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Smyrna times., 1855-08-22
The E2n7resa.

Al '--fsGS
Captain Adams, Of the United States. Navy.
who recently returned with the japanese trca.
ty, found the Japanese offic extremely cour.
teous and friendly, and the people social and
communicative. Their former distrust and
Jealousy seemed greatly diminished. There
was some difficulty in procuring the signature
OF the Emperor to the treaty as it was the GUS
tom of the Supreme council to act in his stead.
But the difficulty was overcome, and the trea
ty with the United States is the first that has
ever received the signature of japanese EN-
peror. The privileges of trade secured are
more liberal and advantageous than have been
secured by any other nation that has obtained
access to this isolated people.
The japanese officials made many inquiries
after Com. Perry, to whom they sent MESA.
gcs of remembrance. The clrcu ar railroad
and locomotive he took out had been put in
1edo, and the japanese could now manage them
very well, the locomotive making its trips every
day. They had also life-boat in the water,
with special crew detailed for her The mag
netic telegraph, however, Was rather too diff.
cult Tor them, and tney had not succeeded in
getting it to work properly. During the visit
OF C'in. Perry's squadron they took measure.
ments of the storeships Southampton, and they
had vessel OF the same model and dimensions
nearly ready for launching.
The old Japanese law restricting the size
and model of their .junks has recently been alb
rogated, and the Government is nov arnbtiou.
to possess a naval squadron similar to ours.-
From this fact it will be seen how rand is the
growth of new ideas in this secluded nation
and what vast changes must necessarily result
from their further intercourse with Americans
| The only American article they objected tc
the introduction of was religion. They pre-
terred their own, and the Commissioners return
ed to Captain Adams bundle Of religious book
and tracts, which one of the American chap
lains had distributed among the people, reques
ting him to take them back to America. The,
demonstrated at this attempt to proselytc tn
japanese as in violation of the principles o tn
treaty and contrary to the japanese laws
Wash. Mtelligenccr.
Smyrna times., 1855-08-22
Gbaitt 4oem.
The Past and the Present.
Tune" Major LORgboU."

TUNE" MAJOR LoRgboU."
The times are greatly changed since my
..' Old dad and ma'am were young;
The boys, they. used to hold their ploughs,
The girls TO ho!d their tongue;
The women used 10 reel and spin,
The men made shuttles fly;
Now men do all the reeling, sirs-
What'll you lay it's a lie!-
The fast line stages used to go
About four miles an hour:
Now fifty miles is common speed,
And that by engine power;
No man would travel fifty miles,
Without he'd made his will;
But now we move with lightning speed,
While we are sitting still.
A merry dance was all the GO
They'd cut the pigeon-wing,"
Jump nimbly oil the heel and toe,
And give the Highland fling;
Now ladies languish' whirl about,
Love beaming from the eye;
The waltz and polka are the rage
What'll you lay it's lie
Just once a week they read the news,
Three months from Liverpool,
And how their hearts indignant beat
At tyrainy's misrule;
We now have steamers, telegraphs,
And all thrSe-sO o. thinUS
That seem to have contempt for space,
And fly on llghtning's wings.
We have no towns-they're cities now,
And some are under water;
Instead of wood, we've iron frames,
FIlld up with brick and mortar;
We've medicines that frlghten death,
And guns that bring him nigh,
All kinds OF patent killing things
What'll YOU lay it's lie
b. steam we move, by steam We work,
BY steam We cook oar meats;
School masters teach the young by steam,
Men st:atn Il thiDugh the streets;
We think by steam, we write by steam,
lin sure it is no dream;
the UapOrS have our editors
Our aclOr> act by steum
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A Beautiful Sentiment.

