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Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

HEAVY DEFALCATION OF AN OFFIcrR oP T,ur
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.-A deep sensation has
been created in the religious community BY the
exposure of the defalcation of Mr. Frederick
W. Porter, of Philadelphia, for thirty years the
Corresponding Secretary of the American SUI
day School Union. The Board has issued n
card, stating that Mr.. Porter has issued notes
and acceptances for his private purposes. un.
kaown to any member of the institution. to the
amount of SS5,S83 90. The Board say in tbei,
card
We are happy to say that no part of the
FUNDS appear to have been distracted, nor have
any part of the contributions to its benevolen,
objects been lost or misappled. All the obli.
cations OF the society which have been leOiti.
I7ately incurred, have been and will be promnt
ly met. The business will not be serionslv in.
terrupted, though in shese painful circumstan. n.
ces we shall need, and we doubt not shall have
the warm sympathy and liberal aid of our nu-
merous friends"
Ihe discovery was made about a fortnight
since, during the illness of Mr.. Porter. when
bank notice for $500 was sent in, and no record
OF the note falling due could be found upon the
books OF the society. 1t is not known how lonO
lhe practise has been going on, but it is sun.
posed that the extent Of the outstanding froudu.
lent obligations is $ss,ss3. Part of this !,
secured, and the whole loss, it is believed. will
not exceed $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
Miscellaneous Advertisements
Sale of Valuable Real Estate.

3FS will sell at private sale. my residence
EIig at SkIpton, Md. The dwelling is "A two
I4;!Astory frame Building. 81 by l9 feet. with
9ack Building % by l6 eet Smoke House,
Stab'e, Carriage and Cow Statfe; WHEEL
WRIGHT and BLACKSMITH SHOPS -
These buildings are all new. Also, DWELL
my on the road corner of the land row occu-
pied as parsonage. 1t rents for fifty five dol
lars per annum. There is good well of water
at each of the dwellings Also, THIRTY
ACRES OF LAND atlacned, small portion II
which is in Wood. The Land is mustly an
closed with good plank fence.
Tins properly is located IN talbot county, on
the road leading from Wye Mills to Easton, be-
ing four miles from The former and ten miles
from the latter place, and half mile from
Sklpton Landing.
The property will be shown by tho owner to
any one calling on her, aud terms made known.
GFThe above described property, If not sold
on or before 9Th day Of OcloLer. INST, il will
then be offered at PUBLIC SALE on the Court
House Green, in the town of CenireviIe, be,
tween the hours Of and 3 o'clock, p. NJ. nj
that daV MARY A. AIJSTIN
Oc7 ~ RI
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
Later from Europe.

NeW York, Oct. 2-l p. m.-The steamer
Arabia arrived this morning with Liverpool
dates Of the 10Th ult.
The India accounts state that Delhi was moi
taken on the 29th OF July.
More mutlnies had occurred, including one
regiment In the Bombay presidency. Seyera
victories are reported over the mutineers.
1t is announced that the British troops have
retired from Delhi on account of Sickness
Another report says that large reinforcemen,s
had arrived, and an assault was looked for in y
few days.
The Atlantic Telegraph Cable is to be Ian
ded and stored at the Plymouth Navy yard un.
til next year.
A monetary panic had occurred on the Paris
Bourse, and the rates ofthe credit mobilier have
largely declined. The panic has extended tc
Vienna.
Various speculations are aAoat about the ap
preaching Imperial interview at Stutgard. Il
Is said that Napoleon desires that the Gar nd
Queen Victoria should meet at Paris.
The Spanish ministers have rendered THEN
resignation but 1t was not accepted. 1t is
said that Concha will continue as Governor
General Of Cuba.
The Evangelical Alliance was in session a,
Berlin. Ambassador Wright, Bishop Simpson
and DIR. Baird, figured in the proceedings.
Martial law has been proclaimed in Belfast
and all arms and ammunition are to be given
up.
COMMERCIAL cE-BreadstufS.-
The Brokers Circular reports Flour firm and
Cd better; Wheat quiet; Red from Id to 2d
better Corn steady.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
The Suspension Of Specie Payment

