Locomotive, Volume 33, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1855 — Page 1

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DK. P. O. C. HUNT, DENTIST, OFFICE onlllinolsstroet. directly north from the Palmer House, three doors fromTousey'sCorner. Jy 2'53-y To Cabinet Maker. 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. 20 West Washington street. nov4 1 HENKY S. KELLOGG. T1AJIK OT THE CAPITOL. Interest paid on JL money deposited for aspecilied time. Bills of Exchange, Coin and Uncurreut Money deult in generally. jauilU-tf JOHN , WQQLLEY, Cashier. VENETIAN BLINDS, MA OB AND REPAIRED, Second door North of Plaining mill, on Alabama st. J. BARK. uov25-3m IsJ mo SPOUTSiHKlV AND OTHEltS. The sub scriber has lust received a snlendid assortment of Shot finn. of nil orailes. consisting- of sineic and dou ble barrels also. 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CON'NNECTING at this place with, trains from Lafayette, Torre Haute, Jeffersonville, and Madison. Passengers will find this the cheapest, shortest, quickest and nioit comfortable route to Dayton, Kpringtleld, Urbanna, B-illefontaine. Columbus, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Dunkirk Buffalo, Albany, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. Two Trains leave Indianapolis daily (Sundays excepted). 1st day Telegraph Express leaves the Union Depot at 7 A . M.; connectat Union with Train for Dayton and Cincinnati; at Bellefontaine with Train for Sandusky,- Toledo, and Detroit; st trail ion with Train for Columbus; and arrive in Cleveland at 8 same evening, in time to connect at Cleveland with the Lake Shore Railroad ExpressTrain, connecting at Dunkirk and Buffalo with the day Express Train, and arrive in New York early same evening. Passengers by thiatrain breakfastbefore leaving Indianapolis. , 2d. ExpressMail Trainloaves the Union Dcpotat3.30 P.M. making tho way-connections arriving in Cleveland next morning in time for the Express Trains for Dunkirk, Buffalo and New York also for Pittsburg, Philadelphia and Baltimore ' Through Tickets can be procured at the office in the Depot. Jl.j-'Passengera for Columbus, by taking 0 A. M. train via. Bellefontaine. arrive at Columbus at 5 same afternoon. FareThrougo 4.00 S. A. FLETCHER, Superintendant, d-Bcenearthe Union Depot, Indianapolis 1853. oct-29-tf 18o5. NEW SPRING GOODS. CHEAPER THAN EVER. 1855. mHE SUBSCRIBERS HAVING MADE THEIR PUKJ CHASES of Early Spring and Rummer Goods, are now prepared to exhibit the handsomest, most complete, and cheapest stock of STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS, they have ever had the pleasure of offering for the inspection of the public. The assortment now opening comprises House Furnishing Goods of every description ; Black and Fancy Silks ; M'DeLaines, Challis, DeBeges; ' Pongees, Brilliants. Berege DeLaines; Tissues, Plain and Fancy Bereges : Poplins, Plain and Figured Swiss Muslins; Nainsook and Bars ; French and English Ginghams and Chintzes; Bombazines, Alpaccas, &c, &c. Also, Embroideries of every description. Laces, Gloves, Hibbons, L. C. Handkerchiefs, and an endless variety of Hosiery. MOORE, CARTER & OURSLER, rasrti No.'l Washington ar.d Meridian streets. ,

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From Godey's Ladv's Book for July. ,MES. MORTIMER'S VELVET CLOAK. BT MRS. B. F. K. "But you will allow, Fred, that it is the greatest of bargains !" And Nellie Mortimer looked anxiously at her husband, as he buttoned his overcoat after dinner, preparatory to leaving for the store. "And only think," she continued. "I can get a whole cloak for a trifle more than Mrs. Granby paid for one yard of hers 1" "Yes, my dear; and I am confident tho difference in the looks of the cloaks will plainly tell the difference in the price. Depend upon it, Nellie, these wonderful bargains seldom amount to much." And Mr. Mortimer leaned back against tho door, and buried his hands in his coat-pockets nearly to his elbows. "Well, I am sure I never saw anything so cheap." And Nellie looked pouty. "I do not see one particle of difference in it all. And, just think, a velvet cloak for three dollars a yard, only nine dollars for the whole!" "But there are the linings, trimmings, and all tho fixings," persisted Mr. Mortimer. "Oh, as for thut, Fred, I have it all