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Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

fUBLIC EXECUTIoNs.-A man was hunr n
iew days ago at Greensboro, North Carolina.
IN the presence of an immense concourse of
people, whose morbid feelings had drawn them
together TO see fellow being strangled. We
are not disposed, now, TO discuss the proprietv
OF taxing the life Of a murderer, but we do
protest against these public executions. In
the case above referred to the rope broke when
the victim was suspended Only few weeks
ago a similar accident occurred at a public exe-
cutlon in Columbia, South Carolina. Ii seems
to us passing strange that the officers whose
melancholy duty it is to attend to snch matters
are not more particular in the selection ofthe
cord. Ii looks barbarous aud cruel to hano nm
struggling, strangling victim the second time.
Both OF the above victims were brought to the
gallows by the bloody liquor traffic. Their Iy-
ing declarations were notes ofwarning TO those
who drink to abandon the cup forever. The
last one, after the rope was adjusted by the
Sherlit, exhibited a small flask ofardent spirits
and told the assembled thousands that /" this
was mans greatest enemy, and it had brought
him into his present dreadful condition. aud
warned all TO shun it," Such admonitions.
though thousand times repeated on the scat.
fold, are nnheeded. The lquor-seler, who at
the bar OF GOdmust be convicted as an accessory.
before the fact, returns from the awful scene
and Plies his arts TO furnish other victims, and
society as It not sated with blood, licenses men
to engage IN the recruiting service for death
and hell.
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

10 not pick the flowers" Oh, it is horrid
horrid' to see that spruce gentleman come il
ana take her away into the corner for the res
ofthe evening. Imay not waltz with her now
may not catch her at blind mans buff; ma
not sit by her and turn over the leaves as she
sings "Auld Robert Gray" even though il
were Christmas Zines, Imay not any more kiss
her under the mistletoe; | may not even look
az her! There is that horrid, spruce man with
whlskers glowering at me as if he would eat
me. sigh as the remembrance comes over me
OF the many "nce girls who have thus been
torn' ruthlessly torn, from me by spruce, and
am sure stupid men in whiskers! lam sure
we could get along better without them.
You may wonder why, since | am such an
adnlrer OF "nlce girls" have never made one
my own-why, in have never married. Ihave
loved, admired and adored them too much for
that. | could no more marry d" nice oirln
than could wilfnlly trampe down bed of
flowers. have all my life considered it, and
still do consider it crime little short of sacri.
lege to marry "nice girl" Who but a saw.
age would detace beautiful piece of sculp-
ture Who but wretch would stand with his
back to the fre and monopolze all the heat !
10 the man who attempts to marry a "nice
girl" say, as Diogcnes said to Alexander:
g Get out OF my sun -
No-let the "nice girl" alone. Let her be
the life and sunshine at " home" forever. Let
as many hearts pine away and die for her as
viii; am ready to pine and die with the rest.
But, oh ! chsnge not Miss into Mrs! rob her not
OF her girlishness simplicity; polute not the |
gushing fountain Of her love, which flows for
all, and falls like dew upon the world. I.ether
DC "nice girl" for such as she never grow |
Did or lose the power TO charm. Ii YOU must
marry, marry the beauiy--lhe flirt-the clever
dashing girl-any kind of girl yol
Ike-but .eave me the "nice girl" For her
'ake will live bachelor to the end of nv
lays, and when ! die, | desire nothing better
han to have such a one TO watch over me and
;lose my eyes.
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

SINGULAR Story OF New YORK LrrR.--
The Dlarlo OF Madrid, relates the following
singular and rather tough story:
A few years ago, according to the Diario, an
Engilsh nobleman. grandee of the first water,
and an eccentrician, ofthe widest school, hon.
ored New York, with his presence and his mon-
ey. lie lived strictly incognito, and his sole
amusement consisted in wandering through the
streets after night, and relieving those of his
fellow creatures who had experienced the pains
OF poverty or the penalties of dissipation.
While upon one of these humane excursions. he
encountered young female, who tenderly soil,
cited aims. Inquiring her history, he found
her to be an orphan, of surprising 6eautv. with
an intelligent mind and of excellent edncation
reduced to abject destitution by the death Other
father, shot In the Mexican war. The titled
Howard, wearied athis own bachelors existence
ana Won by the romance of the beggar GIRLS
history, rendered to her his heart, his coronet
and 9i his hand. The sequel, according TO the
Diarlo' is that, at a recent ball, given bv the
husslan Emperor, a duchess, radiant with bean.
" and sparkling with diamonds, won the hearts
OF all observers. That distinguished Iady was
the ca deUdnt mendicant of the New York
streets.
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

