Locomotive, Volume 31, Number 11, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1855 — Page 1

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Express Mail Train leavesthe Union Depot at 12.45 P. : M. making the way-connections arriving in Cleveland next morning in tinio for the Express Trains for Dunkirk, Buffalo and New York also for Pittsburg, Philadelphia and Baltimore . .- - . ' i i ,. Through Tickets can be procured at the office in the Depot. TO"i"engors for Columbus, by taking 6 A. M. train via. Botlefontainc. arrive at Columbus at 5 same afternoon. " FareThrough 4.00 J. NOTTINGHAM, Siiperintoiidant, Office near the Union Depot, Indianapolis 1853. 1 oct29-tf fi . 1 , :.w , ; J. : 1 1' , ' Lafayette and Indianapolis Rail Koad! : B$mmmmwmsm . y ' . 1 NEW ARRANQE.MF.tfT! . ' ' i Two Train Daily, Each Way, (Sundays Excepted, 'i ON andafterTuesday,September2d,two Passenger Trains will make daily trips, (Sundays excepted,) between Lafayctteand Indianapolis, as follow s i ' L ": FROM CArYETTB. . Express Train will leave tho Depotat fi o'clock, A . M., arrive in Indianapolis at 11.15, A . M . Accommodation Train will leaveat 2.30, P. M., arrive-in In- '..,.,, ilianapolis at fl.30, P. M. , . rROM INDIANAPOLIS. ' ' ' 1 Accommodation Train willleave Union Depot 7 A. M., ar- ' , rive in Lafayette at 10.45, A . M. Ezpres Train willleave at 1.14 o'clock, P. M.,arriveiu Lafayette at 4.83, P. M. At Indianapolisboth Trains willstartfrom the Union Depot. The Express Train connects, at Indianapolis, with Trainsof the Madison and Indianapolis, Bellefontaiue and Indianapolis, Terre Hauteaud Richmond, und Peru and Indianapolis Rail Roads, f ir Cincinnati, Dayton, Madison, Louisville, Terre Haute, &c. Passengersby tho Accommodation Train. lying over nigh tat Indianapolis,can take the. 5 o'clock morning "train, on the Bellefontaiue and Indianapolis Railroad, direct for Cleveland and Intermediate places. They can also take the morning trains of the Madison and Indianapolis, and the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroads for Madison, Torre Haute, &c. Passengers from Indianapolis, either by the morningor after-' noon train, can connect, at Lafayette, with trainson the New Albany and Salem Railroad, for Crawfordsville; also for Michgan City, thence to Chicago. . Throughticketsto Chicagoforsalobythe Agents. Price 86. A dailyline of nacketsleave Lafayette every evening. after the arrival of the Exprest Train, for Delphi. Logansport, Peru, and Fort Wayne; also for Attica, Covington, &c. Fortickets, apply at the Union Depot, Indianapolis, or at the Rail Road oftlce in Lafayette. D. E. SNYDER, Ageaut, at Indianapolis. July23,tf- WM. DURB1N. Siip't.

