Locomotive, Volume 43, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1858 — Page 2

THE LOCOMOTIVE.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 9,1858. jrj'Saturdaylsllie da; or publication of the Locomotive when it will alwaysbe ready for subscribers. In no case will weletacopyoflhopaper go from theoffice before publics (ionday. LOCOMOTIVE! STEAM PRESS BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE. HTE would call the attention of Railroad Men, Hresidentsof V V Colleges and Academics, the Medical Profession, and all others, to our assortment of NEW AND BEAUTIFUL. TYPE ! Just received from the bel Foundries in the United States, embracing all the Medical Signt, Accents, Fraction!, French Lettcre, Algebraical Signs, m i all the modern facilities for doing work in the best style. All our Type and Machinery Is new, and ill good order, Including two of Adams' Improved STEAM PRINTING PRESSES which enables usto do our rork In aaiiporiorstyle,on asshor lime, and as good terms as f.ny other ollice. We have on hand a superior article of Hook, and Colored lHers,and the best or Inks, and as we are practical workmen, we guaranty all work entrusted to us to he done in the neatest manner, with promptness mid accuracy. Our Job Department is well supplied with all kinds or New and Fashionable Type, and we are prepared to do y.ll I-xols of Jol Worlt! on the shortest notice, and at the lowest living rates; and BLANKS OF E V E H V DHSCUll'TIOJI! on Cap, Lotter, Folio Post, Flat Cap, French, or Colored Papers, and Cards or Card Hoards. For the character of our work we confidently refer to any Book or Job bearing our imprint. Our prices are regulated at ttie 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. HOrdors from a iistance promptly attended to, and accuracy irfnirii nt.ii'il . 1 rfpOlliceoM .Meridian street, immediately opposite the Post Oflleo. ELDER fc HAKKNKRS. PAY ALL JUST DUES. Mr.TnoneE. Holbrook will eall on nil against whom we have accounts for printing and' advertising, for payment. Let all prepare to meethim. All having unsettled uccotnitsugitinst us ure requested to make them out ut once, so that they will be ready for settlement when called on. We want to pay every cent wo owe and we want all that owe us to do tile same. Printing Inks. We notice an article in the Prin ter's Cabinet of Chicago, for the month of November, calculated to mislead the Printers of the Western . States, and intended to injure the reputation and stand- ' ing of the celebrated Printing Inks, manufactured by Geo. Mather of New York., The publishers of the Printer's Cabinet are agents for the sale of Inks made by John G. Lightbody, hence their misrepresentations and falsehoods in regard to the Inks of Mr. Malher. We have both used, and acted as agents for the sale of J. G. Lightbody's Inks for over six years, and continued to do so until the quality of his Inks become so bad that we could not use it ourselves, and would not offer it for sale to others ; it was frequently returned to us from a distance, and we either furnished other Ink or refunded the money. We notified Mr. Lightbody at different times, and complained of the kind of Inks he was furnishing us with ; but receiving no satisfaction from him, we ceased the sale of his Inks altogether, and at the time of doing so we had over six hundred lbs. of his bad ink on hand. We have since, for the last two years, used and sold Mr. Mathers Inks, and we have never heard a complaint or had a pound of it returned to us. This, with our own experience in the use of it, warrants us in recommending it as Ink of the ' first quality, and worthy the confidence of' the fraternity everywhere ; the Printers Cabinet to the contrary notwithstanding. ; , (JIT There are a good many who feel, and we are amongthe number, that the council committed a great outrage in having the tree near the Post office cut down. The question has been asked if the council have a , right to order shade trees cut down ? . If they have, whose trees are safe from the whims and caprices Of councilmen ? The tree in question is some ten or fifteen years old it was planted on the outside of the pavement, as required by the Ordinance in force at that time, and was valuable to the owner of the propty and the public, both as an ornament and protection, ' and its wanton destruction by the council, without any . sufficient pretext that we can see, appears to us to be , an assumption of authority, and an interference with private rights, that the council were not warranted in-' . Cheeking. In conversation with a master builder, weheardsome encouragingnewsinrclationtothe buildirig prospects, that looks cheering. There is now thir- . teen boss carpenters that have winter jobs heretofore there has