Smyrna times., 1855-02-07


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FLOUR ARITHMETIC--lt is estimated that in |
London there was consumed last year S27, ,527,-
hundred and twenty-seven millions
five hundred and twenty seven thousand pounds !
of flour. We will give calculation or two
and let the boy readers of the American Agri- |
culturist carry on the figures. It will exer-
else them in arithmetic. A barrel holds 1856
pounds of flour. This -four wruld fill 4,222,
076 barrels--more than four millions Put
these barrels on carts-elght barrels to cart
and there would be 527,7j9 cart loads. AL
low these carts with the horses to occnpy %
feet each, and they would form row of teams
reaching 2,j00 miles, or farther than from New
York to the summit of the Rocky Mountans.-
A long row of teams that. If the barrels were
set side by side, each barrel occupying three
feet, the row would extend two Thousand four
hundred miles or from New York almost to
California; or they would nearly form two rows
reaching from New York to New Orleans
One pound Of flour makes one and hall
pounds of bread, and, and as in lc;)O, the pOpu-
atiOn Of the country was %, l9l SO, the flour
consumed IN one year in London would make
about As pounds OF bread and, as in ls5O, or
six very large lOavcs for every man, woman
and child in the United States.
The population of the world is estimated at
one billion. The -four consumed IN London IN
one year would give nearly one and a quarter
pounds of bread to every human being on the
globe. See If these figures are correct.--Ag-
rtcu(turiSt,
INTERESTING NEGRO CAtE-The Orphans
Court of thus county were engaged on Tues
day last with the case of a negro boy charged
with violating the Act of lS39. chapter 81. pro-
hlbltlng free negros from coming INTO the State.
The fact, as proved, were that the b0V Muhlun.
! alias '.Gcner0i BackhaUk" was an lndrniurrd
/ apprentice. bound to Mrs. Ann Heath Of New
Jersey, by whom he was brought into this State.
she being on a viSit to her son IN law, MIR. W IT,
liam Lar of the llh District.
The question presented to the Court hv the
counsel for the boy were: FirStiy whether th.
case came within the Act Of Assembly, the pen
atty beng 10" coming" INTO ia" State, s.gml-
lying th' voluntary act of the party, winch
violation he could tot be- supposed TO have cX-
rrciscd he was the servant ui anotl"r-
Secondly. that the case Game wltha tie c.rcrp-
tiOn Of the Statutc--thr mistress of the boy b.
ng III the State OH visit. the court held
that the case was not one W wlthn the meaning
and intent of the Jaw and the boy was dl>chars-
ed. Grason, counsel for the State; Groomp
for the hoy.-CecH Wig.
DEATH OF a DELAwAKIAN-Strphen Pleas
onton, ESQ, Fifth Auditor Of the Treasury de
partnent, died at Washington on the ID INST.
IN tne - year OF his age. He was born in
Kent county III tins State. and was probabI,
the oldest officer under the Uulted States GOV
ernmcul. He was appointed to Il ClerkshIp j,
the Treasury dcpa: tueni. under Washington
ri
elder Adams, and removed from phlladelphr,
to Washington, when the seat Of the Genera
Government was changed He had almost IN,
the entire control of the Light House depart
. mrnt. and was faithful aud efficient officer
: Del. Republican.
OF We copy the following from the Den
ton Journal:
LAND SALEs.-A tract of land near FEEDER
alsburg containing 2j0 acres has been sol
:, for $2,120. Thos. F. Carey, Esq, purchaser
4 A tract OF land near GrcenSbOrough. containing
y lS6 acres. has also been sold for 81 l2B pc
: acre. A Mr.. Clark, from Delaware, purchaser
San ACCIDENTAL free negro man hvn
: with Capt. Stmndberg, near Edston, says Tia
" Star, was killed very suddenly on MOnda
= morning, BY the running away of a par of mule;
which he was driving tOac1rt He was throw
:, from the cart against tree, and IN the taI
! broke two of his ribs, and was injured other
" wise that he did not live more than one hour
e A SPEAEER's PowER.-In the course of
late lecture, Mr.. Chaplin, among other thing
g of the present day which he was sublcctng I
II playful but whitening irony, he spohe OF til
n - bonnets which are never able I" keep pac
d with their wearcrs." II was amusing to motto
that on the instant, nlne-tenths of the adie
present inyoluntarIIy graspcd the front OF thri
bonnets with both hands and gave thrm IA twltc
iorward-a useless effort, however, Tor the mi
a liners had made them SO they would not come