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Smyrna times., 1859-11-24
Can We Brag !?

The world is supposed to progress from GEN.
tury to century, in almost everything except
morality; but how much more can we accom-
plish now than has been effected in ancient
times! Let US see.
Some thousands of years ago, one Noah, who
never saw nor heard of ship in his life, con-
structed an immense fat -bottomed craft, which,
considering the few tools and poor facilities at
his command, might well excite the wonder of
the present age. He was undoubtedly the
greatest ship carpenter that ever lived.
AS to ballooning, where is the Gronaut who
ever ascended anything near as high as did Eli
sha, who went up from Mount Carmel, one fine
afternoon, and landed upon I" the other side of
Jordan o.
AS a monument of masonary, the Tower of
Babel has yet to be excelled; and where is the
architect and builder who can produce a more
splendid edIfce than Solomon's Temple!
Others besides "absquatulators " pride them
selves in being fleet of foot; but let them run
down three hundred foxes in a fair chase, as did
Sampson, and they may we'll crow.
We have some pretty good " blowers at the
present day, but ii is hardly to be supposed that
the best of them could have blown down the
walls of Jericho with blast from q rams
horn.
The left-handed Benjamites could sling a
stone and hit a hair at the distance of two hun.
dred yards. Where is the expert marksman
who can do better with his rifle!
That wagon-road through the Red Sea ought
to knock aside every obstacle that stands In the
way of the Pacific Railroad.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24
Curiosities from Africa.
A MAN MONKEY.

Mr.. Paul du Chaillu, of New York, moved
by love ofadventure, has been hunting beasts
and birds in Africa for the last four years, and
has returned to New York laden with spols, a
part of which he is exhibiting at 635 Broad
way. Among the novelties which he introdu-
s'to the American public for the first time,
are several splendid specimens of that newly
discovered race of Troglodytes known as Co.
rillas. These creatures are exaggerated mon
keys, and combine the cunning and nimbleness
of the Sinnian tribe with the muscular power
of at least three prize fighters. One of DR..
Chaillu's full-sized males would probably whip
Sayers, Heenan and Morrssey, all together.-
The larger specimens are about 5 feet 5 inches
high, and 80 inches around the chest, with
neck like bulls, and arms as thick as mans
thighs. They eat fruit, but are furnished with
very long and sharp mandibles, like a squirrels
or woodchuck's, and probably could tear flesh
as easily as a tiger. The general appearance
of the Gorilla is that of a libelous caricature on
mankind, and some skeletons of the species,
exhibited in the same collection, would be easi-
ly mistaken, on casual inspection, for the frame
work of deformed human beings.
Besides the Gorillas, of which there are sew
eral representatives, old and young, Mr.. Du
Chaillu succeeded in bagging" some amiable
monsters of the same genus, which he claims
to be new varieties, and which, by right of dis
covery, he has honored with the tough names
Of " Nschiego" and Koola Kamba." The
I" Nschego" is the most intelligent of all three,
and builds a canopy Of boughs aud leaves in
tree, and, squatting upon a broad branch be-
meath this shelter, defes the rain and the
sun. 1t is to be regretted that Mr.
Du Chall!u could not have brought his troglo-
dytes and his many other indescribabe quadru
peda and birds to this country in living state,
but that was utterly impossible, owing to the
scanty assistance which he had from the ma
tves, and the great distance of his hunting
ground from the sea. coast. Although stuffed,
they will be objects of great interest to natu-
rallsts, because most of them have never been
seen in this country, either in public or private
and some of them are absolutely
new to most complete geological or ornitholog-
cal classifcations. The Philadelphia Academy
of National Sciences, under whose auspices
Mr.. Du Chaillu made his expedition, are en-
chanted at the wealth of new birds which he
has brought home with him, and have purchased
t ON him. at high prices, specimen of every
bird in his possession. They are of all sizes,
from the little bee-kiler Cthe humming- bird
being unknown in Africa) to the towering
crane, and are distinguished by the gay colors
of the tropical world. The noble collection of
birds at No. 635 Broadway, New York, is du-
plicate Of that owned by the Philadelp phia Aca-
deny. African idols, cloths, ornaments, wea-
pons, musical Instruments, household utensils,
&C., are also on exhibtion-the whole forming
a very agreeable and instructive novelty, TO
persons in pursuit of knowledge or a new SEN
Of Com.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24
MISCeE LLAN ECU s.
DisQuiet in Europe.

