Smyrna times., 1880-09-22


Francisco. The citizens of the Pacific
are distinguished for their
graces of hospitality, and, being of a
very positive way of thinking themselves,
they seldom fail to recognize the same
of opinion in others.
DURING the past ten years 303 persons
have been murdered in New Orleans or
vicinity, and only five of the murderers
have been hung, although eleven were
sentenced to death. "Almost as little
danger of being hung for having COM
mitted MURDER" remarks the New Or
leans City Items, Gas of being run over by
a railroad, or cut in two by buzy saw,
or Drained by brick falling from Chin
ney." The Item goes on to say that the five
which were hung suffered their just fate
because they were strangers and had no
money to pay lawyers. So according to
this scoundrel must be poor in order to
get the treatment he deserves. That's
"about the size of it" everywhere.
On THE BAR'L BUSINESS the Baltimore
Sun says: "Bribery is a more deadly
outrage upon the freedom of elections
than force can be, because the corrupt use of
money is more insidious, harder to detect,
harder to repress than sheer violence.
Force may destroy the ballot and drive
the voter from the polls, but bribery cor
rupts his soul and converts the freeman
into hireling and slave. The suspi-
cions of corruption which so fagrantly
attach to the condition of suffrage in
Maine, taken in connection with the
evidences of venality and undue influence
which were so abundantly adduced by
the investigations of the Wallace Com
mittee, go great way to confirm the
fear which already exists that the danger
to the integrity of our institutions is in
the improper use of money and the
power it gives, rather than in the brutal
displays of force and violence"
THIS has been wonderful years for
beating records in the sporting world.
At the opening of 1880 st. Julien's re-
cord of 2:124 stood urchallenged. Since
that he has himself dropped it second
and half, and now Maud S. goes a half
second better and shows record of 2:1O8.
Up to Saturday Lexington's four-miie
running time (7:232) at New Orleans, in
April, 1855, had never been beaten but
Ferida has reduced the record to 7:235.
The best l 3-mile running tine on record
was beaten at Nor polth Park by Luke
Blackburn with his wonderful record of
2:34. In pedestrianism Frank Hart, the
Boston colored man, beats the best record
hitherto with SOS miles scored in a six
days go-as-you-please match Morrill,, of
the Boston Athletic Club, beats the best
American record for a mile walk in 1881
and Hughes and Albert come to the front
In 72-hours go-as-you-please race with
4183 and 412 miles respectively.
THE new code of Mississippi, which
goes into effect on the 1st of November
next, makes some radical changes as to
the rights of married women. One sec
ton totally abIOgates the common law as
to the disabilities of married women, and
It's effect on the rights Of property of the
wife. Marriage shall not be held to
impose any disability or incapacity on
woman as to the ownership, acquisition
or disposition of property of any sort, OF
: ! as to her capacity to make contracts, and
do all acts in reference to property which
! she could lawfully do if she was not mar.
ried." Husband and wife may sue each
= other, and dover and courtesy, as hereto
fore known, are abolished. Husband anG
wife inherit from each other all their re
spective property if there be no children
, and each child'S part if there be chill
dren or the descendants of children
They may dissent from each others wills
and take each others estate according tt
law. The most advanced advocates O
women's rights could scarcely demand
more than is here conferred.
UNDER the head of "Change for tn
. Better Frank LesLes Illustrated Ne0spape
= says:
: "Among the many encouraging sign
Of the times must be reckoned the vas
change displayed by our politicians il
their conduct of the Presidential cam
palgn. 1t can no longer be said, as
e was only ten years ago by the Londol
1 Times, that, Judging from the American
e Press, "whenever the model Republic O
r the world wanted President, they chos
e the greatest criminal of their time"
t chickens has burlesqued this commol
practice of abusing political opponents il
D one of his raciest sketches, in which
7 candidate, who appeals to the sympathie
e of the public by announcing that he ha
: a wife and six small children, is driveI
:, out of the field by his rival, who declare
that he has two wives and twelve smalle
children.
# "Our older readers will remember no,
e Zach. Taylor, the rough-and-ready of on
e military history, since his enemies coul
e find no flaw in his moral character, wa
n attacked for his want of scholarship an
} polite accomplishments, and recommends
) to attend course of primary educatio
y before he wrote his Inaugural. 1t was a
G this time that some facetious wag inver
le ted the story of "Nuf sed" and &C
Ii H." for "all correct" fictions, which ar
0t now received by many as genuine facts
l. Nor will they forget how Franklin Pierce
y who led his regiment bravely in Mexico
L was accused of hiding in ditch. Eve
y that gallant old hero of the generation
N Winfield Scott, was satirized for his s'hast
De plate of SOUP" and for his "Fuss an
is Feathers" Even his inadvertent eompl
le ment to ''the rich Irish brogue and I'll
ce sweet German accent was mercilessl
D. ridiculed ..