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Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

WARLIKE Wlr.-Why was Moses like q
portion OF tie American army! Because he
was in the Bull RrShes.
A Dear Chdnce.-From being a nation un-
der the rule of an old Buck, the South is now
reduced to Stag nation.
Cry From Western ReJeldom.-We want
free trade, free speech, tree whiskey, free
everything, except Fremont
Rumored Seper0tionof Gen. Fremont from
his W0e.-lt is currently reported and believ.
ed that Gen. Fremont intends to give The rebels
" Jessie"
Sentiment, by a White Feather OrGior.--
" Some go in for the Union, One and Insepsra.
BILE; butal want is piece.
A Mere Matter Of FORM Wearing cOrssts.
An Appropriate Position for FOyd.-Cheat
Mountain.
The Game Of the SoE.h.-Cribbsge-- Van.
ity Fair.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10
Early Decay of American Women.

Mrs. Stowe, in her books of travels IN Eu
rope, makes the following sensible remarks
about the comparative beauty OF the women of
England and America:
a lady asked me the other evening whit |
thOpght of the beauty of the English arietocra-
cy; she was Scotch lady, by.,he.by, so that
the question was fair one. | replied that cer-
tslnly report hid not exaggera ted their charms.
Then came a home qUestlOn-hOw the ladies
OF England compared with those Of America
Z" Now for it, patriotism" said | 10 myself, and
invoking to my aid certain fair saints of my
own country, whose faces distinctly remem-
bered, assured her that had ever seen more
beautiful woMen than | had in America
Grieved was | to add, " but your ladies keep
their beauty much longer" This fact stares
one In the face in every company; one meets
ladies' past Fifty, owing, radiant Und bloom.
ing, with a freshness of complexion and full
ness Of outlines refreshing to contemplate.
What can be the reason :! Tell US MUSES. aud
Graces, what can it be Is it the conservative
power Of sea.tog and cOalsmoke, the same
which keeps the turf green, and makes the ivy
and holy flourish How comes it that our
marriec ladies' dwindle, fade, aud grow thin,
that their noses incline 10 sharpness. and their
elbows to angularly, just at the time Of life
when their island sisters round out into a com
Portable and becoming amplitude and tullness
lfIt IS this coal and sea.log, Why then am
afraid we shall never come up with them.
But perhaps there may be other causes why
country which starts some OF the most beau
tliul glrls in the world, produces SO few besuti-
lul women. Have not our close, stove heated
rooms something TO 10 wIth it! Above all, has
not our climate, with its alternate extremes of
heat ald cold, q tendency to induce habits OF
| Incidence! Climate, certainly, has a great
deal to do with it ours is ydently more trying
aud more exhaustIng. and because II is so, We
should not pile upou its back errors Of dress aud
diet which are avoided by our neighbors =
They keep their beauty because they keep
their health 1t has been al remarkable TO me
as anything, since | have been here. that do
not constantly, as at home, hear one and anoth-
er spoken ofas in miserable health, very deli
cate, &c. Health seems to be the rule, and
not the exception. For my part must say
| the most favorable omen | know of for femsl lie
| beauty in America is the multiplication oi
Water.cure establishments, where our ladies. il
| they gst nothing else, do gain some ideas ss
to the necessity of fresh air, regular exercise,
simple diet, and the laws Of hygiene 10 gen.
/ eral.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

RAnwAY--STATIsTIcs recently
published that the expenditure in connection
with railways in England and Wales, during
the last year was, I,259, ,I04. and that the
net receipts during the same period amounted
EI2, ,l96.706. During the year, the large sum
of Gl62,92 was paid as compensation from
accident and losses. From the commencement
of the railway system in France, the ratio OF
passengers killed, as compared with the number
carried, is as to 1,050,000, while the number
killed in travelling by the dllligences was as
to 365.45 In Belgium thirteen years tray-
cling showed one passenger killed out Of S.
100000 carried. In Prussia the proportion of
casualties was only out Of l7,500,000. In
Great Britain and Ireland the number carried
in 1859 was l30 900 600; the total killed was
III, or in l, lSS,0I7.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