fixed. I will take my old blue silk dress, I am so tired of it, for lining, and I will have it cut and basted, and I can make it myself; so you see how cheap it will all be. And 1 do hale that great broclie shawl, I always feel so muffled up in it." "Then this is no new plot of yours, eh, little one?" And Fred thought of the "old blue silk," which was not three months old, and a favorite of his, and the tiresome shawl; and Nellie said she thought it was such a bargain, she hated to let it slip; and the clerk told her, in sober tul.h, that it cost them nearly twice the price he asked for it. And she looked so earnest about it that the hands came slowly from the capacious pockets, and Nellie noticed that her husband had a peculiarly wise look, and a rogueish twinkle in his eye, as he gave her the required sum, and bid her good-bye until tea-time. "f was in the early spring-time before tlrat Nellie Greyson left her own quiet village home a bride. About a year before, Frederich Mortimer chanced to spend some little time in their vicinity transacting some business,- and became ac quainted with Nellie's brother Harry, and was consequently invited , to call during his stay, which he gladly did; and, being quite charmed with the little home circle which received him so cordially, his calls lengthened into visits, and frequent ones too. And, after his return home, there came such highly perfumed letters, written on tinted note-paper, addressed to "Miss Nellie Greyson," that all the people that chanced to know anything about it thought that it meant something; and it all ended in . Fred's taking rooms in a stylish up-town boarding-house, and bringing the pretty liLtle Nellie into town to preside therein. . . Of course, there was a great stir in the housa when it was known that a bride was coming among them; and when she made her appearance at the breakfast-table the morning after lier .arrival, in her plain white cambric wrapper, confined to her delicate waist with a belt and gold buckle, and her beautiful brown hair wreathed into a graceful knot behind, and looking the very personification of youth and innocence, they were all taken somewhat by surprise. To bo sure, she was a lovely little creature, but they had expected a belle. It was not to be wondered at that Mrs. Frederick Mortimer was at first fairly bewildered with everything she saw. She, who had rarely been from home, except to school, was as yet a novice in the ways and customs of the world into which she had been transplanted; butit was new, and consequently delightful, and as she became acquainted with those around her, and the strangers became friends, Nellie was nearly happy. There was one thing that troubled Mrs. Mortimer exceedingly, and was the great bugbear of her existence, and that was to be fashionable, to be quoted, to be copied. To be called the "fashionable Mis. Mortimer" was indeed the very charm which was working its way to her unsophisticated heart, and she heard it discussed daily by all the ladies in the house; and as she heard the merits of the people rated in proportion with their dress and fashionable position in society, was it wonderful thaf Mrs. Frederick Mortimer should wish to be considered as one among the chosen? . : Fred had often observed of late, that Nellie, when walking with him, was constantly pointing out some "love of a bonnet," or "magnificent silk," and twisted her neck peeping in at the show-windows that they passed, and she was forever quoting Mrs. Granby, who was an extravagant woman, and managed to spend in one year upon her showy person enough to support two small families. She was always showing "dear Mrs; Mortimer" some new purchase, and as her room was only across the hall, Nellie and she were upon quite intimate terms. Notwithstanding all her friendly pretensions, however, there was a spice of malice in it all; and she had a faculty of reading at a glance the very unsuspicious little Nellie, and knowing also that the new firm in Brooks street was not doing such a flourishing business as Granby 01 Co., and however much Mrs. Mortimer deserved to equal, or even approach herself or Mrs. Graham and vVarren on the floor below, it would be an utter impossibility. Nellie Mortimer would have been exceedingly shocked had any one told her that such a spirit was creeping into her