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Biblical Enigma.

Composed of thirty-lhree letters. 80
/, 20, 3, l6, 80, was the birthplace of Samuel,
the prophet, Samuel, chap.
z, ~, lO. 3, l6, 20, ~, city near Jerusalem,
the birthplace of David, Micah chap.
3, %, 5, 81, lS, %, -, noted city of Egypt,
Isaiah l9 chap.
4, IS, l3, 8, tower supposed TO have been
erected for the shepherds, Gen. 80.
y, ~, %, 5, 20, IL, was one Of the Apostles,
John 20 chap.
l2, 20, 3, 81, II, an island in the Egean Ssu
=. Acts 90
IA, 20, s, name by which the Saviour some
times called Peter.
Is, l6, 20, II. 10, 16, was the son of Ahjah
and comma nder in chief of the armies be-
longing to Nadad.
%, 2S, 3, %, 90, Is, 81, was selected by Paul
as companion in preaching the Gospel,
Acts 16.
"a. %, 8, was fortified city in the territory Of
Moab.
25, 81, Is, 8. 90. %, 5, was the youngest son
of Joseph, Joshua l6 chap
~, l3, %, 20, 8, l6, was a maritime city Of
Syria, Acts 81 chap.
%, IL, l3, %. 20, lO,a celebrated Hebrew pro-
phet who successfully Aourshed between
806 and 604, B. e.
80, %. II, 90. %. 9, 26. II, tribe who dwell
in the vicinity of Hebron, Gen. %.
81, 81 80. %, 8. noted region abounding in
gold, Kings 10 chap.
81, %, 6, 33, 20, a country in Africa along the
coast OF the Mediterranean, Acts 2 chap.
ii, IL, 30, 10, Z. 8, was Jewish virgin who
became the wife of Xerxes and queen OF
Persia.
My whole is command given by God.
Smyrna, January 1858. II. A. G.
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APPLYING LIME.---I have seen an enquiry as
to how to apply lime to land; whether it should
be directly on the soil or in compost. Should
my humble gleauings benefit the enquirer or
any one else, they are welcome to them.---
First, lime after burning 10 applied in three
siates--caustic or quick lme--water Stacked
and air Stacked. Ammonia is formed in all de-
composing vegetable matter, and without il
manure is of little value. i,'- 7-t'. .o.'J -
BY applying quick lime to compost nitric
acid is formed, which cannot benefit vegetation
only in other states with hydrogen. Ia water.
Stacked lime, in air-slacked fifty-seven per
cent. Then as lime benefits soil by decompo-
sing mineral and vegetable it acts best in the
fresh plowed soils, and harrowe ed in with heavy
harrow, or in q water Stacked state; for part,
and large, in air-slacked is forever deprived
OF any power to benefit soils. The practice of
hauling out lime months before IL is spread is
fraught with great expense and loss in the spe.
cific effects of lime moaths before it 10 spread
is fraught with great expense and loss in the
specific effects OF lime. The whole effect of
lime, when used in this way, is due to that part
that becomes water-slacked by rains and dews
The air-slacked is utterly and forever lost
The best time for applying it is in the first
blowing for wheat, or in the spring for corn
growing, for then twill be mixed with ihesolL
BY being suffered To- lay on the surface before
being mixed or turned in pIst in proportion 20
the length Of time, is go much lost by becoming
air.slacked or carbonate. te.--sBaltimOre Weekly
SnR. -" ~" '-,.'1a POI a'QoaC -. uo q ~.
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American Wines.

