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Smyrna times., 1856-12-24

PAGES, whereupon he turned and took out like a
quarter horse, carrying Sans coat on his head
or in his mouth, we never knew which. and the
tooth-pick in his brisket. AS he retreated, he
received the other nine buckshot about his taf-
irail; that and the yelpng of the dogs accele-
rated his locomotion considerably. -
Turning my attention now to Sam, who stri-
kingly resembled bundle ofrags ready for the
Paper-mill, propped him up and applied the
flask to his lips, and he sucked with the affec-
tionate vigor of an infant. His first exclama-
ton, upon recovering breath. was: .. .-
"Well, awllers thought myself some in a
bar fight, buta few like that will knock the
conceit out of better man than Sam Ransom"
Poor Sam, he was inconsolabe upon discov-
ering his coat and knife were gone with the
bear.
"It's burglary" said he, " and he's gone in
| to Illinoy with 'em."
"Never mind, Sam," said /, " we'll get a
requisition from the Governor for his arrest"
We lost no time in starting in pursuit; the
| followed it by moonlight. We came up with
him at bay about two miles off. But he wal
no longer the bear he was an hour before. HI
still had sufficient life, however, to make oul
two remaining dogs keep at a respectful dis
tance the third lay dead at his feet. Sam, By
way of getting even, put bullet between hi
eyes, and finished his earthly career. Thougl
the knife was still in his breast, Sam insisted
on it, that 1 had killed the bar. And, dea
Spirit, slept on that bear-skin until kile'
my first buffalo, having slept on buffalo-skil
ever since.
Washington City, Oct. Goth, 1856.
-POrter'S Spirit.
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24

DEATH OF DR. PUsEY.-The intelligence by
the City of Baltimore announces the death of
the celebrated Doctor Pusey, the most famous
theological writer Of the present century. lie
was the originator of the Anglican or Puseyite
party in the Church of England, and though his
early associate, DR.. Newman, and vast num-
Der of his disciples, have gone over to Papacy
Doctor Pusey remained in the English Church.
1t is little more than twenty years since he first
created an excitemant in the theological world
by the publication of the Oxford Tracts, in
which his great learning and subtitle powers of
reasoning were employed to sustain theory
Of Church worship based upon the Aoostolical
succession, and. attributing an efficacy to the
ritual of the Church of England equal to that
claimed by the Church of Rome. On account
of the publication of the Tracts, he was sus'
pended from the duties of preacher for foul
years. He was man of great learning, ant
filled the office of Regus Professor of Hebrew
at Oxford, and was Canon of Christ Church,
He always protested against his name being
used to designate the party of which he Wa
the acknowledged head. "" T"i.2 .".
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24

How TO GET AT TRUTH.-That the world is
civilization, every candid thinker will admit
That these often prevail with persons and
communications, intelligent above the average,
no competent observer will venture to deny
Why is this! 1t is because the weighing of
evidence, pro and con-. is too frequently ne
elected, because hasty immature conclusions
are adopted; because opinions are taken al
second-h hand.
1t is not enough-in a word-to be able to
read, or even to spend months burrowing in a
library. A man may have all the lore of the
world slowed away in his brains, yet, if he
has never digested it properly, his opinions will
be nearly worthless. To read is one thing, to
think is quite another. Whoever would be
wise, must hear all sides and Judge between
them. No earnest man ever accepts conclu-
sons on another's ipse dirit. He thinks for
himself. He gets at truth by grinding facts in
his own hopper, by sitting and boiling them in
bis own mill.
Franklin had a capital method of deciding
difficult questions. He took sheet of paper,
ruled line down the middle in red ink, and
then entered on either side the arguments, pro
and con. This paper hs-kept on his writing
table for several days, and when any new argu.
ment presented itself to him, he wrote it i'm
medately in its appropriate place. When he
found that no more reasons suggested them
selves; that the subject, so far as his capacity
and facts went, appeared TO be exhausted, he
began the labor of sitting this mass. If he
found an argument in one column, balanced
by another, in the opposite, he struck both off.
If he found one that took two to balance it; he
erased two OH one side, and one on the other
By this process he finally found himself with
no arguments left in one column, or with but
a few, and these greatly disprorortisned to
those in the other. BY adopting this method,
OH all difficult and important occasion, he ac-
quired that reputation for soundness and judg-
ment in which he has no rival, either among
our revolutionary sages, or their successors
except in Washington alone.
If men generally would adopt this plan, oil
: one similar to it, there would be fewer erro-
! neous opinions formed. What the world need:
: is not SO much more books as more accuracy il
thinking, not so much more learning as more
, knowledge, which though often confoundet
= with learning, is far better thing. Reading
like conversation, is only means to arrive a
:, an end.
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24
The Tide of Grace.

