Locomotive, Volume 46, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 September 1858 — Page 2

THE LOCOMOTIVE.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER. 18, 1858. JSaturdayislhe day of publication of the Locomotive when It will alweyabe ready for subscribers. In no case will ireletaoopyofthepaper go from theoffice before publics lion day . . " LOCOMOTIVE STEAM PRESS BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE. TTE would call the attention of Railroad Men, Presidents of Y f Colleges and Academies, the Medical Profession, and all others, to our assortment of NEW AND BEAUTIFUL, TYPE! Just received from the best Foundries in the United States, embracing all the Medical Signs, Accent, Fractions Frenck Lit tars, Algebraical Signs, And all the modern facilities for doing work in the best style. All our Type and Muchinery is new, and in good order, including two of Adams' Improved STEAM PRINTING PRESSES which enables us to do our work in asuperiorstyle,on asshor lime, and as yootl terms as l.ny other ottioo. We have on hand a superior article of Kook and Colored Papers and ttie best of Inks, and as we are practical workmen, we puuranty all work entrusted to us to be done in the neatest! manner, with promptness and accuracy. Our Jot Department is well supplied with all kinds of New and Fashionable Type, and we are prepared to do t ZSixtds of Job "Worts. on the shortest notice, and at the lowest living; rates; and BLANKS F EVEKY DESCIIIPTION! on Cap, Lettor, 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 boarii(r on r i m print. Our prices are rojrrtlated at the lowestcash standard, so ns to be regular and uniform, and equal to all; and contracts for work will be ii'lheren to, without resort to extra charges. TTOrders from a listance promptly attended to, and accu raiy zunrautied. 'rpOfllceon Meridian street, immediately oppositethe Pos Office. ELDER & HARKNKSS. Next week the days and Digbts will be of equal length the sun setting and rising at 6 o'clock. The long winter evenings will soon be upon us, when a comfortable scat, by a pleasant fire, will be enjoyed by all. These evenings will hang heavy without something to road, and now is the best time in the world to subscribe for a paper one that you can take to your firesides, and read to your families, for your and their edification and improvement. For this purpose you do not want a wrangling political sheet, that will carry the bitterness of party politics to tte very place of all others where it should be excluded, but an agreeable companion, that brings no wrangling news no murders and outrages no tales of doubtful morality no bitter sectarian views, to excite bad feelings and promote angry discussions. If you think the Locomotive is a paper of this chasacter, take it if not, take some other, but take some papers to help you pass pleasantly the long winter evenings. Hundreds of names are now being entered on our books our steam presses will enable us to add thousands of more names Bend them along. A Monster Owner Wanted. An article, made of straw, with strong paper wrapper, that measures exactly 30 inches long, 6J inches wide, and 4 inches thick, was found on the street on Saturday last, and left at this office for the owner. The finder says it was picked up on the north side of "Washington street, on the side-walk, just after three fashionably dressed ladies passed it was not on the walk before they came up, and he supposes perhaps they were the loosers. The owner can get it at this office no charges are made, and no questions will be askedUntil called for it will be retained on exhibition, and perhaps taken to the County Fair, for a premium under the head of "Manufactured articles." gaTTVe would again call the attention of the Coun" .cil and the public to the importance of making three or four good stone crossings on Washington streetThe Fall is now here, and we must expect muddy streets, unless good stone walks are made. From this time until Spring our streets will be crowded with strangers, and for the credit of the city walks should be made that Ladies can go over dry shod. The property on Washington street pays the bulk of the city taxes, and the Council has spent little or nothing in improvements on this street, nearly all that has been done up to this time has been at the expense of the property holders. The Council owe this improvement to the whole city, and should at once take the proper steps to have it done. Marion Guards. A new Military Company has been organized at Lanesville, in Marion County, numbering fifty members, mostly young men. They have been armed and equipped as the law directs, and organized by electing the following officers. Elijah Mo. Vey, Captain; L. A. Hardesty, 1st Lieutenant; John Hazly, 2d Lieutenant; and John Whitt, 3d Lieutenant. The Guards intend having a grand social PicNic on the 2d of October, on the farm of Thomas Arskens, six miles east of the city, and one mile north of the National road, to which they invite all their friends. " ' Prepare for it. The State Fair, with its rush of business from strangers, will soon be here, and this rush is anticipated as much in the Piinting offices