II may be slong look ahead, and vet il 10 ex
tremeiy. possible, that America NAV vet become
land of light wines and amiid maIts..ns a
county OF temperance and one devoid of the
madaening vices which now flow from ab0n.t
dance Of drink Despite the Temporary relief
given by sulphur and the excellent vintage
this year in some parts of france, no one doubts
that the vine Of Europeiis doomed. 1t is run
out. Only in America IS there fresh life ia 1t,
life as yet untried, and uutried by thousands Of
years Of exhausling culture When opr w est
has hlled up d little more, wine growing will
be generally Recognised as the most profitable
species Of agriculture; il is indeed that now,
and we shall ex port largely. 'bs1D- =! '''s7o'
Add 10 this the daiiy increasing qpo;sojnou.
qualities Of spirits, and we have another hope
that atintethPerance and d,intoxication M become
rare.I little, by little IL is becoming kAowa
! thah ahe man who drinks whiskey not of the
very first quality runs a fearful fisk. Take the
eountry through, one.third ofths same quantity v
OF driak which would once bring on the deli.
rum tremens will effect il now. ~ This is an
established fact. Policemen remarH or the
hmore revolving appearance which the avasfaos
of drunkards now have compared 10 what ahe
same class used to present., This is au .l,slIe
Eby little becoming known.b !The results are
shown in an INCREASED demand for man |; they
would be still more manifest in icheas wines
.1could the latter be had, hi1d .stssU "a a!.lo :
~ Few branches OF agriculture wnuld fps
more. and Hone require sosliiiie labor assthe
raising of1wihe aod selling itliatsffiyl cents q
I gallon, Expeasise wines reqnse much care
the ordu1sry, which are lstill lwhnlesomeD ant
palatable. are not more or less difficult Or gains
requiring than cider. In n very -fsw- yeas
lCaliiornla will IIaige slllhsr ewn wines. pp,
thaYe ii no rpusofh hg rf, khty,t, q u
slyet supply the weFl@. -7B4liesasCsib div
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A FORTUNE CHASING Pretty WOMAN BY
TELEGRAPH.-Some two weeks ago there ar.
rived in our city beautiful young widow OF
twenty-hve-a Hungarian by birth-On her way
TO New Orleans, en- route 10 Havana, where
she intended to engage in her profession as
female physician. She was Hlone--an exile
from Hungary, where her husband had lived
and died a patriot. Feeling now that the " ia
therland," in its subjugated condition, had little
left TO promise for her future, she, with true
woman's heroic resolution, betook herself to
travel in search of new and more genial home
in another hemisphere. Reaching New York,
she took the island route to New Orleans, ma
king Louisville point. After tarrying a day
here, she continued her journey, and, on one Of
the good packet steamers, reached New Or
leans a few days ago.
On Friday last, an agent from the house of
Rolhschilds. the great BANKERS, also reached
our city in chase of the beautiful. young, self
reliant widow, who Is intent upon her journey
to Havana. He has been despatched from Eu-
rope to seek out the wanderer aud bear to her
the "glad tidings" that she has recently come
into immense possessions at home, and to in-
vite her 10 retrace her trip. BY the aid of the
telegraph he learned that she had arrived safe.
ly in New Orleans, and was stopping at the
st. Louis Hotel. A second dispatch urging her
to wait his arrival was forwarded, and on he
hastened to bear to her the informationstha, she
hasa fortune of 81 200, 600 at home awaiting
her disposal. Think OF this child of fortune
trying to escape the wealth she all unconscious-
ly possessed, and how it has chased her to the
New World, and by the aid of faithful agents,
quick travel, and telegraphic wires. she at
length learns the story of her wealth !-LOuis-
vile Dem.
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OF There is nothing newer, that we know.
of than the following; Graham's Magazine
for January, has a romantic story, well iold.,
setting forth, that Prince Louis Napoleun,. at
the time when he kept exceedingly loose COM
Pany, and perambuated about the city Of New
York, died very suddenly in fit one day. in.
the midst of one Of his revels. He was buried
secretly by his companions, who were afraid to
make his decease public. One OF these associ-
ales, Frenchfied American, or an Americana
zed Frenchman, soon aflerwa rds betOOk hiHself
to Europe, where finding a demand for the ar
tlcle +" "Napoleonic," he at once assumed the
preIensions of his dead cbum, and donned The
bearing of an Imperial, to the great delight of
all true Frenchmen. So according 10 This most
Veritable history, plain Mr. BODen, of Yankee.
dom, is this moment playing the part of En-
perur Imperial OF tue French, and dictator 70
all Europe!
Smyrna times., 1858-02-11