The ROBBERS CAvE.-This cave which was
discovered on the II instant, in woods above
Pennlngtonville, Chester county, is situated in
forest on high hill, and is about ten feet
iiohg Dy lonr feet deep and four feet wide. 1t
is excavated in the earth and rooted over with
earth, &c., with a trap or door at one end to
descend into it. The door was cautiously csy-
cred with brush and with leaves, and its disco
very was almost accidental. A company of
persons aware of its existence from the reve-
iHt'ohS OF one OF the party recently arrested,
were searching in the woods for it: near this
place the trees are notched with hatchet, and
on one was nailed small piece of red oil-cloth.
these indications led to a closer examination
OF the premises, but nothing was found, until
one OF the gentleman happened to lean back
9m on MS cane' which went through the EARTH
The cave was filled with variety of articles
supposed to have been stolen. 1t is known thai
there is another cave in the vicinity, but has
not been discovered yet.
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02
d boite poems.
The History of Life.

isaw an infant in its psther's arms,
And left it sleeping.
Years p1ssd-I saw girl with woman charmt
Ia sorrow weeping.
Years pass'd--I saw mother mourn her child
Aud Ger il languish;
Years brought me back-yet through her tear
she smiled
In deeper anguish.
left her years had vanished; return'd
And stood before her;
4 lamp beside the childless widow burn'd;
Grief's mantle DER her.
In tears found her whom left in tears,
On God relying:
And return'd again in after years, -
And found her dying.
An infant first, and then a maiden fair
A wife-a mother
Aud then childless widow in despair;
Thus met brother.
And thus we meet ON earth, and thus we part,
To meet-O never!
Till death beholds the spirit leave the heart,
To live forever!
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

The PRESS AND IT'S INDEPENDEEcE.-Som
persons have strange idea of the Independence
oil the press. They appear to consider that it
consists IN lndlscriminate abuse of everything
and everybody. Nay, they submit ANONYMOUS
communications, full of the vilest slanders and
then are astonished at the journalist who has
the independence to rufuse their Insertion
Ask them to ttsc'I their names TO their alIe-
cations, and thus to assume the responsibility.
aud they manifest the utmost indignation.-
Their independence consists in attacking others
under mask, and with an unwillineness TO
father their SANDERS when called upon so to
do. They must have everything their own
way, or ifnot they illcharge Il want of indie.
pendence. An egregious error, and one that
they will discover sooner or later. A iournal-
ist would Indicate anything but Independence.
who would permit his columns TO be used or
abused on all occasions without regard to his
Judgment, or the feelings of others. True in
dependence consists in acting in a firm and
determined manner, and under a sense of right
and propriety. On the other hand, the circnn-
stance OF having the control of a newspnper.
should not induce the impression, that no re-
sponsbility is involved, and that individuals
may be assailed with inpunity. On the con-
trary, the fact should only induce the more
caution, iaasmilch as the possession of power
does not constitute guarantee for it's misuse
on any and every occasion.
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

CoAL-VdrtetieS 0c-There is n curions
chain OF links which connect living wood with
ueaa coal. First, there is peat, CONSISTING nj
various kinds of plants and moss. imbpdJnj7 .nJ
pressed together IN mass, and exposed to the
action OF the air or water, or both, and perba ms
neat Tor unnumbered centuries. Then there
Is hgntte, formed in nearly the same wav. from
trunks OF trees, and accumulated in LAYERS of
vast thickness in Germany and other narts of
Europe; u mas not hitherto been much used as
fuel, but there are indications that it will he so
ere long. Next comes jet which appears to he
Il peculiar variety of vegetable matter BROUGHT
almost to bltuminous state. Then we have
cGnnet coat, which not only yields the best and
most abundant gas for street-lightinp. but has
often such hardness, blaclness and polisb as
enables 1t to be worked up into very beautiful
ornaments. Next is the caking coal, of New
castle (England) and its neighborhood. which
combines SO many useful qualities for house.
mold purposes. Somewhat different from this
Is the Strattfed cOat the midland counties of
England, which is obtained in very long pieces.
ana mas less bItuAlnous or caking quality than
the Neycastleecoal. A still less Gaseons coal
Is that which, from the purpose to which it is
now TO pe admirably adapted, is called steam
coat. 1t is obtained chiefly from Wales, and
onrns with intense heat and little flame or
smoke. Last on the list is anthracite, so nearly
without gas as to consist almost entirely ofcar-
bon. Its intense heat and freedom from sui
phur renders 1t invaluable for lion smelling and
other manufacturing processes.
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

