Smyrna times., 1861-04-04
CORRESPO NDENCE.
Written for the SInyrn4 Times.
Visit to Smyrna.
EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND, }
April LIST, 1861. (

April LIST, 1861.
Mr.. EOIToR Having visited your town a
few days since, and being impressed with what
saw and heard while there, and albeit, being
seized with the propensity to stake notes."
the thought afterwards occurred to me to
transmit those notes 10 you, with the expecta-
ton that you would, of course, exerciee your
prerogatve of" ia5ling them," or using them
as torch to light your Havana"-if yon in
duIge in such Piggis5 practice. | found
Smyrna the day entered it's corporate limits
(Saturd ~ rather brisk and animated for a
country town. Quite a number of carriages
and other vehicles lined the streets, while the
owners were greeted and smiled upon and
inveigled into considerable purchases by the
polite stOre-keepers. Their winning ways"
are proverbial. Your mechanics seemed 10 be
busy, notwithstanding the universal cry of
"hard times" The shops Of Messrs. Pratt &
Davis, Start & Carly, J. Millaway, Taylor &
Son, c. s. Smith, and various other business
places whose names cannot now remember,
gave the appearance of having plenty of work
row, J. M. Denning, aud McMulIen g. Sherm-
er, seemed to have plenty of work. either made
to order, or ready for purchasers. l noticed
! in my perambulations the erection of several
very fine edfces. Tho one of ex Gov. Tenn.
pie is large; has the appearance of very elabo-
rate workma nship, and has, am told, or will
when completed, the finest aud most tastv flu
ish of any house in the town, or on the PENN.
sula, having all the modern improvements of
warm and cold baths, warm rooms, chamber
bells, &C., &C., all of the finest quality-in
fact, "Place for everything, and everything
in its place." The new dwelling of james r
Clement is more imposing in its external up.
pearance, and though far ahead Of most hous es
in its internal structure, falls, We learn, con.
siderably behind that OF the Gov. These resi-.
dences are very creditable to your place, and
worthy the emulation Of others of your well-to-
do men, as, for instance, a certain DIR. and Col
who, indeed, we were informed, have been
near The sticking-pOint in this regard. There
were several other recently-erecIed houses,
tenant dwellings, we believe, belonging TO A.
FAIRIES and E. Beck, in the town, and TO John
Cloak and J. G. Back, near the town, tina,
came under our observation.
Sunday came. Well, as an exemplary indi
vidual, (which everybody ought to try to be-,
as the hour for service came, we (uiz: my
friend aud myself wendell our way to church
commencing in the morning with the Metho
dist (Which found to be the popular church
} here,) where heard an appropriate discourse
for the day-Easler Sunday--from the Rev
Jas. A. Massey, on the Resurrection of Christ
and at the conclusion Of the services the sing
ing of beautiful tune called Easter Anthem
by the choir.
In the afternoon, went TO the Epscopa
church, and witnessed the most interesting ex
ercises Of the annual missionary Offering, will
, appropriate devices, of the Sunday School. 1
was novel sight to me, and must have beer
r gotten Up with great labor and exercise o
3 taste.
In the evening, went to the Pr .sby terra
, church, (you sec am no bigot, visiting all,
|. where found very neat ediiice, good music
and fair congregation. The pastor, Rev.
G. Thompson, preached an interesting dis
: course on'ihe intercession Of Christ, which wa
attentiveiy listened 10 by the entire congrega
e ton. Aftet dividing and elucldating The divn
: mission Of Tho Savior, he came in the latte
!. part Of his discourse to the long mooied que.
.ionsof lhst frsl perseverance, OF the ssisss,'
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