Disquiet in Europe becomes more manifest
each day. The last report, that Louis Napoleon
has offered Spain money and materials to aid in
the attack upon Morocco, awakens increased
dstrust. In fact, the French Emperor is at
this moment the bugbear of Europe, whose
every movement is watched with so!icitude.-
Then Austria looks wistfully at her ancient
province, SO ignominiouslyswr from her;
and Italy may possibly become the arena of a
conflict in which long cherished anmosities
may have full play. The uneasy feeling this
creates will not Immediately subside. That
portentous storm Is brewing in Europe, says the
North American, is indisputable. No one can
foresee how soon it may burst nay, while we
write, the first drops of rain Cor bloody may be
falling. Napoleon has evidently had all along
some gigantic scheme in his head, and to fur
ther it he has consistently followed up one line
of policy. This has been to encourage a weak
Power to attack strong one, and then step in
to it's assistance. In this way he encouraged
Turkey TO attack Russia, and Sardinia TO pro-
yoke Austria. In like manner he will encour-
age Spain to provoke England, and then the
long sought opportunity will be found. By
this manGuyering he secures, or thinks he Sc
cures, for himself the reputation of being the
protector of the weak and the oppressed, and
the journals of France are industriousy en-
Ployed in magnifying his exploits. Meanwhile
the peace of the world is kept in perpetual
jeopardy; the interests of commerce are SEN
siby injured; the neighboring nations are com.
PEELED to maintain enormous naval and military
armaments. And still France is arming, al
ways arming; hundred additional gunboais
are ordered to be constructed, and five grand
camps, under as many eminent commanders,
atesting the readiness of the nation for any
thing that may turn up There can be but one
result 10 all this-an explosion which will shake
the world. Then will come repetition of the
alliance of 1914 between the Powers of Eu-
rope. France will be declared nuisance, and
she will be disarmed, if not dismembered, and
the Bonaparte will then be, like the Duchess
of Parma, looking out for some duchy fer him
SELF and fortunate if he escapes a voyage to
ST. Helena.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24
People Famous by Accident.

Tie celebrity recently attained by john
Brown, of Ossawattomie, and by Jeandella, OF
"Sunday car" notoriety, has reminded US OF
the words quoted by Malvolio, in Shakspeare's
Twelfth night" "Some are born great,
some achieve greatness, and some have great
ness thrust upon them" As Keats says
Fame, like wayward girl, will still be coy,
TO those who WOO her with loo lavish knees"
and often, in her caprice, bestows renown by
the merest bye-blow." You can hardly call
that aspiring youth " Erostratus, who burned
the temple of Diana, at Ephesus, just to get his
name up, great by accident; though his name
would probably have fallen into oblivion, had
not the Greek legislators passed law that no
man should ever mention it. In sacred history
there are number of cases of accidental i'm
mortality. For instance: If Nabal had not
been churl, in his connection with King Da-
vd, we never would have heard of him; or at
least he would never have made the impression
he has on the world. Then there was the lit
tie maid" who suggested that the Prophet of
Israel could cure Naaman, the Syrian, of his
leprosy In the New Testament several re-
markable instances occur to US: Paul says:
alexander, the coppersmth, hath done me
much evl;" and verify the Great Alexander,
Of Macedonia, with all his conquests, has not
acquired a wider renown. Then, as the New
England primer has it,
"Zaccheus he did climb a tree"
and he has perched himself up so high that the
world has looked at him ever since.
The case in which Lord Mansfield made the
great decision, that no slave could exist on
British soil, was that of negro boy IA native
African, brought to England by his master,)
q throunh oil tho Ia tu
books, from one end of Anglo-Saxondom to the
other, we hear of the Somerset precedent.
The negro, Dred Scott, is an llustrOus ex-
ample of accidental reuown. The Cancemi
case will be here fter cited as one of most ia
nous precedents, to the effect that it takes IL
jurymen to render legal verdict: 1t is almost
as much quoted even now, as Mr.. Seward's
"moral insanity" plea in murder cases. Then
there ia the case of Commonwealth VS.. Teaman
which has been spoken of frequently since the
Sunday law triaIs-Teaman being little news
boy who was arrested for selling papers OF
Sunday. and " set up" for the lawyers to ham
mer nrecedent out Of We might also men
ton the accidental fame of Jenny, the lrisf
waiter at the White House, under Genera
Jackson: and the Chevalier Hulseman, the
Austrian Minister, whom Webster used up
We might refer to Martin Koszta, and hft.
o her cases.
Dickens and Scott have taken pIosaic, rea
people, and made heroes and heroines OF them
So do Charlotte Bronte and the authoress Q
Adam Bede and, in fact, all authors must ne
cessarily do this. AS Landor says to his enc
mics, they tell people who make an lmPressIo
upon them:
.Pa,e for YOU shall sheathe her shears,
You shall live some hundred years"
-PhiLG. Bulletin.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24
SMYRNA, Nov. %. 1859.

