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Smyrna times., 1854-07-05

! A PooR MANS NVIsH.--I asked student what
three things he most wished for, and he said:
"Give me health, books, and quiet, and ask
for nothing more
4 i asked niser, and he said, amoney--mo-
pey ~
4 asked drnnkard, and he loudly cried for
strong drink.
Il asked the multitude around me, and they
lifted up confused cry in which heard the
words, 9 Wealth, fame and pleasure"
askeda poor man, who had long borne the
character oilan sxperiencti Christian; he re-
piled that an his wishes could be met in Christ.
He spoke seriously, and asked him to explain
He said:
81 greatly desire these three things--firsi
that may be folnd in Christ; secondly, that
may be like Christ thirdly, that may be with
Christ"
/ i have thmgh.much OF his answer, and the
more think of II the wiser ii scents.
Smyrna times., 1854-07-05

& ly The difference between an old woman
and yoliniE ono d, that tho one 'is happy and
careless, and the'ether u cappy and hairless
Smyrna times., 1854-07-05
0riginaI poetrgg.
Written for the Smyrna Times.
nNIPREsEMcE OF GOD.

Part Of One Hundred and TRirty-ninih Psalm
paraphrased.
Smyrna times., 1854-07-05
Original Artitles,
Wr ten for the S.aJtaa Times.
WAVSIDE FLOWERS.
ny PAUL pEnRERToy.

ny PAUL pEMRERToy.
"Cut upon the calf, | say,
Who turns his grunbling head away
Aad iaurmurs at his food Of hay,
d cause it is not clover;
Give TO me the happy mind,
That VIII ever. seek and find
s;omeib ng good ard something kind,
All The wide world over.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-08-03

wounded honor was healed.
The State Bark OF Tennessee
has cireaIbtIon Of $3.50, ,0f9,
and owes 10 derosiiors S73i,F4-.
Ii has Of specie, Si,IS2, ,997, roles
Of other banks, 9I45,S0S, due BY
other banks, S5I6,37s, domestic
bills, 81 ,455,9G0, notes discounted.
s2,l5S COS, SC. The bolItrs and
are abundanlly project
ed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-08-03

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the time Of subscription: Two Dollars

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the time of subscription; Two Dollars
and Fifty Gents, WITHOUT DEVIATION
after the expiration Of three months. g
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% Subscribers filling to order adiscontinuanee
of the paper, 1t the expiration Of the time
for which they may have Subscribed, are con-
sidered as wishing to renew; and it will be
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trH Persons advertising by the year, will he
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that of its individual members
t-TAnnouncing candidates T'iaree DPtiarS
f9 be paid ila adUdace an eUery case.
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Der of insertions when handed IN, will be con-
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terms as any Office in Tennessee
No Paper wiil'be discontinued until ali
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!. ME Publisher.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-08-03
The I.oyed One was not There,

Nye gathered round the festive board,
The cracking faggot blazed;
But few would taste the wine that poured,
Or ioiu the song we raised.
For there was now glass unified
Axavored place to spare;
kll eyes were dull, all hearts were chilled
The loved one was not there.
10 happy laugh was heard to ring,
No form would lead the dance;
h smothered sorrow seemed to fling
A gloom in every glance.
t'he grave has closed upon brow, =
The honest, bright, and fair; =
I've missed our mate, we mourned the blow
The loved one was not there
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-08-03
Lines on Parting.

The beams that o'er the mountain play
Shall leave them lone at even;
and thy sweet smile viii pass away
Just like that light of heaven.
For, lady, It's the doom of earth
To meet but just to sever
The friendship that to-day finds birth
Tomorrow dies foreveri
Sill there's a moral in this doom
That speaks to every heart;
Itjsthat earth is not our home,
Else wherefore should We part?
Thea turn those gentle eyes above,
Where peace and joy entwine-
The home Of friendship and OF love
Nav it be thine and mine.
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Cboitr 35petrlJ-
To an Esteemed Friend.

