Locomotive, Volume 45, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 August 1858 — Page 2

THE LOCOMOTIVE.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1858.

IOSaturlylslh djr of publication of the Locomotive . when it willalwaysbeready for subscribers. In nocasewlll wsletaoopy ofihepaper go from theoffice before public

Uondajr. LOCOMOTIVE STEAM PRESS

BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE.

A"VTE would call the attention of Railroad Men, Presidentsof

1 t Collegesand A ciiuemies, the Medical Profession, aud.

kii omers, 10 our assoruneiii 01

NEW AND BEAUTIFUL TYPE 1

J ast received from the best Foundries in the United States,

embracing nil the Medical Signs, Accents, Fractions, French

Letters, Algebraical Signs, ana all the modern mci lines for do-

ing worn in mo best style. All our lype and Machinery is

new, and in good order, including two of Ad ami' Improved

STEAM PRINTING PRESSES

which enables ui to do our work in a superior style, on asshor

unie, ana as good terms as any other office. We have on hand a superior article of Hook and Col.

red Papers, and the best of Inks, and as wo are practical

workmen, we guaranty an irora entrusted to us to be done in the nentest manner, with promptness and accuracy. Our Job Department is well supplied with all kinds of New

ana fashionable lype, and we are prepared to do

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on the shortest notice, and at the lowest living rates; and

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on cap, Letter, Folio Post, Flat Cap, French, or Colored

rapers, aim uaras or Lard Hoards. Hr the character of our work we confidently refer to any

. v. v. 1 uoui nif uu r 1 111 jjri II Iv Our prices a re regulated lit the lowest cash standard, so as to be regular and uniform, and equal to all; and contracts for

worn win on annerea to, without resort to extra charges. TO"0rlors froin a iistance promptly attended to, and accu

iuvy tcuiirnuiiea.

iij-umcoon Meridian street, Immediately opposite the Po

ELDER & HARKNESS.

High Rents. A writer in the Citizen, who signs himself "poor tenant," complains, as we think very justly, of the high rents for dwellings in this city. There is no mistaking the fact, that rents of all kinds are higher here than the business justifies, and if a

general system of reduction was adopted it would be better for all parties. If the "poor tenant," or any others that have high rents to pay, will examine the

fine lota advertised by us on North Meridian street

and for a small amount buy one of them, and build a

small house, the rent he pays in five years would pay for it, and leave him with a home of his own, in a good

neighborhood, tree from the extortions of land lords.

This is a most effectual way of reducing the rent on

dwellings.

The citizens of Mississippi, temporarily residing

at Washington, assembled on Friday last for the purpose of expressing their profound sorrow for the death

Gen. John A. Quitman. Among the speakers, as

reported in the Washington Union, we find Mr. Ben. F. Slocumb, formerly of this city, from whose remarks

we make the following brief extract :

You have been told of General Quitman's character

as a soldier and statesman, as a husband, father, and friend. Let me add that he was peculiarly the friend of young men. He drew them to liim wherever he

went, and hundreds who have enjoyed Ins friendship will join me in bearing grateful testimony to this pleas

ing trait of his character. To his sage counsel and generous encouragement many a young man owes

much ot his success in lile. He was a mend, indeed,

and a noble exemplar, and his name will ever be enshrined in the hearts of those whose fortune it was to know him well.

TELEGRAPH CABLE. St. Johns, N. F., August 11. Mr. Field telegraphs to the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company that before he left London it was decided unanimously that after the Queen's and President's messages are transmitted, the line will be kept for several weeks solely for the use of the electricians, to enable them to thoroughly test the various modes of telegraphing, that the directors may decide which was the best and

most rapid method. It was considered that when the line was once thrown open for business it would be dif

ficult to obtain its use, even for a short time, for tests. Due notice will be given when it is ready for business.

Mr. Field left here on the U. S. steamship Niagara,

for New York, at five o'clock this evening. The Niagara was towed out of the harbor by the steamship Porcupine, which returns to Portland.