Social LIFE or Washington
Parties are in the full tide ofsuccess, and quite
enough in number to crafty the greatest de.
votees of pleasure. The crowds which consre-
gate them are literally immense, extending
sometimes to the neighborhood Of a thousand
Invitations. The men predominate 10 num-
bers, but not in the space occupied in the par
lors, dancing and supper rooms. Ladies COM
plain, and justly, think, of the two and three
tiers OF men at the supper tables, while they
are kept in the background or crowded from the
room. Eating and drinking seems to be the
grand attraction of the Metropolis in social life,
especially among the strangers, and If Secreta-
rIes and Heads of Departments were to give
out that only the company and the coipany's
wit, the spiritual and mental, rather than FEAST
ing and drinking, were TO be the entertain
ments, there would be no such rush of persons
as now throng every official social assemblage.
The Weekly Receptions and the Dinner Par
ties are the exceptions, and the only pleasant
gatherings Of the city. The President has his
Dinner Parties for Members of Congress once
a week.-Mrs. Diplomatic Dinners occasionally,
his private friends at Breakfast, his East Rooms
crowds semi-monthly, with music by the Marine
Band. These are mixed assemblies and con-
uhue IoT Two nours, from elght 10 ten, and oil
enter who choose to be introduced 10 the Presi.
dent and his neice, who also has her weekly
day of reception, on which occasion the Presi.
dent condescends TO be present.
Almost everybody now have their day; and
the way card visits are paid, and visits Of pure
ceremony. visits in empty carriages. and visits
by proxy, is amusing to those who have an eye
for the ludicrous. A book on Washington
etiquette, with an inside view behind the
scenes would cause the people to laugh at them
selves as well as each other. Some OF the
pleasantest ofthe parties are the Hotel Hops,
and these have become an institution.
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Going TO the Party.
BY JERRY HNGLE, 4. p,

......... BY JERRY HNGLE. 4. p. U. .... 20.
Busy notes of preparation, ..a.
Gilt. edged notes Of invitation, .,.-
Heart a thump in expectation; ..i... ..
Joy is flowing. T..
Amt you going
Yes, of cottrse-and we look knowing.
Cook, and all the kitchen nipgers, ..5r
Jumping round like Angus, Iiggers - o. II
Every thing in Outre figures: 4 ...-.. 4,
Jellies making ,,... ,.......
Pound cake baking; ,.......,.
All to make the party taking. is... .
Now the hour for guests arriving, -'"" wa
Gents and ladies' come up driving,
Each 20 look the sweetest, striving "''
.oa1 ." Happy meeting, va q ~ ''@'
"a h9' Kissing, greeting, '"i =" ''.'' " =
Then, my stars what pound-cske eating!
Ended is the gastric battle - - - =
At the tables now the fatile,
Chat, and laugh provoking prattle-
Hunor flashes
t,1 Scandal splashes; .r.' .~a..
Sparkling eyes, and red mousiaches!
Hark I! what means this lively feeling :,
Der each heart in raptures stealing
They're Pianos; hear them pealing.
sigs"Then what prancing--
-" INSTALLED dancing.-- r..
Pleasures cupof joy enhancing.
l.rG sL tu &C. dtrI ',Hf t.f.. 80. 500 u
Enyyris sad thing, aia'tuIltrpp .4e Va
Envy tells whose cheeks are panied -,
Calls her rival I" goose" She faihtedt \
0"I % Home returning '''S'' ~ o''o
: 'EdVy burning. 49, q ,".S '''1 >
leaves the heart blank, by nothing ~. M
: 80. -. a-,xS-.f4uh Isl So sststc y SNG 70
N. B.-Beware Of envy! -,
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Mrs. Partington on her Western Tray-

