Locomotive, Volume 7, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1849 — Page 3

I- The Draw Game.A. concert was advertised to come off on the night of the 22d of December, at a school house in beast valley,' in Johnson county, near Greenwood, by a company of negro melodists. , On the night appointed, a large company of

gentlemen and ladies were in attendance, somo having to come three and four miles through the

mud and cold, anxious to hear the. music. ,-They

waited ;until their stock of patience was entirely ex

hausted, when they learned that it was all a hoax-

that there were no white niggers in the State, and that they had; been completely gulled. You may well believe they were mad, and that they made back tracks quicker. . . r -

- Whig State Convention. The Whig Con'vention which assembled in this city otr Wednes

day the 3d inst, have nominated Elisha Embree, of

Gibson county, for Governor, and Thomas S. Stan field, of St. Joseph county, for Lieutenant Gover

nor;

; lhe attendence at the convention was large, and

day and evening. Ex. Gov. Wallace was President of the convention, and D. P. Holloway. Esq.,

Principal secretary. ; - The Democracy hold their convention on next Monday, the 8th, - and the Free Soil party on the 18th, of January. ' - ' . - J; : t: .

came galloping up Washington street, scattering the fragments of a buggy on each square no damage done, except to the buggy. ..... .... .. !,.,; On Tuesday two horses went through Washington street with the single trees and .' tongue of l a wagon after them. They ran on the side walk near the Palmer House, and seriously injured a Gentleman by the name of C. Clark, by running against him with the tongue. ;"-..' . Legislative Summary. A great amount of local business has been done by' the present Legislature, which has occupied nearly their whole time. "A bill to increase and extend the benefit of common schools," has been reported by the Education

committee of the House"; the bill contains . 20 sections, and it will most likely pass 'as.it came from

the hands of the committee, with but; few altera-,

tions. The first sections of the bill have already been .before the committee of the whole, in the house, and considerable discussion elicited on it. This has been a working Legislature but little time has been spent in foolishness, and a large number of bills have been brought up in the four weeks thev

have been in session. . -- ' ''!

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uuve ox wumctm. nyron says mai "me love of woman is a dangerous thing." There is nevertheless one comfort it does not last long. - ' ' - . , N. Y. Star

Shouldn't think it would with a fellow who talks that way." His ingratitude would soon turn it to nate. Bait. Star. - A little love is a dangerous thing drink deep, and it is a neverfailing fount of uninterrupted happiness.

tom's wedding day. Keeping Tom's wedding day, his friends " Boozed till their brains were addled, They drank his hridal day! Tom sighed, That same day I was saddled.

. Parody on Uncle Ned. AS SUNG BY Ml, WObDSCFF, ' IF ' THE ' !CLIA NTS, AND ' IIIGIir.V AITLAUDED BY A CROWDED AUDIENCE. ' There formerly might have been seenan cged colored in'dividua!, whose cognomen was uncle Edward, And he- departed this life sometime .since,, sometime since, And he had no capillary substance on the summit of his cranium, . , ... . . ; . ( Ou the placc'cL ein'gned by nature for the' capillary' stbstance to regit ate. , - . 1 ' ' - ' ' ' ' '

Then lay down the agricultural implements, '' ' . ' -Allow the violin and bow to be pendant on the wall, . ' For theje is no more physical energy to be displayed by indigent aged Edward, ..j ; ... . . . For he has departed to the abode designed by a kind Provl- - dence for all pious, humane, and benevolent colon d in dividujls. UncTe Edward had digits equal in longitude to the bamboo formation which springs so spontaneously on the banks of the Southern Mississippi, " ' - ' ' : And he had noocculars with which to bbserye the bcautic . of nature, .. , And he had no dental formations with which to masticate the Indian meal cake," ' . '" Consequently he was forced to permit the Indian meal cake ' to pass by wiih impunity. V v 1 - When Uncle Edward relinquished .his hold on vitality his master was exceedingly grieved, " ' And the lachrymal poured down his checks similar to the rains from Heaven, ' t -,v; . , For he knew when the old man was laid beneath terra firma,

tie would never nave the pleasure ot beholding the physi ognomy of aged. Edward any more. -

Address of the Carrier Boy's As when the Trav'ler, up a mountain, side,

Sees, at each step, the prospect opening wide ;

I ill from the top he casts his ardent eye,' -' -Where Nature's works, in wild profusion lie :

The distant landscape cannot, seem but fair,

I hough he be fated ne er to enter there. . -

So in the march of time, upon the bound,

1 hat marks his courso at ev'ry annual round, " ' Who will not pause, while smiling friends appear, To welcome in with joy the coming year ? :, " And who will fail with pleasure to survey . The hopes that rise to gild his future way ?.. .. ; -What though thero b? corroding pain and care ? Light oft dispels the darkness of despair, And many a pleasing hope remains to cheer The deepest gloom that sorrow gathers here. Such are the friends, or wife, or parents smile, The prattling child, whosejnfant arts beguile,, The cares that love for-mutual love bestows, The hearts that feel and melt for others woes, ;

