Smyrna times., 1856-08-06

ing the reflection that he woulJ AXE hi
breakfast in Chestertown or his sunncr :, bou
q "'Nei"oie Ihah'-he was killed, and, alas alas
!" VINO may not conclude that the latter was his
u0o'"' Ihe wise man fcareth and departctb
from EVIL, the fool rages and is con6dent I'm,
'"'S Is incidental to my design. Chestertown
Is the senior of Baltimore, and was once. in
SIZE ana commercial importance. its most for
""O'e rival 10 the stranger it presents
quite an antlquated appearance The houses
are generally old and storm-stricken, and are of
IngllSh style--the bricks composing MANY of
'nein were brought from Europe before their
hlahufactory was introduced into this country
Nor are The bricks the only objects of Euro
pean origin here presented to offend the Anne
'i'1n MIND Would that they were-happy
would 1t be for Chestertown,-but, alas it is
hot SO. Arlstocracy-Ius use the word not as ex.
pressing superiority of mind, manners or
ihofals' but IN that sense SO odious to eacb-so
ln'inlcal to the spirit and genius of American
| institutions. Just to think of Brother Jonathan
dressed up in old John Bulls clothes. stalking
"Oioau Ill the streets of an American village or
reclining on couches of down beneath the sba-
uo" Oh brlck walls-inaccessible to all but sucb
as come In like disguise. How reyoltinp 70 tho
american heart-how repugnant to the Ameri.
can mind! If Mr. Dallas should be consurod
lor refusing to appear before her Brtanic ma l
Jesty in English costume. how mncb moro t
o"Ou,u nc De condemned who dare appear be-
iore MS American majesty, the sovereign peo-
PEE assuming the despicable air of aristocratic
England. would parade the naughty. Tory
IKE Pretender before the condemnatorv oozo IF
tnis great, this free, this American renubl;c :
un'll' sick of beholding so odious a monster
win que universal shout, it should proclaim its
'HaI punishment from our land. Aristocra- a
cy' ln7he sense here employed, is not onlv hos. k
''e 10 'he genius, but also the prosperity of our
country 1hus has it proven with Christen. II
dou' 1t has introduced disaffection amonp its W
l"ndoilahts, produced a selfish estrangement of Il
neart and of interest, and has paralized the al
BUSINESS energies OF the place. This readily Al
'Ho'uS solution OF the problem-Why-with W
her many advantages, on a fine stream, afford m
ny ually ana easy access to Baltimore. the i'm. tn
proved condition of her surrounding countrv- gE
"hy mas not her prosperity increased, Wbv -
rave not her borders been enlarged! Alas,
I'as! those walls, those huge, hot walls, Tbev do
l''e uainlhed OH every stream and rvulet that 1t
would have poured in its wholesome crystal 81
lue' ana wnat but stagnation could be exnect. r.,
u! But England, Nth all tAy EauIs, ] mt
OOe thee shH :" Perhaps no place of canal te
l%e mas presented more honored sons IN tbis pc
Iepubllc than has she--ther voices have baon en-
card In the councils of our nation md ,lo;u 20,
'O'uS nave been as gods fastened by the mas to
CT OF assemblies An Eccleston, a Chambers SEE
iu rearce, still living, are names with which sec
u are FAMILIAR. Long may live the uncompro. 90,
iis'ng advocates OF our national glory! to
Wehave three echurches-the Metbod;s, FL wf
opal, the Protestant Fn;sco,oI the
lethodlst-each of which is usually quite well mo m
Aehded. The rum traffic is carried on opite see
here. This monster stalks nm. the
ushingly abroad, and without modesty or diff COZ
ehce proclaims his shameful, diabolical do gel
gns through the public print. Some portions r;c
our town are literally crowded with tboso viii
dens. These are, of eourse ed
lunned by the respectable-but the ipnoront Ter
'gro becomes the easy dupe and sure victim of tho
ese conscience scared sinners, who. bold;nc and
irresistible spell over their appetites, weekly /
ch-ior they do not give value received mo-
eir hard-earned pttance-depriye them Of all Ina
at buys their daily bread-thus driving tboro NOT
'"eit ana kindred crimes. tax our county and rea
owd our Jails and penitentiaries, and O how ry
Len' erect our galowses and prepare its vic ma!
ns But, yet TO all this respectabiIitv, intel. cor
'ence' and shall say religion-nay its Gor0 fool
eH denled-give their passive and silent ac- hea
lescence. "DeliUer me, o Lord. from blood as q
uiLtiness ~ blnsb M EI;t. NT' O'o'" bet,
Ter hon, ,,o-,. 60 .-N''0i' "heh con- acti
ier now very far we have been distanced by NOR
ue Delaware Ialmost envy her distinguish. and
e'nlnence in this "good work." Nav our way
vn State speedily awakan e. doe
Tenn responsibility, and become emuIo,. &c not
glorious prlze-is the earnest desire of s
Your lr,eIfsaand coadjuter, ~. - is re
~, D.. Lin
CHEsTERTowN, July 81, 1856. er eor'
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Correspondence Of lie Smyrna Times. bott
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FAYErrE, Mo-, July %, 1856. bors
I'eGr Times have, as you perceive. been on% -
'Ing trip to the West, and have, for the lartI
tune being, settled down in this quiet little and
lage; and having leisure hour take tho wh'
erty OF writing you short correspondence, Sor m"r
ping 1t may interest some of your readers. cSrt %
tayette is situated about ten miles from the
ssouri River it is the county seat of Howard - " "
inty' and contains about eight hundred in Betf
'ltahts. a college is in progress of erection the