Mrs. Partington has been West, and objects
to holel beet The everlasting beef-steak ks,
often as unrivable as the pepperidge wood,
So tough that heavens own thunder hit it,
But met its match and couldn't split it,"
"Who are those!' asked Mrs. Partington
as she saw party of men, with guns on their
shoulders, getting out of the cars on the prair-
les.
"They are missionaries" said old Rogers,
"going out among the heath hens"
She looked at him moment, steIdfasily, and
then gazed after the retireing figures. al
should rather think" continued she, that they
were priests of Ball.
That eminent heather. the Brahmin Poo.
Poo. would have spoken. but his attention was
diverted by lsaac, who had tied his long cloak
to the arm of a chair.
Can you tell me-" said Wideswarth to con-
ductor Garfield, "the precise spot where the
little cottage stood that 'Rosalie, the prairie
fiower,' lived in!''
Garfield stood a moment pondering the ques-
ton. lie had probably never heard it before,
and telling the professor he thought it must be
somewhere out West, he went out. And
speaking of" out West" reminds me of story
that illustrates the Hoosier idea of the West
When Dubuque was the jumping-of place, and
consisted OF but few log huts, and the hotel
but house of the same kind, with one room,
two strangers stopped there, and in the morn
ing one of them called for little whiskey with
some sugar and nutmeg in it. The request
aroused Hoosier who had been sleeping under
buffalo robe in the corner on the mud floor,
who started up and shook himself. placing his
rifle with jerk in the corner. Stepping for.
ward he looked at the strangers from head to
heel contemptuously, and cried out" Give us
some whisky, neat, clear, strong. Confound
this sugar and nutmeg aristocracy-rm going
West!"
Arrived at Dubuque l thought l had got
West, but almost as | thought SO hackman
thrust his head into the door of the Post House
and shouted" Passengers going West"
Immediately uttered the word Eureka back
wards, which means, 1 have not found 1t, and
dried up. ."t
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fe-yrA Postmaster, puzzling out vel

0-yrA POSTMASTER, puzzling out very un-
certain superscription to an, Irish letter. jo-
eosely remarded to an intelligent son of Erin.
Who stood by, that the Irish brought hard set
of hasnes TO this country " That's fact, yer i,
honor," replied the Irishmsn, but they ,get
harder ones after they srriyc here"
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Original article.

Our citizens are probably aware, that some
weeks ago, the young folks Of Smyrna, or a
portion of them, established - Reading Cur
Gle, which meets weekly at the residence Of
some one OF its members. at which meetings
selected pieces are read by readers appointed
for the purpose. The interest of the meetings
are heightened by the reading of Essays. three
of which we have obtained for publications.
the frstrwe give this week, and is as the reader
will see, on the humorous order the others
will be gwen, one week, SO long as We can
obtain them:
Smyrna times., 1858-02-11

A ScRUPuLous PoLITIcIAN-General John
w. A. Sanford, of Baldwin county, Georgia, o
lately elected to the State Senate, has refused '
TO take his. seat in that body. because be could
not eouscentiQasly swear, as ibe constitution
requires, that be did not obtain the office in any
degree by "brbing, treating" &c. u*E!'Sii
Smyrna times., 1858-02-11

0T AS PARTIES are, from their frequency
just now. in town and country, engrossing much
Of the time of the elite, the following descrip-
tion of such fanclful affairs, from The Messen-
ger, may joint in with the times:
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Ch,0tce Poetry.
THE LITTLE M ALDEN.

TIL E Lift L e M Al d e NJ,
There is manyea little maiden a..'..
Whose tones Of joyous mirh ,is-
Are the music Of the household, H.. ri.
Joy of many an humble hearth, ,a.
And whose gentle words Of love q '.. s'
Give glimpse Of that hereafter
Waiting for the puro above. .'s. .i:t
Asking many q simple question.
Dropping many golden thought,
From mind Of purest action, - -
With the gems of heaven inwroughti
Meath the wavy tresses' folds -
=. Peep the sparkling eyes of childhood
Mirrors Of guileless SOUL y
Diamond rough. in humble setting, -,
UnadOrned by artists SKILL
Yet reverence Eegelting,
Which our Inmost spirits thrill
Angel Of the parents rest!
Ever keep thy heart as blithsome
As Ills now within thy breast
-LIFI ILIUsTRATED.
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THE NEGRO RAcE.-Bayard Taylor writing