Tribute of Respect At a regular meeting of

Philoxenian Lodge, No. 44, 1. O. O. F., held at the

Lodgo Hall, August 4, 1858, the following proceedings

were had:

Whereas, Our well beloved brother. William M.

Gause, has been taken away from us by a terrible ac

cident, leaving a wife and child, and a large number

ot relatives and mends to mourn his loss ; therefore,

llesolved, J. hat this LOdge deplore his sudden demise.

and join in sympathy with his afflicted family. . Resolved, That we cherish his many virtues and revere his memory.

. Kesolved, Iliac the lodge be clothed m mourning

one month, in token of our sorrow. ;

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be pre

sented to the family of the deceased brother, and that the city papers be requested to notice these proceedings.

The Mule Race. The time for the exhibition o the Marion County Agricultural Society is approaching, and one great feature of the exhibition to the fun lo v ing portion of community will be the Mule Race. , We hope those owning mules will enter them, the more mules the more fun. It must be borne in mind that the prize is &20.00, and that the last mule round takes the prize. The following is an account of a mule race at Pittsburg, as given by the News of the 24th ult . Reader, if you have ever had the good fortune to stumble on the lamented Hood's description of an Ass Race, you can form a near estimate of the enjoyment experienced by those who saw the mule race yesterday. Ordinary language fails to describe the ludicrous scene, and it must be seen to be appreciated. The bell, which called the mules to the stand, was tapped about 5 o'clock, and between the application of thong and steel, five sturdy-Jooking hybrids made their appearance at the score, whisking their tails and cutting up such capers as convulsed the spectators with laughter. The entries were Mr. Robinson's " Kingdom," a sober, staid looking mule, that seemed indifferent whether he went forward or backward; Mr. Gaskill's " Grey Fanny," a venerable looking animal of thirty years ; Mr. Hare's " King of Trumps," a stalwart-looking brute, with a head that told of great ob-. stinacy and an eye of roguery ; and Mr. Mills's " Jemmy Mills," a little fellow, m nimble as a dancing master, and quite as full of tricks. After some time they were got into line, and Felix giving the word " Go," they got off well together, but had not gone more than forty rods when their obstinate propensities began to exhibit themselves. "Jemmy Mills" ran into the fence and neither whip nor spur could induce him to budge an inch, while " King of Trumps" tried his hand

at the same game, and was only persuaded to move by a severe application of raw cowhide. " Kingdom" got his head the wrong way and attempted to take the back track, while old Whitey, after a few whisks of her tail, jogged along with as much grace and speed as might reasonably be expected from a mule of her venerable and antiquated appearance.

o hade Trees. In another column we publish the

proceedings of the last Shade Tree meeting, and the Constitution of the Society. This effort has awa

kened quite a spirit among the property holders, to

nave shade trees, and we have not a doubt will result

in the planting of a great many trees. We notice it

now for the purpose of urging the society to stick

closely to the object for which they were organized-

to let no speculative plans, or general system of planting trees interfere with the idea of each street plant

ing its own trees, by the property holders on the street,

without reference to other localities. Particular ef-

lorts in this way will accomplish much general sys

tems ot universal planting will effect nothing

O" The old hag that has been on the streets beg

ging for some time, principally in the neighborhood of

the fost Office, was again taken to the Poor House on

Wednesday, tone has been taken there a number of

times before, but managed to elude the vigilance of the keeper and escape to town. We will now repeat what we have so often said before, that there is no charity in giving to street beggars. Any of them will be provided for if application is made to either the Benevolent Society, or the Township Trustees. This old woman has spent every cent she received begging for opium, and will spend all she gets, in the same way. We hope the overseer of the poor farm will see that she is kept there, and does not again escape. Pay of Congressmen. By the new system of Paying Congressmen, adopted while Mr. Barbour represented this district, our member now recieves $9,000, for less than one years services. By this increase, the pay of messengers, clerks, the army, and nearly all other public servants, was necessarily increased in the same proportion, making the expenses enormus for the services required. We are of those that think the pay of Congressmen is too high, and as this is the proper time to discuss it, we would like the voters to think of it, and the candidates to express themselves as to whether they are favorable to a reduction. $9 000 is large pay, with perqusites, for loss than a years' service. 1

. SICKNESS ON SHIPBOARD. New York, Aug. 7. The ship Sparkling Wave.

from Havana, has arrived at the lower Quarantine.

bince leaving this port, in December, she has lost two

captains, five mates, one stewardess, five seamen, and has now six sick men on board.

