Locomotive, Volume 45, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 August 1858 — Page 2

pinl of vour tinkers, and if he does not switch his tail,

and shake his head, and lay back his ears, or some of theso, you need not fear his kicking; if he does any or all of these, set him down for a kicking horse, and watch him closely. , When you harness a kicking horse, haye a strap about four feet long, with a buckle on one end ; have several holes punched in tbe strap; wrap it once around his leg just above the hoof; put the strap around the arm of his leg, and buckle it ; then you can go behind him, and pull back on the traces ; y-ou must not fear his kicking while his foot is up, for it is impossible for him to do it. Practice him in this way awhile, and he will soon learn to walk on three legs. You should not hitch him up untill you have practiced him with his le up two or three times, pulling on the traces, and walking him along. After you have practiced him a few times in this way, take up his foot as directed ; hitch him to something, and cause him to pull it f ' a short distance ; then take him out; carress him every time you work with him. lou win nnu it more convenient to fasten up his left fore foot, because that is the side you are on. After you have bad him hitched up once or twice, you should get a long strap; put it around his foot as directed (above the hoof and below the past- rn-joint); put it through a ring in your harness; take hold ot it in your hand; hitch him up gently, and if he makes a motion to kick, you can pull up his toot and prevent it. lou snouia. use tins strap until you have him broken from kicking, which will not take very long. You should hitch a kicking horse by himself: you can manage him better in this way than to hitch him by the side of another horse. ; HOW TO BREAK A HORSE FROM SCARING. . . It is an established rule in philosophy, that there is not an effect without a cause, and if so, there must be some cause for the scaring of a horse. : The horso scares cither from imagination or from pain. Now it is a law of his nature, that if you will convince him that any object will not hurt him, there is no danger ot his scaring at it, no matter how frightful it may be in appearance. To exemplify this, take a horse that is very easily scared at au umbrella; take that horse into a tight stable where you can have his attention, take him by the bridle, and hold the umbrela in your hand; when he first looks at it ho will be afrad of it, and if he could he would soon be out of its reach, but hold it in your hand, let him look at it and feel it with his nose a few minutes, and then you can open and shut it as you please, occasionally letting him feel it with his nose, and soon he will care nothing about it. In the same manner you can break any horse from scaring at things that may look frightful to him, logs, stumps by the roadside, or anything that you may wish to carry on him. If you wish to make a trial of this theory, just take a horse into the stable, and let him examine the frightful object a few minutes after his mode of examining things, and you will be pefectly satisfied. We have tried horses that would not suffer you to take an umbrella shut, and in fifteen minutes it could be opened and shut at pleasure, and they will pay ho attention to it. There is something peculiar in the horse (though it is because he has not the faculty of reasoning). You can take an object that he is afraid of, take it only on one side, let him examine it on that side only; do not let the other eye1 see it; he will be broken on one side, and as soon as the other eye beholds it, will be afraid until he looks' at it and touches it' with his nose; then he will be broken on both sides. .''' . ' ' ' ; HOW TO LEARN A HORSE TO FOLLOW YOU. ! Take him into a large stable or shed, take hold of the bridle or halter with your left hand, having a long switch or whip in your right, after carressing him a little put your right hand over his shoulder with the whip extending back so that you can touch him up with the whip applied gently around his legs. Start ' him up a little, give hiin a gentle tap with the whip, walking him around the stable, saying to him, " Come along boy ;" or call him by his name, taking hira around the stable a few times, holding him by the bridle. After you have taken him around in this way a few times, you can let goof his bridle, saying, " Come along boy" and if he stop, tap him up with the whip gently, and in a short time he will learn that you want him to follow you; then gradually get before him, have him follow you around the stable in this way a few minutes, then he will understand what you want him to do. After you have taught him to follow in the stable, take him into the stable lot, learn him to follow you in that a few minutes ; then you can take him into the pnblic road Or street, and he will follow there, and in a short time he will follow you wherever you want him to. You should often pat him, and carress him, and give him to understand you do not intend to hurt him, and he will soon like to follow you. Men