Smyrna times., 1859-03-31
Sad Commentary on the Times.

Sad commentary on the Times,
NOiciDE.-In Cincinnati, on the 18th instant
young iaIy' named NJ IS America Rec, Oh,
daughter Of a widow lady1 commit. sn,c,I c,,
by taking strychnlne She was dr,vc 70 ~,
Commission OF the fatal act hv the desertio, =
Her lover-huSband, who, the G0.ttie saws u,,
an exemplary young man! The deceased wa,
aoo4' twenty years old, and SAID to be ,rIrl nj
"'arked personal beauty and considerable ac.
comPlshments.
AAoTHER.-A Swedish cooDcr named R,s.
SELL committed suicide, last week. in Bostnn
7 Poh the blank margin Of newspaper. f,l,nI
on the person Of deceased, were written tl.
j following words
:, dearest VIII Bid you farewell for aver I
DYSON l"yseit 30 as to fire. you from IA Bad
man as you Cal Me. fire. You from all B.,mn
IN this AcAt. Godby n 'Russen.''
among variety OF papers IN his pockets.
was Il noticeable newspaper extract winch had
oeen cut out and preserved by him, upon the
SUBJECT OF scodl0g wives. From all the err
/ cuhstanccs which have thus far been ELECTED
concerning the cause of The rash act stand
out IN bold relief The fact that his 8. bp,tor
nan was very much inclined to render her
husbands HE an unpleasant one, from a tretfnl
and scoidIng disposition.
FATAL DUEL.-A fatal duel took nIaco in
Ne" Orleans, on the llth INST, between Mr.
E"lie Iiirlart musical and operate critic of the
Dtf" newspaper, and Mr.. f. Locunet. an OK.
IehsIve cotton buyer. The difficulty GREW ON,
ol some singing controversial remarks made
ny the tormer,-the latter chalienginr The
weapons used were dOubie-barrcl shnt onns
lo"Ged WIN muSket balls. AT the first tire. Mr
L'cquet tell inortally wounded, and expired
without breathing word
JEALousY.-In st. Louis, on Wednesday. las
Hamilton, meat seller, ~ years of noe in .
paro&ysm of jealousy shot his wife. voury
girl of lS, to whom he had been married onIg |
three months, aud discharged a pistol into his /
own body, lnbIcting a wound from winch he
can hardly recover. Mrs iamllton's recovery
Is deemed probable
Inc dIihcuIty seems to have originated with
lIamllt0n'S relatives, who were opposed 10 his
marriage few days since, his SISTERS visited
hIm 10 company with young lady to whom he
lad formerly been attached, apparently with
NE intention OF annoying his " lie. Hamilton.
however, received them very coolIy and at once
maze known TO The young lady that her pre-
;ence was not agreeable Suon after. he he
came excited and moody, and occasionally sor.
;astlc aud reproachta, and armed himself with
PAIR OF pistols. HIS wife became frightened
ma was entirely at loss to account fer his
conduct. Affairs went on this way until We'd
ieSday, when IN par0xysm of jealousy he
mot his wife and then himself The woman ,
VIII probably recover, but Glamilton's situation
5 desperate. He was removed TO the bosnitaI
where he bitterly bewaled his folly and berged
o see his wife once more before he died. 4
ANOTHER STcHLEs TRAGEDY.-At Meriden.
on Sunday evening, John Will I
hmS, person OF color, stabbed Orrin prIm g.
lSo colored, with butcher knife, killing him ,
Prlm taunted Williams with his
wfe's ipfidelity, and Williams,
naddened at Frlm's shameful confessions of his c
wn guilt IN the case, seized knife and s,,bb. /
d him to the heart. Public feeling in Meri- y
en- Is much in favor of Williams. lie is sixfv.
even years old, and Is represented as peace. =
Die man. HIS wife is young. Williams is in n
all, awaiting trial. Fl
a JUVENILE BODY GUARD.-A Protestant /
widow lady in in Cincinnati, a Mrs. Klein. d
whose husband, Catholic, died recently, took il
er boy from Catholic school and sent him TO .
he common school, On his return home, >
9w evenings since, he was bGset by his former
,athoIlc schoolelows, and beaten VIOLENTLY h
he next day, however, the Protestant boys off il
he neIghborhood, armed with sticks and stones. n
'l"cu themselves INTO body guard, and .
aw young Klein safely home, and have .
ontinued to do so ever since. From the chill. s
ren the excitement has spread to the parents, v
nd more serious results are feared. g
EXECUTION OF THREE CRIMIvALs.--N Mem l
)rLeanS, March 22.--Three criminals. Helm Il
lch Hans, Peter Smith and Joseph Lindsey. A
'ere hung, to-day, all on one scaiioId. They =
Il confessed their crimes just previously to the !.
xecution. fi
0~- woman has been indicted at Ander- Il
on, s. e., for being common scold." il
" With regard, says Professor Mitchell,
! one OF his Philadelphia Lectures, to the ques-
on "Are the planets inhabited I" he could h
My answer that he did not know with GER a
llnty whether they were or not; but this he II
I'd know, that they had been enab ed to exam.
ne the planet Mars, with the aid Of the teles. .
oPe, with sufficient accuracy to determine its Il
haracter to be nearly like that of the earth. Ii
nat the thought had occurred to him, if it h
'ere possible to transfer an uhabtant of the :,
arth to that planet, he would scarcely discover
nc difference, so precisely similar was that orb {
} our own, in its physical charac teristics, its s.
tmospheric phenomena, and its periodical p
hange of seasons. ~