Baltimore, Aug. 7. the schooner Thomas Denni-

son, tromJNew Urleans, is at Quarantine. Captain Isaac Story, of Norwich, Conn., also the chief mate and

a passenger, died on the passage.

W We are under obligations' to the author for an

early copy of the Address on the Life and Char

acter of Andrew Wylie, D. D., by Theophilus Parvin, M. D., delivered before the Alumni of the State University at the late commencement We have

already noticed this address, together with some of the

compliments paid to its author, by a correspondent to the N. A. Ledger. A careful perusal satisfies us that

the encomiums arc well merited, and that the charac

ter of Dr. Wylie is presented in the strongest light.

We had the pleasure of an introduction to Mis,

Dix, the true philanthropist, who was in our city a

time the guest of Dr. Athon. She has been on a short

visit to our State Penitentiary, and Benevolent Institutions, and speaks highly of their management. Our readers will probably hear from her before Ion", on a

subject that she has spent many years in investigat-

6aT The General Assembly of the Presbyterian

Church, have decided not to recognize a3 valid any

marriage, one of the parteners to which has a former partner living, from whom a divorce had been obtain

ed for any other cause than adultery. If the Churches generally would come to the same decision, it would effectually stop the divorce business in the Indiana

Courts. ' ' '

ssT It is now only five weeks until our county Fair will be here, and it is high time that our Farmers, stock raisers, vegetable men, mechanics, and artisans should be preparing their articles for exhibition. The list of premiums is large, and, we think, judiciously distributed to all classes of industry, payable in cash.' We have every reason to believe that there will be a large attendance at the Fair, not only of persons from this county, but from strangers. Col. T. A. Morris, President of the Society, is under obligations to see that a suitable Address is delivered, and as soon as the arrangements are made it will be announced. Let all our readers prepare themselves for a fine exhibition at the Marion County Fair, which commences on the 22d day of September next. '' ; W The Pic-Nic of the Employees of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad, on Tuesday last, is reported by the Cincinnati papers as a very pleasant affair. About 1,500 were present, from this city, Cincinnati, and intermediate points Mentor's celebrated Band fiurnished delightful music The excursionists and invited guests spent the day pleasantly, and returned in the evening delighted with their trip. " ; CaT" A general celebration all over the Union has been determined on, on the receipt of the Queen's message to President Buchanan. The powder is

prepared for 100 rounds, the Bands of the military companies will discourse sweet music, Governor Wallace, and others, will deliver addresses, and every one will be ready for a glorious jollification. Of the time of this celebration notice will be given as soon as the message is received. City Directory. Mr. H. N. McEvoy, with asistants, is now canvassing the city for the facts necessary for publishing a complete City Directory, similar in style to the last published, but a great deal more accurate and reliable. The last Directory was a humbugthis, we are assured, will be such a one as will be a credit to the city, and what every business man and householder will be glad of IST We are informed that lewd women have taken possession of the High School house, at nights. We call the attention of the Trustees and Night, Watch to the fact.

VW The officers of the State Bank of Indiana ad

vertise that no provision is made for redeeming the notes of that Bank after the 1st of January next All notes out should be presented between now and that

time for redemption. It is reported that a dividend of from 50 to 60 per cent will be declared of the sur

plus capital, on the stock of the State Bank.