often get their horses afraid of them and keep them so, and it is their nature to keep out of dancer w hen they apprehend it, after their manner of arriving at conclusions. The way horses arrive at conclusions is generally from experience. . HOW TO TEACH A HORSE TO STAND' WITHOUT - , HITCHING. After you have, taught your horse to follow you, stand him in the center of the stable, begin at his head to gentle him, gradually working backward. If he moves give him a gentle cut with the whip, and put him back in the same spot from which he started. If he stands, caress him as before, and continue gentling him in this way until you can get around him without making him move. Keep walking around him, increasing your pace, and only touch him occasionally. Every time he moves put him back into the same place ; go still farther from him, if he moves give him a cut with your whip, place him back in the same place. If he stands go to him frequently and caress him. Do not let him stand too long, but make him follow you around in the stable. Then stand him in another place and proceed as before. After you have him so that he will stand in the stable, take him out in the lot and place him there, and in a short time you can place him anywhere without hitching. You should not practice him longer than half an hour at atime. 1 ' - 1 OX BALKING. . If you have balky horses, it is your fault and not the horses' ; for if they do not pull true, there is some cause for it, and il you will remove the cause the effect will cease. When your horse balks, he is excited, and does not know what you want him to do. When he gets a little excited, stop him five or ten minutes ; let . him become calm ; go to the balky horse, pat him, and speak gently to him ; and as soon as he is over his exciter ment, he will, nine cases out of ten, pull at the word; whipping and slashing and swearing only make the mat- I ter worse Auer you nave soomea n m awnne, auu his excitement has cooled down, take him bv the bits: turn him each way as far as you can ; pull out the tongue ; soothe him a little ; unrein him ; then step before the balky horse, and let the other start first; then you can take him anywhere you wish. A balky horse is always high-spirited, and starts quick ; has his pull out before the other starts ; by standing before him, the other starts too. By close application of this rule, you can make any balky horse pull. If a horse has been badly spoiled, you should hitch him to the empty wagon, and pull it around awhile on level ground ; then put on a little load, and increase it gradually, caressing as before, and in a short time you will have a good hoi-se that will work without troubling you. 6aT The Washington Star publishes the annexed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department during the quarter ending March 31, 1858: , ' receipts. Letter postage $226,581 18 Newspaper and pamphlet postage 161,329 15 Registered letter postage, 17,281 85 Postage stamps and stamped envelopes sold 1,484,216 33 Total, $1 ,905,434 85 expenditures. . Compensation allowed postmasters,.., .$613,284 32 Incidental expenses of post offices. 283,386 66 Paid lor ship, steamboat and way letters. 3,893 17 Total $900,561 15 Net revenue, $1,004,873 70. Anionnt of postage pre-paid in stamps, Sl,357,250 55. aT At a debating society at Schenectady the subject was, "Which is the most beautiful production, a girl or a strawberry ?" After continuing the argument for two nighu, the meeting adjourned without coming to a conclusion the old ones going for the trawberries, and the young ones for the girls.

THE LOCOMOTIVE.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1858. USaturday isth day of publication of the Locomotive when it will alwaysbe ready for subscribers. Id no case will weletacopyoflhepaper go from the office before publics londay. RAREY'S HORSE TAMING. . , ; In this paper will be found a full aDd complete system of Horse Taming, as practiced by Mr. Rarey, the American now in England. This article contains the entire mystery of the art, and is more complete than either the pamphlet by Mr. Rarey, lately published in England, or than any of the private pamphlets hitherto published in this country. It was prepared for the New York Tribune, and copy-righted by that paper, but they have generously permitted their co-temporaries to publish it, on giving them the proper credit. We shall print a lagc number of extra copies of thig number, and can supply them at our office at 5 cents per copy, or $3.00 per 100: : Send iq your orders, iBad Printing Ink. We notice, during this warm summer weather, that many of our exchanges' are very badly printed some so that they can hardly be read, and others so dauby that moist hands, from perspira..! tion, become black by handling them.' This is attri butable to several causes, one of , which is the rollers are not in proper order, but the principal one is the inferior Ink used. , We allude to this subject for the purpose of informing our exchanges that we are the only Agents in this State for Mather's Ink, that will neither blur, nor blacken the fingers of