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From the Cincinnati Coinnierdal. ' MIRIAM'S I0VE, -.1 ' '1 I ' BY MEET A.-, i i We were Bitting by the fire-side Leonard and I; he leaning back in the wide-arm chair, and, I at his feet. ... "How can I hope to win licr now?" he murmured, looking down at his maimed arm, with a bitter, defiant glance. "She with her glorioni beauty, her regal pride; so far, so far above me! Oh! my love has so compassed me about .'with its strong arms, has so sheltered me under its shielding roof, that I feel like an outcast home less, and lost forever." I looked up at him as he spoke, and thought ui me nme wnen lie DaU pledged Ins troth to lumam, Dy mat same, sinning fire-light, when his manly beauty fell about him like a ripe sunset, and when he grasped, in his vigorous hands, such noble pictures of the future. Now, without even that future to call his own poor, maimed and useless, he had come back to the old trvKtimrplace. Broken in health, in hope, in fortunes, and oh! more to be deplored than all not even rich in love. ' ' ' ' ' "Leonard," I said, rising and leaning my hand on his chair;' l"I am going now going to Miriam." . ... . , ., , , iiu am iieu, ana a nusiieu anguish came over Ins still beautiful brow. He grasped.my hand convulsively. : ' ' ' -.'..' . "One moment,'' he whispered;- "one moment, and I shall be myself again. ;I cannot meet her thus!" , , , . lie bowed his face, and the liaht hrown purl fell, in a cloud, about it, concealing the outward struggle. Then he raised his head and spoke calmly . .! i ; ' ;-...! i.,,tt i "I am ready now; I will release, her from that vow which cannot be otherwise l.h her proud spirit. She shall never know the agony it cost me to give her up: I will meet her bravely like a man:" 1 ":.:, So I went out and left him Usittinor there, his love lying, like a shattered vase, at his feet. . 1 found Miriam before her mirror: arramrinoher hair., She turned her gleaming face towards me as I entered, 'and it was overflowing 'with love, hope and expectancy. '' ' : ' ; ' i . '" "Is it fill ciieerlul and . I ' bright below stairs?? she asked, quickly. "Quite beaming," I replied.. ,. ,,. ( , 1 ."I am so glad," she continued, in, "a joyous tone. "What a long journey he will have, this cold freezing day! " Oil! I am so thankful that' I am mistress of Ashburn proud, : beautiful Asliburn; that I can offer him a resting-place." ' I i Her deep sleeping pride blazed out in her dark oriental face, and flooded it with glory.' Alas! thai pnde" which was to crush 'such a great, noble love such a wealth of happiness. " ' ' I stood beside heri where I could see her beauty in the mirror, as I have seen the sunshine lying afar off on the hills. Red,, scornful . lips; dark, prideful eyes; rich, glowing cheeks, and waves of raven hair, braided with gems. 1 ' i 1 "Miriam," said I, earnestly, "I should like to tell you a little story, while we are alone. Something that weighs upon my heart, about about a friend of mine.", . , . , , ,.; ... .. She turned and looked at me with a curious glance; then she said, cheerfully and quickly: "Oh, I understand; you are; going to tell me something relative to Lucy that friend of whom you used to speak." -r , . I; . ' : I bowed my head in silent acquiescence. Then I commenced, in a low voice playing with the coral with which she was going to adorn lie r loveliness: ' ' i "This friend of mine is very beautiful and very proud. , Three years ago, she pledged her troth to ' a brave, manly lover. . He also . was my friend. They both joined hands, and stepped together into life and the world. lie, with a glorious future stretching wide before him, ' a hopeful heart, and a soul full of noble aspirations." ) t ,, .' ,., ... ... . "How like to him," murmured Miriam, pride flaming out, again, into her eyes. , tie went abroad, I continued, "misfortune came upon him, and that ripe, luscious future turned to ashes in his grasp. Still, he struggled on, and when he had conquered destiny, and built for himself another and a fairer castle, he lost his right arm, and became a crippled, miser able being." ' ' ' ' ' '' j 1 he hand that braided those shining tresses, trembled visibly..- The face in the mirror assum ed a softened expression; the eyes grew darkly tender. . Broken-hearted, toil-worn: and grown old with care, he returned to his old home. He came to me, for he dared not meet that cold. withering glance of pride that scornful triumph of station and beauty, in the face of her he had so worshipped, so adored, with a love exceeding all things in its width, and height and power."; . Was her pride, then, so mighty .'i her wo man s nature so much less.' said Miriam, in a voice made husky with indignation and tears. "Could she dared she fling him from her, who had once dwelt pre-eminent in her heart? , He, broken-hearted and alone in the wide, pitiless world!" ''- ' :!,... "She is a woman," I replied, "her heart is true and loving; but her pride has ever been to her a second-self.' She fears the world with its sneers and jibes. I have promised him to go to her to prepare her for this sad event.' Miriam, how shall I counsel her to act? how deal with that supernal, overwhelming pride?" ; . 