Smyrna times., 1855-12-26
From "Our Sunbeam" published at Dela,0dr'
College.
A Few Words about Newark.

Can anything new be said concerning New
ark! More, perhaps, dear reader, than you
may be aware of; and yet not very much
We all know it is thriving little borough, |
situated on the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and
Baltimore Railroad, about mile from the de-
pot celebrated for its being the seat of Della
ware College, besides sundry other institutions
of learning. And Newark has always been
noted for its being q seat of learning, before
and during the Revolutionary war. But let US
tell some of the new residenters something of
the old building that once stood here. Who of
the brow-furrowed and care-worn housekeepers,
looking in vain for meat-wagons and vegetable
hucksters, are aware that this town once boast
ed market-house Yea verify, thee don't
speak the truth, surely! And yet it stood near
the old stone academy, which occupied the site
on which are now the present academical build
ings.
During the Revolutionary war, Newark
boasted about FIVE dwelling-houses; and the old
, stone academy bore the mark of foreign foe
in the western wall, cracked from chimney to
the foundation stone, by a cannon-ball. That
, old academy has turned out many who have
: served their country we'll; and when the Bri-
tish troops were centering upon Philadelphia,
{ the Academy boys armed themselves to resist
D their march. Too strong, however, the Eng
n lish drove the students out and bivouacked
b around and in the old building; but hastily,
, next morning, having understood that the "har-
i. - Ill IN Gohf nom
o they pushed on to Chadd's Ford and took part
: in the memorable battle of Brandywine.
s Upon the rising ground, in front of the Col
s. lege, on the Macbeath property. stood Pres.
{, byterian meeting house, and to the left was q
L burying-ground. Ploughing there few years
!, since, the ploughshare turned up the bones o
some departed forefather resting there, await
h ing the last trump.
Where the brick-kiln now is, was snce mo
It, rass thick set with bushes and stinted trees
Many 'possum pnd coon has breathed his las
of on that spot, amid the barking Of dogs and yell
n, ing of boys.
o. This was when Newark was small an
though not yet very large, it has stretched it
st length over the old hunting-ground and con
cealed it beneath the mansions and lawns {
IL it's inhabitants.
!" The town improved, and house after hous
lis arose, neighbor like, beside each other. In tn
ok College Campus, before the classic halls wer
dreamt of, stood blacksmith's shop; and tn
IL chamberlain, as he welded his hammer, lttl
OF thought that on the mound behind his forg'
IN, should rise an institution Of which his soI
III would be trustees, and his grandsons believe
ry and distinguished students the influence
D" which would extend over the community, il
ta- crease their intellectual knowledge, and Civ
'as to Newark a name and distinction.
yth Newark boasts Of its handsome building
both within its boundaries and in its environ
his On Sundays, the united prayers and praises
four congregations, ascend as incense to Il
throne of Jehovah. There are two fema
ked serninaries (and did you ever see college al
had not neighboring female school y, an Odd FL
nth lows Hall, four stores. three hotels, snd-wou
his you believa il 1.-TWO squres.
rht, As we have looked in the town, let us
cry awhile look around il and see what is to
II seem '...a~.