Locomotive, Volume 32, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1855 — Page 4

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"BAGGAGE TRAIT

ROBERT DAWSON, OR THE BRAVE SPIRIT, Is the title of a book recently published. The following is the closing chapter, which we commend to the attention of young readers: It was in the third year of my residence with Mr. Simpson, that he engaged to do a large amount of work for a publishing' house in the city, in a certain time. But one evening towards the close of the job, the publisher suddenly appe red in the office. He and Mr. Simpson were closeted together some time. When the office was alone for the evening, Mr. Simpson told us that the work must be finished in three days at the farthest; and we must bestir ourselves early enough in the morning. It was my duty to open the office and prepare it for work. 'Tom!' said Mr. Simpson, 'I want you to get up and do Robert's work to-morrow morning; he looks pretty sick to-night, and must not come into the office until nfter breakfast.' I had taken a severe cold. The stranger saw and marked us both, and heard Mr. Simpson's directions. 'Robert do you lie abed to-morrow morning, and Tom by all means be up by four. Here! take my alarm watch and hang it up by your bedside. Be up, sir, in good season.' 'Yes sir,' answered Tom, though in no willing tone. When we went to bed a tremendous snow storm was beginning to rage and howl without. The cold was extreme, and the wind a furious northeaster. I soon forgot the storm and sank into a peaceful slumber, with the agreeable expectation of lying as long as I chose in the morning. In an incredible short time, (as itseemed, so profound were our slumbers) Tom and I were roused by the alarm watch, one, two, three, four! could it indeed be morning? 'It is time to get up, Tom!' shouted I, shaking his arm. 'Get up, then! he growled roughly. 'But I am sick, Tom, and you remember what Mr. Simpson said.' No, Tom was not to be roused. He was not going to gel up such a stormy morning so early not he! He was not going to do it for Mr. Simpson, nor for me, nor for any body else, not he. . He was not going to get up if he never did any more. How many are like Tom, when a demand is made upon them for a little extra effort! . They are not going to work so, not they. Now it was evident somebody must get up and it must be ceriainly one of us. I felt that I had a right to sleep the night out that time. Besides I feared that it might be hazardous to get up, for I was in a profuse perspiration and the storm was raging violently. But my own personal consideration had no more effect upon my bed-fellow than had his master's commands. Well, it must be done. Make up your mind to do it, and then do it courageously, thought I. Out of the bed I jumped, and dressed myself rapidly, without suffering myself to regret the snug, warm quarters I had left. In spile of the headache, sore throat and cough, I went bravely on. I ploughed my way to ihe office through the drilling snow, built the fire, and got everything in readiness for the workmen, long before they began to appear. Then lying the lantern before me to see the way, I fought with the snow unsil I had shoveled a pretty respectable path from the house to the office. Some one beside myself was up in the house; several times he appeared at the window looking out and watching my progress. When I was in the office, a heavy step ascended the stairs. Not John's nor Tom's, nor Mr. Farley's, nor Mr, Simpson's. Lo! the publisher himself entered. He, such a lieh man! up and seeing about his business so eirly! I was amazed. Our office had much work for him, and we all respected him greatly. 'I thought you were the boy that was not to get up this morning, Robert? A stormy morning this, and tough work you have had of it, he said, eyeing me keenly. 'My father al way told me, sir, when he had work to do, to go forward and do it, minding nothing about the weather, or anything else.' 'Only a few drops at a time,' I added to myself. 'Right, right!' exclaimed the publisher, with great spirit. 'You have had a training that is worth something, yes, worth more to begin life with than ten thousand dollars. I see you can pul your hands to the plow and not look back. The great fault of young men now-adays is, ihey are afraid to work. They want to live too easy, while the fact is, we cannot get anything worth having, reputation, property, or anything good without working, aye, striving for it. I must keep my eye on you, young man. Upon what apparently little incidents hang the well being of men. I say apparently little chance like incidents, and yet they are neither little nor by any chance, they are a part of the great moral woof which our habits weave into destinies. So that what so many call a lucky hit, or an unlucky turn, is in fact a true result of what the past has wrought out. To 6ome it might have seemed a lucky hit, that the publisher of and I, an obscure apprentice, should have happened to meet just as we did, at half past four on a stormy winter's morning, in Mr. Simpson's printing office, because from that time he became my fast friend. At twenty-one, I was free, with a good trade thoroughly learned. At twenty-two I was master of two hundred and ninety dollars. At twenly-three a profitable paper and printing establishment, in a large neighboring town was for sale. . 