Locomotive, Volume 34, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1855 — Page 1

JOHN R. ELDER, Editor.

"The Chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. ' A'oium,ii, 4.

ELDER & HARKNEBS, Publisher .

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. KAIL. ROAD HOUSE, ' ' ' ' ' Corner of East and Washington street, 1 Pays the highest market price for Wheat Oats, Corn, and all kinds of Produce. I have put up a pair of Fatrbank's 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 nil kinds of family Groceries, which I will sell as low as any Now York or Boston store in the Citv, or any Yankee house. . r . .. au!9-tf JOHN WALLACE.

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LAFAYETTE & INDIANAPOLIS RAILROAD 1855. &mmmmz$smm ' 1855TIME changed: ON and after April 23d, 1855, trains on this road will run as follows : . . . . - ..... ' MAIL TRAIN.. , Leave Indianapolis at 12 M. ' ' ' ' Arrive In Indianapolis at 8 A. M. 1 " Lafayette at 3 P.M. , ' , . "V EXPRESS TRAIN. . . , Leave Indianapolis at 6 A. M. - .: - A rrive in Lafavette at 9 A. M. 1 ' - " " Indianapolis at 3:30 P. M. FREIGHT TRAIN. " Leave Indianapolis at 6:20 A. M.' For through tickets, apply atthe Union Passenger Station, in Indianapolis. apr28 . ,, W. DURBIK, Sup't. . CHANGE OF TIME. INDIANA CENTRA L AND DAYTON AND WESTERN R. R. Three trains daily, (Sundays ex- a (rir UhfHHftWW cepted. t m&m&s&M First Train Lightning Express. Leaves Indianapolis at 2.30 A. M.; arrives at Richmond at 5.30, and at Cincinnati at 9.30 A.M.; arrivesat Davton at 7.00 A. M., connecting directly with trains for Columbus, Zanesville, Wheeling, Baltimore, Washington Citv, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, die.; arriving in New York J5 hours in advance of any other route from Indianapolis. At Dayton, also connects with trains directlyforSpringdeld, Urbana, Bellefontaine, Forest, Clyde, Cleveland, Buffalo, Sandusky, Detroit, tort Wayne, Troy, Piqna, kc, &c. . , " . . Second Train leaves at 7.30 A.M.; arrives at Richmond at 10.20 A. M.; at Cincinnati at 1.30 P.M.; connects at Day ton at 12 M. with all trains for Columbus,Zanesville, V heeling and all points east and north-east. . j . Third train leaves at 3.30 P. M., connects at Richmond at 6.30 with trains for Cincinnati, arriving at 9 P. M.; arrivesat Columbus at 10.30 P. M., connecting directly with trains for Zanesville, Wheeling, Bnltimore, Washington Citv, Jew York and Boston, and also with trains for Cleveland, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Passengers, take notice I This is the only route by which you can leave Indianapolis in the afternoon, and reach Columbus, Newark, Zanesville and Wheeling the same evening. The only route having any connections at Dayton, either morning or evening. Passengersby this route go through to Cincinnati as quick as by anv other. , Columbos and Pittsburg Baggage checked through. Pniladeiphia Haggage re-checked at Pittsburgh. The only morning Train from Indianapolis to Dayton, or Columbus via Davton. "JAMES M. SMITH, Superintendant, jan7 Ind. Cent. 6V Dayton & Western R. R.

I ' ' From the Daily Journal.

