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Smyrna times., 1859-12-01
N1ISCELL ECU
Ilete0rs and MeteOrites,

There is something impressive in the advent
of these mysterious bodies, of whose visits to
this mundane sphere We not infrequently hear
We are connected with the cosmical world be.
yond us by only one Of the five senses--that of
sight. BY this only are we made acquainted
with the existence of bodies of mattor which
exist in the depths of space. BY process Of
inductive reasoning which tasks the highest
faculties Of the mind, we can draw conclusions,
with more or less exactness, as TO the nature
specific gravity, distance and motions Of these
outer worlds
Meteorlc stones, says the Boston Journal,
meteorltes or Drolltes, as they are sometimes
lndifferenty called, are solid, semi-metalic sub
stances, which fall from the atmosphere and are
supposed to be. not the meteOrs themselves but
fra gments of meteors. When recently fallen,
they have always temperature more or less
elevated. They exhibit a shining black and
apparently burnt surflce, and their const tuents
are generally iron, nickel, cobalt, manganese,
| chromium, copper, arsenic, tin, potash, soda,
sulphur, phosphorus and carbon, being in all
doOub IHiIu VI tuS SlchSH1dIy nuUsIuuCeS 10
which terrestrial bodies have been reduced by
chemical analysis. The iron and nickel, which
generally form the greater part of the mass, are
almost always in the metallic form-a state in
which they are never known to exist naturally
on the surface of the earth. These metals,
when found in the earth, are invariably COM
bined with oxygen. and it is their oxides only
which have place among natural terrestiul
substances.
i From various calculations it appears that me.
teors pass above our earth at height of from I6
to I40 miles. The mass must therefore be OF
immense size. Their velocity is prodgious, ia
exceeding that Of the earth in it's orbit. The
explosion of such body at so great hight
would scatter it's fragments over wide surface
of the earth. Few of these might reach th,
earth, the main portion perhaps being impelle,
into the regions of space. 1t is not improba
BILE, therefore, that fragments Of the meteor seel
last week may have been scattered from Bos,o,
to Washington. The explosion of the meteo
: seems to have been heard only in New Jersey
l. There have been various theories to accouu
for the origin of meteors. IL was supposed a
one time that they were projected from the vol
canoes in the moon. But this theory has bee
abandoned, as no signs of active volcanoes ar
to be seen on the moons surface; and in orde
Smyrna times., 1859-12-01
To the Whippoorwill.
BY A STUDENT.


Sweet welcOmer of evenings mellow light,
hail thee with a sense of pleasing glnom
As lost TO human sight
In some dark cedar big, with brooding night.
! Thou pOur'st thy song to the red rising moon.
The busy world is hushed-a f,w dim stars
Shine inin'ly in pale Evenings robe Of grey.
The dewdrop now appears.
and sweetly rests il on the slumbering flowers,
Secure from tn red tyraut Of The day.
What gloom mysterious haunts this silent shade1
There something here besides nights sable hue;
As listening here | tread
The elements seem musng, struck with dread,
When heaven ami earth and man shall bid adiou
The leaves are stilI-Ihy voice alone sweet bird,
with measured throb thrills on tn evening air.
Nau ght will Thy song disturb
No sounds obstructive to thy own is heard
Confusion sleeps-one wave beats on tho ear
Alas that it should wake how blest 10 die
EntonbeI amid the shadows OF this wood
Here undisturbed to lie
ObliviOus unwept by mortu eye
Lost in the imnenclly of solitude
Yet why should such thought demand nv care2
lis Nature speaks, altho' the nobler soul.
That naughty prisoner,
rms frame consuming with her pent up fire,
Sights the poor clod and spurns it, mean control.
Death and this earth would be no more 10 me
Than yon bright wanderer thro heaven dark extent
Immortal harmony,
Thou through the universe each world kew
Touched by the land of God omnipolent,
Then, on the boundless mirror Of the mind
thousand suns would flash hurting around
Mid darkness uncOnGned;
Unnumbered worlds whose workmanship divine,
And complex motions, would No more conlound
Awake It's but dream-again hear
That pain'ive cry which tells of pain and wo,
AhO' when viewed alar,
This world may brightly shine beautious star
Alss!-tis but vain deceittul glow.
Cease, Fancy, cease-nO more indulge thy flights
Thou makst intolerabIe this earthly thrall.
Soon on Iie's fading night
Thy sun shall rise to shine with steady light,
When scepierod Rum sits enthroned Oh all.
Smyrna times., 1859-12-01
o R | u INAL POEM S.
Sonnet to November.
BY CATMARINE MITCHELL