'How much money did you earn last year, Robert?' asked the publisher, who contrived to meet me that time. Two hundred and ninety dollars, sir, clear.' 'Just what I expected. I have bought the Journal office and fixtures, and am going to set you up in business. I see you can lake care of your own, therefore I can "safely trust you with mine. You are not afraid of difficulties!' No; it was not a lucky hit, nor any hit at all, if by this is meant a chance event. The meeting was the natural consequence of the business habits of man and boy. And now when poor Charles Frazer, on beholding my comfortable home and pleasant lands the other day called me a 'lucky dog,' and 'one of fortune's favorites,' I would say to all, as I said to him: Success in life, success in any department of life, can only come from, and is the legitimate result of a firm, unflinching resolution to work honestly and in

dustriously; and these habits must be formed in boyhood, or they never will be well formed. They must be inwrought at home. 'Nothing good ever turned up for me!' exclaimed poor Charley, as he came the other day, to talk wilh me for the hundredth time, about some new prospects for business. Alas! they always seemed to be prospects, and very distant ones too. 'If I ever want to borrow a dollar of my richest neighbor, he never happens to have one just then, and now 1 do not care.' I looked at his shabby coat, and thought of his wife and children, poor, poor, very poor! and asked: 'Why is it? Had not Charley ability? Why, yes, but when Charley was a small boy, his parents always did his work for him. I had to do mine myself. Do not his present inefficiency and fear of work, and frequent complaints, grow out of the too much aid, the useless sympathy, the constant gratifica ion of 1 is wishes, rendered to him by his parents? Children must engage in some active service, labors, dangers,

fatigues, if they would have healthy constitutions,

a self-relying spirit, and ability to take care of : gions of costume. High heels came in simultathemselves. I neouslv. and mav almost be regarded as part and

Then, boys, be not afraid of workl Do not parcel of this seeming innovation. Our streets be afraid of obstacles in the pursuit of good are consequently less disfigured than they were ends. A life lies before you. Its length you , by the spectacles of shoals of women all showknow not. It offers materials for vou to carve i in2 the soles of their feet to people meeting

out your own destiny, of course under the pro vidence, and with the blessing of God our Creator. Carefully select you craft or calling. Work at it skillfully, industriously, faithfully. Then be sure it will yield you all you need. A Thrilling Incident in Railroad Life. The following little incident in the annals of railroad life, purporting to have been written by a brakeman, we clip from an exchange. It is one of those kind which send a thrill to the heart of a reader, greater than the relation of an incident involving the lives of many It was about half past nine o'clock in the morn ing; the dense fog Ihrough which we had been running for the last four or fiVfc hours had ren dered the track so slippery that we had lost con siderable time in climbing up grades; but we were now running down a moderate grade, and as the fow was irraduallv cleannir away we had ventured to increase our speed, and our engineer, ever attentive to his business, was constantly watching the track ahead, which was occasionally enveloped in thick clouds of watery vapor. As we were thus running along, I observed the engineer raise his hand to the cord attached to the whistle. He held it for a moment, and then gave the signal to "brake." Turning my evt-.s in the direction in which we were moving, I was barely able to discern some small object up on ihe track some distance ahead, but could not make out what it was. A moment later the en gineer repealed the signal to "brake," in that peculiar startling manner which is instantly recog nized by the experienced brakemen as an indica tion of imminent danger. Ihe engine was reversed as if by magic, and as the steam applied the driving wheels whirled round in an opposite direction to that in which the train was moving. I now discerned that the object before us was a little child, appai'ently unaware of its danger. The almost constant screaming of the whistle with which the engineer sought to frighten it from the track, seemed only to amuse it.. The wheels of our engine grated and hissed upon the iron track unable to stop the train, which, owing to the slippery condhion of the rails, it was certain would send us far beyond where the child was standing, before we could stop. Thus we rushed on with almost certainty that in the next minute that innocent, unsuspecting child, too young to know its danger, would be a nifingled corpse. Turning my eyes to see if there was no one near lo save it, I saw a lady who seemed to be almost flying towards the child, but one glance showed me thai the engine must reach it before her. The engineer had left his post, and was now running rapidly along the frame to the front of the engine. In an instant he was crouching upon the "cow-catcher," wilh one foot upon the lower bar, his left hand holding to the frame work, and his right extended toward the child, which, at the very moment it would have been crushed, he caught by its little arm, raised