Smyrna times., 1859-01-20


hAHsAs AND MISsoURI--Ih Ru6ianisaa OF
n the Bordcr.-There will be a battle on th
: missouri borders in less than week, if the la
: TEST dispatches from ST. Louis can be relied on
Mon'gomery is said TO be fortifyng himsel
near the Missouri line, aud the United State.
troops are on The march,-with Missouri vol
, un'eers,-to dislodge him. The ruflianism OF
; which Montgomery and Hamilton are the fiji
representatives has had full swing out there
long enough, and it is to be hoped the time is
now at hand when it may be made an example
Of
PETERsoN's LADIES NATIONAL MAGAZINE. for
February, Z. Peterson, Publisher, 900
Chesnut street, Phluda. terms So 90 a wear;
copies So; copies 81 80.
rms Is very fine number of this excellent
magazine. The engravings are particularly
coed; we have never seen "a Winter Night"
eXceIled in its class of cngravings. Among the
contributors are Mr.. Peterson himself Mrs.
Ann 5. stephens, Mrs. NJ. A. Dennison, V. F..
townsend, &c., names, Of themselves, su(i-
cient guaranty ofits literary merit.
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VF The Baltimore Sam notices circular,
published 10y Douglas d Co., of New York
"h'ch gives list Of the failures in the various
States IN the Union during 1857 and 1853. The
number In the whole country, in 1857, is mi
down at 4,032, for an aggregate amount of
S20I, 100000; and in lS59 at 4,235 for the
sum of $93,740,6j2. Filty-eight failures are
put down In Baltimore, in IS57, for an aggrc-
gate OF $3,206,OO0; and seventy-six failures in
1858 for $2,442,Gi0.
w We are indebted to E. Q. Sewall, Jr..
Tor copy of his map and report of recent sur.
vcy of route of extension of Delaware Railroad
10 Annamesslc, Md.
The PGNNsyLvANIAN.-This Philadelphia
journal has changed hands, Mr. Rice, its recent
proprietor, dIspoSing of his interest to DR.. r
Morwitz. Hon. Nimrod Strickland is to be its
future editor
05- correspondent of the Del. Gazette
writing from Leipsc, under date of Jan. l4tb'
says:
+" On last Tuesday most villainous attempt
at poisoning was made on the family of VIM.
Collins, Esq, formerly Senator from Duck
Creek Hundred. 1t Is supposed to have beer,
arsenic, and was put in the flour, as all who ate
Dt the same loaf OF bread were severely effected
lhere were fourteen persons who partook of
he bread including part OF four families, who
we're visiting Mr.. Collins and some day hands
u work on the farm. As yet the fend of this
iIaooIical act is unknown, aud am afraid will
20 unhung unless some circumstance NAV oc. {
n Ol To fl,f,,
o say they are all recovering, but still are sui
erlng more or less from its effects"
--S
G. Hon. Willard Salisbury was elected u
). Senator by the Delaware Legislature on
Thursday, in place of Hon. Mr.. Bites, whose t
erm @lll expire on the 4th of March. The d
Delaware Gazette says of him: t
Mr.. Salisbury is comparatively a young :
nan, we think about 40 years of age. lie "
tudIed law IN the office of the gentleman }
whose place he goes to fill, and stands promi. ,
ent at The bar OF his native State as LAWYER !
t strength and influence. During the Gu6er y
atorlal term of WIN. Tharp, Esq, Mr. Sauls
nry occupied the responsible position of States
Attorney General, and performed the duties of 5
hat position with credit to himself and the f
'tate. That The election of Mr.. SALISBURY
~ give SdtisIdCtIou 10 tHc WnOIe Democratic y
'arty OF Delaware, We are free to say, we do P
OF believe, neither do We think the election of y
ny other man would al this time" ST
a
The SLAVE TRADE IN DELAwARE.-Mr. ia.
obs introduced bill in the House of Repre-.
'ntatives at Dover on "Wednesday last, pro.
Iding for the repeal Of the law which prohibits
&c expectation OF slaves from this State. and
.e importation of slaves into it, without a H.
nse from the Court We have not heard the :
easons urged in favor of the proposition, but y
'e presume that they are as fallacious as those
sually resorted to in order 10 Justify the ex- =
'nson of this peculiar institution. 1t is some. :
hat singular that while certain parties in -
I nth Carolina and Georgia are king Efforts :;
} abrogatc the laws enacted by their prede -
ssors, prohibiting the foreign trade, that an =
tempt should be made in Delaware to abro. :"
ate those torbddng the traffic in slaves be- ;,
"een this and other States. The motives in :, :,
ch case must be of somewhat similar char ~
ter. The desire to make money and not the =,
asire to advance the interests of our common " -"
ountry, or promote christianity, is at the bot - :,
in OF the movement.-RePuJIican. ~
Important from Washington. NJ NJ
Caucus on C"Ja-SlidelFs Thirty Million sr
Bill TO be put through the Senate!
A Snpcial diSnatcs on AIond,u