III CATHAKINE MITCHELL.
Harsh November, stay thy footsteps,
Cold and cheelless is thy greeting;
On the ground the vines are trailing,
And thy volaries on thee waiting,
Sirew thy path with dropping flowers,
And testoon thy faded garments
With the leaves all sere and yellow.
Sweeping DER the forest dreary,
And the winds thai whistle rudely
Through the town and leaaess branches,
Keep dolelul, ceaseless moaning,
Calling to the far-oG regions,
For transparent robes of crystal
To shield their limbs from stormy winter
Smyrna times., 1859-12-01
General Scott and the ProprietOrs,

The brave old generals we'll known fastidi-
| BUSINESS of good taste must have been somewhat
IN danger OF irritation, the other day, at San
francisco. lie was eDterln., the town with a
military escort, all the population assembled to
see hm; and, as his barouche, drawn by six
horses, passed under a trumphal arch, a Young
lady Seated on the azmuth, of course) droppcd
unexpectedly wreath Of flowers so as com
plctely to encircle the old hcros body. How
he got out Of the fowery hoop-whether by
lifting 1T over his head or stepping cut of it, on
arrival at the hotel-our knowledge of extrac.
ton from crnOlne and similar encirclements
is too limited to ctate even the Probability
Bot, with his tall stature and majestic bulk, it
must have been an embarrassing opera tion-fo
say nothing of the quality of the generals mind
TO which we refer, his tastidiousness of proprie-
ty and good taste. We heard the following
anecdotc OF this, the other day, and we believe
it has never been in print.
In the heat of one of the most desperate bat
ties in Mexico, the general saw critical point
where an advantage was likely to be lost ex
cept by prompt though rather dangerous move
ment. lie galloped up to one of the officers of
a volunteer corps, and gave the order. The
man was willing enough, but, while gathering
up his relns he remarked in the most saVory
drawl of Yankee dialect -" Well, it docs seem
to me that could hayve done it better a little
while ago |" "Sir," thundered out the gener-
al, A." the words are does and hare You've
only twenty minutes TO live, and for Gods sake
don't die with such horrible pronunciation in
your mouth" And waving his hand to the as
tonlshcd I" captain" with imperative repetition
of his order by gesture, the splendid horseman
off to follow up his victory in another
crisis Of the battle.
Smyrna times., 1859-12-01

ANOTHER FATAL MISTAKE IN CoMPoUNDING
MEDICINES The Philadelphia papers contain
the particulars of a mistake made in the drur
store of Mr.. Hassard, northeast corner of
Twelfth and Chestnut streets, the result of
which proved fatal. a lady, who was SUFFERING
Of chills and fever, sent for her physician, who
prescribed pills Of sulPhate of qunine. The
prescription was taken to the above store. and
there put up, as ii appears, by an apprentice,
who, instead OF three grains OF quinine, as was
ordered in the prescription, took three grains
of morphine for each pill. The lady took two
of these pills, from the effects of which she died.
Mistakes of this kind are lamentably frequent
in this country. 1t is not long since that in
this identical store, while Mr.. Shines was its
proprietor, similar case occurred. On every
such occasion the journals point out necessary
reforms in the pharmaceutical department., ur-
gently advocating their adoption, but there the
matter generally ends In a Legislative wav
nothing is done yet, we believe, that it is by
legal enaCtments alone that we can hone Ia
reach the evil, aud IN this opinion we are only
confirmed by the circumstance of the fatal oc
currence alluded 10 Here is store which
once before received the severest warning. vet
it is evident that such strict business reonla-
tions were introduced aud enforced there as
would have made any gross mistakes impossi-
! Bile. we therefore recommend the subject 10
the careful consideration of the next Lerisla.
ture. Pennsylvania.
Nor A BAD BuLL-The London TeIegraDh
gravely states that in the United States
among the candidates of the Democratic par
ty for the Presidency, the most prominent ia
Stephen A. Douglas, a black man, who fo,
many years has conducted an abolition emanci.
patton paper with signal success
Smyrna times., 1859-12-01
a Brahmla's Account Of his Country.
NOTIONS OF IyDIA-uABITs OF socIErv. rrc