not been but from three to five. The prospects for a good building season next year looks as well or better than it ever has, at this time. A number that intend building have engaged joists, of the mills, and they are now cutting them. Some twelve or fifteen first class dwellings, besides several leading business rooms, will be built next year, in addition to what are now commenced. It has been customary to cry hard times, and look blue, but this is a streak of daylight that makes us hope times and business will be better than we expected. - - 6IT The Terre Haute Railroad Company have declared a dividend of six per cent, for the six months ending Nov. 30, 1857. This road i3 one of the paying institutions of the country. We happened in at McGinnis's Hat store the other day, when Mr. Peck, the Treasurer of this company, came in, and told McGinnis he was going to send some men up for five dollar hats. On inquiry we learned that it was not an unfrequent occurrence to make presents to the employees of this road, in a quiet and unobtrusive manner, as a testimony that the services of the recipient were appreciated. ; , There is a material check-up in the work on the Government Building. The sub-contractor on the stone work has thrown up his contract, because he cannot t. M. mnn on hU estimates, and tlm r.., O j j uusnril he cannot get the money is that the sub-contract is made for some seven or eight thousand dollars more than the contract with the Government stipulates. The contract is taken for from 40 to 50 thousand dollars less than the work can be done for at least so our master builders tell ns. - The Festival of the Cadets of Temperance, announced for last Tuesday evening, has been postponed until next Tuesday evening, January 12, when they expect to have a good time generally. All the friends of the Cadets, and the friends of Temperance, are invited to participate. . . ' . We learn, by bills printed at this office, that Mr. E. Clark, Agent, offers bargains in lands belonging to the Indiana and Illinois Central Railroad Co., and long time. This company has some choice lands 6aT We are sory to see a newspaper controversy commenced between some of the regular and irregular army of Doctors. Such controversies always result to the discredit of the profession generally, and should not be continued.

3T The State Board of Agriculture met in the

State House on Thursday morning. The attendance was large. Several gentleman not residents of the counties were appointed delegates, but the Board de cided that no delegate would be entitled to a seat unless he was a resident in the county he represented. The President made a short address to the Board, in which he announced the complete success of the last Pair that it exceeded all past fairs, in the number and quality of the articles and animals exhibited, the number in attendance, and the receipts. That the benefits of the fairs had been disseminated through the State by the introduction in nearly every county of improved stock, improved implements, and the general interest stimulated in improvements. He alluded to the difficulties officers had to contend with at Fairs, in the appointment of committees said there was no doubt injustice had been done exhibitors in many m stances, but that it was impossible, where the regular committees refused or failed to attend, to do better than they had. He recommended that the Board either enlarge the present grounds, or procure others, as the gronnds now used were not largo enough to ac commodate the crowds that attended the annual fairs at this place. The exhibition of fruits, fowls, butter, cheese, meats, sorghum sugar and molasses, &c, was very full and fine, far exceeding any previous winter exhibition. As the meeting took place so late in the week we are only able to give this brief notice in our next we will give an abstract of the proceeding, and a list of awards. Letter List. The Journal laid claim to the List of Letters on the first of January, on the ground of its having a larger circulation than any other paper with in the delivery of this office, but when the proofs were laid before the Post Master he awarded it again to the Locomotive, which is justly entitled to it. Ad vertisers, and all others that wish to give their notices a general circulation will make a minute of this. The publication of the list pays less than any other class of advertisements, and many leading papers re. fuse to compete for it on that account, and in a pecu niary point of view there is no object in obtaining it, but it fixers beyond controversy the circulation of the paper, and is a sure guide to advertisers. The first list of the year 1858 will be found in tliis paper. The Democratic Convention organized by appointing Ashbel