Smyrna times., 1856-02-06

had any money he would tell them to let him
have it, and take the gSld.piece, and when thew
arrived at the place his wife would give them
the change. The pieces were California TO-
kens' IN size and appearance of S. He oh.
tanned as much as $2.50 from one girl. and
rom number fifty cents, one dollar. &c As
many as eight girls were sent to one family, and
to others three and four, &c.
Another individual went into stores and
would ask if they could give him a gold. .pece
Tor dollar in silver; he generally managed IN
nave the silver in fps and levys; the dollar
would be handed out and he would slip il into
MS POCKET While the storekeeper counted the
amount received. AZ one place he got into a
dispute with grocery man about receiving !,
he Swore he had not a dollar about him; the
Grocer said he gave him one the man said M
police was called to search for the doIlar
when twenty-five times that amount was found
Ills game was picking up the money and saw.
ing he had not received it, when h. would ,,a,
another $10O
BOY was arrested on Saturday, for foroerv
The youth was employed in brokers' of;co
ana being what is called one of the fast bov.
forged check for $3.50. The clerk ~ tho
bank IN registering the check, sometime after
discovered the forgery. The employer and
boy were sent for; after the latter was com.
pletely cornered, he acknowledged the corn"
and told where the money could be found He
took his employer to Third and Chestnut sts
and after digging awhile at snow wbank. he
drew forth the $3.50 dollars.
on Thursday, the Liquor bill was to have
been finally finally acted upon but BY some
hocus pocus work, it was laid over There oro
three PartIes-the Radicals, both for and
against, and the Conservatives.
Ihe poor IN our city, despite the exertions
that have been made, are suffering very much
The work for laboring men is almost ent;raIy
suspended; and when they have plentv tboy
only get 81 day-being small amount to live
comfortably upon, when everything is so biob
Last week saw woman hurrying away from
Soup-house, with broken pitcher, who had
only thin pair of slippers on, and no stockno.
or shawl, but had a thin, old worn ou, frool.
which did not look sufficient to keep one warm
III summer time. AS she passed along. numbers
OF persons beheld her, but went on their UNIV
without rendering any assistance. The R,,Ue.
tn' OF Saturday, has the following. which is .,
index of what really exists in this ora,t c;,,
"Durlng the time the snow Law deem unor
the ground we frequently saw half:naked ch;l
ureh ana emaclated women, raking ont from,
the snow heaps, the ash boxes tbnt had hoo,
SET out Tor the scavengers. These DOOR cre,.
lures had no other fuel than the cnders tbms
ScraPed from out the dirt and snow, Cbaritv
bestowed upon them could scarcely have zone
"'iiss' we inns morning saw a still stronger
'iu1n0e Vi aOJect misery and want. A deere
Plu olu woman was gathering scraps of bread
ana meat from slop-bucket that had hoen mi
out upon the cUrb-stone. and from ,-h;oL Pu'
had CLEANED his brea ktast a no,nont re-
After the woman had gathered out sucb nor
lions OF the vile garbage as could be eaten sba
ma The mess under her tattered showl and o,o |
OF 1t as she hobbled away" "'e
The above is no fancy sketch, but m aetna
iact; there are many in our CITY who veen o,or
novel; but they little dream of greater ro.Ii-
Ties existing than all the iancies ever nenned
The present season has been of the bardos,
character upon horsc-fesh. Besides tho ;n;,,
rlous effects of the weather, some drive tbe,n
SO hard that they fall dead in the street-otbers
peat them to death. On Friday, a man named
" m' Campbell was driving horse with n load
o' y coai along Arch street, near Eighth. when
Ine ANIMAL overcome by excessive toll and
lOuse' fell in the street. The poor beast was
unable to rise again and had to be killed Tho
irlVer was arrested and fined.
Deaths last week, 24O--small pox o. ~,
sumption 80. $
MGrkets.-Flour dull holders ask 81 o5 nor I
'ol.' but buyers refuse to give over So Fapcv C
'rands %9.25. Wheat 81 s2aI 93. Rive SI :
o Corn dull; new yellow is held A. 7oc i
'ut buyers will not give over 20; 1900 busbs o
Vn,te ,, sOlu Tor 1oc per bush. Oats 4Oa42 II
Viii De seen that flour and grain have declined t
5hce last report-all occasioned by the Peace l
News from Europe. A large number of specn. a
,'ots .[ are buying up secretly all they can get
the above quotations. eO' =
uuano is considerably higher than it waslas, il
ear owing to the high rates of freight. We b.
mex the prices of Peruvian: il
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