NOTIONS OF ITDIA-HABITs OF SOCIETY, ETC.
The Rev. Mr.. GangOoly, converted Brah-
min, now travelling in this country, delivered in
New Bedford few nights ago, a lecture on
the manners and customs Of the people of In
dia.
! Mr.. GangooIy said that the manners and Gus
toms Of tl'ndoo lie had always been the subject
OF much specul9tion, and travellers and even
| mles!oTarIcs had given tn tho world inaccurate
accounts oi the people of india. tie had been
requested TO prepare work upon his country,
and he mad already dome his part Of the work
aed It wac IN the handa Of the Rev. Mr. Ellis.
OF Charlestown, and would soon be publIshcd.-
Inc caste system was explained at some
length. The liindoos were diviyed into thirty
four castles, OF which the Brahmin reached the
highest, and the banker, goldsmith and shoema-
ker were among the lowest The blacksmith
is OF high caste, because of his usefulness If
Brahmin eats animal food he loses his caste,
which he can never regain. The subject of
birth was next treated. The birth of male
child was always made the occasion of great
rejoicing, while tie birth of female child was
hardly noticed Tie mother Of five or six girls
was always the subjec! Of scorn and dcrsion,
and never went into society.
There were bat three castles in India that
could not read or write The slrictest atten-
ton Is given TO the education of boys in India,
while girls never go to school. The discipline
OF Brahmn lie III some instances was grand
Brahmln rises as early five o'clock, walks
out and gathers flowers and bathes before the
sun rises; il The sun sees one Of this class in
bed, the fourteen generations Of his ancestors
VIII be punished in eternity. Women must
)athe every morning before they 90 into the
iltchen; II they 90 not people will not eat their
cooking. Brohmins must keep silent while at
he table; If they speak while eating, they are
'biIged to 90 without food the entire day.
The marriage system was next consdered.-
llndoos DO not know, strictly, what marriages
re. NelIher the boys or the girls have any,
hing to do with this matter. Parents make all
ma iches, and the parties have no idea to when
hey are to unite their destinies until they ar
i've at the altar. The marriageabe age of
urls Is from seven to ten, and that of boys from
hlreen to twenty-five. A girl al thirteen
cars of age, unmarried, is considered an old
maid past all redemption.
In regard to the burial ceremonies of the
cad in India, many thiRgs had been said and
written by travellers, that were untrue. The
urning Of TIC bodies Of widows upon funeral
es of the husband, was explained and ac-
ounted for by the fact that when woman be-
ONES widow she must always remain in that
ltuailon, aud they were never thought any
hing of or treated respectfully, and many of
hem, IN view OF these facts, preferred DEATH
This custom has, SAID the speaker, been recent
y abolished by the British government
Smyrna times., 1859-12-01