0"Mr. Bradshaw, Sr. has leased for a term of

years the corner room of the new building just erected

by Mr. Hubbard, on Meridian street, south of Wash

ington, and will use it as a wheat and grain house, &c

He will occupy the entire rooms, except one in the

second story, and get possession of it about the 1st of

September. '

The Indiana Phonetic Association. The next annual meting of the Indiana Phonetic Association will be held at Indianapolis on the 14th and 15th days of October next Matters of great importance will belaid before the Association, and it is hoped that every friend of Education will be present. By order of the Ex. Com. We suppose it will be no news to announce that the weather has been oppressively hot for the last ten days. The mercury in our office has been 92, several days it hangs in the centre of our large room, entirely beyond the reach of reflection. We would again call the attention of our Farmer readers to the advertisement of A. M. Hunt, of the Capital Mills, in another column. The proprietors

ot this mill are fair, gentlemanly dealers, and will pay as much, in cash, for wheat, as any other house. . Give them a call. ' '

The Fairs. Is it borne in mind by our business

men that the Marion County Agricultural Fair will

commence in five weeks, and the State Fair in eight weeks? Full preparations should be made for busv

times during those Fairs. 0Mr. Wilkison has commenced the erection of a brick Livery Stable, on the alley south of Washington and eastof Meridian streets, adjoining the Citizen Printing Office. It will be ready for occupancy in two mouths. "

SHADE TREE ASSOCIATION.

The Association for the erection of shade trees met

at the Council Chamber on Saturday evening, Mr. Al-

irea juamson presiding.

The minutes being read, Mr. Harrison reported the

names oi me iouowmg persons as an executive coin-

miuee : 1st Ward Talbot Bullard ; ' -. 2d Ward W. Y. Wiley; ' 3d Ward Dr. G. W. Mears ; - 4th Ward S. E. Perkins ; .... 5th Ward I. II. Roll ; , 6th Ward M. H. North; - 7th Ward Lawrence M. Vance. , On motion of Mr. Wiley, it was

Ordered, That the Secretary be directed to request 77.'1 i l i- i ... ,- 1...

ui wic vity papers to puuiisn me constitution oi the Association, and a notice that any of our citizens can

be admitted to membership by paying to Alfred Har-

son, ex-ogicio xreasurer, the sum ol $1. Mr. Ketchain stated it to be his impression that the

citizen owning property on the street on which he re-

siues win piant as many trees as will be required.

Mr. Culley stated that the elm and south maple ....,l.l .i n : ii ui- i i t , '

ffcu in wet localities, uui not in dry. , jLhe locust and sugar maple too much water destrovs.

Mr. Smith thought that more stringent laws should be adopted by the Council for the protection of trees

upon our streets Dy preventing horses being left standing about the roots of the growing trees, and suggested

mat the owners ot standing teams should, through humanity, place them in wagon yards where they can be

un periy careu ior. .

Mr. Blake replied and thought it would be an arbi

trary exercise ot power. - Mr. Bullard enquired whether the Association can

proceed to the erection of shade trees upon the sidewalks of Kentucky Avenue without action of the Council. ...

: The impression of the meeting was that it could be

done. " . . . i Dr. Bullard then spoke of the great necessitv of the

city purchasing within the coming two years, four acres in the north-east part of the city, four acres in the south east, and the same quantity in the south for public parks the west being provided by the military

The Association is composed of earnest, zealous mpn

and it is not improper to state that they will succeed. Mr. Harrison stated that North Meridian street would be shaded, whether the other streets are or not. CONSTITUTION OF THE 8HADE TREE ASSOrrATrnw

OF INDIANAPOLIS. Section 1. There shall be an Association denomi

nated the " Shade Tree Association of Indianapolis." Sec. 2. Its officers shall be a President. Serrptnrv

and Executive Committee of seven members, (one from each Ward, to be elected annually by the members. , ..

Sec. 3. Any one may become a member bv the nav

ment of one dollar, and his name shall thereupon be enrolled by the Secretary. . -, , . Sec. 4. The President shall preside at all meetings, shall be ex-offieio Treasurer, and shall make annual reports of receipts and expenditures, accompanying every expenditure with a oroner voucher. a,rl bIII

call meetings whenever deemed necessary. Sec. 5. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meeting, and shall record in a proper book all the names of the members of the Association, too-ether

with all sums donated, and by whom made. ' Sec. 6. The Executive Committee shall themselves, and by such discreet persons as they may select on the several streets of the city, solicit donations and advancements to the Association for the purchasing, planting and protecting of shade trees : al 50 ohlio-flf.inn

