Smyrna times., 1860-09-06

A GHosr --On Saturday night of the week
before last, ghost was said 70 have been seen
in that portion of Wilmingt bounded by Ninth
and Walnut streets and the Brandywine. Size
that time it is said to have maee it's appearance
every night, and is described % :" "a tall. muscu.
lar apparition, dressed 10 white sheet and
skull cap" IL has been pursued on several
occasions, both by crowds and individuals, and
on Tuesday night, when pursued particularly
close by boy named Wright, it threw .rck
striking him in the breast aud making quite a
serious bruise. Constable West had an excit.
ing chase after it on Wednesday night LAST
and fired Two shotsat it. Our reporter visited
the scene of its nightly inaraudings. on Friday
| evening, and found about thousand people, of
all ages, sexes and condition, spread over the
infected district, anxiously waiting the advent
of the spook; but nary spook was forthcoming.
On Saturday night there was large crowd in
attendance, and one gentleman informs US that
at least three hundred Of them kept watch un-
til +" the early cock he'd thrice done sslutations
to the morn," if not longer.
J The police force visited the place on Satur-
! day night, and endeavored to dispense the crowd
but as fast as they were driven from one place
they assembled in another. Several guns were
taken from over excited people on the ground.
! The excitement attending this ghost BUSH
and loss to those owning brick-yards and other
property in the neighborhood is considerable,
and all will hail the capture of the fellow, who
syer he may be, with the greatest satisfaction.
4 Gazette
q Mr.. THOMAS WINANs, of Baltimore, is about
Ito add to the attractions of that beautiful city,
by erecting in lis most central locality hotel,
the like of which shall not have been seen even
0 10 our hotel-excelling country. A correspon-
g dent of the New Orleans Picayune says: "Mr.
o Wlnans is repuled 10 be worth from ten 10
: twelve millions dollars. The hotel here re-
ferred to, if constructed, will be on a grand
u scale, costing from one million to twelve hun.
dred thousand dollars. 1t will have four fine
,t fronts, one on Baltimore street, another or
IN North, a third on Holiday and fourth on Fay.
/, cite street. The new city hall fronts ON the
. rear (Fayette street) the new United States
6 Court House on the opposite cofner of Nortl
,e street. and the iron San building in front
while Holiday street Theatre is only few step
distant. If carried forward as contemplated
the work of building will be commenced SOM
time next spring 1t is an admirable location
at but whether the speculation will be profitable
10 must be tested by future developments.
BEATEN--Col. Tom. Florence. SC long tn
g. Democratic candidate for Congress in the FRS
II, Pennsy lvania District was beaten in the rae
re for denomination, on Tuesday evening weeE
by William E. Lehman, who, on the sixl
Ii ballot was declared the nominee OF the conven
r. ton. A perfect storm of tribulation swe[
e. across the breasts of the defeated and route
in Flerentines, and much confusion arose. Nj
Lehman, however, was declared the nominee
is and in speech accepted the position. He
n; Douglas man.
nc In SEAsoN.-Rail and Reed birds came
~ season Saturday morning. The result W,
~ that almost everybody who could handle
~, gun was astir at early hour, and the bank
~ of the Delaware presented thousand gun ba
W terry. The birds were scarce, and after fe
rounds of "pop," whz,' bang" I" cho
sss hoom," they became exceedingly wild.-Pen,
lso sqLuanian. .-...-