Gov. WISE AS A PENMAN.-A correspondent
from Richmond writes as follows about the ex-
ecutive of Virginia:
Governor Wise, in the character of a scribe,
surpasses, perhaps, any man living. In point
of rapidity he can only be paraleled in short
hand, while his writing is almost as legible as
print. | had occasion some time ago to copy
some writing of his, and did so page after
page as he produced them. | started when he
was about two pages ahead, and though he had
to compose while had merely to copy, at the
close of the tenth page he was still two in ad-
vance. At this stage he was called off to din
ner, and | availed myself of the opportunity to
procure peculiar kind of pen, which thought
would facilitate the operation. We both set
to work again simultaneously; and though he
stopped occasionally to mend his pen (he writes
with quill pen) and now and then walked ra-
pidly round the room, while | meanwhile wrote
with all the rapidity of which was capable, he
wound up at the end of the twenty y-ninth page
with the two pages in advance which he had
at the start. understand he thinks nothing
of answering twenty-five or thirty letters day
or rather within the three or four hours he
spends in his Office, besides attending to othel
duties and receiving visitors, who occupy muci
of his time.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

"THE VINEGAR PLANT''-A sub aqueous
plant, popularity known by this title, is attract
ing considerable attention among house.keep-
ers, several of them having been used in this
city, in the domestic manufacture of frst-rate
article of Vinegar The plant-if such it may
be called, for some contend that it is manufac.
tured by chemists-is vegetable mother, thick
and more solid than the mother of vinegar usu-
ally is, strongly resembling tripe in appearance,
only more yellow, and it generally attans
about one-half inch in thickness Those who
wish to make vinegar, take ten quarts of soft
water to one quart of molasses, place them in
an open jar or barrel, and put in a plant, which
will grow, and the vinegar will increase in
strength for 81 days, when the plants (for ano-
ther plant will have formed under The original
one, which will occupy the area of the top of
the vessel containing iD must be removed, or
the vinegar will, after this. eat them up. The
vinegar has peculiarly pleasant flavor, and ap-
proaches nearer TO pure cider vinegar than any
otherwise manufactured. The plant floats upon
the top, but if reversed will sink and will not
grow. We are not posted as to the origin of
this singular and important adjunct to domestic
economy, as the authorities are conflicting; but
the most reliable accounts we have seen state
that it is found originally in lake in Iowa.
So says the Lancaster Express.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