to take and pay for trees to be delivered by the Association at the proper time. Sec, 7. They shall contract in writing, on behalf of tho Association, with some suitable and responsible person or persons for the planting and boxing, in a secure manner, of the largest number of trees that can be disposed of, at the lowest possible price, specifying therein the kind and size of trees, how to be plante3 and protected ; and, also, for the delivery of such other number of trees as can be disposed of. . Sec. 8. Money donated shall be expended in planting and protecting trees on such streets, or parts of streets, as tho donor shall direct. Sec. 9. To any one who has made advancement of money, trees shall be furnished at the common depot, at the contract price ; or shall be planted and boxed where he shall direct, at the contract price, and credited on Lia advancement. Sec. 10. Any member of the association may furnish and plant his own trees conformably to the plan adopted and ordered by the executive committee. Sec. 11. Any member of the association may, under the direction of the executive committee.

protect any trees or number of trees on any of the public grounds in the city and a record thereof shall be made in the book of the Secretary, describing the

Kina, numDer ana location ot trees, so planted, and which shall be a perpetual memento of the taste and public spirit of such individual.

63 We understand contracts can be made for brick, laid in the wall, at $6.50 per 1,000, masons measure. This is 50 cents less than the ruling price for a number of years.

CsTThe pump on the comer of Meridian and Washington streets, from which the cistern is filled,

and that supplies the wants of a large number of citizens and strangers, is out of order, and wants repairs. 5aT The Superintendent of the State Fair advertises, by Posters, for proposals to rent the dining Hall and Refreshment stands at the State Fair the bids to be handed in by the first of September.

The position weather.

of the new moon indicates warm

Catholic Church and School. The new Catholic Church on Maryland street, near Delaware, will be opened for worship on next Sunday morning, though not formally dedicated. The sermon on the occasion will be delivered by Rev. Mr. Siegrist the pastor. . " , . . The Catholics, as we noticed some time ago, are putting up a building for a Female Seminary, on the ground formerly occupied by the old parsonage. Tho

cellar, is nearly excavated, and the walls will be commenced on Monday. It is intended to push it to completion as rapidly as possible. From a glance at the plan, which we saw the other day, we should think it would be a very handsome buildinor. The frnnr. U tr

be two stories, fifty feet long by about thirty wide, with a basement the full size of the house. The style of architecture is plain, but tasteful and elegant A neat belfry or tower crowns the roof and gives it a pleasant effect The rear building will be one story high, and about fifty feet long, extending back from Georgia street The lower stories are to be divided into school rooms, for different classes. The basement will contain the dining room and kitchen, and the third story will be divided into dormitories. The whole will make a neat and commodious structure. Journal.

The Atlantic Telegisph. Xhe reporroTthe ,

successiui laying ot the J-elegraghic Cable across the

Atlantic has been confirmed, and it is now a fixed fact,

The rejoicing all over tho country is universal all feel that a great work has. been accomplished, the importance and magnitude of which could hardlv have

been conceived 25 years ago, and it will not be appreciated now until it gets in successful operation. As anything in connetion with this great enterprise will

ue oi interest now, we copy the following condensed account of the conception and progress from the New

York Herald. We are proud to know that it wag

projected by Americans, in this country, although a

majority ot the means lor carrying out the enterprise

was furnished in England. The following is the article

referred to.

llus gigantic enterprise was first conceived in this country, and was commenced, about five years ago, by

a omou tuuiyaujr ui American capitalists residing in our city. In the face of all objections that were urged

ogrtiuso it, may peiacvereu wun a determination that

naa juuui njjauioi, u uiscouragement. ' xt was stipEosed by some that the laying of a cable across the ed of the adantic was an utter impossibility, and that any attempt must end in discomfiture and disastrous pecuniary loss to those who should engage in the at tempt But the New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company was composed of men who were not to be betrayed by such fears; and being

once convinced ot ttie practicability ot the udertaking, they entered upon it with a will and an earnestness that no obstacles could overcome. They contended that if it were possible to lay a submarine telegraph between England and France, that, with proper means and facilities, the same could be done between America and Europe, and these means and facilities they asserted were at their disposal. The task which they had undertaken was, it must be confessed, a stupendous one. The company consists of the following gentlemen, all of whom have been connoted with it since its incorporation : officers of the telegraph compny, President, Peter Cooper ; Vice Presidet, Cyrus W. Field ;

