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Smyrna times., 1858-04-08
Correspondence of the Smyrna Times

Correspondence % ue Smyrna Tunes.
Mr.. EDIToR 1t was my privilege to attend
the Examination of the High School in District
No. 3, on Wednesday last, under the care of
Mr. Pennewell. From the number of persons
present, and from the marked interest manifest
in their countenaDces, judged that many of
them we're parents and that they were witness
ing the examination of their own children.
For the past year, the Teacher and Commis-
soners of this District have been untiring in
their efforts TO make this school such as would
command the respect and appreciation of COM
munlly, aud, from the impression made on those
present, think they have succeeded admirably
1t was mol from the answers to the general
questions that formed an estimate OF the efforts
of the teacher and the care and panstaking of
the scholars, but from the seeming unimportant
and exceptional cases-and, as everyone knows,
the exceptions are generally hardest to learn.
was particularly pleased with their prompt
and correct answers 10 English Grammar. /
hope, by the next Examination, the scholars
will have paid more attention to the subject of
Reading and English composition. and that they
will acquit themselves as honoraby in these as
they did in the other branches.
After the Examination was concluded, Rev.
John S. Bell and DR.. VIM. Cummins made some
pertinent remarks to the scholars. urging upon
them the propriety and necessity Of perseyering
in their studies. holding up to them the examples
of men eminent in their profession, who have
risen from the opportunities afforded them of
mental culture in the public school.
Smyrna times., 1858-04-08

01rIt is ascertained, from an authentic
soorce, that there has been no acceptance.
either conditional or unconditional, of volun-
teers for Utah or other service, under the bill
now pending before Congress.
TaE MARyLAsD WHEAT CRep.--Our advices
from almost every section oil The State arc en-
couraging as to the appearance Of the wheat
crop. 1t IS said to present very vigorous and
healthy appearance.
Smyrna times., 1858-04-08
Miscellaneous Advertisements

II ERRlNG-An extra lot. very .hcap. at tie new
Store of LATTOMUS L. EATON,
AprIl 9Th. SMYRNA Del
Smyrna times., 1858-04-08
st Gents Reward.

- ANAWAY from the subscribers on the 18th inst
~ WILLIAM X BOYER, an indentured appren.
uce tbtheCoaC Painting business The above reward
viii b5 given for the return Of said boy and all pec
sons hereby forbid harbOring or trusting him, as
lie law will be rIgdly enforced M such case
MoMULLEN a. SHERMER.
SMYRNA DEL. March rs, ISS5--3w
Smyrna times., 1858-04-08

THE FEEE-Thcre is no more l!tlhe source tur
'onsu npi!on than wet lect; cold eeI cannot occur II
The ifculaiIOns kept up; sense OF codne,s IN them
Is an Indication that they are not protected from The
Weatl.r. Our bodies are piIelI -Gurdcned with
cloths aud wrapping >h"Wls while our limbs are nO
hail Covered TAere Is nothing more dangerous and
nothing more destructive To human lIe than coll
sumption, and DuclOr Gun says heavy cold is The
mother OF consumption Consult your own experience
and you Will and that two thirds al The colds caught
are by wet Ieet Health requires your teettO he Kept
warm and dry; il is better Ia pay Lhe tailor anu
FLANlGEN, The cheap Shoe dca.er 'nan 10 pay The
doctor tor curing you aiIGr YOU have hccu III There
are but two proper coverings iOr iadICs ectn WINTER
which are gum bUots and the tskm thlck sole Wei
lnglOn boots, such as every man wears. In Iact the
protection they afford The legs against the more
necessary the ladies than The gentlemen, for Ia
such case the damp skirts flap against the caIiskIn
instead of The limb. Fake the strongest man among
VS. aud compel HIM 10 wear the same klud OF shnes
that the lad generally al this Ol the year
and my word for III less than year the grave digger
Would say, ""here Is II customer soon Tor me- Ih
no civilized country on earth, a general thing, are
the Indies 80 dclcaIe IN health our country and
yet no where do the indies such TIN hight shoes
LOOK Tor Instance AT The Indies III Europe What rosy
checks and what constitutions. and ~ hardly
menclng the prime Of llie See What thick soes and
thick cali skin they and then YOU can learn
what causes SO many pale faces among the iemles ui
our country, ard where lie the { uses for much
consumption. When | see a female going To market
OH cold sloppy morhIng with Ihn shoes her feet.
with pale cheek and q slight hacking cough amt her
feet wet, while avn selling u good arIlCe OF ladies
gum boots llned with thick flannel Tor only %
pair, then begin 10 feel there Is something wrong;
and am selling ladies gum shoes as low as II Gems u
paIr and the very best qualify only 81 cents pair
aud chIdrens gum shoes | have nice lot ol them
That sell for only 81 cents pair aud what | ask
looks more comfortable for child gong TO school or
out on a wei or damp day. than IL warm and dry gum
shoe then their Lutte feet are protected, aud ytI
cheap only 81 cents IA pair and pair ol them ii,
wear out two pairs OF mIrUccO shoes this time OF tIv
year and any old worn out sht viii do Is wear with
them; and what excuse can man have for wearing
Ieaky boots or shoes when am selling a man. si,tt
and good winter shoes for only 81 u pair and me,
Ii oking Sunday boots for only 81 30 per PAIR and lu>
OF other cheap bouts and shoes nuncto ~ To ms.
non JUST call and see how FLANIGt.N sell, boo
anu shoes To meet the times Call al 10 west SeC,.
street, Wilmington, Del, sign large 5iack Boot.
Smyrna times., 1858-04-08
MISCE ELLAN f. OU S.
Defeat Of the Lecompton Constitution.