A Coon SIMILE.-Hon. Joseph Holt, in his
late speech a boston, said =" The dismember-
ment OF the Union involves the abasement of all
that OF which, as Americans, we feel puud,
which we have received as an inheritance from
our fathers, and which we are bound to trans
init unlmpaircd 10 our posterity. When the
wise man old, sitting upon the rival claims
OF two .mothers TO a child decreed that the
child should be cut IN twain, and one portion
gwen TO each, ii was the ia SC mother who ex-
ul'cd at the Judgment, while the true mother
turned cwoy horrorslruck, preferring to leave
her offspring in the hands Ct IN enemy rather
than have 1t destlo Dyed. The man who is will
l"g !bst hls country shall be divided by the
sword o. treason msy have been born in Ameri.
ca, but he cannot haze an Ameican heart"
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

NEWSPAPERS IN THE REv0LUTIoN-ln all the
Colonies, at the time of the Revolution, there
were only thirty. y.seven newspapers, and oftheSe
only seven were devoted 10 the interests of the
British Government. These were soon stuffed
by public opinion. wherever the Wings, as the
patrlots were called, bore rule, while five Of
the thirty were induced by gold or rlghtencd
by inuendoes into the support OF the crown
RivingtOn's RoyaI GazPtie, published in New
York, took ground against the Revolutionary
movement; and at MONDAY, late in the autumn
of l7I3, II was surprised by one hundred light
horsenen from Connecticut, led by Captain
Sears, distinguished son Of liberty, in New
York. They destroyed The press and other
apparatus, put the type IN bag. and without
one word OF complaint from the people, return.
ed to Connecticut, carrying with them a tory
clergymun nOmed Serbury, who preached
against the Wings and Continental Congress
The type they cast into bullets. All the peo-
pie except the "peace party" of that day, aid
" Amen :" After that the newspaper presses
ceased TO be troublesome to the Wings, and
pamphleteers wrote anonymously.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10
CHOICE POE TRY.
A NATIONAL HYMN.

Vsaitg Fair has produced National Hymn
,hrOagh the aid Of mathematical formula
We recommend the adoption of this mode Of
composition. if the result is generally likely tc
correspond with the first operation:
Men, who hear Niag'ra's sound,
Men, who tread the far Cuffs bound,
Oars Is Freedoms hallowed ground;
FroedOm's heirs are we.
From the White Hills Of the North
70 the Colorado forth,
One the mighty Nations birth,
0ae its destiny.
Hark the watchword as we rally,
Over mountain. plain and valley,
God and Liberty!
Who hath sky of brighter CLEANS!
broader lakes, or braver streams!
EIen-like. our wide land teams
With fertility.
Strong are we, with strength untold;
Span OF iron, ribs of gold;
Firm n earth's foundations old,
Our security.
Hark the watchword, &c.
Now, the Eagle sweeping Ger
Oar vast empires wave-girt shore,
Sees one marQin-hears the roar
OF one winding sea.
Ours the realm of rock and river,
Binding all with nought to sever;
GSd has made us one or ever,
By wise decree!
Hark the watchword, &c.
ny rich blood our fathers shed
By the wisdom OF our dead,
Pointing paths for rs to tread,
10 Paternity;
By past deeds Of .lory done;
b our name Of Washington,
HallOrsd is our Union,
De1ihLess ii must be-!
Hlrk The watchword, &c.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

WHERE They GOT THEIR GUNs.-It appears
by Charleston paper that the forts around
Charleston were stripped Of their guns to ferti.
fy Virginia, but since the Hatteras affair they
have been taking them back again rapidly for
the defence Of their own harbor. 1t is likely
that this is the case with all the Southern for
tficatons, and may account for the ability Of
the rebels TO raise such numerous entrench.
ments all along the Potomac. If our sea coast
expedition had been pushed right on. it is high.
ly probable that it would have captured num-
her of these forts in their defenceess condition.
These expeditions ought to be hurried forward
and may yet be i'll time to catch the rebels be-
,ore they are prepared for defence. 1t will
make them lees strong on the Potomac. 1t ia
probable that the reason the rebels have been
compelled TO fall back and abandon some OF
their batteries on the Potomac, is because their
guns have been required to reft the Southern
forts. The Ilatteras affair, il is evident has
upset the calculations Of the insurgents, and
the consequences flowing from it are more
momentous than we imagined. The work in
the So nc direction should be speedily prosccu.
ted, aud blow given which will tell all over
the rebel States.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

ARREST or JAS b. CLAY.-When the Union.
lists Of Kentucky arrested James B. Clay, they
took traitor worth having. lie was on bis
way, when caught, to join Zollcofer's ma
rauding bands of Confederates in Southeast
Kentucky. lie will soon grace the select par.
ty that look through prison.gates at Fort La.
iayette. Jas. b. Clay is the owner of AshIa nd.
His ueacherous tread profanes the soil that
Henry Clay's patriotism hall0wed. Would it
not be fit deed to confscate that henored
spot and dedicate it 10 the American people,
as at once a monument of the nalion's love
for tue sire and scorn for the son
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

