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Smyrna times., 1858-09-09
The Slaves in Virginia.

u. +. X. James, the well known and popular
I! Engllsh novelist, who has been a resident OF
virginia Tor several years past contributes TO
the hhlcKerOocker very interesting article on
" Lie IN Virginia" and as the views expressed
are so entirely at variance with those of all for
mrr British writers on the subject, we owe y
Oriet extract Oh " The Negro Lltj, of VirGinia -
Whlch, says Mr. James, "diilers very little from
'he negro life all through the South. In re.
t4rn ior tood, clothing, house-room medical at
tcMdance' aud support in old aye, about one
thIrd OF the labor which is required of the white
man IN most countries is demanded of the black.
ne performs 1t badly, and would not perform it
at all 1t he were not compelled The rest of
MS time is spent in singing, dancing, laughing.
chatterng, and bringing up pigs aud chickens,
Ihdt negroes are the worst servants in the
world, but "a thorough bred Southern man. will
admit; but the Southerner has been reared
amongst them from his childhood, and in general
mas tenderness and affection for them of
Which Northern man can have no conception.
GREAT care Is taken by the law to guard them
against oppression and wrong; and after six
} eafS resi"euce IN the State, can safely say
never saw more than one instance of cruelty
toward negro, and that was perpetrated by
lorel9ner. That there may still be evils in the
system which might be removed by law. and
mat lhere may lie individual instances of on
preston, and even bad treatment. | do not de.
ny out those instances are not so frcuueut as
lhose OF cruelty to a wife or child in Northern
lands, as displayed every day by The newspapers;
ana IN point Of general happiness it would not
oe amlss to alter an old adage and say, AS
merry as a negro slaVe.'"
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09
A Rich Dress going the Rounds.

lady at Dubuque, Iowa, was the happy
owner of a dress of unusual magniGcence and
value. 1t had been her wedding-robe, and had
cost over five hundred dollars. The lace of
which it was partly composed and decorated
was of the finest point, of the most delicate
finish, and of the highest price, while the fabric
of the dress itself was matchless for its ele.
gance. Although a number of months had
elapsed since her wedding, the lady had never
worn this beautiful dress but once, but had kent
it carefully laid away in one of her trunks. On
the Fourth of July servant girl belonging to
the hotel, went clandestinely to this Iady's
room, and in her absence opened her trunk, and
selected this five hundred dollar dress as the
one which pleased her fancy the most. Taking
it to her own room she arrayed herself therein
and proceeded to the National Garden where
she spent the entire day. She returned al
night, slipped up TO the lady's room, replaced
the dress in the. trunk, and skulked away again
No discovery was made Of this fact until da
or two since, when the lady opened the trunl
containing the dress, having made up her mine
to wear IT to wedding party that evening"
What was her horror, on taking out her beau
tful dress, TO find the skirt of it III bedragglet
with mud the front stained with the dripping
of lager beer; the breast bearing the impress
Of the hands Of the amorous swains with whom
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09
4 Whale in the Chesapeake.

A gentleman of undoubted rcspectaLiitv,
well known to the citizens of Baltimore. has
furnished the american, ofthat city, with the
following statement. We believe similar
event was never before known:
NeSSrS EditlrS: Though familiar with the
Chesapeake aud its rivers for forty wears. |
have never seen or heard of whale in its wa
tiers. The following extract from letter re.
ceved yesterday from my sister, residing in
Gloucester county, Va, near the bay shore.
may be OF fInterest to your readers:
I'VE have had frequent rams lately though
not continued ones. The corn is much benefit
ted by then they say. The great event of the
day, however, is the arrival aud capture of a
whale IN North River. II was seen just oppo-
site MAJOR TallaIcro'S house, and many persons
soon collected and tried to kill it, bat it was too
dangerous to venture near to, and it was a long
time before they succeeded in killing it. It's
mouth when open measured thirteen feet from
Inc under TO the upper part; a small boat, such
as they had, might have sailed in. The tongue
was as large as common door and as soft to
the foot as feather bed. The animal meas
ured torty-three feet nine inches in length ::
twenty-seven in circumference, nine feet
through, and the tail lin ten feet wide. Over
Two thousand persons went to see it, but it be-
came so oilenslue that it had to be cut up and
buried. They tried 10 save the OIL but not un-
dcrstandlng the process had to abandon it. AZ
ter shooting it from boat repeatedly and
woundIng 1t, DR.. Phil. Taliaferro went out in
the water up to his throat and pierced it with
Toledo sword until it was powcrless and could
be dragged ashore.
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09