Bow to destiny. One of these days he may
be polite and return your bow.
WHAT wind should hungry sailor wish for !
One that blows fowl and chops about.
NOTHING prevents person from being natu-
raj ard easy, so much as an extreme anxiety to
appear so.
HALF the secrets in the world are disclosed in
order that those who possess them may let their
friends know that they hold them.
A MIND might ponder its thoughts for ages
and not gain as much self-knowledge as the pas
sion of love shall teach it in one day.
THERE are truths which some men despse
because they have not examined them, and
which they will not examine because they de-
spise them.
Why is a fool in high station like man in
a balloon Because everybody appears little
TO him, and he appears little to everybody.
BELIEVE misfortune quickly. A man is like
an egg-the longer he is kept in hot water the
harder he is when taken out.
YEARS are the sum of hours. Vain is it at
wide intervals to say, I" I'll save this year" if
at each narrow interval you do not say IN
save this hour"
A MAN has just published book, advising all
men "to mind their own business" Why
doesn't he mind his, instead of telling other
people what to do!
FIFTY guests once ate everything certain
man had in his house. The next guest he
turned out by simply pointing to his date box
What was the date! March 4th, So. (March
forth fifty ate9
THE most amusing mau in the world is a
Frenchman in u passion. "By gar, you call my
wife a woman two three several times once
more, an will call you the watch house, and
blow out your brains like "a candle"
A GENTLEMAN was walking along the BIrken-
head docks one day, when his attention was di-
rected to the floating church. "Ah," he eX-
claimed, 81 see it's High or Low church, ac-
cording to the state of the tide"
WmArs ocock!" inquired a traveller
Next to nothing" answered his companion,
with great confidence. What do you mean -
asked the traveller. " Not quite one, and it
follows in course that what isn't one is next to
nothing"
THE WATERS EPIrAPH.-" Coming, COM
ing !"
THE AuorIoNEER's EPIrAPH.-" Going, go.
! ing, gone
BRowN CoLoRED.-A Liverpool paper which
arrived in the Canada, in some wise remarks
upon the IIarper's Ferry affair, thus refers tC
Old Brown:
"The colored chieftain in this outbreak, al
though dreadfully wounded, was still living
and had made disclosures duplicating certain o
the more prominent Aboltionists of the North
ern States"
Smyrna times., 1859-12-01

Or the twelve passengers who wero killed by
the late accident to an excursion train in wis.
consln, seven are known to have been ont of
their seats, and it is supposed that the other
five were also not in their proper places. It is
thought that IT all had remained in their seats.
not passenger would have been killed. These
facts should convey warning to those careless
individuals who are moving about and standing
on the platforms of the cars to smoke or f'1
other purposes.
Smyrna times., 1859-12-01

The most extensive and profitable slave
trade now carried on. is by the British at Man.
rtius. The natives of Malabar and Madogas.
car are carried there in immense numbers. the
governor receiving so much per head as per.
quisite for each one that is imported. John
Bull had better send his African squadron to
watch his own subjects.
Smyrna times., 1859-12-01
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
~ Q CE. .

The subscriber has not removed
from Smyrna, he anticipated he would therefore
Inform his friends and the public that he is prepared
repair, with and Dispatch all kinds u Watches
and Jewelry left with him.
q good assortment Of WATCHES and JEW
"a. ELRY always on hand. At the Store formerly
EaAs<~sOccupied by P. G. White and NJ. L. Dickson,
Commerce Street above Market
Nov. II, SO. II. r. PARSONS.
Smyrna times., 1859-12-01
An Apology Needed.

TNHE subscriber having received heavy stock of
l. CHEAP GOODS little more than a weekhgo
asks the flrsiv of his customers and the public
generally for appearing in the TINES of lastweek
Though it having leaked out, some of our friends
stepped in, bought good large bills, and promised to
call again. BECOME ON, friends, we have a
aud excellent assortment Of Goods, there is plenty OF
every variety left which will be sold cheap, Come,
aud look for yourselves soon.
TIIOS. CARROW.
Smyrna, Nov. Il, '59-lm
Smyrna times., 1859-12-01

IT is stated in the English papers that Gl5,-
900 have been realized by the exhibition of the
Great Eastern at Holyhead. Since the vessel
was launced up to the present, Gl20, 900 has
been ncttcd by her exhibition.
Smyrna times., 1859-12-01