The B II 10 admit Kansas under the Lecomp.
ton Constitution was put to final vote in the
House of Representatives on Thursday, and was
defeated by AZ majority. The vote stood, for
the Bill 90-against 1t 1877.
Mr.. Crlttendens amendment to the Bill,
which is in substance as follows, prevailed by
a alorlty of 3 votes. That the said constitu-
tlonal instrument shall be first submitted TO
vote OF the people OF Kansas, and assented to
by them, or a majority of the voters, at an cleo
ton to be held for the purpose; and, as soon
as such assent shall be given, and duly made
known to the President of the United States,
he shall announce the same by proclamation,
and thereafter, and without any further pro-
ceedlngs on the part of Congress, the admission
of said State of Kansas into the Union on an
equal footing with the original States, in all re-
spects whatever, shall be complete and abso-
lutte. At the said election the vote shall be by
ballot, and by endorsing on his ballot, as each
voter may please, "for the Constitution" or
"against the Constitution" Should the said
constitution be rejected by the said election by
majority Of votes being cast against it, then,
and in that event, the inhabitants of said Ter
rtory are hereby authorized and empowered 10
form for themselves a constitution and State
government by the name of the State of Kan
sas, preparatory to its admission into the Union,
according to the Federal Constitution, and to
that end may elect delegates to Convention
as herein provided.
The Senate disposed of Lecompton on Fri
day, after Mr.. Greene, of Missouri had called
up the Kansas Bill from the House, and debates
had from MIR. Bigler. Of Pa , aud others, in de-
! fence OF the Administration, the question was
taken, on a motion to disagree to the House
(Crittenden) amendme It, and decided IN the a.
frmative, by void OF 30 to %.
Two motions will now be made in the House
amendment, and to adopt the Senate Bill, and,
should this fail, to insist, and ask tor a Commit
tee of Conference.
previous motion may be made however to
lay the bill upon the table, which motion, if it
prevailed would kill it, unless two-thirds should
vote to take it from the table, which is practi-
cally Impossible in the present organization of
the House.
Smyrna times., 1858-04-08
TO FARMERS!
p E4O SpHATEC CUhNO

From SOmbrero Island, West Indies.
THE RICHEST FORMATION OF PHOS.
PHATE OF LINE KNOWN TO THE WORLD!
1t contains 50 per cent. of Bone Phosphate
of Lime. being 5O per CT. richer IN Phosphate
Lime than Bone Dust.
For Sale, by the single ton or cargo, at 49,
to $36 per Ton.
JOS. B. HANSON & CO.,
Sole Agents in Philadelphia,
mills lm) No. los North " ater ST.
Smyrna times., 1858-04-08
Miscellaneous Advertisements
10 Builders and Controcto,,

