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ular kind Of coat, down to his ankle, which be
wore, being new and outrageous fashion, just
arrived from England.
At the first st0ruling Of San Sebastian, which
was unsuccessful, an officer, very young man,
was very forward on the breach, wounded, and
taken prisoner. Among the frst Of the enemy
who came up 10 him was Q French grehadieF,
who, IN admiration Of his gIllantry; which he
had witnessed, ran up and Kissed him. A day,
or two after that town was taken, the glFfis0n
having retired 70 the castle, and everything be-
ing still IN confusion. one Of our oicsrs pressed
on TO the buildings at the foot Of the steep bill,
70 ascertain and hx the limits occupied BY the
French. He walked ! to the open doors Of b
church which was backed against the bin. and
50 cautiously up the centre aisle, when he heard
q voice from the arched ceiling calling out, Re-
tirez vous, Fetirez vousp Looking up, he could
see nothing, but became at once aware that the
enemy had access to the ceiling from the blu,
while they had abandoned the floor, and there
were probably musket or two objected on 70
the floor from some holes, irvm whence, Of
course, be might have been shot but for this
courteous conduct. He Of course took the hint
and retired. 20 H' ~"
The Duke Of Wellington rode out ono day at-
tended by some officers and . cavalry escort
from the front Of Bayonne. TO reconnOitre the
TlNeT AuOuT1 Wueu " wa PlOklo1o4 " WV =
passage across Il. He hadto pass round por-
ton of the fortress at mile or two from Il, and
in going through village, . number Of French
soldiers stragglers from the garrison, and un-
armed, rushed out Of public houses into the
street, in confusion. We could have swept them
al away into our lines, but scorned % AXE such
. useless advantage; 80, after few pOlits eur.
sory remarks and questions We parted very
good friends. ,1,..... -. ....,,5
Such are specimens Of amenities which may
pass in war between the contsnding armies, and
which, when kept within reasonable boun {, can
not be too much admired. They viii be pFae-
tssd IN proportion to the state Of civilization Of
the nations engaged, and 70 the length Of the
periods during which campaigns may lhs'.9 We
did not find the same refined spirit In the Crimea,
among the Russians They had hard sense of
irritation, and, to al appearance, Of individual
personal rancouF, even TO the extent i Is conf
IDENTIFY assefted, of bayoBeting the wounded.
This REFERS however, moro particularly % the
soldiers; the officers, In general, were hrave
. The French and English treat their opponents
In more chivulfods and civilized manner tlnb
other nations; aud it was quite IN exception 70
the usual French ,pFaetice, ghsp the ilrst Napo
leon Suggested bringing up dozen or more tigldr
pieces, slylvto open Solley on any assen5lagp
os monnted dAicen, by which aqdeIqde petit
general might be killed. In ihct, q wash that
way MOgeal isll IN lsla. ~ ,sFsl lsssi,sl ~
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oetter nan tnoss we nao tone ee!oLs .ns.1: eas
LAst 2. ~ u.e .hlfs, oooA ~ oi', ano ioere ioe'e
tne pnpeess " we n.nyl
1goa mesuihs' ne salaS anay 'nAhk yoa
iol netnlng. i,.,.9 !. !,
"uood morning, sa'd she, tne tAme 70 YOU
Inen went on
=. Aoa hasens sncn me mfnyA,a = gu.
IN pe poana ior nnen NO snepneLcs s.lna
one ~ eaen sna y ana o'ow tneF IAn, noI
tne one can't near tne etner :, .,al,4ys
Haven't we, tnoughF answered pootA-
'Ours . ~ bigger IoI Mnsn 2 g. psg,ns y
60 WIN CAV g one ena q " sns aont eet 70
ne otnef oeloss neg .,lne eeme& .
la. dars say, ealq tpe prlacesa,n ~ en. ~ ~,
you haven't aucn 2 olg o., eneI y, e1ol's W.
eeri lof Wnen we nsn y. e1g ... On easn VIZ y y
they can't toneh eaeh otner van : tMemsy.'oo' 20
rule n.n N,hf'iNe -. ..
"Stunl $40 boot m, ANT Mhys y. u.
have an OF who y 70 blG, that when two men ~
one On each hofn, and deacn blows ne great noun
tain.tfnmpei, ney can't ne1f one ano.ne1.
eaFe ". saia tne ptinse ,., ~ ". ~.
haven't 80 much milk as We, III Be bound; %
We MIX our kline INTO great pailr ana eaIFy
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A gentleman Tsplisd 10 . fn1ls npnni. uho
accusied him. that he nsssr ease q bcgs.Es n
The street "lf knsu uhsIs youI he.p! hsees
quickly responded ths woman, = ID - allrl
ealing 81 your houss. sud then ] shouldn't 10
IerSrre with your aFrangsmsnis." An sceom-
mO.lAIlng beggAr that
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exact size of the orifice of the she'll is bored
through tho bullets and sui phur; this cavity is
h;led with powder, eveH with the interior edge
Of the OrIfce, ix.inch shell of the kind he re
described holding about a half a pound the
fuse fitted into the orlfice, is a recent Belgian
invention, made Of pewter, and resembling the
screw-cap used for the patent fruit cans. An
examination OF this pewter cap shows, how
ever, that it is made of two hollow discs OF
metal screwed together, and filled with meal
powder a number of fine hole are drilled in
the lower disc, while the outer disc is entire,
and marked with figures in q circle, l, ,, g. 4
In this state the shell is water and weather
means of a small steel instrument scoops out
portion OF the outer soft metal surface, and
lays bare the charge Of composition powder
below it. If The shell is desired to explode in
one second after leaving the gun, The scoOPing
is made on the figure one if in two seconds,
on the fgure,t two and TO on the idea being that
the shells Of this description shall first strike
the object aimed at and do execution as q ball,
and then explode, sending the bullets forward
as if from another cannon located at the point
where the flight of the shell is arrested. Large
shell of eight or ten inches, arc filled with
/ powder only, and bursting, do execution by
means of the fragments. These large shells
are generally through a brass plug screwed
into the mouth Of the shell; in both ses the
iuse is fired by ignition OF the charge in the
gun,
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