Is hailed in some quarters as a relief to thu
: merchants,"-but, if we recall the experience
of '36, 81, '3S, 40 and IL, we shall see wha
sort of relief it is
Ease is the first effect,--that is, some mer.
chants are saved for the moment, but only for
The moment. Specie is the true and only test
OF values, and the only solvent of debts,-and
the relief suspension gives is like that o
Kum,' Opium or any other stimulant-
"The drink" being over, delirium tremens
comes. Hence, "the case " of 1867 was
but prolonged delirium trenenS, which did
not end till l64l. When the screw began to
be put on for resumption, the agonies of the
tortured community were just as severe as if
they had endured them at the start, without
putting off the evil day. The relief was but
temporary: the punishment lasted for years.
Now, 1t is very true, that Philadelphia, Bal
timore, and other places where the banks have
suspended, may receive temporary relief, from
their ability to discharge debts in bank paper,
but soon' even now, the people are cempell-
ing the banks to resume,--and the banks, in
the process of resumption, will have to put on
the same screws the merchants there have Just
been feeling. Every debt to New York. every
debt to Europe, every debt to the Custom House
and to the Post Office, must be discharged in
specie, and only in specie.
Now New York insists upon and will have
only specie, and the suspended banks every
where will soon be brought to this touchstone
by the people and the Legislatures about them.
New York, it is true, is suffering. and must 90
on suffering, frighttully, from the struggle of
debtors everywhere in the suspended districts,
to pay US paper in lieu of specie, and thou
sands will not pay. New York, therefore, will
only be more cxgent in demanding resumption
everywhere. To have anything from Europe
or elsewhere, now through us, specie must be
paid. Farmers aud Planters products must
come right down TO the specie test. The price
OF buShel of wheat in VIrg MIA or elsewhere.
Will not be the price in paper there, but the
price in specie in New York. Everytbing
must go through our golden crucible. The
test Is to be terrible, and everybody will suffer
by ll'-bnt it is far better to suffer now than to
be sui''rlng, us in lSaG, on to lSII. 1t NAV
no" be a three months eding,-but the pa
tlent who survives VIII be healthier than ever.
even If he can only stand the Dr. Sangrado.-
The consolation is a sad one, to be sure,-bur
it is better to bleed to death at once than to be
suffering by slow poison years and years.-N
Y. ErpreSS
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

LET THE People BE EAsY.--The Phiadel-
phla Sun thus gives word of encouragement:
" That in little while everything will resume
its wonted aspect, is, we think, matter beyond
doubt. The banks have enough specie to meet
the ordinary demands made on them-the ex-
raordnary demand will soon cease. Then
will confidence become general. Another thing
which the people should not lose sight Of is
this, that in a few days men in business who
owe banks, will sell to any proper extent their
goods, aud take bank notes at par, and with
them pay their liabilities to the banks. This
to a considerable extent, must diminish the de.
mand for specie, and all these additions n the
aggregate will, by other accretions, enable the
banks to resume specie payments in full"
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
OF The U. S. Circuit Court will meet in
Wilmington on Tuesday, the Goth instaRt

THE KENT County AGRICULTURAL FAIR
will be held at Dover, on Wednesday and
Thursday Of next week, the 18th and 18th in
stant. DIR. G. Emerson, of Phila., formerly Of
this county, has been invited and consented to
deliver the annual address before the Society.
DR.. Emerson is practical and scientific farm
er, has contributed largely to the agricultural
literature of the country, and, we doubt not,
his address will much conduce 10 the success of
the Exhibition.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
SMRYNA PRICEN CURRENT
CORRECTED weekly FOR II
II AR RE D

On the evening of Thursday, Oct. lst, at the
residence of Walter McMullen, Esq. in Smyrna,
by Rev. Thos. G. Murphcy, Mr. IIENRY Curry
and Miss SARAH ELIZABETH BOYER, both of said
town.
Thanks for the excellent cake! May health
and gladness attend this couple, and their days
be many and prosperous! Blessed are they who
forget not the printer.
On Thursday, September 2lth, Richard B.
Spencer, of Wilmington, Del, to Cathu rinc
Denney, of Kent CO., Del.
On the 17th ult., by the Rev. Thos g. Muir
phey, Mr.. Baynard Wheatly, to Miss Elizabeth
Melville, both of Dover Hundred.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

RFMovAL-Dr. w. r. Collins has removed
his office from the Odd Fellows Hall, to the
building formerly occupied by David Cnmmns,
Esq., deceased, nearly opposite the Post Office.
A gentlemaa from Wilm gton says that du-
ring the past week six or seven hundred per-
sons were thrown out of employment in that
city, on account Of the pressure of the times.
03- Valuable Real Estate in Talbot county,,
Nd, is advertised for sale by Mary A. Austin
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
,e3O.57l l!

