Smyrna times., 1856-01-23
Communications,
correspondence Of the Smyrna Times.
Letter from Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 81 1874.

season arrives for armies TO operate. anotbn
Ioo'OU0 men must be slain to apppase the am
0i''0" OF desPots. The Cause of the peopl
See'iiS' at present, if the promised day of uni
'erSal freedom was, further off than ever. Il
hustfla' the people have been sold, body am
Sou'' 10 the Pope of Rome, and that potent in
u'''uual Is using exertions greater than wa
ever known before, to propagate that particula
""h IN every country upon the face of tn,
elooe' vi late, it has, in this quarter. beer
losing ground. In Grenada, Nicsrapuo. Cali
tornia, and New Mexico. the CathoI,c Gin,
mas IN measure, lost her influence. In En-
rope the powers Of her priests boye LOST tbo
'orce and 1t appears very much like the s,roo
gle OF dying leViathian, that she is now psin,
Tor her temporal and spiritual regeneration.
u rumor has prevailed that in consequence
OF the insulting manner which the British gov.
ernment has treated our country, the Atlantic
carried out instructions, on Saturday. tor Mr.
Buchanan, to come home.
lhe deaths last week reached 900. Small
poX 80; consumption 35
despatch from st. Louis informs us that
Tue two factlOns-Missouria and Kansas mon
mad desperate fight at Easton, Kansas Terri.
'ory' on the 10Th inst. Numbers on both sides
were killed. 1t is hoped that the report may
prove false.
By the foreign steamer, we learn that tho
NuAe ol HOtomayor, committed suicide. The
Duke was born at the corner of Second and
Fine streets, in this city. and lived here until
he was years old. His father was the Span.
Ish minister at that time.
over $oO'O0O were raised in this city for the
suffers by yellow fever in Norfolk. last season
There being balance of the fund REMAINING
S3'OOo has been invested the interest of which
is to support the orphans at Norfolk and Ports.
'ion'h' lund is set apart to erect monu-
ment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, and the remains
OF the Philadelphia nurses and doctors wbo
dIed IN the discharge of their duties. to be
paced under 1t. Many persons think it will be
"'is next summer; but no one can predict with
4 certainty; although its march appears TO be
northward. The year it was so fatal at Ne,v
Orleans, 1t also appeared al Mobile the {, ,lou-
ing year at Charleston and Savannah. last vear
so far north as Virginia.
Efforts are being made 10 have the Usurv |
Laws OF the State repealed or modified Thoy
might as we'll be expunged from the statnte for
-hey are never enforced. Every State in tho
mon have penalties imposed for usury; vet
ne law remains dead letter. The iustpess nj
uch laws are questionable. If a man has mo.
''y to loan, he has n right to ask what pcr
ehtum he pleases for il il the borrowertbi
~ eNorbltant, he can refuse to take it
Honey ranges generally in large cities at and
per centum per month. Now, most anv man
o'hg cach business, can borrow 81 200. and
,''h 'hat sum, turn 1t to his advantage at eost
lSht times IN year. The merchant who hu,s i
rect rom the manufacturer, buys with cash. \
discount; yet when he re-sells. on siv Il
o"'hs' ne advances largely on the original S
ISL IN addition to charging interest ON the b
noIe amount for the above space of time l. L
JUST men, that there should be law impos- I
9 penalties upon the loaner, for asking more a
d" per cent. when the borrower reaps spcb b.
Vahtages! There are many who have money al
ioln' but do not wish to be branded ne usor ell
> III consequence of law existing against CT
Even if they did loan on collateral sccuri. tn
ana the borrower refused to pay more than
'er cent per annum, the loaner could moi ra- m
'er'oy law' any more than what is prescribed te
hough he loaned at great risk. If q norson =
win per cent, he can find perma- b.
~ security Tor his principal. But, in note. ha
KING The risks demand greater per centsUe. tn
{ law requiring the legal rates to be 6 per Ii
IT, should apply only to corporations. The re
'NS can make enough at that figure, for they tic
eraliy do business of two or three hundred Bu
nsand dollars more than their cash canitol or de
rters give right TO do ins
he Eplscopalians are doing away with cboirs wi
e. The Epiphany dispensed with theirs re,
'c weeks SINCE and the same fate is likely to De
ur at st. Andrews; both being fashionable ele
rc"es' While they are making such OK. ha'
'Ve reforms, it would not be amiss for ,beu, era
enioVe the restrictions against their minis.
interchanging pulpits with other donom;- of
ons' That Pharasaical disposition of Ennis. the
ii ministers affords ample grounds for nom | v
rch people to cavil at. If a Methodist or the
SOyterlan was to get into a pulpit of the the
'copal Church, the members would cry ont anC
ution. So we go! it Q
- thursday, the people of the 7th Ward are
30 the cry that murder had been commit evil
Oy Two men, living in Ashton st. Some of 6or
saw women struggling with two men. e
roonl and blood could be traced in the rau
~ ."e csss-pooi. The men were arrested, 'neI
coroner summoned witnesses: one u,o,oar abo
ms hing and another that; and another er,v
Q lne dying woman scream. Two officers 7,
geo. the cess pool and brought up the bodv :.
sdog, with his throat cut -
young man named Street, being strongly eng
= tue influence Of the ardent went to sIee1 fc.
q - -. !" we IAN ward, on Thursday, and dres
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