The Overbent Vane and Ball on the Spire of , ' the Reverend S. Dyer's Church. THE INVOCATION. - A Muse that on Parnassus dwells, i . Inspire the pen this history tells: Not only that it may amuse, ', But rigliten them whom I abuse, ' ' And if they fsdl from their high perch, . ; May bring them back to join the church. ' THE VANE. " ' When in the vane to know what says ;' The weather cock 'bout rainy days I upwards look 'tis all in "vain, No information there I gain. ' There's nothing to be vain of, sure, ' In its position insecure. ' ' Does dire necessity enforce That it shall take a downward course? Do you, the Session or Trustees, : ' Wink at its fall for fear a breeze? . No use for this, for goodness knows It has already suffered biotas. If you've resolved, that rule rescind f, And promptly fix what's in the wind, . So fix it in its proper place That it can run a steeple chase. , Itestrnin it from (no hesitation,) . Following the bent of its inclinations, Or else, there's ground at least to fear There's ground that it will rest on here; And this I know that right well, 1 If weather-cock on pavement fell, i . Some dry old chap would ask of me, Weather coch-of the-walk it would not be. Obey the just commands of God, To keep it straight, don't spare the rod.' J THE BALL. " , Your pious ones it may appall To tell them that they should give a ball! Yet this is so, with slight addition - To give a ball its true position. Kemember too, this simple fact, ' ., ; . If you much longer wrongly act, : The ball is covered with guilt, like new, And covered with guilt you would be too Should it come tumbling on your hat ; You'd doubtless bawl and feel right fiat; .- It would, and so say one and all, Redound to your credit to fix the ball. , SCHNUPFEN. Indianapolis, Novembsr 5th, 1855. " ' ''The Qverdent Vane and Ball on the Spire of , the Reverend S. Dyer's Church." . : "Schnupfen" endeavors toenlighted the people By his doggerel stuff about the Ball and the Steeple. ' "'" If he really wishes to straighten the Spire, -; Let him shell out a "ten" to the Reverend Dyer: This would be pleasing to all the Trustees, . Much more than his doggeral-poetical "breeze." We advise him in future, for the good of his . mind, To refrain from all writing of the doggered kind. If he improves much in writing, and presents it in future,. : . , ! Prepare him a medal from the purest of pewter. : Indianapolis, November 1th, 1 855. Gideon. ',-GETTING IIP A RAILROAD. ; Plain people, not overburdened with railroad investments, and quite innocent of the mystery of finance, do not always see entirely through the process by which means are raised for building a railroad. In their excess of honesty, they suppose, mostly, that when a railroad is wanted a careful and complete estimate is made, and that the necesary means are subscribed in hard ' cash. This would indeed be a most substantial and satisfactory means of getting under way, but it happens that hard cash is not always so abundant. The point, therefore, attempted is often to build the road without any cash at all. , We will not, however, anticipate a description of "wild catting" a railroad enterprise, but will stop to describe the "legitimate" mode resorted to .with the more substantial roads. '- Nearly every road is begun in the midst of a feeling of great economy, a feeling that with a track and rolling stock, all that is wanted will be had, a feeling that "our", road is to be altogether a different affair from and to be bir'H f3i more prudently and economically than ar.vboy's else road. Hence, after an engineer is called in, he is instructed that there is not much money to lose, that the point is to get the road open for business, and that the road can be afterward trimmed up from its ; own earnings. The engineer accordingly strikes out, measures, and calculates, and at length brings in a modest estimate, of course a few thousand dollars less per mile than other similar roads have been opened and completed for. i In justice to the engineering' profession,' however, it deserves to be said that their estimates for any given amount of material and labor are apt to be pretty correct, but they seldom estimate on anything like the amount of business which experience proves such a new road likely to obtain. By under-estimating the prospective business, they very naturally underestimate the outlay required to meet it. ! But never mind. The estimate cost of the road is perhaps $31,127 22 per mile (a very precise sum indeed.) - And if the road be 100 miles long, its cost of course will be $3, 1 1 2,722 50 (exactly.) ; The Directors have resolved, probably, to issue stock to the amount of $1,500, 000. They : offer as much for subscription among the crowd. One man strains his cash account for 5,000, and another trusts to his crops to shell out $6000,-r-another calculates on a speculation with some unimproved, real estate then on his hands', and confidently chalks down $15,000.; Safe men sign themselves for $1,000 each, and after much drumming the stock list becomes pretty full.. There are always a few widows and orphans who will venture to the tune of $100, 8300, $700-, and so on being told that "the railroad is as good as a bank."i ,;;r :.;; Well, perhaps, $1,302,400 have been subscribed. All this must draw interest when paid in, nntil the road is built, and at work. Meanwhile, a few subscribers flunk out, and their stock is forfeited and sold at auction. The sac