" The moon looks calmly down when man is
dying,
The earth still holds her way;
Flowers breathe their perfume, and the winds
keep signing;
Nausht seems to pause or stay"
Clasp thy haud n"cKly over tle still breast
they've no more NOrK To do; close the weary
eyes-thcy'vt no 3nOre tears to shed; part the
damp locks--,nore ) 40 more pain to bear
Closed is the ear alike TO love, kind voice, and
calumny's singing whisper.
O, if in that stllled heart you have ruthless
ly planted thorn; if from that pleading eye
you have carelessly turned away your loving
glance, and kindly word, and clasping hand,
have come--all too latc--then God forgive you!
No trown gathers on that marble brow, as you
gaze-- no scorn curls the chiseled lip--no flush
of wounded feeling mounts to the blue-veined
| temples.
God forgive for your feet too. must shrink
app llled from deaths cold river--your falter.
ing tongue asks, Z" Can this be death 7" You
fading eye fingers lovingly on the sunny earth
your clammy hands yields its last feeble fut
ter.
D, rapacious grave, yet another victim 70
J thy voiceless keeping What! no words @
greeting from the household sleepers! N
throb of pleasue from the dear maternal bosom
; Silent all
, u. tn. 81 broken limbs were never gather
ed upi Ifbeyond deaths swelling food ther
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OF A woman may more safely marry man
whom she respects and esteems than one she
loves. A woman may love murderer, rake,
spendthrft, gambler, but she cannot respect
and esteem him.
0r Dogenes is acquainted with printer
who is SO enthusiastic in his business that he
never sits down to dinner without insisting on
seeing proof" the pudding.
OS5-"I shall be indebted to you for lfe," as
the man said to his creditors when he ran away
to Australia. ,-
OF al really can't express my thanks" a
the boy said to schoolmaster, when he gave
him thrashing.
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FuN ALIvE.-We understand that they had
"fun alive" at the Long Branch Boa riding
houses, on Saturday last. 4 number of the
boardcrs Al the different houses made up a purse
Of $40, had pole of good height erected and
well creased, and offered tho purse TO any one
who would climb it. The attempt was unsuc-
ccsstully made by several; but bright boy
solved the difficulty, and as sand was not barred
out, filled his pockets with that Jersey commo-
dIty, and holding fast with each hand while he
scraped aud sanded place for place for the
other mountod to the top and secured the prize.
The performances terminated with a " sack
ing match" four negroes being tied up to the
neck in so many sacks and another purse offer
cd to the one of them who could travel fifty
/ yards the quickest in that condition. Two Of
the contestants overreached ct the first start,
! fell, and of course could not get up but the
other two advanced without falling, and one of
the four won the purse ip extraordinarily good
time-MoRmOvth Standard.
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stlett mistellanp,
Time the Test of Truth.

We are inclined to regard stability as one OF
the most satisfactory tests of truth. In mea-
surfing given tract of time with this test, we
cannot fail to see what are the veritable and
reliable principles and doctrines. They are
those which hold on their way, and though SUBJ
merged now and then, come up again with un-
impaired strength to do the work of God and
humanity. 1t is interesting to notice what
variety OF things, doctrines, devices, will come
up at successive eras, each in its place, and for
a season the whole world seems to 90 after it.
For few days the gaped-at wonder of the
world, claimed to be the sovereign panacea of
the worlds ills, t-then passes off and is forgot
ten. few years since, all the religion which
was deemed worth anything by vast numbers,
took the shape and raised the canor of Ad-
ventism; and half the people in some sections
seemed crazed about the speedy coming OF the
Lord. But the Lord did not come, and SO that
fury passed by.
We may take any one of the prominent reI-
giOus errors of the country, and follow it's his.
tory fifty years; and every decade of the fifty
we shall find it has materially changed its form
it has become different something every ten
years. Such is ever the history of error. II
comes up, it shifts position, in order to adapt
itself to philosophy, to fashion, to depravity
grows tired at length of keeping up pro6tles:
existence, weakens, wanes, and passes away.
How different the true gospel Its grea
truths, such as the Trinity, Atonement, Depra
witty, Regeneration, Retribution, the truth
which the pen of inspiration wrote down mos
clearly in the beginning, which the early churcl
preached and professed, which the living churcl
everywhere has embraced and lived upon
these truths have held their sublime wa
through she centuries. All other sorts of trut
have been shifting-these have not. All othe
things and systems have been improving-thi
not; because it is Gods, immutable and eter
nal as the projections of hisown infinite nature
These identical truths are now doing the ider
: tical work they did at the beginning.
Wherever there is a marked, earnest, sell
: denying piety, they are. as they ever have bee
at the bottom of it, and the nutriment of it,
These are the truths, and no others, which g
hundred points, IN Chlna, lndla, Africa, IN IN
bands and the heart of the Moravian, the Me h
dist, the Baptist, the Presbyterian, the CkNrcl
man, the Independent, are doing battle wit
n idolatry aud despotism, superstition and sin
p making the most arid fields beauteous al
g green; causing clankng chains to fall, impri
'e oned souls to leap with joy-the debased al
T. degraded by thousands, by millions, soon
D. stand forth as the freemen of the Lord, heirs
'e more than crowns and kingdoms. When ,
! see these doctrines and principles iDdubitab
Is written in the Book of God, and living on
Sc ages the unchanging life of God, and doin
ry through all, the veritable and mighty works
te God, we must accept them, and will cleave
III them, and ever honor them as the eternal trr
of of God.-NeU York Evangelist.
Smyrna times., 1855-08-22

