Smyrna times., 1858-07-22
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MEXICAN FORCED LOAN.-The letter of Mr..
Forsyth, Mexican minister, asking the opinion
OF the President relative TO the levy of the Zu.
Ioaga government on the property of American
citizens, having been laid before Nitornev
General Black, the subject has by him been
thoroughly examined, with the official dccroes
and the treaties between Mexico and o,ber
governments, our own being placed on Il footln a
with the most favored nations. Whilst if IS
understood that general tax NAV be imposcd
accorulh@ 10 The usual forms for legitimate pur.
poses, yet after taking all the data INTO consid.
Grafton, and looking to the present CONDITION of
hat country, the collection of money in the
manner proposed is in the nature Of forced
contribution. Thus The position Of Mr.. FORSYTH
Is sustained.
CLOUDS ON THE EUROPEAN HoRIzoN.-Savs
the Paris correspondent of tne New York Com-
merciGI:
1t is strange feature in the politica! his
tory OF Europe at the present moment. that
every State Is armlng aud fortifying itself
against some imaginary enemy, and that the
works are being hastened, according TO their
own words in the provision of events that NAV
soon arise
Even little Belgium is going to fortify. to the
extent Ot forty millions of francs, one of her
toWns-at least majority of her rulers favor
the proJcct--und they, like the rest, talk Of the
overhangIng storm. Whence is this storm
coming
The naval equipments and Notifications Of
Cherbonrg, now the principal French naval
station, are said to be some, hing borderjur on
the marvellous for their perfection and magni
! tude. These works, which are TO be inauUnra
! tea by the Emperor in August, will no doubt
strike The English naval men with SURPRISE. for
nothing 10 England equals OF even approaches
them. One hundred English men-of war viii
be present al this naval iete."
From WASHINGTON The members of ,bo
Cabinet are flying off in ell directions. Secre.
tarles Floyd and Thompson are now absent. and
Secretary Toucey and Postnasler-General
Brown have left for their respective homes
Attorney-General Black contemDlatesa n gyinn
visit to his family, (now in PENNSYLVANIA. ofI
only week. Mr. Cobb Will remain. and watch
the cbb and flow OF the public revenue Gen. |
CasS Is heavily pressed with the cares of Stale /
ana does most OF his work at his private resi- |
dence, where he steadily refuses to see anv
visitors, under any preteXt whatever.
0T jeff. Davis has become tired of pavino
The part OF a nuillfer. On the 4th of Jnly, he
was at sea, and be delivered quite Union
speech TO crew who would have celebration.
lie then went to Portland, Me-, where he was
serenadcd by the Democracy, and delivered
speech to the crowd upon subjects of national
Importance, in a style calculated to cxhaIt his
reputation as statesman. lie grew eloquent
upon the theme OF Pacific Railroad, and cnrr
csty contcnded for the construction of that
hlghWay, not IN accordance with the schemes
OF sectional" politicians, but upon a route
best adapted tG answer the wants of the nation
VERY FREYCHY.--It has been intensely hot
in Paris, and whcreupon many Parisions bav.
converted night into day, in order to enioy the
more moderate temperature of that portion of
the twenY-four hours. The Bois de, Boulogne
Qhe Paris Park) was crowded with carriages ofI
all description, from nine in the evennG till
two in the morning.
0C5- Washington, July 15.-The Peace .
Commissioners in a despatch to the govern (
ment, state that they have settled the Difficult
lies existing between the United States and I
Utah. The despatch substantially confirms o
the previously received teegrap phic accounts.
o. An Albany paper says that five gallons
1f New York milk were recently placed in q
patent churn in that city, and the product of the
;hurning was two gallons of good whiskey.-
Exchange.
Only let this fact become generally known
n New York, and the rush for the milk of the
ump-taIl cows will be greater than ever
lowever, one good result will folow-not a
Illl of the fluid will be left for the poor, inno
ent babies.
But, happily for the public health, there is no
aw, not even the law Of necessity to compel Y
eOpIe to drink the stump-taIl abomnation. If Hi
eople nnOt'obtain pure milk, they had better p
onhne themselves to pure water.-IimeS.
OIL 1t is stated that Ex-President Millard
fillmore is suffering severely from inflammation
the eyes, They are so weak that he is
bIIged 10 iorego reading aimest entirely.
oNE.EYED CoLT The Richmond. (Kv, m
fesSenger mentions a freuk of nature which is w
lthout parallel in the animal kingdom. II
a colt with only one eye. II was foaled on IT.
le farm Of Mr.. Roberts, in Madison county,
he eye is considerably larger than the usual
re, and in the middle Of the forehead. -
0E.5- AT Bona, Africa, the native Algericcs. Is
lgry at no rain falling. seized half a dozen
arabous, and plunged the holy men into the =,
"a, keeping them in the bath until shower W
me. 1t actually began to pour down at once.
he Lazzaroni at Naples are trying similar
pertinent against the lava of Vesuvius with q An
ooden doll of st. Januarus.
OF Hanover paper tells the world that -
G "sllly prejudice against horselesh" has al
yether vanished in Denmark and northern
'rmany; and that in the city OF Hanover =,
'ne, in the course Of Whitsunweek, about
100 lbs. of hOrsehesh were consumed. The -
mber OF horses slaughtered for eating, i'm III
II city, is between 200 and 800 year. I y