Smyrna times., 1880-09-08

The payment of some $1S,OOO,OOO on
the national debt during August shows
that the good work goes steadily on
The policy of the secretary OF the trea-
surv meets the views of all business men,
irrespective of politics. Better this than
a steady increase OF debt under are'enu0
tariff.
A CONFINED feet of fifteen iron-clads
representing England, Italy, Russia, Prus-
sia. Austria and France, it is stated, Will
shortly enter the Dardanelles for the pur-
nose of convincing the Turkish Govern
ment that the Powers are In earnest upon
the question of granting territory to
Greece and Montenegro.
The census of England has recently
been taken, and the name that appears
ofenest in the pages of the report IS
Jones. The Smiths have to take second
place. After them come Williams, lay
lor, Davis, Brown, Johnson: Robinson,
and Wilson. Thompson with 'p' is
the twenty-fourth in the list.
IT is a noticeable circumstance as bear
ing on the solid prosperity OF the tllles,
that the balance of trade in our favor
keeps steadily up at a period of the year
when it is usually against us. During
the month of July it was largely In our
favor as the average for the year past
That is, it aggregated $13,71S,3O3. The
inflow of gold was not so large IN July,
but the August receipts aggregate about
S8,OOO,OOO. All the indications point
to increased rather than decreased pros
perity.
TIE Baltimore San in speaking Of the
loss of the City Of Vera Cruz, says: "The
law of cyclones is perfectly well known
to the captains of all vessels sailing these
seas, and the directions for sailing out Of
them are explicit and unmistakable. Capt
Van Sice, when he saw his barometer
running down, and knew the direction o.
the storms approach and of its revolu
ton about its axis, had onl " to change
the ships course and steer to the north
east in order to escape the worst of it
But his ship was sailing on time, he ha(
weathered severe storms before, to leav,
his course would have delayed his arriva
at Havana probably twenty-four hours
and so he pressed on until he found him
self in the very centre of disturbance
and that his vessel could not be so handle
as to be extricated from the tornado
which beat it to pieces. His overcor
fidence cost him his life and the lives {
between fifty and sixty other persons"
THE States holding elections in Septen
ber are Arkansas, on the 9th; Vernon
on the 7th, and Maine, on the 18th. A
kansas will, of course, go largely demo
cratic, and Vermont quite as largely +,
publican. The principal interest, Their
fore centres in Maine, which from 1856
1878 was reliably republican. The latte
year the greenback vote of Al ,404 wit
the democratic vote of 27,872 gave
majority against the republicans of Z pa
and elected both branches of the Legisl
ture and two of the five members
Congress In 1879 the greenback-d
cratic combination had 493 majority ov
the republicans, but the latter carried bot
branches of the Legislature and electt
the Governor, after considerable stru,
gle with Gov Garcelon and the fusic
Legislators. In Maine it requires majo
ity of the votes cast to elect State ticke
Amendments to the constitution of Il
State are now pending for adoption or r
lection by the people substituting Il
usua! system of electing by plurality.
is also proposed to postpone State ele
tions hereafter to November
CAPT. JoHN Ericsson, the veteran i
ventor, is reported to have perfected /
new torpedo and the means for propC
ling it with accuracy and force again
any target, and the new projectile is sa
to be the most formidable engine yet i
vented against iron-clads. 1t is prete
ded that several of these weapons we
recently shipped to Peru to be used
the warfare of that State with Chi
Capt Ericsson's experiments have be
made, in part at least, under the auspic
of the Secretary of the Navy, and tn
have SO far succeeded that he is now al
to discharge by means of gunpowd
with reasonable accuracy, a torpe
charged with 250 pounds of dynamite
such a way as to insure its explosi
against the sides of an iron-clad. II
claimed that there is no armor-plat
vessel in the world that would not
rent to pieces by the concussion of sucl
tremendous char"o Of dynamite If t
be so, and this r.r engine prove to
manageable, II VIII be the cause of
many revolutions in the navies of
world as were occasioned by the appe
ance of the monitor in Hampton Ro
in 1862
THE Baltimore Sun says: "No
can have gone about our wharves or 7
sed near the wholesale dry goods houl
or threaded his way through any of
commercial centres without noticing [
the fall trade has already begun, and Il
too, very actively. The hotel regis
confirm the fact 1t is usually the
that in the years in which presiden
elections are to be held that portion
our country merchants who come to
cities to lay in their goods make t
visits early in the fall, SO as to be at he
by the time the local political excitem
begins to boil, the banners to wave and
torch-light professions to orally round
flag" This fact gives energy and acti
to the opening of trade, and makes g
dull seasons seem brisk. But this is
going to be dull season by any me
1t will not be characterized by the fe
ish speculation and reckless adyentur,
the ''boom" which broke bounds last
but is sure to show brisk but ste.
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