here is ine--weather SO far suits we'll. Corn
is up. Wet and grass are against it. but we
now hope for steader weather. Peaches are
few, bu: we shall have enough for home con.
sumption.
Our village numbers three churches, Meth
odist Episcopal, Protestant Episcopal, and a
Methodist Protestant, and a colored M. E.
chapel. The people love church-going, and,
by little scheeming, some have managed TO
be at four services on the Sabbath-a little too
time was such. Each church is well attended.
Our ears are often very pleasantly greeted
as we pass out at evening. Our town con.
tains two bands of music which practice every
night or two. Our Country's songs are not
neglected. The Star SpaRgled Banner" +"
"Red, White and Blue" and other such they
give US. The boys often parade the streets, a
company of whom are in excellent drill, and
have waving above them the 'hirty.four stars.
The recruiting officer was in our midst few
days since, and secured some of our young
men for the Maryland regiment.
One OF the trials of housekeeping come un.
der my observation few days since, which
may not be out Of place altogether here. The
good woman of the house where was stopping
has lately lost ten gallons of cream, not being
able TO churn it TO butter. She was rather
expert ut butter making. and tried various ex-
pedients at every failure. but no use. Finally,
she thought she would make another effort
Breakfast was on. and after breakfast she was
TO try again, but while she was eating the
servant slipped into the dairy and commenced
to churn Breakfast was just over, not more
than fifteen minutes having elapsed before she
announced that butter had come. On exan
nation it was found to be good rich butter.-
Who among yorr Delaware dairymen can ex'
plain this WING.
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on the same footing, were contrary alike to
the Federal Constitution, interna tional right,
and to the integrity und independence OfSwit-
verland, which had been acquired by its blood,
and guaranteed for centuries by the consent Of
Europe.
The Diet having exhausted all arguments
and persuasions acted with so much Vigor that
the Sonderbund was reduced to submission be-
fore any of the great Powers could interfere,
by force, though it was as confidently expected
By the rebelIing Cantons that Austria would
come to their rescue, either on the ground of
religious sympathy, or for the aggrandizement
of her territory, as the Southern States now
count upon the Intervention of England and
France in their behalf. But they had to fight
their battle single handed, and were condemn
ed to pay the whole expenses fthe war; This
decree was afterwards modified, we believe,
by the assumption of the cost by the Diet.
1t is only little more than ten years since
this quarrel was pacfed, but these few years
have already demonstrated the wisdom OF the
course pursued. II preserved the integrity of
the State. and saved the rebeling cantons from
anarchy and civil war, with all their disastrous
results. 1t commanded for Switzerland the
respect of the world, aud forever pat down the
odous doctrine that minOritieS may rule. II
has now the approval of the very Cantons that
rebelled. The Diet treated this revolt as
puerly domestic matter, refused oil foreign in.
reference whatever, declared itst II quite com.
petent TO reduce the rebels to subsection. and
restore order without any assistance from
others. In other words, it took precisely the
IN reference to our great revolt. Neither Eng
! land nor France recognized the rebels as bel.
Hgerents. Nor did they place both parties on
erGctly the same footing. In their relations
! with Switzerland they took no official notice
! Of the SonderLund, but treated the nation as
an unit, just as we now demand to be consid-
ereds II was a revolt that for that country had
assumed proportions more formidable than the
Soulhern rebellion. The cause of the quarrel
was deeper, being a religious one. The par.
ties were more equally matched, aud the issue
more dreadful.
/ What we claim for the United States is that
domestic quarrel shall not lose us the sympa-
thy of other nations, nor in any manner change
our relations with them. That we shall not
be treated as a divided people till the fac,
seems to be probable. We are aware that for
eign governments my have been mislead by
their consular and diplomatic agents. We pre-.
sumo that up to recent date there has mel
been one in ell the seeding States that has
not written home that secession wns un fdi
GccompH. English journals effect to reward
our Government as entirely dismembered.-
What we now ask is that all such declaration
and ideas shall shall be reconsdered. to await
q result that cannot be tar distant.--RGymOnd
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06
Balls, Shells and Bombs How they
are Made,