P. Willard, President of the Convention. The following candidates were nominated: Aquilla Jones, for Treasurer of State. Daniel McClure, for Secretary of State. J. W. Dodd, for Auditor of State. " J. E. McDonald, for Attorney General. . James M. Hanna, V , ... ' i S. E. Perkins , , , . Judges of Supreme . Andrew Davidson, , Court. . Worden, J 1 Counterfeit Detector. About the most use ful thing to all business men is a correct and reliable Counterfeit detector, and Bank Note list. We find the following notice of a new detector, that promises to supply all these wants. "Messrs. T. B. Peterson & Brothers have iust com menced the publication of "Peterson's Philadelphia Counterfeit Detector and Bank Note List" a monthly quarto publication which contains all the information that can be obtained in regard to all Counterfeits, Broken Banks, and the rates of discount on all the Bank Notes of the country. Messrs. Drexel & Co., the well known Bankers and Brokers, of this city, will supervise it and make the correction in each number of the list, so that it may be perfectly relied on, while the well known house of E. W. Clark & Co., Commission Stock and Exchange Brokers, will correct the Stock List Not being intended to subserve the purpose of any banking house, as most of the Detectors do, it will be a useful ana reliable pubheaton to the whole business community, and we would advise all of our readers to remit the price of one year's subscription to the publishers at once for it. The price is but one dollar a year." Instead of getting the City out of debt, as was predicted and promised by members of the council, when they put the enormous tax of 80 cents on the $100, on an assessment higher than property would sell for to-day, we are informed that the debt will be about, or nearly as large, as it was last spring. The peculiar mission of this council was to get the City out of debt, and this was commenced by hawking the city orders through the streets at 75 cents on the dollar, and paying for all work and contracts on this ratio. Tax payers know these things, and it chafes them a litde, when paying heavy taxes, these hard times. The end is not yet. &ST A very large number of Delegates were present at the Democratic State Convention yesterday the Hotels were all crowded, and the City appeared alive with people. A meeting was held at the State House on Thursday evening, which was addressed by Mr. Beech, Pettit, Secrest, Hughes, J. G. Davis, Willard. and Wallace. The convention organized at ten o'clock Friday, and as it promised at that time to be a long meeting, we could not delay our paper to give the proceedings. , . ' , Lectures. Prof. E. L. Youmans, author of several works of reputation, lectures before the Young Men's Christian Association, Tuesday evening next, at 7 J P. M., at Masonic Hall. His subject is the Chemistry of a Suu-beam, or the celestial origin of terrestial forces. The New York Tribune says of him : . . ' " Mr. Youmans is not a mere routine teacher of his favorite science ; he has hit upon novel and effective methods for the illustration of its principles. , In his writings, as well as his lectures, he is distinguisned for the comprehensive order of his statements, his symmetrical arrangement of scientific facts, and the happy manner in which he addresses the intellect through the medium of ocular demonstration. In this last respect, his method ia both original and singularly in- I guuiuuo. ' ' ': ' ' T The letting of the pews of the First Presbyte- , , ,,,. -wri , t nan Church, of which Rev. Mr. Cunningham is Pastor, I on last Monday, was quite spirited. Nearly all the J pews were let at the assessment price, and some at an I r I advance. The plan adopted bv this church to meet .i .:,.., ! lio LUlICUli T A JJtAlflVzvJ) VtlIII,VO II llj till I A iO OUUCUtUi; I to the members. g" A fire occurred at the Farmers Hotel, about 8 , , , m , . , 1 o clock on luestlay evenmij, bv which a bed and beauro . ' ' - , were burned, and the floor and furniture damaged. 1 It was extinguished without raising an alarm. Insur- : ed for full loss. - ; . I - --. , ; SIT The Proceeds of the Tippecanoe Bank are exhausted, and there is still a large amount in circula;on : : , . I . in' mmm .n Will the council place'good stone crossings over ' Waslnntrtnn .. at mmn of the- UAnn ..ww;n9 . It is much needed. If Harry Vandegriff has been appointed route . 4.v-T-,i: fi.,l w.-i. i v i t . xagent on the Indiana Central Railroad, by the Post of- , ' i fice department. The other agent live's at Dayton, and we did not learn his name. a ne man was put on , the road on AVednesday. 6 One man, with a good scraper, could keep all the crossings on Washington street in a passable condition, during the wet times. Shall it be done ?

