Smyrna times., 1857-02-11
Straps--Oarittp.

BiCHELoRs AND WIDowERs-It Is rrpor,.J
that there Is all unusual number uf bacheors,n
wldowerS among the members uf the Ie,i.l,.
ture, beside gOodly quantity of outside div
ntarIes who are also hunting wives, 1t is,sd
they are generally quite good looking. very
goOu n4tLred, and mostly we'll To do in ,,,~
world, and is really astonishing thrt tLy
have remained without partners up TIL lhis.
time. In the House there are from this county
MeSert. Chas. Gooding, WIN. {. L.oIre AMI
Edward l.. &hephard; who are bachelors -
From Kent there Are one or two wiuOwrrS, anT
two bachelors. From Sussex Paynter Franz.
DR.. Hugh Martin and Tnoruas H. Cmu :,
bachelors; Phi p+, widower. The yuun.
ladI should spruce up, and put their best foot
loremost.-R'p"Llican.
Wo cEs rER's G2E&r DrcrIoSARY.-u so..
tmafed that the new dictionary OF DR.. Wo.-
cestcr--his long promised royal quarto-wll
cOniu;n upwards Ut ten thousand words WIN
their dehA.iIDne, pronunciation, nrIgtn, Nc.,
which are To be found IN no other lexicon uf
The English language These are 10 grrau
extent scientific, technical and arlirlic term,
many OF which have come into ex strucc MI
the discoveries they denote or captain. l. 3
eXpCc'c% that Wu.c"stcr'S qulrtu VIII lie >.
J sued 10 the public be.ure the cuuurncenIr,u L
of the ensuing year by Mc.srs IIckfng. SA4.
" Brewer, ot this CITY. Ia iuIlncss ana cuni-.
pl"tene-s. from the labor and care VIII ca IS
been bestowed upon II, we may safely concuIe.
that II will he the ne Plus ultra ol dictionaries.
-BoSt0a J"urnal.
VT The Democratic members Of the Indianp
Legislature elected Jesse ID Bright and Gr4.
ham \. Fitch to the U. ). Senate The Stile
Senate did NO participate IN the action, lie.
majority being opposed 10 II, nor did the Re-
publican members Ut the House. The sun,r...
tiOn lacked fifteen votes of Qn.rum. Ot
coarse tins stands as mnch iIlegal as the Iowa
election, but The Democrats expect TO have Ia.
seats y year or two before the cUutrsI eau be
decided.
! New CENT.-T.le slang phrase, d" not a red
cent, must shortly becume obsolete tor the
new rs white as siiver. II is made chiefly from
nickel, aud Is about equal In circumference aud
weight 10 the present halt cent, and - la.eGrr
/ than that com. II bears Uu ITS tace L, any
eagle W th the date OF Ills issue, ana un It's al
/ verse wreath Of maize encircl.ng the w0rI4
lone cent" IL has nn ring. snd is great lIu-
! proremcut on the present cuu.
MARINE LOSSES FOR JASuARY.-A list of the
! vessels reported to oe totally lost Gu lng the
,Lonth OF January, shows a total nf one huI =
dred aud thIrty-one vessels, Of which twenty =
| four were ships, fourteen barques, thirly.twM
brIgs, htty nine schooners, aud two Shops
The total value of the property lost was three
million, seven hundred dollars. We do not.
;hiuk that there has ever before been so large
an amount of loss reported in u single month.
Neo York Courier and Inquirer.
0@.r In the Missouri House of Represent. :.
tives, during recent political debate, General
Reid, who commanded the army which destroy,
ed OSsawtttam'e, deliberately walked up to a
member who was speaking, and knucked him.
down. He afterwards attempted 10 draw his.
bowie knife on the same member, but was pre-
vented.
CROSSING the CHESAPEAKE on TH~ Ice -
The Centreville Times says that three lads OF
Kent Island oH the 26th ult., walked across the.
bay Oh the ice TO Annapolis aud back the same
day. The distance from shore to shore IS
twelve miles.
! or The Montreal Gazette says that young
bride and bridegroom were riding in that
neighbOrhood, when tn lady was found to have
become speechess from the frost on her brain.
and she died soOn after reaching home. The
sad event is attributed TO the scanty style Of
| bonnet sue wore.
01r'A letter dated Havana Jan. 23d says!
Doctor Kane, is fast recovering. HIS mother
is now here aud under her gentle nursing
there are strong hopes entertained OF his ulti-
mate restoration TO perfect health.
/ or The Bank of Newark has declared di-
vidend of one dollar and fifty cents per share,
payable on and after the lUth inst. q. i. ...-,.
i OF The Directors of the Bank of Delaware
!. City have declared dividend of live per cent,
VI S''o ''sbS 5gPp VS. .sstssr ssi q. aa
! PRoI4FIc iCows7-A lcGw, belonging to Mr..
David Robinson, of this place, had three calves
on Tuesday last. Thus is ceriainly a phenom
non in hatdre Of rare occurrence =. Milford
! Beacon. 10 '4s.a ei ,. ~ bsea Ilsdi .4f.3 ~
or A test vote was tai ken'oh "Wednesday
in the lower House Of Congress- on the SUBJ
marine Telegraph gb1l, sando oihesresult was ia
yoraole.t sdl aegg l.gsa-a ggh55sq - ...i--. -
.q ~ Doctor ,Edward. D. Daley, 4.
.s,,a.a.. sig Smyrna, DEL ..t.
Has REMOVED TO MAIN street. tao doors
above Commerce, next door 10 Mr.T Carrsw'x