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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-26

$3.50 From Knoxyile 6 NJ daily, except sundsy;. &
BY Mnysvnls, -Four Mile Branch, Madisonvls, Athens.
Msnsaa, Calhoun, Charleston. Cleveland. and hai-
To Chattanooga by 8 m nsrs days. iis miles
And back between m daily, except Sunday, and
.@D psss a Station, Isssi. Bl.1. fs"y Phi.as
phia Upsons and Facility, instead Of Marysvile -Four
Mile Branch, and Msdisonvils
Separate proposals for tri-weekIy service, different
dsys for he Philadelphia road add for tie Madsonvs
road respectively, will be considered. Also 70 the
main route. after passing Cleveland 70 Dalton. Ga !,
= the a" ssss sssss named between Cleveland and
Chattanooga. In ten hourA sach way. 8
ss4o From Knoxville a 2 N once week. Mondays
As0rys Gross Roads. Sewer courtAoa:s. and Fair
To wilsonvills BY 0 m nsrt day. IS miles,
And back between e m Wednesday and u next
5a4l From Knoxville Al ! m once . week. Fsidsy.
By Church Grove Woodbouae. Bull Ron, Haynes,
To TazewsI by 8 m nsr. days. A. miles.
And back bet xeen m Wednesday and m neA'
days. ses, $3.50,
b. Wilson's, Clinton, Ross. JacksbNoughs Fincastle,
SpeedweI, and OIdtown;
TO Cumberland Gap BY 7 2 m Friday, y miles
And back between : m Monday and P N wsdnes-
5s4s From KnoOuIs at | m three times week. Tues
day. Thursday. and Saturday
BY Meckenburs. Tuckahoe, Dandridge. Oak Grove,
Wilsonvillc. Newport. PanosviIe and Cedar Creek;
TO Limestone Springs Wednesdays Fridays. and Mon
days By II m, n miles s
And back between Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday,
at4p m and 8 p m next days
5344 From Clinton 1t ! d once week. on Tuesday
BY Robsrtsville, OIvers. Morgan g. H., and Boiling
Spring .5.a sssa &g
ToJamsstown IL m Thursday. SO miles
And back between M Thursday and ~ m Saturday !
Proposals 70 end this route at Morgan G. H. are in
vitsd. @
b345 From Clinton At m once week. Thursday,
By Wallace Gross Roads, Logs Gross Roads, and
Lost Greek
To Tszewel BY 8 m Same day, 4S miles,
And back between and M next day.
5346 From Clinton at week, on Saturday
By Beaver Ridge and Campbers Station;
To Cnitia BY s pm day, 20 miles
And back between m and pm, next day.
5347 From Jacksboro at in weeks every other
Friday; fa. ra&.
By Straight Fork. Buffalo Creek and Ponch Creek
To Whitley G. H., Kentucky, BY m same day. SO
miles; as58 EAs
And back between q and SIP m every other Thurs
day;
Bids including extension Of SO miles via Clear Fork
London Kentucky, invited; also bids to carry
week.
b34s From Woolbourne at 8 1 m once week on Thurs
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-26

oo0s From Montgomery ato q twice week, "wednesday
By Noun, Mes. c.s.A..sAis. cro.. Keys. and Lock
To Tosksgee " m. AZ miles
And hsck between a m ana m, same days.
ooOs From Montgomery at once q week, Monday;
By sharpsviIe, Tiara Strata, Argue, Oak Grove, and
Oustee Creek
To Troy BY 10 m same days, SO miles;
AND back between . IN Tuesday, and 10 same
Bids for twice week service are invited Also to run
10y schedule giving three days for The round trip.
ooiV ron "csumPka ~ . m once week. Tuesdays
~ S. Tans Ss SISa's WsssSssey srswnss Pne
To Franklin, Ga. by IL N SATURDAY. i4o miles
Aud back between . IN Tuesday, and IL m Saturday,
Bids e, second weekly TRIP .s ir coidyils, lssy-
IL IN Tuesday, through each way In day and hsIf
are invited. Separate proposals for the service bs
tween Goldvile and Wetumpks, and Godvlle and
Franklin. are invited The departures and arrivals to
55ll From Wetumpka at m twice a week, Mondays
and Thursdays;
By Wind Creek, Dadeville. Dudsyvile, Chambers
G. H., and Wicklie a. a
And back betwesn q m Mondays and Thursdays,
and p m next days M
55l2 From Wetumpka At 2 ! week, Wednesday ;
By Huntington, Chestnut Greek. and Wascshs,chez
To Columbiana by m next day, 81 miles
And back between ia m Friday, and p m next
days;
Proposals TO end Chestnut Creek will be considrcd.
55iS From Tuskegee at m twice week, Mondays and
Fridays,
BY Chunenuggec, Union Springs, Aberfoil, Indian
Creek, Mount Andrew, Missouri, Clayton, Fort Bar
bour, and Mount Serene
To Eusula by p next days, n miles;
And back between m Mondays and Fridays, and
m next days
65l4 From Tuskegee at s a daily, except Sundays 81
To Noasulga or to nearest point railroad, by q
m, 10 miles;
Wai $500, NJ - - 4 - - .s.o L.
Bids for tri.weekly service will b considered
55l5 From Columbus, Ga at m daily &i
BY Girard. Dover Salem. Bursville, and Opelka
To Auburn by III m, SO mle,
And back between IL . and 8 p m same days
Bids to end At OPellka are invited ~.
55l6 From Coumbu,, Ga, At Q m, three times week,
Tuesday, Thuredsy, and Saturday,
By Vilula and Gennvlle
To EuauIa bv Q o M az miles: Egf Il
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