WHAT THEY WILL RrQuIRE.-France will
need large amount Of grain from this country,
for her harvest has been very bad in both guam
tty and qualify, and, in consequence, fresh
meat, mutton particularly, has risen nearly
twenty per cent pound. The French buy
ers are now in the New York market purchas-
ing graia in large quantties. In England tho
wheat crop 10 below the average IN quantity,
and is dedclen, in weight. Both these coun.
tres Will, therefore, have to call upon the
United States for brcsds!uff5. and, fortunately,
our harvest he's Been uucommonly good one,
which, Jo'red 10 the very abundant crop Of The
prerioUs season, will leave US in a condition to
supply the demand that will be made upon as.
Tnls will Roi only keep uP ihs prices for ia ru-
srs, but will also help to provide the country
with coin necessary for purposes, and strength
en the Government aud The people in The strux.
gle against Formidable rebellion. There isa
vast deal of difference in the ability to carry
on war between sending our principle crops
abroad and having them shut up by blockade,
under prohibition Of expectation, as is the case
in the rebel States.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

The surplus grain crop of the United States
will not. probably, want a market. What we
shall not need ourselves the foreign market is
lIkcIy TO require SO lmparaiively as to insure a
demand irom this country, at good rates. In.
telhgeuce trcm Pars states that the product
ire" new wheat row Icing thrashed confirms
the apprebens,ODs OF Leic.cnt harvest in the
greater number OF the agucultnral dix .iicts of
France. THIS Idct has Glrcady begun to tell
on the European market, IN considerably in.
G. ieas9G importatjons Of foreign corn at Mar.
sell'es, Bremen, Nantes, Eavre, DuakirL and
Suasburg. Tic imports re derived from
America, Russia aud Great Brtsin.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

REVIVAL OF BUSINESS AT PORT DEPosIr-
Business is beginning TO "look up" in the
granite town. ln a few days the extensive
Sash Factory of Noand & Co. will commenc
operations again. There has been more grain
purchased in Port Peposit since last harvest
lban there has during the same length Of time
at any prior period within the last five years
Trade is beginning to flow through the new
channels opened to it. and revive again. e.5..
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

JAMES 3Uch>NAN The editor of the Mon.
mouth (N. J. Democrat has been on a visit to
"A-Presidcnt Buchanan, and says tho old gen.
tlercan hn' been sick, for the first time in his
Life. and Hrtued that the former bodily
strength was gone. lie now goes for ,oar, and
says there IS no other way to get out of our
difficulties but to tight it out. Pity he hadn't
thought SO before.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

PeteTson's Detector notices a new and dan.
gsEOus counterfeit So note on the Citizens
Bank, MiddIetown, Del. So altered and we'll
done Vignette--suspension bridge, &c. train
Of cara, and rs" on the right; figure ofa fe.
male on the left
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10
MISC ELAN NEOUS.
Delaware Affairs,

COuRrs.-The Court of Quarter Sessions
fs sussex county commenced on Monday last.
There vere sOme thirty cases on file for trial
asd argument.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

ANOTHER NAVAL ExPEDITIoN.-If any evil
dence were needed of the extraordinary ener-
gy ofth Government, in its arrang gemsnts for
perfectng the blockade and replacing the stars
and stripes upon the forts and custom houses
in the rebel ports, we have it in the charter, Of
about every unemployed steamship lying at the
New York wharves, including The
Vanderbilt, Seneca, Oriental,
Atlantic, Sachem, Matanzas,
Baltic, Coatzacoalcos, Uncas,
Ocean Queen, Roanoke. Thos. Swan
Some few af these are re- charters. Bot the
big ships, such as the Ocean Queen and Orien-
tai, enter Uncle Sam service for the first
time. All these vessels will Immediately re-
ceve powerful armaments, and be ready to sail
probably by the 18th Of this month. Men will
be employed night and day upon them.
Conjecture as 10 the destination of this pow.
erful squadron takes wide range. The naval
officers and the people who are interested in
the contracts are glib-tongued about it but it
| ls not probable that they know anything more
about it than other people, who nre not ia tho
secrets of the Government. Some assert posi-.
lively that grand demonstration is TO be m sde
on New Orleans about the 18th Of November
and that these vessels are to "take part in it =
while others are equally certain that Norfolk
and not New Orleans is 10 be the object {
distinguished consideration" BE that as il
| may, the fitting out Of an expedition of sucl
magnitude will give employment at once L
many hundreds OF mechanics and working peo
! pie, and put in circulation, in channels where
1t is mos. needed, large amount Of Govern
ment money.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

