Smyrna times., 1859-03-24

good accomplished by HIM, which Will not be
ascertaned till there are no longer any one to
read the Acts aud the Epistles The influence
of Noltaire and Thomas Paine will not be
finished TIL their pernlciOus writings cease to
be read. Their accounts OW moi be nlade up
ttH the end Of time" This doctrine is GER
tainly comfortable to those, who. like Paul,
have been and still are scattering good seed
but of terrible import to those who, like Tom
Paine, BJb Bonner, and Ned Everett, will have
to wait until the "last man" has read the ''agc of
Reason or the New York Ledger, that the de. |
vii may be enabled 10 calculate the interest he
is owing them on their Kitchen Literature"
Lancaster Erpress.
-.SSe~
The ELECTIoNs.- In view of a called session.
to come olf sooner or later, it becomes of inter.
est 10 know when farther electiSAs of NJ. c.
are to take place. Early next month elections
VIII occur in Connecticut and Rhode Island in
Elrgnla, OH the 18th Thursday of Nav; on the
lSt Monday of August in Alabama. Kentucky
| and Texas; on lst Thursday of August in Ten
nessee; on 81 Thursday of August in North
Carolina; on lst Monday of Octo3cr in Georria
and MississiPPi; on 2d Tuesday of October in
Minnesota; on lst Monday (7lh) of October in
Louisiana, and on lst Wednesday of November
(2d) IN Maryland. The postmaster of the Ias
House Sir Cluskey) states that the organiZa.
ilon OF the next one Will be upon close vote.
the Americans of the South perhaps detcrml.
ming it.
Any organization effected precedent to the
middle Of November will probably be- against
the administration. Ii has been stated 10 par
tzan political circles, that the elections of the
following named persons will be contested -
Dudley and MckIbbin (dem.) Of Cul French
and Foster (rep of MlIne; Barrett (dcmD Of
] A1l. Has
| (dem Of Penna
IHE tRESIEF IN THE CONNECTICCT RIvFR-
| SPtnSEcId, March 2l.-The flood in The Con-
hectcut river has been increased by the heavy
rains on Saturday. The river is now 20 feet
above low water mark here, and at Hartford is
2G feet above low water
The bridges at Charleston ard Walpol.. n
H., havo been swept away, and the railroad
! bridge at Sullivan is impossible. All the low.
lands and meadows in the valley are sverflow
| ed' and many houses have been flooded No
loss OF lite has, as yet, been heard Of The wa
Ter Is now recedng, and it is thought there will
be no further damage.
lFhte RiUer JuhctiOn-The frcshct in tha
CONNECTICUT river continues unusually hinh.
aud three bridges over the ConncctIcut. ho.
tween this and Bellows Falls, have been carried
away, aud the railroad travel is interrupted.
The river Is now falling rapidly, and the ice
has Disappeared.
New York IIoRsE MARKEr-The horse
trade Is quite active. The number of animals
on sale, on Wednesday last, at the long row ofI
sale stables in Twenty-tourth street, was about
thousand. The demand for good ia run horses
Iro''l"g' and saddle horses, Is lively, though
the somewhat large number on hand tends
flffl1 "A hat a.,
tons were about as follows:
Per head
uood lrst-class trotlers in wagons $252 300
Good first class coach horses POO a 3OoI
G0od hrst-Cass saddle horses $50 n 150I
FlrStclass working horses $50 22j
Ordinary working horses loo I2j
CLERGYMAN IN LUcK-The friends of the
Kew. Mr.. Terhune, husband of " Marion Uar
land," author of the Hidden Patb."N who has
recently been called to the FIRST Dutch Re. |
formed Church at Newark, ~ j., met hun on
the evening OF his arrival at that place last
week with the present of purse Of 81 900, as
an evidence of their regard.
0rT 1t is stated in the report made TO
the Ohio Legislature concerning Brcslin's de.
t'lcation, that utter he went ont of cfice he
purchased the Farmers and Mechanics Bank
OF Greensboro', Md. at a cost of SIG 900. or
Sl IUUO. He was also connected with the
hanawha Bank Of Virginia, and several "wlld |
cat " concerns in Indiana.
o. On "Wednesday the funeral of the lost
aeronau', Mr.. Thnrston, took place at Adrian.
Michigan. The few remains that were coll
iected, together with the clothes found with
them, were placed in a collin, and after short
religious services, at the residence of Miss
FhursIon, they were followed to the grave by
lew friends, without any parade, in accor.
dance with Mr.. Thurston's known sentiment
while living, aud the wishes of his daughter.
0~7- Another defaicaton has been discovered
in Illinois. J. p. West, late sheriff and colec.
tor Of Mason county, in that State, has disap-
peared, and the sgners of his bond are holden
To the State Tor deficiency in the amount Of
State revenue collected ofuboul ST 900.
OUR FoRErGN TRADE-According to the
New York Courier and Enquirer, the exports
from that city for the first eight months of the
present fiscal year, exclusive of specie, were
o1o UUoouO while the imports for the same pe-
riod were $l 10000 OO0-an excess Of ninety
tour millions at one port in eight months.
o. George Rediger, an alleged skilrul and
notorious shoplilier, who is said to be owner oil
$4,000 worth Of real estate ut West JIoboken.
N. j., was committed TO prison in New York
Friday.
" Rev. Dr. lde showed some " eight dollar
brandy at temperance meeting in Spring
heId' Mass, on Wednesday evening week,
winch was manufactured at a cost of only ten
cents per gallon
" Vast numbers of Italian refugees are
passing through Paris, from London and else
~here' on their road to Genoa, where, it is said,
tney VIII he formed into " several regiments" '
iW the campaign which Sardinia still aonesrs