Let me now urge on you the advantage and
duty of improving to the utmost every season of
heavenly visitation There are seasons more
favorable and full ofgrace than others. In this
there is nothing surprising but much that is in
harmony with the common dispensation of Pro-
vidence. Does not the success of the farmer,
seaman, merchant-of men in many other cir
cumstances, chiefly depend on seizing opportu-
mites which come in and go out like showers
which flow and ebb like the tide of the ocean
The sea is not always full. Twice day she
deserts her shores, and leaves the vessels high
and dry upon the beech; so that those who
would sail must wait and watch, and take the
tide; and larger ships can only get uhoat, or,
if aAoat, get across the bar and into harbor,
when, through favorable conjunction of ecle
siastical influences, the sea swells in stream of
spring tide beyond the common bounds. The
seaman has his spring tide; the husbandman his
spring time, and those showers and soft winds
and sunny hours, on the prompt and dillgent
| Improvement of which the state of the barn and
granary depends
If the season of heavenly visitation is impro-
we'd, who can tell but it may be with you as to
one we'll known to us! She was a fair enough
professor, yet had been living a careless, God
less, Christless life. She awoke one morning.
and most strange and understandable, her wax
ing feeling was q strong desire to pray. She
wondered. 1t was early dawn, and what wa'
more natural than that she should say there il
time enough-meanwhile ga little more sleep
a little more slumber, little more folding o
J the hands to Sleep" AS sine was sinking bacl
again into unconsciousnsss, suddenly, with the
: brightness and power of lightning, though
f flashed into her mind, filling her with alarm
this desire may have come from God-this ma.
be the hour of my destiny, this the tide of sal
} vation, which, if neglected, may never return
D She arose and flung herself on her knees
!, The chamber was changed into Peniel an
d when the morning sun looked in at the windoV
3 he found her wrestling with God in prayer; al
: Ike one from sepulchre, she came forth thu
. day at the call of Jesus, to follow him hence
e forth, and in her future life 10 walk this worl
1t with God. 'a!s 7 .r.5 = :. j.sl
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REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE. 7sa = j..

THE subscriber offers for sale. on reasonable and
Il accommodating terms, the following Properly,
va.
NO LA Tract Of LAND situated near the Leip.
nc DeEpt in LIulc Creek Hundred, Kent county, and
eoaisIning &c ACRES, so of which are Woodland.
NO. 2--ls FARM in New Castle county, aoOui
seyen miles from SMYRNA and containing 400 Acres.
sIarre prupoftlon q which is in Woodland. Build
ngs iole ably gsod This farm is offered very cheap
kk4x No.3-Is Farm near BIarkiston's X Roads
E,.; adlolnng Ian Is Of N. t. Underwood and 9TH
Eiif ers and contains 10 Acres-about 40 OF which
is Woodland, the residne arabic and IN good
state OF cultivation Buildings tOlerables '1 ffa
Also HOUSES and several LOTS IN The town ol
smyma. 20 hti'
A number sf LOTS, alsoi at the Smyrna Depot. 81
J. s. HUNTINGTON,
sage74f Real Estate Agent, smyrna, Del.
rSuKvEyiSG and CoSvEyANcISG Punctu
ally atteR1ed to. . -. e...a .fs.@' 80
..... ........ ]. s. II.
oFFICE-at the Post Office, OH Main st.
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24

UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL SocIETY.-
The iith annual meeting of the United States
Agricultural Society will be held at the rooms
of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington,
january l4th 1857. lecture will be deliver
ed on the application of Science to Agriculture
by Professor Henry, of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. The various Agricultural Societies of
the United States are expected to send dele
gates to the meeting. a.4l5 .as..4 y s,..... !. ,
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24
Paper Hanging and Painting.

