Smyrna times., 1856-10-01

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CoNNEcTIcUT.-Every attempt by the op-
position to repeal or amend the Prohibitor,
Law at The recent session of the Legislature.
was promptly voted down. Says the PeoDIe's
Advocate, Of New Haven:
" But what are the facts! Resolution affer
resolution, some for the repeal of this section.
auu others for the modification of that and one
or more for the repeal of the entire law. were
brought before the Legislature without successl.
The Senate did not even come to a count in .
single instance, but each petition as presented
was voted down with hardly dissenting voice.
Inc connecticut Prohbtory Law has hand
sonely stood the test Of two Legislatures since
Its passage and comes out of each nnscatbed
standing to-day upon the statue-b book on its
own intrinsic merits, the settled policy of the
State, and IN decided favor with large maiori.
ty of the legal voters"
A CUROsITY.-We were Yesterday sboun
a Chicken by Mr.. Brooke Il. Turner of the Del
aware House, the skin of which, the feathers
being removed, was found to be almost black
Mrs. Turner says she never saw one like If
notwithstanding she has prepared manv thou.'
sand chickens for her table. He has been ant.
ly termed the " Black Republican or "wooiv
morse, by the proprietor of the House, WHO
! IA
mento OF the campaign Of the Abolition dish.
, nonist. The fellow, however, is rather blur.
sSAs-apd may be direct descendant of that old
blue Hen from which the gallant soldiers of
our State derived the celebrated appellation of
the Blue Hens Chckens,'' during the Reyo-
; lutIonary struggle-DeI. Gazette.
The CoLoRED MEN FOR FREMoxr.-A State
: Convention of colored men has been in session
in Williamsburg, N. Y, during the past few
u days. The following resolutions were adopted
: yesterday:
ReSotUed, That, inasmuch as the Republican
: Fafty OF this country presents platform more
consistent with the principles of liberty and ins-
r tlce than that of any other party we therefore
ii pledge ourselves to use our best endeayors to-
> secure the success OF the candidates nominated,
= oy 'nat party, namely Fremont and Dayton, for
Is President and Vice-Presdent, and KING and
N Sheldon for Governor and Lieutenant Cavern
l. or.
is ReSOtUed, That we further recommend that
s. the various Suffrage Associations in different
* parts OF the State appoint committees to inter-
"a rogate candidates for office in their respective
I'd localities.
er FARMERS HONORARY DEGREEs.-On Tbnrs.
s. day there was an annual agricultural gathering
at Lltchfield, Conn, when the President intro.
ia duced the speaker of the occasion as Prot. Or
= ange Judd, OF the american AgricuLturisL &c
j. &C. Mr. Judd dsclaimed the prOfeSsOrshi0.
IS, and assured his hearers that he was better con-
st tent TO enjoy the plain Hr, or at most the title
RS OF Farmer. AT the close of the address. a
re line old farmer rising moved that in view of the
r. instruction they had received from Mr. Judd.
both to-day and IN his paper that the farmers of
y, Ltchheld confer upon hun at once the title Of
ho Pr9feSSOr and guarantee to him all the rights
se and donors that pertain to the degree, and il
o. was carried by accamaton.
49, ADVANCE OF FREIGHTs IN THE WEST 1T an.
= pears that nearly ali the Western Railroads y,
h. the present time are Overrun with freight trans
- g. portation, and SO serious is the lnconyenipnc,
~. resulting therefrom that general rise n
nI freights, both upon the roads aud rivers. is an
~ ticipated or has taken place. The captains q
steamboats, also, in the same city, have put n,
vas the price of freight to $l.25 81 80 per hmm
vas dred pounds, for tie Mississippi river and Nov
ese Orleans freights, and to 81 for Ohio rive
III; freghts. :.
g Is IT so 1T is a popular belief that the ap,
ieu OF trees can be determined by the ring o.
ei grains that overie each other in the trunks :
Az MIR. Joshua Howard, of Maryland, disputes tn,
'"c fact. lie says tina; the rings counted on tn
| ai- section OF the tree are not of annual growth
S niS but are formed QUO at every full moon in tin
SiO"i"S SCuSOli' ouu III tue latuude OF MarV
er' land, five in year This he has freouentI
er proved by falling young trees the age Of whic
war war he knew. The extraordinary age given TO tree
ke- by the popular rule has made many person
l'ln doubt whether it is true.
as 0ItrMoe-hills are curiously formed by a
ter outer arch, lmpervlous 10 ran and an intern;
nv platform with drains aud covered ways. q
-. which the pair and their young reside. Tn
moles live worms and roots, and can bnr
nan themselves in any soil in few minutes. =.
'hla or The National Intelligencer annopnc,
me, that "the President will not, at present. r
mp celve Minister from Nicaragua, owing TO ii
"A unsettled political condition Of that republic
,a~n Or In a recent trial of the Chenango IN Y
,oo'. Circuit, Miss ii. ID. Dunham received a verdi
,ha of $500 against Samuel X. Wiley for libe
IVA contained in valentine which he sent thro,rf
an0- '''e P'S'7oNS' ''' 80
bar. OtTThe London Telegraph has an intars
' up Iy radical. editorial derected against the un
st be gaichy."s of England, The London Star, /,
he lows in the same strain against the ..son;,
the archy."" .a' ~ ''Vf'''
81 4 QT The London Herald is of the on;;n;
that Mr.. Marcy's maritime circular wns 4
,ae. signed to aid Russian intrigue against En-
,tssst land naval supremacy. e, no sau6 u! -
and or Every eye loves beauty, and there is
uuFp countenance, net blushed or deforuied by 1ui
ed in that may not--indeed does nol--hrighten a
tedn gladden. some devoted soul,