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Smyrna times., 1859-03-31
Summary of News.

The Philadelphia NJ. T.. Conference is in ses
sion in Philadelphia. A condensed account o
the proceedings of the body will be found else
where in the Times to-day. The Methodist
churches throughout Philadelphia, on Sunday
we're crammed to their utmost extent. All the
delegates to the conference were awarded to
fill the various pulpits throughout the city,
The North Americans reporter says: ave
passed several churches Sunday whose doors
were closed in order to reduce the pressure of
the mnltltudes." For the local clergy this in
fux Of strangers must prove an agreeable re-
lief, giving them, as 1t does, whole holiday"
A great deal of anxiety exists throughout the
Methodist community, as to the changes that
are to be made in the various puIpits through
out the conference.
We have again four days later news from
Europe by the arrival of the steamship Niagara.
The English envoy, Lord Cowley. has returned
from Vienna, with peaceful propositions, it was
reported but this was dlscredted, and the
funds continued to decline.
The British man-of war Jas5eur was wrecked
of Jamaica, on the night of the 18th of March. |
Her crew took to the bouts, but ten of them
were subsequently, swept overheard in a gale, /
one of the boats, containing the captain and 10 .
Of the men, had arrived at Cuba. The other
boat, Containing 30 men, is missing.
On Saturday, the boiler of the steamer Lady
of the Lake exploded, at Fairport, Lake Michi-
gOn, and the vessel sunk Two lives were lost.
We may look for series of poisoning cases
now. A lady in New York, who kept board
ing-hOuse, died the other day, and her hired
girl is suspected of putting poison in the food
she was entrusted with cooking. An investi-
CATION is now going on in relation to the cause
1t it almost certain that the food was poisoned,
but whether the girl did it remains to be proved.
Several boarders testified to having been taken
sick soon after breakfast, and Mrs. Robinson
testified that her husband was in such con-
dlion that size feared he would not recover
Mr.. Robinson has since died.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31
Uniformity of Weights and Measures.

A''hough the effort made by our governmen
10 INDUCE England and other European nations
10 unile upon standard system of decima
coinage failed of its object, we are glad to see
tnat Dill has been introduced into the British
Parliament providing that after the first of Janu-
ary' 1850, uniformity shall exist in the method
OF selling agricultural produce, by which grain,
meal flour, butter and potatoes shall be sold on
The decimal system of weights, viz: by the
pound aVolrdupois, the score of 90 pounds, the
GENITAL of 100 pounds, and the ton of 1000
pounds. In England a great variety of mea.
sures are IN daily use in the grain trade, and
wheat crop may be bought by the comb, by the
quarter, by the last, by the bushel, by the load.
oy The SACK by the pound, by the stone, ia
pounds,) or the dozen stone, Asan illustration
oil the folly of retaining the present SYSTEM, or
rather no system, Mr.. Muller of the Bank of
England says that the ll2 pounds, instead of
lOo On The Genital, or quintaD causes five mil.
lions OF useless figures to be written every wear
IN nothing but invoices, &C., of bonded tea
anu many Of these figures are results of use
less calculation. An English writer, basing
his calculation upon these figures, snpposes.
that taking the whole business of the country,
nifty thousand millions of useless figures are
publicly written every year in the United King |
ION which could be saved by the decimal sys-
EN-.
We hope that the bill alluded TO will become
law lnasmuch as it may be the means of in.
uclng Congress to establish a uniform system
n THIS country. Bat it does not 90 far enouoh.
me three kinds of weight now in use should
{ aooiiShed' aud new decimal system estab-
shed. What good reason is there in bav.
lg three varieties Of ights-apothecarie
'elght' Troy weight and avordupois weight
ach with It's irregular gradalions, and which
one except experts can remember after Ieav
lg school! They only tend TO confuse people
no are not constantly using them. The pre-.
mt confusion of coinage, weights and mea.
Tres throughout the world, adds immensely To
e labors of commerce, and not MANY wears
III elapse IT the present rate Of increase in
ade and commerce continues, before the mer.
ntlle classes in every country will demand +
at the rules by which the labot of buying and 6
ling are conducted shall be made not only as L
nPe, but as universal as possible. Boston :
,urnaL.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