PHILADELPHIA MARKErs.-The Flour market
is very dull. Holders are offering standard
brands at S;59 per bbl. Sales to retailers and
bakers, for fresh ground at S5i S5a per bar
rel, and fancy brands. from $64 up to ID. The
receipts of Wheat have fallen of, but there is
very little demand for it. Good red is held at
81 20a 81 %, and 81 30 a 81 30 for good
white; only few samples were offered. Rye
offered at 10 cents. Corn is scarce, with small
sales Of yellow at 75 cts. Delaware Oats are
in fair supplY. at 42c ner bnsheL
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
The CROPS OF THE UNITED SrArEs.--The
Lancaster Express says:


TIE Crops OF THE UNITED SrArEs.--Thc
Lancaster Express says:
Our friends of the South are especially enti-
tied to congratulation. Their cotton, tobacco
and rice fields, have yielded immense products,
and for these the best prices will be obtained.
The West too, has yielded breadstutfs to the
extent and value Of many millions of dollars,
and thus despite the monetary pressure, Ma
ture has furnished us with an amount of agri.
cultural wealth, calculated at once TO feed the
masses at home, and pay our ndebtness abroad.
Under these circumstances reaction for the
better must soon take place. There never was
period i'll the history of our country, when
the crops as whole were so valuable. There
is not land under the face of the sun that has
been more eminently favored in this respect.-
The time was when we had TO import wheat,
and when the Middle States had to provide the
far North and Southwest with means whereby
TO live. But now it is exactly the reverse
Those portions of the Union have become pro-
ducers, and contribute very materially to swell
the national wealth. We have not been aflic-
ted by any national calamity for long time.
Health seems to have taken up her abode in
our midst, while peace and plenty are charac-
teristic of the entire Union. Surely then, the
agitation which has disturbed the monetary
world, cannot but prove momentary. country
that is SO blessed with the abundance of Prov.
dence, and whose broad fields may be said to
over aOwwitn milk and honey, ought to know
no want, no difficulty, no pecdnary embarrass.
ment.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

z q &c ESS EE~

THE greatest inducements that have yet ueen
offered to Peach-Growers, Farmers aud
Dealers IN Fruits,wao have, up to this
time, been compelled to 20 to
PhIladel phia or Baltimore to
procure their Baskets!
We offer to supply them with superior ar
ucle ct Fruit BASKETS, of a; kinds, II a
lower price than they can be elsen here We
not only manufacture them constantly, but arr,
commissioned by some Of the most extensive
establishments in other places, and are con-
stantly receiving large quantities from them
We Will deliver them at any Station on the
Delaware Railroad at the shortest notice and
on the most reasonable tern>. EFIou w,l
save 80 per cent by calling on the Subscribers
before purchasing elsewhere. All orders prompt
ly attended TO. Remember,
ARCHERS ~ BENNETT,
aD8 6m) West Commerce ST. Smyrna, Del
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

NEW BpAr.-Fhe new steamboat which has
been building the present season in Whining
ton. TO take the place of the Balloon, will be
substituted for the latter in two or three weeks.
She viii draw less water and thus obyiate the
difficulty Of crossing the " Bar" at the mouth Of
the creek. which has been considerable OBJ.
lection to travelling on the Balloon.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

THE TIMES" is published EUery Wednesday, By
RoBr. D. HoTFEckER. Editor and Proprietor, at The
Temperance Hall, Smyrna, Del.
TERMS--SUEscRIPTIoN.- yeur. 81 90 an adrance
or S200 if not paid ill end Of the year No paper
discontinued until all arrears are paid-Oa!y al The
option Of the PsbIisher.
ADvERrIsING-For eUery square Of IL lines, less first
insertion, so Cts; each subsequent insertion IS Cts
Liberal arrangements made Nth yearly and half
yearly ofUertiSers.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
8 I'D WHEAT

Of the BLUE STEM WHITE variety, "a
superior article, weighing SO It's. to the bushel,
FOR SALE at IloFFEcKERs Mill. viii
be given in exchange, If desired for wheat Of
a different kind. Apply to Joseph Honecker,
Smyrna, or to james Evans, al The mil.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
FRUIT EES

g. Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum, Apricot and
&5s@A n Nectarme Trees, of choice varieties and
- large growth, FOR SALE at the Con-
c0rdvllle Nurseries. Orders promptly attended
TO. VI Trees packed and shipped in good or
der. WM. Ii. Il CiIAS. i. PETERS.
s3O- I'm ColcordvIlle, Del CO.. PA
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