others down to the babe whose tiny hand
falls from the maternal bosom like the rose
bud nipt by the early frost from its stem, is
the natural language of the hearts purest emo
tons, And for those who have been taken
from our midst during the past year, the sad
tones of the night-wind's MINSTREL will find a
response in the bereaved heart, when the warn
ing knell that struck on the ear will have been
forgotten by others. And when the spring
returns with the music of the rills and the
singing birds, the soft zephyrs will kiss the
hallowed tear from the cheek of the mourning
one as she stoops to pluck leafofth cherish
ed mementoes that bloom on the grave Of de-
parted worth, and blending with their fragrant
breath, go up as incense on the wing of men,
ory's sigh to the fountain of all purity and un-
changing love.
Camden, DEL, Dec, 81, 1e4e.
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

''CdSt tny Diead upon the wafer, ana aiter
many days it will return to thee;" this is
Scripture truth, which, like all truth, has been
verified thousand times. The following sto-
ry may serve 10 illustrate the verify ofthis text
Allow meto premise that my story is a true one
in all particulars:
Some thirty years since, lad ofone ofour
EasternS States, about ten years ofage, was sent
by his employer to carry basket heavily Ia
den with wares, to purchaser. While stag
gering under its weight up somewhat steep
hill, gentleman Of about thirty years proffer-
ed his assistance, and beguiled the tediousness
of the way by pleasant anecdote, good advice,
and kind words. They parted-filteen years
passed away-the senior ofthese two, now fiji.
ty years of age, sat in his study with melan-
choly countenance and heavy heart. His door
opened, and his young and fascinating daugh-
ter, just blooming into womanhood, entered to
announce that a gentleman desired to see her
father. ''Shew him in my darling daughter,
and do you, my child, leave us to ourselves"
She obeyed. The old gentleman entered.-
"Well sir" was the salutation, shave you
considered my propositon?' 81 have, and
have determined, happen what may, will not
force or sway, by any act of mine, the will
of my child. She will be left to her own free
choice" Then, sir, tomorrow by three o.
clock, your property must go into the hands,
of the sheriff, unless you find some friend to
Epay the twenty thousand dollars" This he
said with sneer, and coldly bowing, left the
house. The poor fathers heart was racked.-
| am begger-my daughter is homeless.
have no friend to offer assistance in this hour
of my severest trial.
In the midst of these bitter reflections, again
his daughter entered, introducing gentleman
ofsome twenty-eight years ofage-a stranger.
sAm | in the presence ofMr. G. ?"wast the OPEN
ing remark; which being affirmatvely answer
ed, he continued by saying that he was suc-
cessfuI merchant of New York, and heard of
the misfortunes of Mr.. G., and had come on
purpose to ask the amount Of his liabilities,
that he might foam tine necessary funds u re-
:, IL /. his y. ,ts.~Nor wus-he shocked at the
mention of the large amount of twenty thou
sand dollars. He handed him his check, which
was duly honored-the father was once more
a happy man-his daughter was not houseless
he had found some friend to pay, despite the
sneer ofthis hard hearted creditor. "But, pray,
sr,'' said the agtated father, ''to what am I
indebted for this unusual, this munifcent kind
ness, from an entire stranger?'' "Perhaps you
have forgotten" was the reply, ''that some
eighteen years since you aided a friendless boy
of ten years of age to carry his loaded basket
up hill-that you gave good advice and kind
ly wordsl | am that boy. | followed your
advice-I have lived honestly have gained
wealth-and now, after many years, | have
come to return to you kind sir, the bread
which you then cast so freely upon the wa
ters.''
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

EDITORIAL ExcusEs.-Mrs. Prewett, the
lady editor of the "Yazoo Whig," in her pa
per Of the 14th, gives the following good, in.
genious, and unanswerabls excuses for its ap-
pearance that day-printed on one side only.
1t still continues to rain, and snow, and
freeze, and hail, and drizzlc, and everything
else. The wood won't burn, the stove won't
throw out heat, the printers won't work in the
cold, the type won't set themselves, and SO we
are out with half paper. Hope for better
luck next time.
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03
Beautiful Sentiment.

