Smyrna times., 1856-06-04
SMYRNA, June =, lS06.


a SAD ACCIDENT KY CAMrmENE-Wc have
to record another sad accident by camphrhr
which occurred at Baskinrdgc, New Irr>,.y
last week Miss Charlotte James, the edt.-f
daughter OF the Rev. Bishop James was So :, -
verely burned by the explosion of ii calnphrur
| lamp that her life is despaired OF. The Bishop
who attending the General Conference.
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, now ia e,.s.
sion ut indianapolis, was photographed oh Sat
mday, and Will probably reach home this even.
ing or to morrow morning. The opinion of the.
attending physician, Saturday. was that
Miss James sinking fast. She is abou:l
eighteen years of age, and has large circle e.
friends in this city, to whom she is much en-
deared, and who sympathlse with the ailictc,.
family on the melancholy occasiOn.-NcW York
Advertiser.
RUArAN.-Thc island of Ruatan is according
to the journal Of Commerce, " situated on the
coast of the State of Honduras, about forty
miles from the TruXillo; Is healthy, fertile, and
Possesses large aud commodions harbors and
great facilities for the erection of strong turti-
iicntions. The island together with the five
others included III the colony OF the " Bay H.
lands Is claimed one of the small IslHnd-
: in the neighborhood of the English settlement
+ of Belize, as one of the dependencies of that
#
hundred miles distant from Belize, and although
r. they have not and never have had any goo
= graphical or political connection with that set
Is Element, and are distinctly adjacent to, and OLE
vlously dependencies of the Central American
- State Of Honduras"
IA VINO Is THE OWNER The Buffalo Il, puL-
Lic states that few Gays ago, ga negro, tat
and wholesome, with about pound and hail
ic Of rags his person." called at the police Of
lie fee in that city, and waited some time tlll the
" Justice came, and then this greasy black man
ht told his story. HIS name was John Wright
a. and had been slave IN Middlciown, Deawarr
and was owned there, and had ran away in l~.jj
in He had hard time Of ii. The pcup. of ana
da didn't want him thcre-nobody wanted hmr
ia and he didn't want nObody-hc didn't care io
ut anything-hc wanted to 90 to the Pcnitrntlar,
make his will, and end his days there.
tn Is WAsHINGroN WoRsE THAN OrnEn PLACES
h DR.. Bailey, editor of the New Era, the anti
slavery organ at Washington, answers tin
ks question as fol ows: 1.-The truth Is, Washing
ton is very much like other cities, aud hunai
ne nature here Is Just what 1t Is elsewhere.
IL one man insults another, he Is very iIkrl, L
od have quarrel on his hands, no matter " her
od he lives, but II is just easy for 10 s,'a
or good Wholesome truth here as II is IN Ncy
" York.
G1-Datcs from the city of Mexico to the PIT,
~ nit, have been received. The Bishop oi Pu.
bla has been banShed from the country b,
"a decree issued by President Cumumiurt An al
ID, tempt to rescue him, made by the church part,
VI failed, and many OF them were arrested. Tia
Bishop has sailed tor Bordeaux.
.as RonBrRY.-Thc store of MesSrS. Smithcrs
Son, Frederick, was broken into ON last Frlda
M night, and robbed Of goods to the amount ,
ST. SllO.-Reporter.
by " Some five or six hogs, the property
David Wallace, who resides near CuurstN
Mill, died very suddenly last week, it is sul
he posed from accidental or intentional POISONING
III.
of o. Henry Pratt, Esq, of IIazletvillc, h;
In been appointed by the Governor a Notary Pul
ere lie, in and for Kent county.