A BIT OF RoMANcE.-Some fifteen years apo
a man and his wife came to this city from the
country, bringing with them their child a
sprightly little boy. While engaged in the
purchase of some articles the child was missed.
and although every effort was made to find him
he was never heard Of Day before yesterday,
Squire Horne received a letter from Texas
written by man on his death bed, who ac-
knowledges that he stole the child from his pa
rents, and raised him as his own son, and diving
has left him all his property. Should this meet
the eye of the parents-if indeed they are liy-
ing-they can obtain all the information from
Mr.. Horne to enable them to recover their lost
son.-AfemphiS Whig.
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02
selett aflisteIlanp.

OS FLAsSEL.-There are bits of seasonable
advice, which, if followed, would entitle those
who give them, to rank with the Howards and
Wilberforces of humanity. One of these pieces
Of advice. according TO most works on health,
is 20 wear flannel under-garment if your
aealth is anything less than robust, and to be
very careful as to when you cease wearing it
for the season.
An old adage declares that " you who would
the doctor pay, should take your iannels off in
May" The present month of June with it's
cool nights and prevalence of northerly winds
corresponds to an ordinary May, and those who
wear hannels should be correspondingly care
fai in not exposing themselves in a flannelless
condition 10 those atmospheric changes which
induce colds, coughs and collins. Indeed the
dlscrecter portion of sanitarians declare that
tasse ..bs.om friends i" should never be parted
from at Nh, alleging for example the advice
gnen Jy father when he said: My son, il
soa hope to enjiy good health, don't take OIL
yeis aaanelstiil the 3lst of July. and put them
"n again the let OF August.
Did sailors know by long experience tha1
hianel is the coolest wear even IN the tropics,
and the world ought to know that as the mate
rial equalises heat it is the best guard known
sss,nst changes Of temperature In fact fiafi.
nels ia the opinion Of many, constitute one o
tss four cardinal points of health, the othei
beng exercise. cleanliness and clear consci-
eace. Attend TO shese--especially the lsit'sl
land no change Of the atmosphere, be il physi
cal political need cause you an instant'i
dread
o. Whoever is honorable and candid, hon
est aud { urte d. is true gentleman, ~heth
er learned or uniearned, rich or poor.
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02
Farming as It Should Be.