heart, yet she did often whisper to herself that it would be so grand to dress beautifully, and to have just as much money as she could spend, like Mrs. Granby; still, she had a great horror of being considered extravagant, and when she heard one after another of the ladies call the other so, and wonder if their husbands could afford such things, Nellie thought, with satisfaction to herself, "they surely cannot say as much of me." , About this cloak business, Nellie had had many miserable thoughts. Ever since she went with Mrs. Granby, and heard her order a cloak made from a piece of ten dollar velvet, and knew also that Mrs. Warren had concluded to have one from the same piece, Nellie's planning commenced. She knew she could not afford one half so expensive, and she knew also that she really needed none, as her shawl was new and

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very nice; yet a cloak would be so very becoming. She did so hate to n- k. Fred, for he had already bought more for her than would have sufficed for two years in her country home; but Nellie was desperate, and when she chanced to see the piece that was off rod at the astonishingly low price of three dollai s a yard, she made the effort, and succeeded. Never in all her life had Nellie felt so glad as when she spread the bank -note out to be sure that she really had it, and already in imagination she was walking with Fred with the identical velvet cloak drooping daintily from hershoulders. A low tap at the door, and it immediately opened, and Mrs. Granby wanted to show "dear Mrs. Mortimer such fin exquisit et of laces, and so cheap! it was perfectly wonderful; and then, if she told how cheap, she mnst never breatho it, or Mrs. Warren and Mrs. 1 eters would be sure to get some just like them. Mrs. Graham had a set already, not half so beautiful, and it cost much more." Notwithstanding the numerous invitations to guess the price, Nellie was wisely silent, for she had not the most remote idea of it; and when Mrs. Granby whispered: "Only fifty dollars." Nellie's exclamation of "impossible!" which meant to convey "how cheap for such beauties!" really meant, "such an amount for thesel" and if Mrs. Granby knew it, and whispered it in several rooms in the course of the afternoon, Nellie Mortimer was no wiser for it. Before tea-time, the velvet was purchased, and when asked by the clerk fur her addres,- she told him she would take it herself. Such. Tin unusual answer evidently struck the gentleman as singular; but Nellie glided out of the store with her bundle, and took her way to one of the most fashionable modistes. . . "We do not cut and baste, madam," was the answo to her inquiry after her long walk; "we can make your garment, if you wish." Just then one of tho sewing-girls appeared, pulling the basting-threads from a splendid rainbow plaided silk, and handed it for inspection, and commenced putting on her 'jonnet and shawl. "Mercy, cut and baste this lady's cloak before you go," for Nellie had remained standing, wonderini? in her own mind what she should do. She certainly could leave it to be made, and where should she go to hire it cut. Possibly no one cut cloaks without making them, so when the sullen Mercy disappeared into the next room with the velvet, Nellie felt inexpressibly relieved. "Oh, if she had mercy enough to let it alone, I should have thanked her!" thought Mrs. Mortimer an hour afterwards, as she tried in vain to find how in tho world to put it together. The cloth had been cut regardless of quantity, and it was to be pieced in several p! ices, and one shoulder wa9 full two in;Jiii4 mj'.tJt than Uio .other; and as Fred's stepi was heard at the door, tho new cloak vanished into the closet, the perplexed look was gone, and Nellie was as gay as a bird. For the next few days, Mrs. Mortimer's door was locked whenever any one knocked, and Mrs. Granby said she believed she was always "out." Nellie did not deny the charge, and worked steadily at the cloak, sewing and ripping, basting and trying on, until she fairly hated the sight of it, and vainly wishing she had not been so foolish as to purchase it; but it was too late, so she worked on, but it looked bungling, and hung awry, and once or twice she gathered it up, and looked desperately at the glowing coal-grate; she felt that it would be