i What sav the Council ?

INDIANA FREE BANKS. . Office oe Auditor of State, 7 Indianapolis, Jan 1, 1858. The following Banks have complied with the amended law of 1855, and have securities deposited with the Treasurer of State, at their market value, to an amount not less than fifty thousand dollars, and ten per cent, in excess of their securities : Bank ot Goshen, Goshen. Bank of Goport, Gosport. Bank of Mt Vernon, Mt. Vernon. Bank of Paoli, Paoli. Bank of Roekville, Wabash. Bank of Snlem, New Albany, Bank of Salem, Salem. Bloomington Bank, Bloomington. Cambridge City Bank, Cambridge City. Exchange Bank, Greencastle. Farmers' Bank, Westfield. Indiana Bank, Madison. Indiana Farmers' Bank, Franklin. Kentucky Stock Bank, Columbus. Lagrange Bank, Lima. Parke County Bank, Rockville. Prairie City Bank, Terre Haute. : Salem Bank, Goshen. Southern Bank of Indiana, Terro Haute. The following Banks have complied with the amended law, but have since given notice of their intention to withdraw their circulation. Their notes are payable in coin : Bank of Indiana, Michigan city. Canal Bank, Evansville. Central Bank Indianapolis redeemed by the Treasurer of State. Crescent City Bank, Evansville. The following Banks gave notice of their intention to close prior to the 1st day of March, 1858, in preference to complying with the provisions of the amended law requiring ten per cent, excess of securities. Their notes are redeemed at par: Bank of Elkhart, redeemed at the Bank. Brookville Bank, " , " : Iloosier Bank, " Huntington Co. Bank, " " Indiana Stock Bank, " " Bank of Monticello, redeemed at the Branch Bank, Lafayette. Fayette County Bank, redeemed at the Branch Bank, Connersville. Merchants' and Mechanics' Bank, redeemed at the Branch Bank, New Albany. 1 Bank of Syracuse, redeemed at the Branch Bank, Goshen. : r. . Indian Reserve Bank, redeemed at Fletcher's Bank,

Indianapolis. ' , SUSPENDED INDIANA FREE BANKS. The notes of the following Banks are redeemed bv me Auunur vi otctie A. -.1:1 t .-i . . Agricultural Bank . . . , .at par Atlantic Bank . ... at 80 Bank of Albany .at 90 Bank of Albion......... at par Bank of America.'. .at 87 Bank of Attica. at 89 Bank at Bridgeport. . . ' at 88 Bank at Connersville. .. ; at 87 Bank of Perrysville '. .......... .at par Bank of South Bend at par Ban k of T. Wads worth at 91 Bank of the Capitol at nar Bank of North America, Clinton at 90 Bank of Rockport at par Elkhart Co. Bank at 97 Farmers' Bank, Jasper. at 91 Kalamazoo Bank at 90 Laurel Bank. , . . . .at 82 Northern Indiana Bank. at 83 N. Y. & Va. State Stock Bank at par Orange Bank . . . .' at par State Stock Bank of Indiana, at Peru at 85 State Stock Bank, Marion ... . ...... .....at 90 Savings Bank of Indiana at 69 Traders' Bank, Nashville.: . .. ...at 92 Wabash Valley Bank ' .at 92 Wayne Bank, Richmond. at par Wayne Bank, Logansport. ; .at par Bank of AVarsaw redeemed at the Bank The notes of all other Banks, not on the above list, are of no value, the circulation to the extent of the se-' curities deposited with the Auditor for the redemption of the notes having been exhausted. JOHN AV. DODD, Aud. of State. ; THE NEW STATE OF THINGS IN MEXICO THE LAST CHANCE OF THAT REPUBLIC. No one who has followed the course of affairs in Mexico during the last twelve months is at all surprised at the events which have taken place there. When the Mexican constitution, which has so lately been swept away, was promulgated a few months since, we carefully examined its provisions, and unhesitatingly asserted that it was utterly impracticable as a theory , of government, and must end either in anarchy or absolutism. Stripping the executive branch of all power, the