PLANS and PROPOSALSar inv;,olr
a two-story County Building in Dove oLaot iot
I'D by % feet, to be built in substan,;,I IUou'
ner' OF brick or store, and ire-proof fin "'o'- h
general and full acceptation of the ,e,n> T,n 'He
every part, The interior to be so divided -. III
make seven offices, with ire-proofvaplts n 20 S 10
OF them. The elevation of the first story y" 1--WE
IA feet, and second stoFy IL feet, with ~ ~Oe
stairway to the second floor. "On
The undersigned commissioners. auDo;,,.,
by the Levy Court of Kent county. VIII ,nos
IN Dover on Tuesday, the 9Th day Of Anr'I "iee!
o'clock, +. NJ, at which time Plans and a., D.. a.
posals will be Received The cost ofIho D.; TO-
ing not to exceed $I2,O0O. Du''c-
HENRY RIDGELY, ALEX, Jouxsov
DANIEL CURRY, Wu.soy / c..
Jos. p. CoMEGYs, GEo. " Cr,','.' '"oN'
-1onl' !" Nhf NoLDs' March 25 SO
Smyrna times., 1858-04-08

cSHIRrING MUSLIN, II yards vide. for 125 cents
- al Ilis new cheap store Of LATT0NUs a EAroN
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-06

"Why don't you battle Slavery where it exists ?
why don't you preach Abolition where there are
" slaves to be freed" asks modern Democracy;
IRE are as much opposed to Slavery as you are,
"but we don't zee the use Of decDipg an evil
"where it has no existence. Attack Slavery
where it is, and We are with you."
Frank Blair took these people at their word. He
is and long has been stakeholder; be lives and
has long lived in Slave State. Upon full consid.
GRAFTON, he judged Free Labor preferable to Slave,
and resolved to do his best to substitute the former
for the latter. On this issue he fought his late bat
tie; on this issue Through the running of a third
cs1didate) he is beaten. In politics he is with his
father, Of the Jackson Benton Democratic Hard
Money school, and consistent observer of its pre-.
cepts. Yet he is beata because he is for Emauci.
patton, and Northern Democracy (of the Sham er-
der) Aipgs up bis cap in triumph It's organs are
rejoicing all over the country, at his defeat re
joicirg that Pro-Slayery Democrat succeeds him
Which shall we believe-these mems professions or
their acts
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-06

On the oth Of September, our Republican State
Convention will assemble at Syracuse. As yet
very few delegates thereto have been elected. The
Harvest season with our farmers, and the Summer
vocation of our merchants and lawyers, concur to
insure political inactivity in July aud the beginning
Of August. Meantime, the State is filled with ru-
mers Of plots and counter plots-of secret machi-
nations Oh this hand and open arrangements on that,
to secure majority favorable to the views of the
intIisueIs. We lay little stress on there rumors;
but We would none the le,s eXhort the Republic
to act go that no mschinations can avail. To
spy sacrfcs Of either the principles the name Of
our party, We are opposed; and equally opposed to
all intrigues TO make or keep the party msnsgeably
small end select. We believe thousands who
have hitherto stood sgainst US are now disposed TO
act with Us, and We would extend to them the hand
Of welcome-nsy, we would say or do anything
sba. Truth and Principle will allow to render their
future cooperaion with us easy and agreeable. We
believe simple earnest declaration in favor of q
Registration of Legal Voters aud hearty support
TO all constitutional measures calculated to prevent
Illegal Voting, would smooth to Thousands the
pathway into the Republican ranks, while it would
aiei ate none who have hitherto stood with US. If
such be the fact, why should such declaration be
resisted May We lot hope that it will not be-
So with regard to candidates. We know no Re-
publican who is very aDxious for place on our
State Ticket this Fall whom it would be either
wrorg or impontc to di'sppoint We know that
there are able AID good men hitherto acting with
other parties who are ready heuceforth to act with
us f they enter our camp as allies, no. as cap
tives sDd We are in favor of giving them well
come. Let us 50 conpote our State Ticket as to
send thirty ami Buchanan, anti-Lscompten Mem
bers to The rext House if possible. We shall be
stronger in the next Senate than ever before but
We need to gain twenty five Members 10 order to
have majority in the next House. Let New
Yoik at all events do her full share to ward this de-
sired and important cOnsummation.
We ask the Republicans of each Assembly
District to .end tteir tes men TO this Convention
-nenw who can neither be csjoled, button holed nor
bullied into acting otherwise than as their de-
liberate judgments shall dictate In thu hands of
two hundred ard ffty.si1 Delegates of this stamp,
he honor and the interests Of Republicsnism will
allie be safe, while their deliberations can hardly
fail to produce ticket which will insure US
energy with harmony in the contest aud victory in
the result.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-06