the reader, if properly used. We have used this Ink exclusively for several years, and can recommend it over all oth ers, as the best Ink in the country. We can supply it in 10 or 20R kegs, Summer News Ink, at 25 cents per pound the same price that is paid for the miserable mixtures sent to the West for use." Publishers that have any regard for the appearance of their papers' should try this Ink they will find it just as we repre sent it. Orders accompanied with the cash promptly attended to., ' ',' ' , (, The returns of the elections on last Monday may be sumcd up as follows: In Kentucky the Democrats have gained over the election of 1856. In Missouri there is great rejoicing over the defeat of Blair, Republican, from the St. Louis district, by a Democrat. The reports from Kansas show that the Lecompton constitution is voted down by a large majority. In Leavenworth city the vote stood 1,610 against the proposition and 139 for it' At Kickapow district it was 30 votes for and 53 against the proposition, y '' '"' . '''' "SaT In a part of our editorial last week we announced that Albert G. Porter was nominated as the Republican candidate for Congress in this district. The candidates are Martin M. Ray, of Shelby County, Democrat, and Albert G. Porter, Republican. A vigorous campaign may be expected from these two champions of their respective parties. , ., . , '' 0"The City Greys announce a Military and Civic Ball at Johnson's Hall, iu Shelby ville, on Thursday evening, August 1 2. We see by the Shelbyville papers, that the volunteer company have held meetings and made arrangements for the reception of the Grevs, on their Pic-Nic excursion. . The fine Band of the Greys furnish music for the Ball. ' ' .- 6aT We understand the Congregationalists have purchased the lot on the corner of Circle and Merr dian street, of Bishop Ames, for a church.' This lot fronts 74 feet ou Circle street, 74 feet on Meridian street, and 128 feet on the alley. Price $10.00, paya. ble in ten years. ' ' .- " '. ' ' " " ' ''' l; ' "SS" The shade trees on the east and north sides of the State House Square will certainly "be killed, by horses being hitched to them, and near them, if not protected by the State officers. Part of these trees are now dead, and the balance will soon be, if not cared for. ' ' ' ' , The new Cavalry Company have elected John Love, Captain; Charles C. Smith, Secretary, and Frank Wright, Treasurer. The Company now numbers forty men. They drill at the Fair Grounds this afternoon. ,. ' i i . "3T James B. Elliott, who cut his throat from ear to ear, in jail,, some weeks since, is in a fair way of recovering. : 'i ' 1 ' ' ,1 :! i .t - : ' r ! .,. f ( We understand that Mr. Robert Roe lost two fine Horses, on Sunday last, by lightning. i , 6aT Another Shade Tree meeting will be held this evening, at the Council Chamber. 1 Several communications are in type, but are unavoidably crowded out of this number. 1 The report that the Atlantic Telegraph Cable has been successfully laid, caused great rejoicing in this city on Thursday. A general feeling of exultation for the final accomplishment of this great enterprise, afler manv trials, and so n.anv difficulties, was . prevalent. The following is the dispatch announcing the result, which we copy from our morning cotemporaries: Trinity Bay, Thursday, August 5. I The Niagara has arrived here, having successfully laid the Telegraph Cable. The shore end will be landed to-morrow. The signals are perfect, and the success of the great undertaking is now considered completed. ....'-.'.. i , STATEMENT OF C. W. FIELD, CHIEF ENGINEER. .'.: i Trinity Bay, Thursday, August 5. ' The Atlantic Telegraph sailed from Quecnstown on Saturday, July 17, and met in mid-ocean, on the 28th. The cable was spliced at one o'clock P. M. on Thursday, the 29th, and the vessels separated the Agumenmon and Valorous bound to Valencia Island, and the Niagara and Gorgon for this place, where the latter arrived yesterday, and this morning the end of the cable will be landed. It is 1,698 nautical miles, and 1,950 statute miles, from the Telegraph house, at the head of Valencia harbor, to the Telegraph house at Bay of Bull's, Trinity Bay, and for more than twothirds of the distance the water is over two miles in depth. ' -. ' ' ' ' The Cable has been paid out from the Agameman at about the same speed as from the, Niagara. '' The electrical signals are sent and received through the whole cable perfect. The machinery for paying the cable worked most satisfactorily, and was not stopped for a single moment. ' ... Captain Hudson, of the Niagara, Messrs. Everett and Woodhouse, the engineers, electricians, and officers or the ship, and in fact every man on board the Telegraph fleet, exerted himself to the utmost to make the expedition successful, and by the blessing of Divine Providence succeeded. After the end of the cable has been landed and connected with the land-line of telegraph, and the Niagara discharged some of the cargo belonging to the Telegraph Company, she will go to St John's for coal, and then proceed at once to New York. Signed. CYRUS W. TIELD.

