Locomotive, Volume 33, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 May 1855 — Page 2

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ESPQNDENT'S TRAIN. Babies I'm Rhyming Only. How plump and fair they always are, How full of rhyme and mirth; Pure living toys deep founts of joys, They always seem at birth. Their warbling cries, and laughing eyes Denote the warmest glee; They gaze awhile, then sweetly smile, At every thing they see. Sweet little girls, with silver curls, Are pretty things, I trow; They are more fair than flowers are, Or apything I know. And little boys my love enjoy, (For one of them is mine;) Tho' weak in power, they 6oon may tower, Where wit and learning shine. Is there a man that truly can, In language plain declare, Alone I'll live, I will not give My heart to woman fair. 0! let me ne'er such language hear, . Nor such a man behold, For what is life, without a wife?. A perfect blank, I'm told. At Borne, May, 1855. S. Staton. Toledo, May, 1G, 1855. Dear Locomotive: The Lake is now open to Buffalo, and first class steamers and second class ' steamers, and propellers, schooners, and every description of vessels are filled to their utmost capacity with both living and dead freight. How true it is that where the canvass spreads there is life and bustle and prosperity. This is a railroad city, as well as a commercial city ; and thousands of emigrants pass through daily on their way to the fertile plains of the great West. The scream of the locomotive, as in your city, is heard at earliest daylight, and through busy day, and late in the night. It is truly a refreshing sight to see these hardy emigrants pouring in and out daily, and at the various station bouses and railroad stations all is life and bustle. The Cleveland and Toledo railroad crosses the Maumee river just above the city, and connects with the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana railroads, thus forming a continuous route from New York City 'and Boston, to Davenport, Iowa. Our principal street (Summit) presents daily a busy line of industry, thronged as it is with the smartest kind of business men. The Wabash packets are running, this being their last summer, as it is contemplated that the Wabash Valley road will be finished next spring, thus forming a direct connection with Lafayette, Ind. To the casual observer Toledo is rather a rough looking city, from the river, but back of it lies a high and beautiful country ; and, being the most western port on Lake Erie, it is rapidly taking that place as a commercial port, to which nature entitles it. Situated on the banks of the Maumee, three miles above the Lake, it is said to possess the best harbouron Lake Erie, accessible during all weather, and of immense capacity. - Many new buildings are in progress, and we also possess quite a number of manufactories. At some future period I will give you the statistical items in regard to its commerce and resources ; but for the present must close. Truly yours, "Broken Reed." Strange Story. We have heard of counterfeit bank notes and counterfeit coin, and counterfeit almost everything, but until now never heard of a counterfeit husband. A wedded couple in Vermont, by hard fortune, were parted he going to California in search of gold, and she waiting his return with patience. Five years elapsed, during which time his letters were both fequent, and heavy with golden remembrances to his wife. One evening in April, she was joyfully astonished by the arrival of her husband. He had altered, but that was to be expected in a man five years absent from his wife; his features appeared different but that was accounted for by her having retained in her mind the exact expression he bore when he bid her good-bye five years previously. He brought home gold, and spoke of comforts and luxuries, of houses and farms, and carriages and fine appearal all of which were to be given to her as a reward for her constancy. He spoke of old familiar times, and all changes of features and of voice was forgotten, in the certainty that his affectionate heart was the same. To show her prudence, she brought forward some three hundred dollars saved by her out of his remittances. He took the money, praised her econemy, and she was happy happier than at her first bridal. Next day, and the following' friends visited to offer congratulations upon his return, and the lady was lavish in her praise of her husband's affection. At length, another returned Californian who knew the husband in the diggings, called, and cruelly destroyed the happiness of the family by saying and proving that the acting husband was an imposter; that he was a companion in California of the real husband, and had thus obtajned sufficient local information of the domestic relations of said, husband, to enable him to speak and act as if at home. The imitation the counterfeit husband was desirous to escape; but he was not permitted so to do. He was arrested; and though he thought he had committed no offence, an old stern Vermont justice of the peace has committed him to St. Albans jail to answer hereafter to a charge of assault and battery. Moral: Grass widows ought not to believe that every man who offers himself as such is, in fact, the real bona fide wanderer returned; and also: Tricks upon such widows may lead the tricksters to the penitentiary. Chicago Timet.

