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Smyrna times., 1859-11-17
BREVITIES,

THE fame of a battlefield grows with its
years.
A TERRIBLE BORE The bore of the Arm.
strong gun.
How TO KEEP FOOD ON WEAK Stomach
Bolt it down.-Punch.
THERE is no lock in the world that requires
such careful picking as wed-lock"
If corns were hereditary they might properly
be called patrmonial achers.
BACHELOR, after discovering his clothes
full of holes, exclaimed, Mend i.cant!"
A CHAPLAIN of prison was asked by friend
how his flock were. "All under conviction, -
was the reply.
LADIES who array themselves in patent hoops
should sing as they dress, "Stll SO gently Ger
me Steeling."
"JoHN, spell effects" ak" "Rght.-
Next spell seedy." "C-d." fright again.
Now spell cakes" "K-a.x."
WoMAN's MISSION To stop at home by the
fresde whilst man goes out to collect mater-
ais TO make the pot boil.-Punch.
A NEW sewing machine, to collect rents
mend manners, and repair family breaches, is
much needed.
The earth is a tender and kind mother 10 the
husba ndmsn, and yet at one season he always
harrows her bosom, and at another he pulls her
ears.
A SPANISH paper says that wolves are abun.
dant in that country. Broadcloth must be in
demand there if their wolves, like good many
of ours, are in the habit of wearing sleeps clo-
thing.
"WHAT is that dog barking at!" asked a
fop, whose boots were polished than his ideas
Why" replied a by-stander, "because he
sees puppy in your boots"
A ROUGH DEFTNITIoN-"I say" cries Dick,
:" old felar, wot's the meaning of armistice :"
Says Jim, why, coves fghtin', for while
uncinchin' fists"
KNOWING BAcHELoR.-"A fine gold lady's
breast pin," is advertised as lost. A bachelor
makes the inquiry if she is single "gold la
dy," and is willing to be changed
MoLIERE was asked the reason why in GER
tain countries a king may assume the crown at
fourteen years of age and cannot marry before
eighteen. alt is," said Mo!iere, I" because il is
more difficult to rule wife than a kingdom"
WOULD BE WIT having fred off all his stale
jokes without effect, at last exclaimed, " Why,
you never laugh when | say good thing
" Don't l." retorted Jerrold "only Try me
with one."
A FLOWER FOR LovER's BUTTON .HoLE.-A
lady's cheek is described as the poeticaI abode
OF the rose, but we are not told what kind Of
rose. When an ardent lover steals kiss we
suppose that it is 81 ca6bGg ge-rOse."
away, DOCTOR" said a lady, "you talk as
though a horse was better than a man." He
Is," said the doctor; "he never deceves lady
he brides his tongue-he follows no fashion" ="
MICHAEL MCCARTHY, of the Kerry militia.
was generally late on parade. "Ah, Michael" )"
said the sergeant, "you are always last."-
Be aisy, Sergeant Sullivan" was his reply,
q" sure some one must be last"
WHy are country girls cheeks like French
calico! Because they are warranted to wash
and retain their color"
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17
SIO.OOO Reyvord,1p Gle,

The LATE BATTLE FIELDs.-Tbe Paris cor-
respondent OF the journal Of Commerce learns
from person who has just returned from a
visit 10 the held of Magenta and the neiphbor.
nood' that already not vestige remains of the
late event, and that the country looks as smi.
ing and prosperous as if the rude breath of
war had not passed over it for ages. Trees and
Ioiiage seem everywhere TO stand intact; and.
70 use ms own expression, zone might have
passed over The site ofthe conflict without ever
being aware of it," Novara had resumed ;te
clean' lively, bustling look, SO strikinglv in
contrast with the dull, grass grown streets of
Ferrara and other Papal towns; while. to show
that liberty is not merely a name in Sardinia.
the London Punch, with some of its coarsest
carIcatures of Louis Napoleon and of Victor
Emmanuel himself, is exhibited openly in the
shop windows, without either police or govern.
ment troubling their heads about the matter.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

Gov. BANKS IN THE WRONG Box.-An anu.
sing incident occurred at one of the meetings
of the respectable Democrats at the Fifth Ave.
nue. Hotel, New York, few nights since. On
the evening of one of these gatherings, Gov.
Banks, of Massachusetts, with his wife, was
stopping at the new hotel. The Democrats
held their meeting in one Of the large public
rooms of the establishment, which, during the
day, was used for general purposes On this
occasion, a number of Democrats were Assem-.
bled, the meeting being OF a conversational.
free and easy style; number of gentlemen
were indulging the luxury, of smoking Be.
tween nine and ten o'clock, Governor Banks.
quitting the company Of the ladies', came down
stairs himself to enjoy cigar. Having lighted
his Havana, he very naturally entered the pub.
lie room. and, taking his seat, puffed away most
vigorously. He was either unknown, or unob.
served by those present, for he had not long
been there when he discovered that he was in
the wrong box that he was, in fact, attending
Democratic meeting. As soon as he discov-
cred his mistake, he rose and begged pardon OF
those who appeared to be prominent actors in
the meeting, and left the room. When it was
known that the innocent intruder was the Re.
publican Governor Banks, of Massac husetts
many gentlemen insisted upon having him
brought back, in the hope that he might return
to his first love and become good Democrat
again.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