A correspondent of the Springfield RepuJH.
can, writing from Troy, N. Y. ina letter dated
May Sth says:
The Watervleit Arsenal, situated at West
Troy, is, as you doubtless know, the largest
arsenal for the construction and fabrication Of
military implements, other than small arms
and cannon, IN the country aud a visit TO it's
workshops at the present time powerfully i'm
presses one with the strength and resources OF
cur Government. Everything is, at present,
on war footing, and from three to four hun
dred hands directly, aud as many more ind.
rectly, 10 the neighboring foundries, are kept
busy night and day. large number of hands
are engaged in the preparation Of ammuni
tion most of these are intended ior The Minnie
rifle but large numbers of the od-fashiOned
round ball cartrldges are also manufactured
The "a pdIty with which a cartridge is made
is wonderful. A boy sits at counter with d
cylindrical stick-a pile of CREASED balls and
Que of prep pared paper before him--a simple
| roll of the paper and stick-a jerk and twist at
one end twist of u strng, and the car
fridge is ready for filling in less time than it
takes to read this description. They are then
taken into another room, placed open end up
! in shallow boxes, and q man by means of a
simple instrument fills them with an eqnal and
| specific amount Of powder, at the rate of thirty
| o minute. A twist at the open end, aud the
cartridge is complete. The manufacture goes
on so fast that it requires nearly doz.
en- men and boys to pack, box and and re.
move the finished cartridges. In another apart
ment number of men and girls are employed
I in the manufacture Of cannon cartridges of all
sizes from the mightIest columblads down TO a
six pounder. The ma terial of which they are
made is a kind of wooden goods (,nOreen) i'm
ported from England especially for the purpose
Thousands of yards of this material were in
the process of beng cut up aud manufactured
Cannon cartridges are not filed here, but al
the place where they are intended to be used
In still al other deparlmeRi, grape, canister
and strapped ammunition are in course oI
preparation, while huge cart lOuds of bomt
shells and spherical shot are hourly arriving
from the neighborIng toundres. The grape
are larger than supposed, and might more
properly be called peach shot than grape shot
Some six or more Of these are packed in q cor
Of wire corkscrew arrangement and fitted intC
tin case, and when thus finished have mncl
the appearance Of jars of preserved meats oil
. fruits. EF s. u tB.k ~
The manufacture of bomb shells is also
matter of much interest. The preparation o
those / witnessed 10 briefly as follows: Tn,
she'll s first filled full with old fashioned rount
leaden bullets melted sulphur is then poured il
10 fll up the inlerstees and bind the bullets il
: one seid mass che shell is then put iEto
kind Of laths. and cylindrical hole Of III
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06
THE RESTORED.
A Thrilling Revolutionary Story.