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SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1855. JljSaturdayithe day of publication of the Locomotive when it will alwaysbereadyfor subscribers. In nocasewill weletacopyofthepaper go from theofflce before publica tionday. LOCOMOTIVE STEAM PBESS BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE. HE would call the attention of Railroad Men, Presidents of Colleges and Academies, the Medical Profession, and era, to our assortment of NEW AND . BEAUTIFUL TYPE I Just received from the best Foundries In the United States, embracing all the Medical Signs. Accents Fractions, French Letters, Algebraical Signs y and all the modern facilities for doinp work in the best style. AH our Type and Machinery is new, ana in good order, including two or Adams' improved STEAM PRINTING PRESSES which enables us to do our work in a superior style, on as short time, and us good terms as any other offieo. We have on hand a superior article of Hook and Colored Papers, and the best of Inks, and as we are practical workmen, we guaranty all work entrusted to us to De done in the neatest manner, with promptness and accuracy. Our Job Department is well supplied with all kinds of New and Fashionable Type, and we are prepared to do Kiuds of Job Work ! on the shortest notice, and at the lowest living rates; and II LAN ICS OF EVEUV DESCRIPTION! on Cap, Letter, Folio Post, Flat Cap, French, or Colored Papers, and Cards or Card Boards. For the character of our work we confidently refer to any Book or Job bearing our imprint. Our prices are regulated at the lowest cash standard, so as to be regular and uniform, and equal to all; and contracts for work will be adhered to, without resort to extra charges. JTOrders from a distance promptly attended to, and accuracy guarantied. IrrOilice on Meridian street, immediately opposite the Post Office. ELDER & HARKNESS. IMPORTANT NOTICE. On next Saturday, the 2d of June, we will call on all our city subscribers, (who receive their papers from the carrier,) living Went of Meridian street, for back subscriptions, and three months in advance. We expect all that want the paper to be ready, at the place the paper is left, so that there will be no delay. By referring to their papers of last May and November, our subscribers will see that this is the regular time for visiting them, and we hope they will be ready. New Hall of the I. 0. 0. F. In company with Mr. Robson, one of the Commissioners, we passed through the new building, now swarming with workmen, who are busy in every branch. The floors in the first and second stories are laid, and the plastering is already commenced in the first floor. In the ground floor there is five rooms, three fronting on Washington street, and two on Pennsylvania street. Three of these rooms have fire proof vaults, and are well calculated for banking rooms, or any business that re quires sates. One of the rooms on Washington street extends through the building, with a sec ond story and cellar. The entrance to the second story will be by stairs in the ground floor this room is well suited for a wholesale house, and is not yet rented. All the rooms in the ground floor are of good size, with high ceilings, and will make beautiful business rooms. The north room, on Pennsylvania street, is rented to Mr. Cottman, for a clothing store. The entrance to the upper stories will be by wide stairs, from Pennsylvania street. In this story there is five rooms, three of which have been rented by the city one for an office for the Clerk and Treasurer, and the others for a Council Chamber and Mayor's room. The Council Chamber is the corner room, with fine light and good ventilation, and is decidedly the finest room in the city. In the second story there is still two fine large office rooms to rent. Thd thire story is occupied with the Lodge room, Encampment room, and anterooms, arranged to the best advantage for convenience. By an arrangement recently adopted, the Lodge and Encampment rooms can be united by opening large double folding doors, throwing nearly the entire story into one room. The Lodge room is large, nearly square, with a very high ceiling, partly arched and circular. In this there is a gallery for an organ, or band on proper occasions. The Encampment room is octagon the floors of all are deadened, and every convenience arranged. There is an entrance to the dome without passing through any of the Lodge rooms, by spiral stairs, from which the best view of the city can be had. This will be open at all times to visitors, under proper regulations, and will be a place of pleasani resort. The building throughout is being constructed on the best and most substantial manner, by Mr. Costigan, the Architect, and will be emphatically the building of the city. The third story will be heated with hot air, and gas pipes and fixtures are laid throughout the building. The first and second stories will be ready to be occupied in a few weeks, and the Lodge rooms this year by the time the G. Lodge holds it January session. Our Grave Yards. It will be seen by a notice in another column, that the new Sexton of the Grave Yards is prepared to keep all the private lots in good order, put up fences, or anything else required in beautifying or ornamenting the grounds. We are glad to see this, and have no doubt hundreds will take advantage of it and have their grounds cleared and improved. We see that Mr. Moffitt, the sexton, calls a public meeting for this evening, at the Court House, at half past seven o'clock, of the lot owners in the private grave yards, to adopt some regular system of having the grounds cleared up and properly taken care of. We hope a sufficient interest will be taken in this matter to bring out a good meeting. jf!Goveraor Powell, of Kentucky, and Miss Murray, Maid of Honor of Queen Victoria, have been guests of Gov. Wright for the past week. The Sentinel says Governor Powell is a widower a fair object for the facinations of our Hoosier girls.