SHADE TREE ASSOCIATION. ' At a meeting held at the Council Chamber August 3d, for the purpose of organizing an association to aid in the planting of shade trees in Indianapolis, Mr. Alfred Harrison was called to the chair, and Hon. John B. Dillon appointed Secretary. f ' ', I Mr. John L. Ketchum, from a committe appointed at a former meeting, submitted a plan of organization, which, after some discussion, was adopted. Mr. John Coburn, from a committee appointed at a previous meeting, read before the Association a very interesting report on the variety of shade trees, and on the planting and cultivating of such trees, which report was concurred in. , M. Coburn also read letters from the Mayors of Louisville, St. Louis, Cleveland and Philadelphia, on the subject of shade trees. ' On motion of Calvin Fletcher, Esq., Mr. Alfred Hanson, Esq. was unanimously chosen President of the Association ; and, on motion of John B. Dillon, John Cobum, Esq., was unanimously chosen Secretary:""""' ' -' "- '- ' The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Ketchum, Harrison, Fletcher, Mears, Bullard, Wiley and others. On motion of Mr. Fletcher the Association adjourned to meet at the Council Chamber on Saturday evening next, at 7 o'clock. ' ' ' ' ' report on shade trees. : : ' ' ' '

Mr. President: The committee to which was referred the subject of Shade Trees, and their planting and cultivation in the streets of our city, would respectfully report. ; That,, without having given this interesting and very important subject a thorough investigation, they submit the following suggestions as the best which a hasty examination has brought out ,.' The object of planting trees in the street is not shade alone, for they are. among the chief ornaments as well as the best promoters of health in the city. Among their leading requisites are a thick, early shooting and late hanging foliage, beauty in the color of the leaf and elegance in the shape of the tree, at the same time freedom from worms, flies, insects, and offensiveness of odor, and cleanliness. .. . , . , Rapidity of growth is an important element in a good shade tree, and length of life is a still more valuable quality, r It is not every variety of beautiful trees that lives and flourishes iu the street The opportunities for growth are greatly circumscribed, the ground is tramped, the walls of houses reflect a burning sun, dust envelops them, smoke, gas, and noxious vapors fill the air at times. So that only the hardiest varieties will permanently flourish on city streets. , ! j Some trees which would be the very noblest ornaments ot the street are so difficult of transplanting as to be rarely found in it, suclj as the walnut, oak, chestnut, and hickory. ;.,") ..." Every year in the life of a tree counts, and no one desires to put out two or three sets of trees, extracting year after year, as decayed teeth, the labors of the last year; so that it is not advisable to select trees difficult of growth. . Another thing to be looked to is the soil from which the tree to be set out is taken. A tree loving the water will not do well in a dry street One indigenous to the clay will not grow long and vigorously in the sand. The red maple and willow of the swamps will never grow permatiantly in the packed dried earth of the high way. If a change is made in soils it should be from a poorer to a richer one. . Another consideration is that trees of the same latitude are to be preferred to those either from a warmer or colder climate. . The forests of India furnish as fine a variety of trees as can be found in any part of the temperate zones. .The oak, walnut, sycamore, and poplar of gigantic size and majestic appearance, the broadspreading ehns, maples, and beaches; the lofty ash, columnar sycamore, and Cottonwood, with tapering tops J the low, compact, thick-leaved, umbrella-shaped mulberry and box elder; the sugar tree, the linn, and the sweet gum, with round or oval crowns, with leaves of deepest and richest green in Summer, and when struck with the fall's frost, tinted with straw color and gold and crimson and scarlet. The wild cherry with elegant shape and delicate foliage ; the broad waving willow and the breezy whispering aspen; the bukeye with its early green, and the haw and dogwood, low( branching and in Spring white as a snow bank ; the pawpaw with its broad, rich, tropical leaves; and the redbud, almost vieing with the oleander in its crimson bloom. : One tiling is certain, we need not travel far or go to great expense to procure tho very best quality of shade trees in the greatest profusion, i In transplanting trees some suggestions may not be useless. As a general rule it is better to avoid putting out trees of too large a size. If you want a large tree, plant a small one. Nothing is gained by taking a tree three or four inches in diameter, and barberously cufrt ting oil' the top, setting out an unsightly, unthriftyj stunted, and forever to be stunted stump. A