as in any other place. It would be well for all that intend to have cards, or bills, or circulars printed for distribution at the Fair, to prepare them now when you have time, and have them printed when the offices have time, so as to have them ready. This will be the best plan all round. We will state now that we are well prepared with cards of all kinds and colors, papers of all kinds and colors, a full compliment of handsi and three of the best steam Presses in the world, to : turn out work as neatly, as cheaply, and on as short notice as any office in the State. We ask all cash payiug customers, wanting work, to give us a call. New Carrier. On the east side of the city we have a new carrier. - We have tried to learn him our. selves the route, and believe we have done so. Should any subscriber be missed, we trust he will attribute it to oversight, and call at the office and have it correct, ed. Wrhen our new carrier gets to fully understand the route, he will leave the papers promptly and regularly, and will not leave until he has instructed his successor. The debt of the city at this time, as shown by the Clerk's Keport in another column, is $32,913,27, in outstanding orders. According to the report of the Finance Committee it is 844,708,12. If the assessment for this year is $9,500,000, and the rate of tax. ation 60 cents on the $100, it will yield a revenue of $57,000, if all paid. Township Trustee. The Board of County Commissioners, at their session last week, appointed John McMahan Township Trustee for Center Township, in place of John Hoefgen, who resigned, in consequence of removing from the Township. This is a good appointment. 6' Good dry wood is now selling at from $2,50 to $2,75 per cord, delivered and corded up.

6aT Next week the County Fair will be held in this city. The officers have presented an inviting list of premiums, to be awarded to all branches of industry, and ask the farmer and artisan to respond by competing for the same. This Fair belongs exclusively to the people of this County, and it devolves on them to make it interesting by their attendance. From indications we have received, we have no doubt this will be as well attended as any previous Fair of Marion County. Monday and Tuesday will be devoted exclusively to making entries, and all entries for articles to be exhibited must be made on these days. Wednesday and Thursday will be occupied by the Committees in examining articles and animals on exhibition, and making up their reports. It is desired that every member of the committees as published in the premium list, will be on the ground promptly, and attend to the duties assigned them. Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock the Mule race will come off. It must be remembered that no person can ride his own mule, or one that he has an interest in and that the last mule round takes the premium of $10. If this does not make fun, then we are mistaken. After the mule race the Boys Ponies will be exhibited On Friday Morning the National Guards, City Greys, and Marion Dragoons companies, will parade on the ground, in full uniform, with their Bands After the parade the address will be deliverd by Hon. Wm. D. Callagher, Secretary of the Kentucky State

Board of Agriculture. After the Address the list of awards will be read. : The above are only a few of the attractions, but they are sufficent to draw a full attendance. The price of admission is one dollar for a family ticket, admitting one person and his family (males under age,) during the Fair. Single admissions 25 cts. Let there be a full attendance at the Marion County Fair, next week. We are satisfied there is some person or per. sons in this city, trying to engage wood to families with the view of swindling either buyers or sellers that persons are contracting to sell wood that have no wood to sell, expecting to buy it of other parties, pocb et the monev, and let the wood haulers slip. A cir" cumstance of this kind has come to our observation' and we mention it to put honest buyers and sellers both on their guard. W It is reported that the Ohio State Fair, held at Sandusky City, this week, is nearly a failure, owing to the difficulty to get stock and articles to the Fair over the single railroad to that city, and the fear en tertained that accommodations cannot be had. This difficulty will never exist in this State, as persons from any part of the State can come and attend the Fair during the day, and return home by night. Our Fair this year will be larger and better attended than ever before the weather permitting. 6aT The Ladies' Home Magazine, for October, has been received. This is a $2.00 Magazine, but is the favorite of our better half, on account of the excellent articles it contains. The October number is fully up to any of its predecessors. A Cluster. Mr. J. M. W. Langsdale left at our office a cluster of nine tomatoes, growing closely to gether on one stem, that weigh six pounds and fourteen ounces. The largest in this cluster is larger than the one noticed last week, and will weigh more. Judge Blackford is laying down a flag stone pavement in front of his new block, on both streets. The three lower rooms are now rented, at $1,000 each one as an Express office, the next as a cloth ing house, and the next for a wholesale grocery store' Removals. The Indianapolis Branch Banking Company removes into the room now occupied by the American Express Company, as that company has removed to the Blackford corner. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund will occupy the old Branch Bank Building. IS Graham's Illustrated Magazine, for October, is at hand. It contains five colored fashion plates, besides a number of other illustrations, and a good as" sortment of interesting literary articles. 6 Some weeks ago the chills and fever were quite prevalent in some parts of the county, but they yielded readily to the remedies employed. The Doctors now report the city and vicinity quite healthy. The Council has levied the tax this year, for general purposes, at 60 cents on the $100 the same as last year. The school tax this year is 15 cents last year it was 20 cents. ' 3?" Some person or persons are in the habit of carying off the daily papers left on our stairs. We notify them to desist if they don't we will give them an unenviable notoriety. C Robert Duckworth, charged with robbing the mail, was committed to jail on Tuesday, in default of $500 bail. Special Mail Agent Garver is making quite a haul of mail robbers. aT On Friday morning there was quite a heavy frost. Whether it will injure the corn to any extent, we are unable at this time to say. 6" Arrangements have been made with all the railroads leading to this city, to carry freight and pas. sengers to and from the State Fair at half price. J. & J. Bradshaw are now receiving a large and fresh stock of Groceries, &c, purchased in the Eastern cities within ten days. . Compositor Wanted. A good compositor is wanted at this office, on Book-work. Apply immediately. The fourth, year of the N. W. C. University commenced on Wednesday last, under better prospects than any preceding year. . ' KaT A circus is advertised to exhibit in this city next Wednesday, the first day of the county Fair. 0 Let all that want fun enter their mules for the $10 premium at the county Fair, for the mule race. 6" The Marion Light Dragoons appear on the Fair Ground next Friday morning, in their new uniform, for the first time. The Indiana Female . College will be opened on Monday next KST The Baptist General Association for Indiana, meets next week, in this city. X3T The new Theatre is advertised to be opened next Monday week. The Campbell Minstrells, a Star Company, perform to-night, at Masonic ILtlL CaT A large and good company of Negro Minstrels perform at Masonic Hall to-night. f?" Wm. B. Astor, of New York, paid this year $85,000 city tax.

COUNCIL PROCEED1GS. Council mot in regular session at 7J o'clock on Saturday evening. By Mr. Vande'rift : a petition from Park & Braden, asking for the erection of a hay and grain scale on Tennessee street, west of the new theatre building. The poposition of placing scales on the streets was discussed at some length, and the prayer of the petitioners refused. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES. By Mr. Fletcher from .the Committee on Finance : a statement of the financial condition of the city on the 1st day of September: Amount of orders over drawn $32,913 57

Amount of street script unpaid Amount owing Winslow, Lanier & Co. . Amount of interest on same Amount of City Bonds 418 24 5,318 05 415 60 7,000 00 Amount ot appropriations on iity Hospital, officer's salaries, and all other items -unenumerated above, about 30,000 00 Total $75,065 46 Amount of revenue collected $23,239 00 J. D. Skeen's account 7,000 00 J. T. Robert's judgement 113 09 J. Petty 's note 12 16 Total $30,357 34 Balance $44,708 12 Mr. Hadley, from the Committee on Cisterns: in favor of the construction of a cistern at the crossing of Pennsylvania and St. Clair streets. Keport concurred in, and the Engineer instructed to locate the cistern in the middle of the street crossing. REPORT FROM TREASURER. The Treaurer reports a balance in the Treasury on the 1st of August of $ 134 86 Receipts from all sources make, with the balance above 741 40 Amount of orders redeemed in August. . 488 65 Balance September 1st 252 75 CLERK9 REPORT. The Clerk reported the amount of orders overdrawn on the Treasure- $32,913 27 Receipts from 31st of March, 1858, to the 1st of September 1858 18,799 57 Amount of orders issued from the 1st of March to the 1st of September. ..... , 27,254 92 The Sexten reported 76 interments for August 9 from the conutry. Cholera infantum was reported as the prevailing disease. The Chief Engineer asked in his report for several sections of hose for the Marion and Union Companies 100 feet for the Marion Company and 50 for the Union Company, costing about $1 70. The expenditures connected with the Fire Department were discussed at some length, and appropriations asked for by the Engineer refused. The Street Commissioner made his usual report, which was accepted, and several accounts presented therewith were allowed. The Civil Engineer reported progress in various street improvements, and the cost of the same ; presented the bonds of several contractors, and