rifice is not much though, and perhaps the instalments paid in, if any, will cover it. . But while the instalments are coming in, and the work is going on, it is found that the engineer let in some ugly grades and some pokerish curves, just to 6ave cost in construction.. ;A sort of semi-professional and semi-proprietary consultation it) held, and the ugly grades and pokerish curves are set aside forthwith. The. contractors are mollified, and all hands determine to build a first-rate road,' and no. mistake. Meanwhile the construction account t expands

tlipimomrtricallv in the heat of the zeal tor a

good road. ' ! . i We might have said, as 'we have already introduced the contractors, that-perhaps they did

not take hold on the engineer's estimate, but staked out one for themselves and got the job at their own figures. But if the Company is not

S260.O0O out for all these little accidents, no body need be treubled in spirit. , : . i-:-Now comes the next pull for cash. . The road has lengthened out in probable cost, to perhaps $3,500,000. The subscriptions have not netted, deducting forfeitures, collections and ' interests, over $1,300,000, apart, perhaps, yet resting in the dim future. . , .- A formal mortgage is accordingly executed on the whole line and deposited in trust with suitable parties. Upon this mortgage, as a security, the Company come out to borrow money; payable in 20 or 25 years, and .issue their bonds to represent the same. The bond simply expresses the obligation to repay the money, and binds the borrowers to the provisions of the mortgage in case of failure of repayment. - '; Each bond is for $1,000. It ordinarily draws 7 per cent, interest, payable semi-annually. Executed in full, the bonds are ready for sale.: Who bids? One says 85, another 86, the bonds go at 8G. For $860, a bond for $1,000 is given up, and $70 interest: obligated to be pa'd, equal to over 8 per cent, actual interest on the money lent on the bond, The whole issue of bonds under the mortgage, is perhaps $2,000,000. ' These "net" at the selling rate, $1,720, 000, and deducting commissions, etc., say $ 1,640,000.' . Thus, money raised on stock, the whole cash basis is now $2,940,000, against which is a debt of $2,000,000 and at least $650,000 are still required to complete the road. . 1 When the time comes round for more money a second mortgage, covering the whole road, but subject to the claim of the first mortgage, is executed.' ! This is perhaps. for $500,000, and nets $375,000, , What is , still r wanted to complete the road is supplied, by borrowing on notes or the road is left uncompleted to that amount, or the earnings, above intcres', arc approprirtod. It is a blue time when poor lines, or lines covering unprofitable routes, get into this fix. But per contra take a good road, and in five year's time its debt will be half converted into stock if there is a clause in the. mortgage which allows it. Its yearly payments for interest will be reduced, its line completed from earnings, and its stock bearing 8 per cent, dividend, and selling in

the market at ,1 10. So mote it be, says the;

Advocate. .. i ,., .

Quacks and their Abbettors. The clerical support of quackery is one of the grossest features of the popular empiricism of the day. High church and low church, . orthodoxy and .heterodoxy, are all alike in their common toleration of quacks and quackery. ,The daily'.'advertisements show that the reverend and right reverend toes of the clergy are the undisputed professional property of the Jew chiropods, and trade in corns and bunyans. ,: We really think that the church uses medicine as a kind of, safety-valve for doubt and disbelief or else that he must feel a latent jealousy against science, for over . turning the miraculous virtues of saints and relics. ' Certain it is, that after a manner,1 physic and the church, two of the black graces, are in a state of i open war., Reverend gentlemen who are straight : laced in their religious creeds, seem to find com- ' fort in disbelieving all that the profession have to advance in favor of medical orthodoxy, freethinking, scepticism and total unbelief in the regular practice of medicine would seem necessary to the weakness of the clerical mind and its vagaries are spent upon our fortunate art, in- ! stead of upon Waiters of religious belief.' ' Cleri- : cal'quackery is but a mild atheism or infidelity. The country, clergyman armed with a copious medicine chest, oddly filled from the patent medi