.Sf-Judge John Pettitt, has fined the editors of the Lafayette Courier and American, each $100 and costs, for publishing statements of a murder trial in that Court, contrary to the order of the Court. This is not the first time attempts have been made by Courts to suppress the publication of the leading points in trials, and we have always thought the Court exceeded its powers in so doing. It is right and proper for Courts to see that all parties should have justice, but we dont think that is the way to secure it, as the persons attending trials of this kind discuss the evidence freely, with their own comments, always from memory, which cannot be as correct or reliable as a written statement, taken at the time, by the reporter for the press. A Court with closed doors would be contrary to our form of government and free institutions, and this order has a direct tendency to produce secrecy in public Courts of justice. The Lafayette Journal very properly remarks "The freedom of the Press is one of the most sacred rights guaranteed to us by the free institutions under which we live. Its preservation should be guarded with the most jealous vigilance. Unprincipled men may sometimes abuse it, but it were better that every law restraining its licentiousness were abolished, and the correction left to public opinion alone, than to abridge, even in a moderate degree, its perfect freedom to discuss, as it may see proper, any and all matters which it may conceive affects the public weal. The first step towards the subversion of the liberties of a people, is the trammeling of its press. It is the natural foe of Despotism, and neither can flourish where the other exists." Our Western Travel. The completion of the road from Terre Haute to Evansville, and the near completion of the Ohio and Mississippi road from St. Louis to Vincennese, has opened a new

outlet for travel from the east to the west and south through our city, that places us on the di rect line. The extent of this travel, and its importance to our city, cannot be fairly estimated until it is fully established, and through tickets and connections throw the travel this way. It is now' known as a fact since the second train has been put on the Terre Haute road, that the traveler from Evansville to Cincninnati gains 24 hours coming through this cit' to going up by the river, and the gain' will be nearly as much from St. Louis, as soon as the road from that place to Vincennes is finished. On this road there is a gap of some 25 or 30 miles, that is now staged over, but as the road is ready for the iron, and they are laying it at both ends, a few days at farthest will close this gap, and make the connection. Some gentlemen from the roads through Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland were here this week, with a view, as we are informed, to arrange the time between the east and west so as to make close connections on all the roads, to make the shortest possible time between the Eastern Cities and St. Louis. We understand they have succeeded, and that next week the time will be so changed that there will be no breaks. This will throw thousands of travelers Hi; ough our city that would have passed round it, and although the great mass will pass directly through, merely getting from one car to the other, still there is always some that will loiter aid wait over. This opening of the western lines is the commencement of a new era to Indianapolis, and when they are fairly established and completed our- large Union Depot will not be able to hold all. A Breathing Shadow. We spent a few minutes this week in a visit to the Metropolitan Daguerrean Gallery of Messrs. Weeks & Mendenball. This is a pleasant place to pass an hour, in examining the pictures with which the sides and walls of the rooms are adorned. These are perhaps the best arranged Daguerrean rooms in the west the two reception rooms are handsomely furnished, and the operating room, entered by a flight of stairs from the reception room, is large, containing every convenience, and a fine sky light and eastern light. Mr. Weeks, the