it from the track and bore it along in afety. One more minute, and the child, uninjured, was restored to its mother's arms. Keep Cool, and Don't Spill the Gravy. "One day when he had landed so, and most of our party were lying asleep on the boat, which was drawn under the shade of some large trees, the Governor and I had collected wood and made a large fire on the bank, two or three rods from the boat, over which we were roasting a fat pig, winch 1 had shot from the boat during the morning. I was squat down on one side of the fire, holding a short handled frying pan in which we had made some very rich gravy, which the Governor, who was squatted down opposite to me, was ladling over the pig, with an Indian wooden spoon. All of a sudden, I observed his eye fixed upon something over my shoulder, when he said to me in a very low tone, 'Now I want you to keep perfectly cool and don't spill the gravy there is a splendid tiger behind you !' I held fast to the frying pan, and turning my head gradually around, I had a full view of the tellow, within eight paces of me, lying flat on his side, and with his paws lifting up and playing with the legs of one of our Spaniards, who had laid himself down upon his belly and was fast asleep. Our rifles were left in the boat! The Governor drew himself gradually down the bank, on his hands and feet, ordering me not to move ; I was in hopes he would have taken his old Minie, but he preferred his own weapon, and getting it to bear upon the beast, he was obliged to wait some minutes for it to raise its head, so as not to endanger the poor Spaniard ; at the crack of the rifle the animal gave a piercing screech, and leaped about 15 feet straight into the air, and fell quite dead. The Spaniard leaped nearly as far in a different direction ; and at the same instant, from behind a little bunch of bushes on the opposite side, and not half the distance from our fire, and right behind the Governor's back, where he had been sitting, sprang the mate, which darted into the thicket and disappeared. We skinned this beautiful animal, which was shot exactly between the eyes, and afier all hands had withdrawn to the bunt, waited several hours in hopes that the other one would show itself again, but we waited in vain, and lost our game." A Great Farmer "The Elephant" About. Probably the largest farmer in America is a large elephant which is engaged at plowing up the farm of P. T. Barnum, near Bridgeport, Connecticut. Passengers, who come by the New York and New Haven Railroad yesterday, state that the' had a fine view of his "Elephantine Highness," they passed the farm in question. He is said to be very docile, walks three times as fast as a pair of horses, and drags a large subsoil plow, driving it from 16 to 21 inches deep. This same animal was used in India to work on the roads, pile timber, &c, and it is said that he don't stick up his nose at any reasonable work that his i ankee owner places before him. Jew xurkhx-press.

Ladies' Heels High. An English writer says: "Women with large or misshapen feet seldom or never move gracefully. They can neither walk nor dance well. And running is an impossibility. To real grace of movement it would seem almost essential that the foot should be arched. This is coming to be better understood among us. Flat feet are too common in England but dress, as we have before said, is a great leveller; and high-heeled boots, now so generally used, give an artificial hollow to the foot. The frightful habit of turning up the toes in walking is thus almost entirely destroyed. Indeed, nuthing is more obsen a le than the i nprovement which, in this respect, has taken place inJEngland during the last two or three years. Our women walk better than they did, and are better shod than they were. How it happened that they were so long in discovering that kid-topped boots are far more sightly' than those made of cloih or cashmere, we do not pretend to know; but ceriainly the discovery is one

of the Lest that has been made of late in the rethem from the front. These high or "military heels" necessarily force down the toes, and compel the proper movement in walking the proper exercise of the right muscles. The tendency of this elevation of the heel is to throw the calf of the leg out of the ankle, where, under bad treatment, it is too apt to settle. It is said, that, in this respect, the conformation of French women is belter than that of our own, because the absence of trottoirs, or side pavements, from so many of their thoroughfares, and a very common use in the large towns of thin shoes, compel them to nick their way on their toes. We think that it is Dr. Arnott, who, in his Elements of Physics, illustrates the effect of both wearing thin shoes, and standing on one's toes, by comparing the legs of two men, caleris paribus, taken from the same station of life, the one to become a farm laborer and the other a London footman. The thin shoes of the latter, and the habit of standing on his toes behind her ladyship's carringe, develop the calves and refine the anclesof Thom as, whilst the heavy hob-nailed boots ot llodge have an opposite effect, and reduce his legs to a perfect cylinder. "Don't Bother Me." At Lafayette, a well dressed gentleman, accompanied by an interest ing looking lady, evidently his wife, and two sweet children entered the cars. He was of short stature, with a short