Smyrna times., 1881-08-03

ports nave eNCeeueO InOSc OF any pre- |
vious year. The aggregate of exports
and imports is 81, ,54, ,912, 500 figures
which fairly make ones head swim. The
imports have only been exceeded in
amount by those of Il single year--the
previous one.
One of the main witnesses against John
D. Lee and the Mormon miscreats who
were responsible for the Mountain Mead
ow massacre has perished mysteriously.
The body of Bishop Philip Klingen Smith
has been found in prospect hole i'll Son
ora, apparently with marks of violence.
1t is a startling sequel to one of the foul
est chapters of Mormon history. What |
makes the fate of the witness terribly |
significant is his own prediction: THE |
Church will kill me sooner or later"
Ayoob Khan, the Afghanistan chief, is
again in luck. Advancing toward Canda-
har, he has fallen upon the Ameer's army
precisely as he routed General Burrows's
brigade Now, as then, the Candahar
horse deserts to the enemy, and another
regiment from Khelat is equally treacher-
Gus. Abandoned by his troops, the Ameer
is unable to make q stand against the vic
torious column from Herat, and is COM
PEELED to seek refuge in flight, leaving his
guns behind him. So crushing defeat
may cost him his throne.
There is too much midsummer mad
! ness this season. An eccentric black
smith, who has been muttering under his
breath the ominous words, 1--WE have too
many governors" has been mustered out of
active service as a belIigent for attempting
to tramp through Albany with a gun on
his shoulder. Cabinet Ministers are favor
ed almost daily with threatening letters,
in which assassination is made the alter
native of cold shoulder to poor but per-
sistent office-seekers, whom the Govern
ment is supposed to owe living who will
have it, peaceably if they can, but forci-
bly, if they must.
There have been three collisions on
the New Haven Railroad within week
at as many adjoining Standardization,
Rye and Portchester. The second was
the most serious. The passenger agent
was in the act of switching freight train
from the main track to a siding, when an
: extra freight train suddenly appeared
= around sharp curve. The fagman who
: had been sent up the track mistook the
J. whistle to the brakemen for signal thai
the road was clear, and in moment tht
+ two trains were wrecked, conductor wa
n killed outright, brakeman was ter
: ribly mangled, and three others received
I injuries.
y Now that the President is virtually re
IL garded as out of danger, government Off
L cials are beginning to avail themselve
g of the usual thirty days vacation allOwe
&c each year, and to leave the city for tn
s. various summer resorts. So long asst wa
lie feared that the President might not SUI
vive there was general disinclination o
Vi the part of the officials to leave the cit!
y y lest they might be speedily called bacl
70 1t is not the intention ofany ofthe member
of the cabinet to leave the city for moi
than day or so at time, until the Pres
e dentcan be removed to some place on tn
- seashore, When this is done, then thel
u will be a sudden exodus of the hight
OF officials from Washington, II.
=, The fact that the British Home OfiiC
~, received from Dublin the first warning
oh the shipment of the dynamite machine
M points to one of the most charitable COZ
ha clusions that can be formed in regard
ris this plot, namely, that the apparatu
Or albeit ingeniously contriyed, was new
be intended for actual use, but was careful
ps- packed so as not to explode on the voyag
30 and was solely devised for the purpose
- creating big scare abroad. Most of Il
NC explosives which have been scattered
ht public places in England during the Ia
,us year have been 80 cautiously planted th
,+a there was very slight danger of the
doing any mischief, and similar preca
Is tions seem to have been taken in regard
ia. these mysterious machines. There can
pe- no doubt that certain Nationalists of t
m, baser sort are banded together for the pI
- pose of worrying and harassing Englis
lsn men, by making them nervous and c
1d- hausting whatever capacity they have
ur- panic terror.
est
,ce When the XLVIIth Congress meets nc
nm December, there will be 81 Republica
or. 3S Democrats Including David Davis,
Illinois) and / Readjuster Democrat t(i'
eral Mahone) in the Senate. There W.
elected to the House 148 Republicans,
we Democrats, s Greenback men and 2 Re.
Dr' iuster Democrats. This would have Civ
attn the Republicans majority of three ol
ter all Democrats and Greenback men. Z
en- present there are four Republican and +
uod Democratic seats TO be filed. If all
vacancies are filed without loss to eitl
MS party, the size of the Republican major
ate, will depend upon the action of the me
rye bers elected by coalition of Republic
onr and dGreenback voters. OF the eight Gre
back men, four, and possibly five, may
any reasonably counted upon to vote with
the Republicans in organizing the Hot
lag- Should the Republicans secure four Gre
.asv back votes their majority viii be IL /
full House. If the vacancies are Y
re- filed before Congress meets the Repu,
the cans will have LA members, q majority
will over all others in House of 2S7 ml
t,,a+ bers. With four Greenback votes n
- would have a majority of 0, and with
row Greenback votes and two Readjuster vi
hey their majority would be rs in HOUSE
his 2S7 members.