such a satisfaction to see it crisping on the red-hot embers. After several days of weary labor, she had the pleasure of proclaiming to herself that it was done; and as she glanced at herself in the mirror, she really liked it; still, she could not forget the trouble it had cost her, and that it was pieced so much; she felt sure that would be seen, and altogether it looked unfinished. Then she thought of those beautiful trimmings she had admired so much only a few days before, which would be such an addition, and would hide entirely the de-1 fects; but then she had not money enough to buy them, not even one yard, and her porte-mon-naie was opened; she still had the little gold dollars that Fred had given her, telling her to keep them for a year, and see how many she would get, and never before had she the least inclination to spend one of them; but now, she looked at the cloak, called it "dowdy," and resolved to buy the trimming, cost what it would. "My dear Mrs. Mortimer, I do so want you to go down street with me this morning," said Mrs. Granby. "I want your good taste in the selection of some dress goods; come, that's a darling. I dislike very much to go alone." How beautifully she looked dressed so superbly! Nellie felt an inward satisfaction that she had her velvet cloak done to wear, and as she came out with it on, she felt that she looked well, and was sure she made a better appearance than she would in her broche. i "Oh, my dear, that is something new, is it not?" said Mrs. Granby, glancing at the new cloak. "When did it come home?" "Yesterday it was finished," answered Nellie, forgetting to say that it had been at "home" all the time. ' "But, my dear creature, you have been most miserably cheated. Did you know that it was half cotton?" and Mrs Granby held it beside her own. , "No, indeed, I did not," answered Nellie, indignantly. "Why do you ask such a thing? I am sure I thought it was good, or, I assure you, I never should have taken it. The clerk told me he had never sold a yard for less than six dollars and" "It's a shame; but never mind. Come, or we shall not get back in time for dinner;" and Nellie went, carrying the empty porte-monnaie, and feeling heart-sick with her new velvet cloak, and trying to keep it from blowing open, so that Mrs. Granby should not know that it was lined with her "old blue silk." On the next Sunday, Nellie stood ready for church in her new cloak, and Fred praised her looks, and admired her until she began to think he was actually making fun of her, -and she felt she ought lo look pleased; he took such infinite pains; yet she felt wretched in spite of her endeavors, and when he asked if the "beautiful trimming was thrown in with the bargain," she had hard work to keep back the tears. Howev-

er, she conquered; but it is fearful that Nellie

aid not hear much of the sermon that day. A short time afterward, as Mr. Mortimer was passing from her room to the street, she heard her name mentioned, then alow titter, and Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Graham simultaneously exclaimed: "I thought as much !" then the voice of Mrs. Granby went on speaking in a low tone, yet sufficiently loud for poor Nellie to hear: "Cotton velvet, old dress, the trimming cost more than the cloak,", and poor humbled little Mrs. Mortimer hurried on; she had heard enough. How earnestly she wished that her velvet cloak would catch on fire or be stolen, anything to get rid of it, and in answer to Fred's inquiries as to her downcast expression at dinner, . she pleaded a headache. "But why not wear your new cloak, Nellie? It looks much better than that shawl, said Mr Mortimer, as his wife appeared before him, ready to accompany him to a lecture. "Oh, I had rather wear this to-night!" an swered Nellie, examining the fastening of her glove. "Getting saving, eh? Afraid you will injure it by wearing it in the evening, I suppose; but never mind, wear it to-night, you look so muffled up in that. I like to see you in your best. What more could be ssid? Nellie quietly folded the shawl and placed it in her drawer, and putting on her cloak, went to the lecture. It seemed to her always to be the way; she never went with Fred but he insited upon her wearing her new cloak, and if she demurred, he made the invariable reply: "Don't be so saving of it, Nellie; there