turned up nose, a short thick lip, small eyes and imperceptible eyebrows. The lady bore Ihe impress of suffering patience. Her younger child appeared sick, and tossed fretfully on her wearied knee. Ihe other soon grew tired of the irksomeness of the car, and became frelful and impatient. The man, for I cannot call him a gentleman, lay lazily reading a paper, lounging on a whole seat he monopolized to himself, though other passengers were standing. At length the lady perfectly unable to attend to the two little ones, in a tone of gentleness, that had something of fear in it, besought him to attend to the wants of ihe elder. She was answered in a loud and abrupt tone that attracied everybody's attention "Don't bother me !" Her eyes drop ped, a look of mingled, sorrow and shame came over her face, but she-said not a word. A mo ment afterwards, the conductor, Mr. Paul, came along, and the man inquired of him the distance to Michigan City. Wtith a tone modelled to the life after that previou-'yc use-J by his interrogator, Paul hissed out, f Don't bother me !" The man's eyes glared with fury as he demanded the reason of such an insult, and threatened to resent it unless a proper apology was offered. "I shall offer no apology for my language," said the noble-hearted conductor, "neither will you resent it; for a man who deems himself injured by having applied to him the same language he has disgraced himself by applying to a lady, is too little of a gentleman to be apologized to, and too much of a coward to resent it!" An Incident of the Secret Russian Police. The following is from Miss Brabazon's new work, "Russia and her Czars:" A lady, who is still living, was stepping out of her carriage in her ball dress, when she was arrested ; her destination was Siberia ! When she arrived there she was lodged in a hut which contained two separate rooms, each leading to a court some few feet square, surrounded by a wall, which admitted only the light from the sky. A sentinel stood always on guard without, and her jailor laid down her food without speaking. When she had been two years thus immured, the court door opened and a second prisoner was thrust in. He was a noble looking Pole, who had long inhabited a neighboring cell, and whom they had displaced to make room for another. In this chamber, or rather den, she remained twelve years with her unhappy companion. ! One morning her door was opened, and a voice called her number, which was the usual mode of accosting her on the few occasions when she was spoken to. She went out, the door was shut before she could take leave of her companion, she was lead to a vessel which was in readiness, made a pilgrimage of many months, and one night found herself in the bureau of the Grand Master of the police at St. Petersburgh. From a little closet was now taken the ball dress of which the functionaries had disrobed her on the night of her exile.! The ornaments wera gone, but except these nothing was missing, not a ribbon nor a flower. They even restored her withered boquet, in which successive generations of spiders had lived and died. She was then set at liberty. She never learned the cause' of her punishment or her pardon. When asked if she had not sought to enlighten herself on the subject she replied "I have not been so long in Siberia without having learned discretion." "And what," I asked, "said they to your re-appearance ?" ' "Nothing." Sensible to the Last. The editress of the Ladies' Repository, just started at Richmond, talks 'like a book' all about kissing, and will find many subscribers to her notions on this subject, if not to her Repository: "Kisses are an acknowledged institution. It is as natural for 'folks' to like them, as it is for water to run down hill, except when it is so cold that it freezes and can't run at all. Kisses, like faces of philosophers, vary. Some are hot as coal-fire, some sweet as honey, some mild as milk, some tasteless as long-drawn soda. Stolen kisses are said to have more nutmeg and cream than any other sorts. As to proposed kisses, they are not liked at all. We have made it our business to inquire among our friends, and they agree with us, that a stolen kiss is the most agreeable that is, if the theft is made by the right person. Talk of shyness and struggling no wonder, when some bipeds approach! it is miraculous that some ladies do not go into convulsions. We do not speak altogether from experi ence, but from what we have heard others say. Wh hare hci-n kissed a few times, and as we. are

j not very old, whe hope to receive many more.

V. C. H ANN A, (Successor to A. J. C. S. Harrison.) No. 4 West Washington fctreet, INDIANAPOLIS, 1ND., ' . RESPECTFULLY informs the patrons of the old Arm, and bis old friends aud customers that he inteuds keeping up a general stock of ( Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoea, Hats aud Caps, hardware, Qlassware, and . RiADT-MADE OLOTHINS. 1 am now receiving a large assortment of NEW GOODS in addition to the alreudy large and varied stock ou hand. Give ine a call and try. All kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE received in exchange for anything kept in my line.' apr7-3m SHIRES' "COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE" 1'ItEF. HEADING HOOM, GENERAL AGENCY AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICE ; JVo. C5 West Fourth street, Cincinnati, 0. WM. SHIRES, Proprltor. BUYS Real Esttite and Property of every description Sells Real Estate and Property of ull kinds at private sale or miction. y . Rents or Leases Houses, Stores. Farms, &c. - Makes collections and settles claims. Furnishes Clerks, Mechanics, Gardeners, Laborers or Servants of any kind for the city or country. Orders by letter promptly attended to. , api7