principal operator, has made the business his study for years, being the principal operator in Root's Gallery, Philadelphia, for over three years, and with the manufacturers of the plates, and chemists for some time. Mr. M. L. Ohr is now operating in this establishment, which greatly adds to the inducements to having breathing shadow taken in the Metropolitan Gallery, ere the substance fades. Stone Crossings. The question of stone crossings has been brought before the Council, by Mr. Delzell and Mr. Horn, and referred to the Engineer to report an estimate of their cost. This estimate will probably be reported at the next meeting, when definite action will be taken. We are glad to see this early move taken, as it shows a disposition on the part of the Council to give us good crossings. We would suggest that at this time, when the whole expense for these improvements is about commencing, that good plank crossings over the gutters, to connect the pave with the stone walks, such as we have now, would answer every purpose for years, and prevent a heavy outlay for iron crossings. We are afraid if too much expense is saddled on these improvements at the start, they will not be adopted. Registry of Interments. We believe ours is the only city in the country where the dead are buried without keeping a registry of the number, age, nativity, and cause of death, to our great disgrace be it said. We are glad to see that the Public Sexton has been directed by the Council to keep a registry of all interments, which should be reported monthly. If this had been done from the commencement of the city, it would be a source of statistical information that can be obtained in no other way. ggThe May Term of the United States Circuit Court commenced its session in this city on Monday, Judge McLean presiding. A large number of the leading lawyers of the State are present.

The English and the war. Horace greelt, now in England, writes of the effect of the pressent war on the people in England as follows : "I think one who saw London first in 1851, and now sees it for the second time, must observe a general gravity of aspect now prevailing here. In former year John Bull was on excellent terms with himself and with all mankind gratified with the success and eclat of the great Exhibition, with the presence of crowds of foreigners as admiring guests if not as commercial customers, with the effort of the Queen, Prince Consort and Aristocracy to carry the enterprise triumphantly forward, with the state of Trade and Industry, the prices of Bread and Beer, and with the position of his country among Nations. ' I do not say how far the case is altered now, but that it is altered almost every intelligent countenance attests. The events of the last winter in the Crimea, the pressent attitude of the contending forces there opposed to each other, the blank rejection of the proposed terms of Peace by the Russian Plenipotentiaries at Vienna, the universal conviction that Austria is about to prove faithless to the Western Powers, the Chancellor of the Exchequer's little bill, and the strong probability that the bloody and most expensive War in the East is but just fairly begun these combined might well lend a shadow to the brow of even the most inveterately light-hearted; can it be wondered that grumbling John wears a decidedly sober aspect ? Yet I hear no confessions of want of heart for the fray ; all seem resolved that the war shall be vigorously prosecuted at whatever cost; but if England were this day fairly out of it I believe Russie might march straight into Constantinople ere a British connon-shot should be fired to prevent her." This is the first serious check the English have ever received to their domineering and bullying in Europe and the East, and it will set hard with them. If the signs of the times do not greatly mislead, this war will leave England, and perhaps many more of the European governments, with more democratic rulers them they now have. There is troublous times ahead for European governments we hope ours will not become involved in it.