vi late-say during th list ten or fifteen
years-there have been 50 many and such i'm
portant improvements in almost every branch
ot science and art, that it is ma tier of no lit
tie credit to any one to say that he has kept I'D
VITA his business. Perhaps, of all men-take
them as class-the farmers are the most he
hind hand. Whether it is that manv of them
live " far from the haunts of social men. /" and
like most hermis, entertain distrust of inno-
vaton, we will not presume to say. But of
this we are tolerably certain that, while no
class of men stand more in need of continual
posting up" and while no people can obtain
such information more readily or cheaply none.
IN all probability, lake so little pains to do so.
A single good sricultural paper or ma gazine
often contains more solid information of the
most practical nature, than finds its way into
many farming community during an entire
year-certainly more than is reduced to prac-
teal operation. And yet there is probably not
one pursuit in which recent improvements are
so palpable or profitable.
Ii is natural enough that in a new countrv.
here should be a waste of labor, n neglect of
details, carelcssness as to obtaining a much
more than average quality of crop. AS popu-
latiol increases, as large cities grow with all
their wealth and luxury, and as the country fills
up, we may reasonably expect to see cores
pondIng improvement in the minor departments
of agriculture. We msy expect, for instance
to see great improvement in kitchen vegeta-
bles, greater variety of them, and constant
effort 10 have the earliest specimens in market.
Something of the kind may, indeed, be obsery-
ed, but taken altogether, the closest examina-
tion, and the testimony of others convince us
that IN these respects we are not only far be-
hind Europe, but that our progress in the mi
nuter details of farming is by no means in pro-
portion to the wealth or the population of the
country.
Beyond question, all of this will be done away
with in few years. knowledge must force
its way, and the oldest fogies must be compell-
ed to yield to it. But it is matter of morti6.
cation to see country which has made such
incredible advances in mechanical skill, lar
ging in any other respect. There is enough
information at present alioat, in one way or the
other, through the country. to make farming,
on the whole, not only one of the surcst invest
ments OF labor and capital extant. But to do
this, farming must be studied as a science, and
with an eye open to the wonderful resources
which have of late years been thrown omen 70
It. Without unremitte mental labor, as well
as the EXTREMIST economy, it must remain what
it is, as yet, in too many hands---an unproores.
sige and merely mechanical calling.-Phila
/ Bulletin.
VST a paper IN Ohio tells good joke ofsey-
eral prisoners who were confined in ono of ,ba
county jails of the Buckeye State. The nil
was old and dilapidated, and one night thew
escaped from their durilnce vile, or in other
words, broke jail but instead Of escaping.
the iailor found them next morning seated on
the top Of their prison house, pounding the
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

SENTIMENT or OUR HOLY CHRISTIANITY:
"christ Liveth and Reigneth Above
BY THE PILGRIM BARD.
Go, 60 where the Sons of Adversely pine
For the joys they once waited to prove,
Where Hope lies all bleeding and pierc'd at her
shrine;
Go whisper and point to those realms divine
Christ liUeth aud reigReth above.
Go breathe, where low knelt at the Altar OF
Prayer,
An accent Of mldness and love,
Go breathe in the sorrowing penitent's ear
These words of blest comfort and coincidence
there
Christ ireth and reigneth above.
Go. 60 where the plant autumn zephyr doth
moIn,
Where the low-bending willow doth move,
Go say to that mother, there kneeling alone
Der rtiIat grassy grown grave where flowers are
strewn--
Christ iueth aud reigneth GJOUe.
Go, go where .he good man" his pilgrimage
DER,
His staff lain down-again ne'er to rove,
And 'he cold waves of Jordan roll darkly before,
10 say, and point up to that bright happy shore,
Christ hreth and reigneth above.
lie liveth--our mansion himself to prepare
Tie reigneth, supremely in LoUe,
Aud We too may liUea reign with him there,
May witness His ''g glory," his blessedness share;
Christ Hgeth and reigneth above.
CHEsTERrows, June IL, 1856.
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

NAPpISG IN CHURcH.-The following aeourse
Of sprouts is said to have been adopted bv the
Puritans TO prevent disorder or sleenng in
church:
man was appointed to keep people from
sleeping by means Of short, chubbed stick.
having at one end knob, and at the other 4
fox-tail, with which he would stroke tho wo.
mems faces that were asleep, and with The
other would knock unruly dogs and men. Two
men were appointed 10 mark down the non-at-
tendants, IN order 10 present them to tho mag
istrate, while tt the same time, three constabIes
were appointed 10 keep watch at the doors ofthe
meeting house to prevent any ono from going
forth I'LL the exercises were finished.
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

MARRIAGE OF A PRINcEss.-Un this cap
tion the Chicago Times has the following: "On
Monday evening last, were married at St. Pat
rck's Church, West Division, by the Rev.
Father Dunn, Mr.. Owen Cooney, of this city,
with Miss Cynthia Robinson, of Layden Centre,
Cook county. The fair bride is the daughter
of Mr.. Alexander Robinson, formerly chief,
in the right of his wife, of the Pottowattamic
tribe of Indians, who once owned and inhabited
all the broad prairies round about the place now
called Chicago. lie was descended from Scotch
blood, mingled on the mothers side with the
Indian, and was gentleman worthy Of the high
distinction conferred upon him by the tribe to
which he was united by the ties of marriage"
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

