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Smyrna times., 1857-06-17
Gboite Qutms,
A Lovers Fancy.

Sweet Heaven! do love ma'ue"'
Radiant, rare, and besuty-laden J.;
When she's near me, heaven is rou"u me-
Her dear presence doth so bound me
| could wiring my heart of glndnesS'
Make it free her lot of sadness!
Give the word, and all that's in IT.
Just to press her hand mlnu'e'
Yet she weeteth not | love her;
Never dare tell the sweet
Tale, bu, in the stars above her'
And the flowers that kiss her feet
o! to live and linger near her.
And in fearful moments cheer her!
! could be bird te tighten.
Her dear heart,-her sweet eyes brlghten'
Or in fragrance, like BLOSSOM
Give my life up on her bosom
For my loves without measure,
All it's pangs are sweetest pleasure
Yet she weeteth not love her;
Never dare tell the sweet
Tale, but to the stars above her,
And the flowers that kiss her FEET.
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17

MoSEY is QUEER INSTITUTION it buys
proyender, satisfies justice, and hea's wounded
honor, Everything resolves itself into cash,
from stock -jobbiug to building churches. Child
hood Graves pennies youth aspires TO dimes
manhood is swayed by the mighty dollar. The
blacksmith swings his sledge, the lawyer pleads
for his client, and the Judge decides the ques-
ton of life and death for his salary. Money
makes the man; therefore, the man must make
money. il he would be respected BY fools for
the eye Of the world looks through golden spec
taeles- It buys Brussels carpets. lace curtains;
gill cd cornices and rich furnitare, and builds
marble mansions. IL drives to church in splen-
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17

COMPLIMENT TO PRTNrERs.-Jobn C. Riyes
publisher ofthe Washington Globe, in a recent
published letter on the subject of public print
ing, has word OF tsuggestion to writer's of the
press, and compliment to the conpositor. whose
duty 1t not unfrequently is to make sense out OF
very senseless chlrography. None buta writer
Tor the press can comprehend how much truth
there Is IN the veteran printers remarks. MANY
members OF COngress--and also not a few rreat
er men--must have been surprised at the re-
spectacle figure they cit in print, withoutt think.
ing OF the tOlsOme labor and the exercise ot
The better talent than their own which had been
expended y the journeyman printer in putting
INTO good shape the message or report of a
speech furnished them. MIR. Rives saws: 81
nave seen the manuscript writing Of most great
men OF the country during the past twenty wears.
ana think may say that not twenty of them
could stand the test ofthe scrutiny of one half
tne Journeymen printers employed in my office.
rms tact VIII be vouched by every editor in the
Union.
10 poor 'journeyman' printer MANY
great man owes his reputation tor scholarship;
and were the humble sumpositors to resolve. by
concert, to set up manuscript in their hands.
even Tor one little week, precisely as it is written
Oy The authors, there would be more regulations
slaughtered than their devils could shake
SUCK at IN twenty tOu- hours.
statesmen would become small by degrees,
and beautifully less Many an ass would have
the lions hde torn from his limbs Men, whom
the world call writer's, would wake up morn
lngs ana hnd themselves famous as mere pre-
understandings aud cheats!"
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17

TRYING IT AGAIN.--Another Arctic exnc
dltlon, undertaken at Lady FrankIin's expense
is announced. The screw steam yacht Fox ba,
been secured for the expedition, which will bt
conducted by Captain McClintock, r. ~, who
mas leave OF absence for eighteen months, and
Will sail about the last of June. The possibility
OF hndlng any of Frankin's party alive at this
long period since their departure does not seem
very tattering. But the scientific men of Enr.
land are desirOus diminishing great geogra pbi
cal enterprise, and hence they aid the present
undertaking with large subscriptions. The
expedition, under favorable circumstances will
not occupy more than eighteen months. And
IN that time, according to high authority, the
whole remaining portion fthe coast line md
IN, Ine adjacent regions can be thoroughly explored.
The various British expeditions alone have ex.
pIored 65OO miles Of the coast, leaving onlv
oIO miles to be explored, and this in the SECTION
where the vessels of Franklin's expedition are
very concluslvely shown to have been abando.
ned Three times this extent can be explorpd
IN year. The dangers of this service are
SHOWN to be less than.that OF any under the Bri.
tlsh Admiralty. And inns fact is further con
hrmed by the announcement that aDv number
of British officers and seamen are ready TO vol.
unteer IN this final endeavor.
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17
selttt 4Nlisttllanp.
Ellen NJ a y.
Bv MARTHA HAINEs BUTT.

