Locomotive, Volume 9, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1849 — Page 2

THE LOCOMOTIVE, TO CONTRIBUTORS AND CORRESPONDENTS. Moonlight Memories received. We have thought proper to reserve them for the first No. of the new volume, which will appear two weeks from this day. Fkom a Dutchman Your Con. is original, good and true, but as it is not fair to 3trike a fallen foe, we must suppress it. Dupont We have sent you two papers and will send you todays, hoping you will succeed in your laudable undertaking. Send us at least 50 names, and we will enrol your name high up on our subscription book. G. Cin. Yours received and much obliged. Sorry to near of Ps inability to continue. Anything from you by the cars of Thursday of each week, will be gladly receiced. Q. N Jt adzactly; we hold them lines ourselves, and can't permit them to be held by anybody else.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1849. The Locomotive. The next number completes the present volume of the Locomotive, and after that, its size will be increased by adding another column to each page, and increasing the length of the page. Since the commencement of our paper, its subscription list has been steadily and rapidly increasing, and our weekly issue is now larger than that of most papers that have been established for so short a time. In this city and immediate vicinitywe circulate 550 papers weekly, and we hope that by increasing the size this number will be doubled. Our country list is looking up, but we have hopes that there will be a great increase in this let each subscriber, if he thinks the paper worthy, give our compliments to his neighbors and friends, and tell them that we would like them to take stock in "the Locomotive;" the books are open, and the conductor is always ready to enrol names and receive their dimes. In the enlargement several new features will be added the Ladies Department, which has been neglected for want of room, will be renewed under the control of a lady conductress this announcement we know will be hailed with pleasure. An Agricultural department will be added, under the charge of one well qualified for the task. As for the department under our immediate control, we will only say that we are determined to do our best, to make our little paper interesting, instructive, amusing, and a welcome visitor. You furnish the fuel, and we will keep up the steam, and keep the Bulgine, with its long train of passenger and burthen cars, on the track and moving. , Show your tickets, GentleMEN! The Greenfield Spectator has been removed to Noblesville; the editor says they would not support a paper, is the reason of the removal. If the citizens of Greenfield will make up a hundred subscribers forthe Locomotive, we will furnish them free of postage. All places improve rapidly on the completion of a railroad to them, and we would suggest to the citizens of Greenfield that if they want to keep up with the spirit of the day, and see their town assume an importance hitherto unknown, the best way to do it isto let the Locomotive" perambulate their streets weekly, and leave a package with every family. There are a number of other places might profit in the same way. "Is he Honest." Is the man or woman honest that finds an article and fails or refuses to return it to its proper owner when he knows who that owner is? There is one particular individual we want to answer this question. Congress Peaches. Some very fine specimens of the Congress peach have been left at our sanctum by D. S. Ward, from his garden, tor which we are much obliged. Speaking of houses puts us in mind of an individ-ual we

saw a few days since that is in the building business he carried his bricks in his hat, and it made his head so heavy, that the pavement had to jump up and catch him several times. v ' '

The North East End. Every time we visit the north eastern part of the city, we are astonished at the improvements constantly going on. Dwelling houses go up, are occupied, and have all the necessary out-buildings completed before we were aware of an intention of building, or saw any signs of it. One week you see a pile of timber laying on a vacant lot; the next a building is up, and the week following it is occupied, with a flourishing growth of little tow-heads scampering round the door yards. This has been particularly the case in Bates and Fletcher's addition; this addition occupies 4 blocks, bounded on the north by New York, on the east by Noble, on the south by Market, and the west by East streets; this addition is more generally known as ' Germantown," from the fact that a great many Germans have bought and built here. The houses are mostly small frames, suitable for one family, and were built and are owned by the occupants. It is but a few years since this addition was laid out, and now there are more buildings on each square, and they contain more inhabitants, than some squares we could point to nearly in the centre of the city. This is easily accounted for these lots were sold on such terms as to make it an inducement for poor men to buy and build a small home for themselves, instead of paying enormous rents and being uncertain of getting houses at that, while the property in the centre of town is held generally by men that can afford to hold it until they get the exagerated prices they demand, and they keep it unimproved, driving those in want of a home for their families to the surburbs and additions. This is a ruinous policy to the interest of the city, but has been the means of making the additions. While speaking of this part of the city, we might mention that when the bayou that runs through a part 'of it gets filled in, which we have no doubt it will be soon, it will be as desirable a location for j residences as any in the city. j On the east of this, Major Davidson is now laying out and j offers for sale a large number of lots, between Noble street,

and the street the f eru ana UeUelontame railroads will occupy, from Market on the south to Vermont street on the ! North. The lots are regularly and advantageously laid out,

and the ground is high and well suited for buildings. The lines of the Bellefontaine and Peru railroads inter-; sect exactly on the North-east corner of the donation, the Bellefontaine coming from the North-east, and the Peru from the North. From this point the Peru runs South along the donation line, one square east of Noble street, until it strikes Pogue's run the granding in the donation is partly finished, and hands are now at work on it; this will be a common track for the Peru and Bellefontaine, to connect with the Madison and Richmond Depots. From the corner stone the Bellefontaine comes down the north east diagonal until opposite the block on which the depot is located, where it makes a curve to the depot house, which will stand east and west. All this part of the city must improve; already preparations are making, and buildings will soon stud the whole line of these roads. We can merely call attention to this part of the city in the space we design occupying, but can assure our readers that a ride through it will be of great benefit, and is certainly necessary, at least once a month, to all who wish to keep informed of .its growth. Those .that have not been there for a few months can scarcely recognize it, as the old land marks are rapidly being hid by the new improvements.