1 i ,:t Miriam stood back, the waving hair, from her brow, and turned her regal face upon me. It was lighted up with noble and womanly love; a deep, dewy tenderness. - 1 ell her, to go to him and pour out at his feet all that depth of devotion which lies, so rich, in the heart of woman.; To hold put her hands to him, and raise him up, to stand beside her, on that liigh pinnacle of weath and estate. Tell her, that of all the great heart of life, love is the dearest throb within it It is a beautiful creation, and ol?! not lightly to be dashed aside!" 1 burst into tears;- I pointed to the door,, and cried " "Miriam-! there is a despairing and heart broken man sitting by your tire-side. It is Leon ard!" ' - - ' ' : . '

She started and fell backward against a chair. .1 -

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.The gush of Imperial beauty flowed away from great work, Mr. Sliatlnerhas associated with him her face and left it colorless. ' Then,' with a firm Mr. John W. Brett, who has been' the projector step and gracvful majesty, she took my hand and.; and ; successful constructor of the . vast ranges led nio out into the broad hall.' .Down the great of submarine and subterranean lines of the old stair-case, arid across to the door of the. room world'. .,,','"' . . ' , where he sat. ' Her" brow was pale and culm, her The'!cbnnllJnicalionT ol this great enterprise hand did not tremble within nunc. : pwill be"productive'of.conoquences which the huStill in the wide seat where 1 had left Jiim, the i man imagination strives in vain i to 'realize. ., It fire-light shining vividly around him,' sat Leon- will enable., uq to communicate daily with every ard. , He arose when he saw us, gnd took a step civilized nation on the face, of the globe, and tniyiy forward into the middle of the' room." I could not so civilized, for as soon' as possible after the have fallen down and worshipped' him as he stood ' completion of the main trunk; branch lines will

there with his noble yet attenuated form, and his great adoring aoul standing on the threshold of his eyes. . lie looked ill and sorrowful, but conscious dignity of manhood hunir about him like a cloak. ' , Miriam leaned heavily upon me, and now she trembled like an aspen, lie took- another step , forward and spoke to her. "Miriam,. 1 have come to say farewell, 'I am come to release you from the ties that bind you to this wretched and maimed being the shadow ' of myself.," I am here to give you up forever!" ' ' '.' His voice died away in an agony of anguish He essayed to regain his courageous and man ly bearing, but his love, omnipotent, supreme, loosened all the funotions of his heart, aud he wept. ... . . i i '. , . . i, With one bound she reached his side: with one wide embracing of her arms, she made a circle of love about him; with one burst of tears, she rained heaven of light, and hope, and devotion into .his crushed soul, i Through the veil of her jew- ; eled hair I saw her face lifted upward in divine gratitude, the lips moved as if in prayer, the broad while brow wore a halo about it, like a golden Dand. ' I departed silently, and throughout that happy r.l ' t . j . i 1 ' i . t . . . . . uay, j. repeaiea truly ana earnestly, "ut an tne 'great heart of Life, love i-i the dearest throb within it. '" ' ' ' 1 - :".: I" i 'I I - Shaffner's World-r-Oirdle Telegraph! j We announced several months since, the de"parture of TafiT.'BlTaffiier, Esq.', "the' editor "of TheAnierkari Telcgravhic Afanazine, fop Europe. to'. make arrangements for the construction of a -telegraph around the world, lie has recently returned from his expedition, the results of which possess more than ordinary interest. , We learn from Mr. Slmffner that his recent tour in Europe was undertaken for the dui-dosc first, of acquiring & 'thorough knowledge of tlie (litlerent modes of telegraphing and constructing lines in the old world; secondly, to negotiate with the Danish Government for the exclusive right to lay a line over Greenland, Iceland, the Faroo Isles and Denmark, for " e term of one hundred years; thirdly, for the acquisition of similar rights . over. Norway, Sweden 'and RusiaV CWith these and other rights, which he proposed to himself to secure, the success of his plan to girdle the world , with the electric telegraph no longer ap pears vissionary or impracticable. . -, . . The route of his proposed line is as follows: Starting from the coast of Labrador, the width of the sea to Greenland is about five hundred miles. From the point of landing, the line is to extend underground around Cape Farewell to a point on the east coast, of Greenland, favorable for a submarine connection with Iceland, A subterranean line across- to the eastern coast of that island will connect with a submarine wire running to the Faroe Isles, and thence to Norway, landing at or in the vicinity of Bergen. Mr. Shaffnr