THE undersigned would respectfully inform the
siiirels Of SMYRNA ami the public generally, that
he !. prepared To do all kinds Of HOUSE and SIGN
PAINTING. GLAZING and PAPER HANGING, al
the shortest and upon the most moderate terms
lie has been residing in this town the last four years
and can give the best references in regard to the exc
oullsn of his work.
knr Call at the new Gothic Frame House on Com
merre street, REUHEN- II. STEW ART,
seia..Iy .. Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24

PROFITABLE WoRK.-The New York cores
pondent of the Boston Transcript says that on
the FIRST of January, Chllds & Peterson, Phaila-
delphia, publishers of Kanes Expedition, will
pay over TO the author the handsome sum OF
fifty thousand dollars-coryright per centage
on the sale ofthe work. Seven thousand copies
of AIKbone,s Biograp phical Dictionary, by the
same publishers, have been ordered in advance
in England; and the author has been already
offered ten thousand dollars for his copyright.
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24
Written for the Smyrna Times.
Well Think of Fifty-Six.
ny a. w. +.

by q. W.T..
The present year that's nearly gone,
We will not soon forget,
In future years we'll sing song
Of "we remember yet"
For scenes and acts now held so dear,
Which we will soon afix,
That came to pass in this, our year
Wen think of fifty.six. ~t
Wen not forget last smiling Spring,
When mid the shady grove
The merry songs the birds did sing,
In one bright band of love;
Whils through the grove gentle breeze
Well laden'd with perfume, ...... .
Mov'd slowly on among the trees,
From flowers just in bloom.
Anon, that Spring of love was gone
Which we could see no more;
And, too, friend we'd cherish'd long,
Had gone sometime before;- '-s
With beauteous Springs of so much mirth
We doubtless all have been,
And seen our friends return to Earth
So sorrow cometh then
A fervent Summer came to view
At the appointed time,
With morning bow and evening dew
Two nourishers Of this cline;
With verdant hill and swelling field,
All waving like the sea;
With matur'd fruit-a precious yield!
Suspending from the tree.
Among those long, bright, sunny days,
Were some eventfnl ones
To our minds, whose brilliant rays
Will be SO many suns;
When dark, oblivious clouds are past,
They pour upon oSr mind
Those sad ones-would they were the last
While others seem divine.
The year of party strife has BEEN
A campaign greatly mar'd
By frightful parties who did tend
The Union to discord;
But party strife is quiet now,
The Union seems in peace,
And so it will remain, we trow-
o, Lord, our peace increase!
No, Fifty-Six, We'll not forget
Thou vast a fruitful year, ~ i.
Who found "and leaves US deep in debt"
Too deep-too deep-we fear!
For benefits we did receive
From Him who ruleth all;
If we but ask, will He relieve
Whene'er our voices call!
A few more transient days, and then
Our Fifty-Six is gone;
1t seems like parting with friend,
Alas we've lov'd so long -"
'Tis one who ovid to Time its birth,
Not to eternity ',f ~
Like all the flowers of the earth -"
Was born to bloom and die.
Worcester Co., Nd, Dec. 1856.
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24