cine shops, and the "pharmacopeeia londmesis, or with a smattering of hydropathy,' mesmerism, or

homoeopathy, has become quite the rival of the village doctor. One might well understand a jealousy and even hostility between the ' Catholic priest and physician, where the confessional must be shared between the medical man and

the clerical confessor, but in Protestant countries, the religious 'quacks, must either be 'influenced by plain knavery or by a diverted scepticism, which if it did not indulge in disbelieving the medical creed ' would disbelieve their own. While speaking of the present state of affairs it will not be unfair to dwell upon the ingratitude manifested in the support given to medical quackery by clergymen. We might with truth contend, that from no other body in the State does the clergy of every denomination receive so much gratuitous service. It is, and ever has been, quite enough that a man should be poor, and a minister of religion, to insure for him ' the highest medical advice our art affords, without fee or reward. ' 1 .U :., ,;iw.- si WTe have now before us a dozen or more of , these testimonials from clergymen of various denominations, speaking in the most exalted terms in favor of the curative powers, of these quack medicines. One whose enthusiasm overleaps his sense says, "I, as a Wesleyan preacher, call upon all preachers and singers, of every denomination, to take these wafers,, for improving the voice and curing coughs." . . ; Seriously speaking, it is most discreditable to teachers of religion, that we should be able to : find in every newspaper such disgraceful testimonials. It is injurious to the medical profession, but it reflects with a hundred fold odium, upon the professor of religion. Either the men who disgrace their cloth in this way are knaves, or they are fools, there is no escape from one or

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other appellation. Every man, in his senses, knows that it is proved, beyond all doubt, that quacks are not merely ignorant venders of medicines, who sacrifice the health of the public to the lust of gain, but that they are most notorious liars and tricksters that the world has ever seen. . It is a thiny; for clerical conscience to com

pute, whether the hosts of lies, told in every quack advertisement, is not, morally speaking, a lie told in type, instead of with the tongue, to every one of the millions who may read it; and whether any man, taking medicines thus propagated by falsehood and crime, is not a 6uborner and encourager of lies. And we do not confine our strictures upon quack medicines, but mean to extend them to hydropathy, mesmerism, and homcepathy, and the other epehmeral cheateries which poison a noble profession. Quackery is based upon lying, fraud, and knavery; and it is utterly scandalous and criminal, that it should find a great and . habitual body of supporters amongst ministers of the gospel. Modern Heroism. Heroes now-a-days are not those who kill the greatest number of their fellow creatures who scale the highest walls or who make themselves most conspicuous in trampling heaven's harvest under foot, and defacing the fair works of the hand of man, by which lie seeks to beautify and adorn his earthly

abode, : and to make this beautiful world a fit

temple for the being whom God, to inhabit it,

created in his own image, and a little lower than the angels. . Such . deeds of devastation have lost their charm and their hold upon the imagin

ations of men. Jt.nlightened by religion and lit

erature, refined by the immortal influences of

art, and rendered comfortable and happy by the

inventions of science, society now beholds with

horror the wholesale murders of war, and turns shuddering to seek relief and compensation amid

the mild and glorious triumphs of peace.

The true hero ot these days is he who, care

fully and conscientiously reviewing the vast held

of life and human struggle, calmly girds himself for the contest, and setting before his mind's eye the inexorable standard of honor and good

faith, goes manfully into the battle, . To be easily discouraged to abandon a laud

able .object at the first repulse,' and yield to a sentiment of discouragement and despair this

is the great prevailing weakness that besets hu manity. How many magnificent enterprises,

how many noble resolutions, are thus scattered

to the winds; when a little patience, perseverance, renewed effort, and confidence in that over-ruling Providence which never finally deserts the faithful and the trusting, would have brought thera to a profitable and successful issue! Let no man, who is certain of the justice of his cause, and the honesty of his own efforts, ever -despair.