informs us that the land and climate of Greene land and the isles are well and even better adap1 ted to the construction of the telegraph than those ' of the United States. Greenland abounds with ! mineral wealth, and he thinks the telegraph will , tend to develop the unappreciated resources of that country. Jiy this route there will be no submarine section of more than five hundred miles, and the loss or failure of one section will not destroy ; the others. In a line direct from Ireland to Newfoundland the failure of any part occasions a loss of the whole. ; . After landing on the coast of Norway it is intended to run the line to Christiana, the capital of Norway.'and from thence branches to Copenhagen and Stockholm.i . The Danish Government has bound itself to furnish proper connections with the Governments on the continent and Great Britain. Consequently it will not be necessary to run a cable from the Faroe Isles to the Shetlands, Orkneys and to the North Scotland. ; Treaties . with the Emperor of' Russia contemplate the extension of the line from Stockholm, in Sweden, to St. Petersburg, across, or along, the coast of Finland. By the construction of this section, America will be able to transmit intelligence direct to Russi. and thus establish most intimate relations between the subjects of the Czar and the sovereigns of the United State's. ' '. Leaving St. Petersburg, Mr. Shaffner proposes to run his line to Moscow, or connect at the latter place with the imperial lines already in operationthence to Kazan, across the Ural Mountains, into Asia, passing through Orusk, Kolivan, Kausk, Oudinsk to Irkoutsk, near Lake Baikal. This is near the great tea country in ; Chinese Tartary, whence the Russian :tea is brought overland on wagons.,, The trade in , this tea, which is said to be the best in the world, is very large, and the telegraph, it is supposed, will tend to increase it materially. ' ' 1 ' ' ' 1 i ; ' From Irkoutsk it is intended to run the line to the sea of Ochotsk, either north to Yokoutsk, or south with the Amour River, and thence along the coast of tho sea of Ochotsk to Iamsk, and across the Gulf to Cape Utkoloka, Kamtschatka, and thence along the Aluetian Isles to Aliaska Peninsula or Cooke's Inlet, in North America. From this point the line will be run along the Pacific Coast to Oregon, and south to San Francisco, California. '. This range is entirely south of the latitude of St. Petersburg, and, in fact, the line can be carried around by the Behring Straits, and be south of the Arctic Circle. . .. From San Francisco Mr. Shaffner proposes to run the line along the best route to the Salt Lake, and thence to the western boundary of Missouri, - where it will intersect the existing section of the ri., i:c,.:.. u -i.l . ir .. . . vniiiumiu line, uuut oy nim a lew years ago, Joining the great lines in America, the earth will be girdled with one ' continuous and unbroken flame of electric light. . . ' : In the ocean or submarine department of the

be extended to Japan, Pekin,' Nankin, ' Canton,

and other cities of China ; We arc informed by Mr. Shaffner, that he expects but little trouble in maintaining the line through Russia in Europe, in Asia, or America. The'- roads' are good ' and well improved--the climate is most favorable for the enterprise, aud, with the aid of the Emperor, he thinks there will be no formidable hiuderance.,. The military system is very perfect throughout the Empire, and will constitute an ample guarantee against Bny troubles which telegraphic science cannot provide against; .! i : : .-. 1 . : i ' , , In tho negotiations of Mr. Shaffner in Europe he has been singularly fortunate, and his efforts have been crowned with flattering success. Depending upon his energy, he has succeeded where the most skillful diplomats might have failed. He informs us that he had one great element of strength; that, was, he was , an American. . His Majesty the King of Denmark intimated to him that he would not have considered the proposi tion had it come from a citizen of any other nation; but he informed Mr. Shaffner that he grant ed the patents under the belief that, there were no obstacles in nature thnt could be a barrier against the genius and enterprise of his countrymen. Evening Post, 6lt. " '" ' " " , lTHE EASTERN' W AR.: '";' '" " ' "LATEST ' INTELLIGENCE.' ' '; " ''"''' ' By Telegraph from ' London to Liverpool. !i j Constantinople, ' Dec. 20. It' is' confidently asserted that the resolution has been adopted to storm Sevastopol as soon as the" Turkish reinforce; ments .come yp. ;The French, it is saTd, are. -Id storm, while the British and. Turks' attack Menchikoff." ' ' ' ' '."' ' '. ' "; I There is a repru trthat Omer Pasha mi written the' Sultan, making it a condition of his 'ac to cepting the' command, that, ho' shall, have two voles in the Counod of War, in order to prevent his being. overvoted by Lord Raglan and Gen. Vienna, Dec. 2&.