Smyrna times., 1858-10-14

doIngs 10 Gotham;
"Politics now-nothing but politcs-unt!l
"the hrst Tuesday after the hrsl Monday In
| November" comes al no There are ii great
many Offices To be lied hut Tor every one of
these there are, Oh the average, It least half
! dozen candidates, each and all willing 10 serve
anu save the unhappy cOHntry. Nothing but
" nominations" regular and irregular are talk
ed OF during the day, and when night comes,
torchlight professions, horrible music, aud 1.-The
great unwashed," are seen and heard la the
streets. There is split" present ur pros
pectlve, on almOt every " nomination " and
every ticket so that on all hands, we ere goIug
INTO the campaign in q condition OF GLORIOUS
confusion, in fact, regular political hurdle
race, the like of which never seen before, even
in this city of novelties. Everybody you meet
has either nomination" or expectation of
getting one.
LETTING THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG--A cute
Yankee trick was perpetrated st Portland on
Wednesday evening. An advertisement ap-
peared IN the papers, announcing that " the
humbuggery of Spiritursm will be outdone
this evening, at City Hall, by letting the cat
out of the bag" Admission five cents; and at
this low price the house was crowded. The
lecturer commenced and the audience were
hushed TO porfect stiffness. After making few
remarks--very brief indeed--the lecturer took
from beneath the desk bag, and ripping it open,
out popped large cat, which, squalling and
spIttlng, made spring among the AUDIENCE
The applause that burst forth was tremendous
amidst which our Yankee took his hat and
| cody walked out of the hall. The sell " was
SO rich that the audience laughed heartily, and
the perpetrator of the joke retired with pock.
ct full of coin.-BOStOn Journal.
ANOTHER CHICKEN SroRY.-A few weeks
ago MIR. Lemuel DRAPER, farmer near Mil.
lord, lost two gold buttons which be usually
wore IN his shirt bosom. After the most dill.
gent search by his family they were unable to
lind them. In the afternoon a dispute arose
among members of the faualy as to which Of
the two chickens should be killed for supper
The decision was finally made in favor of the
choice OF younger member of the family, and
both buttons were found in its gzzard! Then
1t was remembered that the button had been
Iald on the breakfast table, and Of course thrown
out with the crumbs, and the larceny detected
alter the criminal had suffered the extreme
penalty of the law.-NewS.
FoRGING TURKISH NoTEs.-Neu York, Oct
ga printer of good standing was arrested
here yesterday, at the instance Of the Turkish
government, on a charge of having printed
counterfeit notes of that government to the
amount OF l2,OOO,OO0 piastres. The work was
done for Moldavian woman named Sevasti.
alias Zalfmen, who solOurned here last summer
rms woman was arrested recently at Cons,an-
tlnople, after having passed $4O,O worth of
the forged paper in that city.
The PEAC CROP OF SAssAFRAs NEcK-Tbe
peach crop, owing to the poor crops of grain.
mas oeen very important one this year, to
Sassafras Neck. An intelligent farmer there
estimates the net proceeds of the peaches |
sn'Ppcd thence the present season, at $4,000, |
OF which upwards of $4,000 were from the |
Cassidy farm now owned by Mr.. Revbold. The
next most extensive growers, be believe, are
Messrs. HusieIt, Knight and Semans.-CeciI
Wing.
o. Mr.. Henry Layton, formerly of Milford.
died at Galvastin, Texas, of the yellow fever
on the 23d ul. He was taken with the disease
on Sunday morning the 10Th ult., nd died at
y O'Clock on the 23d, and was buried at 5
o clock the same afternoon.
PAINFUL AccrDENr.-Two little daughters of
Mr. WIN. Curry. near this town, were PLAYING
U pom the floor, some days ago, when one of them.
ABOUT hve years Of age, hooked one of her feel
in her sisters hoops, fell upon the floor and
broke her thigh.-CecH Democrat.
0I- Forty-nne of the camels BELONGING 70
'he United States are now at Campe Verde. 10
miles from San Antonio. Only ono of tbooo
imported has died, while ten have been added
'y birth. These young American horn camel
hrlVe well, and promise to grow up eouaI in
III respects to those imported.
LOTTERY GAMBLING.--The New York Sun
'ays tnal few days since, the Sheriff sold out
he effects of a merchant who has been ruined
nurphaca of lOff
or years, but never gained a prize, until few c
weeks ago. and the lottery men refused 10 nav g
he only hit he made.
AN IMPORTANT VERDIcr.-In the Court of a
quarter Session, of Philadelphia, on Monday, a
" VILLAIN Nixon was pronounced guilty of man.
laughter for having left his horse and cart i
landing, unattended, in a public street. by &
Vhlch negligence u child was killed. Il
APPLES Within week or two 5000 bar. y
e els OF apples have been shipped from Boston to p
baltimore and Philadelphia. The appIe cron of .
ne new England States is said to be yery ii
arge this year.
ne OREGON SENAToRs.-Hon. Delazon
'mlth, one of the U. s. Senators from Oregon.
,as TO have left that Territory on the 25th
It, Tor WashIDutOn. Oregon, it will be recol.
sc'eu' nus not been admitted into the Union.
DEATH TO DOGs.-The police officers and a
ther persons have destroyed, the present sea. o
on. in wilmington and vicinity. nearly six hun. Il
red dogs OF different sorts, sizes and kinds. a
IHE SPLIT IN ILLINoIs-Both wings of the :,
Illnols Democracy have nominated separate ST
andldates for Congress in every district in the e
tate, except the Ninth. -
REWARD OFFERED.-Neu York, Oct. g. D
ne American Institute offers a reward of c.
oOoO ior the detection of the incendiary of the Il
'rystal Palace. y"
hNoTHEn WASHING MAcHINE.-Samuel w.
o'e' OF burlington, has obtained a patent for 3
Improvement in Washing machines.
" There were forty-two different counter.
NJ bank notes put in circulation during Sen.
smber just closed. II