smaller tree with its last year's sprigs and shoots, will bud out and leaf out and grow right along, and in a very few; years outstrip its older, but discrowned neighbor. . In order to insure a healthy growth of young roots' and limbs, it is a good plan to cut of the branches and limbs required, the year before transplanting. This has been tried in this neighborhood with success. The other extreme too close triming is also to be avoided, it is not safe to leave a large top after transplanting, it should not much exceed if any the amount of root. And the root with its small fibres should be preserved. If grubbed up, mangled and bruised, a sickly life will be followed by an early death, which neither water nor trimming, nor manure, norgood boxing can prevent The horible specimens of grubs sometimes sold in our streets for forest shade trees, should of right be worn out on the backs ef the buyers and sellers in turn, the one for his stupidity, the other for his laziness and stupidity both. ' r, The trees should be set in a hole from three to tout feet in diameter; gravel and hardpan should be removed and good care taken that they don't get back again ; in their stead loose earth, mould and manure should be placed, affording a good bed for the young tender roots; care should be taken that pure soil only should come in contact with the roots, as manure or vegetable substances will decay and damage them. A few loose stones or spalls might be laid arond the tree at the surface to prevent the growth of grass and tight packing of the soil. Boxes at least seven and a half feet high, and a foot and a half broad, well braced, should be immediately put around the trees as their special guardians, the cows are always on the alert, ready to trim them and care for them after their own most approved fashion. Experience has proved that six feet is too low; a cow can readily break of a tree top at that height in at least one-twetieth the time it takes the good man to set it out Boxes should be braced with good studding, so as to resist the shoving and climbing of the cows their whole weight being frequently brought to bear upon tree and box. ' 11 During the dry season of the first year after transplanting, the trees should be watered daily. Spring has been the most approved of here as the time for setting out trees ; mainly for this reason, the freezing during winter throws up the roots, and at times when their is moisture in the ground around it injures the root itself. There is, however, this advantag, in favor of fall planting, the ground becomes well settled about the root, and at the first approach of warm weather the tree gets every advantage ol its new position by immediately sending out its young shoots where they will be undisturbed. It has been proved, however, by experiments often repeated, that the best time to transplant the black locust is just as the buds are swelling inthe spring. Many trees have never' put forth from having been put out too early. Trees planted in the fall should be set in about two inches deeper than their former position, to avoid the effects of freezing. The distance at which trees should be set is an important element in the production of a fine row. A -space of forty feet will be rquired for a god elm, sycamore, cottonwood, maple or poplar. The mulberry and box elder will not require more than twenty feet; the sugar tree and the beech, from their slow growth, will not for thirty years require more than that distance. The ash will need from thirty to thirty five feet, its top being a beautiful oval. The linn, aspen and silver leafed poplar occupy about the same spaceA double or alternate row of trees might be planted where those of a slower growth are set out, so that between the slow growers good shade may be furnished till they come on. For this purpose the cottonwood, the black locust the catalpa and the silver leafed poplar may be used, as they are of very rapid growth, but shouldnot be allowed to overshadow or crowd their more permanent neighbors, and should be removed before this occurs. The cottonwood, locust sycamore, maple and silver leaf poplar will, in five or six years, make a good top,

at least ten feet broad, while ten years will hardly suffice for the sugar tree, elm, ash or linden, i " The variety of trees to be planted is to be regulated above all by the task of the property holder. The