I'll think of thee, when on my heart
Lile's heavy burthen crushing lies
OF thee, when worldly cares depart,
AID rainbow pleasures gid my skies.
I'll think of thee, when from the field
The lark on dewy plnion springs,
And wooing Nature makes her yield
The song she freely downward tllngs-
I'll think Of thee, when shadowy night
Her sombrc banner has unfurled,
Aud sways, with dark, despotic might,
auer leaden sceptre DER the world"
iii tltink Of thee, when Springs first blush
Bids Winter quit the seasons stage,
While Hfe's Young fancies wildly gush,
Nor cease when comes my winteT-age.
F..se.tttille, Jury, 1854 CRAYoN,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-08-03
FAYETTEVILLE, TIN, .THURSDlF, AUGUST g., 1854.

from the city in the morning, ane
fully resolved -npon what she woult
DO, Esther threw herself upon, the
bed, and in snatches of uneasy
Islumber, passed the remainder O
THAT dreadful night. At day dawn
she was up, and making preparations
for going 10 the boat to intercept
I her husband.
BE self-possessed, my dear niece
urged Mrs. Carlisle, in voice that
trembled 50 that she could scarcely
speak. r 7 st S
Esther tried TO replys but, though
her lips. and tongue moved, there
was DO utterance Turning away,
just as the sun threw its FIRST rays In.
to her chamber-window, She went
down stairs, and 'iel aunt, no longer
Iable to restrain herself, covered her
face with her hands, and wept.
On the day before, Esther had laid
her gloves on one of the parlor man
ties, and she went in to get them
It was so dark that she could not see,
and she, therefore, opened window
and pushed back one Of the shutters !
As she did SO. n sound between a
sigh and a groan fell upon her. ear,
and caused her to turn with start.
There lay her husband, asleep upon
one Of the sofasl A wild cry, that
she could not restrain, burst from
her lips, and, springing towards him,
she threw her arms about his neck,
as he arose, startled from bis recum-
bent position.
An hours reflection, alone in the
room he had taken in the hotel. sat
isfed Huntley that he was wrong in
not going home. By the aid Of his.
he entered, silently, at
the very time his wife resolved to
seek him in the morning, and throw
ing himself upon sofa in the par
lpr, to think what he should next do,
thought himself to sleep. t,
All was, of course, reconciled.-
With tears of JOY and contrition, Es-
her acknowledged the error she had (
committed. Huntley had his own
'bare of blame in his impatient tenn
)er, and this he was also ready to
confess. He did not, however, own
hat he had thought Of deserting bis
wife on such slight provoeation.
lor did she confess the fearful suspi-
ion that had crossed her mind. .
1t was their first and last quarrel.
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lSsAS6HAIs.-A gentleman own

SHANGHAls.-A gentleman own n
ing a plantation on James rlFeF n
bought three years ago, three ir'F II,
Shanghai chickens for $50. pe
year afterwards he sold enough 70
repay him thrice for his outlay
The third year (the present, ne
finds himself owner of 2, 500 hens.
From these he sells s533e worth 81
pggs per week, and all the young
roosters at 37a cents apiece as
soon as they get large enough %
cat. His aggregate receipts ior eggs
alone will be $500 per annnm.-
Richmond Enquirer.
Al Milwaukee, (Wis,) The lake
was Sd clear recently, that pm
could be seen at the bottom ~ III
80 - fsei water Several articles
lost IRON Kellogg & strong's pier
were Eshea H2 fFssn The lake.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-08-03

Yesay is the oply ioevn on the
Ohio river where case Of cholera
has never. yetoeeurred. There is
.nos q weil il the place. The IN
habitants use cistcrn water alto
gether.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-08-03

PET RATS was astonished on
visiting the houses Of some of thein-
habitants to see a huge rat walking
quietly across the room, and crawling
up the masters legs in a cool, Emil-
iar manner Instead Of repulsing it,
OF eYincing any alarm,he took it Dp il
his hands, and caressed it; and then
] learnt for the first time, and to nav
utter astonishment, that it was a Gus
tom in Bangkok to keep pet rats,
which are taken very young and care
fully reared, till they attain perfect
ly monstrous size from good and plen-
tiiul feeding. These. domestic rats
are kept expressly to free the house
of other verrnin Of their own race, md
SO feroclous are theySin The onslaught
they make, that few of the hou4es are
ever annoyed by mice or rais-
.VealeS s Res(dcace IN .Stam.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-08-03