THE NEGRO RAcE-Bayard Taylor, writing
from Nubia, in upper Egypt, says: -"
"Those friends of The African race who point
tn Egypt asa proof of what that race has ac-
compllshed, are wholly mistaken. The only
negro features represented Iu Egyptian sculp-
ture are those OF slaves and captyes taken IN
Ethiopian wars Of the Pharoahs. The TEN
Piles and pyramids throughout Nub'a, ns f"r
the Daretand Ahy yssinia, all bear tile het, slJ-
ply OF monarchs, aad there Is es,0r"cc III
all the Valley OF the Nie that the negro race
ever attained a higher degree Of civ1izaIi"n
than is at present exh bIIed in Congo urd ASH.
antee. ] mention thus, not truID y teelI!g
hostile to that race, but sImpl, ,eIo cUaItpvert
opinion very preyalept IN, son.r P'"e ct The
United States"
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co TT WHILE yoU'RE YOUNG.

Coop HTrs.-Parke Benjamin, in his poem
on ssHard Times" NAL kes the following capital
h;,a. 49, H. 3JH-t. a,- a. u. ~. o
~" co TT WHILE yoU'RE YOUNG. q
Americans are much renowned for phrases, said
or sung 80
And the earliest thing to children taught is
Go il while you re young" '.''" - b'fDt
A mandate which they all obey, and if the
truth were told, e.i ~ 1.7 ,.,.., ~ ~. +,
The vast majority keep on and 60 it when
they're old. :. u.l,a u,
LET Err RIP.
Another phrase which often glides in music
from the lip, -
IL one of, fine significance and beauty, Let
'er rip" ''''- tsFS''l~ HA1 ''|i>
In the late panic we have Kept this mandate
Ger and Ger, =. - ''-"' o..
And let her rip SO frequently, that some can
rip no more. '' II" SCI 9'l ~ o'A"H -
- or A late Dublin per contains The follow
hg sdyertisemeb, = 1'oIset-=Ths upper part
lot a cellar, .tasa small family, rect low, Po ).
on the sidewalk for O pig, ...r a.
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Cards of Business, ,i &c.

-.- DIR. J. E. CLAWSON,
Having located in Smyrna, respectfully offers
his professional service, in all its branches TO
the community. .... 49,. -
Or OFFICE and Residence, on Main street,
opposite the Upper Hotel" ,,..,.............
Aug. &c, 1857.
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WHOLE NO., 359.

/. THE Hoo CH0LERA.--At the meeting OF the
United States Agricultural Society, in Wash
ington City, on the 18th instant. Mr.: Pratt
called for the order of the day, being the report
on Hog Cholera.
DR.. Higgins, State Chemist of ofMaryland, hen
rose and made a verbal but highly interesting
and satisfactory report on the subject. He de-
clared the disease, though popularity called
/" "cholera," to be properly pneumonia, the
seat OF lesion being in and around the lungs,
and not the bowels. The remedies are like
those in a case of epidemic, such, for instance,
as that at Norfolk. lie therefore used as pre-
ventves gas tar, quick and water Stacked lime.
The cause of the disease lies in an excess Of
fbrin in the animals blood, which makes it too
thick, and consequently unable to pass with the
requisite facility through the arteries of the
lungs. Hence the necessity of an alkaline car
Donate Is indicated, and he had found mixture
of equal quantities VI carbonate of soda aud
barla to be perfect curative. His rule was
TO give ten grains of the mixture in swill three
times day to each hog, and 1t had been in all
cases successful, when the case had not been
too far gone. Dr. II. incidentally remarked,
in answer to a question put by a men Der, that
the value of the hogs which died last year, by
this disease amounted 10 several mlllIons of
dollars. He had seen them die in as large a
nuInOeT as HVc nuhOTeC q udy. IL Is Or
gins's intention To report iH eTteRSo on this sub
ject.
On motion on DR.. Byngton, the report of
Dr. Higgins was accepted and adopted by the
Society, and the thanks OF the same accorded
therefor.
PERILs OF THE SEA-In little book entitled
" Nurrative Of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy
between the years 1893 and 1851" there is a
st of the shipwrecks IN the Royal Navy be-
tween those years, numbering in the aggre-
gate four hundred and twenty. .seven--an annual
average for sixty-four years Ut 6. T.. nearly
The number of lives reported on the list as lost
8 10, 1872, an annual average of 263 There
are - shipwrecks recorded where all on board
perlshed. The greatest number that persisted
on board any one ship was when The ST. George,
SO, Rear Admiral Reynolds, was lost Dec. "a,
1911, off the coast of Jutland. when 73l were
lost out of compliment of 73S, whcd was al,
most equaled in the burning of the Queen
Charlotte, near Leghorn, March II, 1900, when
673 perished.
The list does not include the loss ofthe Royal
George, which occurred June %, 1882, when
"twice five hundred men, perlshed; or that of
The British feet in the West Indies, in Octo-
Der, 1870, when thirteen vessels were lost.
Smyrna times., 1858-02-11