interest of the country were given over to a mere debating club, under the name of a Congress composed of a single chamber, which was to be in perpetual session, either as Congress or as a Congressional Committee of one member from each State of the confed- , eracy. The experiment ot government under this form failed in the first thirty days of the first session, and resulted in the conferring of limited dictatorial Sowers upon the constitutionally elected President. !ut the Chamber still wished to be above these powers, and President Comonfort soon found himself under the necessity of putting out of the way a set of ignorant but wordy debaters. This is what has been done, and President Comonfort has undertaken the hesculean task of reconstructing the decaying government of Mexico. How he will succeed in this, time only can determine; but it is very evident that he is now in the hands of the money lenders, who are helping him with small sums at the most enormous rates of profit. Unless he can relieve himself from the drain which they are making on his future resources, or procure some assistance from abroad, he stands but a small chance of securing a long tenure of power. We learn from good authority that the establishment of a monarchy has already been proposed to him, witli an offer of European assistance; but such a course oilers even less chance of success to him than the attempt to cany out his high purposes through his own unaided efforts. The fiscal question is the one that Mexican and all Spanish-American statesmen have failed in; and the cause of their failure is nothing more than the fact that none of them have based their policy upon the golden rule that the public debt ought , to be provided for on the basis of the contract under which it was created. ' out n;s own poicy jn thjg respect, there are other ' points m the present condition ot Mexico which demand T"68' Tl imme?jae 4attentIon of,T eminent. It is well known that the power of the federal government of that republic is paralyzed in all ' the portions of country distant from the capital, and that ihe local officers of those regions resort to every -..l 11 j.l .. nr. v,rr - rr . l" 111 cu iers. xjoiuum prenis a uwrer marK lorineir greea inan ine increasing uaae oeiween our Pacific ports and those of Mexico; and therefore, under the most frivolous and unjust pretexts, American vessfls a,na cargoes have been conliscated, until our flap; has been nearly driven from the coast, If the r , P t , .u federal power cannot make its authority effective in t)ie extremities of Mexico to enforce a just protection to commerce, the nation has become dissolved in fact, and might as well be in name. The seizure of the schooners Curlew and Adda are cases ot unmitigated villainy, and the case ot onr Consul at Mazatlanis one f tlie most flagrant outrages upon our flag that it has ver been our unwilling task to chronicle. - Whatever may be the result of the new government in Mexico, the duty of immediate action in all of these cases b imperative upon our government A wholesome visit of some of our men-of-war to those ports might enforce upon the Mexican officials a greater respect and obedience to their own gowernment, and i T ' 1 . i r . " l . if . . . "o tiesiuciii ijuuraion, a service in ins enoibs . , ,- , r , i , , .i t i establish the federal authority by makinrr them feel the necessity of its sanction and protection. Such a visn wouiu oe oi eminent service 10 our own citizens and their interest. A". Y. Herald. iT Thos. J. Bryant has removed his Mercantile College to College Hall, corner of Washington and Pennsylvania street. This is one of the finest rooms

in the city for that purpose.