OBTAINING GooDs UNDER FALSE PRETENCEs.
An individual whose name is supposed to be
Lister, from Dover, Del, has been arrested,
charged with attempting to obtain goods from
various parties, under false pretences. He re-
presents himself TO a liquor dealer, as J. c.
Baxter, of Tennessee, and gave the same name
at various places where he bought very large
bills of goods. He was IN the habit of being
very socabie with all the merchants with whom
he had dealings, and cOspetely deceived a
number of them. There is a possibility that
he ia not deliberate knave. but monoman niac.
--PhiIa. Argus.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31
Tha MagaZinas

HARPER, for April, may be called an extra
good number. There are three illustrated al.
tlcles, well written, and enriched with fine en-.
cravings. Of these, The Christian Martyrs
OF Madagascar" made Of the Rev. w. Ellls's
new book on Madagascar, giving much mpor.
tant information about country hitherto little
known. The New York Detectives experi.
ence, embodied in a story called "The Costly
Hiss" fully equals the thrilling narratives of
the same class which were verv attractive in
the early volumes of Household Words" A
very interesting paper is " Half an hour with
Mr.. Hume, the Spiritualst." We also have
four new chapters of Thac ckeray's .sVirginians. I"
The ECLECTIC MAGAZINE contains a well.
selected variety of articles from the best foreign
periodicals., and two fine engravings-one re-
presenting the interview between Napoleon |.
and Pope Plus VII the other, a full.lenpth
portrait of Napoleon Ill, from Winterhalter's
well-known picture. Among the literary con.
Tents one of the best articles is from the pen of
Mr. w. ii Bdwell, giving delightful but too
brief "reminiscences of the Ahambra.
The ATLANTIC MONTHLY counts up an edi.
tlOn Of 10000. Two different houses in LON
don re-Publlsh, monthly, Mrs. Stoves story
" The Minister'S Woolng"
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31
DIR. Wistar's BaIsam of Wild
Cherry.

BallOus Pictorial of oath July saws s:-Realizng the
true sense Of responsibility attaching the Editor of
and Publisher of a widely circulatcd journal, we
should deem it little less than q crime TO recommend
any medical compound the real virtue Of which we
could not cOnscientlOusy indorse This balsamic com.
pound has b1cOme home fixture and all persons who
suffer- and have in vain attC mpted cure their Coughs
Colds, Bronchial or Pulmonary Complaints, make use
of this unequalled remedy.
The following Certificate from distinguished gen.
eman is equally conclusive:
From Rev. Henry Wood, formerly Editor of the Con-
gregatOnal Journal, Concord, 4. . IL more recently
American Consul at Beyroot. Syria, and now Chaplain
in the Navy.
Messrs. Seth w. FOwe a. Co,--Gentlemen: Two
years ago, sudden and violent attack upon nv Lungs
confined me 10 my bed for several weeks, and when
recovered was so much oppressed by difficulty in
breathing. that was often unable to sleep or rest upon
a bed by night. The suffering extreme, and judg-
ing from the ineiiicacy Of the remedies used, sup.
posed the dHease incurable' Being persuaded to try
a bottle of Wistar's Basam of Wild Cherry. without
confidence IN its efficacy, found the difficulty almost
entirely removed before one bottle used up SYM.
pathy with my fellOw-sufIerers induces me TO make
this public statement, and recommend the article to
others similarly afflicted
With respect, yours truly, HENRY WOoD.
None genuine unless signed T. BUTTS on the wrapper
Prepared by SETH w. FOWLE g. CO., Boston.
and for sao by J. p. Hoft cker and r. Mansfield
Smyrna; u. w. SpIcer, LeIpsIc; }. l.. HeVeTin Little
Creek Landing james Cowgirl d. Son and d. f. Burton
Dover; Thomas Simpson. Camden james Cock, FIRE.
derca jacob Y. FOulk and Il. +. HaInmefsl Mil
ford; J. ii. w. y. VanGeseI, Clarks Corner and by
Dealers generally. IMarIO-Im
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