The POPULATION OF BRowNsvILLE.-In the
course of an explanatory article on the late
events in that city, the Brownsville Flag says
that, though they have 5000 inhabitants nomi-
nally, there are not more than $500 on the
census roll, and Of these there are not over 800
who are not of Mexican origin. In fact, there
are now but 81 Americans by birth. old enough
to bear arms, TO be found in the place. Now,
the greater part of these 5000 are fugitves
from Mexico. poems, ladroneS, &C., an idle, vi
cious, depraved, ignorant and thevish popula.
ton, known by the generic name of pelados.-
1t is this miserable population, made doubly
hostile by the long continued warfare between
Texas and Mexico, and between the latter and
the United States, that is at the bottom of all
the difficulty.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

THE Morse TELEGRAPH IN TURKEY.-The
Turkish government is constructing line Of
telegraph across that country from Constant
nope te Bassora, on the Persian Gulf-the
English government paying S35O,OOO on ITS
completion, and large SUN per annum Tor tne
exclusive use of one of the wires When TINS
line through Turkey is completed England
will be in telegraphic communication win IN
dia. The Turkish government propose using
ths Morse instrument, TO oe mace IN bos,on'
sess. costing $4,000. Mr.. Stiles, of Boston,
received an order, through agents in London
far two eomplete sets of the Morse instruments
for test samples, which were forwarded by the
last steamer.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

KID GLovEs.-Ths dogs killed in Cleveland,
Ohio, are sold to a glove mandatory in Litch-
field, Medina county, where the skins are made
up into kid and buckskin.
CHINESE LUcK.-There are about 400 China
men mining eleven claims on Horse Shoe Bar,
California, on the Middle Fork of the American
river, and they take out from $4,000 to 10000
every week.
THE typhoid fever continues prevalent in va
rious parts of Berks, Lebanon and Dauphin
counties. 10 one locality in Berks county,
there have been thirty-6ve deaths in 5 weeks.
THE Putnam Phaanx military company oi
Hartford, have raised $4,000 towards building
an armory.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

A CHINAMAN bought lot of lumber near
PlacervilIe, in California. On settling for the
same he drew forth from one of his pockets q
rather uninviting looking biscuit, broke it open,
and took out ten.dolar piece; from another
pocket, concealed in the same manner, he got
another ten, and thus paid for the lumber.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

The number of sewing machines sold las.
year by the leading ufscturers is enormous
viz: 37442 Mr.. Elias Howe, to whom each
manufacturer pays tribute for his lock stitch
has prncely income tberefrom. One ner;od,' ,
cal has stated that it amounts TO 500. .O0O. bn,
at five dollars for each machine, il al
last year to SS7,2l0.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

zen. SCOTT AND A PACIFIC RAILRoAp.-Tbe
San francisco Bulletin thinks that the visit of
zen. Scott TO the Pacific coast will have the
effect OF convincing him of the necessity and
military Importance of Pacific railway, and
that II he reports thus TO government on his
return, his opinion will turn the scale IN favor
of building the road at all ha azards, and al what.
ever cost, by the general government.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

AT the Police Court in Hartford on Thurs.
day, James Cosgrove was sentenced to prison
for forty days for getting drunk. "Say tbirri.
~, yer honor, suggested Mr.. Cosgrove "thir-
rlty deays is long enough 10 get the drunk out
of amy man" Wv
The New Orleans papers estimate the losses
by fire in that city for this year to have been
one million seven hundred thousand dollars
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

Mr.. SPEAKER" said new member rising
I'VE cannot prize too dearly the rights of free'
dom. They have been transmitted to ma nv on-
fathers as rich legacy, and palsied he the
hand OF the one who would refuse to acknowlo
edge or maintain them. Among these rioh,s
Mr. Speaker. is the right of voition. Of do;r1
as we please. Every man, sir, should do as he
pie9sSs, and If he does not, be should be com.
PEELED to- 70 S0Hi'
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

LADY PEEL, wife of the great Sir Robt. Peel.
retired to rest on the night of the Goth ult, IN
her usual health, and was found dead in her
bed in the morning. Lady Peel was, in early
life. a remarkably handsome woman, and re-
tanned her personal beauty irrespective Of the
rayages of that terrible foe Of the sex, time.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

