Smyrna times., 1857-05-13
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SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.-The Philadalnh;.
Times says the disuse of the telegram linz -
The Brea kwater from that city has indncoJ
George Hays, Esq, the proprietor of the ca
May line, to ma ke preparations for connectin..
the northern and southern capes of DpI.v
Bay by submarine cable. We suppose !, IN
require some eighteee miles of iusuIted wiz
stretch from the Cape May Lighthouse To th.,
of Cape llenlopcn. '
New JERsEY-usually one of the ou;.,oo.
States IN the Unon,--is trying hard to h.h j.
self into an excitemeat,-no about .borr;,I.
murders" nor "mysterious disappearance
but-Pearls-and Pearl-fshing. AllPat,e,.on
is agog about it, and everybody over there ar
poets to be rich enough to sell out, soon.
THE PoIsoNING.-A Washington Josn.,.,
says:-"fhe merchants and business mon "a"
this city are taking up a subscription of F
thousand dollars, which, will be paid to anv nol
son'or persons aScertaining tile the cause 49,
poisoning cases at the National Hotel. TLo
velopenentS that have recently come 10 L,t.
have caused much excitement here" e"'
HOLLIDAYsBuRG, Pa, May S.-Dayid 8 n.
Kim was last night convicted of murder ;n ~
first degree, and was this morning sentenced, ,'
be executed for tie murder of Norcross ~
strongly protested before the Court his oo,;.
innocence, asserting that his conviction w..
effected unfairly by the perjury of witnesses
A PLANTATION FOR Ex-PREsIDENr P,rUcr
Vlcksburg: Miss, May 6.-The sIVhi0 of III,
morning states that ninety-six thousand dolI.,.
were subscribed in this city yesterday tow,rdo
purchasing plantation for Ex- President Pier
The sum asked fos the property is one hundred
thousand dollars-leaving four thousand doII,rs
yet TO be subscribed to complete the purchase
: SCARCITY CT BREADsTUFFs IN Tg1As-rrho
Galveston papers of the 29th ultmo are p,
! ceved. They report that there is almost .
famine for breadstuffs in the counties ahova
Bastrop. Two dollars and sixty.two cent. ia
demanded per bushel for corn.
f meeting OF the citizens ofBasrop has been
/ held to aid the sufferers
TUNNELING New JERsEY.-A corresnoDdo,,
i ofthe New York NewS, who is evidently qrisv,'t
at certain "evIls of the State suggests tho
idea of tunneling New Jersey from the Hudson
TO the Delaware, and thus save the 81 tax In.
posed upon travellers crossing their terrtory.-
n Another suggestion is, that Jersey dues be cam.
q tallzed as the Danish dues are each State I'm
pay at once their respective proportion of the
- , expense Tor keeping and supporting" gate. At
n the entrance of her territory.
o. The daily tippler who is lust as " mpcb
II ota temperance man as anybody" has gone 10
d spend week with the rumseler who is afraid
- the proessed friends ofthe cause will ruin il y
The professor who thinks the business OUGHT tc
be licensed so as to furnish liquors for medi.
C. cane, has taken home a five-gallon prescrin
2 ton In keg, and the candid gentleman who
N never believes in "carrylng things too far.
II only carries eight drinks day from the b,I
to his throat. These individuals are abou
'c 10 form moral suaslon temperance society,"
a! CayUgd Chief.
Us The MAPLE SUGAR CROP-The State ofNev
lr YORK produces more sugar than any other Stat
he IN the Union, except Louisiana. The estina,
ed OF the maple sugar production of that State Il,
~ the present year. is twenty millions of pound,
which is valued al two millions and a half ,
nc dollars. The maple sugar crop for the VIII, |
r. Union is estimated at 6S, 800, 900 pounds, wor,
be SS,462,oO0, or very nearly equal to one la
be the product from the sugar cane in the Unite
States last year. The increased price of suc
has stimulated this production, which, durn
the very low prices OF sugar from lS]4. ha
80 caused the manufacture of pie sugar 10 ia
N of to almost nothing.
w " The Depression in Business in Ne,
fi- York is loudly complained of by the shippn
he interests. 1t is estimated that vessels To IN
en- value of twenty-five millions of dollars are ly,n
y, In New York harbor, most of them without en-
~ ployment; and those that have found sonsthin
I'D to do, have accepted it at rates ruinousy low
~. 0T Advces from Buffalo, up to Nav l
~ states that propeller started from her doc
dd on Saturday morning, but is stll blocked in b
~ the ice, mile and half from the lIrht.bous
he There is no ice moving down the Niagara rv,
- to-day.
W. CENTRAL AMERICAN AFFAIRS -Washinpto
cir May ll.--At meeting OF the Cabinet, held {
Saturday, 1t was unanimously decided not
ne renew overtures to England with regard to ii
IL affairs of Central America.
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,n. SALE OF HUMAN BEINGs.-The Norfolk IVA
American says it is estimated that 3O,Ol
- slaves were sold and removed from Virgin
iel last year, and 1000 more escaped"
EEK G6- The Mary Caroline Stevens, coioniz
iiy ton ship, will leave Baltimore for Liberia ,
dy the 18th inst. Four or five hundred appllc
ri tons for passage have already been received.
Mr.. ]. B. Roberts, the tragedian, has arrive
in England, and is well-spoken of by the pres
IS We understand he is engaged to open Dru
-, Lane, in September next.
Isl The hog cholera is said to be very preyale
for in the vicinity of Worcester, Mass.
sit WORTH KNOWING Prof Wood. who
advertisement will be found in another cOIum