Smyrna times., 1859-07-14
THE NEWS.


at the headquarters Of the Austrian arm,
which have been removed TO Verona. Franc
is spreparing to move an army on The Rhine
General Gyula, late Austrian commander-ir
ehiei, has taken command as colonel of III
,egiment bearing his name. Further detail
have been received of the battle of Solfernc
from which it appears to have been we'll con
tested and terribly destructive. The Zouave
are said 10 be much cut up.
THERE is movement on foot in New YorE
and some of the Southern cities to raise force
of 5000 volunteers to aid the party Of Juarei
ia Mexico. Large inducements are held out
involving both political and pecuniary contin.
gencies, which not likely to be soon realized
It adventures expect fortune from any such
hazard as this, they might as we'll take into &C.
count chances of the vOmito at Vera Cruz and
some o;her little interruptions, before reaching
the capital, which is doubtless to be the great
aim of the expedition. Should Juarez be
placed in power, his only resource to obtain
means for carrying on the government would
be that which is usually adopted by partisan
chiefs, Of pillasing the church.
THE three Collins steamships, the Atlantic,
Baltic and Adratic, were sold in New York,
on Saturday, by Brown, Brothers & Co. They
were purchased by the Pacific Mail Steamship
company conjontly. The Atlantic WILL per-
haps be seat round to the Pacific, and be ps ccd
O0 Le Panamo and San Francisco route, while
the Baltic and Adriatic will run between New
York and Aspnwal.
The New Orleans Bee states that some of
the free cOlored emigranls, from ;hat city to
Hayti, have returned with an abiding prefer
for their home, such as it is, in New Or
leans. They express no great Disappointment,
and were perhaps only g. home sick"
Rev. NJ. D. SMITH, Assistant Minister of St.
Andrews Protestant Episcopal Church of Will
mington, preached his farewell sermon on Sun
day morning. Mr.. Smith will take charge of
the church and congregation recently organ
lied in Dover.
ON Friday a mob at Sanford, Lincoln coun-
ty, Kentucky, took from the county Jail James
ROusers. (who was awaiting trial, for the mur-
der of Mr.. James Oldham in May last,) a~d
hung him to the nearest tree.
lN Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina and Tennessee, the wheat has been
harvested in good condition, and the yield, in
the aggregate, is undoubtedly the best tor many
years. The crops of Indiana, Michigan, Hi
n is, Iowa, VI MIssouri, Wisconsin and Minnesota
are now harvesting, and with such weather as
this it will be saved in good order; and from
the fact that we hear SO little croaking, we are
free TO believe the yield will be large one.
AN earthquake occurred at Erzeroun, Asia
Minor, on the % of June, and 1900 persons are
said to have lost their lives.
The Detroit Advertiser learns from reliable
authority that seventy fugitive slaves arrived
Ia Canada by one train, from the interior of
Tennessee. This is probably the largest num-
Der that ever escaped in one company. But a
week before a company of twelve arrived, and
are now at the depot near Maiden. Nearly the
same time one Of eleven and another Of FIVE
safely landed on the soil Of Canada, making in
all nlnety-four.
The bridge on the line of the Vermont Cen
trail Railroad, over White River, near Wood
stock, was destroyed by fire on Friday night
1t was from 500 to 600 feet in length, aud the
loss is a. least $4,000. There was an insu-
rance of $1,000 upon the structure. Satur-
day the passengers and freight were carried
across the river on raft-, and it will take two or
three weeks to repair the damage. The fire
was PROBABLY caused By sparks from a lOcomo-
tive.
THE Florida Peninsular of the 25th ultimo
tells the following tough story:
Benjamin Guy, a citizen Of Alfalfa, in this
to the statement of Mr..
William Hall, a respectable and truthful man
recently lost about 700 head of cattle in the
following manner: The cattle had been gath
erred aud driven for several days before reOch-
jog a little lake called Devils Cross Sticks,
fiear the Kissammee river, where they halted,
Mr. Guy and his assistants going TO their homes.
jn three or four days the drivers returned, to
collect aud pen the cattle, whep, TO their utter
aJnlzement, they were not to be found. At
Aention was hnaliy attracted 10 the lake ABOVE
named, which is margined with abrupt banks,
by the PRESENCE around and about II OF large
quantities of buzZards When the men reach
ed it, they behed the 700 head of cattle dead,
and the bdzzards .feasting on their carcases.-
The supposiiion is that the cattle went Ihilh1r
IN search Of water. The lake being complete
IL dry. presented mass of mud anialhomable
in depth; when once over the banks there was
no chance for the lives of the poor beasls.'
A PERSONAL difficulty occurred at Colcrain,
N. c., few days ago, between Hon. Ii. M.
Shaw aud e. G. Davenport, editor of the Elem
ton IN. C.) Express. Mr.. Davenport struck
DR.. Shaw with hickory stick several times,
when the Doctor succeeded in Wrestling the
stick out OF the hands of Mr.. ID. aud commenc-
ed striking him, whereupon Mr.. ID. drew pis-
al. u e a. ~. .