Smyrna times., 1862-12-04
GtnetAi News

The MNNEsoTIASs FERoCIoUs.-The act of the
President, revo&ing the sentence Of death against
three hundred Indians in Minnesota for conplIcjty
indignation of the Minnesotans, and the newspapers
generally urge upon the people to take the matter in
their own hands. and deal out vengeance upon all
Indians in the Stale. The language of the newspa
pers is lntemperate ahd defiant it could not be more
SO il they were published in South Carolina Is in.
discriminate slaughter Of Indians the reserved
State rights of loyal Minnesota
Qua ExFoRrs.-Thc rebellion has dcminishcd our
exports the past year one hundred aud eighty four
millions of dollars, compared with lS6AK The cx-
porte from the South nave diminished anc hundred
and ninety six millions, the difference between the
two sunls above named beng caused by an rxccss o
Northern exp,rs Of sXty-tyo millions nf dollars over
the northern exports of 1850. These facts, when
are reported b. CO rcsp,nce at Washington, prob
ably come from the 'retary of the Treusury's re-
port.
THE IRoK.CLADs.-Five Of the new iron cIads will
be ready for by the end Of the present week.
Each is armed wln iiftccn-lnch gun, the fleet IF
which, upon fortress, yet 10 be demonstrated ny
experiment. a 4jJ pound ball will make things fl
! where it hits.
SvPERAnUNDANcE OF MEN.-Thcre is, according to
the census an excess Of 1873 35S males over females
in the United States. Tnc fact is noteworthy, and
ought to quiet the spprchc of those who feared
the war would cause undue prcponderance of wo-
men after peace declared. No matter how bloody
the war may be, how long it lasts, it cannot make
away with three quarters Of millisn of lives The
waste of life may make the even but even then
we shall be better of than England, where the f.
males are in excess by nearly million, and the so
cia problem of the day is how to provide them with
husbands or occupations.
The keel Of the new iron.clad vessel, TOpGvandG
has been laid at the Philadelphia Navy-yard. The
vessel will be 534 tons burden and will carry four
heavy pieces Of ordnance.
The iron-clad United States steamer SGneGmon
lately launched at Chester Pa, is rapidly fitting cut
and will be made ready for service at the earliest
practicable time. The Lehigh, an iron.cad of the
same capacity aud siIe, will be ready for launching
in about two weeks. Contracts have been entered
into for the construction Of other vessels of like char.
acter at the same locality.
NEW WkINKLE.-It is becoming quite common
in New York to append TO marriage noticsu in the
Strong brown paper is now manufactured at the
Salisbury Paper Mills. in Orange county, from a" cat
tails" the product of the wild flag growing in low
grouads al over the North. The proprietor, Mr..
Oakley, is experimenting with = view 10 making
white paper also, frnm the same material.
The St. Louis Republican understands that the
assessment, under recent order to raise $500, 900
from Southern sympathiIers in that city, has been.
in the main. completed II has heard a number OF
names efprominent citizens mentioned az being on
the list, and Of sums ranging from ESQ to 81, 900 af
fixed To them; though it is not deemed prudent 10
give publicity 10 any of these names at present.
magnificent ball is 10 be given in St. Louis by
way of celebrating the recent emancipation victories
in Missouri. Gen. Fremont and other distinguished
personages are expected TO be in attendance.
The Queen of England has given her formal con-
sent to the marriage of the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Alexandra.
An old maid, who had her eyes little sideways
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