Smyrna times., 1857-08-05
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& not having his supper ready. she giving as Z
a. reason that she had DO wood. with which TO !.
prepare it; when he kicked her, aud pounded !
her ia terrible manner with HE fsl, and atter- /
wards with heavy patent pail andAwith cud. |
gsA during which she was seyeraitimes knocked
down The brute thea went TO bed. leaving his
victim npoh the foof. In .tha- morning he re-
snInsd the assault, and after beating her about
The head In q terrible manner, lett the house
aud did not return until In. the afternoon just
before his wife expired. She died IN the eve
ming, having changed her husband with the
awful essant,
The principal witness agsinst Heagney was
his own son, lad Of some l3 years OF age.
"A Ds1rcArr Conptfmesr TO Mr.. EvERErr.
On Thursday, the cane and spy-glass used by
Gen. Washington were sold by auction by
firm 10 Baltimore. With these articles was In.
cladsd certificate of their genuneness by the
venerable @. w. P. Custis. dated June "a,
1857, and the three brought S2t1o. They were
keocked down to Col. John 5. Git,iags, who, it
was nnderstood,- acted for the ladies OF the
Mount Vernon Associatioii of Virginia and
Maryland, who purchase the relics to present
them 70 the Hon. Edward Everett, as mark
OF their gratitude and regard for his noble und
snscessful exertions in behalfof their patriotic
cause @ ~ ~"
OR We have two more horrible murders,--
One Sunday morning. growingeout OF brawl
IN lager beer shop in Mulberry street.-The
victim being young man named Tompklns.
sesident of IIoboken,--the other not in the city
exactly, but near by il. down at the Highlands.
on Saturday. The bar-keeper of the Sea View
House. there, had his throat cut, aud died in
three hours afterwards. The murderer, one
Donnellys is in Jail. Cause Of the murder-de-
sire TO get back some money won at gaming
table. Another melancholy item, is despatch
from Boston, announcing the loss of bark Mon
asco, from GottenbUrg. for New York, on the
c1ast of Newfoundla together with some
fifty Swedish emigrants.
or From Kansas we have some forther de-
velopements OF the .dlherences" between Gov
ernot Walker and the Topeka meH--~of chur
scter going 10 chow that the Black Republicans
are resolved to carry on the war in the Terri.
tory with big strong words only, and nothing
else. The correspondence we publish, il must
not be forgotten is, all of it from free soil sour
ces, and must accordingly be received cum
grdno sails. II is felt TO be Q carer und clear
er every day now, that some of an agitntiOn is
10 be kept up in Kansas in order To help the
Republicans here in the next fall election.
STATE CONVENTION Democratic State
Convention met in Baltimore on Thursday and
nominated the following Candidates:
For Governor--Col. j. &. Groonle, of Cecil
ComptroIler-Bradley r. Johnson, Of Fred
erick.
Lottery Comaissioner-Dr. J. R. Nelson, of
Hartford
Commissioner of the Land Ofice-J1s MUIR
say, OF Annapolis.
1 Two MKS SHoT.- Baifimore, August a.
Last night shortly after nine o'clock, man
named ]. 3. Berry, was deliberately shot at the
corner of Baltimore and North streets, by one
Of party ofyoung men who were seen lurking
arthe opposite corner
This is but one of several eases of violence
that have occurred in this chy during :he last
tweHty-four hours. Early yesterday morning,
man named Connor shot. Lewis Sherman,
with whom he had revfShs difficulty at
drinking house. Both ofsthe men were serious
ly wounded.
FALLING or A Rock Three Persons Injured.
--Buffalo, August "a piece of rock, about
hundred tous weight, fell from a precipice on
Goat Island, Niagara, yesterday, three hundred
feet below the British Falls. Three persons un.
dernesth were badly hurt. Mr.. G. w. Parsous,
pfClevsland, il is feared, received fatal inju-
rits a7lGs@
or The Hon. William Ballard Preston, Of
Virginia, sailed OH Saturday, on his mission to
secure the establishment OF line of steamers
from England TO the waters of the Chesa pea ke.
II is stated that all the railroad Companies in
Virginia and some IN Kentucky and Tennessee
have joined the movement, aud that The parties
now pledged to the enterprise represent capi-
tai of S50,G00 900.
DfOcEsE OF DELAwARE.-The Journal of
Contention contains a carefully prepared sum.
nary OF the Diocesan sta iS,ics, from which we
extract as follows:
Number of Parishes, 25; do. Clergy, 1s;
candidates for Holy orders. 9; Baptisms,
adults, 20--infants; 2l0.) 23O CONTRIBUTIONS
81 Coalmunica nts, present number r. e95; sun
say school teachers, 3D.; do. scholars, l754;
contributions, S22,356;22.
or The supposed case of Yellow Fever has
caused considerable exctemepd IN Williams.
burgh; but DR.. Wade, who attended the de-
ceased, says the alarm il groundiess, as there
is no reason for supposiug Mr.. Gruss died from
the dreaded disease. II Is understood that he
viii take measures to satisfy the public upon
this point. +. 49,.
61- IL 10 reported that Thomas McElraih,
one Of the publishers ,f the New York Tribune
and President Of the Nassau Bunk, has suspeu.
ded payment. Hls en,lsrrasnenls are sand 10
have been causedbS lending his nane 10 one of
the Pittsburg railway enterprises.
SUIG1DEoF SBEAToR RusK.--Yew Orleans,
August 4.--Adv.ces received from Texas STATE
that Hon. ThoiadS ]. Rusk, Uuited States Senu.
,ur froTn that State comulitted s,,ic,,f.s ~ ~.
residence on the 29th olt.. by shooting himself
through the head with 6rAe. No cause is as
signed for tho act
or A brother Of the celebrated Mr.. Spur.
geon has commenced preaching in Boston, Eng.
land. He is said 10 be only IL yedrs old, aud
hlseloquences whllv. dIiferenlan style, is rrpor.
ted 10 be fully equal to that Of his brother.
WHAT NExrf--A machine nae been inyen.
sed fo< sbearlng sheep; The Operations requiring
but three minutes, when the annual jumps FROM
the machincs 80 smoeIJi that one would suppose
b had mayer bad ap.paler coal toJts back