Smyrna times., 1860-08-02
WHOLE NO., 473
Minor Topics.


Farls are experimenting on the tenacity of life
commonly attributed to toads, by enclosing
several specimens in plaster of Paris, where
they will be kept for series of years. The
toads might say to the savans as the freps in
the fable said to the boys: Though fun for
you it is death for US.
TIE story that ball was found in the hear.
OF the late Prince Jerome, after his death. has
not yet been sufficiently authenticated TO emil.
tie it TO credence, The locality of The heart
differs in different individuals. The hall wa.
probably found in Prince JerOme's pocket
Hence the wonderful story.
The VOLUNTEER" enthusiasm in EnoIs,d
must have well nigh reached a climax. Far
we are told that the martial spirit has invaded
boudoirs and kitchens, and that a HartlenooI
corps OF ladies are regularly drilled BY Gov
eminent sergeant it. light infantry Tactics
Among their means of offence and defence. il
Is 10 be hoped they will not forget the cotton.
breastworks, which proved SO efficaeous as de.
fences al the Battle of New Orleans.
IT is singular that party journals should bs
SO careless and unthInking in drawing their
parallels and hhmmering out their SMILES
Ihus' paper before us says, speaking ofDoue.
las: I" There he stands, firm and unsbakable.
The rock OF the Democratic party" We won.
der how many people have said to themselves:
precisely sol the rockbpon which the party
has split.
HER Royal Highness, the Duchess of Meek.
lenburg StrelItz, was lately plundered of a.
case OF costly jewels. Exclusive of their in.
trlnsic worth, which is said to exceed $4,000.
the Jewels were invaluable as family relics and
presents from dear friends. Her ROYAL High.
ness travelled TO London via Hanover. Berlin
and Paris, landing at Dover, but did not dis
cover her loss until reaching Buckingham Pal
ace. The detectives employed are of opipion
that the robbery was perpetrated before the
Duchess reached England. 1t argues little for
tee popular estimation of Divine right on
the Continent when robbers lay their hands on
Royalty ITSELF
AMERIcANswindler are interruptions enough
10 all conscience, yet 1t is questionable whether
any OF them would be guilty of the heartless
fraud which some coekney villain has inst No.
petrated in London. Pretending to be a cler.
gyman, he called upon a lady who had neph.
ew IN India, and without any preparation what.
ever informed her that he had lately died there
after short illness. Having thus shocked and
unnerved her, he went on TO say that HOY
and diamond ring sent to her by her nephew
were at the Custom house, but that Els was
necessary to clear the same, and that if IL was
not Immediately forthcoming, all would be lost.
In the perturbation naturally resulting from
such tldings, the lady paid the money demand
ed, and the gentleman left, promising to return
soon with the box and ring. Time passed on
out ne did not again make his appearances
Subsequent developments proved the whole
n n indl ~ n
now looking anxiously for villain under the
gulse and personi6caIion of clergyman. IL
ls no difficult thing to fnd but the puzzle is 10
get hold of the right one.
The Queen of England is most exemplary
woman In all the relations of life, as sover-
eign, as wife, and as mother-particularly
as a mosher-she excels No better testimonv
to her PstSnce-a virtue that may very well
De called the GROWING grace of womauhood-
10 needed, than the fact that she has lived long
round OF years with her stupid, laundering,
herman CoDsort, and never once boxed his ars
That this forbearance arises more from pre-
vaillng pacific disposition than from lack of
belligerent power, is fully proven by recent de-
veloPmeais. For Her Majesty is an adept in
the science of war, and capital shot. Her
performances at Wimbledon with fhe Whit.
worth rifle would not have been discredtable
to the born daughter of gun. For is it not
written that by planting bullet in the bull,s.
eye she hit the Lions heart plump in the GEN.
ter, and drew down rounds ofnational Al plausea
10 addition to all this, Her Majesty links arms
with Columbia in very sisterly manner. She
tfatters our President. whom every one else
abuses, sad calls him her t" good friend" She
enirusts her eldest son to our hospitality. ana
only requests that we guard him against the
tender mercies OF our Aldermen, which are
proverbially cruel. Shall not ibis modst re-
quest be respected! For the especial graft.
fcation of the exemplary little Queen, we feel
authorized to assure her that the Prince of
Wales shall be religiously preserved from con-
tact with Councilmen and all other impurities.
SENATOR DoUGLAs has been making Quite an
extended tour through the Northern aud East.
} ern States. He stops at great many places
without the slightest intention of making a
speech at any of them; but, from the force OF
circumstances over which he has no control.
} he dses make a speech at every one Of them;
aud, what Is still more remarkable, everything
he sees reminds him Of the great and glorious
doctrine of Popular Sovereignty. The calcium
light az Tammany Hall--the battle. field of
Lexing ton-Bunker Hill MonHment-Presi-
dent FELTON, in his silk gown md square cap at
Cambridge--all suggested this great principle.
The United States Armory at Springfield, and
/; an interview with the Central Railroad Diree-
tors at Albany, had precisely the same effect.
Wherever be goes, whomsoever he meets, what
ever he hears, he cannot escape the reHectoa
! that the only thing which can possibly save
II this country from utter ruin is the election of
D q President pledged to the doctrine Of Popular
. Sovereignty. He deems ID absolutely essential
n that the people OF every locality shoald have
Q the full and perfect right Of eleclng their own
/ rulers and making their own laws, without The
slightest control or dictation from any quarter.
POPULATION OF CARLISLE The present pop
4 ulatcn ofCarIisle, as ascertained by the Deputy
Marshals. fools up 5.765. The population OF