shape, size and color of the trees as in anything else ; i so of the park and the street. Uniformity is tiresome. ! The black locust though a handsome tree, is now being disused on account of its frequency in our streets. I Nothing is to be more depreciated than a rae for a particular kind of tree. Let us have all kinds possible, j Your committee feel some hesitation in making posiI tive recommendations of particular trees, but they can I say that among the most approved are the elm, white 1 maple, sugar tree, sycamore, linn, cottonwood, silver i leafed poplar, the poplar, aspen, ash, sweet gum, mulI berry, box elder and buckeye. The nut trees, such as the walnut, black and white, and the many noble and beautiful varieties of the oak, on account of the difficulty of transplantation, cannot be so warmly recommended, although they ha ve no superiors in beauty of shape and leaf. Of all our trees tho Cottonwood is the most rapid grower next come the silver leaf poplar, the sycamore, the black locust, poplar,; linn and wild .cherry. The elm is more rapid in growth than the ash and sugar tree, sweet gum, box elder, buckeye and mulberry. In beauty of .leaf tjie' poplar, the linnvthe mulberry', the ash and sweet gum excel. Their breadth and glossines and depth ot green are unrivalled in ouribrests. One species of evergreen might be tried, the hemlock, it is large, graceful and a quick grower. v Very many handsome varieties of trees which have not been tried in our streets will be found to grow finely in our public squares. Around the State House can be found some good specimens of black mulberry, box elder, linden, wild cherry and walnut. Our soil is of such fertility as to produce any tree the climate will bear, luxuriantly. - The temperate zones furnish few more favorable locations than Indianapolis for a fine growth of trees of all kinds. Nothing is needed but the careful hand of man to plant and nourish them. A kind Providence has spread out the soil wide, and rich and deep, and gently tempers the rain and the dew and the sunshine and the wind, so that verdure and flowers and fruits clothe the earth, and with their blushes answer the light of sun and stars. Nothing but the wise and constant use of these blessings is wanting to restore to our homes many of the purest pleasures of our first parents in their garden home. . ..' r- r, Your committee have taken the privilege of corresponding with the Mayors of some of our neighboring cities upon the subjects submitted to their consideration, and herewith present their very full and satisfactory answers. , We adopt their suggestions as worthy the careful consideration of our citizens.. John Coburn, f . , : , . - T. Bullard, . y Com. .' ., ', '';'.,'. .. !.:. ; T..B. Elliott. J ... CORRESPONDENT'S TRAIN For the Locomotive.-' THE UNSEEN PASSENGER. BY MARY LYNN. I,.;. IThe sky was clear, not a floating cloud . , ' Against the blue heaven its white robe flung, Not a breath of air the tall masts bowed,' Or waved the sails of the ship that swung ,' On the quiet waves, the waters crept ,!. Kipphng to shore, then silently slept Within its arms, as a child might rest " ' Folded all warm to its Mother's breast,' While over its, slumber angels hung. ; . ' ' There walked the ship's deck both young and old, ' And grave and gay, and withered and fair; .' ', The babe with its riddle of life untold, ' In its Mother's arms was smiling there ; ' ' , ' "; "I: Childhood was there with its April tears, ',. , ' ' ' As yet unknowing the world and fears ; ' Maidenhood, wakening to love's sweet dream,' . ' Manhood, all dazzled by fame's bright gleam, ' The bride with her eye of holy truth, , ' ' '-' ' The mourner with blasted hopes of youth, ' And age with its crown of hoary hair. . ' And some for pleasure, and some for gold, For love, for fame, some merely for change, '"' And some for reasons that can't be told, The wide wide world were going to range ; There were some that wept and wildly prayed . The hour for parting might yet be stayed ; , ' ' ' ' ' And smiles, and laughter, and fond farewells;' Some tones rung joyous, some like death knells; And murmured vows to never grow strange. ' ". . ' 1 But the good ship spread her snowy sail! ' 1 ', 1 One loud huzza tor a last adieu, , In her white wings caught the rising gale, . ! And like a bird o'er the waters flew, . ' ' ' ' . , And soon to the eyes that watched her deckj' , :, She seemed mid the foam a lessening speck, ' .V She bore away her burden of souls, " ' ' " ' , And the love and hope the heart enfolds,' '. And many a tear and anguished wail. ' ' ' Onward she sped, through the water's tilue, As though proud of the burden she bore, And land and loved ones were lost from view, Nothing but sea behind or before ; And tears were dried soon, and hearts grew For the sea was calm, the sky was bright, light,' 'And jests were passed, and songs were sung, ' , " Over the water sweet voices rung, , ' ' ' nd not a heart throbbed with sorrow more. , , But one there had crept among that crowd, ' And with them mingled, yet all unseen, Who gazed with scorn and whose smile grew proud, And fierce the light in his dark eyes gleam, Who sat beside them at every feast, And murmured "all mine from first to least," Mingled among them at dance and song, Where hearts were gayest, least thought of wrong Unseen, yet was this dark form between. And still did the ship o'er the water glide ; . ' ' As near to her destined port she drew, ' ' So bravely did she the billows ride, ' Merrier yet, her light-hearted crew ; Though still among them walks the Unseen,1,' , '' Of joyful meetings they fondlv dream, . . 