God is everywhere. His words are on the
hearts. He is in the battle field or our peace.
ful home. praise be 10 His holy name.
II was in the wilds of WissahickOn, on the
day Of battle, as the MONDAY sun came through
the lhcky clustered leaves, that two men met
in deadly conflict near the reefs which rose
like the rock of some prlmeval world, at least
one thousand feet above the dark water OF the
Wissshickon. The man with dark, brown face
and darkfr gray eye, flashing with deadly light
and muscular form. clad in blue frock of The
revolu,on-s a continental, named Warren.
The other man, with long black hair drop.
ping along his cadaverous face is clad in halt
military costume of tory refugee This is
a murderer Of paoi, named Dehaneey.
They met by accident and now they fought,
not with sword and rifle, but with long and
deadly hunting knives they struggled. twIning
aud twisting on the green sward.
| At last the tory is dOwn--dOwn on the turf.
| with the knee Of the continental upon his breast
/ the upTaised knife flashed death in his face
"QuarIer! YIELD" gasped the tory, as the
knee was pressed upon his breast, "Spare me-
yield" t.t..t
"my 5rotser," said the patriot in that ton,
of deadly hate, my brother cried for quarter
on the night at Paoli, and even as he clung tc
4 your knees you sbuCk tudb huIe ihtO his ucdtb
o, will give you quarters of Paoli."
And as his hand raised for the blow, and hi
teeth were clenched with deadly hate he PAUSED
for moment, then pinioned the tory's arms q nt
with a pid stride dragged him to the verg'
of the rock, and held him quivering over thu
abyss. a2
"Mercy!" gasped the tory. turning ahsy
pale by turns, as that awful gulf yawued be
low. Mercy have a wife and child q
home--spare me-"
The continental with his muscular strength
gathered for the effort, shook the murdere
once more over the abyss, and then hisse
this bitter sneer in his face.
"My brother had q wife and two. children
The morning after the night OF Paoli. ths
wife was a widow, those children orphans
Would you not like 10 60 and beg YEN; lite G
{ that widow and her orphans -
The proposal made by the continental i
: mock kerry and bitter hate, was taken in ssriou
earnest by the terTor.sIricken tory. He beg
, red to Le taken to the widow and her childre
and to have the privilege of begging for hie ifs
4 Another moments serious thought, the pairio
. soldier eonsesIed. He bound the tory sti
tighter, placed him on theFroeks again. On
led hins 20 the woods. A quiet cottsge, Ell
4 bossed among the trees, broke on their eye
They snterad the cottage. There, beside th
: desolsle hearih-slSns, sat the widow aud h'
A childfen. AL r. aE ta y>&n1 3 81 vN
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