T. CLAREsoN TAYLOR, ESQ.,, of Wilmington,
delivered the fourteenth and last Lecture of the
course before the L brary Association, on We'd
nesday evening last in Wards Hall. His sub.
ject, "The Starry Heavens" was entered into
with much enthusiasm by the lecturer, who
evinced a thorough acquaintance with the sub
ject, and by the aid of his Charts, Orrery and
Gyrascope, illustrated with clearness and beau
ty the sublime Science of Astronomy. The
discourse was highly interesting.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

AN OLD CITIZEN GONE Hon. Alexander
Forter died at the house of Mrs Keene, in Will
mlagton, where he resided, about three o'clock.
Oh " ednesday morning, after brief Illness
Less than two weeks ago we met him on the
s'reet' when he appeared to be enjoying good
neallh, and walked with firm, elastic stem
But alas! he contracted violent cold which
settled on his lungs, and he became victim TO
pneumonia. Mr.. p. was well known through.
out the State, having been promlnet politician
IN the Democratic ranks, and been placed in
various responsible positions He was apnoint-
cd Marshal for the District of Delaware bv
r rreSIdent Polk; he was also elected Mayor by
tne E"y Council, and at the time of his death
held the office of Lottery Commissioner for tho
lottery owned by Wood, Eddy g. Co. He was
II IN his I'm year, good old age, there being
lew In Wilmington who have attained it. and
leaves large circle of relations and friends.
10 deplore his decease.-Republican.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31


" Messrs. CrlPpen & LambsOn advertises
large assortment of cheap Lumber, of all
kinds and descriptions, at their Lumber Yard
in New Castle.
Geo. Paris & Co. advertises a steam Grain
and Saw Mill, for sale at Leipsic.
Martin E. Dickson gives notice that he has
taken the stand recently occupied by P. G.
White, as Jeweller, and invites a call from the
public.
ThOs. Carrow has just returned from the city
with full stock of new goods, 10 suit the sea-
sou.
Nehemiah Stayton, as Agent, offers for sale
valuable Farm situated in this hundred.
See also advertisements of Thomas Armtage,
George Culin, Thomas w. Evans & Co., and
Others
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

THE PARAGUAY ExPEDrrIoA-A participation
IN the Paraguay expedition, writing to the New
York journal Of Commerce from the La Plata,
remarks:
"lf Lopez resolves on serious resistance. we
shall be constrained, from present appear noes,
to conhne ourselves to a blockade, aud this NAV
last until next October, when the periodical
rise of ;Ee river will enable reinforcements TO
reach US in sufficient quantity to make clean
job of it. To attack with our present force
would be more indiscreet than the charge of the
Light Brigade at Baacava."
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

CANADA COMING OvER.-A circular from
Oakville. Canada West, signed William M,
King, advocates a separation from the Home
Government in the event of the success ofsome
OF the measures urged by those now in power.
1t refers approvingly to the action of these
colonies under similar circumstances, and in.
sIsts that the time is at hand when like action
should and must be taken by the people of
Canada. 1t urges some member of Parliament
Qf the new tariff succeeds) to propose in the
House that it is "expedient to dissolve all gov-
eminent connection with Great Britain. iha,
the union between Upper and Lower Canada
be dssc lived, and that immediate steps be taken
that Upper Canada may become State of the
United States" The circular is addressed TO
" Honorable the Attorney General of Canada
West" and large numbers have been printed
for circulation.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

