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Smyrna times., 1865-05-17
[PrBiIC No. 96.l
An ACT in relation TO TO the limitation of actions i
CcrtalI chses.

An ACT in relation TO TO the Limitation of actions in
certain cases.
Be IL enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-.
sentGtiUes Of the United States fAmerca Congress
assembled, That Whenever, during the existence OF
the present Ieteon, any action, civil or criminal
shall accrue against any person who, by reason Of
resistance to the execution of the laws of the United
States or the interruption OF tine ordinary course Of
lndcinl proceedings, Cannot he served with process
loi the Commencement OF such action or the arrest
OF such person. or whenever, after such action, civ
VI c'I'hal, shall have accrued, such person cannot
by reason OF such Resistance Of the laws mr. sncb j.,
terruption OF Judicial proceedings, be arrested OF
served with process for the conmencemcnt f,L,
action, the time during which such person shall So
be beyond the reach Of legal process shall not b,
deemed or taken any part of the time limited b,
law for the commencement of such action. &.
Approved, June u, 1864.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17
= O E Il II Y
From the "lIolne Jourl4I."
CHI Err.
BY NEALE BERNARD.

Do Affections bear you down?
Shake them IF with firm cndcavor;
Do the heartlasS coldly irown!
Mind them never!
Never! What do frowns avail
'Gainst giant wall!
Heed the not should they assail,
But labor still
Is your palace but cottage?
Care yen not;
Is Your fdre the metest pottage?
Good-if honest got;
Is Your portly next door ncighbor
Worth his weight in Z, Id!
IT yonr lving's worth your labor,
Heaven wont withhold!
Are the friends you loved so dearly,
With your riches flown?
Matters not, SO she sincerely
Is all your own;
Matters not il friends You cherished
Prove untrue,
She will love, since joys have perishod,
The better you!
FaIter not! great good is hidden
In these trials sorc;
Blessings thus come Oft unbiddtn,
Heavens bountics SO ontpour;
Faint not! Just reward Ior merit
Shall be given;
So you're faithful, you'll inherit
Eternal Heaven.
Brooklyn, May, 1865.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

QUDDTIEs-For the La9ies.-A tea-party
without scandal is like knife without han
dle.-Wo ords without deeds are like the husks
without the seeds-Features without grace are
like clock without face-A land without
the laws is like cat without her claws.--Life
without cheer is like cellar without beer.-A
master without cane is like rider without
the rein. Marriage without means is like a
horse without his beans.-A man without a
wife is like a fork without knile.-A quarrel
without fighting is like thunder without light
ming.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17
[PupLIc-No. 92.l
AN ACT TO punish nd prevent the counterfeting of

AN ACT to punish and prevent the counterfeitng OF
coin OF the United States.
Be 1t enaeted By The Senate and House Of Repre-
seHtatiUes Of the United States Of America in Con
gress assembled That if any person persons, ex-
cePt now authorized by l,w, shall hereafter make
or ciuse to be made, or shall utter pass or al
tempt TO utter pass, any coins Of gold silver,
other metals alloys OF metals. intended for the
a'u purpose OF current money, whether in the re.
'e"olnce Of coins Of the United States Of foreign
'n,,rles; or Of original design, every person Of
to"uIhg shaf on conviction thereof, be punished by
h"s "ot e@credIng three Thousand dollars, by i'm
p-isonmcnt for term not exceeding five wears. or
both, at the discretion Of the court according 10 Inc
aggravation off the offence.
Approved, June 8, 1864.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17
TPUBLIC-No. GAL

AN ACT TO provide for the payment of the second re-
ginent, third brigade, Ohio volunteer militia. dur
ing the time they mustered into the service
of the United States
BE it enacted Gy The Senate and House Of Repre-.
s.ntGtiues of the United States Of America ~ Con
g,ess assembled That the second regiment Third
bri gade, Ohio volunteer militia, mustered lni" the
service Of the United States at OincinnaiI ONO, on
tle fourth day of September, eighteen hundred ana
siriy-two, notwithstanding irregaarity may have
irred in the manner of their mastering into th'
of the United States be paid for the time th'
officers and men in the service, respectively
after being mustered, not, huweVerto exceed th'
period OF thirtv days.
Approved. jane 8, 1864.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17
[PuBIIc REsoLurIoN-No. 32.l

