Smyrna times., 1862-01-02
MISC CELLAN NEOUS.
The Old Years Progress.

Al the close Of the year eighteen hundred
and SKY We congratulated our readers upon
yssr Of unexamped national prosperity. New
sr before had the fields and orchard, OF our
Asssantmec yielded go protUsely, or ou. manu-.
hetsrsrs and merchants e"Joyed q period Of
nSFe profitable success. Ii would have afford
&c us Intense pleasure had we been a ,ie 10 close
ssF present vOune in The same tones Of peace
fli glsdness; bat IN thousands OF workshops,
factories snd farms. the hammer, the saw and
the plow have been laid aside for the sword
the ride and the cannon, and cur country has
b'eome one vast camp of armed men. Fierce
battles have been fought and many brave men
have iallen. and now sleep the sleep which
Lnsws no waking" Still. at this time, there
70 much TO cheer and awaken faith and hope for
lac future. Many philosophers believe that
Wsrs are tr rbulaIinRs which exert similar inAu-
enees among the nations that thunder storms
sa upon the atmosphere. They are evils while
they exist, but when the clouds are dispersed,
nsa sreaIhs purer and more serene atmos-
PAers. May this be the happy consummllion
Of oar Ratonal troubles!
Allhsugh Ihs vast insurrectisn has exerted a
ssorgsnizing iuAueaee upon macy msnufae-
Isres and other branches Of business, il 10 really
vsndeTfsl 10 witness ths elasticity Of our pee-
pie. aad the facility with which they have
adapted themselves TO altered cireumstapcss.
Macy old brs=ehss St industry have been dss-
irsYed. bat new ones have sprung up. and there
10 new q great smouai Of Industrial prosperity
snioyed iu most of ths manufacturing sections
sf sar coaRtry.
The war has stimulated the genius Of our
people, and directed il 10 the servics Of our
ssgs1ly, Sixty.six new invsatioas relating 10
ssglnes. implements and articles Of warfare.
have teen illustrated ia our columns. These
ensraes great variety Of eanhen, rides, shells,
sas,, tsais, kits ard almost all articles fosnd in
the military vocabulary. ROdmau's monster
Eslsiag cannon, Winslow's steel GA4son and
several others hare thus been brought before
Ias pabIic
Other departments Of industry haye also bseu
veil represented. Our inventors have not de.
voted themselves exclusively TO the invsntiou
etassvueiiVs implements; they have also eul
hSsies the arts Of peace. IL would take toe
narh space 10 enumerate, but in summing "
ear progress in q general way. we can safely
assert that for original aud wsll.stHdieC
easrts Of genips, they equal il they do not sur.
pass the Inventions Of any fsrmer year. ANt
n the aumber Of psteats issued is a very goot
srPsaent Of the progress Of our eoontry, W.
ssa peiat 10 no less than 2.9l9. which is squs
70 The sumbsr C29lO) issued 10 ls57-fou
years ago. When the detection ofeisven State
ssd the dss,rscsisa Of ouF country are take
into consideration. il is not too much 10 asser
thai eur inventors have dsas better last yea
ihsa ever befbrs. and that inSentions are per
hsPs the most safe and profitable sources Of in
Esslmsat in times Of war ss veil as peace.
coas'dsriag lhe nature ssd sxteht Of th
tssnsadsas Struggle ia which our country
s~gsged, we hsvs really great reason as PEI
r's. 70 feel grateful, aud cali Ihis prospsrOu
year sfssf all Never before have our 6els
yislsed 80 beautifully. Tha great West is so
charged with whea, and cora. aud we are
hs happy eoadiiion Of eujoying surplus
The necsssaries Of life. 10 thus viewing a
Pstws can ssill say with cheerlalness, u
Vs.