The ve.sels fitted out BY N Regis & Co., under
the authority Ct the French Government, for the
puIchre Of slsves on the cast Of Africa, WITH the
intention it Is alleged, Of transferring them to toe
French sugar colonies there to be employed a. free
l.borers, have rather Q Iun Of bad luck. Oae OF
them, after eeting with great delays and difi'ul
ties in filing up, as che approached the Island OF
Guseelcuee ran upon rock and was lost, the
erester part Of the unfortunate emsrsnts perishns
in the waves. Then there was the famous cMe OF
tie Reg ina Coli, in which the emgrants, after hay'
ing got on board the ship, revoted, killed most OF
the crew, ard sfterwsrd being taken into Monrovla,
ran away, leaving the ves,el liable 10 a claim OF
ssysge. We now hear Of another weasel, the
May Caroline, which, having visited Madagascar
on the same business, vas still more unlucty. One
of the chiefs promised to furnish supply and the
captain and crew having been entced on shore
under this pretense we're murdered, after whi'h the
,bp was ,et Gu fire ard burnt Considering all the
6ses he has encountered, and the high price which
tie competition Of the ,lave. traders has obliged him
to pay for bis free aborers, We doubt whether in
pecuniary point of view, n. Regis will hrd the
speculation paying ore. Nor do the free laborers
who have been transported from Africa prove
entirely satisfied with the liberty accorded to them
in their new homes Late accounts from Demerara
mention the arrival there Of q number Of Kroomep,
who had run away from Cayenne.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-06

stket Of .he.r own ms,; the Americas da uAe-
vie. Tie re,r.t i, TIE .ign,i defeat o. oo'c oY
tier ccumou adversary, though Their uc..sd vo.e
out1uu bers h:s by over 1000. Had m'' BAT
bee. pI,ctd 4. tie lead Of ticket wherein ." the
elements Ct opposition to TIE pFe'e1t L,conp'1a
~. were f,-:y m;rg'ed aid Represented, he w'a q
Of course have been triuu ptarty reelected ana
re uu.t believe tia. result, even thus effected
would ks7e been gta.fyirg to The Post. To us II
certainly would have beer. Shall the true mo-a' OF
III, defeat be loi. os Republican Politicians
More tbaa one third of the Congress Districts OF
III. Safe sle sure to be lost If the course waich
rrcved 90 sisast,ous in st. Louis is not seasoaabiy
rtpudsted her. BY Iiberality aud 'oncilistion, We
usy send fem twenty fss to thirty Members from
this State TO The next House. s reliably opposed to
the policy Of Slavery Extension We caa choose
S.sts Officer. ard Legislature of ike faith. Or
We csn take the course pursued in St Louis with
alie result. Which is the wiser and more patTi'
cite policy
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-06
THE DISPATCH TO THE PRESIDENT.

PHILADELPHIA, Thursdsy, Aug. 5, 1853.
The President, who is at Bedford, received the
first intimaton of the successful lsyirg Of the At
lsntic cable through the agency of the Associated
Press. Tie following is a copy Of Nr. Fields
message to the President:
"To the President of the United States, Washington.
"DEAR SIR: The Atlantic Telegraph cable on
board the United States frigate Niagara and her
Britanric Msjestys steamer Agamemnon was
Joined in mid ocean July 90, and has been success
fully laid; ard as loon as the two ends are connected
with tie land lines, Queen Victoria will se1d a
message to you, ard the cable will be kept free
until after your reply has been transmitted.
"Wi.h great respect rcmsln
I" Your obedient servart,
"CYRUS W. FIELD"
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-06