A MAN HANGING HIMsELF IN HIS SLEEP
Last night after the good people ofthe city and
the "rest OF mankind had retired to rest, a
German by the name of George Hsynes. of
Morgan county, stopped at Walters Hotel. on
Marietta street, rose from his couch and al.
tempted to crawl out second story Windows
in which act he succeeded ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
got himself entirely through, and was about 10
fall to the hard pavement, whore his brains
would have been dashed out his foot acciden-
tally caught between the window sash and ca
sing, thus waking aim up. With one foot and
one hand he hung suspended until by his cries,
he brought assistance. Mr. I'll. weighs over
two hundred pounds, and consequently would
have made quite an impression on the brick
pavement had no succeeded in his somnambtl-
lstic enterprise. e.--- ZanesviIe aurora
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

05- A paper in Ohio tells good joke ofsey.
eral prisoners who were confined in one of the
county Iaiis OF the Buckeye State. The Jail
was old and diaPidated, and one night they
escaped from their durlnce vile, or n other
words, "bgoke Jail but instead Of escaning
the jallor found them next morning seated on
the top of their prison house, pounding the
roof with great violencc Surprised beyond
measure, he asked them what they were doing.
whereupon one Of them replied that !. The house
leaked so bad when it rained, they concluded
they would Just step oaf and repair He roof. q
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

or IL honest men are the salt Of the earth.
pretty girls may be said TO be the sugar.
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02
Written for the Smyrna Times.
CLARA

FROM THE INITIALS OF THIS "NAME" MAY BE
FORMED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND C0SsoLAToRY
SENTIMENT or OUR HOLY CHRISTIANITY:
"Christ Liveth and Reigneth Above"
Smyrna times., 1856-07-02

0T Whoever is honorable and candid, hon-
esl aud { urte d., is true gentleman, wheth'
er learned or uniearned, rich or poor
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-03-27
Obitr,ar,,.

DIED, in This Dist, of Scarlet Frrcr. on ,h..
18th inst. Miss FRANCES l.. BAnMoRE, in the 2uth
year of her age.
Thus, by MI inscrutabe Providcncc has one
who was III tn" morning of life, and who prom
lsed much usefulness. been called to experience.
eternal rraliti"s. She :imiable and lovely.
She was emincntly endowed with those virtues
which are calculated to inspire esteem an. con i.
ti.irnce. Kind. generous. airectionntr nn. conf
ding, she was loved aud respected by all who
knew her. by her death, a breach has been
made in II large circle ol relatives and friends,
Which time cannot rcpa;r-:, mothers heart has
bern wrung with angush-thr hearts of fond
Sisters aud brothers been made to bleed, and a
vacuum created nj the maternal board which
can never be filled.
But her surviving friends have the satisfaction
10 believe, that through Faith in Christ, she til
uInphcd over "the last enemy" The subject Of
prrs"""l re'igi"m had occupied her attention !;
aud i'll, her las, Sickness she express ed entire re.
sigmation to the Divine witl-cLerrrd By thr
hope that si," you'd be received to the cnj,y-
mr"t Of that "rcst which rcnuinrth for the
people of God"
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-03-27
The Northern Poor.

The Philadelphia North american gives
the following gloomy picture Of the misery,
starvation and wretchedness among the Ia
boring poor Of tic North, which is but ad-
ditiona' evidence of the happy condition Of
our slaves, in contrast with the socis! de.
gradation and squalid misery of the North
era poor. Yet, abolition fanatics, though
surrounded with the waiing and suffering of
the white man, ignoses tie golden rule. that
charity begins at hotne," finds its sympa-
thy toe good for its own kitls and hin, and
makes no effort to alleviate and comfort the
perishing thousands around them. But In
lieu of doing this their duty to God and
man,. they deseant upon the evils of South.
ern Slavery. and throw assay their prayers
and sympathies upon tho greasy, well.fsd
negroes at the South-hsppy in their mas
ters' employment, who is we'll. earedfora aud
never knew Whist it 10 want:
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-03-27
Kansas.

The attention Of the public is directed
to the report of Hon. A. Bur-, Chairman
of the Joint Committee Of the Kansas AS
sociation, from which it will he seen that
the re"ple are beginning to understand the
great Importance of winning Kansas to the
South. The stake to be won is millions
the question is, who will take hand to
play for it.
The Committee have wisely determined
not to enroll any but reliable men. We
have only time to give Il brief notice, but
may retur to the subject before the next
meeting on S.lc-dav.