A YOUNG lady of Edgefeld, s. c., recently
attended a family soiree as "The Evening
News" One who was there describes her
dress (made entirely of newspapers,) as being
decidedly unique and very beautiful. 1t is said
to have presented by candle light a resem-
blance to the richest brocade, so skillful and
tasteful was the arrangement of its columns.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

DIscovERIEs of old Port Royal, Jamaica, w.
L., continue to be made by the company of di-
vers. The remains of Fort James have been
found, and cannon fshed up therefrom. There
is reason to believe that many of the houses,
though sunk in several fathoms water by the
earthquake, remained nearly entire for some
time.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24
Written for the Smyrna Times.
The Garden Gate.
BY II. J. S

BY II. ]. S.
kiss'd her at the garden gate.
did not stop, did not wait,
But kissd her on the lips, and then
Why left, the happest of men!
kiss'd her at the garden gate,
Upou her lips hung my fate
But, sh! those lips, it makes me shudd'r,
Last night were giv'n to another!
SMYRNA, Nov. %, 1859.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

THREE slaves, recently liberated by the will
oftheir owner in Madison county, Va, preferred
to remain in saveay as the chattels of one of
the family Of their former master.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

DIED, at Lucknow, India, Sept. 10Th, Rev. ].
R. Downey, of the Methodist Mission. He was
a young married man, and of great PROMISE
Thus early has one of the six men sent out by
the Methodist Episcopal Church of this country
fallen in the beginning of most promising life
of labor.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24

An editor down South apologies for delay 10
the issue of his paper, as be had an extra MAZE
ie attend to during The week.
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24
TIE CUSTOM" OF EATING !

Among the "returns to first principles" is
the novelty mentioned by the ndependent-
that of back-room or saloon" attached n
the large warehouses, and supplied literally
with lunch, drink and cigars-all free, through
the aOeek, through the customers of the "fr,n !"
This is certainly carrying all SAIL" though
whether confined to the wholesale dealers I'VE
do not know.-HOme Journal
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24
PROFITS AND PROPHETS.

The AthenGum, in speaking severely of a
certain too matter-oftsct and philosophical
style of preaching, says, A." On Sundays we want
prophets just as if (said our old neighbor
Jones' to whom we were reading the article
aloud)' just as if the profits we make on week
days oughtn't to be enough for us!"
Smyrna times., 1859-11-24
NEW KIND OF CALvn.INrsM.

A superficial person. having heard popular
dscsmsr preach said to DR.. Bellumy, " O. sir.
have been fed this evening" The doctor
added $50 the calves think, after having suck.
ed each others ears"
, 1859-01-31

No soul cou1i slnk beneath hls love;
Not even angel hl&ated:
No mortal power could soar atoTe
The pride thai a1 out1Assed!
AZ! Heevea had tet one living man
Beyond the pedanfs tethee,-
Bis r!ztuts frailues He may scan.
Who weighs them altogether:
t3tne ny pebble On the c,1rn
Qf hlun- thouKh dead. undyIns,
e~ett n.ture nues sing. honn}e.t bAir1s
Beneath her daisies lying
The xanInz runs, the wast!og globe
Shall spare the 1uins,rel's stor5-
The nnou1taln,nltst Of = orr:
POEM OF JOHN G. WHITTIER.
Ho~ aveetl1 eouethe holy psa!ms
Prrn saints and mxrtyrs doHu-
The WAvtr OF tnumphal pA!ms
Above the thorny crown!
The choral praise. the chauted pr17e1s
II. hunted O4ALKo1's moul taln ais,
The hymns thAt Luther auak
Yet jar1!nr not the he..epl5 nats1'
The squads Of earth are heard.
Althouxt tue open ntnter foats
The sorK Of breeze md bird!
Not lees the wonder Of the afy
That dalses bloom below;
The brook slnGs on. though loud and hlsh
The cloudy oTkAps blow.
And II the teader ear be ja7ed
That haplY, hears bY turns
The salutly harp q olne, = bard.
No alstoTd inass liz pe:tsc. elAn.
Who Rsye th-m b 9TH tongue.
Po. he who tluks u Z lore OF taao
TbeIoye Of God hath suls:
To-Day be every fault foraven
a@'e @' sh8 shsnts * tSs !Ss heaven
And leave The easth's alsoy.
Be ours bis E1usic a. Of FpFiDE.
Biz 1weetnesa q. Of floHes.,
The sorKs the ba I'd himself might ing
J1h nj 1ota I
, 1859-01-31
THE PRESS AND TRIBUNE,S
Great Job Printing Establishment