The late eminent Judge, Sir Alan Parke,
once said at public meeting in London :
"We live in the midst of blessings till we are
utterly insensible of their greatness and of the
source from which they flow. We speak Of
our civilization, our arts, our freedom, our
laws, and forget entirely how large share is
due to Christianity. Blot Christianity out Of
mans history, and what would his laws have
been, what his civilization? Christianity is
mixed up with our very being and our very
life; there is not familiar object around us
which does not wear a different aspect be-
cause the light of Christian love is upon it
not law which does not owe its truth and
gentleness to Christianity not custom which
cannot be traced in all its holy and beautiful
parts to the gospel"
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

LEGISLATIVE GALLANTRY.-The Georgia
Legislature is composed of chivalorous set OF
gentlemen. Though much disturbed by the
talk of the ladies' who visit the house, they
never presume to charge the fair ones with
the fault. 1t is always ''gentlemen," silence
in the lobby. On recent occasion, the Ser.
geant-at-arms cried out, in an angry voice;
"Gentlemen yon must cease talking, and LEI
the ladies talk. The House is pleased to heal
the ladies talk"
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

0SF The Freshmen at old Dartmouth
made themselves quite merry by the following
conundrum :-'Why is the sophomore class,
studying trigonometry, like the scribes and
pharisees of old? Because it is wicked
generation seeking after a sine, &c. The
sopbs retort by the following why is the
freshman recitation room like that remarkable
tree, whose leaves quiver in the lightest
breeze2 Because it is an ass pen (aspen.p
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03
For the Smyrna Telegraph.
To All whom it may concern.

To All whom it may concern.
No observing person, who has been ac-
quainted with Smyrna for any length Of time,
can help observing the rapid improvements it
is making.
New buildings are constantly going up |;
old ones are repaired and improved, and all
kinds of business is on the increase conse-
luently large number of Mechanics are con-
Istantly employed in the different branches OF
mechanism.
Now, let me ask who is benefited by all
these improvements Is the Mechanics, or is
1.-THE oagitalists9 A casual 'obserycr would
answer, at once, the Mechanics But let us
examine into the matter, and we will soon see
whether or not he is really benefited. A cap
italist will 60 10 a Brick-mason or Carpenter,
or in fact to any other mechanic, to get job
done. He asks him what is the lowest he
will do it for, at the same time intimating that
if he does not do itvery loao, in fact lower than
he can afford to do it-he will loose the job,
as Mr. so and so, will do it for such price.
The consequence is he is bound to take the
job at less than it is really worth, or go idle,
and rather than adopt the latter course, he
will accede to the former.
And may ask, who is to blame for all this
1t is not the capitalist, for it is to his interes;
to get his work done as low as he can. Who
then is to blame? Is it not the mechanics
themselves? 1t certainly is. And why p
Simply because there is no union between the
mechanics, but each one is trying to under.
work the other, and like the dog in the man.
ger, will not eat himself, nor let anybody else
eat. a'
But, you may ask, how is this evil to be
avoided l answer by all the mechanics
adopting uniform scale prices, prices al
which they can do justice to themselves, as
we'll as to their employers. AS it is they dc
justice to neither. They take a job at price
too low to make living at, and the conse
quence is they are compelled to slight theil
work, or loose money by the operation anc
to save themselves they slight their work
tt'IE aoiss ijt: ta fs tlss's slsSass.
The NJ. D. has his regular fee Or Bill 10
his work, no difference whether he kills o.
cures. The lawyer must be feed TO under
take a case for you, before he will open hi
mouth, no matter whether he gets you out o.
sinks you deeper into the mud. But the me
chanic, who is bound to do the job, or get nj
pay, must work for what ever he can GET
Now where, let me ask is the justice in this.
4 Echo answers WHERE?
Let the Mechanic ask and receive a fai
compensation for his work, and it will be al
advantage not only to himself, but to his EN-
ployer, and in fact to the whole community
If such was the state of things, Er. Editor,
venture to assert that your list of subscriber
to the Telegraph, among the Mechanics
: would be greatly increased. At least such j
the opinion Of A MECHANIC.
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03
[For the Smyn
a VALEDHCTORY.
ny THE AUTHOR OF "cLAssIc THOUGHTS.
Addressed to the Young Men of Camden, De