REFUSED TO TEsrIFY.-John Wilkinson, pre-
sented by OHe of the Grand Jury for selling
liquor by the small, in this town, having hear
ing on Tuesday before Justice Eaton, Matthew
Rail, one of the witnesses summoned TO give
evidence in the case, refused to take oath, af-
firm or give testimony in any way; whereupon,
he was committed TO jail for five days, for con-
tempt, in accordance with the provisions of
law.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

DRIVEN FROM TOwN.-Some two weeks
since, says the Reporter, stranger came to
Dover, and professed to lecture on WASHINGTON
and Napoleon, and to teach the pronunciation
OF the French language. He is an elderly
man, and gave his name as DR.. Correa. He
was charged with having been guilty of prac.
tlces similar to those INDUCED in by the inhabi.
tants of the ancient cities of Sodom and Go.
morrah. On Wednesday morning last he was
very civilly requested to leave town by His
Honor the Chancellor and the Attorney Gene
raj, as the best course he could persue 10 secure
his personal safe. lie left in the first train.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

CoURT.-The April term of Cecil county Cir.
cult Court commences on the 4th of April
There is much business to be done.
Or' The mill dam of H. BIackiston. in Ken,
county, Md. gave way last Tuesday, causing
loss OF 5000.
or DIR. w. B. lie Complies farm in Dor.
chester county, Md, containing 400 acres. has
been sold to John Muir, for $9,046.
or Charles Vickers, Jr., aged 25 years, was
drowned near Cambridge, Md, last week.
or Gen Walker, who has sailed for Califor.
mia. intends. it is said, to organize an ex xpediton
there against Nicaragua.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31
The Teachcrs, Association

OF Kent and Sussex counties, will hold n
meeting IN DOVER, on WEDNESDAY
April 9th, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
The Teachers of the two counties are ur.
gently called upon to meet in convention. The
object will be, to organize more thoroughly as
a county convention, and to interchange views
in regard to the best manner of teaching and
governing school, and the studies best to be
pursued by the pupils and teachers of the public
schools.
Let every teacher, and every one who ex.
poets to teach during the present year, be pre-
sent Let us strive to elevate our profession
to the place it should occupy, as second in i'm.
portance and influence to but one other. We
invite district committees, and the friends of
Education generally to meet with US.
w. r. ALDRED, Pres't
r COOpFP Sac'v
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

" By a typographical error in our last
issue, our correspondent Junus " was made
to say, litter of fine lambs" instead of
I" litter of five lambs" That is famous eve,
and we would advise our Cow-Marsh " friends
BY all means to cultivate the breed. Reybold,
who has almost turned to a sheep himself, can't
beat that
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

ESCAPE FROM JAIL.-Mchael MeGormau,
CO... conhnes IN the Elkton Jail for passing counter
lel money, escaped on Saturday last. 1t is
supposed he cut his irons loose and was helped
over the wall by ether prisoners Cecil Wig.
0F A grand daughter of the late Thomas Fl.
Benton was married at Calcutta on the Doth of
December. ~" -
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

puE "TIMES" is published EUery Iausday. by
eo.r. D. HoTFECxER, Editor and Proprietor, at the
Tsmperasce Hall. S@yrnd, Del.
XS-SUsscRIPTIoN.-O"e year, $3.50 IN advance
.r $500 if not paid I'LL end Of the year. No paper
d;,coatinned until all arrears are paid-Only at the
anton of Tie Publisher.
eUery square Of l2 lines, less first
Insertion 50 cts. each subsequent insertion 25 cts-
Liberal arrangements made With yearly aud half
yearly yadUertisers.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31
ThOS. w. Evans & Co..

