Locomotive, Volume 9, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1849 — Page 1

"brevity is the soul of wit." VOL IX. CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 18 49. No. 10.

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The Constant One. By Edwin. The evening shadows dim. O'er Lelia hover, As the pic ured form of him-' Her absent lover, To her soft lips she presses, And loving words, MingW'd with fond caresses And sighs, are heard. Trje shadows deepen around her, The moonbeams quiver Upon the river "Which flows by her side "With murmuring tide, But a sweet spell hath bound her, And she lingers there ,'Ti'l the flowets weep Their tear of dew, x And ihen, she sleeps. The gl ttering8tars . Like her own bright eyes, Look down on her From the azure skies, As she sweetly reposes, Reclining (here, Mid fairest flowers Herself more fair; While vine and leaf Were twined above. And wreathing around This Eower of Love. Gently and sweetly she sleeps, And the soft winds play, Around her like spirit light ' , On their hompward way; Purelv and brightly Bhe dreams Of the absent one. Then waking, she sadly sighs For th days agonp, But yet she hopes and trusts With fond devotion, That neither change nor time, Nor life's commotion, Can make their hearts grow cold, nor cannot sever Their spirits, linked in one, entwined forever. Ntwark Ohio.

Small Pox No. 2. Small pox may present itself under three varieties or modifications, namely, confluent, distinct, varioloid. In the confluent varity, the pustules are much more numerous than in either of the other forms, run into each other, and remain throughout their whole course depressed. The eruptive fever continues long after pu'stulation is completed.

In some cases of this variety there are inflarnations and sloughing of the skin, and strong tendency to congestions in the head and breast. This is justly regarded as the most malignant and fatal form of small. pox. In the distinct variety the pustules are elevated, distended, distinct and circular, and are regularly

scattered over the surface of the body. In the modification termed varioloid, the eruptive fever may be so mild as to escape the suspicion of

the attendants, or it may equal in intensity that of the distinct form of the disease, though the instan

ces are very rare. On the first appearance of

small firm populae, little pimples, the fever, wheth

er of a mild or violent form, immediately ceases,

and( the patient, though confined for two or three days, if he has suffered no violent treatment, will rise after the eruption is completed, with little loss of strength. -This form of the disease is produced

by variolus contagion acting on systems which have been partially protected, by previous vaccination, and is divested of the dangerous character of the two other varieties. This division of small pox as authorised by the books is arbitrary; so far as the nature of disease is concerned, it is the same in all the varieties. And small pox can be communicated from the varioloid form as weil as from that of the distinct or confluent. . Course and Symptoms of Small Pox. The disease makes its attack with the following symptoms great weariness, rigors, heat and dryness of skin, frequent and hard pulse, pains in the legs and back. But the most distinguishing symptoms of small pox are pain in the epigastrium ( immediately over the stomach), deep seated pain in the forehead, and soreness in the fauces. These, and many more of the symptoms usually attending an attack of an inflamatory intermittant, are present in small pox, and when there is no abatement for

forty-eight or sixty hours in these symptoms, there is great reason to suspicion the presence of small pox. If in addition to the above, the commencement of the fourth day brings along with it an eruption on the forehead, and soon after on the upper

lip, there remains no reasonable doubt ot tne existance of small pox. In a few hours the eruption will show itself on the arms, . breast, and then over the whole frame. They at first consist of red pimples but gradually ripen into pustules, and these pustules, by the third day from their first appearnce, present central depressions, and by the fourth day they are surrounded by a small red circle. By the eight day supu ration is complete, and the pustules begin by this time to break, and scabs form. In four or five days more the scabs fall off" and leave a vividly red surface. Although this description applys to the distinct form of the disease, yet it will apply to the other varieties with very little qualification. The conflu- nthas all these symptoms very much aggravated, And the varioloid has them very much modified. So that in all cases where the patient, from these symptoms, is made sure of the presence of small pox, he should immediately send for his physician and publish his case to his neighbors, that they may avoid coining in contact with the contagion of small pox. It matters not to him,

so far as his neighbors are concerned, what form of

the disease he has, it is the small pox in all its forms, and he is under every obligation to them to warn

them of the danger of visiting the disease.

Messrs Editors There is a man in this city that deserves to be held up to public scorn, and I have watched the Locomotive for weeks, expecting to see it done, but in vain. I have concluded to send you a few facts connected with the seduction of a girl by him, with a request that you publish them, to benefit the public, and let those having daughters guard against his seductive arts.

In May last a Miss , a girl of imbecile mind and poor health, but of hitherto unblemished reputation, filed an affidavit before a justice of the peace against this individual, which was compromised be

fore it came to trial, by his agreeing to pay her $300, and her lawyer $50, for the paymant of which he gave good security. Miss afterwards made affidavit that this individual was in the habit of attempting to mesmerize her, for the avowed object of benefiting her health, and that they were alone in a bed-room for an hour or more at each time ; that he never fully succeeded in mesmerizing her, but succeeded in persuading her that sexual intercourse would benefit her health. The consequence of this became apparent in due time, and he then endeavored to shift the responsibility to other shoulders, but failing in this, under promise of a liberal support, he induced her to leave town, and told her to get some person to write to him when she wanted money (she could neither read nor write) and address C. T. Booles, Indianapolis, Ind., which name he gave her on a card. She went a short distance and remained but a few days, and on her return commenced suit as above named. Up to this time her family, who are poor, but respectable, had no suspicion of her condition, and on, learning it were much grieved. Her child was born, and although alive and active until labor commenced, was born dead. She suffered great mental and bodily pain, and survived her child but 4 days. During her last illness, and when she was thought to be dying, she called in respectable witnesses and corroborated the statements she had previously made on affidavit, and said " she wished to appear before the bar of God with those

statements." bhe reioiced that she could die. both

in view of the bodily anguish she was in and of eternity. She was a member of a respectable church, and up to her acquaintance with her seducer, was above suspicion. These are but a few of the facts, but they are sufficient to condemn, before a public tribunal, this man, who, gaining the confidence of the girl and her family by his professions of friendship and his offer to benefit her -enfeebled health, accomplishes her ruin and steeps her memory in degradation and shame. It has been urged by his friends that the matter should be kept quiet that the respectability of the family of the seducer should screen him from publication, on account of their feelings. I respect the feelings of h'13 family, and pity them for their connection wi'h him but there are other families to' be protected, who have daughters to save from his blighting influence, and this can only be done by giving publicity to the whole affhir. He should have had respect enough for his family to deter him from committing such practices, and consider the consequences beforehand. If men of means and family are permitted to escape public justice, and indulge in heinous offences, unchecked by law or public opinion, when poorer persons, with less crime