never could persuade myself that that IS a
happy match. The very idea of a young girl
of eighteen marrying u man old enough 10 De
her grandfather! Why, the thought drives me
oute frantic-only think of fdgety, pussy
old-fashion notion foey wedding gay young
girl like Ellen May! What will she do Tor
balls, parties and firtatiens now--l would Ike
TO knnwl Every time he gets fancy Tor oelng
Oet,ed. he will pretend he is awful slck' SO you
see Ellen will be fixed for the day since she
will be Obliged to stay home and nurse him =
but would pretty soon tell him another story.
There is that handsome nephew OF hIs-but
wasn't the old uncle cunning not to permit him
to show his face outside ofthe college-door until
he succeeded in securing his prize first I'll
was Ellen, wouldn't get up tremendous tilr-
tation: aud if there was any jealousy IN the
old man. wouldn't bring it out with ven
0eauce 1-wouldn't let him see he had woke
an the wrong onet-wouldn't take notion to
90 to the opera or somewhere else when knew
he could not go, just for the sake OF having his
neohew as an escort! 1t was all folly for Ellen
10 marry that old man, feel satisfied gold was
the bait there, fof he has no other attraction as
| see. But girls will make themselves rldlcu-
lOus occasionally.
Not happy mOtch!-you would not have
thcuah. so were you to take peep at Ellen's
bright face as she presdes with 50 much dig
nity at the table; it is her pleasure to do every
thing she thinks will please her husband. Wha'
II her marriage was like mating May and De-
cemberi Who did everything to make hei
nanny 4-who selected the choicest fruits anc
rarest flowers who insisted upon her going
10 the opera, and everywhere else' with the
a. Anephew." when he could not make 1t conVe
pieut 10 90 himselfl-who put 10 limits what
ever to the purse! And who folded dimpi'
arms around the old mans neck'snd said IN ne
keart (in spite of the many disappointed one
who smiled at the bare idea of her making fOn'
sf the aold grandfather" as they pleased
term him), that she would rather have marrle'
him than all the Arty pOpiOjaya in the world
The sweet Ellen May, the pride of;he Old man
heart.
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17

WOMAN WITHOUT RELIGIoN.-A man without
religion Is at best poor reprobate-the football
OF destiny, with no he linking and the wondrous
eternity that is without; it is even worse. a
hame without heat, a flower without perfume.
A man may, in some sort, tie his frail hope and
honor with weak shifting ground, and tackle 10
his business of the world; but the woman with.
out the anchor which they call faith is a DRIFT
and wreck. man may clumsily continue a
KIND responsibility or motive, but can find no
basis on any other system of right action than
that OF otsprltual faith. man NAV craze his
thoughts and his brain to the thoughtlessness in
Such poor harbnrage as fame reputation mas
s'relch before hlrn--a woman, where can she
put her hope. while passing though trials
storms, irIbulations, if not IN heaven 4"
And that swecl though htulness-thata abiding
loVe-that enduring hope. rnelowrng everT
every scene of life, tightening them with lis
pleasant radIance-when the worlds cold storms
break like an army with cannon, who can be
stow 1t all but holy soul tied to what am arm,
IS stronger than an army with cannon! Whc.
int has enjoyed the love of good mother. but
VIII echo the thought with energy, aud hallow
it with tear!
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17
D)out5s' department,