FRoM THE WEsT IspIEs--.ArrivaL Of DR.,
Kane.-The st. Thomas correspondent of the
New York Herald, writing under date Of the
Sd. communicates the following:4 ""'A '''
"lProbablyo 1t will besiofi interest to you to
know that Dr0 Kane,i tha. .lArctic explorers has
arrived at this retired little Island. He arrived
pstght p tRs pscsss stssgsT from ESSSPsS
appears greatly impaired. He caught a severe
cold in Europe, and looks as if he was suffering
from consumption Dr. Kane remains here O
fortnight, then will proceed to Havana. He
has been kindly received by all our resident
Americans. 1T is TO, be hoped that The chaHge
~ climate will be Of benefit to his health" Is
tI "a NRrH Wt-FH
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24

SCENE IN KENTUCKY CoURT.-In the good
old times in Kentucky, when " substantial JUS
tice was administered in log cabin, after a
very free and easy manner, a suit was brought
to recover certain moneys of which it was al
legged plaintiff had been defrauded by the inge-
nious operation known as ",thimble rigging"
In the course of the trial plaintiffs counsel,
who happened to be an "expert," undertook to
enlighten the Court as to the modus operandi of
the performance. Putting himself into posi-
ton, he produced the three cups and the " lit
tie JOKER" and proceeded, suitng the action to
the word.
"Then, may it please the Court, the defend
ant placing the cups on his knee thus, began
shifting them so, offering to bet that my client
could net tell under which cup was the 'little
Joker meaning, thereby, may it please the
Court, this ball-with the intention OF detraud
ing my client of the sum thus wagered. Fol
instance, when raise the cup so, your honor
suppases that you see the ball. .i.o !.
| Suppose see - interrupted the Judge. who
had closely watched the performance, and wai
sure that he had detected the ball as one of thC
cups was accidentally raised. "Why, any foo
can see where it is and bet on it and be SUR
to win., There amt no defraudin' thar u
"Perhaps your honor would like to 60 Q !
on it"' insinuated the counsel.
"Go a " {! yes, and double it, too, and here
the rhino. It's under the middle cup" p
"rll go V on that said the foreman of tn
jury. ....4..n.,.,x..,...9 x.
the other, until each one had invested his pile
"Upr' said his honor. . ',s
o. Up it was, but the "little JOKER had myste
riously disappeared. =. :, ~, !, Ia.
Judge and jury were enlightened and foun
ne diificuIty in bringing verdict in favor {
the plaintiff, on the ground that it was th
:, darndest kind of defraudin'."a His honor az
iourned the Court, and g stood for drinks .
+ round" in consideration of being !" let off
from his wager.
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24
u req
|ass WARERO0NIS. .'ssG

rraE andemsnsd respectfully informs his customers
y and lhe public that he has constantly on hana =
nrye asssrtment Of fashionable fUhNIfoAE oi hil y
anss, msnsfa acfufed witb especial care by ms o~
werklaen, and upder his own supervision. He also
eesnnefds TO the p1bc his newly invepfed ana I'M;
lssssa Sss Bed<taad snd Lounges, which iof eenve'
,senee and sur pass anything ever used se
I'm prices srs xably LDw and he sollcits share
n yshlse p.svsnsse. Tnfr JnfIAt AaBABER. a9A q
aps-ly Is7 Souia Second ST. above spruce
~ . ss.ggali- Fl'5lsFR x Phifadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24

In THE DARK,--We, dwellers in this world
Of, error, are like men walking through the
streets Of a city on foggs morning. Every
one fancies that immediately around himself
there is little or no fog, but around others, at
little distance he perceives it to be thick and
binding; and they, in turn. make q precisely
similar mistake aboutthemselyes and him leach
deeming it quite clear where he himself is, and
that all the rest are in the dark, >. '.-
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24
--
Fancy Goods, Baskets, &C., &t

Fancy GOODS, BdSketS, NC', ONO'
u TAs Iargsst Assortment 3- Bo9est Prices.
". TiLIER, Importer. has just opened at hrs New
Sssrs. M. MS soulh FOURTH street, between Market
aad Chestnut sta, Philadelphia, $50 CASES NEW Nv
GOODS. received by the last apaekets--making the
greatest yeristv OF Fancy Goods ever before offered
ifoYs. Dolls, Fsncy Baskets, China and Aiabaster
Goods. Confectionery Papers, Fapcy, Boxes oega,
Cases Tobacco Boxes, Pipes, Tooth Brushes, ana a
prasszfs Articles, with every variety Oh frenIn nm
German lsoods which he offers at the yery lowest
nies Call early Gases Of Toys, well ASSORTED. a.
VI. $40 and $40 per case d ec@z ana
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24
AUCTIONEERlNC.

