Locomotive, Volume 9, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1849 — Page 1

"brevity is the soul of wit,"

CITY OP INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, AUGUST. 18, 1849

No. 13.

VOL IX.

THE LOCOMOTIVE IS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE BOOK AND JOB OFFICE OF DoUULASS & ELDER, OPPOSITE BROWNING'S, BY DAVID R. ELDER & CO. TERMS Onedollar a year, of 4 volumes. 25 cents a volume of 13 Numbers. 6 copies to one address for one year, $5 93"ln advance in all cases.CS. No paper will be sent until paid for, and no paper will be continued to Mail subscribers after the time paid for expires, unless the subscription is renewed. Advertising For one square 9 lines the first insertion, 50 cents; each subsequent insertion 25 cents. Religious and benevolent notices, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, gratis. Communicaiions and subscriptions must be addressed, Post Paid, to " The Locomotive, Indianapolis Indiana," or handed into the Publication office, opposite Browning's Hotel. Postmasters are authorized to forward subscriptions and money to Publishers of Papers free of Postage. Life's Lesson Should Be. By B. Halleck. Forget not regret not - ; The joys that have fled, ' Though sweeter and fleeter 1 j Than fresh odors shed , From jessamine's cup, Or the bright chalice hid From tie gaze of the sun 'Neath the violet's lid. Forget not regret not; Hope ever should burn The incense of love In her furneral urn. Shedding glory and light O'er the gems of the past, By time on the altar ,. Of memory cast. Forget not regret not ; "Why should we regret, While one star remains, That another has set 1 And though all may have faded, Others brighter by far Through the gloom may arise Than one once worship'd star. Forget not regret not ; Life's lesson should be , Like the stars that are hung O'er the limitless sea, A guide to our path, Bright links of the chain, To lead us and bind us , To virtue again. ' Sixteen. I am sixteen ; this very day And like a little bird, - My heart's light fullness gushes out In every lightsome word ! I have no notes of sorrow yet : Nor plaintive songs to sing For I am gathering up the flowers Of youth's delicious spring ! How sixteen summers sweetly smile About my happy face ; As fresh as roses, that may bloom Within our garden place ! With not a single cloud, nor storm About my youthful way ; They tell me that 1 am a Grace A sister unto May !

Well be it so : I only know That I am free from care ; ; Save when a little boy doth come ' And twine my golden hair ! And then I often sigh to him, As only maidens sigh, With sixteen summers o'er their head Whose light is in their eye ! . I am sixteen this very day, , Yet it is a grevious thing, . That there's a cage for every bird However light its wing ! How can I pine my life away I who was ever free . . 'The idol of each loving heart Whose love is Liberty ? I'll soon unto the clouds away And skim the sea of blue ; Where summers ever wear a smile And lovely maidens too ! How many fair maidens of your own good place soliloquise in the language of the last two verses I know not I But many a light heart is often shaded whh the shadows of a matrimonial life many a secret flower E. W. To F. D. B. Hark! hark to the doleful sound, That issues from yon " tree" It is, oh ! my dear, it is, The " rhyme" of F. D. B. Oh ! let me haste, quickly haste, And to thy " side" I'll flee ' Hear, ye gods ! " the vow" I bring, I'll stick to F. D. B. Yes speed, speed the happy day, I gladden to greet thee ; Ah ! " firm and true" as ever, "My faithful" F. D. B. Had I the wings of a dove, How soon I'd hie to thee ; I'd nestle in thy bosom, " ; My loving F. D. B. And " 6ince time its changes bring, Be sure to come" to me ; " To be thy bride I'm ready, My mated" F. D. B. And when life's storms are over, Our souls above shall flee ; I'll shought thy name the loudest, Forever, F. D. B. Lizzie. Indianapolis, August 16, 1849. Messrs. Editors. Some men must have the bump of marvelousness very largely developed from the wonderful stories they relate. I very often wonder if my friend Mr. Talkwell is not related to Baron Munchausan. Mr. Talkwell has travelled very much in his time, and has seen much of the

world. I have never mentioned any place yet within the limits of these United States, but Mr. Talkwell has either seen, or knows more about it than anybody else, and he can also mention some adventures that he met with while there. I will tell you one of his stories, as he related it to me. "I was once," said Mr. Talkwell, " on board of a propeller, voyaging on the lakes, and one day through some mischance, the pump ceased to work, so that the water in the boiler became low, and the boiler itself soon became red-hot; and yet, strange to say, the vessel did not take fire. The - Captain, after some time had passed, discovered the state of things, and ordered that the pump should be made to work, and soon it was righted, and when the water entered the boiler I never heard such hissing before in my life." I should think it to be a strange event that water should be pumped into a red-hot boiler and not cause an explosion. Mr. Talkwell tells such tales as these with a very serious face, and if any one should express a doubt, he exclaims, " you have not travelled sir, I have." ' Mr. Talkwell also says he once witnessed a hailstorm, in which stones fell that were so large as to knock the shingles from the roofs of houses. He also said that the cattle ran about the streets bawling, and in great distress. I am rather inclined to believe also that such a hail-storm would be apt to make cattle bawl. Mr. Talkwell not only tells these stories, but has told them so often that he believes them himself.He always succeeded in the most wonderous, except on one occasion. Some persons were talking about the Mammoth. Mr. T. said he saw a tooth of a Mammoth which weighed two hundred pounds, when a young man positively declared that he had seen one eighteen feet long. Mr. Talkwell told no more stories that evening. " C. Franklin, lnd.

Cincinnati, Aug. 15, 1849. Mr. Editor. Since the 6th of August there have been 140 interments, 31 by cholera, and 109 by other diseases. The Board deem it inexpedient to report more than once a week hereafter. One month ago but very few were to be seen in the streets those whose business compels them, and a variety of beggars, with greasy petitions and pitiful looking faces. There is now a constant rattling of drays and wagons during business hours, and a continual tramping of feet, passing and repassing. One would , scarcely believe that there had been any Cholera here, to observe the commotion in the streets, the full attendance at the markets, and the happy looking faces of the Cincinnatians, who are always contented when they have plenty of business. Mr. T. B. Wilson, who lately had his entire stock of " Foreign and Domestic" liquors consumed by fire at Madison who gave large wine parties to the Madison and Indianapolis b'hoys has been arrested and put in the tombs in New York. He is accused of having committed extensive robberies. I understand a daguereotype likeness, engraved on a ginger cake, is to bo presented to his admirers ladies of Madison, and a few at Indianapolis. I have almost always found it to be true, that people who adorn their persons with a large amount of diamonds and jewelery, are gamblers, or beings that are ever found in their company. v