The News. The European mails to the 19th ult., brought by the steamship Niagara, reached this city this morning. Our telegraphic dispatch from Halifax contains all the news of importance by this arrival. Monetary affairs are somewhat easier in England and Hamburg, but in the North of Europe the pressure was still felt with great severity. At London money was plentiful, consols had improved, stock speculations were active, and a. reduction in the bank rate of interest was expected to take place shortly. The rate of interest at Paris and Hamburgh had already been reduced. Meantime heavy commercial failures continued to be reported daily. The failures of Edward Smith, wool stapler; Saalfield Brothers, of Leeds, and Powell & Son, of London and Manchester, all with large liabilities, were announced. The Dartford and Gravesend Bank; Messrs. Clieesebrough & Sons, one of the largest woollen manufacturing firms in Yorkshire; Schute & Schemman, of Hamburg, and James Holmes, of Kidderminster, had suspended. The liabilities of suspended houses in Great Britain since October last are estimated at $250,000,000, and this enormous sum is believed to be inside the mark. The American produce markets were depressed. Cotton had declined one cent a pound on all descriptions, while breadstuff's were quiet. . . There is no political news of importance. ' It was reported that the Emperor Napoleon would grant a general amnesty for press offences on New Year's day. The Spanish government had granted an amnesty for political offences in her trans-Atlantic possessions. There is nothing later from India or China. The contractors for raising the sunken ships in the harbor of Sebastopol have abandoned the work. K3T It is a little singular that no arrangement to carry the mail can be effected with the west end of the road. We think that there must be a little dogged meanness manifested on the part of the Railroad as well as on the part of the Government. To say the least, it is a disgrace to the Nation to have the great Western U. S. mail carried in a little "mud wagon" when there is as good a Railroad as the Terre-IIaute and Richmond running parallel with the route. Greencastle Banner. . . We have good reasons to believe that the mail will be put on the Terre Haute road before many moons At least a strong effort will be made for that, by those that have a deep interest in the road, and a desire to accommodate the public. Wait a little longer. STATEMENT OF THlTcONDITION OF THE STATE BANK OF INDIANA, OCTOBER31, 1857 1 " MEANS. ' Notes discounted $ 499,321 32 Bills of Exchange ... 298,497 57

$ 797,818 89 Suspended Debt 261,104 72 Banking Houses 120,814 13 Furniture 2,067 71 Real Estate 17,387 93 Remittances, Bonds and other Items. . 157,159 10 287,428 87 Branch balances. . . . . . 68,270 20 466,337 65 Means in Eastern Banking Institutions Means in Banks, other than Eastern i 480,503 51 1,025,111 36 Branch Notes on hand.. . . . 60,877 00 Other Bank Notes 124,974 00 Gold and Silver 420.&62 68 606,512 68 $2,987,977 52 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock. Surplus Fund $1,434,006 93 $ 336,582 39 1,528,888 16 Profit and Loss 36,377 09 Unclaimed Dividend. ... 58,504 14 Commissioners of the Sink ing Fund. 821,582 22 Balance due other Banks. ' 4,276 34 School tax and other items 9,379 35 235,238 91 59,351 56 684,718 50 143,198 10 Individual deposits. Circulation (under fives) .. 107,598 50 Fives and upwards. ..... 578,120 00 suspense circulation. .. .. $2,987,977 52 RAY, Cashier. JAMES M. Filibusters. The filibuster question continues to be the leading topic at Washington. Congress re-assembles to-day, when the subject will, it is thought probable, be brought before them by a resolution tendering to General Walker, as President of the Republic of Nicaragua, the high compliment of a privilege to a seat on the floor ; and it is reported that Senator Douglas will advocate the cause of the renowned filibuster. What to do with the filibusters who have arrived at Norfolk in the Saratoga, appears to puzzle the government not a little. The men are entirely destitute and refuse to be turned adrift. A cabinet council is fo be held to-morrow to take their case into consideration. . . , ' An immense mass meeting of the friends of GenWalker was held at Mobile on Saturday evening. The seizure of the filibusters was indignantly denounced. ' . ; . . Gen. Scott is now in Washington, planning the Spring campaign against the Mormons. SaT At a meeting of the stockholders of the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad Company, held in Terre Haute on Monday, the following gentlemen were elected Directors lor the present year: Uhauncey Kose, Jas. Farrington, ,W. H. Thornburg, A. McGregor, , E. J. Peck, II. Ross, Charles Wood, . W. K. Edwards. At a meeting of the Directors