Smyrna times., 1856-12-10
straps--UMietp.

The TEMPERANCE CAUSE.-THE receiu,s rs
he New York Temperance Society for tha
,ust year from donation amounted to Sl3AIs
Five persOns-Erastus Corning and f. De layan
ot Albany; Charles Butler, OF New York: Ga
rit Smith, Of Madison county, and Dr. No,t. az
gave one thousand dollars e.cL
The whOle amount was expended in the publ,.
cation of temperance papers aud other docn.
ments.
The ADVANTAGES OF PAYING FOR A NEwsp..
PER IN ADvANCE--A Boston paper saws of ~.
facts pui in evidence at the trial, in the S",
oreme court to sustain the will for the late "
Russell, was. that not only few days brfnr Lo
made the will, he called at the Office uf ,I,
Democrat and paid for his paper wear in ,J
vance, thereby saving 50 cents The fac; v..
dwelt upon at length by the council, and con
mented upon by the Judge as one of prea, in,
portance. The verdict of the jury would seem,
to sustain the proposition that man ~hu Ls.
mind enough to pay for his newspaper in nd
vance, Is competent to make will.
/ JENNY LIND.-On the occasion, of ,hi.cI.,,
ing singer second rehear arsa at the nn.ra h.,,,.
the celebrated Lablache was so delighted win,
her singing, that he came up 10 her and s.J
"G Give me your hand every note in your voice,
is pearl" "Give me your hat" was m. no.
ply; and then putting it up TO her mouth, sns
giving one other Incompatible roulades. "II.,o
! is a hat full of pearls for you," said she.
The RAILROAD COLLISION AT ALLIANCE
Eight Lives LOst.-Pittsburgh, Dec. g
About half-past o'clock last evening. IN.
: cleveland and Pittsburgh train ran through the
: Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago trSin Al
e Alliance, smashing two cars of the latter tr.in
j. One ofthe cars was thrown into the roturda of
: the station, and the other through the public
e room which constitutes part of Sou sbecks no.
e tel, in which several persons were sitting
Is The rotunda and sitting room were both torn
II down, killing eight and wounding number Of
D. persons.
~ 0T Fredus Pennington, Esq, of Mill Creek
a. Hd., died suddenly on Sunday, the 30th ult Mr.
i' p. had been on visit to his friends in the
- = lower part of this county, and had arrived at
!" " his house but a short time before he was at.
:. =. tackled with the disease which cut short hls
~ long and useful life. We understand he died
"' in his chair.
rs, SIGEs OF RETURNING Reason IN SoUTp
n. Observation-Disclosures have been introduced
nd into the South Carolina Legislature, depreciu-
ting the continual agitation of abstract theo.
ries relating to the slave trade and other mat.
tiers as dividing and dstracting the State, and
~ alternating from her the support and sympathies
Ill Of other States.
le.
art AvERAGEs-A writer, speaking of what are
termed accidents by rail or sea, says The
90 average length of brakeman's life is twenty.
me seven years; the average nua,ber Of deaths b.
accident in America is over five hundred me-
are month; the average number of breakdowns OF
our railroads is four TO every locom.tive ever,
,cb year; the average number of wrecks on IN,
Lakes is two hundred per annum and the ay
erage number Of disasters at sea is one for ever
day in the year.
the sad array, TO be sure; and all caused b.
nee our carelesners, and nothing else.
re- &C. SEvERE.-The Charleston Mercury warml
us spplauds the South Carolina Governors recon
mendation TO reopen the African slave trade
oI but says:
"ODe objection has been urged strunel
=, against it privately: that if the trade were .,
A"u opened, the New EDglanders would monOpc
lise the profit"
The Baltimore American, we notice, col
demns the Governors recommendation
'eo' "Qulxotic-a mere trick of political chez
playlng-palt and parcel ofthe shallow, section
,nn al Juggling used to Offset the analicifm of II
nut : North by the extremists of the South"
the HIFALuTIN.-An accentric individual, stan,
you ing upon bridge. and gazing upon you
angling in the stream below, gives vent to b
feelings in the following inquiry: "Adol
L. sence, what art thou doing Art thou ende
sec. voring TO entics the fnny tribe to engulf in
BILE their denoiculated mouths barbed hook, up,
whose point thou hast fixed dainty alInr
EN- ment?' No, sir" says the boy, I'm fishing
or Messrs. Groome and Earle cold the C.
tual sedy Peach Blossom farm, situated in Ce,
nou- County, Md. and containing 663 acres,
Trustees sale, on Wednesday last, in Antho
gold Reynolds, Esq, for s33,l44.5O, or $3.50 :
now acre.
ME. o. An Elective Judiciary was ordered
ling s;nh. Oe.cul ns" a. 'ne recent election. We
'nnd OF Alta bridal wedding party in Hartft
with Cono., day ortwo ago, five hundred que
said were present.
we're
6r The bachelor who undertook 10 me
his breeehes with the " thread of life" gave
up as bad job. and sent them to q Ia ilor.
OF Love, the toothsche, smoke, a con
.'tSn Co, and tight boot are things which cannot
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