Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-03-13
ITEMS AND NEWS.

FR1GHTFUL RAvAGEs OF THE YELLOW FE-
YER IN HAYTL-A correspondent of the New
York EUsainy Post, writing from Port-au-
Prince, says
l am sorry to say that it is still very sickly
here. never saw it worse. 1t has now (the
last spell) lasted over fifteen months, and il
seems as if it would never cease. Vessels
are losing nearly half their crews. Hardly a
man escapes the fever who has not already
had it. Four of the bark's men ran away,
aud went off by vessel goin! out, just after
she arrived; and this, naturally enough, is a
matter of common occurrence. The two
others, the second mate, cook, and two boys,
have all been on shore sick. The two for
mer died. The nursing and funeral expen-
a..sanIe.i "a s,xsE s. CO. iial tien CUT
rency. Either the shore or harbor is almost
certain death to the unacel;m ted stranger.
Hardly any of the private houses which
will admit sick seamen, are fit to receive
them. They are all more or less open to the
night breezes, and many of them have
nothing but the ground, or at best damp
bricks, for fioor and rarely any bedsteads.
These people are generally humane; but
many of those about Port t-au-Prince, who
take in the sick, have become hardened by
use, and neglect them. Besides, they make
more money by their funeral expenses than
they do by getting them well, and so, natu-
rally, favor the former. DIR. A. told me
this happened some time agO-that one eve-
ming about 9 O'Clock, just after heavy thun-
der storm, he went down to old Mme.-
to see a couple of sailors, sick Of the yellow
fever whom he had put into a perspiration in
the afternoon. He found them lying in the
water, and the old woman asleep. The
water actually, for few moments, covered
their thin mattresses, which were placed on
the ground. He, Of course, put the men into
a dry place, but before the next evening they
were both dead.
SENTIMENT.-There are some people vino
appear to have DO sentiment about them
This was practically illustrated couple OF
days ago. A young friend of ours has nice
little wife, and is brisky at house keeping,
but is notoriously forgetful about attending
to the numerous little provisionary orders,
just as necessary for a happy household as
love itself-for couple with well filled
stomachs are always more inclined to love
than the hungry and cold, no matter if ro-
nance and roast beef are incompatible in
books. Well, the other morning, after re-
ceiving strict injunctions not to forget this
and that little trife, and especially some
'meat for dinner" our friend grew sentimen-
tai with the parting endearments. "My
dear" he said. "you have not given me that
loeket with your likeness nit, which / ought
to have had before marriage "Oh, you
don't want it! you are only pretending" =
pretending, dearesti Nay, / promised to
wear it next my heart till death parts u.s.
"And will it always romind volt" Aye, it
will always remind me, sweet one, of our ear
ly vows-of my early love--of the angel
spirit, guiding aud lighting my pathway"
But, my dear, will it remind you" Yes,
dearest Onel 1t will remind me every time
gaze at it, every time press my lips TO it, of
the holy love bear its angel original, of a
deep devotion of life which is all hers-of -
"But my DEAR" interrupted the fond and
happy wife, intent upon her one idea--"will
it remind you to get meat for dinner?' Sen
timent and romance dropped, and pork and
beans triumphed.
THE DEcLARATIoN.-One Smith met a fair
young lady at a fashionable soiree, and not
being proof against the little chubby fellows
darts, he fell captive to her charms. After
many weary days and sleepless nights Smith
determined to seek the object of his alteration,
and make declaration of the tender passion.
On the morning following this determination,
Smith arose earlier than was his wont; oiled,
brushed, and frizzed his hair, trimmed his
whiskers. examined his coat-eollar to see that
no stray hair had fallen upon it to indicate
the fact that he had head on his shoulders
Thus equipped he bent his steps towards the
mansion of the fair one, and reached it at the
time when he supposed she would be Olsen
gagged. lie rang, and was shown INTO AN
elegant drawing room in which splendid mir
rors, reaching to the floor, reflected his entire
person. Smith was greatly intimidated when
he handed his card to the servant, and had
scarcely time to compose himself before the
lady made her appearance. Sheseceived hel
adorer with great cordiality, which so strength
ened our hero's courage that he dropped or
his knees at her feet, and begged her to be-
stow upon him the love he came to solicit
The lady smiled, and turned around just a.
gentleman was entering the room and re
piled, as she presented him to the fallen mar
=" This IS my husband ask him.
Smith was seen rushing around the fins
corner, with his overcoat wrong side out, anC
hat, the brim of which nearly rested on hi
shoulders, muttering to himself-"P Plague tax,
the women don't belive my wife is borr
yetl''
A PAIR OF INSANE LoyERs.--In the Lu
natic Asylum, at Columbus, Ohio, is pair o
Insane lovers Mental anxiety'of peeulia
character, is supposed to have deranged th
intellect of the young man, who was sent t.
the Asylum some tine ago, cured, il wa
hoped, permanently, and sent home. Whil
at home he fell deeply in love with younl
girl, who returned his devotion, and they be
came tenderly attached to each other Blu
unhappily, the malady retuued upon tn
young man; he was separated from the Oh
ject f.his love, and sent back to the Asy
lum. Left to herself to muse upon her be
reavement, and the sad destiny of her lover
the mind of the girl also became affected
almost, as il might seem, from sympathy
and it was not long before she, too, was i'm
INJURED within the walls that sheltered him
They are both there now. Occasionally the
seem to have recovered their reason, and ar
permitted to hold intercourse with one an
other. In one of these, the poor girl begge
her lover TO marry her, but he replied wit
melancholy real enough to bring tears fron
the eyes of the listeners, "You know that w
Fcannot be married, Ellen. we are unfit for tina
happ;ness-poor unfortunate creatures tina
we are"
Destructive FIRE-RALRoAD MAcHIN
Shop BURNED.-The alarm of fire yesterda
morning was caused by the burning OF th
machine shop OF the Chicago and Burlinsto
Railroad, about two miles West of the Mort
Branch, and which was totally DESTROYED
with its contents. The total loss is abou
10000 without insurance. Two locomo
tives were burned in the building, and al
the tools were Destroyed Chicago Pres.
FEB. %.
! MINNEsoTA.-A joint resolution has bee
introduced into the Council of Minnesota
providing for a Territorial Convention, to b
held in June, 1857, to frame State Consti
tuition as preliminary to asking for admis
sion inf, tho TTnion Tba ponrIatioY, Al