A RESOLUTION to compensate the sailors on the gu"
boat "B ron de Kab" for loss of clothing
ReSolued by the Senate and House % representa-
nssenIed That the proper accounting officers ofthe
Treasury be and they hereby authorized, in set
linz tb accounts of the petty officers, seamen, sail
and others of the OF the United States gum
boat 81 Baron de Kalb," to allow to each sum not
exceeding fifty dollars as a remuneration for the
damage they may have sustained in the loss of their
clothing by the destruction of said vessel to be paid
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
prupridted. Approved, June Z, 1864.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17
[PuaIlc REsoLurloN-No. 3a.l

a RESOLUTION authorizing the acceptance of Ger.
tain testimonial from the Government of Great
Britain.
ResOlced by the Senate and House of Representa-
tires Of the United States Of America in Congress
assembled, That Surgeon Solomon Sharp, of the navy
of the United States, be and he is hereby authorized
to accept the piece of plate recently presented to him
by the Government of Great Britain as ii mark of
high appreciation of he unremittng attention aud
kindness shown by him to certain officers of the
British ship "Greyhound" while in the naval hospt.
al under hls charge, at Norfolk, Virginia.
Approved, June Z, 1864.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17
[PUBLIc-No. 9O.I

As ct = pr.vldc Tor granting ar honorable dis
c.lrle II c1aheaycis an! frcnen in the naval
wee.
Be- Il enacted by the Seoqte anil House Of Repre-
'n!l:ircS o. the United N!tts Of imtricu in Con-
gre's assembled, Fiat lonorapc discharges may be
gr.nrd 70 cnll-hcnves and rm-n in tie n val SER
vce Of the United States in the same manner and
>Inect 10 the same conditions as such discharges
a'e INV granted to scdmen, ordinary seamen, lands
men, and boys.
Approved, June :, 1861.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

4 modest young man, at a dinner party, the
other evening, put the following conundrqI!mI
Why arc most people who eat turkey, like
babiesY No reply; The modest man blush
ed and would have backed out, but hnaIly gave
the rnason: Because they are fond of the
breast Two middle-agcd ladies here tainted,
and the remains Of the young man we're carried
ont hv the coroner on a shutter.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17
NJ Is & ELLAN EOUS
BENJAMIN G., Harris,

Mr.. Benjamin C. Harris whose trial for trea-
son has been going on at Washington reminds
Us of the celebrated Irish Tutor who Wa, mas
te" OF slX-and twenty languages, including the
protane. Whether this swect-mouthcd NJ
{. swears by note or by ca We are not inform
ed. lie may have nattHdl genius for the
lingo of blasp phcmy, or he may have toiied for
it as other men have tolled to acquire Greek
We have heard OF an habituaIy profane per
son who declined to swear when his load of hay
was overthrown, because he 1rlt. as he modest
iy admitted to the crowd. that he could not do
Justice to the subject. Harris, NJ. c., would
have proved equal IL that emergency In the
course OF his many conversations he id the
United States the Black Abolitioni,ts. Gen
t'rant; and after swearing TO perfectly in
definite extent, he wound up by bcstowing a
dollar and drink upon pair Of Confederate
soldiers, with the friendly advice that they
should not take the oath of allegiance but 90
somewhere and fight somebody, by Cd,
like h.
Harris, it is perfectly clear, should have been
in the Confederate army. How he would have
basphemcd the battallons into bravery how
he would have cursed the towards into shame !
Placed in judicously selected position in the
front, with powerful trumpet, and with di-
rectionS to con,ign the advancing Yankee hosts
to place where everybody is supposed to be
quite warm enough, Harris might have done
frghtful execution. Many of our soldiers
would Instantly have fallen stone dead with
horror and amazement and the rest would have
ANONYMOUSLY fled from Benjamin the Dcnoun-
GER
This profound Professor of Profanity will
hardly figure again in Congress. Ncithcris he
likely to be sent to any more Democratic Con
vcntions Of Chicago or elsewhere. If he cs-
capcs the Provost Marshal's rope, We advise
him to go into retirement. He is good, but he
is too strong in his expressions. The world
can stand him let him wait until he is dead
and then he can swear at his leisure without
offending anybody In the place prepared for
him they may be more accustomed to his style
OF cOnversation.-TriJ
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