s. A. BUELL. ' ' -JL1.EX. MCD. HASKELL, Bl'ELt Sc Attorneys at Lawt Notaries Public and Commissioners of Deeds for the several States and Territories, will practice in all the Courts: makv collections: prosecute claims for Bounty Land, Extra Pay and Pensions, and procure Patents. All business intrusted to them either in person or by letter, will be promptly attended to. 'lOrtice No. 3, Second Story, 24i East Washington St., Indianapolis, lud. mar24-ly STEAM BOILERS. ., KELSHAW Sf SINKER, Manufacturers of Boilers and Sheet Iron Chimneys of all forms aud sizes, have lust completed the most modern and improved set of Boiler Makii Tools at present in use; by which improvement we are enabled to punch the rivet holes with as perfect accura-. cy as if first put together and drilled, which dispenses with the use of tile rieiner and drift to straighten imperfectly punched and ill-shaped holes punched on the old plan frequently causing the iron, by straining asunder the fibres, to crack the sheets between the rivet holes, as nil men posted on boilers giving out. must irresistably bear evidence. Most of our rivetins, also, is done by steam, by which improved process the rivet is equally staved up, filling the hole tight from head to point, finishing the rivet as perfect ou the inside us out. aud iu place of weakening the rivet, and making it brittle by much hammering, when cool; leaves it in its perfect state of strength and tenacity, and insuring the purchaser. In every respect, an article superior to any made ou any other plan in vogue. By the aid- of the abovo tmproved facilities, and a practical experience of 20 years at the business, we guarantee to our customors and the public, Boilers made of No. 1 charcoal iron, that culiunt be surpassed in point of cheapness and quulity of workmanship, by any other firm in the Union. All our lio'ilers are first tested by a pressure of steam before leaving the shop, and warranted perfect, or no salo. All work is delivered on the cars of the different railroads at river prices. Liberal inducements given for cash. Prompt attention will be given to letters pro-paid, or otherwise at the shop and ohice, on the Union R. R. track, one square east of the Union Station, Indianapolis, lud. 'T-Should Hand-riveted Boilers be preferred, they will be furnished as above. TCBULAK EOIIiEKS of all si.es made to order, of lap wrlded iron tubes, from 2 to 7 inches diameter warranted perfect, at Eastern prices. SHEET IRON CHIMNIES , ahvavton hand. ; GASOMETERS made to order on short notice, on same conditions as above.' murlO-ly ' KELSHAW & SINKER, Indianapolis. NEW (SPUING AND SIJMMKlt GOODS , , AT THE LADIES' FANCY STORE, Bates Building, Washington street, Indianapolis , Ind. ; CiH Z i(fl OFKKW AND FASHIONABLE GOODS added to our present Stork, which is large uud well assorted ; all of which have been purchased low for fash, and will be sold on the same terms. We respectfully invite the Ladles in general to call and examine our Goods, as we are sure that we have styles Dot brought out by any of the merchants but ourselves. Silk and Fancy Ooods. Rich Striped, Plaid, Brocade, and Plain Silks; Bareges, Tissues, Crape de Paris, Grenadines, Robes, and Jaconets; Orrandics, Brilliantes, and Ginghams; Pl.iin and Printed Challie;. Mourning Goods, and Printed Linen for Ladies Dresses; French. American, and English Prints; Nainsook, Swiss Muslins, and Embroideries: English Thread; Maltese and Honiton Lace Colhrrs and Sleeves; Lace Spencers: Au P-tsso Chemisetts and OUarytts; Lace CurUins, Handkerchiefs, Glovs, and Luce Mitts. ' lUantle and Shawls. New style of Spring and Summer Mantles and Shawls, from if 1 50 to $25. A general assortment of Domestic Goods. Hon nets and liibbons. A large and splendid selection of Bonnets, Ribbons and Flowers, Hair Braids, Curls, Parasols and Umbrellas. A handsome assortment of Carpetting; with many other Goods too nuinernns to mention. t 1 Call at the Ladies' Fancy Store. - J. K . Whkun, i J. K. WHE LA N & CO. M. Gillioan. mar31-3m NOTE FON.-A Note from William Gudly to Charles Roehl was found and left at this office. The owner can get it by paying for this notice. . , apr7-3w A WO ICO TO THE S O L D I E It S . ITIore ISounty Land ! BT Y an act of Congress, passed March 3, 18."io,all Officers a"d a y Soldiers who have served fourteen days in any War of the United States since 1765, are entitled to lf0 ACHES OF LAND, if they have not received it. Those who have received forty or eighty ncres lire now entitled to enough more to make up the one hundred and sivty. Those who have received one hundred and sixty acres are not entitled to any more. The benefit of this act extends to the Widow and Minor Children of the Soldier, but to no other heirs. Those who have been engaged in BATTLE are entitled to one hundred and sixty acres without regard to the period of their service. Persons having claims under this or any other act, will have them promptly uttended to bv calling on, or writing to, JOHN" S. TARKINGTON, Attorney. I will