away repelled by the utter, blank, or worse than blank, which the simple movement "of the mouth, in speaking or smiling, has revealed ? The language of poetry describes the loud laugh as indicative of the vulgar mind ; and, certainly, there are expressions conveyed even through the medium of a smile, which need not Lavater to inform "us that refinement cf feeling or elevation of soul has little to do with the fair countenance on which they are impressed. On the other hand', there are plain women sometimes met with in society, every movement of whose features is instinct with intelligence ; who from the genuine heart-warm smiles which flay about the mouth, the sweetly modulated voice, &nd the lighting up of an eye that looks as if it Xould" comprehend the universe" became perfectly beautiful to those who live with them and love them. , Before such pretensions as these, how soon does the pink-and-white of a merely pretty face tanish into nothing!

To Miss Isabella Edinburgh, Indiana. Published by request, verbatum et literatum. Those lines, dear Miss, I pray peruse, Nor think me very bold, I know, sweet girl, you will excuse ' These lines when all is told. . Thine eyes, I vow, when 'first we met, Awakened in this breast, " A-feeling which still thrills it yet, ' And wi;l not let it rest. The smile, my dear, which you bestow, This heart can quickley move, . Can wake its deepest trimbling sigh And wake its holiest love. 'And shall that eye still beam on me 1 And speake to me of love ! -Say, wilf its faithful constant beam ? ; And shall that smile yet speak to me ; . As an angles from above ! This echoing heart would leap to feel, And answer yes yes -tislove. : W. D,

I Young Idlers. The habit of "loafing" destroys more young men in cities than nil other causes put together. But there is a lackadaisical class of girls called "young ladies," who are in a worse way than these, same young fellows. While their fathers, honest, laboring men, work early and late to make a living, and their mothers enslave themselves to keep them tidy, and cook their rneals, these interesting creatures are lolling about, terrified at nothing so much as the idea of earning the salt that seasons their food.' You cannot induce them to do a little sewing by offering the'm double pay, lest they should be known to be " working girls," and lose all chances for the fashionable world. Interesting creatures! doomed to helpless dependance through life, or to be a dead weight to duped husbands.

: Messrs. Editors : As my . last communication was occupied in defining my position, I suppose I may once more be allowed a few words in reply to friend Monitor. In his last he replies in a more candid manner, to me, than I had anticipated of him, and had he have confined himself from the first to a show of reason, or argument, instead of launching forth such wholesale abuse upon all who make pretensions to religion, be would . have saved himself some of the severe notices which his communications have received. . ' . In regard to the point which he wishes us to consider as settled by "popular opinion," and the experience of eastern cities, I. must say that I am not ready to admit, that prohibitory law upon this traffic.has ever had a fair trial; and I will venture to assert, that not many years will pass, till we shall see those same eastern cities sustaining laws far more stringent, and severe, than have ever yet been passed upon the traffic. Those failures can be ac

counted for on philosophic principles, satisfactory to the candid observer. But as I have neither timet disposition, or ability to discuss this point, in that ' elaborate and masterly (?) manner", it deserves, I will recommend Monitor to read carefully, "Kitchel's appea to the people," published in the Family Visitor.'", ' In concluding this short series of communica. tions, 1 must say that-1 do not believe that I "see through aglassclouded with religious bigotry or temperance fanaticism," yyhen 1 see that much of the language used by Monitor, (if not the language of a dram-seller, a thief, or a hypocrite,) approximates very closely to that kind of slang, and mean insinuation of hypocrisy and wish to rule, which is so often heard among the frequenters of the dramshops and card-tables. And I must say that friend Monitor manifests' an abhorrence, or dread of pray, ing people, a parallel to which is" only found in the case of the old gentleman, in the following couplet;

" And Satan trembles when he sees, The weakest saint upon his knees." ' '. -Respectfully," ' Vindex. For the Loa m tre. Mr. Editor: I see you have taken occasion to notice my communication' sent to you a few ..week since, in pretty severe terms, though I hope in no ill humor, for I assure you what 1 said in respect to. the pieces I'alluded to, vv-as with the purest motives and kindest feelings to you, as I had heard many others who are in the habit of taking your paper, say the same things,' and I was not willing to forsake a friend without notifying him before hand, andgiv ing iny reasons Now other matters of a great deal more importance than this reply, demands my time , and attention, and I shall only say in reply to your" editorial of the 3d inst., that I am free to admit the freedom of the press is one of the great blessings of our free institutions, but when that press is used at any time in publishing any thing derogatory to all the best principles of moral reform and good taste, I consider I am at liberty to refuse it a place in my reading room, or as unworthy of a place in my library. Now of course we stand on equal ground in this respect. Well, sir, if I have been illiberal in first notifying you, I cannot conceive that your remarks towards me were less liberal. However, as I said before 1 have no wish to extend this controversy with you, Mr. Editor, as I can see nothing good to be accomplished on either side. I ,will only say that I am often reminded, by some men's notion, of liberality, of the Irishman's views 'of the liberty of this country. After a hard struggle he made out to reach the United States, and soon ofter landin?, he was for laying violent hands on every thing, without leave or license. This did not just suit the . notions of some of the Yankee?, and he was therefore brought to a sudden halt, and his only plea before the Justice was, that he had thought this to be afree country, and of course he was at liberty to take what he pleased. Now this is just the kind of views some men have, especially those favorable to selling liquors, (and of nuny other things, too.) OhJ say they, it is taking away the liberty of the people to say a man shall not have license to sell spirits, to impoverish and ruin some hard laboring, yet weak