would respectfully invite the attention Of The resi.
oeh'' OF tins vicinity 10 their large stock Of
New Spring Dress Goods,
Embracing Silk Robes 2 FIounced do. Robes Les.
Chene Silks. Plaid. Striped. do Bayaderes etc With
all Inc ne west styles Of Silks imported this season.
:, ORGANDINES, Do. ROBES, ARGANDINES.
Gran"dnes Challles, etc. Mourning Goods in eyery
vanCiy. '
WHITE GOODS-Embroderie Laces. Gloves.
Tltehs; Nel'' English Hosiery. Cravnts, ParasoIs
OIhDfoilds etc, eIr com Irising the handscmest MS
sorlmehi they have offered 10 their customers
Nos 0l8 and $50 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
mat3l i'm
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

VI There appears to be great diversity of
OPINION among Northern legislators, of late, in
relation to the right of suffrage. In Connec cti-
cut they passed, year or so ago. law to with
mold the right to vote from every man who
could not read and write, no matter how good
ms moral character, and in Massa chusetts natu.
tailzed cItizens are prohibited from voting until
Two years after naturalization. Now the New
YORK House of Assembly, not to be behind, has
just passed resolution, by vote of SO to q.
to change the State constitution so as to extend
Tree suffrage to the colored population. Its
success in the Senate is doubtful.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

IHE STEPHENS PoIsoNIxG CASE IN Nrw
ioRk.-Jnmes Stephens, tried in New York
.or the awful crime OF poisoning his wife, has
Oeen found guilty. The facts Of the case were
Puoilshed some time ago, and arc, no doubt.
lamlilar to our readers. There was some bar
swearing on both Sides and great interest was
manifested in the trial, as the prisoners charsc.
Ter was regarded as good before he was CHARGED
WIN the murder. Ii there is one crime above
another that deserves the severest penal Y of
The law, wlfe.murder is that crime. MIR. Ash.
mEad, the counsel for Stephens, intends to move
Tor new trial. The general belief is that the
verdict is a Just one. On the trial it was proved
mat Mrs Stephens, who died on the 9th Sen
temOer, 1897, after a sickness of weeks dura.
tlon' died under suspicious circumstances noted
al the time; that the husband was in the habit
OF administering her medicines that lust be.
lore the wife was taken sick, he on two occs.
slons purchased arsenic, for which he had no
particular need that he had motive in ret.
ting rid of his wife, in that he was tired of her
beng older than himself, and cherished hopes
OF second marriage; and that after the body
was dlslnterred and subjected to very thorough
chemlcal examination, it contained decided
Traces OF arsenic; all which circumstances. mi
together, tend TO but one conclusion.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

KILLING has been discussed as a fine art
we DO not by any means concede that ingenui-
~ or fashion can possibly elevate it to a sue.
cesstul rivalry with culprure or puintnp, mn.
SIC or poetry yet that it partakes of little of
each cannot be denied Murder is becoming
Vulgar-that Is, common. Some apprehensions
may well be entertained that the man who b,s
not taken the life Of another, or ATTEMPTED il
or connlved at it, will soon degenerate into
public spectacle. We verify believe that the
gullt OF murder-and we speak seriously in this
sentence-is now weighing heavily in the scale
OF eternal justice against muItitudes who enlv
sanction deeds which end in murder, encoura oc
murder, paIlIate murder, by their horrible
apathy. The time is come when murder can
be made profitable, and there are those. and
their name Is legion, who stand ready to share
the profit, Indifferent to the means. Again
your great criminal, your high hand villain. who
dehes alike the laws of God and man. is sure of
pictorial distinction. His features are limned
Tor the press, and his crime deineatod in all IFS
details for the qualification ofan admirinp pnb.
lie. And this is human nature-and eiGhteen
centuries of Christianity have only lifted the
great family of mankind to this.--BaL SIM,
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31


