Smyrna times., 1857-03-25
WHOLE NO., 31s.

70
70 the advantage that it possesses in hav,no ~
shortest passage to the Pacific, by wav of the
Iehuantepec route Hitherto, a person n. voI-
Jug from the Mississippi valley to San Francis.
co. Had 10 go to New York, and then travel hv
'ie Fahaina route 62lS miles, when il ia INIT
as possible, with sufficient enterDrise on
part OF the citizens Of New Orleans % -
'nat CITY the starting point for all the Sopthor0
section OF the Union, and the great point of IL
trloulion otthe Pacific commerce. The foI,o,,,-
ing Is comparison of distances between NJ,
orleans and San Francisco, on the sbo,,es.
route TO The mouth of the Goa tzacoaIcos 10
'<o hles; the transit Is 236 miles: from Van
tosa TO San Francisco 1904 total from NJ,
Cilea"s 10 oan francisco, 1860 miles The
1,',a"ce ~ from New 0rk, by the shortest roIfe.
coIn emudntePec' Is 4olo miles; by Panama il is
40 miles, new Orleans. therefore, by ca.
tabIsshlng line of steamers from ,h.I'
sufficient TO accommodate the wants IS -, P'',
ana trade, and regular in their trims. would -
come a formidable rWa! 10 New York in ~.
Pacific trade, :" '"o
DiAMoNDs'-Ihs most precious of .,o
mas met with a greatly increased a. e'Uhes
iate' ana has consequently experienced VI
nahcement oil price, having advanced -" cue
hVe per cent within the past wear IT. my
tatons INTO the United States have bad
ceP'ioIe enect upon the markets OF Ear, =. p
YET says the New York Journal of Co,,r. ~ anu
tne custom blouse books scarcely sbov'
ira iranSac'ions IN the article. Diamonds NJ,
th1s sna,,'sIIo aoou' the person, and thew are
49,, rrS iou i"to the country without p.vino
LnoH Importation is almost w6olls
soIi;u " INSCRIPTIONS Jews, who 70 abont
ocHins " local merchants as they have o,Do.
tunlty. Homes: men cannot comna,o III oPPor-
and nave long since desisted from tho a,,o' ."en'
n TROUBLE AT CAPE PALMAs, ,AFR1cA-R;sL
rayhe' OF the Protestant EPISCOPAL Cb'."IP
writes as follows, under date oftjt. 30,b n1"'
Oer' rom cape Palmas, Africa: "Tbe cnIonst,r
nUVeu 0y various prOvocations, have bu,nod
an the cape Palmas and Grahway I, WINS s;,.tPP
III NUMBER aud driven their inhabitan,s
i"E oeIow SIX thousand-into the fores, =. -
INFERIOR villages as would afford them sLai,n.
a"u 'he natives, on their part, have burnad 60.
onIa, - th houses IN the colony. and
among them our first station and onr a., a"t
can home, Mount Vaughan" ''' A'r''
- ~ one OF the young ladies' that vis;,oJ a.
u o. snip Portsmouth, the other dav ,,s" '"e
"c' supposed 10 have the slightest knou,loJ.s
u' " "'ctlcaI parlance, asked Captain Dor;n ,,,s':
sI, Tue altermost sail was like tyrannic.I 10y
ine gaiIant captain scratched his head ovar !.
d WINE ana then :" gave it up" Brcanse ~
SPanker' mOdcstly lsped the young mis-,
tHE M SUGAR INTERESTS dislike to come dom.
~ sher prices In Cuba the planters bava
10 keepltup, but letters from Hsvsns
say 'ney VIII be unable to do so after tbo e.n
Jens ueiIHefy' and that the price must Co..,
Oo""' "el' the consumers vii! not ob;ect
hEVIvAL'-The revival at The Salem Mo,L.
d'st Episcopal Church, Philadelphia baa I.oS
u'et ~ lour hundred persons, by conversion ~
ono ,n congregation within the last eiob, uaoL. ~
he church IS crowded at every meeting 80
ger. "g.-iLed-
W According TO NJ. Gordon. ses.u..o
be entirely deprived of its nansoona , "atsr may
u nMitrauon through powdered charcoal ~.
p"on-Shaped vessel is ecommended-,ba ~
10 occupy the long arm. cOai
" 1 On the 2lst of February, Mr.. John ~.
'ett, OF otGreenbush, Wisconsin. was ,bro,, en- SoI'
us uofse WIN such violence as to cansa -
iea'l. ne had previously been impressed u,,,h
"g IonFlclion Eg mat he should die on that dsv
ana had ordered coffin. uay'
~ Inc editor of the wiring and T,,;..
ays ne mas seen the contrivance our
rfse rse "heh tney "warm up with the sub;ac, :,
lie says it's glass concern, and holds -.
pint "''u "oiuS about
VFThe California ladies are set,;rc
ent example to the ladies at The f.,
they have formed Calico So.;o az
10 iady is entitled to membership nnless .i!'
Wiling 10 appear at church, at balls or ~ -,
treet In calico Dress - =" 'ne
g The French Emperor has now in n.
laoleS' SIX very fine American horses rhs
W.. us ne ur"es IN his phaeton are Amer.
ers. 'UPe''oT Tot'
w wag says 1t is folly to expect c;rl,
oVe man whom everybody speaks weIi g
ret up persecution, and her affection Ill
ling so fast that dozen guardians ann, I'
in to remove them. 1""o' Oe-
" Inc Spring Trade, says the PhiIadeInb;.
'eag err TINS season. is universally conccded -
ave Deen larger aud more successful n, -.
lerchants 'han Tor two years, beiDg eonal :.
very respect to that of 1854, which w. ,Ln ~
eaviest ever known. "'e
Or In church at Itivas, Nicar,rr.
a well executed bust of the " "Fatbor "9'e
ountry,"o OF whom the natives speak
ood Saint George Washington. a' ''t'hte' 'he
or Mr. Buchanan, in his sinauc,r.,.,,{ 81
lys, for our children and our chiIdrenss .S's'
rem" Wonder where his are, we never ha.ns ~n,l,
his marriage. "''ei neard
~ Mr.. Forsyth, our Minister to Mi.
i'll, it is said, be recalled, for negot;.S
eaties without instructions. 80
0@r In France there are thirty-six coal s.la..
thirty departments, and the annual prcSncs
coal exceeds 3,0O0OOO tons. p'ONauce
0c-Three hundred thOsand persons in 49,
e engaged in mining. and their onsr..;n
low an annual value of $50 900 900. ~ "I'0n
GT James B. Clay has been tende,sd ~.
lssi9n TO Berlin, but he has written - .p .he
resident declining the appointment. = me
OIT a vote was taken lately at Iaw,...s4 Law ..s4
annsas' " shall liquor be sold in Lawrssence,,l