Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

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merer OF Colonel Ellsworth, in Alexandria. WINS
formerly employed as a carrier of the Trov
Daity Times. lie telegraphe to his father
immediately r', after the death of. the lamenled
ellsworth, IN the following laconic disDatch.
FATHER:-Colonel Ellsworth was shot dead
'uis morning. | killed the murderer.
FRANK.
Colonel Ellsworth had been enpapad for tho
last two years to Miss Carrie SpsfFord. voung
.aoy OF seventeen, the daughter Of Charles F.
HPaHoio' respectable resident OF Rockford,
ILLINOIS, Miss Spafford was recently a student
~ the carroll institute, Brooklyn. The mar.
.~ge would probably have taken lace ere this
out Tor the breaking out of the war.
President Lincoln is busiIy engaged upon
MS message preparatory TO the extra session.
~ VIII De an important message, and will ask
lor large increase OF the army and navy, and
appropriations OF money to meet the crisis.
Gov. Banks plans for increasing the armv.
by adding to the same 100000 more men will
be adopted. 1t 10 reported that the President
h0s already begun, with Mr.. Cameron and Gen.
scott, to arrange the quotas of these men from
the several States.
"Job printing Job printing /" exclaimed
| IN
over her spectacles at the advertising page of
country paper. {" Poor Job they've kent him
printing, week after week, ever since | larnt
10 read; and If he wasn't the patientest me n
that he was, he never could have stood il so
long, ne how"
The new Military Department of Kentucky,
10 the command of which Col. Anderson has
been appointed, embraces all the State of Ken.
lucky which lies within one hundred miles of
the Ohio River. His head quarters for the
present will be at Louisville.
An election was held in CO ii county on We'd
nesday last. for a member of the House Of Del
egates, TO I'LL a vacancy. Andrew McInlire.
The Union candidate, received 400 votes in
Elkton, to 10 for o. G. Kidd, Secessionis,.
The NOwton Marion Aes, Ca plain Watson.
company attach TO Col. Roger A. Pryor's
regiment. consisting of seventy five men, yot.
ed, last Thursday, seveRty-fOur TO one against
secession. They were disbanded The next day
by Col. Pryor. Newton 10 part of Ports.
mouth.
1t is said that Gen, Scott remarked the other
day TO some visitors, "This is my last cam.
palgD, gentleman, and it shall be nv best"
The promptness with which he has brought TO
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ter the field. is really among the most remark
able feats of this remarkably great man.
ELECTED To CONGREss.-Richard Harrison.
the independent Union candidate, has been
elected to Congress from the Seventh Ohm
District. to fll Tom Corwin's vacancy. lie
defeats Harlan the Republican nominee.
IMPORTANT FROM CHrHA.-NGnkin Totollv
Destroyed. d.-AdVicsS from Hong Kong to the
18Th OF April. report the total destruction Of
NsnkIn and Chingkiang, by the rebels.
We still think that there will be no desper.
ale stand made by the rebels. but that they
will engage in a sort of Parthian warfare-e
running hght-the running being chiefly in
direction leading from the United States arny. |
very complete system of tel egra phing hss
been devised for the use OF the lelegra ph for
military operations, and placed at the disposal
"i MAYOR Mcclellan, and number OF promtnent
aud experienced teegra pliers are Cooperating
with Mr.. Stager, to render il Of the utmost
possible efficiency for the army service.
ARMAMENT FOR FORT Delaware Fort Del. !
aware al the pea patch which HIS hitherto had
only portion Of its arRa ment, is now 20 be
supplied with large addition to the number
OF guns for it's defence Forty tons Of cannon
for the fort wero shipped from Boston on Mon.
day, IN the schooner Eliza Jane, and are now
probably there.
COLORs MOST FREQUENTLY HIT DURING WAR
1t would appear. from numerous Observa.
tIons made by military writers, that soldiers
are hit during battle according to the color of
their dress. in the following order:-Red, the
most fatal; the least fatal Austrian gray.-l
The proportions are. red, twelve; rife green
seven; brown. SIX Austrian blueish gray FIVE. |
You cannot preserve happy domestic pairs
In family jars
ln the game OF life men most frequently
play The KSAvE. and women the DEUCE.
THE more cheques spend.hrift receives, the
faster he goes on.
AkV merchant may make his house Gus.
tom house by attention to his duties.
A man winds up his clock 10 make it run.
and his business TO make it stop.
LIFE is beautiful night, in which, as some
staTs 60 down, Others rise
The sun should shine on festivals, but the
mson is the light for ruins.
Or ell the Dlmes of earth, the torrid zone
bears the palm.
WHAT color is it that contains several! An
umber, (G number