The strength OF the rebel force at Memphis,
and the points between there and the Missouri
and Kentucky lines, is put down at bout fifteen
thousand. by person who has recently left
Memphis, after serving for some time against
his will in the rebel army there. He locates
about three thousand in Memphis; ss many
more on the fairgrounds contiguous; five thou
sand at Randolph; one thousand at Fort Rec
tor, ia Arkansas; and one thousand opposite
in Tennessee; aud at Oscetla, Arkansar, about
one hundred miles above Memphis, about two
thousand. There is also battery at the lat
ter point, in addition 10 the one ~ Memphis,
which 10 represented TO be quite formidable.
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06
WHOLE NO, COZ

FARsoN BRowNLOw's DAUGETER-A non.
1Ieman n' Just arrived from the city of Knoxville.
lenn., brings intelligence of affairs in ,bs,
cl'y. The house of the celebrated. bold.hear,.
eu ma out-Spoken Purson Brownlow il the onlv
ohe III knoxville over which the stars and
S'tIPcs are floating. A few DAYS, spo Two
d'neu SecessionIsts went, at 6 o'clock in ths
morning to haul down the stars and strips..
! MISS browPlOw, brilliant young lady of twen.
E'"'ee' saw them on the pis zza, and stepped
OUT ana demanded their business. Thew ys.
pI'ed they had come 10 take down them s,n,s
ana stripes. She Instantly drew a revolver
from her side, and presenting it said. :. Go on
! III g'od tor one of you and think for bo,b I"
" by The looks Of that girls eve she'll shoot"
one remarked. IL think we'd better an, ,,x
II; we II go back and get more men," said the
other ~'O '"S
TO and get more men," said the noble Ia.
dy;"ge more men and come and take il down
1t you dare" -
Ihey returned with a company of nins,x
armed men, and demanded that the fac sbouiJ
De hauled down. 1ut on discovering Iha, tho
henfe was filled with gallant men. armed 70
! 'he teeth, who would rather die as dearly +,
Possio'e than see their country's flag disbonor.
ed, the seceeslonlsts retired.
! When our lnfOrment left Knoxville the s,.,.
and stripes still foated to the breeze ove+ pa.-
son Brownlvw's house. Long NAV thew wev.
-ChtcGgO Journal
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

DYING IN INDIAN FILE.-The Captain elect
of military company at Vicksburg. Mssis.
sippi, in returning his thanks for the honor con.
ierred. pledged himself to rush into the thick
est Of the fight. and either achieve glory for
the company, or die in the attempt The First
Lieut.. pledged himself to be Immediately be-
hind the Captain, and if he fell TO endeav vor
worthily to fill his place. The Second Lieut..
followed in a similar strain. and declared that
when the First Lieut.. should fall he would lead
lhem to glory or death. The Third Lieut.
was then ca He'd out. He said when the Cap.
tain, First Lieutenant and Second Lieutenant
should be killed under such circumstances, he
didn't think it would be prudent 10 lead the
soldiers turther, and should then order a re.
treat.
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

ChALLRNGEs'-A gentleman from the troor.
a. the Relay House snys that the sentinels
nave IN Some instances, a pleasant wsv AZ
making challenges A fellow who had been
hshIng en- the Patapsco, and had secured a
string OF line fish, was stopped BY the usual
question, who goes there !" Fishermen. :"
"ss the answer. "Advance, fisherman. and
drop TWO shad," said the alert sentinel, look.
ing out for his own commssariat.
Inc Montgomery Confederation gives tho
following from correspondent:
"on ehe hrst night after my arrival, in
passing rom one quarter to another, | was
Privare P--(,hough he did not recogni-s
ms) was asked for the coun,ersion' ana
replied, c friend with bottle = the reply was.
advance bottle and draw stopper VII ch
d'd' and was suffered to pass on my way rs-
jOicing."
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