Ireasurer, Moses Toylor; Electrician, Samel F. B. Morse; Directors, Peter Cooper. Moses Taylor. Wilson G. Hunt. Cyrus W. Field. Marshall O. Roberts. These gentlemen, about four years ago, obtained a charter lrom the colonial government of Newfoundland, granting them the exclusive privldge for fifty years of running a telegraph across that island and through any of the adjacent waters. They also obtained an appropriation of twenty-five thousand dollars for the construction of a bridle path over the southern portion of the country, which was considered indispensible for the regulation and repair of the telegraph. In addition to this they were secured the interest on two hudred and fifty thousand dollars for twenty years, and a present of fity square miles of land, which the company were allowed the liberty of selecting in any part of the island. These, with other substantial marks of the favor with which the New

foundland government regarded the enterprise, were willingly bestowed upon the company, with the best wishes for their success. A charter having been previously granted by the government of Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, the telegrapic connection or rather the route of the proposed telegraohic

connection between the United States and St Johns, on the extreme western point of Newfoundland, was established. In the latter part of 1856, complete communication was established between those points, by the successful laying of a submarine cable across the

truit ot t .Lawrence, from (Jane JKav to Cane North.

the land fines having been completed two or three

years previously. Thus far the company have been successful ; but till

tne connection was completed between Europe and America, the work for which they had organized could not be said to have been accomplished. Throush the

agency of Mr. Cyrus W. Field, the whole amount of

capital (350,000, which is equal to $1.750.0001. was

subscribed-the shares amounting to $5,000 each. The Eroportions in which these shares were taken were one undred and one in London, eighty-eight in America, eighty-six in Liverpool, thirty-seven in Glasgow,

tweuiy-eigm in xuancnestev, ana the remainder in other parts of England. The capital, however, had to be subsequently increased to $2,500,000, to meet the failures that occurred in the various attemnts to

submerge the cable. - : . ; During last Congress a subsidiy of $70,000 per

annum ior iwenty-nve years was granted the Atlantic Telegraph Company; and the Secretary of the Navy was also directed to supply two national vessels to as

sist in laying the cable. The .British parliment showed itself equally liberal. In compliance with the instructions of Congress, the Niagara and Susouehana were

deputed to assist in the undertaking; but after the first failure last year, the latter vessel was withdrawn, and the Niagara has been, therefore, the only one of our

national yessles that shared in the glory of laying the

yauie uiai unites me iwo continents. . .. The distance between Valentia Bay, in the south-

west ot Ireland, and St. Johns, Newfoundland the

two points of connection is sixteen hundred and fifty

nines. . . , ,

The transatlantic submarine cable is somewat dif

ferently made from any previously manufactured. The coro, or conductor, is composed like that of the Gulf cable, of seven copper wires wound together in the same manner. The protecting wires are made

into strands, each composed of seven of the best charcoal iron wires. The aggregate length of the smaller wires required in the maufacture of one mile of the

cable is one hundred and twenty-six miles, and as there were three thousand miles provided for the attempt this summer, the whole cable was consequently composed of three hundred and seventy-eight thousand

miles of this wire. . r . . ...