Ii the a1zes aud dnest esabshnent ofthe kind In the
West It has more etean Presses and Machinery; more
P.ntsnx Ma:esials md more slful Workmea than any
other Job Printing House West Of New York.
The propetors prepared to execute on ehoEs no
lice, ever variety Of BOOK JOB LETTER PRESS
and FANCY PRINTING In the BEST MANNER
Fl tie LOWEST LIVING PRICES.
Particular attention dyen to the pr1ntio9 Of
Busuess Cards, Posters,
Whiting Cards, Programmes,
Ball Tickets, Pamphlets,
Letter Heads Circulars,
Bill Heada, chech,a
Bylaws, Blank Notes,
Receipts, Labels.
PR1NT1N III DOL L0HS
In A!n vaeies- done In beautiful xye ind al roder-
Ate ra1tA.
An EXAMINATION Of sPECIMEN8 and PRICES Ia re-
tpeettollsnvtted-
EHordesr from khe Country promptly dlled and sent
home By Expresa
, 1859-01-31

z. T. EIeAVcF4M Prize Medal s<oueY
soAr thu only eenu,ne will ound tie hes Toilet Soap
use. p'ssessns frrs s7d creamy AsaeE lasting Anu
decAte perfume and Earran.ed not to tnure the skin
beHAft Of cnunter1eiA
F.R C1elvrr'- Mpkk and Ertra Scented Rsox'. :::at
'or and Glgcerne aAaut. abn. aponaceoas Tnoth FeW
dcr for the teeth and To be had a& II! rspectAhe
DrQk Grocery and Fa2ry eores In the United sta&es
Mandatory Ia Lnudon Wholesale and Rs&Ai 1t J. d.
REED 4 90. ~ andlt Lake-.t. 0hicAko ocs h33t sEo
Saw ver's Fluid Extract of Bark. an
efalAhie remedy for the Fever I'D Aue. and the vas
jul for7as Of Blluoas Dlsea4es 'uteult,eot Rement
5h Peser End Dumb AEae, hAv1nx the1- osidn in ta!
"a Of ves1 fertile sod unshy hses prepared by Dr..
.sswyer Druggist and Oaeral, and sold By Sawyer.
This renedJ u prepared entirely rom veGetahle rub
nanccs and coI&ains Ee1cur1. arsenlc or xuyhlnk
hat PROVE Injurious 10 the syK.en- II e6eca
hoss Of deobs.ntut md tonic well Auapted 70 restore
:he healthy action Of the Liver and eto1oaeh. whose
unctoas sc1,rA,l1 impaired IN tis c1aat oi d.
sa1eL
Qutnns and other tonce ocls In MANY ca4es 10
:reak the c1ls Et % oo remove TIE diseases Of the
i've. &ad other o.Eans Implicated On which the chill
sud Fever eettod; hence The usefulness Of The Ylrd
Extract Of Bark tpa-t:cain:ly In rnoot where Phyd-
:laab cnaEat he readily cco.utea}. which contains Ill
er quaUeI fted te Indicators Q! these aaladIes
1nnd.eat Q! tessi1oaal: IN rexa1d to The efficacy Of
he medicine FROM petoa, Of rspectabity. have been
}ven 10 the xalraetor-but be does t1ake use o.
tc :. Ii .,rcesto :ve Ike :oe1cc. Introduce !tseIf
ecurelY hY lis rae1.ls