profiles for streets to be graded ; and submitted proposals from contractors for the improvements orded at the last meeting of the Council. The proposals were given the usual reference. The Captain of the Watch reported 76 arrests for August. The offences named were intoxication, prostitution, counterfeiting, violations of street ordinances, &c. By Mr. North : for the construction of a culvert across Washington street at the crossing of Pennsylvania. Lost. By Mr. Hadley : a motion to the effect that the commissioners appointed to estimate the damage that may be caused by the opening of Delaware street, between St. Clair and St. Joseph, be notified that a report will be expected at the next meeting of the Council. By Mr. Fletcher: instructing the Street Commis sioner to place painted signs on those streets where the feeding of teams is prohibited by ordinance. ; Un motion ot Mr. t letcher the ordinance for raising a revenue for general purposes for 1858 was taken from the table. The per centum levied is 60 cents on each $100 of taxables. The ordinance being on its third reading, passed. On motion, Council adjourned. Journal. ADVANTAGE OF TREES. We do not know the author of the following beauti ful notice of trees, but we think its perusal will cause . many of our readers to involuntarily and heartily re spond to the laminar ana popular language of the song " Woodman spare that tree" : llow beautiful, most beatitul of earth s ornaments. are trees 1 Waving out on the hills and down in the valleys, in wild wood or orchard, or singly by the wayside. God's spirit and benizon seem to us ever present in trees. For their shade and shelter to man and brute; for the music the winds make among the leaves, and the birds in their branches ; for the fruits and flowers to delight the palate and the eye, and the fragrance that goes out and upward from them forever, we are worshipful of trees. " Under his own vine and hgtree what more ex pressive of rest, independance and lordship in the earth ! Well may the Arab reverence the date-palm a God-given source of sustenance. Dear to the Spaniard is the olive, and to the hindoo his banyan, wherein dwell the families of man, and the birds of heaven build their nests. Without trees what a desert place would be our earth naked, parched, aud hateful to the eye t Yet how many are thoughtles of the use and beauty of trees. How many strike the axe idly or wantonly at their roots. Above all other things in the landscape we would deal gently with trees. Most beautiful where and as God plants them, but beatiful as planted even by the poorest art of man, trees should be protected and preserved. It he is a benefactor who causes two blades of grass to grow where one grew before, how much greater his benificence who plants a tree in some waste place, to shelter and shade, to draw thither song birds, aud to bear fruit for man. Flant trees, O man, that hast waste land, and be careful of those that are planted. Disgraceful Neglect of a IIusbad. The Peora (Illinois) Union a few days since contained the following: . An individual accompanied by his wife came to tliis city from Indianapolis some time since, and put up at a respectable boarding house, on Adams street. They boarded for some time when news arrived from Indianapolis of the death of his father and the necessity of a settlement of the family estate. The man accordingly went to work, making arrangements for his trip, entirely neglecting his wife. After this evidence of desertion on the part of the husband, the wife wrote home for money, which was sent to her through the U. S. Express. The husband having found out that the money was at the Express office, collected and receipted for it, and leaving his wife destitute started for Indianapolis. The lady remained for some time at the house, when she was obliged to leave for some cheaper boarding house; leaving her clothing and trunks in security for the amount her husband was indebted for his own and her board. She was provided by some kind friends with means to return home, and started this morning for Indianapolis. -3TIn reference to the statement of one of the morning papers, regarding the bond negotiation recently made in Europe by the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Companies, we are informed by one of the parties to the negotiation that our statement of the matter made a few days since, was correct in all important particulars. The entire amount of the first mortgage is $6,500,000, and of this $2,000,000, have been reserved by the Company for the purpose of furnishing the road. The price at which the bonds were negotiated, was 6 per cent of their par value. These details of the negotiation conflict strangely, with the statement that the Company will realize but $2,100,000 from their sale. JVT. Y. Tribune. Agricultural Report of the Patent Office. Numerous inquiries having been made by Members of Congress and others relative to the Agricultural Report of the Patent Oflice for the last year, we are authorized by the superintendant of Public Printing, Gen. Bowman, to say that they will not be ready for delivery and distribution befor the 20th of October pros. Wash. Union.

Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners held their September session last week at the Court . House, commencing on Monday present all the mem-; bers of the Board, to wit: Levi A. Hardesty, Thomas W. Council and Thomas Johnson. From the prceedings as placed on record by the County Auditor, Austin II. Brown, Esq., we gather the following items.: Daniel P. Church was appointed a constable for Franklin Township to fill a vacancy caused by a failure to qualify of the person chosen at the election in April last. The name of the town of Farmersville, Franklin Township, was changed to that of Acton, to correspond with the name of the post office. John W. Hamilton, Andrew Brouse, and Willis W. Wright were appointed Trustees of the Marion County Library, to serve three years from the first day of September 1858. The Clerk of the Court was authorized to purchase a burglar and fire proff safe for the use of his office, at a cost not exceeding 500. EliasN. Shinier, Samuel Heizerand James G. Marshall were appointed viewers for a proposed road in Lawrence and Warren townships, and instructed to have their meeting on the 80th of September and report their doings to the December meeting of the Board. The constitution and by-laws of the Warren Township Horse Tlieif Detecting Society were approved, and notification of the action of the Board ordered to be given to the officers of the Association. James A. Pressley was appointed the student for Marion County at the Indiana University. John Essary and others were given permission to construct a private road in Washington and Lawrence townships, through the lands of Mary Starrett, Ambrose G. Ruddle and Arthur St. Clair Van Heiss. John McMuhan was appointed a Trustee for Centre Township in place of Joh Hofgen, resigned. Various accounts were allowed for the expense of criminals, maintenance of paupers, county officers' fees, &c.,all of which will appear in the yearly exhibit of the expenditures of the county. A number of accounts presented for various items were rejected. The Board adjourned on Saturday. Under the law governing ther actions they meet every three months in March, June, September and December. Their sessions are limited, for the transaction of business, to nine days. Journal. Treaty with China. Information has been received by the government that Mr. Reed, Minister in China, had made a liberal treaty with the Celestial Empire, similar to that made by France and England. We are to have a minister at Pekin. It is said the Emperor regards our country with great favor. It is supposed the dignified neutral position we held in the late war has made an impression highly favorable. The same maybe said of Russia; and it is understood a treaty has been made with that power on the same basis with the United States. Russia has behaved so friendly through its Admiral and minister there in taking Mr. Reed up the river to Tien-sin, when our vessels were not able to ascend, and in other acts of sympathy, associated by a general unity of action with the United States, that I understand it is contemplated to give official expressions to the Russian government of our appreciation of such conduct. The news of this treaty having been made came overland by way of Russia and Europe. N. Y. Herald Sept. 14. , From the Rushville Jacksonian.l For Ciiolic in Man or Beast. It is said by those who have given it a fair trial, that Ward's Liniment is positively a sure and effectual remedy for cholic in man and beast. As cholic is a very common and prevalent disease among horses, and often proves fatal, we think that the above fact should be known by all our readers. This Liniment as a family medicine, certainly has no superior. It can be had of Druggists and stores generally throughout the country, and of George M. Dixon, corner of Fifth and Main streets, Cincinnati, O. The Comet Visible. The comet so long expect

ed is now visible every night to the naked eye, and the tail can be seen distinctly with an ordinary opera glass. It is best seen about an hour after sunset and an hour before sunrise. Four o'clock in the morning is the best time to expect it. It may be looked for in a line with the two stars called the pointers, and from nearly a right angle with Arcuturus. Astronomers compute that the comet is now about 14,000,000 of miles distant, and is rapidly approaching the earth. During the first week in October it will be of the most striking brightness. From its elements it is possible that it is the identical comet seen in 1764, and again in 1827. Emancipation of Forty-Nine Slaves by a Lady.