Smyrna times., 1856-10-15


A SrRANGE SToRy.-There is a melanchoIv
tale tod IN The memoir prefxed to the 4. Poems
of the late A. ]. Hollingsworth." He was the
illegItImate son OF lady standing well with
the world, by y HON he was ommitted (at br,b\
ID nurse whose name he took. His mother
never acknowledged him, never appears to have
seen him. When he was old enough to pass
Uat of the hands of the woWan whom he was
tught 10 regard as hrs parent, he was confden.
tmlly entrusted to the clergyman who is now
writer of his memoir by whom he was tnugb,
and also ii'culcated with taste for An9Io-
SIxua. At The age of 10, young Holllnrswortb
began to write verses. Before the aye of 20 he
began To feel the mystery OF his position in ,b
warh and 10 make ituilrss, impatient inopi
Fis nt his iuior as To the ho was saIu tu he
the payInaScr un his account. AT the aue Of |
twenty he bcca@e a lover, was accepted and I
because the tutor could say nothing whstevar {
OH family connections, was spurned as has Il
isId by the parent of his mistress He then re-
ieled aga nst society, and obtaining throuOb L
the tutor. money from the unknown mother
went abr lad, and travelled during the rest ofI
MS lie a. ana down the world learning strange
languages. studying strange ways, writing y,
strange verse, and coming home every tbree h.
of Tour years. to get fresh supply of money r.;
through the tutor-to spend a few weeks !, | ~,
wSndtrI1g near the abode of his lost mistress | tIe
and TO i on again. In 1853 he set off in this
manner for Niagara, taking a passage in the
Isaac Wright among the common emigrants, -.
But the Isaac Wright struck on a rock. and Nv
Ieturned awreck into the Meresy, cholera hav.
ing broken out on board, and torty-seven pas. At;
ttngers having been thrown overheard before s.
abe ship had regained Liverpool. Hollinos- lac M
Worth was one of those who did not return e@
Pershed at the age of thirty-fve. a. na.
J 1eAD.-BufaIo, Oct. l3 The mail train from
,he suspensions bridgeto Windsor, on the Grea,
sstern Railroad, came in collision with the 2,
G. tile tram on Thursday Several cars of the ~
{. tile train were thrown down an embankmant 'el
, many cattle killed. The mail and ba pgaoa -O'
ars OF the other train were driven through the -
onward passenger cars, but no lives were lost ~
ur'ng tae confusion the mail and baggage tIes
ara took fre and were entirely DESTROYED. TO. &C..
e'ner win the mails and all the baggage and A6e
xpress goods. 'e ni'e
ve of ,h;oh - In.I|!t Gu seventeen cars, of {
p,;lsted ca,,Io anu tne uead and done
mn ',ras.o,;ro- III every dlrec- all.
The coodn..eor 80 rs 0Peo'"eie; they
a McDon.H 49,. - .LS. e"' F" heaton, chill
re badly injured. ~
The English and American mails. CONSISTING =;
t~enty-sIx bags, were entirely consumed IL
'seeher WIN ali the passengers baggage, two 80
'ns OF express matter, passenger car and .ure'
ne mail and baggage cars. The loss is esti- tam
sted at $4,000 sever
one
Cool SHooTING.-Uudert this head the Crock.
I Cfexas) Printer, of the 10Th inst has the
blowing: ,r
Two men named Rigsby and Robbins at md a. !
hIssey shop in the northeastern portion Of cLs ~
flmes county, got to quarrelng; both had vnu
res; higsby put up and shot Robbins, who fell -.
Ortally wounded, but as Rigsby turned off Fo
using HIM. Robbins took aim at him as he ,,ror
on the ground and shot Rigsby through the
ART. Both died almost instantly, revenged Rv
en- in DEATH ny
W The following item is going around = II. Be
ianes oprague, Esq, Cashier of the Globe Creel
nk, Boston. for thlrty-two years, is sixty. For
lr years old, and is now ready to nav he able
iiy-fourih dividend of said bank. He has coium
ID every one of the sixty three semi-annuaI
idends OF that institution with his own hands, 0
u oprague has done more remarkable things culale
IN the above, yiz:-written :. Crrnsi,,,,, of eve
Shakespeare Ode' "Nu result
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