Smyrna times., 1857-01-07
SMYDNAS Dlslk0,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY z, 1857,
The Past Year,

sit material Tor making an epocn' o1 au """"' ~
.niYatsfis. January, in our quarter the =
world, saws, the New York ErpressRYill be re- :
rae,.bered as iSihg birth'toNthe Presidential
eles.ioss.. -Nasaxagas, aadessshe patsenagesof
General Walker, resulting in the cholceof Don
pa,ricio RNss.I Riyas. was President de jure,
,o he suresbut Walker was President de factO.
Riyas for the time being. was but the simple ,
representative of the real power welded BY the
C;eneral-in-Chief Had Walker been content
fora while longer, TO govern thus behind the
throne. he and Don sPatricio might still have
been friends-wiIh the bond of sympathy still
unbroken between the people OF Nicaragua ana
the Is strangers" of which that friendship, as
long as II lasted, was pledge--bnt in f his am-
bitiou to reach the top of the ladder. by crooked
mis- and doubtful processes, the close OF
the year discovers him ..ecs 49,
the arbiter of others fate.
A suppl ant for his owR. 81. 'na
A shadow Aits across the 23d of January,
with heavy sorrow in its traln' the gloomy
impress of which still darkens many hearth |
stone. On that day the Collins steamship Pacl-
no sailed from Liverpool for this port, and
ang hearts and moistened eyes turned despair
iuplv oceanward, during the long days aud
nioh,s that interviewed between hope and de-
spair! And when, at last, the painful eonvlc-
aion came that all IS known that ever would
be- known of the leyea aud lost, " until the sea
gives up it's dead" a whole nation mingled
their sympathes with their sorrows-lts lamen-
tations with their tears Many months have
passed away since then-the nation has forgot
ten its gfief-but " the hearth, the hearth Is
desolate,' and the vacant places, alas! are va
cant still. Drop the curtain upon sorrows as
sacred as these, and let Times panorama pass
The aspect of our foreign relations, about
the middle OF February, was sufficiently forbid
ding-so far as Great Britain was concerned
to excite. the liveliest apprehensions of the
friends of peace On the Alb of that month
the Manchester Chamber Of Commerce held 4
meeting to urge upon the Governments of botl
countries larger spirit of forbearanee-and
what was done at Manchester, was duly i'm
proved to the same worthy end by the merchan Mt
of New York, Philadelphia and Boston. w
are inclined to believe that the action of th
peeule in this particular had, both in Washing
ton and Downing street, no Insignificant Unfit
ence in giving the Central American and FL
listmeut negstistions such happy turn. as
render collision out Of the question. BIRTHS
public opinion, in this instance, so coincide
with public opinion in America, that the Go
esumen,s, we may safely conclude, deemed
unsafe to dare il to the swords point or to Il
e,nnou's mouth 1t was on the 18th of Marc
that Mr.. Dallas was sent out to take the pla'
Of Mr.. Buchsnan. as Minister at London.
The memorable massacre of California pa
.engers (Americans) by the Panamenos, to-
Mace on the 18th If April. The official cC
respondence which has subsequently, passed !
tween. the New Granada, and American &c
srnmeuts in reference TO the affair, we belief
ia still open; but IL is pleasant 10 have assutan
-asslwe had by 'the'v very last steamer from
p.fwalt-thst our new minister to Carthagel
Mr.. Morse, is in a fair way OF obtainingl
gentle means, at an early day, "indemnity
die past and security, for the future" =. !, y +.
Tune was rreinarkable,f :, The disastrous
dundations in France, a calamity which ex
ted the liberality of our countrymen here, a
the French residents to very creditsble resul
I.was in this month"; hkewises that the stea
Prouontis sailed from London, with the 81
marine Electric Telegraph TO connect Ga
Breton with Newfoundland. Before anot
SIMMER comes around, it is not imProbable'
wilI be in our power to announce that the ch
ofeommuniration between the Old World I
,ba Nev-yia The bottom ofthe Atlantic Oce
ia we'll on towards completion. Oa the 2
oeJune. Il vas, that Professor Nahan. Of
West Point Military Academy, went to II.
Mislsvee. hut was not admitted, because
that veIloie toaist coat A war with Enga
foliowed--in the newspapers-but the yell
waisicos,. in The end. came right side uE---
aoo,ogv coming, rumor said, from even i
royalty itself. "a. = be,soo laui. .ss.4
.Wi.h tneexsePtiops soi a short revolution
ssas.n in Spsi1---e, great hre Do aSl'na--
h,sakisg ost oflhe cholera ia Asteira---hu
c,ass@ in Cubs, and earthquakes in 1T. Tho
--Jay .pd, ,AasaFt passed 1f3s Oh Without %uei
note. 81 ia sllEW 5di aug9 9ls Iah! ~ }.d
November, like January. has It's skeleton
On the I'd the Inflated French steamer ~
psis, froh this port TOT liavre, Wasfun In'o
the bark Adratie. The Steamer went dt
"a isw. Of her passengers we're rescued :esi =
,..s;,3a ve s-1tLe fate OF the renpa inder
mi wsifing. issetili u paiafef Mystery.
es,phey- -tbs Iast aaoasii in Che year---7c.l
wiihsthe several patlBfsof Europe al 'peaee
.arn I. III. with one sboilier,, asd oer
equity Oh good terms. H'IiOt wi.i odtselSe e
,,..eh as we should be. salaafy rateswhts All
rsss Of the human iamilyaoli = .ansas. I
We have thasB cssso . 9iaasays iseirospec
glsussi stsahe worid,s shlstosg bierl the 1--WE
,asashs past beyoad feur own boandafie
Iiuss xi home, ,ihsJcsr VIII De sssiniyasse'
able for the isssuse political exche'"eui- I
e,d;ay and pending triangular contest