Smyrna times., 1868-08-05
ITEMS OF HNTEYsrSv.

President johnson has done his usuoI ,,,,..
nm OF work this week in the way of pardon.
convicted revenue swinders, as he did al.o -.
week lie has released from confinement =,
hne hartmann and Sulzbcrger, who wer. c..
Vlcted last month otconspiracy to remoy, wi!
KY to place other than bounded wareLo,.
1t Is hardly worth while for a Court n c...
demn revenue swiudler-the Pre-idrn, !.
prompt with his pardons. 4 few month. a.
II looked as though terror would be couyeyr
| lhto the ranks CT these scoundrrls by the =
tence OF the Courts but most of the sen,,nc,
mght as well never have been rendered.
FREEDMEN S BUREAU General @. q, How
ard, OF the Frcedmen's Bureau, left Wa,b,r,.
ton tins evening for an extended tour throu,,.
out the South. His object is t. visit all h,
principal bureau stations and confer with III
1llcerS as to the best manner of redurinct.
iiorce' preparatory to final winding-up of tfs
bureau affairs on the first of January. He
a'So investigate the requirement of the eluya
tlonal brance when the other function, Of 4.
hurear shall have been discontinued.
=, The Burlington (Termont) Free Press say
he Smok klneSS which has been so plain ID
ohr atmosphere tor some time is caused ly
great flres IN the Canadian woods. 1t is sail |
mat at IT Schoastique, on the Ottawa rive /
tthlrty-SlX miles from Montreal, the roads a. 1
lmpaSSabe, and steamers cannot run on acccaa
OF the fire and smoke"
Robert Beckley, living in Wyandotte, Ia.
sas, took his Step-SOn, two years old, out
the suburbs OF the town, Sunday week, az.
deliberately killed him. Beckley was arresttl
ana 1t was feared that the people in that ycn.
lynch him. 1''''
Gen: Charles G. HaIpine, Editor Of IL
NeW ork citizen, better known as MilesU- s
In3elily, died on Sunday night, at the Ar' &
House, after a few hours illness. of congo
ton of the brain. The deceased wa.in bIsS.l
year lie held the position OF Register at II
time OF his death.
In Michigan recently thirtv.fve mon W
INTO harvest field to cut grain About r.
NJ. no less than sixteen of them hal been,
struck, the majority Of whom died under Ii.
exposure: Such an instance of whoc>4.
casualty has hardly a parallel in the history"
hat section.
at Columbia, S. G., on Saturday, five wh';;
RED to enter boarding house. in a di,rc..
"oIe quarter OF the town. They were rcsissI
y Yen or Twelve negroes, members of the 81"
legislature, and one Of them WAS morla(
"-'
a negro named Rollins, who has bcon ma,
" conservative speeches in New Orleans
aS been mobbed several times in that c{
Idm4 Il'mln few few days. lie was again mobbel q
Iohuay, but the crowd dispersed on beingaE
reSsed BY Governor Yarmouth.
The citizens of Shrewsbury, Vt. were star
ed on Saturday evening, by the murlerots &
lghIy respectable citizen, Mr. johnson CI-
an' jr. a murder in Vermont is a really
)teworthy event.
Hon; Ricvcrdy johnson sailed for England
ON Baltimore on Saturday. lie was accom-,
'ned down the river by many distinguished
including Baron Won Grrot the
General Sheridan was arrested at Lcav,n'
'r!n, on Saturday, for assault and battery, u
wing iorclbly, elected the Lcavenworth post.
aster l1 from the military reservation a few
Gen. Meade has issued an order declarins
{ cessation of military rule in his distnr,
a making a new disposition Of the uooI'