03- silly fellow having u cask of American
VINE, impressed his seal on the orifice. Rnt
his servant having bored through it from below
and drawn out some Of the wine. the master
wondered to see that it had decreased. before
the seals were broken. "See if il is not drawn
from below" said his friend. "You fool" he
answered. "the empty space is not at the bot
tom, but at the top"
VT- CORDIN' TO SIZE.-At school exami.
nation, the teacher asked a boy whether he
could forgive those who had wronged him.
"Could you" said the teacher, forgive a how
for example, who had insulted or struck Won /"
" f-e'e-s, sir," replied the lad, very SLOWLY. at
-thlnk-I-could, if he was bigger than
am"
" In an Irish provincial journal there is an
advertisement running Thus -" Wanted, a
handy laborer, who can plough married man
and Protestant, with son or daughter"
0+- Jerrold said to an ardent Young gentle.
man, who burned to see himself in priEt, Be
ADVISED by me. young man; don't take down
the shutters before there is something in the
window"
o. lady having written letter. conelu.
ded il as follows =" Give everybody's love tn
everybody, so that nobody may be asgrieyed by
anybody being forgotten by somebody"
017- Do you suppose that the grown-up child
does not want amusement when you see how
greedy children are of il! Do not imagine we
grow out OF that; we disguise ourselves by va.
rlous solemnities, but we have none of us lost
the child nature yet
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09

WHAT CIGARS ARE MADE oF.-An invoice
OF foreign cigars, " real Havanas." were re.
Gently appraised at the New York Custom
House at $o3 per thousand, but the importer be.
ing dissatisfied, new appraisement was made,
which resulted in the admission of the cigars al
81 30 per thousand. The evidence, under oath
by which the change in the appraisement was
made, was this-that not particle of tobacco
entered into the composition of said cigars, but
that they were wholly composed of oak and
other leaves soaked in strong tobacco I've.
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09

The CABLE " has been a singular piece of
good luck to the New York jewellers, who were
suffering terribly from The hard times, till they
thought of an expedent to facilitate sales by
working up the unused cable into brea ST. pins
aud finger-rings. They purchased il for $500
per mile, and sell 1t as jewelry at the rate of
9lGO,OO0 per mile. AS long as there is de-
mand for these kinds of keepsakes, the cable il
is presumed will last, and if il does not there is
mannfactory of the article close at hand
whence the supply could be kept up.
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09

A CARPENrER's BLL.--The following bill
was lately presented TO farmer in Sussex -
ITO hanging two barn-doors, and myself seven
hours four shillings and sixpence.'
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09

rlor to any we had heard in Egypt. There was
greater variety of musical instruments there
were three fiat kanooNs," or dulcimers. more
agreeable to look at than listen to; they were
made OF vcneered wanut-wood, inaid with mo-
ther-of-pearl; there were also some " loods." or
lutes; this has been, for many centuries the
instrument most commonly used by the best
ARAB musicians Its name (the original sinni
hcatIon OF which is &" wood y with the {. ell ~
PretiXed to it, is the source whence are derived
The terms HHto in Italian, Euth in French. Iute
IN English, &c. There was also hautbov.
'amoourine, and tarrd6ukka. Four girls about
Ten years OF age, and another about six, dressed
Ike boy in scarlet clolhes swere made to dance
Tor at least two hours. | thought the poor chill
dren would have dropped from exhaustion. for
1t requires no small degree of physical force TO
keep up the shaking of the limbs which seems
TO constitute the chief part of an Eastern dance
Their last performance was to turn over and
over and over on their hands like wheel, the
one dressed as boy going head over heels
These latter evoutions delighted the princesscs
very much Many of the slaves were old and
ugly and among the younger there was only
one who had the least pretensons to good looks.
and she in consequence enjoyed a share Of Is |
mail Pasha's atfcctions.-s YraueLs IN EDD,y,
By Lady.
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09
An Egyptian Princes Harem.