The undersigned respectfully announces to
the citizens of Smyrna, that he will, at the
shortest notice and upon the most reasonable
terms, do all kinds of Auctioneering that may
be desired. Having had considerable expert
ence in the business, he is confident of giving
sasfciion. THOMAS RASH.
Anr,t q. IS:56. .E.- .l
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24
WooD-uEAyE for Sale.

<SsaA | will sell at private sale on reasonable,
x!kk terms, EIGHTY ACRES OF WOOD
X42c& LEAVE. we'll set in heavy White, Black
~ Red and Spanish.OAkS.
-. THIS Tract of TIMBER Is situated on
The mad leading from The Smyrna Depot 10 Mil
Laslon six miles foIs the former. and five from the
laler Ylaee. -. b Y. bLAChlSION'
deer Park" March 9th, Soft = III. 49,. .....' &
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24
FOR SALE

gn0 TONS Peruvian GUANO; +a...
tVU 1000 bushels best Ground Plaster,
10000 bushels fine Lime; ...-.. ,....
Building Stone. Brick, Stone Lime, &C., regu
larly kept on hand, by
GEO. w. CUMMINS
Smyrna, March 81, '56-ly.
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24

A REASON ron SToPPING A PAPER" Deai
Sir: have looked carefully over your Papel
for six months for the death of some indiyldua
that was adquainted with, but as yet, not
single soul Ilcare Anything about has dropped
off; you will please have my name ierasedds Il,
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24

THE NEXT FEDERAL APPoRTIoEMESr TAX
ing the popular vote in the northwest, and es-
timating the increase for the next four years,
the Boston Atlas estimates. that Wisconsin,
Iowa, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois will be
entitled to 55 representatives in Congress, in
place Of 30 which they now send to the House.
The present HOUSE contains go members from
the slave States--not reckoning the slave mem.
bers from the free States---and LAG from the
free States Unser the next appOrtiohmen,,
the free States will have about two to one
This is what the Southern politicians see, and
il is this that alarms them. How unwise in
them to raise questions which set the whole
sentiment of the North rim opposition to them.
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24
.t.rr IMPROVED -eI %
Sinner Plsosphate Of Lime.

rpHE sab. sribers inform Dealers am Farmers that
L ILey have greatly improved the quality Of their
Sepss Phosphate Of Lime, and now confidently recon-
sseaa lhe article as superior to any The markell
Also, constantly on hand Peruvian and Mexican
GUANO, OILS, CANDLES. SOAP, ETC., at the low
ssi markel r,ies. s MITCHELL 4. CRoAsDALE.
Successors 10 G., w Ridgway q Co
8 i;a' caf1 eta NO. 80 NORTH WHARVES. ,
-.......fs ,s,,.4 Above Arch street. fhIadelpstla
srFarmeis can load IN Water street, and avoid me
<vss.,..l $50. : -IH--l if" '" su27-lm
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24

or II is rumored that The last and greatest
curiosity of the age has Just been, receivcd at
,he Museum. Ii is the gun with which the
sre :. 'SileIf IlIfFss939H isBn
Qucs''o" y PoPpsuufog Iiaai 10 aln1 basnha1 osli
.a.nl Iiaal annll
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24
MAP OF DELAWARE,

THE subscriber has purchased the balance
# The edition Of the Maps of Delaware. AS
the original plate has been destroyed by 6re'
and the number sf copies remaining unsold is
Tery YER limited, early attention of those in want
Of ibis excellent map is important,to their IN,
,.rests. A large. assortment of pocket and
ether maps for sale by -
oc2e-St 7t s. -. ]. T. HEALD,
= l27 Market st., Wilmington, Del.
Smyrna times., 1856-12-24