-vA' clisnatch from' Warsaw announces ithat the Russian naval artillery have tx-pn- taken out -of the BtiUio Heet, -nm hnT nrrived at Sevastopol; and that to their presence is due the recent position of the fire from Sevastopol, as well as the new found boldness of the' fleet. Another dispatch- from Vienna states that at the conference, held in that capital on the 28th, notes were exchanged between the representatives of the three Allied Powers, defining the sense in which their Cabinets understood the four points, proposed as conditions of peace. " j Prince Gortchakoff, it is understood, demanded time to obtain the instructions of his Government. .-, ;V 1 i .... , , .... i , THE CONDITION OF SEVASTOPOL.' i Correspondence of Tlie London Herald.- ' ' ' " '" " ' ,!" ' English Camp, Hights of' Sevastopol,) ' ' ' 1 : . Thursday, Dec. 7, 1 854. i ) ' Out here we are" perpetualy being told by the London journals that Sevastopol is in ruins, its streets choked with dead, and the few wretched inhabitants and defenders that yet survive falling, by hundreds, a prey to war, pestilence, . and famine. ' Now, there is not one particle of truth to justify these extreme statements. "Sevastopol is no in ruins; and, what is more important still, its defenses are four times stronger, and more vigorous than, the first day we opened fire. I know this statement may make my letters unpopular with a certain set, who will see nothing but victories and causes for gratulation in all we do; but, nevertheless,' it is only the truth, and I am confident that time will vindicate , my . assertion even in the eyes of the public. :, .,, , ! To satisfy myself on this point beyond all possibility of doubt, I yesterday determined to visit the "oven," our most , advanced picket post, within 200 yards of the Russian batteries,' and close overlooking the town and harbor.;. It is perfectly easy to approach this place now, for a covered way has been constructed to it, and both sides have, comparatively speaking, ceased filing for some time. I, therefore, got to the ovens easily, and lying under shelter of a broken wall was enabled, with my glass, to survey the whole town minutely. I confess I never saw the town under such favorable circumstances. Except now and then, from an occasional Russian gun, there was no smoke,, and the sky being lowering and heavy, objects could be distinguished with unusual clearness At the first glance I was led to suppose that the town had in reality been much injured, for all the little huts and store-houses connected with the dockyards were indeed in ruins. But, changing my point de vue for one more lofty, I was soon convinced of my mistake. The real damage inflicted on the town of Sevastopol amounts to this all the huts used by the dockyard laborers and the Turkish parts of the town, outside the walls, are nearly destroyed that is, laid almost level with the earth. This quarter appears to be the only dirty and wretched part of Sevastopol.. The walls are here and there marked with shot, but most unquestionably, as defenses, they are still uninjured. One large barrqek inside the walls against which our fire, as against a government building, has been particularly directed, is riddled in every part, and most of its roof destroyed. The same is thc case with about sixty or seventy of the houses nearest to the walls, but beyond this nothing has been done.! Had any of the principal mansions more to the centre of tho town been injured, it would be easily seen,- aS most of them are detached, and all are white as snow, and instantly show a shot-mark. The splendid structure which we call the "Parthenon" the Government House and, indeed, nineteen-twentieths of the buildings, show no trace of injury. The streets which I could see, and which, of course, were those

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nearest to our batteries, were all in a most enviable state of cleanliness and good order. In these were numerous bodies of troops lounging about unconcernedly, with their muskets piled upon the pathways. Many civilians passed constantly to and frorand now Hnd then an ammunition wagon; but I saw no trace , of either women or children, or vehicles of the ordiuary description. , Once, during the lime I was watching, three carts, laden either with sick' or wounded most; probable the former passed toward the , north sidti of the town. None of the Russians appeared to take the least notice of their suffering' comrades, so, frorn that, one may not unreasonably argue that they have got ns used to death and misery as ourselves. Tlto only incident that- appeared to move -these "Muscov" was. the passnge along the streets of an officer) evidently of high rank, when they all instantly stood to their arms and beat their drums while he passed, just as the French salute their Generals. : Who he as, of course, I was unable even to guess, but he certainly displayed a coniderable amount of courage and coolness, as a fw minutes after I saw him riding from battery to battery, attended by five or six officers on foot. ; Near to the walls on the south are the , ruins of some large buildino-, which has evidently been burnt. This is the