Smyrna times., 1857-10-21
DetGaUGre affairs.

OF The fall term of the Court for Sussex
CO., commenced at Georgetown, on Monday
There is considerable criminal business on the |
docket, there being one or two cases of capi- |
tai character:
CEF The first premium was awarded to the
grain drill manufactured by Haines & Woods
of Wilmington, at the Burlington county, N.
J., exhibition, last week. Also by the Mont
gomery county fair held at Norristown, Pa,
the same week.
OF The students of Delaware College have
challenged the members of the Senior Class
for a debate, quite a spirited contest will take
place on Saturday night, the Oath inst, the
time fixed for the meeting.
| 0ET We learn says the Gazette that several
heifers in the vicinity of our city have been
killed in their pasture, it is supposed by some
rascals for the meat, as the hide and feet of one
that was missing by Mr.. First, were found in
Christana marsh on Mr.. Latiner's farm. Mr.
First has recently missed three head of cattle
1t is also reported that there has been two kill
ed in Cherry Island marsh. Some effort should
be made to detect the perpetrators of this viii
lany.
GF George Shortes has built new dwell
ing on his farm near Shorts landing. Dimen-
sious 46 by 80 feet.
/ 0T c. II. B. Day of Murderkiln Hd.. Kent
county, raised the present season, $40 bushels
of wheat of the velvet variety on a field of sc
acres. 1t was of superior quality, and for the
past year may be considered a first rate crop
being over 26 bushels to the acre.
o. On Thursday night last two attempt:
were made in Wilmington to set fire to houses
FURTHER DIsrREss.-The large Cotton Fac
tory of PusCy & Sons, situated in Front Street
ceased operations on Tuesday evening and dis
charged its operatives in consequence of the
, great scarcity of money.
Lamott & Son closed the doors last week O
their foctory in Brandywine Village, and gave
: notice to their numerous employees that moth
ing more would be done until the times becam,
easier and money more abundant
Several of the large -four mill on the Brandy
wine have stopped because of the present pres
:, ure. Many of them have large stocks of grain
i on hand but cannot find specie purchasers
n VIII. Democrat.
PENINsULAR AFFAIRs-We clip the follow
It ing from the Peninsuar Ne,Os:
L The people ofthe lower part of Sussex continu
[ TO pick up silver coins along the coast.
. friend informs US that according to the best in
formation he can collect there have been fror
: eight to nine thousand dollars collected alto
4 gether. The coin dates as far down as 1917
E and is in circulation all over Baltimore Hun
e dred. The prevailing opinion is that t is tn
money which was buried by Gibbs and VANS
ley, the two notorious pirates. who after con
vctlOn, confessed that they buried money i
the sand in that neghborhood. We have use
d several Spanish quarters of the beach coin.-
O They are not much worn, but Qnite dark
n 0@r At the first meeting of the board Of D
recrors of the Junction and Breakwater Rail
road Company, held at Mr.. George C. Tumln
e Hotel last Saturday evening, His Excellenc
e, Peter F. Causey was elected President of tn
d Company, and Hiram w. McColley, Esq, SCI
retary and Treasurer.
On Monday last, Mr.. ]. Y. Foulk of tn
20 town, whilst cunning at the new wharf, shot
1t bird called Bull Squash, which he made pre-
e, ent to Mr.. j o. McColley. In its nav wa
=, found by the servant girl, who was in the az
, of cleaning it a live garter snake about twent
r inches in length which coiIed itself around he
r hand. 1t is hardly necessary to say that tn
re bird was not J." served up
:, On Monday, Oct. 9th, Messrs. Ponder,
Milton, Del launched one of the handsome
" scheoners ever built in the State.