Bancroft in his enlogy. on Gen
jackson, says. she never died, but
when death came,tb old hero showed
him aside and escaped iato glory"
Iopa Gazetta.
Bancroft didn't say that. Nor
could he justly. = Andrew Jackson
never attempted TO escape any OBJ
legation laid upon him by bis Crea-
tor, iand meeting the common lot Of
man he did not shrink from the or
deal OF the grave. Death had no spe-
cial terror for him. The great and
good man, conscious of his own
integrity, and having done bis dety.
here without regard to personal case
orpleasare, confidently trusted tothe
future, which was alone inthe hands
oflGad. He met death eoinposedIy
aud has left in lasting remembraree
a most glorious ame,-4HarJford
Times.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-08-03

Two Chinese haze been Gsli!isI
a duel IN California after The ni1ji-s
nel'of their country. 1TEe wtsP
ons used. we're bamboo sticks. visits
Which they uhac ke,i each piter
until one was satisfied that bis
wounded honor WIS healed.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-10-26
Rumored Discovery of the Remains of
Sir John Franklin.

A despatch from DR.. MCRAE. dated as
1Ork Factory on the 4th of August. has
been received by the Governor of the
Hudson Bay Territory, narrating the dis
covcry fthe remains of Sir JOHN FRANK
LIN and his unfortunate company. 1t is
stated that they we're starved to death in
the spring of 1850, to the northwest of
Fox River.
How sadly will this news fall upon tho
hearts of the whole British nation and of
humanity everywhere The memory of
the gallant Admiral and his heroic wife
will be cherished alike in after years, and
live in perennial freshness. What science
has lost in his death cannot now be esti-
mated, but what the world has gained in
sublime example can be more easily
appreciated.
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h@Thc kansas Weekly Herald, is
tue title of 4 newspaper received among
exchanges yesterday, all the way from
the disputed Territory" 1t is neatly
printed sheet, published at Leavenwortl
by Osborne & Adams. 1t is the first
newspaper that has been established il
the territory.
The city of Leavenworth," where the
Herald is published, is situated about :
mile and half below Fort Leavenworth
is 4" laid out in streets, squares, &c, and
is growing with true rapidity and thrift
Il is destined to become & large and i'm
portaot place of business, 1t is not fal
from the new city of kickapoo.
The following notices appear cditorially;
A large number of hands are engaged
in cutting ont the streets of this city.
The population of this city is as follows:
90 men, l woman aud DO 0 babies. To
tai leo. Truly fOurishing and prom
ising town.
Leavenwortb was already talked Of
as the capital of Kansas, We trust it will
have something to ell school house with
before the capital is built.
OF the 90 male inhabitants of the city
10 advertise themselves as " Attorneys
and Councillors at Law! There is one
physician, hotel, a steam saw mill, sev.
eral dry good stores, book store, anG
drug store and other trading establish
meuts.
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Imyortant News from Europe--SebastoCol
lot vet Taken.

lot yet Taken.
On Friday last he European steamer
Africa arrived off Sandy Hook, from
whence we have by Telegraph summa-
ry of her news, which, in view of the last
preceding advices from the seat of war
and the speculations which they superin
duced, is rather of an extraordinary char
actcr.
The rejoicings in England and France
over the supposed decisive victories in the
Crimea have been suddenly checked by
the announcement that Sebastopol is not
taken; that the report of the destruction
Of the Russian feet is false; that the re-
port of the explosion of Fort Constantine
is also false, and that the despatch pur-
porting to have come from OMER PACHA
was fogery.
Sebastopol. however, has been invested
By the Allies, both by land and sea-
But it had not fallen as late as the 31th
ultimo. \ despatch dated at CONSTANT
nople on the evening of that day, from
Lord STRATFoRD DE RADCLIFFE to Lord
CLARENDON, states that the armies had
established basis of operations at Bala-
klava On the morning of the 2eth they
we're preparing to march without delay
upon Sebastopol. The Agamemnon and
other vessels of war were at Balaklava,
where they were disembarking the bat
tering trains.
The Austrian General at Odessa tele
graphs that the struggle recommended on
the 25th and continued when the courier
left. On the 9th the Allies we're on the
road to Baalbcck, ten miles from Sebasto-
pol.
Official dispatches, received by way Of
Marseilles, state that Sabastopol was in
vested OF the 9th and the second line Of
defences carried. Prince Menschikof
had fallen back with the wreck of lii
army, and was shut up in Sebastopol.--
The allied land forces were in communi-
cation with their feet and commanded
the approaches to Sebastopol.
Gen. Ostensacken and Gen. Luders
had entered the Crimea with Russian re-
inforcementS to the number of forty bat
talions. Omer Pasha had orders to join
the army of the Crimea.
At the battle of Alma the Allied forces
took three thousand prisoners.
The Notifications of Anapa we're burnt
by the Russian garrison, Tho were march,
ing to the scene Of action.
Austria intimateS that she will consid-
er the Cars prolonged refusal of the four
conditions as caSuS bull.
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Potatoes.