FREE COLORED SOLDIERS IN VIRGINIA On
Saturday night, when the troops were making
ready to leave for Charletown, LomaX b.
Smith, free man of color, and the we'll known
barber in the basement of the Exchange Hotel,
hastened TO the Office Of the Mayor and offered
his services, aud those Of his colored friends. for
the work at Charestown. lie said he and his
comrades were ready to put themselves under
the Governor and Mayor for any sc ice they
might require OF them. If any fighting was 10
be done, III behalf of Old NIrglnny, and the
white folks, they would do their best if not,
they were willing to accompany the troops in
the capacity of body servants, and shave them,
and brush their clothes, and black their boots.
or do anything else that might be wanting of
them. Now, Smith is a man Of respectabllitv
intelligence, and property, and is more of
gentleman than any Abolitonst in the United
States-for his principles and his department
are both those OF The gentleman; which cannot
be said of the canting advocates OF the d" ire
pressible conflict" Here, then, is a striking
illustration Of their fidelity aud attachment 10
their own homes aud real friends of the South
ern people of color, bond and free. We are
sure there is not one slave in thousand, who
would raise hIs hand against his master and his
masters family, under any circumstances
Add yet the Abolition villains at the North af-
feet to mourn over the sad condition of the
Southern Slave condition infinitely superior,
in all respects to their own!
We wish the Governor had constituted the
Guard at Charleston of slaves entirely with
the exception of about one white man TO ten me-
grocs. We think such guard would have
been amply suilcent.-Richmond Wig.
Richmonder Anzeiger. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1854-18??, 1859-12-03

= 6arts 3eiten! 70 lautet bas alsee
meiue RIase9etrei. Die 3eitrn linp aker aud,
in Der Shat BART unp @)slp lit faum anEutreiten.
Grn 2apits, Die in Sammt unp Seipe iber un-
iers Stra6en rouibru, lisbt man freili6 bic eclO<
arme 3rit n,6t an unp msr ss meie, ba6 ft5
prle pieier 2drieS nidbt natb pen @aIenbihern
,trsr Manne", lrnpern einSis unp alsin mad,
b:m Wprcs SUurnal flsipen, Der wro lib am
Gnpe Iber rie 9eiOarmen 3eten gar uttt num-
bern. gSiro aud Siees ,,altf Dunp" setauft,
o muB rob ;ul:bt ir5enb Semano fir ben
6ltteiltaat brsabIrn. Die 5rauen aus Der aus
ten alien 3eit, Die pen Mutb bsttrn, in 10 @tS.
Ratiun iter Die Strabrn Su 9eben, wenn iie fur
fsin leipenes tejablsn tonntsn, werben leiorr
imher isltcner. gSit babsn 3upirI Heipett por
prm Seisnltslc, um msbr iiber pieien @esenRano
iu ia9en.
Gum Sstsn Dsritni9sn, trelbe beu lrbten
Someten niht 9sfsben taben, tbsilsn mir init,
Dae er am 5erbfs bes Sa9rss 2147 abermaIs,
aaf turss 3eit eri&eiusn wirp.
Richmonder Anzeiger. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1854-18??, 1859-12-03


