Smyrna times., 1860-02-16
Fractions of News,


lar and near, are to congfegate at Washington
at the inaugurations of the Washington statue
4 distinguished functonary is to offcate as G.
, H. }. a., and will appear with new regalia and
in good condition. The Free Masons are also
, talking about participating, and the "bould
soger boys" are aanking and facing with mar
tial alacrty.
III. A. Mansfield, of Boston, skated fifteen
miles IN sixty five minutes, on the Nashua riv.
er' last Saturday. thereby winning a prize of
500, offered by citizens of Groton.
The students of the Sourth Carolina
College, at Columbia, have come out in suits of
graV kersey, made at the mills of Glbbes & Co.
That's the way 10 encourage home manufac.
lures.
-OnIy sxty-hve thousand out of one hun.
dred and thirty one thousand registered pupils
attended the public schools of New Jersey last
year. That's not much better than North Car.
olina.
! -Protection Of the independence Of the
Italian States has become the settled D, Iicy Of
England and France, let The Congress do as it
may.
/ Edward Darling, formerly clerk in the
supreme Court, shot himself IN b. ltimore. on
Friday, aud died instantly.
The Maryland Legislature, or FRIDAY.
ADOPTED resolutions ceusurng Hon. Henry
Winter Davis Tor voting for Mr. Penninn:cr ~
Speaker. A resolution was also a,jop,ed an
pointing conImittrc II inquire II he Govern.
or It 1t was true, as stat.i 20 The ma.y-nan.rg.
that he had sent his SECRETARY %; Sale 10
Washington 10 congratuate Mr. Pennington
upon his election.
The Liring Age - trying to prove tina,
'he tribute to Washington On the back Of the
celebrated Pl'c1er portnI at Mount Vernon,
was written b} J'hn R. Snt}, Esd, formerly
member of the bar Of Ph ,9n.p.,a. ana no,
by an E'gll~hman, rs r'at,d ~ Mr. loesnrin N
his book ub ut Mount Vcfnou philadelpbia
should take pride in ihis splendid composition.
as being written by one of her own citizens.
The Chamber of Commerce. of New
York city, has ad pied me;noriai 10 the Presi-
dent, suggesting the mtdiarIoa of our govern.
ment between England auu France, 10 prevent
further hostIhtes with China
"A wrier having asserted that, below
the ChrsIana there are not 100 men who are
in favor of sending delegates 10 Chicago. the
Milford News says: We wish to inform that
Eultor that there are more dian that number
in Milford, who are in favor of this measure,
and in Cedar Creek Hundred a large ma iurI:1
OF the Opposition are IN favor of the measure.
1t is stated TIA, thr whnie of Frsncp,
nation Of thirly-slx millions of inhabitants, only
appropriate as much money to common schools
as does the city of New York aloue-some hing
/ like six millions OF francs.
DIR. Kane's panorama of the Arctic ex-
pediton, and his famous Esquimoux dog, Etsh,
were sold in New York, last week, for $2S5
Tne panorama cost $4,000
The testimony of Jews IN the Austrian
, Courts has been put on the saue fontlng with
that given by Christians. long step that
towards federation.
Church and State have been at last sep.
arated in Denmark. The world rolls on.
Henry Winter Davis, of Maryland, has
been burned in etIigy in several places at the
South. for voting for the Republican candidate
for Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WIN. E. Burton. the well.known come.
dian, died in New York on Friday last, in the
57lh year of his age.
Lent Will commence on the ODD inst,
and Easter day will fall on Sunday, the slh of
April.
The value of the hay crop Of the United
States Is $IlO,0O0 900 over that OF the cotton
!, crop.
8 The special nlection held IN Caroline
t county, Md, on "Wednesday Tor Judge of The
Orphans Court resulted IN the etc,iuu Of Mir.
d iy.
= "A member of one OF the rccenl DItunion-
i lists County Conventions, held in Mlsslssippi,
: rejoicing in the hume OF Morse, offered a resO.
l. luton to expunge all thai portion Of the Bible
70 which related to the Exodus Of the lsraeiltes
from Egypt on the ground OF lis incendary
h, character. and The motion was only lost b.
n three uoteS!
Lord John Russell hes stated in Parlia
le ment that treaty was being drawn up betwee
II England and the United States for the preveu
IN tion of cruelty to seamen, which had become s
y common on board Anne rican vessels. In Aut
trala panic prevailed, and many failures ha
occurred.
a -Advices from Bogota state that ii
y, ~ Catholic clergy there had collected all the B
,is bles distributed by the London Bible Sociei
sst ana burned 'hem In the pnblIc square IL
British Minister strongly protested against Il
:, proceeding, but Mr.. Jones. the American Mi
.rr isier. was present, counlenancing The outrap