- On Wednesdy, forty-nine slaves, having been granted their manumission by a Kentucky lady (whose name our informant had forgotten), passed through Covington in charge of Dr. Price, on their way to Green County, Ohio. They came from Fayette County, Kv., and consisted mainly of women and chil dren. With this batch the emancipated colony of Green Couty number now eight hundred and fortynine. Cincinnati Enq. - The Hughes Printing Telegraph and the Atlantic Cable. We have private advices from London, by the Vanderbilt, which state that Prof. Hughes would have his machines in readiness to work the cable on or about the 8th inst, on which day the Atlantic Company expected to dispatch a special stea mer to Trinity Bay, with one of Prof. Hughes's assistants on board. Prof. Hughes says, unhesitatingly, that he can transmit intelligence through the cable, reliably and continuously, at the rate of from three to six words per minute. Kansas Land Sales. The President has ordered the further postponement of the Kansas land sales, until July next. The reason for this is stated to be in the financial pressure in the country, and consequent inability of the settlers to prove and pay for the pre-emption Dy me time nxeu Dy me proclamation ordering the sale in November. The lands comprise three millions of acres. g3T The New York Store is in receipt of New Goods. Next week we shall lay before our readers their new advertisement, which was ordered too late for this number. INDIANAPOLIS IMPROVEMENTS IN 1858. Mr. Editor : I should like to see a list of the im provements in our city this year, with the cost thereofIf every one would communicate to your paper his observation in the premises it would enable you to compile a nearly accurate list. 1 give you the result of my observation. 1st.' public buildings. The U. S. Court House. . . . ' The Metropolitan Theatre. . The Female Seminary of the Sisters of Providence. The Episcopal Church. The Congregational Church. The Third Presbyterian Church. The German Catholic Church. The Firt Presbyterian Church. The amount expended on these buildings this year will bo about $90,000. 2d. business rooms, brick, 3 and 4 stores high. On Washington Street, 10 On Illinois Street,. 5 On Meridian Street, 2 On Pennsylvania Street, 5 22 These buildings have cost about $85,000. 3d. dwellings. The number of these in the 4th Ward is about 70. And as we have seven Wards in the city, we may calculate seven times as many, or, in round numberSj 500 dwellings at an average cost, say, of $800, making $400,000 Add Public Buildings. 90,000 Business Houses 85,000 Aggregate - $575,000

More Railway Murders English AgitatT on the Subject. Cotemporaneous with the suicjCjr of the engineer who ran his train off the bridge ! Norwalk, we receive partial details of what was sn posed to be a similar calamity on the Indiana ai!) Steubenville railway. The cool manner in which th first despatch tells us that "a great many were killer shows how much accustomed we have become to the' horrible sacrifices, offered up to the shrine of rail! gods. It is only for the moment after the "accident that the public mind is shocked. "A great many killed !" If we were speaking of mosquitoes we couia not be more indifferent. Although the Indiana affa happily turned out less murderous than was at first rn! ported, yet that is the result rather of the good fortun of the passengers than any exertions of the companv6 The present month has not yet reached its fourteen' day, and during the first fortnight of SeptemW when the travel is the greatest, we have to reciw no less than four railway accidents more or less se. ous. j We have all along warned the public that in th 1 present condition of American railways, "accidents" would increase rather than diminish in number, anj recent events show that we were right in our coneln

sions. In ingiand, where tlie discipline is much more strict than with us, the subject has attracted the attej. I tion.of the government, and a select committee of Par '. Lament was appointed "to inquire into the cause of ; accidents on railways, and into the possibility of j. ' moving any such causes by future legislation." Xhi committee has made a report, the conclusions of whici, are applicable to our roads as well as to those of Great Britain. The committee defines the causes of railav ' accidents under three heads, to wit : Inattention Ir servants; ueiecuve uiaieriat, emierin tne worKs or roll, ing stock; excessive speed. The committee is of opin! ion that the public should have some means of recov! ering penalties for want of punctuality in the arrival and departure of trains, and that the Board of Trade should be empowered to investigate and report upon the cause of all accidents. There are some further recommendations; and to give all the light possible on the subject, we have printed the report in full in another place. There can be no doubt that the root of all the railway "accidents" here lies in the defective machinery of the roads, and in the excessive speed which is caused by the competition of parallel lines. Many of our per pie will risk their necks in order to save an hour or two in a journey of a thousand miles. It was the same thing in the old steamboat racing days ; but e should grow wiser as we get older. Excessive speed wears out the road and multiplies tenfold the risk of such "accidents" as that of Norwalk, Utica and Steu. benville. The railway companies in this country are nearly all in a bad way about money matters, and thet cannot beg nor borrow money enough to keep their roads in decent order. They are, therefore, crazy, tumble-down affairs over which the trains rush and sway and tumble at tremendous rates of speed, trusting to luck for the safe delivery of their passengers. They bring what is left of them, and compound for life or limb as if they