Smyrna times., 1860-12-20

NEW JERSEY RAILROADs.-A bill is to he in
troduced at the next session of the New Jersey
Legislature, to provide for the ncorporation If
company to construct a direct line of inde-
pendent railway, from a suitable point on Tho
Delaware river, opposite Philadelphia, TO a
suitable point on the Hudson river. onnosi,a
New York, with double tracks, complete sta.
tons, ferries, and landings, with fare TO be re
strlcted to two dollars passenger for maiI and
express trains, which shall run from city To citv
IN three hours, and TO one dollar and ffIv cep,s
and one dollar per passenger, in trains running
the entlre rout in four five hours, respectivelv
securing the right TO any lateral road to inter.
sect such maIn trunk road, and have It's passeu.
gers transported thereon at not more TIM two
cents mile, with other restrictions and nrivi.
lIges, preserving the faith and revenues of the
State. The road to be called " Main Trnnk
Railway of New jersey" and the ranital AN.
thorlzed for its construction to be three millions
OF dollars, with power to double the same
WHITE vs. NEGRO SLAVERY RY-Jobn Blaka i.
farmer IN Saratoga County, has been fined
81 900 for cruel treatment Of Conrad FIovd a
boy whom he adopted into his family from the
Utica Orphan Asylum. 1t is proved that Blake
had kicked the boy until he WAS deformed. tba :
he had given him meals only when he felt in.
cllned' and that he had actually compelled
hlm to eat mice and squirrels raw and unskip.
ned.
FALL IN THE VALUE OF SLAVES letter fran
Virginia, to the Rochester,N. Y. Americon
says the owners of slaves deplore not bavinT
disposed OF all their surplus stock of this com.
modify before the present penc set in. They
have an idea that the price will never apain
reach within 30 per cent. of the standard which
this description of property held some two
months ago.
JUST ONE ITEM.-A tax of$3OO, 900. The
Vlcksburg Wing states that the Post Office re.
celpts in the State of Mississippi, amount IN
$l0l,549. The expenditures o re S36I OOI le..
wing deficit of $2G8, ,445. This sum will bnve
to be raised, when the State secedes. nv diroc,
taxation of the people. A tax of $500, 600 for
just one item which cannot be avoided Lei
these facts be considered by he people before
they take the final step.
Tonight John Brown apo,heosis moeting
was held IN the Jay street colord church The
Rev. J. Stella Martin spoke He said the
mObOcrSts had so dampened the John Brown
zeal that his admirers have concluded to have
no celebration just now.
The National Convention of Unien pr.yo,
mestings was held last week at Washington.
and resolution passed calling on oil Christian
church sand people TO set apart he first Mon.
day in January as day OF fasting, humillat on
and prayer.
Reliablenccounts from Georgia and Alabama
lead US to believe that The Conservative party
will probably have majority in the conven.
tions TO be held in each sfthese States.
AT the Union meeting held in New York on
Saturday the following gentlemen were ppoin.
ted committee to visit the South: MIllard
Fillmore, Green c. Bronson and Richard La.
theirs.
Isham w. Garret, Esq, is now at Raleigh.
as Commissioner from the State Of Alabama, TO
consult with the Legislature of North Carolina
on the condition of the country.
There are published in the United States
about two hundred religious papers, and their
circulation is rsckoned by the hundred thou
sands. The service they render in The moralf
education oftho people is beyond calculation.