A SERMON ON MEAN MEN.-ReV. w. r. AL.
ger preached last Sunday. discourse in Bos.
ton, on " Mean Mer," of whom, we understand,
there are a number of specimens in that city.
The sermon was founded on the following
text:
"The mean man boweth down."-lsAIAH ii,
8.
The preacher divided "mean men" into 8
classes:
l. Arstocrats, who inherited wealth and DO.
sitiOn acquired by the industry of their ances
tors, and who wished to appropriate all their
resources to pampering themselves.
2 Beggars, who get subsistence by weary
ing with their opportunities, too mean to earn
it themselves.
3. Knavesr consisting of fast livers, gamb-
lers, bar-keepers, &c.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

JOSHUA r. GIDDINGs, in a recent lecture AZ
Philadelphia, stated that he had contributed
$500 annually for the Liberation of slaves. ard
placed weapons in the hands Of runaways to de.
tend their liberties, &C., &c. Hence the fol-
lowing advertisement i'll the Richmond (Va.)
Whig:
$4,000 ReWard!-JR.G Gddnps
having openly declared himself traitor. in a
lecture a Philadelphia on the 28th of October
and there being no process, strange TO saw. bv
which he can be brought 20 justice, | propose
TO be one OF one hundred to raise SlO'OO0 for
his safe delivery in Richmond, or S5 600 r.
ne production Of his head. do not regard
this proposition, extraordinary as it NAV at first
SEEM either unjust or unmerciful. The law of
uod Gnd the constitution of his country boih
condemns him to death. For satisfactory rea.
sons withhold my name from the public. but
IL Is III the bands of the editor of the Richmond
wing. There will be ne difficulty. | am sure.
IN raising $4,000 upon a reasonable prospect
OF getting the said Glddings to this city.
RICHMOND, Nov. !, 1859.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

| WOulu nOb buC hOSoouu W
this " some total" be in danger as polygamst'
Or has the law failed to prescribe limits beyond
which a husband cannot be legally in:fat-
uated! What may a wife lawfully weigh =
The inquiry is suggestive!
Recuperativeness of Gentility.
In review of a recent work on Vicissi-
tudes of Families" an English critic says:
alt is worth notice how few of our decayed
houses have managed to restore themselves by
industry. A ruined, good family is far more
likely to shine in war, or craftsmanship, or let
ters, or art. Is Mr.. Mills remark right that
the old nobIesse were squa ndering class and
does this account for their not getting on in
trade! We never hear of Talbot and Co., the
great cotton.s spnners, or Hastings and We're,
the mighty brewers; and the cases of the Cur.
neys and Drummonds Just exist as if to be the
necessary exceptions, On the other hand, the
families Of mercantile origin do not last as long
as one would expect. They flourish for a
generation or two, and fall again; aud IN some
counties great part of the land changes hands
Twice or thrice in every century,"
Transitions in Getlemen's Style.
"Young America" the rage for the last five
or six years, is beginning to give way to the
afh!etic-a result of the sports which are the
fashion, such as rowing, baseball, cricketing,
etc. 1t is curious, however, to watch the
equally mex picable and irresistible coming in
and going out of style " for men, and very
good description of the thing is given by an
Eng lish writer on the subject. He says: "The
blood was dying ou,-the fighting, strong,
hard-headed, muscular blood was
fairly going out of fashion. The swell was
not born or thought of, being entirely of no.
bility of recent creation. There were the
interim stages of the buck and the dandy
was the vogue, insanity the ruling
mode. Gentlemen boasted oftheir weak nerves,
vapid Brummelisms. padded their
limbs and shoulders. plastered curIs on their
foreheads, even to their eyebrows. sp!ashed
about eau de Cologne to keep off the odor of
low people, wore stays. and Dragged as hav-
ing done daring coarse thing, that they had
once eaten peat The man of fashion of that
Jay was not altogether thing to be very high.
y respected"
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

PATRICK AND THE PRIEST" Patrick, the
wldow Malonry tells me that you have stolen
one "f her finest pigs Is that correct or not ~
US yer honor" What have you done with
=! "Kllled 1t and ate it, yer honor" "Oh,
raIrIck /! Patrick! when you are brought face
10 lace with the widow and her pig on judgment
uay' wnat account will you be able to give of
yourself, when the widow accuses won of s,eoI
mg!' "Did you say the pig would be there
your reverence! O. ITO be sure I did y,
"WeIl' then, yer rverence, I'll say Mrs. Ma.
loney, there's yer pig"
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

A BELL of green glass, fourteen inches high
and thirteen inches in diameter, has been
placed IN the turret of the chapel at the Grange.
Barrowdale, England.
A steel bell Got the ordinary pattern) has also
oeen placed IN lurrel of one of the phlladel.
phia churches.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

now TO BANIsH DIsCONrENr AND SCANDAL
AN excellent clergyman, possessing much
knowledge of human nature, instructed his
large family of daughters in the theory and
practice OF music. They were all observed to
De exceedingly amiabe and happy. A friend
inquired 1t there was any secret in the mode of
education. lie replied, When anything dis
tnros their temper, | say to them, 'SIng : and
u u near them speak against any person, call
'hem TO sing to me; and SO they have sung
away al causes OF dlaconIent, and every dispu-
stlOn 10 scandal,
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17
RIGINAL POEM.
Written for the Smyrna Times.
FALSE PHILOSOPHY.
BY II. J. 8.