The daughter Of Rev. Henry Ward BeeeIier
" was married At peeksklll, tsw days since, 70
nss. ass " scoville, OF Norwich, Chenango co.
az eae laborers employed on Mr. Beechcr's
arm were PRESENT on the occasion, as iikewise
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

The largest business probably ever done in
breadituils in New York was done on Friday,
namely: $4,000 barrels of -four, 100000 bush.
els wheat, and 3lC,00O onshcls corr, valued at
about hrce.quurIers Of milioa dollars. Six
vessels were chartered to load breadsuffs 10
Great Britain and France, besides large ship.
ments by vessels on the berth.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10
WHOLE No, sos

She had them made for the purpose named.
She made the trip since the battle OF Bull Run.
The two letters conveyed the intelligence of
the movements and iorlIlcatons of the Union
army.
HOW CREASED PIG WAS CAUGHT.
The army correspondent of the Providence
JourHGL, 10 describing the amusements indul-
ged in BY the lsl Rhode Island regiment, at
Camp SP9&gut, near WASHINGTON, when off
duty, gives the following humorous account of
rae" !Ur anu capture OF Il creased pig by the
VOluuteers: re Yacr por or, closely shaw
ed aud thoroughly iubr,catcd lfo'l s"out ~
tan, was conveyc4 to The area in q c. cred box.
PE" IS indecr was the expression IF his inno-
cent lace " hen, unca red, he was turned adrift.
Chknowng r destiny, he F! ed from his
prison, gtuntinF sltisiac. 81 at his yo'cese-
But with w.ooP ten lucarnatc hends rushed
madly forward ard rldCavosed to clutch his
reprehene.ve tail. E:g&y, Of a sudden, awoKe
TO reaiIzlng sense # his position. and darted
Oil. %1certan where TO 90, and emitting the
most doIetul sTueais. He rushed here and
secuted there, 'IHc il 3cct for the legs Of
any one, and routing Pt@pie in every direction.
The men, perapirlng, not aud eager, were des-
perate n the chase. They grabbed and caught
only 70 hJU their efforts fnie No sooner
would the prize appear 10 be won than it was
'osi, Ine difficulty of the capture was enhan-
ced by lie being allowable only 10 hold by his
uncluous aPptndage-auy other method being
ruled out. The feat appeared impossible, out
one man subImeiy rose, whose intellect was
/ adequate 10 the feat. He showed himself to
Oe the Napoten Of the P.g chasers. lie soar
ed Supre'"&iy al tie arduOusness CT the task,
aud watching tor al opportunity, threw him.
sell boldly on the victim aud seized the tail be-
tween his teeth. The sqccaling wae terrible,
but was drowned in the shrioks Of laughter that
were undoubtedly heard in Washington.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

THE TAHOMA-The beautiful gun-boat bull.
BY the Messrs Thatcher, Of Wilmington, for
The Government, was launched on Wednesday
morning, when she was taken TO Chester, for
the purpose Of receiving the finishing stroke
n The hands of the machnists, and being put
ia order for her armament.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10
EXTENSIVE CORRESPONDENCE.

During the third quarter ending on the 30ih
ultimo, thirty thousand three hundred and eighty
letters were received at the office of the Audi
tor of the Treasury for the Post Office Depart.
ment; and during the same period, nineteen
thousand seven hundred and forty five letters
were prepared and mailed by that office. This
is pretty heavy correspondence, but it gives
only a faint idea OF the immense amount of la
Dor performed in the bureau Of the Treasury
Department.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10
PROPOSALS FOR BEEF.

The Government is again inviting proposals
for furnishing beef on the hoof Proposals will
be received until the 2lst Of October The
Government will take from 1000 to 5000 head
The maximum weight must not exceed tbr-
teen hundred pounds, and the minimum one
thousand. The cattle are TO be delivered al
Chambersburg, Harrisburg or York, in Penn.
sylyania. The Government reserves to itself
the right to pay in Treasury notes, or other
funds 1t has for disbursement, and to reject any
bid and for any cause. No bid will be enter.
tanned unless the bidder is present to respond.
This indicates that the Aaher contract is about
"pLaYed out"
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

A sale Of Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal
llmOre railroad stock was reported at Boston en-
Thursday, at S332.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10
BALLOON RECoNNoIssANCE.
ARRIVAL FROM CHARLESTON.