The New London Chronicle says: I'VE
arc informed by an intelligent and relia-
bic man, who has just returned from an
extensive tour through northern and wes-
tern Massachusetts,, that potatoes ia that
region are not only plentiful and of an ex-
cellent quality, bat cheap that he has
not heard word said of rot nor any
other disease since be has been gone, and
that they can be purchased at fifty cents
a bushel. Apples of the first quality are
sold at Barre aud the adjoining towns at
one dollar barrel barrel and all
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UOIlN VI. OI y ON.
D. RODNEY KING, Esq, Philadelphia.
a Bloomer In Trouble-- Northampton
County Fair.

EAsToN, Pa, ia Miss Bradley
was to have made a balloon ascension
here on Tuesday, but as it rained, the
ascension was postponed until yesterday
Some boys, however, managed to cut a
hole in the balloon, and the lady was a
gain disappointed. Miss b. dresses in
the Bloomer fashion, apd is followed by
crowds whenever she makes her appear
ance. Yesterday she had to get the po-
lice to take her to the hotel.
The Northampton County Fair at Naz-
arath closes to-day. 1t has been largely
attended, and the show is excellent, en-
bracing Shanghai chickens, superior sheep
and fine cattle
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Che 1cffrrsnnian.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1854

o. A protracted meeting is now in pro-
gress in the NJ E. Church, of this place
The services of the Rev. JAMES SEW ELL and
Rev. JAMES CUNNINGHAM, of The City of Phil
Rdephia, have been procured, who will re-
main during the present and following week
Services every evening, commencing at :
o'clock. The public are cordially invited tc
attend.
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l96.66l
l59,Sl9
Pollock's majority,
36,S42

TIE counties not included, and yet to be
heard from, are Elk, Potter, and McKean.-
They gave Governor BigIer, in 1851, when
he had S465 minority in the State, majori-
'y Of G55. They will probably now give L
email majority 30: Pollock.
The Prohibitory Liquor Law is defeated
the III ajority against the law is about 2,O00,
OHIO-In this State the Anti Administra-
'on majority is estimated at $4,000 votes.
The county Of Hamilton, including Cincinnati,
gives q majority o: 1000, equivalent TO Il
Whig gain, since the last Presidential cleo
,'on, Of 1900. According 10 the Teie.
graphic reports, this State has elected to
Congress, cut Of the twenty-one members, TO
which it is entitled, at least eighteen, who
are opposed TO the repeal Of the Missouri
compromise,
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II A correspondent of the New York
Herald at Greene, Chenange county, un-
der date of the 5tb, gives an account OF
a thrilling tragedy recently enacted in
that village. 1t appears that returned
Californian named Davis had misunder-
standing with his wife, which led to sep
aration. Davis met his brotherin-law,
with whom his wife resided, and after
brief conversation, they parted, when he
drew 4 revolver and shot his relative in
the back, killing him instantly He then
proceeded in search Of his wife, whom he
also shot, and she expired in short time
after. AS filing climax to this scene OF
horror, the wretched man turned the
weapon upon his own breast and slew
himself
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Official Vote for Congress---l3th District,
Cheap Wife.