UxHAPPr ITALr,--In the two Sicilies, in the
Pspal States, Tuscany and the Lombards--Vs-
netian Kingdom there have been in all since
1881, and with the exception Of 100 since ls4s,
no less than 677s persons executed for politi-
cal offences, or crime against the State. These
are the open. ayowed executions. More. have
perished probably by torture, summary punish-
ment, treachery, and in the dungeon celia
What frightful. catalogue. And yet the free
governments Of Europe dare not strike a blow
for . sunhappy Italy.'iss no .BH s,gtng,Ia,sr
4
| ;n0r The Dist day of December was the short
est day Of The year. -, ~ ,'a,,....a -
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-12

RIDING BEHIND.-In the last century,
when it was fashionable for horses to carry
double, and for doctors to ride horseback, a
gentleman of the medical profession, in a
country town to the eastward, returning
one day from visitingsa patient, overlook
young lady, the dauS Shter of one of his
neighbors, walking on foot. The Doctor,
with becoming gallantry, invited her to
get up behind him. After great deal of
Importantly she accepted his offer, and ma
king use ofthe fence for horse block, she
was SOON ed. But being young and
difhdent, ared not put her arms in
the usual MODE, around the doctors waist
The consequence was, that on ascending
the first hill, she slipped off behind.
Having, however, in the first place pre-
ferred going on foot, she did not regard
this lapse as any misfortune, but walked
was little hard of hearing, or whether he
was prevent by the noise of the horses
feet-nevcr once dreamed of his loss, but
rode gaily on, chatting all the while most
indefatigablr, and never once looking be-
hind or waiting to receive an answer. He
talked of the immense number of his pa
tients, the variety and magnitude of their
diseases, of the many wonderful cures he
had performed, and told, besides, many
fine stories of his younger days, when he
used to take the girls riding, and all that.
In short, he talked INCREASINGLY and to his
own entire satisfaction, until he had got to
the residence of the young lady, when he
made directly for the horse-bloek to enable
her to dismount with the more ease at
the same time speaking to her mother who
stood in the door, he said, ''Ive brought
home your daugh-- no, I'll be blistered
if L have!" he finished the sentence, as
turning half round to help her off, he saw
that she was not there.
His surprise may be more easily imagin-
ed than described. Suffice it to say, if one
of his patients had slipped his cable, he
would not have been more astonished.
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-12
NO. 46.

CROMWELL LETTERs.-I call the let
ters good; but, with all, only good of their
kind. No eloquence, eleganceor not always
even clearness of expression, is to be look
ed for in them They are written with far
other than literary aims; written, most of
them, in the very fame and conflagratiOn
of revolutionary struggle, and with an
eye to the despatch of Indispensable press
ing business alone; but it will be found, L
conceive, that for such end they are we'll
written. Superfuity, as if by natural
law of the case, the writer has had to dis
card; whatsoever quality can be dispensed
with is Indifferent to him. With unwield-
ly movement, yet with great solid step
he presses through, towards his object;
has marked out very decisively what the
real steps towards it are, discriminating
well the essential from the extraneous
forming to himself, in short, true, not an
untrue, picture of the business that Is to
be done. There is in these letters, as L
have said above, silence still more signi-
ficant of Oliver to us than any speech they
have. Dimly we discover features of an
intelligence and soul of a man, greater
than any speech. The intelligence that
can, with full satisfaction to itself, come
out in eloquent speaking, in musical sing
ing, is, after all, a small intelligence. He
that works and does some poem, not he
that merely says one, is worthy of the
name OF poet. Cromwell, emblem of the
dumb English, is interesting to me by the
very inadequacy of his speech Heroic in
sight, yalor and belief, without words
how noble is it in comparison to eloquent
words without heroic INSIGHT. = CdrIYke.