Smyrna times., 1855-10-17
Letter from Smyrna.
We extract the following interesting letter
from the New York Journal of Commerce:

| o"h hNA, DEL.1 OepL. II, 1000.
An excursion into this region of country, no
usually visited by travellers, reminds me tha
this portion of our widely extended republ
participates In the grand march of improvement
which characterizes the age. Here is tow
OF 2OOO inhabitants, named after one of the Sc
ven cities OF Asia, whose past and present his
tory Is so potent to the world. In reachino i
from Philadelphia, we pass the spot where Will
liam renn landed, now called Port Penn, srna
Vliage, which, like most villages on the Della.
ware river, has yielded to the all absorbing in.
hences of Philadelphia. What trade Smyrna
enjoys is chiefly in wheat, and generally those
agricultural products which are derived from
soil naturally good and easily cultivated
mere was tIme--say twenty years ago
wheh inc farmers were ready 10 give up this
(hent) county to the desolations of neglect. md
10 enilgrate to the prairies of the West Many
lhdeed did so, and thus some of the finest tracts
OF Delaware were threatened with 6esortiop
dnu rum equivalent to the "old fields of
maryland. Chills and fever, and bilious fever.
which were always generated in the autumn.
nal months, concurred with other causes TN
produce and promote emigration But that
chahgeable period is now past. The introduc
lion OF fertilizers has wrought the best results.
Lands have been improved-rich crops produc.
ed-good prices obtained-the labors oftbe bus-
oahdinan well ewarded-abundance Of whole
some food furnished, and the healthiness of tho
region quite restored. They have thrown cal
oInel, blue mass" and all sorts of physic to
'he dogs, aud have grown healthy. Smyrna
wears the appearance of an improving town.
steamers ply to the "landng," and constant
is kept up with the metropolis
'f Pennsylvania, Delaware in fact being natu.
ally an appendage of that great State. saw
10 liquors at the hotels. The law has banisb.
"a them, and there is no serious rebellion against
Is authority. The enactment was drawn nm
{ Is said, by Mr.. Smithers of Dover. and is free
rom those Objectionable points which awaken
~ so much controversy in your State. There
among the people no mysti1caton about sori.
'lnal packages, and Custom House brands
% for nothing unless confirmed by unquestion-
Die testimony. The intoxicated transgressor
the street Is arrested, and fined or mprison-
d as ne always should have been in all coun-
rles, Tor 1t lsan open, inexcusable crime apainst
ne peace and dignity of society. The temp
lton is withdrawn from many who would mot
ave resolution to Withstand it, but would
lady be emancipated from one of the most
agrant despotlsms which the earth ever he.
cid. There is quite reform among old and
esperate drunkards. {
This Country was the home of Parson Has. 5
IT, who' IN the sterring revolutionary times,
ansierred his person and services from the :
lurch militant to the tented field. After hay- a
q preached resistance to tyrants, like brave '
d Farson Allen, of Pittsteld, he carried his /
'c'rineS INTO vigorous practice, by raising a !
glment OF soldiers and joining the forces of =
Is country engaged in the momentous war e
he celebrated klrkwood was one of his Can. Il
ms and such havoc was made in the regi-
ent, that Col. Haslett was ordered by Wash. 7
glon 10 return 10 Delaware and recruit it. fl
5 Oattle was imminent, he begged the prlvi- o
ge oi bringing his blue hens chickens into /
ne ut princeton, where the brave warrior fell. y
martyr to the cause of freedom. His remains r,
celVed an honorable sepulture in the Frs, v
resOyterian Churchyard, Market street, Phila- b
lphia' They were subsequently removed by
uer Oh the legislature Of the State of his ma =,
'lty' and inferred in his own churchyard at d.
oVer Over them was erected bv the same e.
lnority' an aItar-shaped monument, to com.
slhorate those deeds, which reflected such ~
sire on the little State then in its intancy.- ii
slaware troops, too, behaved with admirable
ergy aud courage at the battle of Brandy eI
ne, where the rich blood of patriot heroes az
wed freely for the sacred cause. Yet no
'hument has been erected by rich Pennsyl.
n!a' TO mark the memorable spot where oc- r. r.
rred that immortal conflict within her bor- VI
RS. Mr. Custls in his public orations has w
en- pronounced the highest encomiums on the w
aryland and Delaware troops, as highly IN
zed and earnestly commended by the great a
lief who led our armies TO battle, and guided to
councils OF peace. Ii is by such reminis- pu
nces as these, added to the weightiest con. IN
eratlons on earth, that we should make the oT or
peal to the entire people Of this land, to cher tr
the Union of the States; the unity of this oil
ton born by the Providence of God, baptized te
blood, Graded in affliction and SORROW. bu, sa
entually rising to strength and glory. which hs
ract tne attention and command the rever.
ce OF the world. PaIsied be that parrcidal
nd that would be lifted to strike down this r
DIE structure, which should ever grow strong H.
In lapse OF time, and the decay of those EN-. tn
es not founded upon the free will and en-. M
nened sentiment of the people. D. r. r.
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