Foreign News. The steamer America arrived at Halifax on the 24th, bringing additional foreign news. From the reports telegraphed to the Sentinel we make the following extracts: All documents in regard to the Vienna Conference have been laid before Parliament. Piane, who attempted to assassinate Louis Napoleon, has been condemned to death. The English press admit' that all hopes of peace have fled, and that no assistance can be expected from Austria, and but little from the rest of Europe; consequently England and France must fight it out. The London Times publishes an article expressing these views. It also publishes an editorial on behalf of the Government, stating that it is impossible to peruse the official documents of the Vienna Conference without seeing that Russia was never in earnest in her pretended ' desire for peace. . Earl Gray, in the House of Lords, has given notice of a motion that an address be sent to the Queen, deploring the failure of negotiation, and states that it is the opinion of Parliament that the proposals of Russia never were such as afforded a fair prospect of concluding a peace. Milliner Gihson made a similar proposal in the House of Commons. . Correspondence from the camp, April 27th, explains the difficulties of the siege, and states confidently that the allies' advances are on acquisitions of ground bit by bit. While works so advance, there can be no doubt of ultimate success, provided the Russians in the field are unable to force the allies to raise the siege. Canrobert has announced that when reinforcements arrive he will enlarge bis circle of operations. Later official advices from Sebastopol to the 10th, state that that morning the Russians made a sortie, with a large body of troops, on the Allies' right, and the French advance was driven back immediately, and the second attempt shared the same fate Russian loss serious. Gen. Mamora had arrived with 4,000 Sardian troops in the Baltic. The following is from the London Standard: Very extraordinary circumstances are reported from a quarter which precludes doubt as to the truth of the statements that have reached us, by letters from St. Petersburg, that it appears a fine American built ship recently arrived at a port in the Baltic, and it was stated the vessel had on board 800 bales of cotton, but our correspondent's informant visited the ship and found, in addition, fifty thousand rifles, and five thousand revolvers. Messrs. C, merchants of Boston, were passengers. The Standard asks what are our Consuls about, that they have permitted such a cargo to land without apprising the Government here of the fact. Symptoms increase that the Austrian and Prus sian Cabinets are attempting to affect a general accord amonff the German States. Editors of semi-official journals unite in favor of this movement. The documents of the Vienna Conference, extending over ninety pages, have been partially republished in the English papers, and have excited much interest. Parliament evaded answering the question whether the Conferences are not finally broken off, but it is said that, as accredited Representatives of all the powers, Russia included, continue to reside at Vienna, elements ot conference per manently exist. jtSTSince the opening of the Atheneum it has been drawing good houses, the lessees varying the plays to make it an attractive place of amuse ment, free from the objectional points usually attendant on the Theatres in smaller cities. Du ring the past week Madam Fanny, a dansuese of note, Miss Anderson, Mr. Lyttle, and Mr. Pow ell have been the principal attractions. jC-The Ladies Book for June, in advanceof all competitors, is already on our table. As us ual it is filled with engravings of every possible kind, and some fine articles, poetry, &c. This is the last number of volume 50, the July No will commence a volume, which is a good time to subscribe. One great point about the Ladies Book is the practical utility of its best articles, its drawings, plans and specifications of cottages and residences, and its valuable receipts these alone are worth far more than the subscription price, $3 a year. -The publication of the Ladies' Temperance Wreath is to be removed from Connersville to this city on the first of June. Mrs. Brownlee and Miss Chitwood, editors.

The English Estimate of the Value of Napoleon's Life. The recent attempt to kill the Emperor of the French produced a gieater sensation in England than in France. The English seem suddenly to discover that the alliance between the Western powers hangs by the slender thread of the life of one man, whose life is daily in peril from the thousands of deadly enemies made by him in his unscrupulous march to imperial power. As a specimen of the tone of the English press we quote from the Liverpool Times as follows: The narrow escape of Louis Napoleon from the hand of death has fixed attention on the loss which Europe and the world, and more especially England, would have sustained had the aim of the monster been more true had th fatal weapon executed its work of destruction. France no' doubt, would have been instantly in a blaze. All the elements of disruption would have been called into immediate play. The two branches of the Bourbons would have struggled for the throne, the red Republicans would not have been idle, and the supporters of the present dynasty would have attempted, of course, to shift for themselves. An outbreak, involving civil war, must inevitably have followed. The very worst passions of the belligerents would have been evoked. With the heart of the empire thus convulsed, the limbs would have become paralysed. The prosecution of the war against Russia would have been neglected the alliance with England might have been severed. The truth is, that the life of Louis Napoleon is at present the most valuable life in existence more depends on it than any other life. This is less an opinion than a fact. ' The London Times thundered in the same strain, commencing its article on the attempted assassination with the exclamation, "On what slender threads hang the destinies of nations!" The position of England, if the Emperor of France should die at this juncture, would be embarrassing and perilous in the extreme. She would have everything to fear but invasion. Her wooden walls would prevent that. In the revolutionary war that would most certainly break out, she would be "out of the ring," at least till after a revolution in her own policy. That she has quaked at the narrow escape of Napoleon, and shuddered at the revelation of the gulf on the brink of which she hangs, and that her solicitude for the safely of the "crowned cut-throat who rules France," is therefore quite accountable. Cincinnati Commercial.