elect, held afterwards, the Board was organized by electing the following officers : . . . . ... E. J. Peck, President and Superintendent : Chas. Wood, Seci-etary and General Ticket Agent: Gen. John Scott, Treasurer. Be careful of whom you buy your Pork. There is still a good deal of the Hog cholera about. ; (ST. We find the following fair and impartial notice of the new work of Mr Smith, " Early Indiana Trials and Sketches," in the Cincinnati Enquirer, of Dec 31 : " Mr. Smith was formerly United Saates Senator from Indiana, was an early pioneer in that State, and is thoroughly acquainted with its history. His sketches of the early times and men of the West contain much that is amusing and entertaining, while it is very instructive, as showing the great progress which has b"en made within the last thirty or forty years. Many of uit:ui hbic imuiisueu ia&t ouiimiui iu uie .luuiaiiapvna Journal, and were widely copied by the press, and were read with great avidity. Not the least valuable feature of this book is the notices and reminiscences of the eminent statesmen and public men with whom Mr. Smith was associated in the Congresses that convened fifteen and twenty years ago. Although a strong partisan, Mr. Smith has, in these Congressional sketches, been strictly impartial, and done full justice to his eminent Congressional cotemporaries, without the least bias or feelling. His reminiscences of Clay, Calhoun, Benton, Buchanan, Wright, and other distinguished Senators of twenty years ago, are exceedingly interesting. '.The whole volume, in fact, is very readable, and will well . repay perusal. It has been issued by Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., pubb'shers of this city, in excellent style. Get the Best. Webster's Dictionaries are now the universally adopted standards. They are the best, and most reliable, beyond all controversy, and every family should have a copy, in convenient form for ready reference. ' They can be obtained at all the book stores, in sizes and prices ranging from 40 cents to $5, the largest being the best. They are arranged for schools, of different grades, at different prices. See advertisement. " ' ' , There was a severe shock of an earthquake felt in Augusta, Me., on AVednesday afternoon last. The buildings trembled violently. It was also felt near Lewistovtn.

For the Locomotive. THE CASKET THAT NOBODY SEES. BY MARY LYNN. I've gifts that I value from dearly loved friends, And trinkets from lovers, to show how love ends, Each cherished memento that looks to the past As misers their treasure I eagerly clasp, And fondly these tokens around me I spread, To drive off the present and call up the dead, Yet much as I prize them it is nf)ne of these, I keep in the casket that nobody sees. They call me cold hearted, they say I am proud, By friends it is whispered the world says it loud, Because I care not other hearts to beguile, Because there's not on my lips always a smile, But little they know me, not always we deem That people are acting, and not what they seem, They'd think so no longer if I did but please To show them the casket that nobody sees. No gems of rare beauty, no jewels of gold, The lids of that casket would opened unfold, One fair lock of hair tied with ribbon of blue, And withered close by it a rose-bud or two, A few little billets the ink growing Too faintly it glimmers to tell my hearts wail A faded daguerreotype these, only these, I keep in thecasket that nobody sees. But o'.i how I love them, that caskets, my shrine, Enfolding all loved best on earth and in time, Those simple mementos, though little their worth, Are fetters the strongest that link me to earth, So fondly I prize them, so dear to my heart, That sooner with life I'd be tempted to part ; Then still let me love them 'tis these, only these. I keep in the casket that nobody sees. I somat'mes, when gloomy and rainy the day. AVhen clouded my spirit and dark is my way, Bend over that casket as one does the dead, . But e'en while I weep over happiness fled, . A light shines from out it and gently I close, And lo :k with those treasures my tears and my woes, My heart, hopes and love, and 'tis these, only these, I keep in the casket that nobody sees. .