ENlGMA.-Composed of 24 letters.
10, 8, Ia, 3, is a river ia Asia;
II, II, l5. river in Switzerland;
l6, 3, %, 10, 8, river in Spain,
II, l, Ia, 2, 16, proposition;
II, l. 8, 10, 90 a mans name;
10, "a, 10, 1913, book of the New Testament
%, s, 20, II, girls name;
10, Is, 3, 5, 4, a city in Sardinia;
l3, IL, 10, l2, 20, common noun
IL, 10, %, an animal; ss 80
IL, IL, %, nickname;
3, 81, l, part of the body;
z, 4, IL, 10, an insect;
IL, II, 90, I6, county in Kentucky;
8. Ia, 2, 8, a number;
IL, 24, p"OnOun; .4..
9, 8, 10, 10, IL, a proper noun. lI..rH
Our whole was dreadful catastrophe.
Smyrna, Del. D., C. Sd.
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17

The SUGAR QUEsrIoN.--The New York
Times predicts fall in the price of sugar.-
Just now' there is a concerted movement among
the spectators to keep it up,--but it will not
avail; 4s .es
"The prospects for a full crop, are highly en-
couragiDg. The high prices which have ruled
the past two years have stimulated production,
viii 70 they have caused diIninuiion Of consump.
-lion, and the natural consequences are, ipcreas-
ing stocks and a tendency TO low, prices. Be-
sides, the crop OF Louisiana promises to be
near four times greater than il was last year,
and eyield Of Maple Sugar has baeH much
larger thar was ever before knswn.ng z
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17
Good in all Things.

Each block of marble in the mine
Conceals the Pahian Queen
Appollo robed in light dlvine'
Or Pallas, the serene.
l, only needs the lofty thought
To give the glorious blrth'
. And 10, by skilful fingers wrought,
They captivOte the earth.
So in the hardest human heart
Is. One little well appears,
G A louutain in some hidden part
That brims with gentle tears.
1t only needs the master touch
or Love or PHYS hand,
And 10, tue rock with water bursts,
Aud gushcs DER the land.
-Mackay's Under Green LeGres.
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17
C0urting.

81 don't see why people cannot do their
couring by daylight, thereby saving an extra
of lights, fuel. and forenoon aps"--A Break
fast Table Remark.
Whew! preach that doctrine until your hei
babe, aud still Young folks will .set up" till
the stars grow tired OF Watching, and the roos-
tGrs begin to crow!
There is a sort Of fascination in it, a positive
denial to tie contrary notwithstanding. An
indcscrblble, undcniabe charm in being the
sole occupant OF d front parlor, with nothing to
moesI or make afraid; the sofa drawn up be-
fore the shining srate, aud the lamp regulated
to steady blaze that will not eclipse the
brlgalue,s Of eyes, or make particularly pleas
ing IN hearing the last pair of household feet
take bee.llne departure for the upper cham.
bers, and feeling that The ever-swinging parlor
door will remain closed until one OF the party
cornered, choose to open it.
Talk OF courlIug by daylight Think Of lam.
ing ones arm 10y quick, hasty Withdrawals from
around certain waist at the lncessant ringing
OF the d"Or-bell, or seeing the puff combs and
curls fly in every objection, b" a sound of com
ing footsteps. Imagine proud lover at the feet
Of tar lady, putting forth an eloquent, long
avowaI, with extraordinary expressions fitting
over his face; and, at the same moment, a puz.
zIed little countenance peering through the
toldlng-do'rs, wondering what makes Mr.. NJ
"rray with his eyes wide. .open ~ Or, more
dlsagreeabie still, have mamma" open the
door, without the prelude of rap Of course,
just at the moment you have ventured to test
the temperature aud sweetness Of her daughters
lips.
Aud then what time in the day could one
take! Not in the forenoon, certa MY, when
music teachers and fashionable callers are in
vogue; not in the afternoon, when ones senses
are stupefed by the eating Ofa hearty dinner ;
not on Sundays, when everybody is expected to
go to church; not in church, with pantomimic
gestures that set the occupants of neighborng
pews staring. No. there is but Que time,
aud that the veritable season set in old priini
tive days-a time and season for. .courting. An
hour, when yon can pinch Susie's fingers to
make her tell who she loves best look in Su-
sizes hand to see if her fortune runs with yours,
and see what letter of the alphabet is formed
by the lines therein; kiss her when you please !;
hug her when you please; and all this wheE
the old folks are sleeping, when the sound OF
footsteps are scattering IN the streets. and IL ere
is no one on earth so near Susie as yourself!-
Thems um !-.Margdret Verne.
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17

