Smyrna times., 1861-03-07

by w. McCOrd, Sing Sing it is gun which |
will discharge successive volleys, without inter-
mission for reloading or adjusting the parts to |
allow the implement TO cool. The piece is !
discharged by the turning ola crank The loaded
balls, with percussion caps attached, passing
into the barrels from hopper, so that the onIy
labor of loading is 10 shovel The balls like grain
into the hopper 1t can be kept in action from (
hour to hour, or from day to day, like any other
piece of ma chineTy.
The Girard House, in Philadelphia. closed |
it's doors Thursday. II was built in 1850, and
since that time his occupied prominent posi- |
tion among the first class hotels of the coun.
try. The Girard received its greatest injury
from the opening of the Continental, in Feb'y, |
1860; but that circumstance would net have |
hurt it SO serious y, had it not been for the |
breaking out OF political troubles, which caused
an almost entire cessation of Southern travel,
and the criPing of business men generally.
Before long the people of the new confeder.
acy will be in a fair way TO ascertain the ha I'd.
ships ofihe great Union. Only one post office
to county and the abolition of daily mails ex.
cept on main lines, coupled with trebled taxa.
ton, increased cost of goods, the cessation of
their credit, and an embargo upon their COM
merce, will be fine Improvements upon the
glorious rule of the Union.
LARGE FAITH.-A little fellow, eight years
old, who was without relation in the world,
was asked by lsdy if he did not have fears as
to whether he could get along in life. The
child looked up perplexed, as if Troubled with
new doubt. why" said he, don't you think
God will take care Of boy, If he puts his
trust in Him, and does the best be can 2"
MARYLAND ANNUAL CONFER EcE..-This large
body Of ministers and laymen of the Methodist
Protestant church will convene at Newark, N.
early in March. The stations and circuits
are now electing their delegates to represent
them 10 that body. II is said that the session
will be attended by about one hundred aud fifty
ministers and loymen.
RUEAwAY SLAvEs.-Five negro slaves, four
females and enc small child, absconded from
the estate of the late Thomas Boulder, near
Elkton, Md , onWednesday night last. Some
underground railroad agen; was doubtless pre-.
sent to aid their escape. II is supposed they
made towards New Jersey, where some Of the
family reside.
The Southern congress appears to be busy.
Among its proceedings we find an act to raise
loan of fifteen millsns, with interest, at eight
cotton OF one-eigth of cent per pound, 10
create fund TO liqudate this loan and inter.
est.
It is said that the Admin istration is satisfied,
from official channels Of information, that none
of the foreign Governments sympathize with
the secession movements in the South, but, on
the contrary. express the utmost solicitude for
the preservation of the entire Union.
There now seems to be very lite ifany hope
of the safety of the United States sloop of war
Levant. All hands on board, il is believed,
met waiery grave on the passage from the
Sandwich Islands TO Panama.
At Norristown, Pa, two salutes of thirty
four guns each were fired in honor Of the pass
age Of the Tariff bill by Congress, and the
adoption Of the peace propositions by the Peace
Congress.
In Washington, d. c., Friday, the United
States batteries fired q salute of one hundred
guns in honor ofthe paciication agreed on by
the Peace Congress.
Gen. Cass reached Detroit on Friday, and
was received by a large concourse Of friends
and neighhoTs, who welcomed him 10 his old
old home in hearty and gratifying manner
Mrs. Pinkhsm. of Skowegsn, Maine, recently
caught a fox by the back that was providing
around her hen roost, and beat his brains out
| by striking him against a wall.
As far as appesrs from the COMMITTEES yet hesrd
from the Stale Of North Carolina has decided
for compromise. and probably the vote will be
against holding State Convention.
II is said that 5000, 900 more has been lost
than gained in the oil wells ia Pennsylvsnia.
The reports TO the contrary are for speculative
purposes.
| A number Of arms. &C., says the Snowhill
(Md.) Shield. been taken from negroes in this
district, by Messrs, Chas. +. Rev and John B
Mock, during the present week.
Faom the west coast Of Africa. information
reaches us Of the celebration Of the long-expec-
ted custom" by The King of Dshomsy shout
900 victims having been Slaughtered. The
J spectacle 10 described as horrible.