1 Of perils passed, of danger's all o'er; 1 In fancy they see far off the shore," : n ; Folding its arms round the waters blue.,' ' ' '' ' . .... . . : : .", ' :.' ', But a dark cloud walks the sky so fair, . And from its bosom the thunder rolls, t ., ,, The lightening gleams on the heavy air And darkness the sea and heaven enfolds, The waves are lashing the vessel's side, , O'er watery mountains she seems to ride, The wind, as it drives her through the foam, With its piercing shriek, then wailing moan, Sounds like a death knell for dying souls. And as louder grew the threat'ning storm, More mountain-like run the billows high, Mid the gloom grew clear the Unseen's form,. , Fiercer the gleam of his blood stained eye, He threw his skeleton arms aloft, And glared on the wretches tempest tossed, In tone's that sung 'bove the howling gale, That fiercely echoed through shroud and sail, ; He shrieked "all mine, all mine, for they die." And many ahardened cheek grew pale, When was heard the breaking timber's crash, When fearful sounds told the rending sail, And over the deck the waters dash, And prayers were shrieked, fell scalding tears, And hearts grew faint that ne'er knew fears, And loved ones clasped in a mute caress, Would closer yet to each other press ; Still in their fury the wild waves dash. One fiercer gust of the fiendish wind, That thrilled the bark with its maddening breath, One larger wave o'er the vessel climbed, Curling along with its foam-topped wreath, And down, far clown in the ocean cave, Where the coral grows and the mermaids lave, The good ship hath gone and with her bore Those who will love, hope, and fear no more, And thus hath triumphed the Unseen Death.

i For the Locomotive. ALL THINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL. There's beauty 'round us every where, In all things God has made, There's beauty in the threatening cloud, ' In sunshine and in shade. i There's beauty in the noble oak, In every tiny flower, There's beauty in the thunder storm, "" And in the gentle shower. The golden grain that bows its head To every passing breeze, The ripening fruit from laden bough, There's beauty too in these. There's beauty in the running brook, And on the Ocean shore, The granduer of the broad blue lake, And in Niagara's roar... . - : ' . ' . ' . 4 J There's beauty in the rising sun, ' The setting of the same, ' ""'""" The moon, and stars, with wonderous power, Proclaim the Almighty's name.., ',' T . ' ' i -t And in that still more perfect work .. Which ho pronounced as good, 1 r .- t Surely its impress must be there " 1 rl" He in God's image stood..'"' ',. '., ',' 'V. And woman, too, her mission true, , . , ,, n, Guiding with gentle care, ' ' " -i . The tender mind to noble deeds, , . , ' Points us to beauty there. . ( ; i ' ' ' ' - And in the tender artless child, " That true to nature sings,' - - . . . ', " Whose tears are chased by sunny smiles, There's beauty in all things. . t '; Indianapolis, July ,31 1858. Marie. f r , '.' .. For the Locomotive'. s SCHOOL HOUSE AGALN. Mr. Editor : In looking over your issue of the 81st ult, I see a communication over the signature of John McMahan, Director, in answer to a communication of mine, on the subject of the difficulty in regard to the location of the new school house in District No. 3, in Centre Township. By your permission Sir, I will make a brief reply, and keep cool all the time, for I know you are opposed to angry vituperation. I am disposed to be very mild, as a mutual friend of mine and John McMahan, Director, at the request of said John McMahan, Director, requested me to "pass over the communication" which I now answer " as lightly as I could, that he (Director) wished the thing stopped." This I will the more leadily do as he has not disputed any tiling contained in niy . communication, but admits them all by silent consent except where he thinks he saw a misconstruction. In my former communication I said : "We had a distrtrct organized by the Trustees some four years ago, and a school house therein, and were doing what we could to educate our children, by having school from 3 to 9 months in the year. All were satisfied. The house was thought to be at the proper place." Mr. McMahan thinks all were not satisfied. Mr. McMahan confounds what I said of the old house and site with reference to years past, with the location of the new school house. I wiE repeat what I know to be true, that there was general satisfaction as to the site of the old house, until the new house was proposed. No one wanted the old house moved, or in any way agitated the question of a new site. The ground was low, to be sure, but the old house had been put there by compromise and all seemed willing that it should remain there. Those who voted against the old site for a new house, selected one only the fourth of a mile distant, but being overpowered by the south who procured the old