Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1860-06-28

heir head quarters in Philadelphia. The pun
shment for this offence 10 fne of $1,000 and
IN imprisonment Of not less than FIVE years in
he Eastern Psniten,iary. To run the risk of
such a sojourn the sknucks" are not willing,
other cities receiving the light of their pres
ence.
FRUIT.--The New Orleans papers complain
greatly of the high prices of fruit and all ar
ticles of daily consumption in that market
Cherries sell at 80 cents a pint, gooseberries
about the same rate, peaches small and indiffer- /
ent at cents piece, apples small and scrub
by, 8 for 5 cents, and pears at fancy rates from I
IL to 90 cents apiece; chickens rs cents to ST
per pair; beef and mutton Is cents pound,
that would be dear at half the price.
A MOST terrible disaster happened on Thurs
day morning, off the Jersey coast AT half
past two o'clock ON that morning, the U. s. |
coast survey steamer, Walker. under command
of Lieutenant ]. ]. Guthrie, Of the U. s. Navy,
was run into by coasting schooner. and damn
aged so much that she went down in half an
hour afterwards, ind twenty of the crew are
believed TO have been lost.
DR.. WILLIAMs, of Salem, Mass, while shaw
ing, accidentally cot the back of his hand. The
wound was dressed, and appeared to be heal
ing. but Inflammation ofthe cellular tissues set
in and extended SO rapidly that it could not be
checked. II terminated fatally on the 9th.~-
DIR. Williams was SO years Of age.
The RICE CRop,-- gentleman from Collie
ton informs us (says Mondays Charleston Mer-
cary) that the rice is in excellent condition,
and every prospect fine. Should the same for
tune that has attended the crop thus far con-
tinue to the end Of the season, the biggest crop
aOar m, IA mill ha fha result
Miss ELLIorT. who wrote that precious
hymn coInmencing-
'sJust as am without one plea
put that into The mind and heart OF little Ger
man girl, who was thereby converted. She
sung those words continually whenin health,
and she sung them also when dying.
WE ARE GLAD no SEE, that The New York
FHlton street daily prayer-meetings are recelv-
iyg an junction and power. They have never
been abandoned, since they were begun, but Of
late, they begin TO show signs of new liie.--
The World makes daily reports Of the proceed
ings.
LAST Tuesday, the Methodist church at
Bloomfield, NJ. u, was struck by lightning.
while about $50 persons were within, engaged
IN strawberry festival. All were severely
shocked, and one young man was knocked
senseless.
JuDoE WATsos. of Howard CO.. Missouri
was sentenced to the Pentenliary three years
for robbing the treasury of the county of So
600. He took ain appeal 10 the Supreme
Court, gave bonds 10 $1,000 and then left the
State. He is said TO be possessed of property
to the amount of $4,000.
| Messrs. Joseph and Robert Button, editors
Of the Lynchburg Virginian, were shot on Sat
urday last, al that place, by the brothers Hard
wick, OF tile Republican,. Robert Button was
MORALLY wounded, aud has since died. Tn,
other was seriously injured.
The Home journal is responsible for the Ia
test and best defnition of beauty-ihst which
has troubled the brain of the wisest philoso
piers II says:
: sBeauty, dear readers, is The scoman yor
. love--whateyer she may seem to Others"
!, MARoSEy, the former agent Of Adams Elk
: press, has pleaded guilty TO the robbery Of $50,
600, aud has been sentenced TO ten years i'm
prisonmept. His wife and other parties wer
implicated in the robbery, and will doubles
! |, be brought to justice.
SINCE the establishment Of new daily quar-
. 20 paper 10 New York, called The World, th
4 Chicago Press thus cassi6es the leading jour
nails of that city: The W0rLd-The Fesl
: Tribune and Iimes,) and the Devil (HerGld
] SIScuLAR VERDIcT.-Dutton, who swindle
Z the Muscaiine (Iows) Bank, Of which he wa
j cashier, out of $50 OO0 has been acquitted
a Jury on the ground that he was demented
!. the habitual use Of intoxicating drinks
!, CHuRcHEs in New YoRR.--In New Yor
. city, there are pa places of worship. of whic
4 the EpiscopaIians have oil. Presbyterians Al
E BIelhodisis, 33, Baptists 33, Roman Catholic
!, 80, Dutch Reformed %, Synagogues 10, &c.
" New HAmpsmRE- Solons Of the Ne
& Hampshire Legislature are at loggerheads {
p the cattle disease, and the proposed Board
y Commissioners is violently opposed as likely
! prove pleuro- pneumonia oIgsrchy.
81 IT 10 estimated that one hundred thousaI
I, stssogers will visit New York on the ensuir
e Fourth of July, TO witness the military parad
and to seeshs Great Eastern steamship, expeC
ed there on ths lstrroximo.
:. The Wesleyan Methodist Conference
n England announce an accession of sixte.
"a thousand four hundred aud sixty new mel
a bers, and twenIy-eight Thousand probatone
il IN 1860.
OF POPULATION OF CHEsTERTowH, MD.--A
ne cording TO the relurns Of the deputy Marsha
e. that town has population of 1880 of viii
M number 6e6 are whites and 6a4 blacks.
a. JuDos BArEs, Of Missouri, has written
p letter in favor Of the Chicago nominees.
y d,scaims all dissatisfaction asnot being non
=, mated himself
=. THR CincinDatans have passion for ma
n . rage on the street railroad cars. Three CO
nj pies have been married in these cars within
for short time.
ty The Great Eastern sailed from England
he the 10th inst, and 10 expected at the port
ia New York every day now.
N.
THE FEMALE ORGANIZATION ia often as Il