are more where that came from. It did not cost you much, only three dollars a yard; now, if you had paid ten, like Mrs. Granby, you might well be miserly." i'oor little Mrs. Mortimer ! How wretched all this made her ! Fred was so provoking; she was sure she should hate him if he kept on in this way. For 6ome reason or another, there had grown a decided coolness between herself and Mrs. Granby since the advent of the new cloak, and when Fred came home one night, and told her that he hud bought a house, and thought seriously of housekeeping, she felt happier than she had for weeks before. "Come, darling, put on your cloak and bonnet, and we will walk over, and see it; it's, not far from here, and I know you need a little exer cise. So, they started, and if Nellie saw any "loves of bonnets" or "superb 'mantillas", on the way, she never mentioned It, and imagine her surprise whep Fred stopped before an elegant little brick cottage surmounted with a light iron balcony. Through the blinds, which were turned, very handsome lace and damask curtains we're visible, and Nellie looked incredulous. If the outside looked beautiful, she was charmed with the interior, for, behold, it was furnished throughout, and all in such exquisite taste that she felt sure she was walking in a dream. "Fred, you are cheating me. Whose house is this that you are careering over at this rate? Surely, it is not ours. How could you buy this?" "Why not, little one? But you have not seen your own room yet, Nellie your sanctum, if you like; and he led. the way to a perfect bijou of a place, fit for a fairy queen; and yet, could 6he believe it? Surely, she was-dreaming for there, in a rosewood wardrobe, hung the most beautiful blue velvet cloak that was ever thought ot, and near it one of those sweet little white bonnets, with its snowy plumes, that looked like woven snow-flakes, and a blue silk dress was just visible through the lolds ot tissue paper in which it lay. Nellie was bewildered. She looked first at Fred, and then at the things before her, and burst into tears. "I knew you were making: sport of mo all the while," was sobbed forth, and Nellie sank down on the little couch by the window. "You knew this was not fit to wear, and you made me wear it." "Never mind, Nellie, pet; it's all over now. You have bought your whistle as all poor humans have done before you, and although you did get yours at a great bargain, you were wonderfully cheated." In less than a week the Mortimers were quite domesticated in their new home; and Nellie made such a nice little housekeeper! Fred never knew half her worth until then. In due time, Mrs. Granby and all the - ladies called upon their dearest Mrs. Mortimer, and were charmed with her establishment, and promised Nellie, without her asking, that they would call otten, and even stay to tea with her. "Who ever imagined he was rich?" said Mrs. Granby, on her way home. "Why, only think, I heard yesterday that he was partner in one of our largest wholesale houses. Nellie never returned the calk of her would-be-friends; she never could forget the story of her cloak, and when she told fred the whole, from beginning to the end, about the gold dollars and all, he laughed heartily. "So, they thought you tried to ape them, did they, Nellie? and you were caught in your own trap. I thought I would see how you would figure as a poor man's wife among those better oil than yourself, and see it you could withstand temptation; and now, Nellie, I beg of you, nev er display your foibles to any little new one, as you were then, but remember every one for their station; never buy at such wonderful bargains; If you want a good thing, wait until you are able to have it. Nellie felt humbled indeed, as she grew older, and found herself a leader in the circle that she had viewed at a distance with such envious eyes, and found that the gayest and most expensively dressed were far from the happiest, and, in fact, her whole career through life was, in some way, influenced by the memory of her velvet cloak. ; Miserable. The man who is out of money, and in debt. The only medicine for such a person is a dollar's worth of philosophy, or a shilling's worth of strychnine. The former may be had of those wood-sawyers who support six children and a pair of bull pups on seventy-five cents a day.