6z- Mr.. J. Henry Jefferson has just returned
from the city with very large assortment Of
all Kinds OF merchandise. We heard lady
who had examined his stock of dress goods, say
that she never saw more handsome variety Of
cheap and good calicoes, &c. See advertise
ment.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
Valuable Mill Property
FOR SALE


Dr. The subscriber offers at private sale
LIZA his valuable Mill Property, situated ON
Aa.T the State road leading from Smyrna To
Dover, and four miles from the former place.
THE MILL-IOUSE is 40 by 46 feet, and 3
stories high, with two Water-Wheels nd three
Run OF Burs. The Pond is large and furnishes
water sufficient for running the Mill, except in
the drleSt season of the year. This Mil is in
very fine running order-in every respect well
htcd up tor merchant work, in modern siyle.-
and Is dong heavy business, having the Gus
tom ot vide range of country.
There is u new Steam Engine, of 20 horse
power, enthusiastically erected at Il cost of
S3,OuO, with appurenancCs, (which is in hrst.
rate condition. " Since the erection of the
Engine the property has paid to the proprietor.
after deductlng expense of both mill and farm
work, an Interest of Ten per cent on $40 600
Connected with the Null, is A FARM OF
~ ACRES of Land, with gnod Dwelling.
necessary Out. Buildings, aud two Tenant.
Houses thereon. This Land has been reneat.
edly lined, and is in fine state of cultiya,io,,
V5-One-Ihird of the purchase money will he
required on the execution of the deed : the
balance can be arranged in easy payments, to
suit the purchaser.
Persons deslrous of examining the property
may csl upon JAS. Evans, residing on the same.
or on the undersigned, in the town Of Smyrna'
Aug. 26, 81. JOS. HOFFECKER.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

6rThreeor four hundred baskets of Peaches
went to Philadelphia on the Balloon, on Mon
day. The cars still carry them in limited
quantities. This week will. close the trade,
which hts been very lucrative the present sea-
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

0~T The election for Levy Court Com
missioner in New Castle CO., on Monday, re-
suited, it is said, in the choice of Armor, the
Democratic. candidate. Nothing official has
been received. s.1h (
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
WS ITEMS.

| o. The amount of Specie in the United
States is estimated at about $30O,O00,000, oil
equal 10 $l2 in coin for every man, woman and
child in the country.
UT The revenue of the Port of Boston for
the last month has fallen of S2I5, ,26S.
or The Philadelphia Argus says: awe
promise that any member of the Democratic
party, who shall vote in favor of legaliziug the
suspension of specie payments by the banks,
shall be hung up to public scorn and contempt,
as farmers hang up an effigy in their cornGelds
to scare away the crows"
0E.F Flour is selling in Cincinnati at S4 %
to 81 so, and large lots cannot be sold except
at lower figure.
OF The Philadelphia Press states that the
President has directed one of the new sloops of
war to be built at the Philadelphia navy yard.
The frigate Congress, now in the Medter-
ranean, has been ordered to Philadelphia for
repairs.
0@4F Flour has fallen fifty to seventy-fve
cents per barrel in New Yerk, and there has
been a large decline in cotton at New Or
leans.
0.F The Columbian South CaroIinian an
nounces that w. H. Bartless, teller in the
Southwestern Railroad Bank, has vamosed with
$6O,OOO; and " is deeply panied at the extra
ordinary intelligence, having always consider
ed such occurrences foreign to South Carolina
character"
GF The st. Louis InteUigencer states
that the country merchants of Missouri, Hi
nois and Iowa, owe that city twenty millions of
dollars; but they do not pay, alleging that they
cannot collect of the farmers, many OF whom
owe on last years account. One fourth of this
debt paid would make St. Louis one of the
easiest money markets in the country.
0EF The shipments of flour to tidewater at
Albany fall short million of barrels as com
pared with last year to the same date.
OF Within the last week the cotton facto-
ries in Georgia have stopped work, OH account
of the high price of cotton and the low price
of manufactured goods. The Columbia mills
have advanced the price of Osnaburgs to I3J |
cents.
GO7- In the Wes', all the markets are dull
Transportation is not active. This great source !
Of rccuperation for the country falls into the
background while the pressure of personal
want is so absorbing. st. Louis reports an ad-
vance of heights on the 26th. Flour is the
chief article Of export. No wheat is going
forward, aud other commodities dull. Tobacco
is considered safe from frost
0T The hog cholera is very destructive in
Gallatin county, Illinois, some farmers losing
heir whole stock 1t is not confined to par
ticular spots, but spreads Undivided, operates
lnspent."
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
A NEW FEATURE IN BUSINESS.
EUeru Nan his OtUn Sales