f.s.a scos h.E cd 10 usr. which ek.''' -
l,s.. a. vel a. .bs g-astss. cf tumNIs,, s,e4i.
&c, bear v:h !. re pI:-opls Of love sud L0eri;'
even 10 tie buub.ss. AID .siis.t Ia the consen-
PISTON Of sucb supenI slores accorded 70 TIE
r.ce, msn VII srsE seny WITH o22Iesso'; sae7
will r.e with th.i1 oevy bern dsstinies; they WI
mount ever Onward and Upsard ulal the bsse,
dsy which has ever fred tie ksat Of poetry sd
prophecy shall hs7s dswrsd on the race.
Sill. ve must not forget that with such s
triumph alnos! within our grasp, thsre 10 ssiil 3
possibility th,. .cus accident may even Jet intsI
fe,e in the aIeni,nrg good fortune which has thus
far attended his last attempt to lay the clbs. No
messasss hsvs 80. bea ssnt along its wires ffor
one contn en-. TO the other; it Is not even folly Ger
tain that tie Aganeunon has arrived at vaensis
Bay, ard landed her end Of the precious conductor.
II is, indeed, Likely thst she las done 3d. Gnce she
had the sane distance 10 traverse that the Niagara
has 80 sucet ssful'y accomplished AID NUT, in al
probability, have proceeded at the same rate Of
speed, snd have arrived q. about the zane time.
That there hss besn 10 break in the dow
of the electric current between the two ends
of the cable il certain, since any such inter-
ruptior would at onoe have been known. Still the
current has hitherto bsen employed only in trans
mittrg signals, DOT messages, and it is thought
probable that neither ship had on boNd instruments
which could be used for writing We mu't then
wait FOR the assurance that the Irish end OF the
cable has been landed as safely as that yesterday
brought on shors at Newfoundland, and for the ap.
plcAtion of proper Instruments, before the great
problem can be regarded as declsrely solved As
our reaoers are doubtless aware, it is maintained
by some electricians that dispatches cannot be in
telligibly conveyed over such length Of wire SO
deeply submerged. aud that the mere sending Of
sgpsl Asshes by no means settles that words can be
written with the necessary rapidity and certainty
Let US hope however, that all these points may be
settled in the course Of this morning; and that in
the congratulations Of tomorrow there msy not be
q smgle reservation or doubt to diminish the un-
speskable exultation, natural at a. event which 20
belittles the imagination and exceeds the capacity
Of language.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-06
MAJ axis the eMi4 with ruin h., cJatsol
Srop- with thy shore.

So sad the bitterly apostrophizug poet, giving
Characteristic vent to his mlssnthroPy, while
cs,cribpg the ocean iu noble lyric. The scope
spenda ard wrath of the tea are therein made
comparatively most of IN connection with Man
But this ecstatic utterance Of the most passionate
of posts, who painted the Sc. as it was never
painted before, ard reyer will bo sgsin loses some
Of its bi,irg force in view of the stupendcu' and
unt qusl,d schevement which we have this day
10 record.
Ths Submarine Cable is laid
Europe ard America are knit together by the
electric telegraph
1t is not possible to grasp the wondrous beauty
and rsguitude of this triumph. The ocean has
de6ed man; now man de6es the OCEAN, 10 so far as
the subtle carrisge of thought is involved. Down.
down to its lowest deep-but late deemed fathOmess
go the magic wires upon which pl.y the h,rmo-
MES of whole peopes. Under tho home OF the levi
athsns clustered in obscurty and mystery, where no
huuaa eye can reach and whele eaiy faiths placed
TIE water gods, run these cunning devices by
which nation speaks to nation, continent TO c>nt-
cent, in the lghtnipgs Of the heavens, The old
theory of distances, stverances and physical posi-
biIiie,, seems destroyed, to be replaced by new
combinations and consequences. The seas storms,
sucking down srgosies and armsdss, are now CON-
pen.s.ed for by the prowess which seizes the deep
and use' il for human purposes, declaimius 10 the
language Of nature itsef-silert and sublime.
Each man must feel freer in the accession of 50
much power. What the earle. theologies sli
romsntc writings attributed to the functions Of
supernatural being g,--the genii--the Olympians-the
forcs to strike of the dead drag of the flesh, and
fly through ether to the uttemos. ends of the earth
or TO coure the under waters OF the ocean with the
haste CT Light itself-is here thrust before the
dszzled eyes Of this age and all the nstions, In the
stern, fierce palpabili.y of human triumph--of the
work Of man, who, advancing on chaos and the
dsik. has batled with the Titanic forces, and come
of victor.
We mu,t believe that such new reading to
human possibility must carry IS vast moral 8, it
dsss physical lessons. It csnso. b. tbs. such 8