A. J. Davis has arrived from Charleston.-
lie sHys there ure large numbers OF Union men
a'nong the working classes all over the South.
There are but Jew troops in Charleston, $50 IN
Fort Sumter, 400 raw, and GOO on Sulhvan's
Island. A large number Of negroes are build.
ing sand forts on the shore. Provisions are
scarce and high, and there is no pork in mar
ket Specie is scarce, and the currency Is all
shinPlaslers. Col Corcoran is in Castle Plnck.
ney, with number Of others. His arm will
soon be we'll. He is pleased with HE quarters,
and states they are better than at Richmond.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10
AN ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND.

gentleman has come to Washington d.
rect from Richmond, ria Norfolk, where he was
sent with a flag OF truce. He mas been held
in custody by the rebels of Richmond for about
two months, although he was civilian, and
had no connection with our army operations
II is the opinion Of the gentleman that the rpb
els have two hundred aud fifty thousand men
10 Virginia, and that the force 10 being rapidly
augmented lie says it was one continual
stream OF troops passing through Richmond tor
the seat CT war. lie saw the Howell Cobb
regiment of cavalry pass through Ricamoud,
and he thinks he never saw more perfectly
equipped and better appearing regiment. He
sayaa the rebel troops that he saw appeared
to be fairly clothed aud we'll shod. Provisions
he thinks are plenty, and that the rebels have
abundance of the actual necesslries of life
Tie says our men who were taken prisoners are
badiy treated by the rebels, especially since
the escape Of some of the prisoners. lie rep
resents the case of Lieut.. Sheldon as particu
iarly hard. lie IS confined in a small room
over the sinks, and is suffering to such an ex.
tent that he will probably lose bis reason.-
This gentleman ESQ reports that tie most bru.
tai OF the officers in charge of the gfIsOners
we're Capt Todd, Mrs llncoln's brother, az
Gen. Winder, the brother of the Wlnder in
cOnfntm ment at Fort Lafayette. Todd is such
a brute that he would kick the deaQ bodies OF
our men and call them damned Abolitlonists
So depravcd was this wretch, that the rebel
officers themselves preferred charges against
Todd, and had him detailed to other duty. My
| informant says that every rebel with whom he
has cOnVersed, high and low, expressed the be
lief that they would winter in Washington
Baltimore and Philadelphia. The opinion pre-
vailed along the lines from Richmond to Nor
! folk
! INGENIOUS ATTEMPT TO POIeON OUR TROOPS.
| When our soldiers reached the brick house
near Falls Church they found hog, just slaUgh
| tered, nicely dressed. and hidden away Just
enough TO be sure and have it discovered
Experience had taught our men to be cautious
about eating rebel TODD, and before venturng to
eat the swine before them, they called a sur
| geon, who examined the carcase, and pronoun-
ced it TO be poisoned. A further examination
proved that the hog had been poisoned with
strychnine. TO such degree that a mouthlul
of the flesh would have been sufficient to kill n
man; and when this fact became patent, the
soldiers burned the house.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10
WOMEN sEcEssIoNIsTs.

Women Of Baltimore have been actively and
extensively engaged in making up linen arti-
ces and preparing lint for the rebels. OOe
woman conveyed to Jeff Davis aud Colonel
Stuart two letters carefully secreted between
the soes Of the shoes she wore on her feet
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

DR.. Russell, Of the London Times. on Sun.
day week, was shooting on The prairies, when
be was arrested and taken before the county
squire, by whom he was lined fifty dollars for
Sabbath breaking. asass .-taa
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

APPOISTMENr-The Rev. Thomas L. Poul.
sOn, member of the Philadel phia Annual Con-
ference Of the NJ. f Church, has been appoint.
ed Chaplain of the First Eastern Shore Regi.
ment Of Home Guard, now 10 encampment near
Cambridge.
Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

PoTAro ROT.-This disease has made it's
appearance in the potato crop of Chester coun-
". Mr.. Caleb B. Lilley, of East Falowfeld,
out OF his crop of one hundred bushels. has al.
ready lost % bushels by the rot; aud the entire
crop of forty bushels of his neigbbor. Mr.. Nc.
Daniel. are destroyed. Other farmers in the
vicinity have also loSt their potatoes.