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USETULNESS OF BIRDS. From an address delivered before the Aquidneck Agricultural Society, (Middletown, R. I.,) last September, by J. Pescott Hall, Esq., we copy the following geneifous paragraphs: ' There is an act upon our statute book entitled "an act for the preservation of useful birds." And which are the birds. declared useful by law? "Larks, robins, wood-ducks, grey or black "ducks, partridges, quails, woodcocks, snipes, grouse, and plover. The object of these laws is to preserve those v feathered races, during the time they are rearing their young,- which of course every reasonable man would do', even if he were cruel. But why should birds of song be ever destroyed? Why should the migratory .thrush, which is generally called the robin, be the object of slaughter? He is your companion throughout the year unless winter be unusually severe; the first to greet you in the spring, your cheerful, social, confiding friend during the summer, and the last to desert you at tho end of autumn. He builds his nest in your orchards and upon your fence-rails. Why will you permit your children to tear it down in mere wantonness and the love of purposeless havoc? Tho meadow lark' makes vocal your fields during the whole month of October and November, when the blasts of the north have sent away the warblers, the viroes, the bob-o-lincolns, the finches, the catbirds and sopg thrushes, to the milder climes of the south, for warmth and protection. Even the payicious birds da little or no harm with us. The little screech.-Bwfrtmuses our autumnal evenings with his mellow, though somewhat mournful notes. The graceful harrier, balanced on equal wing, seeking for rats, for frogs, for mice, snakes, and other vermin of a like loathsome character. Gunner, why should you strike down this creature, which God has made.so beautiful and brave, for the mere purpose of exhibiting youiyskill? In winter, when pressed with hunger, l;e mayiake'a chicken from ' your yard, or a pigeon from your" dove-cote, but upon the whole be does you -more good than harm. And so all the worm-eating and insect catching birds, including even the woodpeckers who bore into your apple treu. They are seeking for food deadly to the tree, beneath the bark, and you may well allow them to pursue their useful employments. The black ducks, the woodcocks, tho snipes, the Virginia rails, and the meadow larks all make their nests, in each returning sum mer, upon my lands, almost under my own eyes, and shall I most inhospitably refuse them admittance and give them over to the spoiler? Forbid it, generosity; forbid it, all ye gentle elements of th human character. ' But you say, the robins eat up all my cherries, and destroy my strawberries. Well, let them, if we can not have the sweet songsters upon any other terms, let them eat up the cherries and strawberries and welcome, for they pay us in music. Welcome to the trees and vines which I intend to plant to entice them to my home. Come in and partake with us. Don't gather all, if you please; but take without stint, and let me see you agaiu as I have often seen you in former days, drop a ripe cherry into the mouths of your callow young. - Come, ye ospreys, and take your scaly prey before my eyes, and with your "sail broad vans" beat up into tire world's eye, to carry food to your nests in the wood. You have as good a right as I have, to take the treasures of the deep for your own use, and you disturb me not in my possessions of enjoyment. True it is, I once saw an envious eagle plunge down from on high and ' rob you of the fruit of your labor, while you affrighted fled to the shelter of a' tree. But the bird of Jove is an imperial robber, and does not even say "by your leave," although he too is generally innocent ot injury to man. Come ye bob-olincolns, and poise yourselves on a single stalk of timothy, causing it to sway to and fro . by the weight of your tiny bodies, yet giving sufficient support, while the full hearted song of your happiness comes gushing . from your musical throats. If no one else will protect you, come to Malbone Farm and we will give you shelter. Come, all ye gentle songsters and harmless birds to us, and you shall be protected while within the boundaries under my control. The law is on our side, and where I have power "vainly the fowler's eye shall mark thy flight to do thee wrong." Farmers of Rhode Island, will you join me in this pleasant employment of saving alive, instead of destroying? If you will not, I appeal then to your mothers, your sisters, your wives, and your daughters, and to them I shall not appeal in vain; and if I can get the gentle sex upon my side, why the men may be defied, and I will proclaim to all the birds in the air that they are safe. ' Greek Proverbs on Human Folies . He ploughs the air. He washes the Etheopian. He measures a twig. He opens the door with an axe. He demands a tribute from the dead. He holds the serpent by the tail. He takes the bull by the horns. He is making clothes for fishes. He is teaching an old woman to dance. He is teaching a pig to play on a flute. He catches the wind with a net. He changes a fly into an elephant. He takes the spring from the year. He is making ropes of sand. He sprinkles incense on a dung-hill. He is ploughing a rock. Heis sowing on the sand. He takes oil to extinguish the fire. He chastises the dead. He seeks water in the sea. He puts a rope to the eye of a needle. He is washing the cow. He draws water with a sieve. He gives straw to his dog and bones to his ass. He numbers the waves. He paves the meadow. He paints the dead. He seeks wool on an ass. He digs the well at the river. He puts a hat on a hen. He runs against the point of a Spear. He is erecting broken ports. He fans with a feather. He strikes with a straw. He cleaves the clouds. He takes a spear to kill a fly. He brings his machines after the war is over. He washes his sheep with scalding water. He speaks of things more ancient than chaos. He roasts snow in a furnace. He holds a lookingglass to a mole. He is teaching iron to swim. He is building a bridge over the sea.