She's false she's false the one thought so truo
Ye gods erase her image from my mind!
Dacehus. dedicate my life to you
Tn mirth and wine may some comfort find;
Plut0 and hsnceforih shall be old friends,
And Proteus. whate'er my fate may be,
4 do not care, SO Plutss only sends
Vast riches. money. lumps of gold to me.
Then. Wee. to you strict homage will pay
monument ri be TO tell thy fame
And. when cross the Styx. the world will say,
He liv'd dsvotes to gold and shame.
SHYRNA, Nov. II.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

ONE OF the beauties of the Court of Prussia
said to the King, " Sire, how is il that you who
are SO glorious already, still seek for new fame!"
Madame" he replied, +" for the same reason
that you, although SO beautiful, still wear
rouge"
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

THn President has ordered company of
troops 10 brownsville for the protection Of ths
Inhabitants along the Rio Graade frontier
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

.-Ay, that's the word-punc.
tualIty Did you ever see a man who was
puuctual who dld not prosper ia the long run
We don't care who or what he was-hgh or
low, ignorant or learned, savage or civilized
we know that II he did as he agreed, and was
punctual in all his engagements, he prosnerad
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

A MISSISSIPPI paper, in eulogizing the dis.
unlonlsts. says: "The everlasting destiny of
the South hangs upon such men as Jefferson
Davis and Others" Ii this be true, how an.
proprlately may we exclaim, in the Language of
DIR. Vets
"Greal God what slender thread
Hangs everlasting things"
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

sons can be pOlypus culated, Il. e. cut up into
fragments, each fragment becoming a separate
individually would not the Virginia husband of
this some total" be in danger as polygamist!
Or has the law failed to prescribe limits beyond
which husband cannot be legally in:tdt-
uated! What may wife lawfully weigh =
The inquiry is suggestive!
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

A STRANGER dined recently at fashionable
hotel' where they had apple dumplmgs with
sauce both " for dinner. He got through with
the sauce when mine host kindly inquired,
" Wlil you have more dumplings, sir!" No,
sir thankee," was the reply, but I'll thank
you for a little more of the 'intment.'I
Smyrna times., 1859-11-17

WHr 10 certain hat called wide-awake
Because il 10 worn without nap.
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THE NATIONAL ERA: WASHINGTON, d. G, JULY 2l, 1859

has haunted her. She told me vengeance would
overtake me, and it is come-merciful it is that
it meets me on the scafold, and not in the fires
of hell.'l He kissed her pale lips and passed
on.
Still nearer to the fatal maiden stood the
blind woman, who had murdered him as surely
as he killed her father. He laid his hand on
hers i" Eispeth, you are avenged he said :" l
am about to die. Now, let your hatred pass
away, and pray for me-"
g WILL she answered, and tears fell from
her sightless eyes as be passed on to suffer
In another instant the maiden had done her
work, and the last of her victims lay slaughter
ed in her terrible embrace.
The instrument of death thus strangely
named was never used again. 1t was super
seeded by the more modern fashion of executing
criminals, and it may now be seen in the Ma
scum of the Society of Antiqsaries in Edin-
burgh, with the dark stains vet corroding on
the fatal knife, which were left there by the
blood of him who in very deed and truth was
brought to justice by the signal retribution we
have recorded.
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Difference in favor of free districts 400
more votes than the second and fourth put to-
gether. Yet the former have two members of
Congress, and the latter but one Here is str
king illustration of the disadvantages under
which the non-slaveholders in the South labor
Even in Virginia the people ofthe slave districts
have double advantage over those which are
comparatively destitute of the institution. In
South Carolina the case is much worse 1t also
appears that 81, O65 voters in the west have but
six Representatives in Congress while 66,59G
voters in the east, in virtue of owning slaves,
have seven.
In the election of Governor each vote counts
but one, no matter where the voter resides, but
in the election of members of Congress and
members of the Legislature, the shareholders
of the eastern portion of the State enjoy the
aristocratic privilege of practically casting two
votes. Seven thousand of them in the fourth
district have the same political power as six
teen thousand non slaveholding freemen in the
eleventh.
These facts are gradually impressing them
selves upon the minds of the free white labor
ing men of Virginia. Their vote for Mr..
Letcher, as well as their refusal to vote for Mr..
Goggin, demonstrates the fact. The day is not
distant when they will address themselves to
the work of reforming this rotten borough sys.
TEN, by removing the cause of it.