JUpIcIoUs CHoIcE.-A poet in the State
Tribune, in some heart-rending lines to "k.
g." (Ktty GrImes), after saying that "the
face is the sky of the heart" end telling her if
she will turn to his faces rCvi wv" she will
find the proofs, that he hopes will prevail, OF
the fact that his "heart to its innermost cell
beats purely and only for her. concludes
"In Europe's strife, by Danube's tide,
I'll seek home to die;
! And mid the clash of war abide
The end of life's deep misery"
The choice of the banks of the Danube is wise
at the present time. 1t is much safer than the
+, Crimea Boston Post.
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$500 -

No UGLY WOMEN ENGAGED.-The New Or
leans PicGy"Re, in noticing a new theatre to
be opened there on grand scale, says that one
ot the managers rules is to have no "ugly wo-
men in his corps drdmatiquc; and that his
motto is TO be "youth, beauty, profusion of
light, flowers and gaiety,"
Smyrna times., 1855-08-22

Inland Daily says that many of their citizens
had the pleasure, the other night, of witnessing
that unusual phenomenon, rainbow by moon.
light. It is described as having been most
beautiful.
Smyrna times., 1855-08-22

NEVER ERSATIsFIED.-The Chattanooga (Tenn.l
Advertiser OF Saturday last says: Every day
Tor several weeks we have had rain. The fears
now entertained by the farmer are that the
corn will be SO large that he cannot gather iti
Smyrna times., 1855-08-22

LITTLE CouRrEsIEs.-A felon generally APP
pears on the end Of theNfnger or thumb.-Bu9-
faIo Republic.
Sometimes on the end.of rope.--Boston
Post.
On which interesting occasion he is usually
at the end ofhis hiscareer.-South Side Democrat
On your account we are much greved to be
of your opinion. - Petersburg hteiHgencer.
Suppose we OiH miss you while--but viii
try and get along without you when your time
comes---S. s. Democrtt.
We shall be happy when all of the gentle
men in qu estion get to the end Of their rope
.Haine Water Lily.
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was no eternal shore! If for the struggling
bark there were no port of peace If fathwart
thai lowering cloud sprang no bright bow Of
promise
Alas for love if this be all
And nGught Jeyond-on earth!
The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-10-16
Return of DR.. Kane,

