Smyrna times., 1859-04-14
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IN ner VIII be tried at this court for the outrage
1e on Jane Norris, unless the Attorney Generl
he should issue a nole pros. in the case.
ID B shop Scott left Wilmington, on Nor
u day last, for Kansas and Nebraska, where h
!" will preside at conference of the NJ. E. churcl
nc of those territories
- The Parsonage for the Crcuit-tht
=. residence Of the Rev. Dr. Quigley-is now be-
!. ing painted, papered and otherwise improved.
"A neat and commodious Parsonage is
y being erected at MiddIetown for the pastor oil
/. the M. E. Church. A liberal subscription to
t. defray the expense, has been given by the
5. members and congregation and, as further
r aid IN liquidation, several lectures have been
0 delivered, and toleraby patronisCd-one last
: week, by the Rev. Mr. Wilitts, and another on
t Monday evening by Rev. II. F. Hurn.
> The Presbytery of New Castle met
! Tuesday morning at IL o'clock, in the First
Presbyterian church, Wilmington (Rev. Mr..
Roberts) and was opened with sermon by the
Rev George Marshall.
The superior court and court of General
Sessions for Sussex is now being held at George.
town.
The Messenger says an effort is being
made to resusc'ate the project of the Old Air
Line Railroad route down the peninsula.
The subscriptions to the stock of the
Real Estate Bank at Newport. on Wednesday
last, reached fifty thousand dollars, the sum re-
qulred to commence business.
Prof. d. Radner Coover of Irving Fe.
male College, and proprietor of the Carlisle
(Pa) Heratd, known to many in this communi.
ty, died on Tuesday week.
1t is stated that ten thousand dollars
have already been subscribed al LAUREL towards
the extension of the Delaware Railroad through ;
that town to Annamessex.
The Rev. J. l.. McKim, Rector of ST.
PauFS Episcopal church, at Georgetown, has t
been obliged to suspend his ministratons for G
short time, in consequence of an affection of q
his throat. i
The Easton Star, in speaking of the Ap- "a
pointments, says:
Rev. Charles Hill, who has been in Easton
the last two years, goes to Smyrna station {
we congratulate our neighbors OF Smyrna on A
Their new preacher. They will find Mr.. Hill, !
in all respects, one of the best ministers tbey u
have ever had among them. Ii is with dee re- e
gret that the church in this place parts with d
hlm, and ~e hope he may meet with cordial ,
welcome in his new field OF labor.
The first Quarterly Meeting, for Smyrna n
Circuit and Station, for the present conference II
year, was held on Sunday last. Rev. c. Hill. a
The pastor, preached IN the morning, and Rev. n
}. w. llammersley, of Berlin, Md, in the eve II
ming, at the Station; Rev. Il C. Murphey, p. ,
E., in the morning, and Rev. J. Il Van Burka. i
low in the evening, at Raymond's Chapel on !,
The Circuit.
There is farmer living not hundred On
niles from Smyrna who, short time since, re. N
marked that he had not been to church for the b,
asst twelve years, and his wife has never been ia
n Smyrna but once in her life and then it was
o visit Circus. AT that time they got a good l.
drenching" from heavy rain, that set in
bout the close of the ertormance, and it is
'resumable that if she has forgotten that show II
,r the circus men will reap their spare "quar-
ers' next Tuesday. Verify the missionary is :"
leeded in our midst =,
We learn from the Georgetown Messen-
ger that a colored girl stabbed one of her &C. u
Iuantances quite severely at the meeting 7,
Iouse on the hill neGr Georgetown, Sunday
light week, on the ground that she was trying hi
o suppant her in the affections of a lad who
lad been paying her some attention. She also
wounded another negro woman with a knife, A
nd cut off the lapel of the coat of man who
ntertered to check the disturbance. She was &C
rreSted and placed in prison. u
FROM MEXICO.-By the arrival cf the steam. N
hip Quaker City at New Orleans, we have ad u
ices from Vera Cruz to the LIST instant on Z
'hich day the Quaker City touched at that port
n order to land Mr.. McLane, our nc>4y minister in
0 Mexico. The expedition of General Mira. NJ
non against Vera Cruz, had shown itself n
gainst that city, and failed either to take or R,
0 attack it. MlramOn made his first recon- Gc
distance OF the Notifications on the 18th uIl-
10. He then made an unsuccessful demon 'a
tration against Alvarado, and on the 9th com. n,
lenced his retreat for high temperate regions.
he Constitutional forces under General Am o.
udia were prepared to cut him off, and Cover tn
or Degollado is reported to be at Tacubaya.
'ithn three miles of the city of Mexico, with ,
,ur thousand men. When the Quaker CITY ch
1uched at Vera Cruz, there were great re-
'lclngs there on account of the retreat of Mi iS'
anon, and of the arrival of the new American n
linister. 20,
KENT County AIMS HoUsE.-Frem n state. q.
lent just published by the Trustees of the Poor.
'r the year ending February %, 1859, says w