NOVEL IMPLEMENT OF WAR.-ln the siege
of Mobile our forces used tc0odcn m0rtdrS, made
Of the gum tree and according to rebel state
ment they were very destructive. One hun
dred shells were fired from one of them, and one
of these shells killed and wounded eleven Con
fedcratc soldiers Two ofthese . new tangled '
guns are to be sent to the Chicago Sanitary
Fair, to see how much they will bring i'll aid Of
the soldiers
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

The man who has not slept for fourteen years
finds rival in Daniel Mckee, of Claysville,
Mo-, who sleeps six weeks at a time, and is
wide awake the rest of the year.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

There is peculiarly forcibIe kind of whis-
kew lately come in vogue in London, branded
L. L., and when 9t{ e3ekney icy says, come and md
rives the right title to it.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

The latest novelty in Paris is a new style o
dress which may be said to be wardrobe ii
itself, the same garment being capable OF pre-
The dress is readily transformed by folding lap
pets, buttoned or looped, according to the for
nation of the pattern.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

Mrs. ThiStlethwaite, Il lady preacher, is now
the sensation, in London \ London paper
says that She speaks, dresses, and altogether
dcmeans herself in good taste y black silk
dress, with plain white collar and cuffs, her
hair neatly arranged, and an earnest, thought
ful countenance, combined with the evident
sincerity of her motives and the dignity of her
movements, forbid anything like evity on the
part even of large miscellaneous congrega-
ton She speaks fuently and persuasively,
without any note, and with considerable force
and elegance
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

Quilp, being asked whether a certain par
reaue (who had recently got rich by lucky
speculation was Of aristocratic stock, replied:
" No; he comes Of petrolean stock, not patri-
clan
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

"hritable Captain" Your barrels dis
gracefully dirty, sir, and it, not the first time
I've good mind to Pirate F}nmigdn-
Silence, sir, when you spake to an ofieer!'
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

President Lincoln, before leaving Washing,
ton on his last visit to the army, wrote a call
for an extra session of Congress, which was
signed by both himself and Secretary Seward,
to be issued in case anything happened to hlm
The document is now on file at the State De-
n nartmpnt
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

A young bride, daughter Of an apothecary,
Immediately after the nuptials, wrote to her
mother-in- law: My happiness is now COM
plete. My ark has rested upon Mount Arrow
root "
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

There is man ont West whose memory is
so short it only reaches to his knees, consc-
quently he never pays for his boots.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

The "temse'' is sieve used over the barrel
of -four, and one active fellow long ago set fire
several times to the wood by violence OF his
friction; this led the milers to say to those WHO
were dull, you never can set the tense on
fire." which grew to the proverb about the
Thames with which the world is familiar
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

Love in cottage" is all very we'll when
you own the cottage, and have money at inter
est.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

CoNUNpRrMs.- Why is the Central Park
skating pond like Niagara? Ans is a good
place to see the falls
What is the difference between a crockery
dealer and a cabnct-makcr? Ans.-One sells
tea Setts and the other settees
Why does Victoria represent the petroleum
interest? Ans-Because she is Queen OF the
Isles
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17
WHOLE NO sos
Cory Olanus at the Oil Regions.