ANOTHER B IND BRoKEN.-One more link II
The UnIon'-the religious union--of North
and South has just been snapped,-at CIeve.
land, OHIO. The New School Presby,eriar
General Assembly, recently in session there
having received fresh infusion of the AboI.
ton sentiment from the Churches and Clerpv.
men OF the Northern States,-since the iast
Assembly,-cOuld not resist the temptation te
STIR up the slave question anew,-and so, as
soon as the legitimate business of the Assembly
was got rid OF such action was had in refer
renee to the Southern Churches, rs would here
alter MAX the " 6in Of saveholdnp," the has
OF discipline by the Courts of the Church. The
Southern Churches refused to submit to this
preceding, and decming it no longer consistent
win the selt-respect, Or the good ofthe Church,
TO remain in fellowship with the brethern who
had thuS virtually communicated them from
the AsSemb!y,-have issued an address, settiup
forth the reasons which compelled the STEP
addressed 10 the Ministers and Churches in con.
nectlon with the General Assembly of the Pres.
pyterIan Church. The address is calm and TEN.
peraic ughout.-apparcntly written more
IN sorrow than in anger:
"Aboliionism'' has thus won another grand
triumph. The Presbyterian Church has split
on tue same rock on which the Methodists
the Bdptlsls, and the UGiiarlans have lost what
ever OF National unity they could once boast.
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17

01- An exchange paper says with phyloso-
ply: "To fair anonymous correspondent,
who questions US on delicate subject, we will
say briefly, that it is better 10 love person y,
cannot marry, than to marry person you cau-
not love-" This is a short text for long ser.
mon, which human experience will continue 10
preach until the last sy liable Of tecorded time
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17
ENIGMA.-Comoosed of % letter.

fea ENluMA.--Compo OF 70 letters. j.
10, Ia, 2, ls, is county in North Carolina;
Z, %, !, "a, 81, one Of the four elements;
5. ID, A. 8, 23, a river I'M Austria; oI
o. ~, Is. 81, mnu's name: 4-fs
G, 3, ~. 2, a river in Bavaria;
%, Id, 10, Is, %, 25, woman'a name;
81, Is. IL, is a pronoun; t's p
10, 81, 8, l6, IL, 8 a fruit; ,ts il
l. 16, IL, 90, herb;
a, 90, proposition 81.
l, 90, 25, Is. county in Georgia. Ti's3 ll2
Our whole ia placeo of amusement.
smyrns, Del. W." WI u. &p.
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17


AFRICA DIR. Livingston, the celebrated AT.
rican traveller and explorer, has had conferred
upon him the freedom OF the city OF London
On the occasion, he made some remarks in ref.
erence to the condition and capabilities of At
rica, expressing himself convinced that many
discoveries of great benefit to the world would
result from the opening of the interior of that
continent. lie lnslanced the substances ofgut-
Ia perchs and caOut-chouc, as not known few
years since, and now indispensable to almost
every household, and considered these as but
samples of many articles of commerce yet to
come to light. He cad fibrous plant in his
possession, entirely unknown to commerce.
which London firm has pronounced to be worth
when prepared. between ESQ and eco a ton.-
He also found upwards Of a.dozen kinds of fruit
totally unheGrd of in England, which seemed
to him excellent and capable of higher cult.
vation. The tribes In the interior were great
ly superior to those on the coast and anxious tc
cultivate intecourse with whise men. The
country was extremely fertile, as may be Judged
from the fact that the traveller onen passes
through grass so high as to cover his heac
while he sits on an OK. The Doctor CLOSED
with renewing his convictions ofihe desirabili,,
OF bringing Central Africa within the commu
nifty Of nations.
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17

