Locomotive, Volume 9, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1849 — Page 1

N " BiEYITY IS THE SOUL . OF" WIT." VOL IX. CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1849. No. 9.

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The Irish Emigrants Lament. " " As Sung by the Eolians." , Published by Request. I'm sitting on the style, Mary, Where we sat side by side, ' On a bright May morning long ago, When first you were my bride. 1Tis but a step down yonder lane, The little church stands near, The church where we were wed, Mary, ' I see the spire from here. - But the grave-yard lies between, Mary, . My steps might break your rest, For I have laid you, darling, down to rest, With your baby on your breast. I'm bidding you a long farewell, My Mary kind and true, Though I'll not forget you darling, love, la the land I'm going to. They say there's bread and work for all, The sun shines always there, Though I'll not forget " Old Ireland," Were it fifty times as fair. And often in those grand old woods, I'll sit and shut my eyes, And my heart will wander back again To the place where Mary lies. I'll think I see that little style, , Where we sat side by side, On a bright May morning, long ago, When first you were my birde.

Youth. How sweet is hope when hearts are young, How brightly then its visions glow; Its brightness is untold by tongue, Its warmth none but the young can know. Hope makes a rainbow for our eyes, From visions of the coming years; One bright expanse before us lies, In which no cloud of gloom appears. 'Tis sad to learn how hopes deceive, - How cold the world we deemed so bright ; In disappointment we will grieve, If fancy paints with hues of light. C. Franklin, Ind. Messes. Editors : It seems to me that your ideas in regard to circuses are just the thing that

the people are the proper persons to encourage or prevent circuses from coming here. It seems al

most like folly to ask a city council to prohibit circuses, when a majority of their constituents are willing and anxious to have them, and pay their money more freely to witness these exhibitions than for any other purpose. The power behind the

council the people control this matter, and the

council will waste their time in passing ordinances

on this subject, unless they do so in accordance

with the wishes of their constituents : a few of the

prominent citizens have no right to express the will of the people, or to dictate what measures the

council shall adopt, in a city, than they have in a

state government. They can express their wishes

as members of the community, and it is worth as

much as the wishes of any other voter in the city

no more nor no less and should be looked on in

that light. '

Now I am as much opposed to circuses as any

person can be ; I never visit them myself, and have always used what little influence I could exert on

others to prevent their going. I think a circus in

this city does more harm, in a moral and religious

point of view, than can be counteracted by all the

preachers in the place in three months; they are all bad, without any redeeming qualities, and they are a curse to every place in which they set up their canvass I think this of circuses, and yet I

would not prohibit them by law for I conceive that

the best way to strengthen and build them up. Oppression always will create, friends for the oppressed, and by prohibiting them you induce those

that would not have thought of it to go. My way of

stopping circuses from coming here would be to induce the people not to visit them there is the se

cret, and until this is done, all the laws that can be made will not have the effect of stopping them. This can be done if the christian and moral portion of the community are disposed to undertake it and the reformation must commence with them. How a christian can attend a circus exhibition, or permit members of his household to do so is what I can't, understand he must either be a Sunday christian, or view circuses in a different light from what I do. Or how a church can permit its members to visit it, and still retain them as members, and hold the Bible as their guide, is incomprehensible to me. I know some of our churches do not admit it, but why don't all prohibit it 1 They are governed by the same general principles, and these principles are entirely opposed to circuses. If the churches would take a decided stand in regard to circuses they could put them down they might have done it long since, for they exert a vast influence in community but as long as their members visit it, and the church overlook it, circuses will thrive and flourish this will give the immoral the excuse they want to attend them, and they will go on every occasion. If moral men will declare their influence against them they can do much if these two influences are brought to bear this year they may have the effect of keeping them away in future. The cholera is now raging in various parts of the country it may be here, and these two circuses that are to be here may be the means of bringing

it if they are crowded and the weather is warm it is very probable they will. I am getting this longer than I intended, but I do wish to make my fellow citizens feel the importance to themselves and the city of their not attending these circuses, particularly at this time. Varitas.

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My dearest friend, though far awayf I'm thinking of thee now, I'm thinking of the hour, the day, I made to thee that vow. That vow was love, it was not given To thee in merry jest, Believe me, then, if thou art liven And free from cholera blest. I would be pleased again to hear, From thee, my far off friend,

Something that my heart will cheerPray to me kindly send. Lewisville, Ind. July M9.

G- E- J.

Church JDoors. . Messrs. Editors : I see an article in the Journal of the 25th, in relation to the members and

congregation of Roberts Chapel Church, that is li

belous, insulting, and unjust, and should be brought before the notice of all the members of that church. The man that " does" the " things about town, used the following language in relation to those that

meet their company" in the lobby.

" The attention of the trustees of our churches

is respectfully directed to a nuisance which infests

the steps leading to their front doors, in the form of the highly concentrated essence of 'ill-manners and vulgarity, put up with any quantity of sap in brazen vessels, and mounted upon two legs."

What language is that to use towards any por

tion of a respectable congregation but he goes on further and says :

It seemed as though all the blackguards in the

city had made their headquarters on the steps of the church and the pavement fronting."

The congregation of the church is large, and in

consequence of the men and women setting apart, it

creates a confusion for them to get together after

the congregation has dismissed ; but that is no rea

son why they should be published throughout the

state as " ill-mannered, vulgar blackguards."

I suppose some person has looked at the lady that

accompanied this " thing about town," which has

raised its ire and venom, andcaused it to heap ill-

natured remarks on all that attend this church.

Poor thing, it need give itself no uneasiness, as no person would attempt to interfere where it visited.

If Mr. Defrees considered the crowd in and about the church either annoying or unpleasant, and would have mentioned it in a mild gentlemanly manner, I have no doubt it would have been attended to and obviated if possible ; but as it is, I think he should correct the matter before the public, as it will give to strangers a wrong impression of this highly respectable church and congregation, made by his " thing about town." 54 40'.