Smyrna times., 1867-06-12

Cross and the Mumbo Jumbo are worsb;nnnJ
together, and the sacred Biblical names arq
joined with those Of cannibal gods. What we
nave heard III the South is somewhat of the
same nature. We have no doubt that some
OF the Methodist and Baptist missionarie.
among the Southern blacks could give infor-
nation as as to the revival of this barbaric wor-
IniP' inc southern papers, too, might per-
maps De "a able to throw light on the subiect.-
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OBT BTAININGHCsBANDs FOR YOUNG LADIES.
~ ihree young men were before the Chicago
Police Court recently on the charge of being
EagrahtS' when one of them made the fol
These two gentlemen and myself are the
ilrm OF Edwards 4 Griffin. We are pronosers
by that mean we propose to young ladies AMI
nne9IIp to get them married. We are benefactors
men we see young lady who is not and
never mas been engaged, one of us saws to her.
we Will get you married for $. payablo
after marriage. Ofcourse she saws YES. For
the time being, one Of us is considered ne on
gagged to her. We trumpet the fact abroad
heneVer the other two Of US meet Young
iL 5nah VINO Is not engaged, We say: what
lucSy dog Grlthn Is He has won Miss X.
anu we praise her. We encourage the young
man to go III and cut Griffin out, for the fI6
OF the thing. Being a fool, ike most younp
men, he does it. He proposes to Miss X
knowing that she is engaged to Griffin. and
haruly expecting that she will accept him. But
She always does. And he can never cut Loose
Iroul her lie must marry her or be tried for
breach OF promise. | myself have been on.
gagged twenty-five times during the last wear
" are DONG so we'll that we think Of hiring
cierS TO DO part OF the work for US. / should
y not nave tod you this but for your atrocious
threat about Brldewell. But as we have
difference. ~
The Treasury Department at WASHINGTON
a"s Loo Dceh investigating another mysterious dis |
app arance OF bonds. A few weeks ago what |
"o.sJ "s saIu 10 ne SI,00OUOO package of $1,000 |
ponds was discovered to contain but q0I honds .
~ having been abstracted The matter bas
Undergone the most dlligent and searchino
nE,Gistigatlon g but as yet no clue has been made
1uoIc as to who took the bonds. One wouId |
nihA A that the checks kept upon Government
ought to be such as to prevent a theft
y } sg9, 900 from the Treasury vaults withouttba
heft being discovered. 'i'
The hundred colleges of the ITn;ted S...o,
Vii begin the celebration oftheir " commence
1e1ts IN few weeks, and the ten thousand
'uueltS VIII be OFT to enjoy their Summer rec.
cation. Hundreds Of graduates will he scnt
" 10 the world with weil-disciplined minds
nu with stores OF knowledge that will strength
Il Cleh Tor l9r the duties Otlite. The next month
r Two VIII De lively times in our institutions
learning, East and West. -''O"0
ALABAMA REPUBLICAN CoSvEvrrov
Iixed ! convention of republicans assembled -
lohtgonery, Ala, on Tuesday The offices
e., ere very -lmpartlally distributed among the
~ races Judge Smith white man. being
GEGu is president, and the darkies receivin@
al the remaining offices. General Swayne
ot;1 ! attoh ahd others were present. A
otlon to invite Judge Busted to a seat an :
lie platform was violently opposed bv The
'grOeS, and on its being renewed in the aftar- :
'oh session, the Macon county delegation :
ceeued, whereupOn the conventional iourned
The trial of John II. Surratt. for comnI;o;.u
MT. Lhnco!n $ assassination, began at WaSb
gton Monday. District Attorney Carrnn- M b,
H. Tor the prosecution, moved that the pancl 81
quashed, on the ground that the Jurors were y,
I selected according to law. This pave r;se di
, argument, and the Court, on motion oE conn. to
LOT the defence, took q recess until this
orning. O''" 'n'S pr
Efforts are again being made in New YorL W
/ procure the pardon Of f. r. Ketehum. who b.
u pT remembered as the great defaulter of Ii
Urh Wh CITY ana who is now in prison at Sing in
lg. hllSt the New York COMMERCIAL ~ ed
user thinks he might be pardoned without n,
the Albany Ereniag .Jomrnai is do. re
cuy opposed to any pardon. 1t is probable
"ever} that the Governor of New York will Oy
lmateiy be prevailed npon to release the
Iov. Orr's late speech to the South Coro. F,
ans Is the reverse of ex-(IOy. Pe,rv'o H. de-
;, lie estimates that there are GO ono ira
!Ieu y. voters IN the State, and only 4O coo gre
nc voIers' From these facts he Iogicallv
uJes % tnat the most cordial relations sLnnI3 tic
nIan az between the tive races The pres. M
J Pnn ~ i'cGohStructlon should, he thinks .Er Et
able. 4'Seii Oelng In
having been the custom heretoforo for De
Ipaqs y over which mails are carried 70 snJ
IN letters upon their own business. with adj
tLo 0iuS U.s. haliroad businesS-free, !" and corr
: 0fEoo 'foui H having been tolerated by the
mas decided that this practice mm.t oaoa, OUr y,
nc future, and that railroads wuSt nav noSt =
oratlons. "i'u o'ner sufi
-. Dec
AP'' ~ H. Brigham, late Assistant door will
yer of the U nited States Senate, was tatnn to !
MS home in Athens, Limestone County max
L., on Monday night, by band of ex. Reb- Suff'
and, after being severnIv bondloJ woo renC
)ed all over with nr;ntor's ;nt ""' denC
le Bridgrp0rt Standard denies the story m,
> Ohm Morrissey, is the purchaser of Bar u.
s place in Bridgeport. The house was rsno, NJ.
hased by William Reed, No. ll9 Broad the !
New York, wealthy coal dealer. Bar disea
has bought house in Fifth avenue, New CHE
, for 100000. 1A
ter advices from Mexico state that Mendez AlI
hot on the 10th ult, by order of Escob- Ii PET :
and court martial had been ordered 70 from r. S"I
loF ulaI VI ma1ihlilan on the 29th ult BRUss
non was alive, but dangerously III from rom pets;
ound. We
leral Grant has accepted an invitation 10 corla