HisroRIoXL SAYING ---,s Look at those brave
English tfoopsl See how firm they stand -
On my word, they are like carpet, --iot on y
true TO their colors. but, by Jove, they never
know. when they're beaten" Napoleon (tht
uaeIe) az Haterios," liis. mttseal -esl
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17

GoIHG TO Law The following notice from
the Reporter, is worth remembering: Hardly
day passes that we do not see exempliiied the
folly aud obs'nacy of human nature in going to
law with ones hclghbor. At the last term of
the Superior Court for Kent county, there was
a jury trial and two lawyers on beth sides, over
a small strip OF land, that which was actually
IN dispute being about three-quar ers of anacre,
worth about three dollars an acre. The costs
IN the case amounted 10 one hundred and fity
dollars, which with the lawyers fees and ex.
penses OF attending court aud survey of the
land must have swelled It to at least two hun
dred and fifty dolla $. Nor did The victorious
party come off much better, for his LAWYERS,
surveyors and time must have cost not less than
fifty TO a hundred dollars We remember TO
have heard the late Chief Justice Booth tell of
trial which took place in Sussex, where the
costs were over three hundred do lars all about
an acre OF land worth FIVE collars. Another
over two geese where the COSTS were near two
hundred dollars. We know a number of in
stances where the costs of the suit have been
about equal to the matter in dispute; and where
the victorious party has paid more to his law
yers than he gained by verdict in his favor.
Such gong to law is always caused by the dog.
ged obstinacy of one or other the parties, and
sometimes contrary to the advice of their law
yerS.
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17

TgRILLIsG SroRY.--"Am | really dear to
you. Sophia - whispered, aud pressed my
burning lips to her rosy mouth. She did not
saw YES she did nst say no; bat she returned
me NV kiss, and tie earth wentfrom under my
feet, INV soul was no longer in the body;
,onehed the stars; knew the happiness of the
seraphinI. .
The above is all of this deeply exciting story
that We can publish in the present issue. SEND
your sutscriptious-only $3.50 per year.
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17

OPlUM EATING IN NAMERICA.-Opium eating
Is increasing TO an alarming extent in this
country, ana questions such as these are daily
discussed 10 what extent is Opium-eating
carried ! Is 1t on the increase, or abatinU -
w nat classes of people are most addicted to il 4
IL Is sad that every day the alarming habit is
spreading among US. A physician in New
York testifes that he has received letters from
number ofperSons-pr professional men. farmers
and notwithstanding their bondorr ~
The unsparlng tend ofOpium, and implorny him
10 help and save them. BY him it is stated Thai
one man had taken an equivalent, in Nornh,a
"f not less than seventeen hundred drons of
laudanum daily for three years; and another
had attained to the almost incredible uotation
OF twenty-three hundred drops IA day! The
custom-house figures, and the reports of we'll
informed druggists, show that the importation
OF the drug has of late years increased far be-
yond the demand for il as medical areAt. II
is easily supposed what use is made of it.
How ALE STRENGTHENED HIM.-We believe
we have got hold Of an original anecdote that
never was printed before. student sf one Of
our State Colleges had a barrel of a lie deposited
IN his rsom-contrary of course TO rule and
usage. lie received a summons to appear be.
fore the President, who said:
"Slr,-l am informed that you have barrel
of ale in your rsom."
"Yes, Sir"
Well, what explanation can you mnkc?"
"Why, the fact is, sir, my physician advises
me to try little each day as tonic, and not
wishing to stop at the various places where the
beverage Is retaled, concluded 10 have bar.
rel taken TO my room.''
"lndeed. And have you derived and benefit
from the use of it 7"
"Ah, yes, sir. When the barrel was first
taken to my room, two days since, | could
scarcely lift it. Now can carry it with the
greatest ease.'
We believe the witty student was discharged
without special reprinand.
Smyrna times., 1857-06-17

CIR A writer in Blaektoood says that every
man who ID not monster,a mathematician, or
am IA phil. s,pher, is the slave Of some woman
or another. Isit
or Tho eyes win never oasrld, while reason
guides them.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-08-30
NASHVILLE JOCKEY Club COURSE.
Eau d. eH1ing. LS5l.