No man ever succeeded in life whether his aims were humble or exalted, narrow as the walls of

his own home, or expansive as the sunshine without many disappointments, many weary and

discouraging rebutts, many cruelties, injustices, oppressions. These are the things by which the real quality of man is tried, proved, and refined, until, like the flashing and elastic steel from the dull and dirty ore, he becomes qualified for the important uses for which he was designed. ! : , It is so in every thing; the great law of suffering and developement runs through all the interests and the affairs of life. The child is ignorant of his powers and destiny, until he has grown to be a man, and proved them by effort, by struggle, and by suffering. , The world is not a garden of ripened fruits, into , which we may walk unrestricted, and pluck and eat our fill but rather a farm of many fields, each adapted to its peculiar harvest, but whose soil will only yield up its riches to the patient labor of him who tills it in the 6 we at of his brow. "To him who does this faithfully who studies his duties, and finds out the best and most seasonable manner of performing them the promises of the benevolent Being who holds us in the hollow of his hand, are sure and unfailing. The divine promise vouschafed to the rescued sons of Noah, of seed-time and harvest,: referred not more to the soil just uncovered by the subsided deluge, and the fruits that lay latent within its bosom, than to the destiny of man, and the' harvest of good deeds and beautiful results,' he was set to work out, by his patient toil and manly, hopeful 'endurance. ' For those who sink and fail 'by the wayside, help-and refuge are ever provided.

But let it be the noble ambition of every healthy nature to , work out his own destiny, and to be ever, ready to lend a helping hand to those who faint or falter by the way. Thus shall all be sustained and endowed with strength for the probationary struggle of life, and . when they are translated to a higher sphere, they will leave be-, hind them those golden lessons of example which exalt the nature and stimulate the effort

of those who ' come after. Courage efforttrust these are life's talismanic words. ''"' ttSrA. correspondent who. formally consulted the London Family Gazette about a young lady with a wooden leg," has recently brought the matter to a crisis by marrying her. After a month's experience he says: f'l am happy to say a wooden leg is no bad bargain. . . I married Jessie about a month ago. She refused to give up the wooden leg for a cork one. 'as she said she 'detested false appearances.' She is always at home, except when she goes

out with myself; she never flirts with other men; she never dances at a party; she only requires

one boot and one shoe, aud these serve her a long

time, as she does not walk much, and yet she is

not unpleasant to talk with. She diners very

little from other vounp; women. '.:

, 'The only expense of the wooden leg is the occasional breaking of a strap, which is easily

repaired, and the supplvmar of a little gutta per

cha, for the end of it, to prevent noise in walk

ing. Balancing profit aarainst loss, a lady with

a wooden leg is rather profitable, not to speak of

benefits. 1 nnd in Jessie all that a husband could desire." There, now, is a true philosopher; and he talks, moreover, like a man who is calculated to make Jessie a tender and non-exacting husband. There is a village on the Wabash where the church-bell is rung every day at twelve for the people to take their quinine, as they have the chills and fever all round.

EB,)

Trustees.

., COMMON SCHOOLS OF INDIANAPOLIS, i Indianapolis, Oct. 31, 1855. ., Common Councilor the City of Indianapolis. In obedience to your request, we herewith transmit to you the Report of our Superintendent of Common Schools, showing the condition of the same at the close of the summer term of the present year, which report we have approved and adopted. i , ,

v ery respectfully.