LlPPlNCOFT g. CO., One Price Clothing Store
No 4O4 Market street, Sd dOOr above <h street. PhIa
dephia, would solicit call from those in want Of
CLOTHING, before purchasing esCwherc-i,s all
our goods are made up expressly for reipr sales and
every article is marked plain figures, so that all
must bny alike. All goods used in thus store are
sPonged before making up, and all articles sold viii
be guaranteed to be cut and ma, G in the best maun
Remember
404 Market street,
ISAAC LPrNCoTT. 3D. door above 4th, B.LwooLsroN
) Philadelphia.
se3O, 81 IV
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

" The Levy Court of K ent county meets
next Tuesday in Dover.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

OF We will be pleased to publish the COM
munication signed c., if the writer will let us
know his name.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

EQUALITY to All !-Uniformiiy Of Prices =
A new Feature in Business-Everyone his own
Salesman !
JONES q CO., Of the Crescent One Price Cloth
ing Store No. 200 Market street. above Sixth.
PHILADELPHIA, IN addition TO he wing tho largest.
most varied and fashionable stock OF CLOTHING in
Philadelphia, made expressly fer retail sales have
constituted every one his own salesman, " having
marked i'll figures, OH each article The very lowest
price it can be sold for. they canno possibly vary
all must buy alike.
The goods are all well sp0nged and pre- e1ared ard
great pains taken with the making so that all can buy
with the full assurance OF getting good arlcle at the
very lowest price.
Remember the Crescent, inl Market, above Sixth,
NO. 2OO. juy8-ly
WHITE TEETH, Perfumed Breath and Beau
tiful Complexion, can be acquired bv using the
"BALM or A THOUSAND FLOIYERS" Whar
lady gentleman would remain under the curse of n;
disagreoablc breath, when by using the Balm OF a
Thousand Flowers - a denirilicc, would not ont,
render it sweet, but leave the teeth as white as ala
baserf Many persons dO not knew their breath is
bad, and the subject is delicate their friends MI
never mention it. Beware of cuunerfeitS Be sure
the bottle is signed. FEFRIDtiE Il Co, n. Y.
For sale by all Druggists
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
ALSO, GROCERIES,,

3
sisting of Coffees, Teas, Sugars, and
Provisions generally.
II would be impossible to enumerate every
article contained in our large stock.
Purchasers are invited to call and examine
for themselves.
Having bought directly from first hands in
Philadelphi and other Cities, we are enabled
to sell to our customers at very LOW PRICES.
In our Store, with an attractive stock of New
FALL GOODS, we solicit call from purcha-
sers generally.
]. HENRY JEFFERSON,
Smyrna, Del.
JOB PRINTING done Il the TIMES. Office
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
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FOR SALE,

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Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-02-23
M EDICAL.
DIR. CHARLES r. Toner'S
Private Medical Card.

CTRANGERS visiting Sacramento will remember
- that DR.. rozers lhfirmary is In 9th strset be-
tween and X sis, Sacramento.
The great success and many radical cures made by
DR.. ToZer since his commencement In this city,
which hundreds can testify, induces him 10 inform
those afflicted with any private complaints, recent or
chronic and wish to be well nnd thoroughly cured,
II will be 10 their interest and welfare to call him
who for the last ~ enty five years has given his
tire attention To Private Complaints, and 10 all cases
of privae nature, acute and chronic such ms Sy-
phillis, Secondary and Constitutional affections,
GOnorrhhoe and Seminal Weakness; elect and
Structures and all diseases of the gcnitve and urinary
organs, both IN male and fenu' such as Prolapsus.
Flour Albus, ilysierih, &c.
Patients can be assured That their complaints vi i'll
not be tempered win. but treated upon strictly sci
enlhc principles. Private complaints erndicaicd III
few days new cases cured III short time, without
mercury.
lie can be consulted at his Once at all times o( the
day, from in the morning until in the evening"
A II in affection can find IN him one who and
sympathise with and beiriend them when in trouble,
and be relieved and cured.
Apartments privately arranged so as TO preclude
the possibility of exposure.
Letters enslosing $40 will receive prompt attention
with best advice and instructions.
G. II. TOXER, MD,
9th street, between and X.