The cable is exactly 11-1 6th of an inch in diameter -just the size of a 5 cent piece and composed of

four parts as follows:

1. VVire Eighteen strands of seven inch wire. . 2. Six strands of yarn. ' . , ,,,, . 3. Gutta percha Three coats. .' .. , ,. 4. Telegraph wires Seven in number. ' The flexibility of this cable is so great that it is as

manageable as a small rope, and it is capable of being tied around the arm without injury. Its weight is but 1,860 pounds to the mile, and its strength is such that

it will bear in water over six miles of its own length if suspended vertically. Some doubts being entertained as to its sinking to the bottom, it is enough to know that it is heavier than those shells which have

been taken up from the bed of the ocean by Commander Berryman while engaged in sounding along the line of the telegraph plateau. The experiments

reported in our papers have, besides, set these doubts

completely at rest. It has been asserted, too, that the strands of slender iron wire by which it is protected will suffer corrosion or decomposition in a short time

after their submersion, but in doing so the material of

wmcn tney consist win enter into chemical union with the soft mud in which the cable is embedded, and will thus form a concrete mass of calcareous or saliceous

substannee, affording the very best kind of protection.

CORRESPONDENT'S TRAM For the Locomotive. 1 J ; - R EMEMBRANCE. From thz German of Friedrick Jtfatthiston. BY G. BUMMER FIELD BROWN. I think of thee "When through the breezy grove, The nightingale's sweet symphonies In melting accents move ; When thirik'st thou of me? I think of thee In evening1 purple hour. Where glimmers in the shadowy Ught . .7 The fountain's pearly shower; 1 W here think'st thou of me ? I think of thee r " , With sweet and gentle pain, " ' k " ' With longings wakeful, ardent, deep, ' -Nor can hot tears restrain ; - , 'J How thtu k 'et thou of me? ;'.": O think of me Until our holy love, Eternal union consummate " In bettor stars above : ' ' However fur removed, ' I think of only thee. 1 " August 7, 1858.

YES OR

For the Locomotive. NO.

BY MAItY LYNN. . Do you love ? tell me, Darling, For the hour is growing late, From the sky the moon is floating . . 'Ere the morning ope's her gate, ' And the Night his wings is resting In the tree-tops and the hills, Soon to fly from Day's bright glances, AVhen along his side she steals, Do you love me, yes or no? Tell me, Darling, and I'll go. Long and vain has been my wooing ; Though sometimes the fancy wild That your heart for me was throbbing Thrilled me, it was when you smiled, And so soon your brow was frowning, I no longer dared to hope, And I've waited, still am waiting, 'Till my heart is ahnost'broke Do you love me, yes or no ? Tell me, Darling,' and I'll go. Ah ! you're laughing ; now I see it, That you do not love at all ; Well, good-bye, and may God bless you, May no shadow o'er you fall, May some heart more fit to love you Than the one you've broken quite, Soon be yours, but it can never Love as I have loved good-night I Weeping, weeping are you, Darling ! Nay, I cannot see you weep ; Oh forgive me for my harshness, . See, I'm kneeling at your feet, And those murmured words what are they, Tell me, did I hear wright, For I thought you said you loved mel And my heart was beating light ! Ynn fin Invo mo yta nrt

And I sure am wide awake, . For I feel your arms about me, . - . ' And your kisses on my cheek, But so wild my heart is throbbing, y With the hopes your words have given, -That I fear to move lest waking, It should prove a dream of heaven; But see, where the mom is comin or, ; Leading in the blushing Day, ' , ' ', And the night his pinions spreading ' With the stars has fled away ; Like him I, too, must be going, Yet. rnt

Will be with you, it can never . From the chains that bind it start, Since you have not told me no, Since I feel you love nie so, , . , Since you're mine for joy or woe, I can, Darling, never go. For the Locomotivs. TO FRANK S . BY L' INCONNU. ' I would have died for thee ! But yester eve, The lays made music in my cottage sweet, Till e'en the perfumed air breathed melody. And then I knelt to pray, "Heaven bless my love !"

i uu eyes upuiieu 10 me listening stars; ' Then, sleeping, dreamed the fondest, fairest dreams ' That ever youth, and hope, and love, and truth ' Wreathed round a maiden's pillow. I awoke 1

U bitter morn ! why did I ever wake O crown of grief! why did these eyes unclose To find those cruel, cruel, cruel words ! "lTiiTOuroll - Rnw.,n ... 1T, 1 il II-

" hiiccii ua rale lias uinivru a gull Wide as the pitiless sea. Forget that e'er ., We met that e'er we loved Farewell, farewell!"