be found at the oilice of Barbour flc Porter, Sentinel Buildings, opposite Wright House, Indianapolis, Ind. mr24-tf BOUNTY LAM)! BOUNTY Li A N D ! By an Act of the late Congrrews every person who h;is served, iu any capacity, for a fjr 7 period" of Fourteen Days or more in any of the "Wars Jortft of the United States, iu either the regular Army, Mili- &ta3 tia. or Volunteers, is entitled to a Warrant for 160 acres of land. Any one having received a Warrant fora less nnmberof acres than 1(30, is entitled to another Warrant for the balance thereof; for example: if one hus received a warrant for 40 acres, he is entitled to another warrant for 120 more and so on. Apply in person , or by letter, at No. 3, second story, 244 East Washington St., (office lately occupied by Condit & Bckll) to . , BUELL 4 HASKELL, , mar24-3m Att'ys at Law. ARTIFICIAL TEETH. "rr Dr. W.R. JEFFRIES, Meridian street, two doors IThS south of the PostomYe, Indianapolis. -uXLTTt This office, under the management of its present proprietor, has been increasing in reputation for superior operations in the artificial department of UeutWtry, for the last five years, and no expense or effort shall be wanting to give satisfaction to all who may favor it with their patronage. Dr J. has spared no pains or expense in fitting up li is Laboratory in a manner to warrant the most perfect work in all its branches in that department; he is surpassed by none, and equalled by few. Dr. J. be'ing a manufacturer of Artificial Teeth, is enabled to suit the patient in all colors and shades of Teeth, and in all the latest improvements in Dentistry. , Dr. W. R. JEFFRIES, Dentist, And Miinufactnrer of Porcelain Teeth, apr!5-tf Office Meridian st 2 doors south of Postofflce. CIX1EV AND ISALLAKD, WILL post boons, write accounts, and collect within the city of Indianapolis. Also, collect in any portion of the State of Indiana. 1 JtOffiee, at Adams & Co.'s Express Office. i mrl7-tf . ' ihii.mm:hv and dkess making. On Illinois Street, two squares north of Washington Street. RS. J. BROWN & Miss L. M. MINTONYE, would resnectfullv announce to the Ladies of Indianapolis and vi cinity, that they have taken rooms in Mr. Bird's now brick, aud will give every attention to the above business. Ladies may depend on Bonnets, Dresses, and Mantillas, being made at the shortest notice, and in the best styles. TtT'Alao, Apprentices wanted. Good references will be required. marl7-tf , J. B. & L. M. M. " ;' CIGARS! ClttAUSJIT. A. Ileidlingcr, JVo. 19 West Washington Indianapolis, Ind., HAS a splendid stock of Imported and Domestic Cigars, which he will sell at the lowest prices, at wholesale or retailsuch as, Havana, Cuba. Florida and Seed.. Also, the best kind of Chewing and Smoking Tobacco. All orders promptly attended to. TnarlO-2mtT SUITABLE IIOLIIHY PKESENTS. Wo don't advertise what we have not get, nor what we cannot do. We say we have the largest and most complete assortment of Watches. Jewelry, Silver Ware and Fancy Goods, to be found iu any house in Indiimapolis; and will, and do sell SO 4P cent, under any house in the city. All we desire is an examination of ourstocK and prices in comparison with others. Remember we receive Goods almost duilv, and tire always ahead in styles. iec23 W. H. TALBOTT & CO. PRINTING PAPER, dt-c. f (IHE undersigned, proprietor of the Puper Mill at IndinnnpJ olis, gives notice to printers and other that his Mills, after undergoing thorough repairs, are again in full operation. Ho is, therefore, prepared to fill all orders without delay. State Stock Paper received in payment at the rate of discount fixed by the Convention of Bankers, and Paper sold at Cincinnati prices, rThe highest market price paid, in Cash, for rags. Jau20-6m WM. SHEETS. yETNA INSURANCE CO., OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. CHARTERED 1819. ' Cash Capital, - - - - - $300,000. SPECIAL ATTENTION given to Insurance of Farm Proporty. Dwelliuirs and Outbu ldings. Insures such buidings or contettts in a verv favorable nnmner. for 3 or 5 years. LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID IN CASH, and equitably adjusted. Also, insures Stores, Warehouses, Buildings or Contents, and Personal Property generally, in town or country, at rates as low as coniHtchtwith the hazards taken, and Inland Insurance against the Perils of Navigation. Applications can be made to C. B Divis, Surveyor and Office Clerk, who is authorized to lake and approve risks, and do all other matters connected with the same, in my absence. WM. HENDERSON, Agent. Indianapolis, Ind. dectMy

OLD SOLUIFKS ATTENTION! 1 i THE UNDEKSIGNED will prepare applications for Bounty Lands, granted to Old Soldiers under the Jarflpt late Act of Congress, on reasonable terms. The new Land Warrant Bill gives 160 acres to all grades of Soldiers, from a waeoner to a major general, including the Widows of all Revolutionary Soldiers, aud all Seamen, who have been in actual battles, or, who have served not less than fourteen days in some capacity in or about the Army. Those who have already received 16U acres are not entitled to another Warrant, but those who have received SO acre warrants aro entitled to (JU acres more, and those who have received 40 acre W arrnntsare entitled to 120 more. TPT'Office up stairs in Griffith's Block, over W. H. Buforda Grocerv, No. '66 West Washington street. mar24-3w . . AUSTIN H. BROWN.