hospital in which so many of the Russian wounded unfortunately perished'. Two or three more buildings near tho dockyards arc also blackened by fire, as if they had been "gutted,',' but the walls were too thick to permit the conflagration extending. Most of the houses in the Crimeaeven peasants' cabins are built of stone, and of extraordinary thickness, for, the purpose) of resisting the tremendous gales, which sweep this part of tlie world in winter.. So much for the aspect of the town.' ' ' ' " Of the earthworks round Sevastopol it is more difficult to speak with accuracy. So numerous are these defenses that of them it is quite impossible to gain at once a near and extensive view. As far as I can judge from traversing neaily two thirds of the allied lines, the enemy's- batteries appeared generally in good working order. Only in one or two instances were their embrasures masked that is,' closed, lip when a gun is dismountedand these maskings I was informed by our officers would bo merely-; temporary, as the enemy always managed to replace their artillery in twelve or fifteen hours. I myself have seen them do so within three!1 The whole of the ene- ' my's batteries are now protected by a deep ditch in front with regular abattis and rows of stockades and chevaux de frise. Froui this fact alone, it is evident that they a-e guarding against, and, therefore, tear an assault. But it is principally of the north side that I wish to speak. I was told befoto I stot Sptm my survey tlmt I should ibe astonished at the immensity of the Russian batteries, reaching. , from the head of the harbor to the cast, right round to Starfort and St. Severnia on the north; and all of which had ouly been unmasked two days previous. I know something of the nature of Russian works and the energy - of h ussian' perseverence, but still the tremendous . extent-of new redoubts and batteries which I then saw thrown up all round the city did, in'deed, astonish me. Every space from tho circular earthwork and mertello tower, (the latter - now 'a mere pile of rubbish,) round to the sea near Cape' Constantine, is one long line of rej doubts and batteries.-, Malta, Gibraltar, or the lines of Chatham all in one, would be far more vulnerable than these formidable entrenchments, covered with infantry,' pits and deep ditches in front, and proteoted by scarped banks, stockades, !and masses of cannon. 1 have seen many of . what are called first-class fortresses, but the present aspect of Sevastopol might vie with any. That which struck me more than all, was a certain coxcombry of finish about these works which ' I have never yet seen attempted elsewhere no, not even in the elaborate redoubts of Chobham ridges. Every bastion was lined with stone; every embrasure perfect; every angle and scarp smoothed off with beautiful regularity; and as if "the whole was rather an architectural embellish--. meat - than one of the most formidable kinds of . defense known to modern warfare. It Vfill scarce- , ly be credited, but inside these lines were regular foot-paths and made roads, covered with ' gravel and loose stones, and laid out with as much neatness as if intended . to pass through private '. gardens.!' I could hardly believe my eyes when these latter adornments were pointed out to me, but there they were sure enough. It must have taken the enemy nearly as much time to make them as the batteries, and, as a matter of course, beyond the mere effect of the bravado such as . it is they are utterly and entirely useless. Yet, .useless as they are, they have been made as if to show us how little the progress of our siege eraploys or impedes their numerous garrison. Your readers may. perhaps, ask how it is that all these works have been erected within the last few days. ! But such is the case only with three or four to , the extreme north. . - Neaily all the rest have .been, finished since we first opened fire, and though batteries have been known to exist there "throughout, yet, as the embrasures were always masked, no one knows where the guns were, or : how - to distinguish real batteries from breast- , works. , y ,-, ' ; ',, ,. . : .. . t $3TWe learn that W. J. Stevens, TLs$, has ' resigned his position as Superintendent of the ' Union' Depot. - Mr. Stevens has discharged the duties of this responsible situation which he has occupied, in such a manner as to afford universal : satisfaction. His retirement from his position as Superintendent will be regretted by all who are acquainted with the promptitude with which he has acquitted himself, and we wish him every success in the new field of labor upon which ho : has chosen to enter. Sentinel. ,: t ' : ; . .' Pay in Advance. we have generaly observed that. those persons who pay in advance for a newspaper, always like it the best find the least fault with it, and are not half so much inclined to "blow up" its editor.' . .,. . . , ;' j 2rAsa proof of the hardness of the times, there is a man in Ohio who kills only half a pig at a time. 13?" Steam is a servant that often blows upjhis master.. ' '