One of the largest rooms we entered had
some fourteen or sixteen mejalIioRs along the
wall, with Ismail Pasha's initials traced in da.
monds upon each. The letters appeared from
eight TO ten inches high! Every thing was in
the same style. 1t would be impossible to de-
tail the gOrgeousness of all we saw. Every
room had different hangings, but all Of the rich
est silks, and in keeping with the rest of the
furniture. In some there were soft and beau
tiful carpets, and in others the floor was of n@
laid marble. In many there were elegant fonn-
tains, and the ceilings in all were of polished
wood, arranged in mOsaics, or exhibiting the
gEaia in beautiful combinations. When the
gentlemen were securely locked out, at which
they grumbled not little, Ismal Pasha's wives
were introduced, and we were conducted into
one of these apartments. The two princesses
are Circassians. They were bought as slaves
when only fourteen or fifteen years old. They
are both under twenty, and one of them is very
lovely. Large. DARK, soft, melting eyes, shaded
by long black eye.lashes, wel-formed nose
and mouth teeth Of peary whiteness, ard an
exquisite complexion. perfectly realized all we
had eyer conceived of CIrc2ssiaB beauty; the
other princess was younger, and her features
were equally fauItless. but she lacked the spark.
ling animation Of the elder. Hers was sad
though far from uncommon, history. She had
had two lovely children, and had lost them bott
in one night--no rare occurrence in Turkish
harem, but she had never recovered from thu
shock she is, we were told the favorte will
Ismail, for the til, being, suppose, but neithe
of the wives seemed jealous of the other
Sweoimeats made by the ladies of the harem
were first handed round, and pipes and colfe
ollowed. The music in this harem, thoug
fssfening and discordanl, was Infinitely supe
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09

THERE'S THE RUB" Plain-faccd girls should
dress plainly" remarks Miss Leslie. Was
there ever young lady who was willing 10 ad-
NIT that she had plain face
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09

TIE PURIFIcATIoN OF MIsFoRTUNE--A re-
fined simite, by Mr.. BraidwoOd, Of the Fire
Brigade.-A grand disaster often has the ef:
feet of elicitng that which is truly valuable ou,
of man. 1t Is like fearful conHagration,' ;
at which the only things picked out of the ruint
are the solid Jumps Of gold Punch.
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09

the girl had whirled through the mazes of the
waltz the lace torn and sOiled beyond redemp-
tion
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09
Tom COrWin.

Hon. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, is q rem,,k.
aOle man, IN many respects. As selftancbt
genus ne is worthy exempar to youn@ men
generally whilst as a wit his fame is World
wide. 10 the latter excellency in speech. nor.
maps is to be ascrbed, more than anything else
nlS extraordinary power in debate, and bv if
alone' may be interpreted his winning magic
Oo'h on the rostrum and at the bar, for in 1er'
son ne IS said to be very unprepossessing, hav.
ing Il dull look and being fully as swar,bn ~
most Indians. Indeed, from his dark skin he is
often made the but Of ridicule, but, like trne
philosopher, he knows how 20 take i0ke az
wen we. as IS 10 give one So' on Wednesday night
las'' he attended political meeting at Ports
mouth, Ohio. After the Hon. Caleb Smitb had
nnished speaking, yell was raised for g Tom
Norwln." Tom came forward with smile
upon his face when some one called out.
', want 10 see biack Tom on the stump once more.'
Corwin laughed, and replied That's the vor,
feaso" why dislike to appear at night. Idon't
appear TO good advantage by candelight."
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09

He PRESENT COMPANY ExCEPTED."-Ata
public dinner in the country, a farmer. wbilo
relating something to the company about two
Chinese women said, "I declare they were the
ugteSt woman have seen anywhere" There
happening to be two maiden ladies present of
no remarkable beauty, the farmer, who was a
little misty, began TO think he had made mess
of 1t, and that they would imagine he was allu-
ding to them; so, tC put matters straight, las
he thought) he added, "the present company
excepted" Roars of laughter followed, and in
few minutes both farmer and ladies had van
ished.
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09

FEARFUL TORNADO IN MARYLAND.-A cor
respondent of the Bel Egis writes from Locust
Grove Hartford county. Md, under date of An.
gust Goth, as follows:
On tuesday evening last our vicinity w.O
VISITED by Tornado of fea rful Character
During the afternoon, dark clouds were coon
sathering' and about seven O'clock it commenc.
cd raining. The clouds grew heavier The
lhuI der increased, and the lightning snreod
un,li tie heavens seemed in a blaze. Abont
hai' past eight, powerful wind arose. and
sweep before 1t roofs of buildings, trees, fences
stacks OF grain and hay, prostrating the corn
ana "Il that lay IN its way. The farm of Robt
Galley Esq, received most serious injury. his
orchard beng almost entirely DESTROYED. and
about forty good fruit trees blown nm H;s
house and barn were considerably dnmaroJ
windows beng blown cut of the house. chin
n'yS blown down, &c His yard, which before
Was very beautifully shaded, is now quite laid
waste Large limbs OF trees, fence-rails. SC
on ms PlHcc, We're carried from thirty TO ffiv
! irdS. HIS loss Is estimated at about five bun.
dred dollars. The rain continued TO fall in Tor.
rents uhtil the water rose 10 a fearful extent
% FAR as We have heard, the flood has been verv
destI tIuctIve-sweepmg away houses, barns
mills, bridges, fences, horses and cattle. Tbo
destruction by wind was not SO general n
seemed the work of an instant.
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09
Eztempo-e Baby.