i.Is. ~ - g4lyis ------- ~
l. Ia ..rss- .hesiss idr,iqht hour Iyst me DOWN.
to muse on the past. The burden Of mighty
thoughts rests heavily on my soul. An un-
secnsminstrel of my heart has unlocked the
door of its sanctuary; but his harp is not for
the sensual ear. Naught that is vain can
wake the music ofits spirit.chords. With him
communing, forget all else, for the discord of
the noisy world is then hushcd. His harp res
ponds to the pure alone, and the highthoughts
of my soul are the words of his farewell hymn.
Gently as an angels football in the chamber
of the dying, his Tyre is touched, and listning,
/ hear its tones mingng with the sigh of the
departing year. Like the voice of many wa
tcrs, or the music of the rolling spheres, the
thrilling memories of the past come rushing
into my spirits silent retreat. hear not the
din and clomor of earth. Its roar of battle
and of strife-its death groans and wailing
cries of murdered and violated rights and in.
nocence, fall not upon my ear now, and the
hum of its busy millions finds no echo in the
tones Of my spirit-harp; but in the genve of
Time, and on the Stygian shore, far away
from hope and happiness, they find reposc
in the voice of woe that ever CRATES upon the
unstained heart of human love. ! have no
genial notes for the follies of an erring world.
The higher and lolter themes of the minds
right aim and destiny, can alone wake the
lyre of my soul at this hour. With one hand
upon the last link of year whose unfathom.
ed tomb is dripping with the tears and blooc
of unnumbered thousands, cannot sing fol
the bacchanal or the lecherous throng, mol
write for the moral mind of this gold-lovine
world. They cannot see through nature W
to natures God, for they worship the COLDER
calf; and the morbid appetites of their deprav
ed hearts are satisfied with the food of sen
sual and groveling ambition. There is nj
charm in the voice Of love for their ear, Their
is nothing sacred in their eyes, there is nj
beauty in the spiritual for them, there is moth
ing lofty or enobling in their aspirations, an
they travel on, stepping one after anothe
from the brink of time, to return no more for
ever. All pittiless throng But for yo
who see God and Immortality in the mora
image of man-who love only the beautiful
the good, the pure--lor yon there is bette
fate. With you the minstrel of my heart
highests and purest emotions may hold swe'
converse, and the unsung music of his spiri
born Tyre will awaken the. sublime beau
ties of the 0divinty within," and your sou
will expand in the light of mind untrammele
bv the grosser materials of an earthly exi
tence. OH young men, you know not IL
power of immortal thought You know. n
the beauty of mind clothed with the tr'
knowledge of its high origin, aspiring to fll
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

BE FIRM.-The wind and the waves may
beat against rock, planted in troubled sea,
but it remains unmoved. Be you like that
rock, young man. Vice may entice, and the
song and the cup may invite. Beware-stand
firmly at your post. There is glory in the
thought that you have resisted temptation and
conquered. Your bright example will be to
the world what the light house is to the mari
ner upon the sea shore. 1t will guide hun
dreds to the port ofvirtue and safety.
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

LONG GRAcE.-Dr. Franklin, when q boy.
found that the long graces used by his father
before and after meals were very disagreeabe'
One day, after the winters provisions had
been salted, he said - as .r-.
Il think, father, if you said grace over the
whole cask, once for all, it would be grea
saving of time
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

Women loves flowers, and flowers are like
women in beauty and sweetness, so they ought
to grow up together. No flower garden looks
complete without woman in it, and no wo-
man ever seems so lovely as when she is surs
rounded by flowers. .s5 Il -Hs3
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03