I. HODGSON, Architect, WILL furnish all Drawings and Specifications, and Superintend the erection of all buildings entrusted to his care, in the most satisfactory manner, and on as reasonable terms as an competent Arehitect. Instruc ions will be given to young men on reasonable terms. Office North side Wiishinicton.st., over Wilmot's bat store, Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 24, lfc54. J)fl-Iy GOLD AND SILVER. - THAVE now on hand, and receiving daily, some as fine Gold and Silver Patent Lever detached and Xepine Watches as . are manufactured. Also. Gold Fob, Vest and Guard Chains, Gold Keys and Seals, Gold Breast Pins, Ear-rings, Finger-rings, and Cuff Pins; Gold Thimbles and Pencils, Gold, Silver and fine Steel Spectacles, and a thousand other articles which I will take pleasure In showing all who may favor me with a call. I shall go East in a few weeks and will sell all the above goods lower than ever beforo sold ia this city. Now is your time to zet bargains, at C. G. FRENCH'S, fob24-lm r r Pope's Drug Store, 33 Washington at. - CHARLES ItlAVER, No. 20, West wannington Street, Recommends to the public, his since le40 established Business. His stock consists in a full and large assortment of Groceries, Produce and Provisions of all kinds; porcelain, stone, and eurtheuware; flour of the very best brand; confeits, raisens, figs, ritrons, prunes, nuts of all sorts, pickles preserves, fresh peaches and tomatoes in tin cans, sardines, lobsters, lake fish, salmon, halibut, codfish, mack erui and herrings: white and red French and Native wines, English ale and porter direct from the Customhouse, New York; a very large and choice selection of Spanish and American cigars at moderate prices, which is a great item to the lover of a good Havunna; chewing tobacco of the very best Virginia brands, there can be no superior stock of cigars and tobacco offered in any market; snuffs aud smoking tobacco, also shun-boxes and suioke-pipes; 2L0 doz. portemonnaies and pocket books unrivalled in style, quality and price, direct from the manufiicturer; toilet, wash, and shaving soup and perfumery, a very large assortment from the most celebrated perfumers. Hair, cloth, shaving, tooth, blacking, hand, table, horse, sttive, dust, whitewash and battling brushes; combs of every description; a very large stock of pocket cutlery, penknives, razors, knives and forks, dirks, and scissors, of the celebrated best English manufactories of Worteuholni. Wade oc Butcher. Rodgers, ect., ect; German, French and A merican pistols and guns, Colts1 and Allen's five and six barrel revolvers, game bags, shot pouches, powder horns and flasks. A very lurge and selected stock of German, French, English and American toys. A fine selection of violins, guitars, flutes, fife, saccordeons, French harps, tain bounties, banjoes, ect., ect. A few hundred bird cages of every description, for canaries, red birds, mocking birds, ect., ect; .also, breeding cuge.s German and American slate.; ladies, childrens, bird, market, cigar, wash, fruit, work and farm baskets; willow cabs, willow cradles and willow wagons, at unusual low prices; fine cabs, hobbj horses. ect., ect; a very large stock of pine uhd cedarware, among which, are chums, wash tubs, foot tubs, well, horse, and water buckets, measures, flour, sugar, butter and lard tubs, elotho-horses, towel rollers, ect., ect; butter moulds aud brooms. 1 keep constantly on hand a very large and well selected stock of goods of every description, and have fixed prices for all my goods. A certain per centage, over and above the cost of goods, is necessary lo insure success iu business; this only is invariably added to the cost, and is therefore no deviation from it. Purchasing at headquarters, also quick and large sales, enable me to sell, especially manufactured goods, at unusual low figures. My salesmen will always be found prompt uud accommodating. Thankful for the liberal patronage with which the public have so long favored me. I respectfully solicit a continuance of their favor. ... Respectfully,. ' CHARLES MAYER, No. 29 Washington street, '' ' Five doors east of the Palmer House. Indianapolis, June 24, 1854 ly REAL ESTATE AND STOCK. OFFICE. . McKEKNAN & MAY,28i Washington street. Indianapolis, successors of Chapman & McKernun, have now entered on their BooAs o-ver 2.500,000 dollars worth of Real Estate, for sale on commission. Also,, a large amount Railroad S tot-As and Bonds. ... Great Bargains being offered. ( Persons wishing to purchase would do well to call. Indianapolis, Sept. 9, J854 tf ARTIFICIAL EYES. A new importation comprising every variety of . color and -size uniting beauty of expression with delicacy of motion, in unison with the Natural Ee inserted without pain, at uy Infirmary for Diseases of the Eve, Fourth street, opposite Post Office, Cincinnati. jel7-tf FKED. AUG. WALDO, M.D. DR. P. G. C. HUNT, DENTIST, OFFICE on Illinois street, directi north from the Palmer House three doors fromTousey'sCorner. jy 2'53-y RAIL ROAD HOUSE, Corner of East and Washington street, Pays the highest market price for Wheat Oats, Corn, and all kinds of Produce. 