Smyrna times., 1856-12-03

New Orleans, Nov. 26-The schooner NJ.
Barbour, from CoatzatcoalcOs River, repor,s
lvIng having been fired into on the lJib "r
ctober, by the Mexican war steamer b.mo'
rata. Persons on board the schooner wa,
lso fired at from the steamer.
The commander of the Democrata fired
lstol at Capt. Thompson, Of the Maiour R,r
our. The Democrata seized the Mexican Cu,.
ON House, and made officers prisoners.
1t is stated in private letters received b.,o
rom Tamauhpas, that a pitched battle -SSss
ought on the 10th inst, near Monterey ho
ween the forces Of Vidaurri and Cara IN
which ths latter lost every thing, barely sav;nc,
lis own person. 1t is thought that Vidsnrrf.
'uccess- viii have great effect on Comonfo,,'.
government
SINGULAR MoNU sENr -Elkahah Watson :,
his memoirs, states that the magistracy of n.
vlses, large market town in England, erec,oI
a monument to commemorate a striking int,
position Of Divine judgement. fSot oerpe,n.
ated by the inscription is this: A woman hsvs,,
purchased some commodities in the marEo,
upoa payment being demanded, an altercat;nr'
ensued, and she uttered the imprecation-Mav
God strike me dead if have not paid ti"'
She fell down and Immediately expired. and ;u
the clenched hand, which she had imDiouslv
raised to heaven to attest her perjury wa.
found the money in controversy. Facts Ike
this bear fearful and powerful adnoni,iou ~.
ixterposition of an omniscient God in the nf.
fairs Of man."
GUNNrEG.-Bird-killing sportsmen find Lor
poor recompense this season for the labor Of n
days cunning. Partridges are rarely seen in
all this section of the country, and the few there
! are generally spared. 1t certainly is cruel and
discreditable to kill one Of these birds. phea.
SAINTS are plentier than usual, but scarce, and
hard TO come up with-though we have known
one gunner to bag four in an afternoon. Even
the ducks seem almost TO have deserted the Ell
and not much wonder, as they are pursued day
and night, till they have no time to rest or feed.
Cecil Wing.
1 EUROPEAN STEAMER TO CHESAPEAKE Bay
The London Morning Post, Lord PalmerslOB,.
organ) takes very favorable view of the Gun.
templated Leviathan Iron Steamship Ferpy
Line between the Chesa peake Bay and Milford
In its notice of this enterprise in It's issue Of the
9th of October, it makes copieus extracts from
the pamphlet of A. Dudley Mann, Esq, the
protector, and corrobOrates and ampifes al
) that is therein stated with reference 10 ths 90.
periorny of Milford as British port.
SPEA ER BANKS ON COMMERCE.-The oaen.
, ing lecture Of the course before the Mercantile
Library Association, was delivered FRIDAY night
BY Speaker Banks, on The Commercial Age"
!. His paper was an interesting one, and made
out that this WAS not only the commercial age,
but America the most CONNIE ial nation of the
. earth He doubted not that in the future, the
,, Valley of the Mississippi would be the seat VI
!. the greatest city in the world.
e Or What formidable institution is the
q American Sunday cho0l Union. More ,hs n
il $500 new Sunday Schools were organized last
}, year by the Society, with over l6,O0O new
d teachers and 10000 pupils. Belonging TO the
e New York City Sunday Scheol Union alone,
,. under the 1uperintendence Of r. G. Psrdes
,f Esq. there are over 200 schools. 400 teach.
e ers, and 10000 pupils. -4s-....
FNB WoRBs IN SEAsoN-About two esntu.
N ries and halt ago the Legislature of Scotia o.
enacted that "a good and sufficient SchsOi
D. Should be erected and maintained in every par
e. sh. To these five words, T" good aud suff
ie cient school," introduced into an act Of Parla
le ment not larger than mans thumb is SEQ,
is land indebted at this day fer nearly every soil,
h' glory that she possesses. t.,...- ...
r. OF A man killing hogs became vexed, az
n- venting his spleen whished they were IN -
to " Oh, dear ME, what can he mean % exclaiu
ed a lettle girl who overhead him. 4" Mean
in | suppose the awful wretch wants his provision
n sent on beforehand
10 FRoM NEW FoUNDLAND.-A despatch, date
I'd st. Johns, Wednesday g" The Rsw
nd completed telegraph lines continue to wor
ed admirably, and keep us in instantaneous con
as municatioH with New York. The wealth.
st here is clear and scold -.
NEBRAsKA.-An election for members of n
no Territorial Legislature has just been held i
Nebraska, and, it is said, although party lint
n were not drawn the members chosen 60 lar q
heard from, are nearly all strong Free-Slal
- men.
he LAND SALES IN KANsAs.-iSt. louis, Nov. q
m. Advices from Kansas state that the reserve
,r. lands in the vicinity of Leayenworth are sci
e. ing rapidly at from $l.5O to SS per acre. I'll
IT. best feeling prevailed, and the settlers CLAIM
nd were respected. none bidding against them.
or Chicago. Nov. 29.-We have Kansas dat
cb to the 2lst inst. Judge Cato had refused
ms writ of haheas corpus in the case of Hayes, al
w. the pro-slavery men were considerably excit,
lid in consequence.
d The Law OF SroRxs, man, who, whs
'iy there Is domestic storm, steps in between ms
and wife, is as bad as he, who, when it 10 raj
nd ing violently, walks between two dripping III
en- brellas. for he gets protected neither by Il
Of one. nor the other. but the contrary, catch
ls- it from both sides.
he - >'1o"
vii ANOTHER BANK DEFAuETER.-Pro Proui9sxe
no. Nov. 26.--One of the clerks in the Area
od Bank" If this city, has made tracks with abO
$4,000 of the funds of that institution.
nd surities, however, are believed to be ample.
Mt, Mr.. P. T. Barnum sailed for Europe on Sa
N urdsy, in the Baltic. He goes as the busiue
to agent and manager of Little Cordelia ho'
ION ard" and her parents, who are on board 4
lk' same steamer. ,a-t... ..l..
,ch WREcK.-Capt. Cook, of the ship Roscir
10 at New York, reports that he saw, on the ii
rvs inst, off the banks, large quantity Ofwreck
YES spars, which from Tins and place may possb
slv be those of the Lyonnais.
linn OF The Kansas Tribune, the Free Sta
nor paper published at Topeka, has again issue
the so that there are now two free State pspe
an published regularly in the Territory. -.a
~. or At the New Haven town election
u Thursday, 4,500 votes were polled. The Del