Smyrna times., 1857-05-06
News of the Week.

" yH'o" desmond. The law IMPOSES cOnfine.
ieht IN the State Prison for life for the offence.
pooqrlch and White, who were also implicated
III tue outrage,-which resulted in the Young
woman's death, from injuries received by Jump
.ug from third story window,-are yet to be
tried for the crime.
we nave later Kansas news. Dates from
! La "rehce 10 the 10Th. Secretary Stanton had
addressed the citizens, and was introduced by
~oV' hooInson.~He repeated the general points
OF MS published address, aud said the laws of
the late Legislature must be enforced, and The
territorial taxes paid The latter proposition
was decidedly negatived by the audience. He
was iisIeaed to pleasantly and respectfully
throughout.
Il Adhesion in an EIopenlent case comes toms
from Springfield, Ohio. Judge Forbett. on
Wednesday, decided that the wealthy heiress.
Miss Martin, who recently eloped with Dir
Boyd, was at liberty to go to her husband The
JUDGE however, doubted the legality of the
marriage, as the bannS were not published.-
The parties are highly respectable.
Letters from Texas state that the recent cold
weather had done much injury TO the crops in
the various parts Of that State.
Navigation on Lake Erie will probably moi
reopen before the 18th of May-if so soon.-
1t depends entirely on tavorab e winds. Buffalo
harbor is still closed by ice.
The u. S. steamer Minnesota has been or.
dered to be fitted out for sea by the 18th int.
The Minister to China Will embark Oh board
this vessel.
The ship Cathedral, lost off Cape Horn, cost
Sl20,OOO. and was insured in State street. Bos.
ton, for $4,000.
There has been strike and serious riot on
the Baltimore and Ohio Ralroad the trains
inobbed near EllicOtt's Mills the military were
called out, shots exchanged, and the hpht, to-
while, was desperate, but the mob seem to
nave had the best of It,-the trains returning
tC the city
There are twenty-three and quarter mil
hons Ot dollars IN the Public Treasury. al
Nashr gton, subjec' to drat
The Loder House at Dunkrk was burnt ON
Friday. Loss $:10,000. Insured SI2.OOu. II
was owned by Juhu llemphIll, of Wilmington.
Del. O'''
Ihe vote IN Massachusetts, on Friday. on the
House constitutional amendments Is small. buI
lhey are all adopted by decisive malur.tics.-
Boston gave oOO iuajorIty Tor the reading aud
writing amendndn', and 1000 tor those d!s.
| trlctng The State tor Senators and Rtpreseii-
| tatlres.
! jury for the trial of McKnn, 70 the muir
der OF NOrcross, at Alt ona, WAS ubt llncd FRI,
day at noon, when the case was opened by Dis
trlct Attorney IL .m,nond, on the part OF the
people.
The stock Of Pork al Louisville, is fifteen
lhousanG barrels. AT the same time last wear
IL was hly-One Thousand.
The sentence of Sullivan, in the Ellen De-;
mond rape Case, Bp>:on, on Thu sday, resulted
in scene" When the verdict (imprson.
ment for lIte) fell from the lips OF the Fireman
the prisoner was overcome with gricf. He cried
most bitterly, Causing sensation in The busi
ness OF the Court and from the inmo>t drpths nj
his heart he called upon God, in plcous tones,
to attest his innocence.
Judge Merrick not vet being able 90 resume
his duties in the Dalton divorce case. the G nrt
was adjourned on Friday by the sheriff to Mon
day morning.
Hon. William l., Marcy, late Secretary oil
State, and family. left Washington Oh Thurs.
day for their home in New York
The bill granting to the New York, New
toundland and London (Atlaniic) Trlrgrnph
company he exclusive right for hity wears 10
iahd leieg raph cables on the shores of the Pro-
vince, passed the upper House OF the Nova
Scotia Legislature, by large ina ority, ON
Thursday, aud has since received the 5 gnature
Of the Governor
Massachusetts, has put an extnguishcr on
" Ign 'rancc," IN voting the acceptance of the
amendment TO the constitution, which re0nircs
that electors shall know how TO read aud write
before voting. 7 he vote IN Boston was vrrv
light, as was anticipated, but the irish. the De.
mocrats and the ultra Republicans, are said 10
nave done their best to defeat the PROPOSITION:
they could not, however, accomplish It,
The Diseased Pork Question continues to
create good deal OF excitement out Wtst.-
Sotne OF the statements in this cenncxIon how.
ever, are exaggerated But little Of this un.
wholesome meat has been shipped to the East.
ern States. The disease attacks the Young
stock, and generally exhibits itself after their
lesdln9 on stIll-slops. Hogs dying of il Cannot
De saited, as no amount Of suit will preserve
,helr mesh. II eXposd for sale, il must be as
fresh pork. Any animal dying IN its blood from
lisease cannot be dressed and have a hcalthv
lppearance Any such meat exposed for sale, ,
IAN be detected by its dark and unusual color.
ind II Is against such meat, supplied from
sources nearer home, that the community should
'e on their guard. {
The Trial OF Coroner COnnery was brought I
o a. conclusion in New York, on Saturday, so {
ar as The taking of the testimony goes. Ii q
emalns for The Governor to render Judgment. T
By later news from Mexico, we learn thai b
he Archbishop and several priests have been
.rrested Tor an attempted lnsurrection, and the
Archbishop will be banshed from the Country. !
several British vessels OF war have arrived at I
'acrilcIos Causing much speculation as to their Il
bject. II
. he 81. Louis Democrat has advices from l
Fort DesnoIues, Iowa, 10 the 9th ulI., stating :
hat five or six hundred Sioux Indians had cross. =
d the Desmolnee river, in the neIghborhOod OF =
'Ort Dodge. OH the Saturday previous, and fears h
we're entertained that il had been attacked - =
evoral families had sought refuge IN Fort Des- y
loines, and the greatest CONSERVATION prevail A.
d. ...... .... !"
AS the Navy Department believe that the n
rev of the ship HighAyer, wrecked on the n
oast of FOfmosa, near China, have been mur- II
cred by the natives, instructions have been is. v,