Smyrna times., 1856-11-26

The Pork MARkET.-The Louisville .Lo,,.
nat OF Tuesday last thus speaks Of the pork
business at that point
During the summer contracts were ma6a
lt hgnres which cannot now be obtained Tha
heavy stocks of cid provisions on band in ,hs
West as well as the East, and the dullness -
the European markets, which have Leen
much overstocked that purchases made here h.
the French Government last fall fur the use r
her army, have been actually returned TO snS
market IN this country, have thrown N d.
per on prices. Last year the markets w.r.
almost bare OF stock, with a war in Eu,on.
when The season commenced; this year tbr~
are overlooked. Competition lsst war -.
prices up 10 high figure, and most Of the on.,-
ators suffered. Experience has laugh, them
lesson. Packers here, as well as At o,h..
points. are determined not to be allured ay,;n
in that way. The prevailing rates at pr,..n,
are 50 80 50 IS net the outside urcss =
usually paid by porkhouse ownt r. TO securs ,Is
killing The marke' is steady al ther, 6surcs
as but few have yet come in.
A MAN MEETING HIS OWN TryrRu
sing ulsr incident occurred in New York l.s,
week. man, killed by a railroad ,cciJrut :.
Tarrytown, was reported 20 be Patrick BurL.
of New York, and his wife at once prnceet,dts -
the spot. On arriving there she saw the bodv
and having her mind made up for N. wo,.,
~ al
that he was her husband, and forthwith made
arrangements for the funeral. The suupospA
: Patrick was brought to the city in a neat ma,
hogany coffin, the expenses and luxury Of mn
old fashioned wake was incurred, FIVE carrinoe.
; " ere hired, and the funeral was about IN
cross over the Williamsburg ferry on Thanks,
giving day, the real genuine Patrick Burke ma,
u his bereaved friends and in full health-as Mrs
: Burke, on her testimony. expressed it, to their
= utter "dismay." The mourners now began to
8 think they had been badly hoaxed, and uncers.
monicusly hurried the bogus Patrick TO the
= Bellevue Hospital dead.house while the genuine
- - Burke rode home in carrisge by his wife.
A MODERN SoDoM-The New York Er.
1e press is our authority for saying that the SUBJ
ts urbs and the streets of the city present, of late
~ more dissertations than ever, of the Sabbath
r. Day. The upper part of the city. last Sunday
ot looked not little like course. All sorts
al of vehicles were out-from the aristocratic
coach 10 the dog cart. In firing at targets and
/" cunning, very large business was dome
The open lots used freely for taEget firing.
to the peril of passers-by. The grog.shOps
800 were never so free and open they are now
bo all day Sunday. There is no disguise about
az them. There is not even the decent respect
paid Of closing thS outside shutters Sunday
he night presents, therefore,, very large amouhs
nts of drunkenness in the streets. The numerous
on German dance houses. the lager beer shopy.
ch and 4" the free concerts" were lively, very live
s) ly and noisy till late hour.
~ HORRIBLE ACCIDENT At Bergen Hill n. ].
,s, dreadful accident occurred on Saturday after.
eL neon, at the tunnel which is being cut through
80 Bergen Hill, the line of the New York and
oil Erie Railroad, two miles from New York A
NO. shaft had been sunk at this point IS feet in
no depth, for the purpose of clearing the tunne
a.. from the debris and letting the Workmen down
: of For this purpose, large tub, attached TO
rope, is used. On Saturday, FIVE Gf the labor
ers got into the tub, and when it was lOwere,
ndi- about five feet from the surface the rope brok
lar- and the whole party were dashed to the bolton
Jew Of the shaft. Three were instantly killed,
the fourth fatally injured. aud the fifth very seriou.
lers y. The latter TWO were taken to the New
ter York Hospital.
del. A p,on,, S,,oo... A.. a,ooo
'i'n i SIDES. A. Suydam u.s. John Travis-n,
Ieu Porer's Spirit Of the Times. is TO come of
'. New York, on the 25th of the present mOntl
,, They are to shoot twenty shots each, at tr
PAGES. at the line-string measuremeL t-st th
'Oe'' word Fire -" One" ANY lhot made aft.
the word Ones" 10 be considered a miss
ven. the whole target.
the This will be a match of unusual intere.
;ele- both parties being acknowledged as among d
and very best pistOl-shots in the country. Trav
n, of is professor of the art, and TOR near tweh
The years has practsed il, having given lessons
im- thousands of pupils. He has performed Ii
been most daring feats-as that of shooting an
ed" pie off a mans hesd-and has made himself
;, in rival of William Tell and Mike Fink, the fla
sited bOatman of the Mississippi. MIR. Suydam, l.
competition, is known 10 be very rapid
vvo dexterous shot Some three years since
n;ta shot match for $1,000, that he would hit {
Onr outline of an ordinary. sized Rsn at ten pac
i, d. ninety consecutive shots, at the work Fire
,ha -" One !'-and he won it! After the Mas
and sno's were nIeu' ne Oet one hundred doii
ncad dred, but missed the 93d, though he succeed
hIod in hitting the target ninety-nins times in q
onos hundred shots: about the best pistol shooti
;n;oD on record in that way. .4 =.
as SO Hon. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS was married
Washington, last week, to Miss Ada, daugh
man, Of James Madison CUTS, who has for ma
To-. years been in the second Comptroller's bure
- He is a nephew of the celebrated Mrs Madi,
'nd !, and was named for her distinguished husba
- at her request. The bride has been for seye
'os IS years one of the bellies of Washington, anG
hr;I- new "a years of age. She is said to be be
81 we tiful ; tall. commanding figure, and very all
burch BILE. Judge Douglas was widOwer.
SHovELs.-There are annually manufec,u
amed ~ ue onlteu S'a'es ~'ioo'Ooo shovels'
es on made entirely in this country about one-th
v;nn the number in Massachusetts, the rest 10 Phi
:, aJs delphia, Fittsburg and other cities As
an5 shovel is one OF the civilzers of the world,
Mon- annual demand for that useful article shu
- how much the people of the United States
:, contributing, by their labor. towards nProy
tham, the social condition Of mankind.
tarted -, .c, =, .ti =. ". 80
ect is W ihs siaiSe rd'.Aer Reports .nat .le
there sost other States, is very light, aud good
Plies fetch high price. The mal ket prict
eAi Maine is itom 81 so to So barrel. Rs TO-
meet quality, aud the prospect that they will c.
III, in maud a still higher price.
'rgan, - !, .,;., 49,. 4