Smyrna times., 1857-03-18

an, 10 De callcd superior. Michigan agrees at
o surrender that part of her territory which pr
les without the Peninsula, and WISCONSIN con- pt
ents to part with that portion of her territory 81
which lies on the shore of the great Lake, be- "
sides which Minnesota must yield portion of
ler territory Immediately adjoining. A memo
rial presenting the advant ges of the scheme Il
is already prepared for Congress. In the mean 4
time bill providing for the admission of Ore e
gOn as State, has passed the House of Rep b
rescntatives. 1t limits the area of the State $
to 10000 square miles. and provides that it e
may be admitted into the Union when it has
attained population of ninety thousand. This
will leave nearly three-quarters of the territory
beyond the boundaries of the State, frQm which
three large members of the confederacy will
be formed at no distant day. The territory of
Washington will be divided into two States,
each of them considerably larger than Virginia.
Minnesota has territory enough for four large
States, and is rapidly filling up with population.
Kansas, Nebraska and New Mexico, will not
be long in territorial condition, and new States
will probably even be formed from portions of
Texas and California. What country ever pre-
sented such evidence of progress and prosperi-
lty! Those who contemplate securing new
national flags, should wait until all the stars
shine out in our glorious blue,
THE STATES INvEsTMENTs.-While many
OF our sister States are largely in debt, and.
as consequence, the citizens thereof are COM
PEELED to pay heavy Stae tax, Delaware has
a very large sum of money invested at interest.
Consequently we have no State tax to pay
The interest ofthis fund is applied 10 the main
tenaace of public schools throughout the State
: Sometime our Legislative bodies borrow a few
thousand from the school fund, but usually,
when opportunity offers, they tax a bonus on
some corporation to make up the deficiency,
when there is not enough revenue to pay the
expense Of government. On page lO8 OF the
Revised Code, we find the following invest
}. ments recorded:
II 5000 shares of the increased stock of the
!. Farmers Bank, on which $40 per share have
been paid.
n Loan of $780, ,793 SO to the Phi adeI phia, Will.
is mington, and Baltimore Railroad Company.
,fE Loan of 1000 to the county OF Sussex.
?, 2439 shares of Farmers Bank stock, at S5C
II per share, held thus--l,9 at Dover, 295 al
r. New Castle, 240 at Georgetown.
II 81 shares of the stock Of the Bank of Della
N ware.
v la shares of the stock ofthe Bank of Smyrna
II l27 shares of the Union Bank stock.
5000 heretofore invested in stock of the
!. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company
,r directed to be vested in stock of the New Cas-
tie and Wilmington Railroad Company.
i, 90 shares of stock in the United States Banl
= of Pennsylvania.-DeL Gazette.
g. MAGAzINEs.-We have received the Cosmo
10 politan Art Journal, and find it's content
very interesting.
h. We have received from Dix. Edwards g. Co
,s the March humber OF Household Words.
N contains thirty-four articlcs-among which i
:. would be difficult to find one which is dull AM
unintcresting, so uniform in goodness is thi
- periodical.
We have received. also, from the same pub
o. Iishers, the March numbers OF PUTNAM s Montl
m Iy and the Schoolfelow. The first named
b as usual, contains much interesting md nstruc
M tive reading matter. The editor of the latte
of keeps his young readers we'll posted in matter
,o of interest in the great world. A sketch of Dl
DIS Livingston and his travels is given; and til
be readers are also favored with poem from tn
I'M pen of Longfellow.
o. HARPER's New MONTHLY" North Carol
ay ma Illustrated" the leading article in Harper
he for March is very interesting sketch of sec
10. merry and incidents IN North Carolina. "Albo
re ny Fifty Years Ago." and From Thebes
,o- the Pyramids are the other illustrated art
To- cles. It is an excellent member.
he OF We are in weekly receipt of Harper
Journal cf Civilization" which is a very e1
celeut and instructive paper.
we or A gentleman at Middletown sends
ian the following item for publication:
ge. MOLAssEs AND NEGROEs.-The Wheelir
ng Times, Of Monday, says that a short time sin'
zen gentleman who keeps grocery in the vicir
Joy ty of Fairview, some distance out on the N
ia tiOnal Road, west, came 10 Wheeling al
sh- bought barrel OF molasses. He took it hon
as and commenced retailing it in small quantiti