Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1861-03-21


SUPREME (.OUkT.-ChIef Justice fancy pro- /
nounced the opinion of the Court on the man
dsmus asked for by the Governor of Kentucky
against the Governor of Ohio, TO compel the |
latter to surrender fugitive from Kentucky,
noidlng that the demanding Stale has right
TO nave every such fugitive returned; that the
governor Of Ohio has no right to go into the
question as TO whether the aci of which the fu.
glti'e Is oris not criminal in Ohio, provided il
was crime in Kentucky, and it is the duty of
The Governor OF Ohio to deliver up the fugitive
up'n any proper proofs; that the act of Con-
gress OF 1893 determines what evidence is TO
be submitted TO the Governor; that his duty is
ministerial, like that of a sheriff or ma rsha II
out as Congress cannot impose any Federal
duty upon State officers, the good faith and The
conceivable good sense of the officer of State
Is relied on. Upon these grounds the manda.
mus was refused.
One OF the ridiculous mishaps which will
sometimes befall soldiers, befell a whole file of
the snugIy alfred military Of New Orleans,
on the day of General Twiges' reception.
They were drawn up along the street, in front
, OF building in course Of constructions, and
close In their rear was long morter bed, two
ieet oeep, with that plastic composition, ready
tor the workmen. The space between the files
|
narrow, the office. ordered his men to take
step back. Tney did SO, and about twenty
teet OF "sogers" inslantaneously disappeared
frop: sight backwards, the front file, in close
) order, preventing the rear rank from recovering
themselves when their heels stumbled against
the morter bed. They were submerged, and
every soldier of them he'd his pretty uniform
spoiled. They then took cabs aud absquatnla-
ted instanter.
The SOUTHERN CoNFEDERACY.-The tariff
bill reported last week was not passed into q
law. 1t will be up for action when Congress
again meets.
The commissioners to Europe, Messrs. yam.
cey, A. Dudley Mann and P. A. Rost, will
leave for New Orleans to take an English
steamer at Havana, on the 9th, for SouIhamp-
ION.
THE Sun CONE OUT.-There are now more
spots on the sun than have been seen for many
years; some of these are visible through
smoked glass to the naked eye. Several starr
some of them of great brillianey, which, from
} their ascertained distance, must have been al
large as our sun-have totally disappeared
from the sky and the question has been raised
among the astronomers whether the light ant
heat Of The sun are fading away. AS this wOult
be accompanied by the destruction of all tn,
plants and animals on the earth, il is rather al
. interesting question. The suns light and hsa
are diminished by the dark spots al the presen
time about one per cent.
The Inquirer is opening lie eyes to the fac
that Philadelphia, Boston and New York woul
: suffer more from the operations OF the South
6 ern Confederacy tariff than from a bombar
\ ment. Without amieable Federal RELATIONSHIP
b between all the States, the very strength O
the divided States will prove ruinous.
Hence we think Northern sectionalsm viii
: be defeated in all it's stronghoIds, SO that enc
d mics OF the Union will be compelled to cay. tn
a danger is past, and now, we can safely conside
. the question of reconstruction by means of
National Convention.
Business before politics, must be the motto
J. if country would thrive.
= The popular vote in Tennessee against hold
e ing Convention is between thirteen and four
i teen thousand. Very few secessionists wer
o elected. In North Carolina cons derable NOR
i that two-thirds of the delegates elected ar
Unionists, while the Convention itself is vote
: down by small majority. This vote of Oh
e two States bordering oe the cotton Confedera
y cy signifies that ma jorily Of their people wi
/. not so much as entertain the proposition
:, disunion.
o A DISPATCH from Montgomery states that
bill has been introduced in the Congress of ii
G. S. A., TO establish Court Of Admiralty
II Vicksburgh Miss. A cGnGrd has been 81
n aiiost at the Capital Of the new Confederacy,
IN to the effect that FIVE United States war We
p sells lefl N. York on Tuesday night last. full
supplied with men, ordinance, arms and nun
lions, destined for some Southern port.
TIE METHODIST PROTESTANT CoNvEHTIo
a -, Ncpark, March ID, 1S6l.-In the Methodi
Protestant Conference to-day, Chestertow
10 Md, was selected as the next place Tor meetin
is Rev. l.. w. Bates was reelected Presiden
~ The report state that the mission was houris
,. ing. The Conference adjourned TO Monday.
~ '-' NOTICE TO THE PRES3