Bank of the State of Indiana. We understand that the Commissioners appointed to divide the Statu into Bank Districts, and to locate the Branches, permitted by the law, created sixteen Districts, and fixed upon the places designated below. It will be seen that the number of State Bank Districts is now sixteen, whereas, under the lawfiermitting the existing old Bank, the number was thirteen. The places additional to the old are Lima, Connersville, and Jeffersonville. The other places are those containing the Branches of the old Bank, with the exception of La Porte and Plymouth.The reasons assigned for changing the location in these instances, from Michigan City to La Porte, and from South Bend to Plymouth, are thought by many to be plausable and satisfactory. La Porte was regarded, in considering this case, as the centre of business for a larger class of community than Michigan City, and was selected in accordance with this idea. Ihi selection seemed to involve the necessity, it was urged, of changing the location of a branch at South Bend; fur the reason that the branch at either of these places, by the railroad connection, will accommodate the same district of country. Plymouth will be connected, after a while, with La Porte, by railroad, it is true, yet she reaches a district of country, very rich and rapidly developing, which has but little connection with either La Porte or South Bend. - These, with a thousand others, were the argu ments used, we are informed, inducing the- fol lowing result : district, DISTRICT, No. 9 Connersville. " 10 Madison. " 11 Jeff'sonville. ' " 12 New Albany. " 13 Evansville. " 14 Vincennes. ' 16 Bedford. ' 16 Terre Haute. - Sentinel. No. 1 Lima. ' 2 La Porte. . 3 Plymouth. 4 Ft, Wayne. 5 Lafayette. ' 6 Logansport. ' 7 Indianapolis. ' 8 Richmond. jJSTThe General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church of the United States are now in' session the "old school" in Nashville, and the "new school" in St. Louis. The latter convened on Thursday last. At the opening of the session about one hundred and twenty commissioners were present, to which the arrivals during the day brought large accessions. Rev. Dr. Skinner, the moderator, delivered an eloquent sermon. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Rev. Wm. C. Wisner, D. D., of the Niagara Presbytery, Moderator. Rev. E. F. Hatfield, D. D., Stated Clerk. Rev. Henry Darling, Permanent Clerk. Rev. Ova P. Hoyt, Temporary Clerk. It was resolved to elect no Trustee nor Directors to the Princeton and other theological seminaries the present year. The first Thursday of January was recommended as a day of fasting and prayer for the conversion of the world; aud the last Thursday of February for Colleges. The Madison Square Church, in New York (Rev. Dr. Adams',) was selected for the next meeting. The "old school" Assembly met in Nashville on Thursday, and was opened with a sermon by Rev. H. A. Boardman, D. D., of Philadelphia, Moderator of the last Assembly. Dr. N. L. Rice of St. Louis, and Dr. Drury Lacy, of North Carolina, were put in nomination for Moderator, and on the first call Dr. Rice was elected. Benj. T. Philips was elected Temporary Clerk. K A. Tribune. Jeffersonville and Indianapolis Railroad. An election for directors of this company took place yesterday, and resulted in the choice of the following gentlemen. Those marked with a star () were in the old board. John Zulauf, James Guthrie, Thomas J. Martin, John Thompkins, A. Gowdy, and Vatble, of Louisville ; James Keigwin, and W. D. Beach, of Jeffersonville ; Woods Mabury, of Edinburg; James S. McLellan, of Franklin; and W. O. Rockwood, of.Indianapolis. Mr. Rulauf, who has been the president of the road for the past year, has proved himself an efficient officer, and we presume will be re-elected. -Sentinel. jJSfWe werej shown on Thursday a large Daguerreotype of Governor Wright, of our own State, and Governor Powell, of Kentucky. They were taken in good style, and made a handsome picture.