I have reached the oil land, having taken a
safer route than the Erie
Pennsylvania is good sized State and it takes
some time to get there. When you get there
you wish you had not come.
There is plenty oil-and that is ali, except
lots Of people.
| made for 'Snaky Run. thr most likely
place for oil. They call these places Runs,
because everybody who is atte. oil runs here.
Every man You meet is the president, dlrcc-
tor or engineer of Il petroleum conf any.
The natives who are white people and re-
scmhle country folks live hy selling land and
erccnhorns. They have a system in both tran
sactonS. They double the price OF land every
/ morning.
Hyou know anybody who has got few va
cant lots that he wants to sell, tell him to bring
them ont here
The folks are so busy locking for oil that
they haven time to build houses and every
body is afraid to put up houSe ior fear that
he might cover an oil we'll.
/ Consequently the hotels are little crowded.
The Muggins Hotel where put up, is much
So Muggins the proprietor. is the most ac-
cOmmOdatmg man you ever saw. lie has only
got six beds in the house but he is ready to
take III anybody. He took me in. Also two
hundred more petroleum pilgrims The sleep
ing accommodations are various. We go To
bed in platoons. When the first platoon get
asleep they are carefully taken out of bed and
! hung over a clothes line. The second platoon
90 through the same process until every body
Is provided for Pretcrring to sleep alone, [
slept on the mantc-piece, with the coal scut<le
for a pillow.
As | observed, land is precious out here. I
bought a lot ten inches by four. for three hun
drcd thousand dollars, and commenced opera
tons. The next thing is to commence boring.
You want sharp bore. \ public lecturer
won't do. Neither will skating gimlet. l
took brace and bit and Went in. Got down
about seven hundred thousand feet into the
bowels Of the land. when ] came to an impedi-
ment. Found that had struck the pre-Adam
ite rock of the osoiied strata OF thc Silurian
formation. This is geology, and you perhaps
won I understand it.
Went on boring through foty-thousand feet
of sandstone. Here encountered strange
smell of sulphur, which alarmed the native who
sold me the land, and to ease his conscience he
gave me half the money and wanted me to stop
boring Told him | was bound to keep OH untn
| struck lie, or came out on the other side of
creation.
Bored on Went through about sixty thou
sand feet more. when suddenly the brace and
bit went in, and there was a grand report like
that made by Butler powdcr-boat which did III
blow up Fort Fisher An investigation into
the matter showing that had struck through
into a gastactury in China. which had exploded
at both ends Of the bore killing half million
Of Chnesr
\ ind-hartcd chap offered me another piece
Of land the size of stove-p plate within nile
and half Of a seven hundred barrels well, for
the reasonable figure Of half Million and two
thirds Of the oil.
had concluded that boring for oil is not so
profitable as bleeding the public. | shall start
an oil company on more liberal terms than any
Vet offered
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

Married in Sweden, Maine, March oath, by
Rev. 5. Sanderson a lad of that town, aged
sixteen years, to widow lady Of Lowell, aged
thirty eight. She is the owner Of farm, and
has taken the boy home" The lady had
previously lost husband and son, for which loss
She deeply mourned But has gained both in
the person Of her boy husband.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

INTERESTING TO LADIEs.-Why is 1t that
the moment Of popping the question is SO ter
rblc to young fellows that they frequently cali
not utter word? Because just then, they
love the fair one beyond expression.
Why is an accepted sutor like person gull
ty Of crime? He ought to be transported.
When people are crazy to marry they attach
no consequence to consequences.
What is the greatest curiosity i'll the world?
\ woman :.
When does a man die for love? When he
dies his red whiskcrs brown.
Why is love like ducks foot? Because it
often lies hidden in the breast.
Why is a girl like noun? Because alas
(a-laS) is an interjectiOn.
Why is a marriage certificate like an article
the public could not do without ?-Becausel 1t
Il moose paper
What fruit does newly married couple
resemble? y green pear.
Why is lemon like an old maid who has
been pretty? Because it was made to be
squeesed and wasn't.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17

A NEW SUGAR CANE-One Of the T. S
officials in Japan has forwarded to the Gov
ernment a specimen Of sugar cane grown in
that country resembling the sorghum which
comes from China. 1t is grown from layers
instead of seed 1t is thought that the pecu-
liarity of its propagation, should it prove other
wise successful, would give it an important ad-
vantage over sorghum, preventing. hybndINng
with millets, and consequent deterioration. y
large portion of it was destroyed in the long
voyage, but enough issound and already sprout-
ing to enable the Department, year or two
hence, to make distribution of it.
Smyrna times., 1865-05-17


THE OPPRESSION" OF TIE FEDERAL Gov
ERNMENT After the rebellion broke out, the
burden of Davis messages was the opprcss-
ion of the Federal Government. Previously
to that nobody had ever heard of these op-
pressions and even Davis had to draw upon
his imagination to make out case against the
Government. At a recent meeting Of South
ern men in Memphis, Colonel tiracc, who v0-
ted to take Arkansas out the Union, address
ed the assembly ON the duty of returning to it,
now that the trial of arms had failed and Sc
cession had been whipped. lie said
= Before this war l. never saw a Federal Oth
Ger, hardly [ never felt the slightest oppres-
sion of the Federal Government; in fact new
er thought we had one until | went out to fight ;
then found we did have a Government.
WHAT THEY EXPECTED. When the news
of the President 5 assassination reached Sci
ma. Alabama, it was accompanied with the
additional horror that Vice President johnson
and the Secretary of War had also been muir
dered by a mob which held possession Of Wash
ington. and other Northern cities had been
sacked. This was no doubt the expectation of
those who concocted the crime, but they made
as great mistake as when they went out of
the Union. The people stand firm, no matter
what disaster occurs. They made their Gov
ernment for all time, and laid it upon the strong
est foundations-liberty and equality.
Mr. LINCOLN S GRAMMAR.-The Springfield
State Journal has been shown by some gentle
men from Iowa the identical 8 Kirkham' S
Grammar which Mr. Lincoln studied while
living in Petersburgh, Menard County, Illinois,
about the year 1890 1t was presented by Mr..
Lincoln to the present Capt. r. B. Rutledge,
now of Burlington, Iowa, with whose father
Mr.. Lincoln boarded at the time. 1t originally
bore upon fy-leaf the name of Abraham lin
coin, with these not unfamiliar lines, steal
not this book, &c" but this has been torn out
by subsequent usage. The volume, which is
highly valued for its associations, is still the
property of Capt. Rutledge.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-16