1 have put up a pair of Fairbanks Patent Hay or Cattle Scales, which are as true as any scales in the County, where I can weigh Hay or Corn. Also. I keep on hand ;ill kinds of family Groceries, which I will sell as low as any New York or Boston store in the Citv, or any Yankee house. aul9-tf JOHN WALLACE. X. H. LAWRENCE. WM. W1LKISON. Livery and Sale Stables. LAWRENCE Ac WILKISON, having formed a copartnership in the Livery business, will continue to wait ou their old friends and the public in general,' with everything generally found in a livery stable, and will always be found on hand and ready for business, between Illinois and Meridian streets, south of Washington. TTP Horses kept by the day, week, or month. LAWRENCE WILKISON. N. B. Persons knowing themselves indebted to either of us will jdease call and settle. sep23-ly ROOTS AND SHOES AT WHOLESALE. THE SUBSCRIBERS have opened a Wholesale Boot and Shok Stork, on Witshiugton street, 2 doors East clri of Masonic Hall, and are now receiving a large and Jy'J choice stock of goods, which will be disposed of at the r lowest rates. . ' ' Brushes of all descriptions, sizes and qualities. Feather Dusters, PaintersDusters, Shoe Blacking, &c., constantly on hand, for sale, on the most reasonable terms. Prime lot of fancy Shoe Brushes, new style. The Trade," both in the city and country, are respectfully invited to call and see fortheninelves. ... v 1 STODDARD & MATHEW, je!7-tf. Washington St., 2 doors east of Masonic Hall, Savings Rank, South meridian Street, opposite the Post Ortice. Open Daily from 7 A. M. to 12 M; from 1 to 6 P. M., and on Monday and Saturday evenings to 8 o'clock. Interest allowed on ull sums of $1 and over, from 4 to 6 per cent. Any amount received on deposite of one dime and over. All are invited to the Benefits of a Savings Institution. WM. ROBSON. . Indianapolis, June23, 1854. - : " june24-tf fJTINC PIPE. Just received and for sale, a large assortA nient of Zinc Piping of all sizes, suitable for Chain Pump, Well and Cistern Pumps, &c, at No. 26 West Washington st. sepHS HENRY S. KELLOGG. INDIANAPOLIS PLOW FACTORY mrf i tin uiFirersigiieu respeciiiiny cans --?Tr, r-s in ami fact u rinir the efllirtp(l STF.FT. vy w ni esiaui muiiicii i, wimre ne Z. PLOW, of all sizes, right and left hand. Steel Corn Plows. Horse Hoes, Sub s il Plows, Cultivators, Harrows, Shovels, Straw Cutters, &c. Also. GK A HAM'S REGULATING PLOW which took the first premium, for sren-. eral purposes, at the Ohio State Fair of 1H53; also, the first premium, for general purposes, over Beard & Slnex's Premium Plows, at the Marion County (Ind.) Fair of 1?54 ; and the first premium for the best specimen of plowing six inches deep. This Plow is easily converted into a three-horse Sod Plow, a two-horse Sod Plow, aud by means of a screw to widen the rear of the mold it can be set to suit the depth of plowing, and from a Sod to a Mellow-ground Plow, . Particular attention paid to Repairing. .Having in my employ a smith of six year's (experience, I feel confident in saying that my work is equal to any in the west. Good Oak Lumber taken in exchange for work. Shop on Washington street, nearly opposite to Little's Hotel, at the east end of the city. Orders from a distance promptly attended to. WM. M. GAUSK. We, the undergigned, farmers, having us?d Graham's Regulating Plow, manufactured by Wm. M. Gause, would cheerfully recommend it as being the best adapted for genera) purposes of any now iu use. . Calvin Fletcher, , Edward Pope, Willis Pruit. "W. McLellaud, Zunrl Stewart. febl?-3in To Cabinet ITIakersi. JUST received and for sale at Cincinnati prices, for cash, a large lot of Mahogany and Walnut Vaneers; also. Drawer Locks, Bed and Table Castors, Table Butts and Screws at the sign of the big padlock, No. 26 West Washington stree.1. " uov4 . . . HENRY S. KELLOGG. . J. E. LIJDLTJM Ac Co., SILVER AND UtR ASS PLATERS, INDIANAP-, OLIS, IND. Shop, No. 71 East Washington street, over Owen and Brothers Grocery. Plating done to order, with neutness and dispntrh. a J. E. LTJDLUM. " octSSfim. ' C.T.EMMONS. GOING ! GOING ! GOING I WHERE ? TT7"HY TO MESSENGER'S Steam Refined Confectionary, ' where we can get the worth of our money. Fresh Cocoanut Cakes and Cream Bonbons. Cream Fruits and Crystallized Fruits. Also all other kinds of Confectionary. Do not forget the place, ( . , Vaublaricum's Block, Meridian Street, oct21-tf Indianapolis, Ind. BANK OF THE CAPITOL. Interest paid on money deposited for a specified time. Bills of Exchange, Coin and lincurrent Money dealt in generally. Jan20-tf JOHN WOOLLEY, Cashier VENETIAN BLINDS, MADE AND REPAIRED, Second door North of Plaining mill, on Alabama st. J. BARK. nov25-3ra - , urn m mm mo SPOHTS.nieHJ AND OTIIEIIS. The sub t scriber has just received a splendid nssortraent of Shot Guns, of nil prades, consisting of single and double barrels; also. Game Basrgs, Shol Belts, Powder Flasks and Horns, Gun Wadding, Caps, Shot, &c. All of which I will sell cheap at wholesale and retail, at the siftn of the Big Padlock, Ko. 26 West Washington street, Indianapolis, Ind. jaul3 HK.NKY S. KELLOGG.