Smyrna times., 1860-04-12
coRREsPoN NDENCE.
Written for NE Smyrna Tia
Letter from Dover.

Pofttieal Meetings. Writ Of Habeas Corpus
Lager Beer Saloons s-Sch0ol Election, }c.
DoyER, April, 1860.
hR. EDrToa THE Peoples Party had o
meeting in town on Thursday last. for the pur-
pose OF taking into consideration the best In
tsresis Of The Party. New Castle County was
pretty generally represented, as also was Kent.
Sussex, however, sent only fourteen delegates,
.on account of the very short notice given for
the Hundred meetings and the State conven-
.tioo. II was desired BY some of The Sussex
members that The delegates present should be
allowed 10 cast the votes TO which Sussex
@ould have been entitled with full delega-
tioa. This was objected 10, however, upon
the ground that those Hundreds which were
not represented had positively refused to send
delegates. After some discussion the conven-
tion refused to allow the votes TO be cast. The
Chicago and Baltlulors subjsci wss very large
ly discussed, and, at times, warmly; but there
was no quarreilirg. as was anticipated by some
and believe the convention passed off very
well. Some OF them who desired that dele
gates should De sent TO Baltimore, strongly
urged The sending oi delegates to that conyen.
t'on by the Peoples Party; while others
thought II best that the Peoples Party, as a
PaTty, should send delegates to neither of the
National conventions, bu, that individuals de-
slrlug 10 send to either. might do so, without
committing The Peoples Party. After consid-
erable amending of resolutions motions. &C..
resolution was passed deeming it inexpedient
Tor the Peoples Party TO send delegates to any
National convention. This, SO far as am able
TO Judge, was :he object of the convention, and
the result. 1t is pretty generally understood,
beheve, that somewhere between the 10th
and 2Oth of the present month that portion of
ihs Opposition who are in favor of being repre-
seneed at Chicago, intend holding Mass
Meeting at the capitol, to elect delegates for
that purpose. hear, also, thai the Baltimore
men ere long are going 10 have convention
for the same purpose, to be represented in Bal.
timore.
Young Conrow, the man charged wish the
killing Of Tatman al Milford, was brought out
afew days ago. upon writ of Iabeas Corpus
and discharged upon $1,000 bail.
Christopher R. Evans, the young man charged
with attempting to gec meney from AIR. Cum
mins, Of your town, apoa threats against hi
iis' was brought out on Saturday last before
the chancellor The case is still under advise
ment, and will not be decided until Tuesday.
Mf. Editor, / would, if could, say,somethna
IN favor Of our town. We have two Lag 81
Besr Saloons which are. TO use an unbscomine
bn' in this instance truthful phrase,--playine
the d--l.
IL seems TO me we are performing retro
grsssive action. Night after night these in
ie1nai dens are filled with brawlers, 10 tn,
manifest annoyance of the whole community
and really think The number of persons is Ira
pidly increasing. No class ia exemp,--youn,
meus married men, and boys of all sizes.
On Saturday We held our School Elections
In Dover we hare two districts. The lowe
district voted a tax, and had only two vote
against NJ but 10 The upper district no tax
had majority Of two votes.
sls ust this strange in an enlightened commu
nifty and in the year l660i think il is. Som,
Of those who recorded their votes against ia,
gave as the reason for their conduct, that th,
schoe. was badly managed; others. that the ia,
was so high. This is ridiculous in the extreme
And what is the most singular part of the Who'll,
matter, majority of the votes cast against
tax wss by those who are most Interested; tina
10, by parents who are unable TO send thei
children TO any other than free schools.I
The truth of the whole matter is, our prescn
school system calls loudly for such legislation
as will put the subject entirely beyond reael
Of such narrow-minded persons. The matte
should be so regulated that there would be
school kept The entire year. in every district il
The Stale, without consulting the puerile whim
OF weak headed individuals.
do hope in my soul that the people of thi
State wll make move 10 the matter, and ha VI
proper legislation on the subject at tho coming
sessioo- II is a burning shame. 1t is bio
upon our escutcheon equal to the late Lottsr
Grant More anon,
AMHERST.