- . GLD1PSES ATWASHINGTON. The New Year Receptions by the President and the Secretaries General Festivities frc. Ifc. Washington, D. C, Jan. 1, 1858. Time flapped his silvery wings at twelve last night, And bore the Old Year o'er the tide of Fate, ' And lo I with keeping morn he ushered in, Young, blooming, beautious ' Fifty-Eight.' Ah, yes! Time is hurrying on with his panorama ot years, heedless alike of the smiles or tears his deepdrawn pictures have elicited from mortals. AVhat matters it, if upon each folding of the canvas, the pictures drawn are of joy or grief, prosperity or adversity ? Whatmatters it, if to the pilgrim whose life is reflected the paintings are traced in the radiant colorings of bliss' or the darkened lives of the heart's sorrow spilt blood ? Time heeds not, and the years go by " as a tale that is told !" Human hopes and aspirations are shrouded ', the world's baubles are dispelled in the wheeling flight ; generations pass awa, leaving to their followers, the imprints of their virtues and their vices ; nations rise and fall, leaving behind them the bleak and barren monument of human glory and human folly. " Lord, what is man, that thou should't be mindful of him ?' the thing of a day the sporting butterfly of an hour ! A gala day is this in Washington. Gentle breezes, bahny as the breath of love, are coming up from the South. The sky is serene and cloudless ; the sun is showering down his golden glories, and everything without wears so much the appearance of Spring, that, were it not for the Almanac, I could readily believe the graces were ushering in the rosy season. The avenues and streets are thronged with pleasure-seekers of every age, color and condition. Old men are tolbring through the crowd to renew the memories ot early years, and start fresh currents in their sluggigh lifeblood, the middle-aged have relaxed from the austerity of every-day, business life, and are mingling with the eager throng ; the youthful, ever on the alert for fun and good cheer, are busy in the merry chase, exhilorated with the smiles of beauty and apple-toddy ; and the boys, God bless them, are promiscuously, individually and generally " going it while they'e young." Let them go it let them fill the air with the noise of firecrackers to their heart's content, and go"home at night to tJie sleep of innocence ! full soon will come upon them the cares of manhood full soon will their heads be covered with the silvery locks of age, and their hearts sickened with the knowledge, that " all is vanity." To-day the President's mansion and the dwellings of the Secretaries are thrown open for the reception of citizens and strangers, at 11 o'clock the diplomatic representatives from other countries, in Court dress, paid their respects to the President. At 1 2 o'clock the general reception began, and thousands thronged the AVhite House, some from curiosity, and others as a matter of courtesy, to be introduced to the only National Executive in the world who receives the gratulation of his people, unattended by the gilded pageantry of State or bristling panoply of power ! " Old Buck" is affable to all, aud has a pleasant word for every one of the vast multitude who crowd in, one after another, to shake hands with the chief magistrate of twenty millions of free people. The reception is given in the famous " round room" of the AA'hite House the guests having been introduced, pass on through the " green room" and the spacious " east room," and make their exit through a large window, thrown open temporarily to give egress to the unwieldy throng. The dwellings of all the Secretaries, the Vice President, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives are also thrown open to the public. A commendable feature of these receptions is the total absence of wines or liquors. A few years ago it was customary for the Secretaries to provide " refreshments" on New Year's Day, but drunken rowdies took advantage of these hospitalities to gratify their depraved appetites, and gave the elegant parlors of the magnates so much the appearance of avenue drinking saloons, that the custom has happily been abolished. The residences of Senators, Representatives, and other dignitaries, being opened only to their friends, wines, apple-toddies and egg-nogs are dispensed pro fusely, and all upper-tendom is hilarious with the am -brosial draughts. Hundreds of private residences ia which dwell the fair-eyed daughters of the metropolis are made the scenes of joyous greetings, sparkling habitations, and the out gustings of wit, sentiment and miscellaneous jocundity. 1 Thus the " gay season" is fairly inaugurated. Tonight the City will be jubitant with festivity, and balls, parties and levees will follow in rapid succession till the winter is over. The misses Vapid and messeurs Ennui are in clover. The " good time" has come, and their butterfly existencies are rejuvinated with the activities of the season. , Politics for the time is at a dead calm only, how ever, to give increased violence to the storm which is to ensue. The political swords which have been sheathed for a week will be drawn again on Monday next, and brandished with renewed ferocity. It is hoped by conserative men that the contest over Kansas will now be speedily closed, whatever may be the result, AVe are tired and sick of Kansas other interests, more important, deserve the attention of the American people. Sigma.