Especial Dispatch TO the Cleveland LEADER.
COLUMBUS, October s.
THE ELECTION.
Unofficial returns from all the counties in
the State make Cox's majority 2s,2s7.
The Lucas Senatorial District has elected
Hall and Carlin Senators by 900 majority
The Representative District composed OF
the counties of Williams, PauIding and De
fance, however, has gone Democratic and
elected two Representatives in the interest
of Vallandigham. Williams and Pauld.ing
went Union, but the Democratic majority Of
Defiance was to large for them.
General Grosvenor, the Union candidate
is defeated in the Fairfield and Hooking
District, by about 400. The soldiers vote
won't save him. Morgan's majority III
Hooking county is 437.
General Loudon is also defeated in the
Clermont and Brown District by about 25O.
The majority of 100 in the Muskingum
District against John Sheridan is likel to
be overcome by the soldiers vote.
Mr.. Smith, Secretary of State, has issued
an order to County Clerks that returns Daust
be made in accordance with the 18th sec
ton of the election law of 1864, and that { nc
certificates of election can be legally issIEed
until after the expiration of thirty days
This is because some of the clerks have
manifested disposition to ignore the law.
HoMEwARD BOUND.
The l25th Ohio, 16S strong, left Cinrin-
natl this P. NJ, and will reach here tonight
1t goes to Camp Chase for final dischare.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-16
General News.
Explosion.

Explosion.
SAN Francisco, October 1.-THE loss of
life by the explosion of the boiler of the
steamer 70 Semitic, proves greater than at
first reported. Twenty-Five whites and 32
Cinnamon were killed, and 30 whites
wounded. Some additional names of the
killed are: Jas. H. Barnes, of New Hamp-
shire; Henry NJ. Dakin, of New York; L.
Lille, he has a brother in Wisconsin; C. c.
Jacks, of San Francisco; G. D. Smith, of
Boston.
Business In San Francisco.
Business is rather quiet. The high prices
and limited consumption checks specula-
tion.
Receipts of treasure for nine months $43,-
900, 900. Gain over the same period last
year 100000.
The coinage at the mint for the last nine
months foots up over Sl6,OOO,OOO.
Breadstuffs unchanged.
Part of a cargo of barley has been pur-
chased for New York at one cent per pound.
Wool firm at 1920.
N0rIh Carolina Convention.
RALEIGH, October l5.-The Convention
Yesterday continued the discussion of the
State debt, though the question was thought
to be disposed of on the previous day.
A resolution was passed requesting the
IIeSlutHL " IClllONO diA
the State.
The Convention will be in session for some
days yet.
Closing ont of Sales
The Navy Department will close out its
sales of steamers and sailing vessels by dis
posing of twenty-five at public auction in
New York on the 25th inst. They will be
sold to the highest bidder without reserve.
A larger number of vessels have been sold
here than elsewhere, above the assessed
value by the government inspectors.
Not Had Ii Vet.
The South Carolina delegates have =. vet
had the desired second interview with the
President, who was too much occupied to
again receive them.
Returned to Washington
Chief Justice Chase has returned to Wash
| ington
List of Killed.
LANCASTER, PA, October l5.-The follow
ing is a list of the killed by the accident
Yesterday on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
| near this place: Mrs. Barr, wife of James
P. Rerr, of Pittsburgh; Sarah Willet Of
| New Cumberland, Pa. Colonel Butler and
| wife. of Lewiston, Pa. W. H. Butler, clerk
| in the Surveyor Generals Office of Penn
sylvania; Mrs. Uretta or Getta, of Nil.
waukee; one lady, unknown; two girls, II
and IA years old, unknown.