TUESDAY October 2Oh-It day--SweepstaksS for two
year ods (who we're trained previous to me Isl
of Juy $50 forfeit one mile out, closed
WITH the follow ing entries;
I-CaIgv d ISompson enters s by Sd Boston, dam by
. A turner enters by Shamrock, dan Ida, by imp
s@t Barnes enters ; f by A bion, dam by Richard.
4-Brssher Powers enter ch By Abon' dam oy LeVla-
w Phillips enters by Albion, dam Delta, by Priam.
Tennessee Stakes, for Year ds 5000 entrance $50
fet mile hest,Club to add $500 il two or more start
Nv ROunhee enters ch Tom Eames by I'd Boston, oam
a2Also 3 Kate HSyes by imp Albion, dam EudOrn, by
s~JobE Kennedy enters ch by Emu dam by imported
Up Fowler enters b Daisy Burns, by Lsmda, dam by
5~W T Cheatham enters + by Glencoe, dam Sonora
sc brga hit enters f by Albion dam by Ratler.
wEDN ESDAY, oct Der 2Ist-Sweepstakes for uniried
sytsr oIds sIOO entrance so Tor ei mile heats.
Nv 7 Ch,srham enters by Glencoe, dam Sonora
9VJoRn Kennsd, enters ch BY Emu, dam by AIndsrby.
4-W } Phillips enters b by kbOny, dam by I'd Bell
THURSDAY, october ead-swsepsakes for . year Olds
SIOO enirau,e, $50 forfeit, one mile heats -,
Calgy enerS br POtoOs BY Glencoe, dam imp BY
W rasher Powers enter ch by Abi,n, dam by Levis-
John Kennedy enters ch c by Albion, dam by Ain
4Hwm Rountres enters + by Glencoe, dam Jane Watson
'-W sberrod enters br by AIns Dent, by Rpsolou
dam Prince Ann b. LevisIhsn. ,,-- - S.,-.
Love, by Levahan. ,
7-B Thompson enters b by Glencoe, out OF the dam
Of Mary Bowen, by Levrahan.
FRIDAY October 23i-Sweepstakss FOR year ods, $3.50
entrance, forfeit, mile heat-Cnb TO add $500 two
I-Wm hOuntree ch Tom Eams, by Sd Boston,
dam sally Jones, by Levialhan.
2-Also, Kate Hayes, by Albion, dam by Pram.
3-B F Chsalham Ch DsSoto by EPSILON, dam Cottage
Girl by imp Anderby.
4-P Fowler enters br Daisy Burns, by LamdS, dam by
5-A Turner enters ch by GentOe, dam Princess Ann,
by LevIAthSn.
SATURDAY October eAth-Sweepstakes for year olds,
- Oeutrance $50 forfeit, mile heals
1T enters bi by Glencoe out of the dam of
Mary Bowen, by Deyiathan.
2-M q Calgy enters PotSos by Glencoe, dam by
ST q Boon rers b Bill Cheshsm, by Albion out Of
the dam Cf Berry, by Glencoe.
4-w Chratham enter. : by Glencoe, dam Sonora
Love, by Leyi-than.
S-John Kennedy enters ch by Albion dam by imported
Aiuderby.
6-W sherrod enters br Alns Dent by Epsolom, dam
Princess snn, by Leyialhsn
wv Philips enters ch by Albion, dam Delta, By
Priam, ". }. PHILLIPS.
nu'4--f Proprietor.