We have received a catalogue of St. Mart's Seminary, which shows that it is in a highly prosperous condition under the management of the Misses Johnson. There are in the Primary Department 56, in the Academical Department 55, and 2 young ladies graduated at the commencement in June. Printed with the catalogue is an address of A. Wylie,

D. D., delivered before the pupils and teachers of St. Mary's Seminary, on the 27th of June. The subject of the address is " learn to think," and is written in a style that only Dp Wylie can write. As this contains so many truths and good points that should be known by every young lady in the land, and gent, too, we will publish it as soon as we enlarge our paper, and let it speak for itself. The man that sleeps in church" is becoming a noted character we intend to send an artist to church one of these Sundays to get his likeness, so that we can serve it up in i the Locomotive.

We copy the following article from the New York Police Gazette. This man of many names flourished in our city quite extensively last winter and spring, giving wine parties to the b'hoys, and riding out with some of the g'hals; and in Madison we understand he was quite a lion. If it causes our young folks to be more guarde d in forming acquaintances, and not so free in their intercourse with strangers, it will have accomplished the object we have in publishing it, and be of benefit to them for the balance of their lives. An Important Arrest. On Wendesday, while one of our attaches was enjoying the cool breeze on board of the Staten Island, he observed an old offender bv the name of Thomas II. Bushnell, alias T. B. Wilson, alias Park Row Tom, alias Little Sam, fugitive from the State of Maine, charged with having passed $900 of the "Shoe and Leather Dealer's Bank," of Boston, altered from one's to twenty's, on the Bank of Burlington, Vermont. For the past two years, Bushnell has escaped the vigilance of officer A. M. C. Smith, who was charged with the business Bushnell, a part of the time since then, has been doing a liquor business in Madison, Indiana, where his shop was recently burnt down during the night. The insurance company, being satisfied that something was wrong, refused to pay the amount claimed. Bushnell, alias Wilson, left the business with his lawyer, and started for California by way of this city. During his stay here he has been at the Irving House, and was on a pleasure excursion to Staten Island at the time of his arrest, where he intended remaining until the sailing of the steamer of this month. Bushnell was the pal of Jane Montgomery, the female panel thief, and ex-mistress of French Jack, who died in the Washington prison. Bushnell went to England with Jane some three years ago, where he commenced the nipper" game, but, being suspected, sloped very suddenly. During the last eighteen months, he has passed part of his time on the Ohio and Mississippi

rivers, gam Diing ana stealing alternately, we learn tnat officer Smith has a requisition for his reture to Vermont. The best of this whole affair is yet to be told. While Wilson was in Madison, and hand and glove with the upper tendom, some five or six of his companions agreed to have a daguereotype likeness taken of themselves in a group, and Wilson, with all his aliases, occupied a promenent position in this picture. As they were all "good looking," the daguereotype man kept the plate and used it for a sign, hanging it at his front door, perhaps to attract the attention of the ladies. Since the expose of Wilson, the b'hoys are quite anxious to destroy the picture, not liking to be seen in such close proximity with "the pal of Jane Montgomery," and have offered as high as $30 for it ; but it will take a taller pole to knock that persimmon, as the man of plates asks $100 for it, and will not let it go for less. We can imagine the feelings of that uperve," every time they see themselves hanging beside "Little Sam." Burglary. On the night of the 7th, the dwelling of Mr. Bramwell was entered through the parlor window, the thief passing through several rooms to the sleeping apartment of Mr. B., from whose pockets he took about $40 in money. A burglary was committed on the premises of Smith & Hanna, on the night of the 14th, in the following manner. The robbers entered the store by climbing up the awning post and entering the window of the 2d story; they went back to the stairs and down into the storeroom, where they ransacked the drawers that the key of the safe isusaally left in; not finding it, they went to the room where two young men were sleeping, and searching theii pockets, found the key, unlocked the safe, and took $243 in silver and paper. They left the key in the safe and left the building in the same way they entered. Of the money taken $100 was in silver and $143 in paper, besides some counterfeit notes. No person has been arrested, but the robber is evidently well acquainted with the store, the manner of doing business, and the lock of the safe, as not one in 100 could unlock it unless acquainted with it. A gentleman by the name of Taylor had about $18 taken from his pocket, while asleep in his room in the Palmer House, on Wednesday night, nearly in the same way. The thief climbed up to the balcony on the 2d story, and entered the raised window; took the money; unlocked the door, and went out of the house by the street door. We have also heard of several houses where persons have been seen prying round and looking into at night, so that there is evidently some robbers in our midst. Lt every person be prepared, and give them a warm reception should they present themselves on their premises. For noose of the weak see the marriage list so eay9 a bachelor friend at our elbow.

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