We published Saturday morning atelegraph-
ic despatch announcing that the propeller Arc
tic and barque Release, of the expedition fitted
out for the search of Commander Kane, had
returned to New York, on the 18th, having
DR.. Kane and his party on board. We find
some additional items in regard to this expedi-
ton in the telegraph column of the Louisville
Journal
The propeller and barque made their way North
in Smiths Sound up to latitude 70 deg. 80 min,
when they were stopped by the ice. Working their
way in for shore they discovered an Indian village,
and learned from the inhabitants that Dr. Kanes
party had gone South. They then returned to Dis
cos Island, where they found Or. Kane and the ex-
peditionists
DR.. Kane had pushed his vessel, the Rescue, as
far North as lat. 81 deg, where she frozen in.
He remained by her all winter, sending to an Indian
village for provisions.
In the spring the party abandoned the ship ana
made their way Southwark, in sledges, to Upper
Navick, from whence they were conveyed In Dan
ish vessel to the island of Disco, and where they
were found by the searching expedition.
Three of DIR. Kane's party have dled-Ohrlsuan
Alison, a carpenter; Pierce Schubert, cook; and
Jefferson Baker, seaman. The remainder are more
or less frost bitten.
The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-10-16
SCOTT'S LITTLE GIANT
CORN AND COBB MILL

VHERE features with this mill worthy Of
L consideration and close examination The part OF
those WISHING to purchase Feed Mil
It's mechanical construction and adaptation the pur-
poses igned crush grind ear corn Its great ca
pacity, while doing immense work with extraordinary
its durability u amply provided The complete
aud entire porabeness Of the Little GIANT rendering its
greater convenience for plantation and impossi-
BILE. IL requires mechanical aid ball expense 10 put
IL up farm hand servant put up and set o.
half hours time. he convenience with which
the sweep be applied to horzontal-as Is most
usualor over head and the mill may be easily attached
where used The power take recurring
and two horses The quantity quality OF product
10 to 30 bushels Of good feed meal per hour according TO the
degree Of hneneSs g,ound, and the size mill. is the
cheapest mill, all things considered there before pub
lie.
Another thing connected with the Little Giant a. pa
tent and worthy Of Is the there has beeu no
Patent Right specializing hucksterng the country
Is with the thousand bungng make-shift impl
ments that got up trade-merey get money by
selling paming of the patent right the creduous-
then the machine to be abandoned by all parties hum
bug the other hand the Patenee and Propretor the
Little Giant Mills Believing that they can-and determined
that they will supply the Agrcuturats and Stock rasers
Of our country with superior MIL are permanently en-
gagged in the business and have hundred thousand
dollars invested in the manufacture Of these Mills the
East West anil South Of these establishments en- pOy-
ing 90 solely in this business So highly these
mills appreciated that four thousand have within
the past eighteen months, and the heaviest
United States have eagerly sought interest in their
fActuTe and sale.
No implement has been thoroughly tested; no one
OF the kind has received and high testimonials
from Mechanics Institutes and Agricultural Associations
and none by Of substantial practical utility and
merit have more fairly ground their into every days
and popular favor than scotts Little Giant Coz and
Cobb Mil. Orders promptly hled.
Liberal discount TO dealers.
BROWN & ANDERSON
octl-u No. 40 Market ST., Nashville, Tenn.
The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-10-16
For the Nashville True Wing.
nssbuills and Cincinnati Railroad.