SAGACITY OF A DOG.-A little bow who had
lailen INTO snow bank, from which he could
not escape, was rescued by his dog, who went
OH and by his actions induced nelghbor to fol.
low HIM to where the child must, without such
and, have soon pershed.
CONSUL RECOGNIZED.-The President has re.
coSnIzed Frederick lIagedorn as Consul of the
Grand Duchy of SAKE Wemar for the States of
Mary land, Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware.
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the District Of
Columbia.
HIsTLING.-They have luSuS nature Mt
cincinnati, in the shape of an Irish child II
months old, who never cries or talks. but wbis.
ties instead He doesn't whistle tunes. of
course, but his whistle is as clear as an adults.
A young locomotive probably.
QT The yield of maple sugar in Michigan
has been so extraordinary this season, That
farmers are selling it from six to eight cts. per
pound. More sugar has been made in the West
ern counties of Pennsylvania this season than
for many years past.
CET News has been received at I.eavenwor,b
OF the discovery of valuable gold dgrings
along the Arkansas river, in Western Kansas.
A company of miners from Lawrence, located
there, send the intelligence back home.
0F fire at Cleveland has destroyed the
Hour mill of J. B. Hegbe, the fire arising from
The friction of machinery. Loss $l8,OOO; in.
surance $4,000.
0~ Mexico is good place for Presidential
asPlrants-they use up about two week there
SPRING SOuTH.-In South Carolina the whip
poorM i'll has been heard, and the young fps are
as large as pigeons egg. In Florida the air
is heavy with the fragrance of orange blossoms.
and the thermometer stands at 50 in the shade.
0E- Punch says the very best sewing.ma.
chine man can have is a wife" A French.
man considers it an Internal machine.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31
Lightning Rods.

TO all who intend projecting their property from
lightning n few facts may not be unweIcome Tie
Electro Magnet Lightning Rod has boen before the
pubic Tor twenty has been The means of N wing
vast deal OF property and many ives and has never
IN single instance failed 10 meet the highest exnec
taons OF It's value. Hundreds of our own ci,zets
can testify from their own know ledge Of its ability IN
protect property m safety; who have been eve nj
hesses where buildings pGblc and private churches
and scloOlhOuses have been ed from destfucIion
the rod receiving and carrying harmless the ground
strokes which hat for them would have caused the
total ruin Of the building and all within It.
The superiority of these rods any others in use
has been testified to by who have no superors in
general science or in this depc rImen Recommcnda-
On' 10 the number OF SIN hous0nd be seen al the
factory.
The United States Patent Office is protected bv nv
Rods, having been selected from all others in use m
The best une most reliable Considering the character
and position OF the men who have charge of that ins
lul0n, no higher testimony could be desired
fefsonS residing at distance should he on their
guard against class of swinders who by false repre
sehlatl0ns OF every desert pOn, seek TO mslead tho
purchaser. Where my Agents are not personally
SHOWN as SUCH the only safe plan To apply by letter
or Otherwise. at the Factory.
{r Weather Vanes. Cardinal Points Shire Rods
and all manner of Scroll and Fancy Iron Work to sun
all characters OF Architecture. got up in the neatest
and most durable manner at lhe lowest cost prices
Thomas Arrmilagc,
Magnetic lightning Rod and Weather Vane Factory
No l2O6 VINE Street, above Twelfth.
nar0l-5m PHILADELPHIA.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31
NA@A@-

RETURN OF HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. is
stated that considerable number of Hungarian n
refugees who arrived in this country soon after
the disastrous revolution of Isis, ending with
the capture Of the celebrated fortress of Csmorn
have recently asked and received an amnesty
IRON the Austrian government, and are about
leaving the United States and returning to
'helr native country. A number of them are
men OF property and intelligence.
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31
One Cent Reward

Runaway from the subscriber, on the 23d instant n
Icl n"l named julius ArGrsrUs EICmoLTzs aged about
10 10 years an Indcnured apprentice to The farming
him, as they will be dealt with according to law.
a, JOHN K DICK.
Near Smyrna. March 81, l659-2w
Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

OF Gov. Burton has made the following ap.
pointments:
George NJ. Davis, Notary Public, Bridge.
vile. Sussex county. Re-appointed.
Jeremiah Jones, Justice of the Peace, to re.
side at or near Gumborough. Sussex county,
appointed under act of Assembly.