, Calvin Fletcher,

David S. Beats-,

' To THE Trustees OF tiir PiTm.in SrFionr.s nv

Indianapolis: The undersigned begs leave to submit the following Report of the progress and condition of the Public Schools of the city, for the concluding quarter of the Spring and Summer term: Registrv and Attendance. The whole number of scholars registered in the Public Schools, including the High School, is 1471, of whom 748 are males 723 females. The average daily attendance for the quarter was 1057 not quite 72 per ecu, " , ;,f we deduct the number of duplicate regUtritt. occasioned by transfers from ; one Ward to another, the average will be about 75 per cent. . In estimating the degree of regularity with . which pupils have attended we should make allowance for its being the spring term, when many of the larger scholars would be leaving for their summer employments, giving place to young children, whom the inclemency of winter had detained from school. In the 7th ward, where fewer , changes occurred, with n registry of 166, the average is 155, nearly 95 per cent. a very gratifying result. Irregularity in attendance is so great an evil that to prevent it no means which promises success should be left unemployed. Efficient rules, judiciously enforced, constant vigilance on the part of teach-. ers, and the hearty co-operation of parents, are all essential to secure the degree of regularity desired. ),..,.:;. . Studies. The studies pursued in the ward schools have been confined to what are termed elementary." Composition writing has been at-, tended to, and in some of the wards with most happy results. I would suggest that a primary work on Physiology be introduced in addition to the studies now pursued. The laws of health are so frequently violated by the young, through ignorance, that a knowledge of them in early life is exceedingly desirable. '! , .1 , Supervision. The Superintendant was employed between two and three weeks at the commencement of the term, assisting in the organization of the schools; , particularly in examining pupils. During the quarter, he spent two days; in each ward school,, and in the High school.! By remaining a whole day at each visit, he was. enabled to ascertain the standing of each class at successive visits, and thus form a correct estimate of the relative progress of pupils. These visits gave him an opportunity to discover any defects in modes of teaching, governing, &c, and to make such suggestions, both to teachers and pu- , pils, as were deemed advisable. Regular month-. ! ly visits of the kind mentioned cannot fail to be productive of much good,., The Superintendant, ' in addition to the above, made 60 visits at the . different schools, remaining sometimes an hour, i sometimes but a few minutes. , ' ; .' Buildings. Four of the seven ward buildings are not well adapted to the purposes for which they are used:siThe assistants necessarily occupy a small, ill-shaped room, nine feet by twenty -or twenty-five, originally designed . for an entry. In this small space are seated from thirty to fifty of the smaller pupils, to which number is occa- ' sionally added a class of from fifteen to twentyfive from the other department. !' With no ar- : rangements for ventilation, it cannot be but that the health of both teacher and pupils must suffer. 1 j The enlargement of these buildings by the addi- : tion of 25 feet in front, and another story, according to the plans adopted and now- being carried out at the 1st ward, will remove these objections with but little pecuniary sacrifice. The : 1st ward building, when completed as proposed, will accommodate very comfortably 360 pupils, ' employing six teachers. The buildings in the 5th and 7th wards can be enlarged on the same plan, as the wants of the city shall require it. ; The location of. the 3d ward house renders its :

enlargement impracticable. ' The better policy ' would be to sell it, purchase a more eligible lot, .'. and erect thereon a suitable building. '. The interests of that portion of the city require that measures be taken to secure the completion of such building by the' close of the next summer vacation. . ; : .- i The fencing of the' yards lias been completed. Each yard is now enclosed with an open fence, and so divided by a substantial tight fence as to form two separate yards, one for males, the other for females. , .!;.: ; In most of the wards, the front yard and side- , walks adjoining, need to be covered with gravel. During the wet season, the mud accumulates to the depth of two or three inches,) rendering entrance to the school house with unsoiled feet im- i possible; thus greatly interfering with those hah'.1 its of cleanliness and heatness which should be formed and cherished as well atthe. school room as at the parental fireside. ) Apparatus. All the ward schools, except two, are provided with' a' set of " Mitchell's Outline Maps. These were' obtained by' the volun

tary contributions of the teachers and pupils of

the several schools. , . , , ' i The apparatus in the High school consists of the following, which was generously presented by gentlemen of this city, who feel a deep interest in the cause of education: . ' : 1 Galvanic Battery',' 1 Electrical Machine.' 4 Glass Retorts; 1 Magnet; 1 Scyden Jar. 1 Fountain in Vacuo; 1 Preumatic Trough, and 1 Telescope. . " ' . .' . The last mentioned, a fine instrument, was procured by the efforts of the pupils and teach-. ers, and their friends. . The' school is much in want of large maps for reference, and a pair of Globes. " ' ' "-''', ''.' ' Text Books. The, Text' Books in use are those which the State Board of Education have adopted for the schools of the State.- A uniform system of school books throughout the State, can only be secured by a compliance on. the part f