The "1Hauch Chunk Ga1ate," informs
that colored man in that place lately
told his wife to another colOred gemmaD,
for S5. The parties interested all seemed
perfectly satisfied, the father Of the seller
declaring that it was "as much as she was
wof" Not so. She would bring hun
dTed times as much in Kansas.
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BEARS IN CANADA.-It is stated bya
gentleman lately returned from Canada
that the bears driven from the woods and
back places By want of food have been
unusually numerous in the open fields
One farmer lost twenty nine cattle, car
rled off by them, and others have suffered
in like manner, although not to such an
extent. A crusade against these marau-
ders was made and about dozen were
shot.
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his vessel could have lived four or FIVE
days, if necessary, before putting into
port for repairs. In other words, he
could have taken off every soul on board
the Arctic and landed them safely at
Halifax or even Boston.
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EG~ 4 destructive FIRE occurred at Potts
vile on the night of the 10th inst, sup
posed to have been kindled by an iDcen-
diary A number Of buildings were de-
stroyed, including the printing Office OF
the Miners Journal, which involved loss
% the proprietor Of about go, 900.
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U, s. Senator.

The Easton Whig is out in favor of A
4. Brown, Esq, of that place, for U. S.
Senator.
The Lehigh Valley Times suggests
Gen. H. d. Maxwell, and E. +. Stewart, for
the same station. In addition to the fore.
going, we understand the following nam
ed gentlemen, will be broug ht forward
for the U S. Senatorship: Hon. Daniel
NJ. Smyser, of Montgomery; Hon. John
c. Kunkle, of Dauphin; Hon. Thaddeus
Stephens, of Lancaster; Edgar Cowan
ESQ, M Westmoreland; and Hon. II. NJ.
Fuller, Of Luzerne.
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ours JTUly.
Z. T. BARNUM.
Gov. Reader in KaDzas
Mr.. TuEo. SCHoCH-

Gov. Reeder landed at Fort Leavcu-
worth, which will be bis home for the
present. He was greeted on bis arrival
at the Fort with the national salute, and
a public reception was given bin'
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-10-26

THANKSGIVING DAY.-The Governor
of Maryland has issued his proclamation
appointing Thursday, the twenty-third
day of November next, as day of public
Thanksgiving and Prayer,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-10-26

Ey- The following is the official vote
for Senator in this, (loth Senatorial Dis
tric.l 10 wit:
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Parnum's Autobiography.

We cannot better subserve the author o.
The following letter than by publishing 1t, in
order TO apprize our readers of the shortly in-
tended appearance of one of the spiciest and
most interesting volumes for winter evenings
reading:
OFFICE AMERICAN NJ UsEUM,
New YORK, Oct. II, '54.
Mr.. TuEo. SCHoCH-
Dear Su - am
engaged upon my Life, with no intention
Of taking it off, however, otherwise than
With the pen. Having in the course of .
long chequered career had the honor Of
being one of tie profession, take the lib.
erty, as q wbilom brother of the order oi
the quill, Of writing you to the effect that,
some time in December, my autobiogra-
ply will probably appear before the pub
lie and in your sanctum Any little as
eistauce you can render in making the
fact known to your audience will be CRATE
fully remembered by
Yours Truly.
I. 7. BARNUM
P. S.-The Boston, New York and
Philadelphia publishers are after me like
Q cloud l will advise you the moment
! have made my selection which Of them
shall publish it.
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THE ELECTIONS.

The great contest in this State shows that
the people have chosen a Wing Governor, g
Democratic Canal Commissioner, and Dem
ocratic Supreme Judge. A large majority
Of the Congressional delegation are Wings
and of the Democrats elected several are an
;i-Nebraska. The vote for Governor, taking
the reported majorities of the counties fron
which we have not yet heard the Official vote
81 as follows:
Pollock, l96.66l
Bglcr, l59,Sl9
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-07-27
Steamboat Imposition

frequent and just complaint is made o
the officers of the packets Ben Campbell
and J. Mckee, for perssting in landing thei,
passengers for Davenport at Rock Island
thus subjecting them TO delay, additional
charges and inconvenience. Every even.
| ing there are more or less passengers on
one or the other Of these boats for Daven-
port, and yet, although they may have paid
their passage to this city, they are pu. ashore
at Rock Island TO wade about in sand half
anele deep in search of facilities to convey
their baggage to the ferry boat for trans
portation across the river This is perfect
imposition upon the travelling public and we
feel assured that should Mr.. McCune, who
is chief proprietor of the line, be advised Of
the circumstance he would speedily have a
change The additional trouble Of landing
first at Davenport, while just, would be
slight indeed in comparison with that ncon.
venencc to which the captains Of these
boats subject those persons who under the
circumstances are so unfortunate as to take
passage with them.