And the bright periods, as the seasons roll, . .' That wake to life and hope the. afflicted soul. '. Such joys as these are blessings kindly given, . To bloom pn earth and bear the fruit of Heaven. " See the fond parent, at each opening year, Fair to his view his youthful train appear, In fancy's eye, lie "sees his sons arise, And more than fill the place he 'now supplies. And in his daughter's form, he can behold, . How all the Mother's graces will unfold. And hopes like these console declining age, And gently smooth his weary pilgrimage. The youth, who, ardent. in pursuit of fame, . And on its rolls would place a glorious name, . Resolves henceforth no means be unessay'd, , To gather laurels, that shall never fade. Be his the task, by toilsome labor sought, To marshall all the strength of patient thought, That he may love, and light, and truth, display, To guide the wand'rer to the better way. The man who long the sport of fortune's power, Has scarcely felt the sunshine of an hour, Yet when this morn of hope and joy appears, Looks for a blessing on his future years. 7 ; With nobler aims let brighter prospects rise, ! To cheer, adorn, and glad his evening skies.

The young awake to hope this happy morn, The singlo maiden is no more fprlorn, 'V . f.. The batter'd bachelor is void of. care, , Y - , The Dandy's chin looks fierce with sandy hair,- ; The bustled bollc and all the giddy throng, -V ' Hope for new pleasures as they pass along; This year, this happy year, they will begin, To taste more joy, than all the past has seen. . Once more the hardy citizens, who toil, '

Look with delight on all their hands have done, " See future harvests waive beneath the sun, And busy shops and fertile fields appear, With all the varied products of the year.

No more the laborer treads the same dull round, Where once the sons of toil were always found. ; But mind now guides the hand, the force propels, And steam can print the News the lightning tells. Let others praise the fabled Golden age, , And California's mines be all the rage, The Iron age be ours, it comes to. bless Tho mighUj mass, with comforts numberless. " Not higher aims nor nobler hopes arise From those, who guide, their Country's destinies, VVIia moot rlovioinrr nlono 11 Til ir rrrri

To be repaid with fame and gratitude. A nation's wants invoke their generous care, The means of future greatness to prepare ; 'Tis theirs the cause of "virtue to maintain,; ' The weak encourage, and the bad restrain. To send the Teacher forth to every grove, And hill, and vale, in all the land we love ; ; To aid the feeble, and the wrong'd redress, ' The sweets of life enhance, the ills repress, . ; To ends like these 'tis theirs to lead the way, And may success their cares and toils repay. But hark! from Europe's shores each echo "brings The sighs of Nobles, and the groans of Kings. The shout? of slaves enfranchis'd, and the acclaim Of wild aspirants for the scats of fame. , : ' ' Is freedom won when power is overthrown? Will murd'rous Mobs for previous crimes atone ? Can blood, like water shed, erase the stains," , Anrl sfnrs Jmnrintprl hv nnnrfissinn's nhains?'.

Oh, no ! as yet there is no certain light ; To guide through Revolution's stormy night," All other hopes are vain but those we draw r ' From truth, religion liberty and law. ' '-;' Again has passed the Presidential strife, : ' That wakes so .many reptiles into life . . ..'.. . With breath and being, drawn from party rage, -What arts and wiles their busy minds engage ... 'Tis theirs to praise, applaud, revile, abuse,' And do precisely as the party, chuse, Invent the excuse and coin the ready lie, " And now the truth with brazen front deny. . 4 .

Yet when the time shall come, and come it must; When calm reflection shall give sentence just, -. . How low and base must then appear the aim . To earn the wages of disgrace and shame. ' ; Yet there are those who bravely have withstood, The battle cry of merely party good, ; Who, clothed with pow'r, will no allegiance own, But to their Country's cause, and that-alone. '. But ere the News boy ends his serious lay, . He too would try to welcome in the day. ' : '. May all his gen'rous Patrons find at last, v . : A better, brighter year than all the past ; .' ' HI 1 111. 1 mnn .Amrnrf nnJ rv J.-.'.,

And all that life can give without alloy. : And in return, before he takes his leave, ' He only asks just what you please to give. .First Class in Philosophy stand tjp. Who is the strongest man ?', ' The man that can lift his own notes every day without borrowing.' f 'Smart boy blow your nose with a bellows, and then tell, me how much pickle Lot's wife would have made 1 School is dismissed to slide on the banisters. ' " '