ltat. Wftt S&rdcn nabm g.. Die Gsrdnberuna
wabr. it Staunrn tldtsn tir gBGlter auf
iertn Scrgeicbten. 2lu6 rss gcnebmeu ece
Ntrrttors mar beute gan, unssm6tnli6. Statt
me Trubrr raid tie Nbtbeilunasn ii6 Der Slsibs
nH6 "rrfubrsn gu lalIcn, sus or auf cine Su uno
perrl6te Den 9SGrtsr an: ,gSorum Itcllrn S,e
cte pplltthcn 9tfdn9enen INNER nod in cine
Tclps NIT Zen ntrjgsn 2" Sbnc cine Qntmprt
at6umarten. tieb or init eie,ucr Sanb cjnisc ee-
meinc Ssrtrcdsr aus tcr 8eite. Sn btr rG6s
fen Gribc ertlidte CT g.. unp netcn bu psr
iun9ea Nann. rrIen gatsr er cinmal IL ae-
i6mabt bate. Spmir isin ause auf rtic Iel,
entituritr ibm Gin S9rdnrnltrpm unp er rief luut
Die 9Scrtet Die 2lues in pas bGtlte @rRuuncn
'crlcBte: -, i6 @rltpc,, ME betc i'd riG qes
gen &u6 Gbrenndnner pcrsanseu !" Damn pGB.
ltd IN rlne art ircupi9er Stimmun9 itersrbcnO,
riet er NIT erbpbsnrr Stimme: ,,0uh i'd riQ
mteper gut MAIDEN. mas i6 Serbrah Gbr Ieto
brave Nidnner Sa, idb bin ein 6atiuutt Ser
ietbun9! te 9SGrer, ncbmt Iurn bier pit GtIcn
ab! 9Sarum tci giadt Isbcn !6atc Id uicbt
BIER Su bcfcbIcn? 6e gSdrtrr, maht tic Gbr
auf! = Gritarrt ltlnrcn Die gS1rtcr. ME tie
@ffan9encn. Nur g.. tegr,ff irfOrt Den iurtte
tarfn Stnn, Der III peicn 9Sprtcu la1 uup per
I'm init mutbrnpcm Shmtr; erfdBtt: Der Ciret<
tor mar ~ b tunig ecmprpcu uno ea1
san3e mubinm br9Onncue, lang brarbeitctc g8trt
mar rernbtrt. QEae jest upb gcl6at, tciGti9ts
nur rieis Gntpedun9. Der Oireftor, ais or lab,
pdb pie 9Sartrr teine Niirne ma6trn, lrinrn BE.
trbien nuhSutcmmrn, riff, Spu tetisitcm Born
er3riten, pem tbm iunddf ltc6enben ie 3ucbt.
pettlhe aus Der 6anO unc birb ibm iber's Sjs.
rtt. &uf pelcn 0ciGrci fiirStrn Die ancCrr
9S1rtcr bCrbci unb iuhteu Den Sirrttcr IN bcfInfs
taen. Sc mCbr CT aber gSirerltauo Fano, prjto
tefti9er it!u9 er nm iif, his bapurA bic sbbuf,
telte Serwirruns entianp. Del Dirrttrr maCtte
lid cuoIih frei unp ltiirStc auf ein.n @rianaeneu
gu, um bn BON lrncn 8cilsln ;u beretru Ia
elite Ter trite 3uhmeilter biuju unp plpucte ben
;3uitanp pcs DirrftUrS erEruuenp, brlcn |rrBnf<
tun9 an. Shrn nacb mcnigcn &o9sr wurpe Ter
0treftcr ouI Nnmciiung Ter NrrSte uno prr Ne-
9icruna in cine Srreuanltalt 9ctraht.
G.. nm feline 5rcunre muBten mob langr tie
9ciprn pcs Jrrfere rrtragcn, nattoem peicr 70
itcrlr9ie YIan 5u ibrcr 9ltttuns seIGrtcrt mar
Grit nab meRrcrrn Snbrrn sclang s1 mntGtgen
6reuuorn S...'S uno rinem irner Sb dtlLsae-
nriirn cincn Smrittn Qliidli6ereu Serluh Sll ma
den, pem iic eS Ytrcanfsn, Dap lie auf rnrr an
bern DcmiipbGre frrie yuft atbmrn fSnnrn.
Oes OirettorS SAidIaI aber crfiute li6 in
lsiner gon;en S6wtre. 9n Die SteGe lcinec
SGabninns trat ipdtcr cine tiefe Mtlaaholie.
Sie gcr3ts lanptcn IGN mid sinem Babe i'm Gjc<
tirSe. Srin 5au9 sur Giniamfsit liee bort ibn
oft 0lein weite Spdsicr9dn9e in obsessene Gje-
scnpeu b,s Grtir9s uuicrnetmsn, pUn beren
einem er niht ,uridFebrte Naeb mstrtdsisrm
Sutben fanp man i'm tcrt in elmer Selens.
iblubt.