were driving a bargain for so much slaughtered beef or pork. What we must have in this country is a stringent law, under which the railway directors shall be held responsible for every "accident," no matter hot it occurs. They must see that the trains arrive and depart at the precise hour indicated on their time tables, and they must exercise a vigilant watch over their subordinates. More than half the "accidents" on our railways are caused by running at great speed, to make up for lost time. This should not be allowed. In France the trains must run exactly on time. If they are ahead ot time at any station they must wait; if behind, they cannot go on until the telegraph has declared the road perfectly free for them. Sidney Smith said that the system of locked railway carriages would never be abolished until a bishop had been roasted in one of them; and we do not expect to see a thorough railway reform until some of the directors shall have suffered the loss of life or limb on their owa roads, or consigned to the State prison to expiate crimes for which they are clearly and undeniably responsible. N. Y. Herald. 65 The earnings of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad for July and August were : July and August, $72,500 Last year, 67,000 Increase,. $5,500 1 Fifty Bankers met in Convention at Milwaukee on the 9th, formed an Association, to whose articles forty-five subscribed, and resolved that banks " located at inacssible points" should, after the first of October, be required to redeem their bills at Madison or Milwaukee. Lieutenant John Maffit, commander of U. S.6ri Dolphin, which took the slaver Echo, is the son of tte well-known Methodist clergyman, J. Newland Maffit, DDI? ESPQNLWS TRAIN UU For the Locomotive. THE BENIGHTED HEATHEN. ,: BY MAE Y LYNN. A few days ago, feeling somewhat inclined To be very pious, I made up my mind. The day being Sunday, to go out to church, In truth I was helped to my choice by the birch, (Scientifically, conscience,) that fiercely bad lashed My poor moral nature, Hill cruelly gashed, For not going ofiener ; but what's one to do, Especially a lady, when annoyed with a shoe Accidentally tight, or a bonnet too old, Or a shawl growing ancient in many a fold, Or the weather is either too warm or too cold V For the cloak of religion is a curious thing, In warm weather it's smothering, iu cold it's too thin, For aught but a preacher to venture out, in. But wi should go to church I think every Sunday, To fit us for duties that come on the Monday, For without dispute, and without nny question, It strengthens the morals and aids the digestion, And then this is something the looks of the thing And 'tis profitable too, for though you dou't sing, And iu earnest prayer your voice may ne'er ring, Still are we oft judged by the company we're in ; And people who travel each Sabbath to church, "When business fails are not left In the lurch, When broken banks round them like withered hopes lio They scarce need to Heaven lift up a sad eye. So quickly n phalanx around Hi em will stand, Each bearing an offering of gold in his hand. And, when comes the hour that must come to all, Church goer or not, when we shuflle the coil Of mortality" on aud our spirits take wing, W here, fondly we hope, with the angels to sing, The church going man with a church ticket given, . It's thought will but show it, then pass into heaven. To his funeral his brethren and kindred will crowd, For so bright a light snuffed in deep mourning all bowed, And blue veined marbles rise carved with his name, And a list of his virtues, so gently to fame His good deeds are handed, his faults don't remain. ' Yes, church going people have far the best chance To borrow, get credit, to draw their last breath, To be well attended to after their death In short, to do all things except 'tis to dance. Well, the church I attended on last Sabbath morning, Had a great deal of what Is politely adorning, The vulgar might style it to be " gingerbread,1 Though when 'twas got up by trustees so steady, It must be complete from its base to its steeple, ' : And should be the pride of all church going people ; And that such the people that built It all thought it, If once you had seen thorn, no longer you'd doubt it, From the preacher, the ciders, the good looking sexton, To the lowliest member of the vast congregation, And the urchins up slily the gallery creeping, Unaccountably never paternal eyes meeting, And maternal nods and winks all unheeding, , So piously are they engaged with the singing, E'en down to the infants that scarcely were teething O'er each of them, all of them proud smiles were wreathing . They made no attempt their proud feelings to hide, And truly I think tbey had reason for pride. When walking, your foot on fine carpet was pressing ; When sitting, your back on fine cushions was resting. Through finely stained windows the soft light came streaming, 'Twould be stranio indeed were you not goodness dreaming As finely toned organ and exquisite singing, That vofton the heart with its melody stealing. Could hardly help hushing each sinful earth feeling, And higbor to heaven your glad spirit winging Fine church, and fine music and fine congregation,