ParIslan sympathy is very much interested.
Just now, in the accounts given Of the growth
aud accomplishments of a child found asleep in
his cradle at the sacking Of Sebastopol. The
french soldier, who first came upon the little
unconscious Creature, took him carefully in his
arms to bear him to place of safety intend.
ing fully to adopt and rear him as his own
but an English officer, man of wealth and
high social position, CHANGED to meet hin. with
the babe pressed to his bosom, and on inquirinp
into 1t. offered TO buy his prize. Upon consd-
Grafton OF how much better off the little "ene.
my would be, with the rank aud means of h 3
proposed steP-faiher, the solder agreed--giying
up the boy aud receiving one round as the price.
Delighted with hls impromptu baby, the Off
Ger took him to England, and, though bachel.
or, had him properly cared for by his wealthy
relatives. lie is, at present, daily seen mount,
cd on his little pony, and riding in Hyde Park
with his adopted papa, one of the very hand.
soonest and most promising lads in all England !
The fashionable news of the " Court Journal"
Is incomplete without mention Of him, and the
French papers copy it with national interest as
the little Russian-born, French found and Eng
lsh-raised orphan. lie certainly 10 a we'll
of 'un, considering! Il
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09
Garry youT Hotel With you !

=
They are making at present, in Paris. a mort.
able 9ntta Perch4 hoteE for the use of travellers
On the occasion of the late grand regatta. at
The meeting of the sovereigns at Cherbourp. a
weli-known French viscount and an EngIisb
gentleman, dreading the Inconvenience of over.
crowded hotels, took one of these new inyen-
lions, aud went a la tortoiSe-carrving their
house with them. Though not SO heavy as 70
De at all expensive as railroad baggage. the
hottt la tortoise contains three rooms. parlor,
bedroom and kitchen. The utensils for cook.
Ing' ETC., are separately boxed. 1t is warrant
ed weather-proof and arrangeable in ten min.
utes.
On arriving, the two travellers selected
commanding situation for viewing the ships of
war, yachts and steamers, pitched their tent
and went forthwith to housekeeping" OIL
course they had brought their pUtted meats.
wines, etc, and the viscoUnt was attended bv
his cook, who was also architect and polet de
chamGre. For the two days of the fete, they
lived most cummodiousy, and entertained a
friend or two at dinner-returning to Paris, ho.
lei and all, at much less expense than they
would have done if similarly entertained at any
OF the principal hotels.-iI0me Journal.
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09

BLErnING CANDIDATEs.-The PHILADELPHIA
LeGeer tells an amusing s,ory ofa candidate
tor onice' who, after hard ruggle, few days
ago. succeeded in getting the nomination. In
the exuberance of his joy be called up "the
boys" to drink which they did with ga rush"
the candidate meanwhile looking the happiest
man alive. Next day, however, he looked yerv
Oiue' when he found that instead of $50 bill
or so, his landlord had charged him SI5o
The candidate demurred, but Boniface was STIFF,
However, receipt was finally made out for
"sIXieen hundred drinks" and the "dust',
planhed down, when the political aspirant left
"a wiser, if not a richer man.
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09
Decidedly Cool,

The truth of the following story is vouched
for by the Missouri correspondent of Iarper's
MOnthLy:
Smyrna times., 1858-09-09