;, another Ioln'-stock company is organized a,
Hartford, Connecticut. with proposed capi,aI
OF SlO0 OOO, with liberty to increase to an.
oOO'oO"' tor the purpose of ac.uring a
HVe'oarrel revolver pistol, which is already NJ.
teHted IN this country and in Europe. Hart.
ford Is already celebrated as the seat of TWO Of
me largest arms factories in the worId-CeltNs
ana Sharp's. The latter is now enlarged 10
meet the demand for the weIl.known rife. and
an unusually large number of men are employ.
ed in Colts night aud dag.
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06
CHOICE POETRY,
WASHINGTON.
From a scrap Book.

To thee, beneath whose eye
Each eircling century
Obedient rells,
Our Nation, in it's prime.
Looked with faith sublime,
Aud trusted in "the time
That tried mems souls"
Nor was our fathers trust,
Thou mighty one and just,
Then put to shame:
"Up TO the hills" for light,
Looked they in peril's night,
And from yOn guardian height,
Deliverance came.
God Of our sires and sons,
Let other Wa ashIngtODs
Our country bless,
And like the brave aud wise
0iby-gOne centuries,
Show that true greatness lies
In righteousness.
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

FRUIT CROP tx New JERsEY.-After some
inquiry having been made in regard to the
prospects of the next fruit crop in this counts.
we may safely remark that it promises GOOD.
Peach trees look finer than ftr MANY wears.
Apples pears and cherries are prosperous-
Strawberries will yield abundanily if the wea.
ther is moderate. In word, the whole fruit
crops bids fair to excel that raised in Caps
May Tor SIX or seven years past.-CGpe MAJ
Otean Wave.
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

we learn that's the telegraphic dispatches
recently seized in the princip pal cities will be
brought to Washington, TO be examined by a
carefully y'selccted board. The examination
VIII be conducted somewhat on the priueioaI
observed ~ the Dead letter Office The ssn.
ders OF private business dispatches need b.ys
no Tears OF exposure Ofther contents. Those
OF reasonable character will of course ha
reported 10 the Government
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

AN ARMY OF LOVERS The lady referred "a
"a the annexed paragraph. from the Clinton
Ga Patriot must possess an extremely .sus.
cepllbe nature:
. AS the volunteers were moving off on Mon.
Gay at Port Hudson, gentleman appros ched
beautiful young lady who stood watching
theE departure. through a profusi, of teaTs
and 'a'd "Good morning Miss -. are
you bidding farewell to a lover! Who is Il y"
She turned her eyes upon him and replied -
" Whs is my lover! Every man in a blus
SHIRT; yes, every soldier in the command. from
.he gallant c'p'n'n 10 the last name on his
..S': Is my lover and craven upon my hear. is
their every likeness, an image of true and d..
ing men, bold and gallant defenders. For ,uch
lovers should not weep!"
Whether the men in "blue shirts" owned
tne " son Impeachment" Of the tender. hearted
damsei' the Patriot does not soy. Ii she re-
ally had so many lovers we do not blame her
Tor crying. The departure OF one lover il as
much as most young ladies' can endure.
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

YANKEE pOoDLE When the traitors bex.a
10 agltate secession, one Of its orators was
asked what he would do, in case of division.
WIN Yankee Doodle'" He answered, "di.
vide that too"
in the present state of affairs the secession.
'St are IN fair way Of getting the " Yankee I"
part TO their utter dsruay.
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

20 The l7th inst. -four was selling in New
Orleans at $SalO per barrel. sOn the 18th nls.
it sold at SIS 5Ua6 rs.
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

One hundred American ships are now en-.
gagged in the whale fishery IN the Indian ocean.
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

Ink is coustic which burns ofteness the
fingers OF those who use it. . 81
Smyrna times., 1861-06-06

To be angry. is TO revenge the faults Of
others upon ourselves tsa7..