KANSAS ELECTION. , '; St. Locis, Wednesday, August 11. A dispatch from Leavenworth,' dated the 8th inst, per the U..S. Express to Boonville to-day, says: "The following is the official vote of eleven counties, as far as received, with the entire vote of only seven : Shawnee County, 752 majority against the bill; Atchison, 336 majority; Doniphan, 520 majority; Johnson, 272; Jefferson, 284; Leavenworth, 1,748; Douglas, 1,740; Franklin, 205; Brown, 188; Breckinridge, 135; Riley, 127. The total majority, as far as heard from, is 6,358. ' '

, For the Locomotive. Mr. Editor : I see in vour worthy naner of the

7th of August, that Mr. Alexander says 1 do not dis

pute anything contained in his communication, but

admit them all by silent consent, except where he thinks he saw a misconstruction. He is mistaken.

Silent consent does not always admit a tiling to be

true, as charged. Mr. Alexander is not correct in

several statements in that publication. I here answer one. : ' . . v

In speaking of the location of the new site, he savs

the North and North-East would be virtuallv nVnrivpd

of school, some of them having to send small children more than two miles by road, or through several farms and over fences. I now wish to show that gentlemen

and neighbors themselves are the cause of being de

prived of school, purely from selfish motions. I denv

aiming at geographical lines or centers. I am going to show the gentlemen, their neighbors, and where they live here are their names, without including the

Germans :

Wm. Alexander, J. W. Beaty. H. Bowser. G. H.

McLaughlin, H. Smart, L. Aires, Robert Roe,S. McLaughlin, F. P. McLaughlin, T. Huggins, T. Mathews, N. Mathews, Thos. McLaughlin, Shelton Thompson, C. Moore, L. Barbour, W. C. Denny, L. Watson, L. Logston, J. W. Brazleton. N. Donnella n. .T. W.

Reid, John Francis, Bragnner, W. R. Thompson,

Garrison Blouvelt, John McMahan. I have named twenty-seven actual house holders, every man living within one mile and a quarter of the new house. I ask the question, how can they say they are virtually deprived of school ? If so, it is their own fault The school is deprived of their support, so long as they pursue their present course. Some of them have said they would sell their farm and leave rather than send to the new house. Such men are bewildered. I will now reply to the gentleman's publication of the 7th of AugustHe says, by your permission, Sir, I will make a brief reply, and keep cool all the time. He says I am disposed to be very mild. He then, in speaking of the mutual friend, acts very silly, by garbling and publishing a private correspondence of friendshin. for

each party. I am willing the mutual friend shall make his own . statement he is reliable. In order to dispose of this light handling and soft sodder, I ask no favors do your best, and come out like a man. Mr. Alexander,

Dg" A son of Isaac Hoffman, liviug near Bridgeport, in this county, was killed by lightning on Monday while standing in his father's door.

, l? There has never been as much corn sold in this niti in tl,a 4-'.,. :.i.:n 1

v, , m . -"- : i:c,: j .

flnr . e j...i- , . L"LV ig"u uu again, says mr.

C1C ,ucu 1UU .lu,u uyugiii : .McMahan thinks they were not satisfied. Mr Alex

ander is still harping on satisfaction. He then jumps Jim Crow, and says, those who voted against the old site for a new house, selected one only the fourth of a mile distant I ask if they were satisfied, why did they vote dissatisfied ? The contradiction is plain. Ho here, to prove general satisfaction, produces a few lines from me to him on the subject, which is before the public. My answer is, I wrote that letter, and am glad he has published it, as it goes to prove my posi-. tion in favor of the old ground. I here state that there was general satisfaction, with the exception of three men in the North, which I was apprised of, and

to dark, and it has been impossible to get cars enough

to sliip it. The price has ranged from 52 to 45 cents. On Thursday it was 47 cents. Nearly all the surplus com of this vicinity has been, or will be sold soon, bringing a large amount of money into the country We believe there is now but eleven retail Dry Goods stores in this city at least on the main street

This is a less number than has been here for many years.