EXEMPLARY PATIENcE.-Judge Olin was vic.
iently attacked IN court, by young and verv
impairment attorney, but heard him ouite
through and made no reply. After the adj
Journment for the day, and when all had as
se'nOIed at the hotel where the Judge and many
u lnc court had their lodging, one of the COM
pany, referring 10 the scene at court. asked tha
Judge why he did not rebuke the impertinent
fellow: Permit me-" said the Judge, loud
enough to call the attention of all the comnonv
among which was "the fellow " in question
permit me to tell you story. Nv father
wien we lived down in the country, had doc
"a mere puppy, may say. Well, this puppv
would go out every moonlight night, and bark
at AT 'ne moon for hours together.'' Here the
Judge paused, as if he had done with the storv
" Well, well, what of it z" exclaimed bolc3.
dozen OF the audience at once. "Oh, notbipo
nothing whatever! The moon kent rigkt
on, JHSt as i nothing had happened."
The daily Butte record., 1858-09-09

Oapra or NosiLIrY. - The Baltimore
Sun 'sys: Mr.. Charles 8. Spence. Of ,hi,
city. who has 'pent much time 10 the sss.
and who IVES charged by the State Depart.
msns to exchange the treaty between ,hi,
country and Persia, has received from II,
Shah Of Persia high testimonial Of his re-
gard for the ability with which be fulfilled
his mission. IL Is the imperial order of the
Lion aud Sun. the first ever conferred upou
an American. The placque 10 large. beau.
tifa'iy cut en- diamant; in the centre the
arms Of Persia enamel. the lion aud the sun.
The diploma 10 certainly curl si.y. Il i.
written 10 the Persian character, upon
parchment. headed with an illuminated mo
n.agraph Of the Shah Accompanying 10 a
letter from the Miais'er. speaking in the
mest f,itering terms Of the msnner ia
which MIR Spence had conducted the whole
affair.
The daily Butte record., 1858-09-09

SEvENrY.TwoP PoUNp LUMP. We learn
from MIR Anthony, of Wells. Fargo & Co.'s
Express, that strange event took place a,
Csiumbis few days since. A person who
had been about that town for q long time
and had never done days wo,k IN the
mines, was ceentls driven by want Of means
20 live, TO obtain pick and shovel and sal y
forth to try his fortune Al gold digging. He
worked With little success ter but two day.,
but on the third he dug up lump Of gold
neatly pure. which weighed srrenty.trO
pounds. The lucky fellow re"k mis- liece
The office Of Wells. Fargo s. Co. in Coiumhia
oy whom Il was valued at fourteen thousand
dollars The place whore this mons rou
nugget was dug is within mile or Two OF
Co'umbia.-- San Joaquin Rep.
The daily Butte record., 1858-09-09

NAaY PoLITIc. result OF the vote
for Supreme Judge 10 Mariposa County has
been looked for with considerable anxiety,
but ~ yet has not come to light. up this
way. We received the M"-iposa Democrat
Of Sept. FL. yesterday. and opened IL hoping
{" fod something concerning the election
but not line concerning politics couli va
find Its columns. We should judge the edi.
tor Of that paper to be counterpart Of tha,
Iowa delegate, who openly declared in an.
swer to an interoqatory as to how he stood,
that he had "nnry damned polite"
The daily Butte record., 1858-09-09

DsTiNGuisHED V;sroR.-,Jim Beck worth
Of Beck worth Valley, call d on us last San.
day. He informs Us that the P,ute Indians
have just terminated an eight days sur.
round" in the valley. They killed 4S4 deer
and antelope. aud q great quantity Of
solves The chief Of the Piutss informed
Jim that he cntertsins no iiI.will towards
the Americans; aud that shou d his Tribe in
future manifest any hostility toward our
people, he would Immediately have them
5fndea over to the proper aathOritiss.---
Wonder Il Jim couldn't be induced to fall
deer or two on that ysrni
The daily Butte record., 1858-09-09

DEATH AT FsAsER We extract the sub.
J lined bad news from New Calsdonia from
the telegraphic column of Tuesdays Union.
Capt. Graham. Of one of the volunteer
companies. Jas Shaw and Pierce Birney
we're shot dead by the Indians. Capt. Lind.
ley, from this city, Redman and another
man. were drowned from n canoe. Mrs
Kirk and husband we're drowned in whirl
pool. VIM. Pendergrast, from Maine, was
killed by fnlling tree. and man named
Clark, from Ca'averas. had hi- legs and
thighs smashed. The Indians say that thir
ty-one warriors aud five chiefs have been
killed.
The only one Of the above whom we knew
personally. was Capt. Lindley, more famii.
iarly known hereabouts as Purd Lindley,
formerly n trader at Rich Bar, in Plun,as
county. and later the captain Of the steamer
Young america His death will cause uni.
versal regret. We believe he leaves wife
and child.