site, we, on the, Michigan road, in a spirit of compromise, which fixed at first the old site, petitioned all to still meet on the old ground and still educate our children together as we had done, and as was right and proper for neighbors to do. All this was disregarded, and a mania among the south and among the Trustees for geographical center, such as they had never experienced before, suddenly seized them, and they must look away across the German settlement to the Township line on the south, and forsake those who had been the principal supporters of school. The Germans, as well as others, should be accommodated ; but the most of them who send to school at all, living in our District, send to school in the City. , . , , . . , , Now to prove beyond a doubt that there was general satisfaction with the old site, as such, I will here insert an extract of a note sent to me by Mr. McMahan in reference to the location of this new school house. He informed me of the meeting called to decide on a site, &c . He says : " The lot on which the old house stands is too small. The Trustees say they want half an acre. Now I want you to let them have that amount, if not, it will have to be moved, and that will give rise to difficulty which I very much wish to avoid. Please bring your neighbors with you to the meeting that you know will vote for the old ground." Signed ; ? ' . , JOHN McMAHANv; , Mr. McMahan intimated very clearly that there was satisfaction about the old site, tor he says removal will give rise to difficulty. . -i ... The decision of this primary meeting was to locate the new house on the old ground I agreeing to let the Trustees have the amount of ground they desired. But the difficulty foretold by Mr. McMahan came notwithstanding. - And why ? Let the summerset of the Director and a few of his neighbors answer. Let the Trustrees, who moved the site in despite of the ex pressed wish of the District answer. : The facts are before the people. Let them judge. I have intimated that the course pursued in this location was unusual as well as unjust Mr. McMahan says : '.' I will here remark that the new house stands within a few rods of the center between the district north and the one south, making it about two miles from each." Here is an effort at the geographical center. If what he says be true, then the District is about four miles wide. If this is the width, what is the length ? Its length has been usually computed east and west. I think I may r safely say that the Trustees have not confined themselves in the location of new school houses east of White river, strictly or remotely, to the geographical center of the District, except in the 3rd District, it they have hit it there. 1. The Heizer house which is located on as low, flat ground as our old house is, is one and one-half miles south from the Township line, and from the line east three fourths of a mile. 2. The Howlaud house which stands one-half mile from the Township line, if in the center would make the district one mile square. . . Such would be a very small district and, during the free school last winter they had a small attendance an average attendance of only about thirteen scholars, while the Teacher received $85,00 as much as Teachers for Districts four miles square. If I am in error as to figures in the above, not having the reports before me, the Trustees can make the correction, it they "keep any record in such cases." But we think there must be some dissatisfaction up there too. There are other specimens too tedious to mention. ' ' Now in reviewing this whole matter it appears clearly that John McMahan is one thing, and John McMahan, Director, is another thing. John McMahan as such, was with me, as we have seen, as to the location, &c. Here I have him in " friendship and a spirit of kindness I" But John McMahan, Director, under the direction of some of his neighbors, is not only on the other side, but with all his weight of person and position, the leader in opposition. If a Rev. gentleman was active in opposition to the old site, the Director has been active and reactive on both sides of the fence. ' i . ' Perhaps enough for the present If circumstances seem to require I will in future give a fuller history of tho Director, as a public officer in District No.' 3. WM. ALEXANDER-

' CAMP MEETING. .' The camp-meeting for Southport charge will be held on the grounds occupied last year, five miles Southeast of the city, and will commence the 1 7th of AugustThe 18th will be occupied on the ground by the Indianapolis District old-settlers religious meeting. An old-time sennon will be preached by Rev. John Miller' of Madison, followed by statements of the religious meetings, to be made by the pastors of the Districts, and a free conversation by the old setders present em" bracing such topics as: Who conducted the first religious meetings in the vicinity, where and at what date were they held ? 2nd. Who preached the first sermon, held the first