Coon, BUT IcY.--A correspnnue". "' Jbe
VIcksburg Sun. WI Iting truu. Bolivar c "u'y. a..
tells Of chap al NapO,Qn, Ark, ~hp wae =,
drinking at a counter, uuu Who ",. t"'er
ably tight, after several ,nei! Gu. = 1.s' -
raise the glass TO his lips, >ucc'' 4r' t''cne' +
it high enough TO pour tn" con't''s -. his 4
shirt collar, set the glass u.,>r -, g.. ~.
clamatiop, that's good, nu,,~.i go ruG
ice, MIR. Barkeeper."
Smyrna times., 1858-02-11

OF The Richmond South emits blue flame
Of fire at the Washington society, 10 the fol-
lowing manner: -t'' '"i
.The'truth is. society in Washington fast
sinking under an accumulation of native follles
and foreign fashions. The aristocracy of the
Federal Metropolis are little better than an as
sociation of snobs. Except among small and
select class of people one finds there scarcely
vestil,e of the republican simplicity of earlier,
times. Everything is sham and pretension,"
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nrMrs. Yankee Doodle. 10

6rM Mrs. Yankee Doodl, 20,
= They say is getting h.n,i"r,' 81 'feD' t4
, - The times have been So vwh bard, ~
4. .otq No wonder the poor slpn"F 4, O., ..-.,.
The spreading hoops, so debonaT
In which she used 10 float,
Are all two big. and'so she wears io9s1y
4o A Scarlet Pettcoat! 49, - ID ...oslt
Smyrna times., 1858-02-11

d Coon Hrrs.-Parke Benjamin, in his poem
on "Hard Times" makes the following capital
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-09-08
Elections by the next Legislature.


The next Legislature, in addition to other busi-
ness of importance, will have to elect the following
officers: Two United States Senators, two Supe
ricr Court Judges, two or three Solicitors, Secre
tary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, &c. The two
Houses will also choose their Speakers and Clerks.
We have published several communications in re-
lation to the Speakershps, and insert to-day
Our paper will be open to communications in re-.
lation to these various Offices provided they are
confined to statements of the claims and services of
persons recommended. We can publish nothing re-
hecting in the most remote degree upon any Demo-
crat who is mentioned for any Of these places; and
we trust our friends will bear in mind the impor-
tance of party harmony, and refrain from any ex-
pressions calculated to engender i'll feeling spirit
of recriminaton in the ranks Much very much
of the of the party in the future and much
of the use fulness of the next Legislature. will de-
pend upon the spirit in which these various elec-
tons are approached and determined. Our adver.
sares are watching closely, and will at once avail
themselves of any serious divisions in ranks.
Of course we shall take part in these elections.
Our business is with principles; and we never fear
that the assembled Democracy, whether in Conven-
ton or in Legislative Caucus, will nominate unfit
unworthy men.