Twas when early buds were swelling
That we laid thee in that dwelling,
97sl!iag, caroding enre and grief.
Can never reach thee more;
Thy bosom formed for gladness
nere nothing knew but sadness,
There is 10 stinging souls to madness
On that bright and happy shore;
With Jesus now thou art landed.
Hopes trusting bark unsiranded,
On that bright and blessed shore
There, rest thee, Rachel, evermore.
Ofthee we are nightly dreaming,
And thy spirit-faee comes teeming,
Cleaning with that lovely smilo
To us, thy early vissage wore;
Say, are all like thee in Heaven,
Or to thee alone art given,
Because ye strove, and long had striven,
For that high and happy shorel
ITO all who would my God behold,
The halfhas never yet been told
On that bright and blessed Shore"
There rest thee, Rachel, evermore.
Though to the grave descended
We know thy spirits wended,
Blended with that holy band,
Redeemed by God, of yore;
IIarps around His throne are ringing
While the angel-band are singing,
And blood bought souls are winging
To that bright and happy shore;
And our prayer is sill TO meet thee,
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

or The pumpkins grow SO large out West
that they are obliged to turn them over by
putting the ends of rails under them. One ol
them scooped out makes very good meeting
house for small congregation.
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

"Mrs. Brown, they say that your husband
follows very crooked ways" "Well, Mrs.
Smith, that is not strange, for when he was a
boy he got SO much in the habit of chasing
snakes, that he never could get over it"
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

GETTING Down IN THE WoRLD.-"Ah!"
said Mrs. Bounce to her husband, "these times
amt as they was when you was captain of an
oyster skiff, and used to wear my hair down
in my neck, and we had bean soup every day
for dinner, and could get trusted at the gro-
Gerry. No indeed they amt"
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

A young lady, correspondent of the Inqui-
rer, complains of having too many beaux.-
Neither one can get the chance to .'pop the
question: Poor girl
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

- HARD HIr.--The. albany Dutchman
perpetrates the following hard hit at tobacco
chewers - nsa
GA chemist in New York has just invented
a substitute for tobacco, which will doubtless
soon supersede the weed, as it is just as nasty
and good deal cheaper" ha 80
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

When you see a female rise early, get
breakfast, and do her mothers work in sea-
son, and then sit down to sew or knit, depend
upon it she will make good wife.
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

Coon RuLEs.-The following rules are said
to be posted in New Jersey school house,
mo kissing girls in school times. No licking
the master during holidays.
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

On sailors gravestone, in the Brooklin
Navy Yard, are the following words to be
seen :-"Nobly he did his duty below, and
now he has gone alolt."
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

Terrible pressure in the money Market as
the rat said when tho specie keg rolled on it.
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

The company of bad books is as dangerous
as the company of bad men.
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

An Editor at dinner table, being asked if
he would take some pudding, replied SOW
ing to a crowd of other matter, am unable
To make room for it,n q Z yc 80 ,getsI
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03
~ Gsaessss '8s
SSD q
POETRY.
IFor the Smyrna Telegraph.
VrNES
BY z. atoD. ROBERTS.

Written on the death of Mrs. Rachel Bostic.
The Smyrna telegraph. (Smyrna, Del.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-03

5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-12-11
FARMERS MAXIMS.

1t is al error to plant seed from States
further south. In a cold season only the
seed of colder climate will ripen we'll.
Often breaking up surface keeps the
soil in health-for when it lies in hard
bound state enriching showers run off, and
the salubrious air cannot enter.
Weeds exhaust the strength Of the earth
and if suffered to grow may be called gar
den sins.
The hand and the hoe are the only in
s,ruments for eradicaling weeds, yet if there
is room between the rows for the spade it
is we'll to use it.
Never keep your cattle short few farm
ers can afford it. If you starve them they
will slarve you.
], will no, do to hoe great field for a
little crop, or to NOW twenty acres for five
loads of hay.
Enrich the land and it will pay you for it.
Better farm ten acres than forty acres by
halves.
In dry pastures dig for water on the brow
of q hill-springs are more frequently
near the surface Of height than in the
vale.
Rain is cash to farmer.
The foot Of the owner is the best manure
for the land.
Cut bushes that you wish to destroy in
the summer, and with a sharp instrument
they will bleed freely and be almos, GER
tain TO die.
Sow clover deep. secures it agains, the
drought.
Never plough in bad weather or when
the soil is wet.
1t is best TO cut grain before it IS fully or
dead ripe.
When the straw Immediately below the
grain is SO dry that on twisting it no juice
is pressed out it should be cut, for then
there is no further circulation of juices to
the ear.
Accounts should be kept detailing the
expences and products of each field.
When an implement is no longer wanted
for the season, lay it aside, but lie. it frs!
be we'll cleaned.
Obtain good seed and prepare your fields
well, sow early, and pay very little a''en-
ton to the moon.
Do not begin by building an expensive
house, nor erecting spacious barn till you
have something to store in it,
Avoid low and damp site for dwell
ing house. Build sufficiently distant from
your barn and stock yard, TO avoid accident
by fire.
Keep notes Of all remarkable occurren-
ces on your farm. Recording even your
errors will benefit you.