This community will have seen, and what is
greatly better, will have felt restoration OF COM
mercia prosperity, resulting, as yet, from the un@
precedented wheat crop of 1855. This, together
with the anticipation of the corn and pork crops
the latter of which must fall below an average-has
already restored high prices for labor; causing the
darh of 1854, and most of its effect upon agricul-
tural and commercial prosperity, to be numbered
with the things that were.
This contaminated fact for which the nation
should rejoice must continue unusually long, in view
of the general monetary concerns of the country
there being now in the city of New York alone
over $4,000, 600 specie on deposit, (which the
'balance of trade" evidently tends to augment
seeking the most profitable and permanent invest
ments need not advert to California mining; it
do it will heghten the picture-nOr to the Eastern
War since the fall of Sebastopol left consos at 90,
with every prospect of p7otracted warfare.
Much money is in the country, and more is COM
ing How shall it be used, is the question? 1t is
reasonable to suppose it will seek those investments
that promise most in safety as well as revenue
Railroads always secure the former, and generally
the latter shall endeavor to show that the above
named railroad promises both, and to that end
remark:
An air line from Danve to Nashville crosses the
Sewanee or Cumberland near the Sumner Paper
Mills where bridge of the shortet span, from Tea
Table rock 70 Clark's promontOry may be erected,
eighty feet shorter than that at Nashville-thence
crossing the Kentucky ridge east of Pursley's gap,
without a tunnel-thence to Danville, passing no
serious obstacle save Mudraugh's hill.
To complete the northern section Of the road
Barren county has subscribed $500, 900, Green
$lOO, 600, Taylor 100000, with hearty good will
shall indicate a purpose of energetic iberality in
this promising enterprise.
Previous to the organization of the company over
100000 Of private stock was taken, and Col. Brans
ford thinks this amount be enlarged as necessity
NAV demand. So much for Kentucky. And what
has Tennessee done? Much every way. She has
granted US the most liberal of all charters having
appropriated $4,000 per mile, with additional
500 900 for bridges. In order to secure this State
aid we have four years from February next in which
10 prepare the first 80 miles of our road for the
rails, being longer period by two years, than any
other company enjoys.
President Bransford is of opinion that this charter
is not repealabe; and if charter granted is a
contract proposed, and charter taken by SUBJ
scription of stock under tile same is a vested right
then he is not mistaken.
Such is the decision of the Supreme Court Of
Tennessee under parallel circumstances, and by its
own precedent it must be guided in future decis-
ions. ANXIOUS VIE.
The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-10-16
Late from Texas.

BY an arrival at New Orleans on the 10th,
from Indianola and Galveston, we have Texa.
dates to the 9th. The most important news
refers to The cotton crop. There are the usual
number of murders by Indians and natives
The business of Houston was active, and the
fever had almost entirely disappeared
A letter from Lavaca states that the corn
crop in that county is very abundant, but the
worms have nearly ruined the cotton. Half a
crop will not be made. 1t has rained there
nearly every day for a month past, greatly to
the injury of the planters.
"The worm is 10 full operation on most Of our
FARMS saws the Central ISrdn, ''and in few DAYS
our cotton plantations will be entirely dcnuded OF
their leaves, aud present the appearance of mid
winter. The damage must be very heavy, in
many instances indeed very generally, our farmers
failed TO procure early stands in consequence OF the
dry weather"
The cotton crop on the Colorado appears TO be
better than on the Guadalupe or Trinity. The worm
has appeared in most Of our river valleys, yet the
destruction on the Colorado is not very great so tar
So says the Houston Telegraph
The Cherokee Sentinel says the worms are max
ing sad havoc with the cotton in some portions Of
commenced, the present crop will be cut short in
no incOnsiderable degree.
'sThe worms have almost entirely DESTROYED the
grass on several plantations in this section" say,
the jefferson Herald, "but we have not yet hesri
of their doing any serious damage to cotton. We
sincerely trust that the latter may continue to bC
exempt from their ravages."
The Galveston Civilian Of the 9Th inst, says
Business here has been quiet during the week
Arrivals Of produce are small, and activity in tbs
market cannot be expected until fears OF sickness
in Houston abate and teams come in more freely
Rates OF hauling were high at Houston. The NOR
tality had diminished, and the early disappearant
of the epidemic was looked for under the influence
Of cool weather"
Reports from the interior about crops are, general
" speaking, favorable. The impression is that She
State will, with good weather from heneeior~ari
make, an average crop OF cotton, and that IAN
winters business may be expected
There reports Of presence OF worms IN mos
counties near the coast, but the appearance o
noHherly winds and prevalence OF dry weather mus
check their ravages With exception Of thunder
storm and heavy rain on Saturday, We had hns
weather during the week.
Su ,ar grinding had commenced at some places
and the prospects for the yield said 70 be very
good.