Smyrna times., 1857-09-16
eneraI N e Us.
IRoNICUs.

FROM lNDIA.-European dispatches present
gloomy picture OF the state Of affairs IN India.
Everything seems going on from bad to worse.
The massacre at Cawnpore, including 24O wo-
man and children, was singular event. That
the English should have entrusted themselves
10 the natives, who are proverblally lreacher-
Gus in emergencies, seems strange, and was
only justiiable in the last extremity.
Before Agra appeared native force of 10,
600 men, compelling the English to retire with
heavy loss. Such array of mulineers
shows a power of combination which has not
heretofore been witnessed among them.
Delhi, of course, is not Ia ken, and cannot be
till the arrival of large rentorcements. The
5000 men under Gen. Barnard's command have
become reduced TO 1000, to supply the more
pressing needs of other localities
The truth is, all OF Bengal and parts of Mad
ras, Bombay and the Punjaub-nearly all of
British India-must be conquered anew. The
battles of Give, of Hastings aud of Napier must
be fnught over again, or India reapses into
anarchy.
| Or The Gold Box Excitement was brought
| to a sudden climax on Monday by the refusal of
Mr.. jackson to give up the relic, aud his de-
parture with the coveted prize in his possession.
no knowledge OF the feeling and number of re-
monsrances against the award to Ma lOr Dye
man until after he arrived here.
He new sees that in the face Of so many re-
monstrances, he cannot do Justice to the will of
his revered father, by giving up the relic.
TIE New CoMEr.-The comet recently dis.
covered at the Cambridge Observatory has been
constantly increasing in brightness ever since
| its discovery, and is now visible to the naked
eye in the constellation Bootes. This comet
was at its least distance from the earth on the
1st of September, and was then distant from us
about fifty millions of miles; it will reach it's
perihelion on the 29th of this month, and will
then be about fifty millions of miles from the
SUI. Its motion is reIrOgrade.
TEnRIBLE AND FATAL AcCIDENr.-Mr. Will
liam Bouden, farmer residing near the Manor
church, Cecil county. Md, while attending a
thrashing machine on Saturday. had his "arm
torn to pieces to the elbow" The accident oc-
cured in the morning and before 2 o'clock, p.
NJ. death put an end to his sufferings. He has
left wife and family of children to mourn the Ir
sudden and lrreparable lOss.-Gazette.
FRoM HAyANA.-New Orleans, Sept I2-
The crop accounts continue fattering, and the
yield of sugar, especially, promised to be very
large.
Notwithstanding this, however, spectators
were using every effort to keep up prices, but
with little prospect of success.
The money market was stringent, and quota
tions for Exchange entirely nominal.
The Spanish feet, intended for Mexico, still
remained at Havana awaiting the receipt oi
further orders.
The TURF.-On Tuesday. the 29th inst, a
great four mile stake is to be run over the FASH
ion Course, for which there are three entries,
viz Nicholas l., Charleston, and Engineer
This promises to be one of the most exciting
races that ever came off at the North. The
three horses are owned in different parts of the
country, the North aud the South being pitted
; against each other.
TEMPERANCE AND PoLIrIcs.-The Execu-
tive Committee of the N. Y. State Temperance
Society, in II meeting at Albany, adopted a
resolution Ca ling for convention ofthe friends
of ProhibitioD,to meet in Rochester on the 30tt
inst, for the purpose of securing the election
OF men at the approaching State Election, who
are in favor Cf the enactment Of Prohibitory
! Liquor Law.
OF Lambert, tho pedestrian, completed
1 walking his "thousand miles in a. thousanC
e hours"-we believe the second time it wa!
4 ever accomplishment ylston Hall, Boston
: about half past Q o'clock Tuesday morning.
9 His 999th mile was made in u minutes l!
e seconds, and the l000th mile in about % min
II utes.
d OF Grasshoppers are said to be very numer
d GUS in parts of Cecil county, Md. In som
/ places the seed clover through whole fields
q and in many gardens the tops of beets an
other vegetables are eaten entirely up.
4 or Rev. James B. Finley, pioneer Motho
: dist preacher at the West, Familiarity known a
"the Old Chief" died at Eaton. Ohio, the 8
D inst at the age of II years. He was born il
}. North Carolina.
e Mrs. CUssrNGHAM.--In the Oyer and Ter
e miner on Monday, Judge Roosevelt presiding
m Mrs. Cunningham was arraignea on the bogs
baby charge, and pleaded not guilty. Her lria
e was set down for next Monday week.
!" or The Cosmopolitan Art Journal for Ser
10 tember has been received. Its articles, main
I. iy upon the Fine Arts, are interesting, beside
l. it contains full information in regard to the Al
+ sociation. Price $l.00 per year.
" TRor BETwEEE FLORA TEMPLE AND BRow
r DIcK.-Albany, Sept. IA trot, said to b
for two thousind dollars a side, took place her
, to-day, between Flora Temple and Brown Dicl
i Flora won 10 three straight heals.-Time--2.
ia 33k q 30l anil . 30