Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1858-06-24
The Season and the Crnns.


in proper aud seaSOnable manner, the weld
" Ii be a most abundant one. Wheat, rye and
corn are all looking well. 1t is too early yet
to Judge much Of spring wheat or potatoes.
Per contra, our advIces from the West are
that the lands in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wis
cOnsn and Minnesota have been so long and
80 extensively submerged as TO entirely destroy
the corn crop, and the wheat is ruInously in
iured.
New wheat, Che red winter, and very fne)
was harvested in Pulaski county, Ill.,, on the
Sth inst.
The circular of Mr. Fabian, dated Chicago,
June l l. says.
The first sample of new wheat was exhibited
on change during the past week; it came about
% miles north Of Cairo, in this State The
farmers have had one or two fair day VS. for plant
ing corn, Of which they have taken every ad-
vantage. Growing wheat looks well the
straw is heavy, but without permanent and
radical improvement in the weather (Which is
10 still changeable, it cannot reasonably be ex-
pccled to yield bountifully. Notwithstanding
the bad condition OF the roads, the receipts OF
gFaln continue liberal.
THE FLOOD AT THE WEsT.-The ST. Louis
Democrat, nf the 18th inst, states that the
town of Brooklyn, in Illinois, has been depopu-
lated by the watery invasion arising from the
overflow of the Mississippi The place con-
tanned several hundred inhabita nts, but on the
18th inst, only two families remained. The
place is destroyed. This is the second town in
| Illinois which has been overwhelmed by the
foods and deserted by its Inhabitants. 1t has
been reported that Cain had shared the same
fate, but the last accounts say that the reports
have been greatly exaggerated. Severe iniu.
res, however, have been inflicted upon the
city.
! The flood on the Missouri has carried away
all the bridges between Platte city and Weston
At the latter place two bridges valued at $l7,-
900 were destroyed All the bottom lands
along the river were submerged, and immense
damage sustained.
The latest dispatches from the west, we are
glad to notice, report the waters as falling rap
idly.
~ If we should try for month we couldn't
get up anything more to the point than the fol.
owing from Fitzgeraids CITY Item:
To Contributors. condense.-
Your long Articles are never, in the first place,
read. Then, if read, they do not have half the
effect they would do if shorter. They are, in
the next place, never quoted into other papers,
which they would be if they were short and
earnest and hit the nail on the head. An ex.
perIence OF twelve years in the editorial chair
mas convinced us that on no conditions what
ever except in case of sermon, law argu
ment story, or a narrative letter, ought
communication or letter TO any newspaper TO
be more than one column long, and the shorter
within that limit the better.
CEF Later news from Havana saw that the
American shipmasters at that port have held a
meeting TO act on the basis of Mr.. Sickles'
resolution IN Congress, and put their ships in
hghtlnS order, so as to resist British agrees
81 ons.
The U. s. steamers Fulton and Water Witch
are cruising in the Gulf, in pursuit of the
Troublesome British men, ot-war Styx and Buzz
card.
A Danish barque has landed 300 Asiatics at
Havana, having lost a large number of others
on her passage. SLAYER is reported as cap
lured on the south side of Cuba, with 900 Afri.
on board.
o. Speaking of the Atlantic Telegram
PROJECT which will probably be fully carried
out during the present summer, the eloouent
" Lounser" of HGrPer's Weekly thus beauti-
fully utters a sentiment, which millions upon
both sides OF the great ocean will endorse:
q" And while upon the surface of the ocean
there are gusts of suspicion and iealously, far
below ia the calm depths may The hands of the
Two Countries clasp IN eternal amty!''
singular PREsERvArIoN.-Theh bridge across
The Robinson run, near GaIlipols. Ohio, gave
way last Thursday evening, as john Spanules
ana Cornelius Berridge were cross ng il with
two horse team. They fell distance of %
feet to the bed Of the creek, but. what was
most singular, neither men nor horses were
seriously injured, nor was the wagon much bro
ken.
BAD SIGNs.--A plethora of money in the city,
ana probably decreasing population!
Ihis reminds US OF The hard money times, and
hard money cities of Europe. Interest il abou,
as low here us there,--but hundreds of work
men are unemployed, or only half employed.
aud though there is plenty of money, only few
can get at tn Y. Express.
W During the session of Congress ms,
closed, no less than five personal alterations
nave taken place between members, viz: Grow
and keltt, Clay and Cullom, Hughes and Har.
rIs, Davis and Benjamin, and Gwin and Wilson
IL Is pleasant to be able to learn thut nobody
was hnrt, though 1t is rare TO see so much smoke
without fire. Explanations have proved more
etic1ciOus than bullets.
" The New York Post has a report that
lhe Emperor Of China is dead. lie has never
been anything to the world outside of the &C.
lestal domlnons but a living myth There
VIII be few tears shed for the " great unknown"
0T The Buffalo Postmaster has followed the
example of The New York official, and placed a
lady clerk at the ladies' department Of the Post
Office. O''-
" Circulars have been issued from Wash. |
ington and distributed over the Union, urging
MI Ori'tehden as the candidate for the Presi. |
dency' irrespective of party or platform.
" The total amount of appropriations made
oy the late session of Congress foot up sixty
elgnt millions besides nine millions on account
of deficiencies.
OF The special train on the Canada Grand
Trunk Railroad ran twenty-six minutes last
Aonday-a rate OF 81 Is miles per hour.
OF When Sheridan was asked what kind of