Smyrna times., 1862-05-15
Delaware Affairs.

THE Second Delaware Regiment, now sta
toned at Baltimore, has received orders
to march. II is said that their destnaIio will
be New Orleans
The bank of MiddIetown elected the follow.
ing gentlemen as Directors for the ensuing
year; Geo Derrickson, Thos Murphy, r. A.
Cochran, J. a. Eiason. R Gibbs, r Lockwood,
A. r. Pennington, R. Seamens and w. e.
Eliason.
TRoUI.-The first salt trout of the season
made their appearance in or market last week
These are the most abundant Of any kind of fish
we have in this State, thousands of bushels of
them being caught every season. Sometimes
as many as one thousand bushels being caught
at one aul of sein.
MIR. Geo w. Mahan, formerly editor and
proprietor Of the Diamond Slate, we learn has
suspended The Issuing of his paper, ald opened a
hotel in New Castle.
| DEATH OF WILLIAM FRANCE MIR William
France, who was formerly in the Fran of R.
France q Son, IN the conducting of the Del
aware Lottery, we are informed, was found
dead N his bed on Wednesday morning last, in
Cincinnati
| ErEcTED.-At the annual meeting of the
Stockholders Of the Farmers aud Mechanics >
Bank Of Milford" held at their banking house
on Tuesday last, the following officers were
elected TO serve for the ensuing year.
Directors, Wm. N. w. Dorsey, Jas r. Lof
land, WIN. Hill. G.. s. Watson, John A. Haz
z'rd, VIM. Tharp, Wm. A. Sctbner Presi
dent, WIN. N. w. Dorsey. Cashier; John
W. ADKINS, in place of John A Hazzard
resigned.
CorToN SEED FOR DELAWARE AT the sug.
gestiOn of oar Representative in Congress, sew
eral bushels of cotton eeed have been sent t.
eech OF the county towns in this State, care O
i committee of distribution. The committee
for New Castle county are Messrs James c
Douglass, Nathaniel Wolf and George Il
Tybout; Kent, Messrs S. NJ. Harrington
Manlove Hayes and Jas. Alice Sussex
Mes-rs. Benjamin Burton, William Fl. EIIegood
und Jacob Moore. Persons residing in tht
several counties desiring to make ar experr
ment in the culture, can procure seed fer tha
purpose at their respective towns, upon appll
cation to the proper Committee.
AT the recen' aHti-slavery convention in New
York, Mr.. Thomas Garrett Of Wilmington, (nI
ratter Thomas Garrett, for being Trend
he eachews The Mr. ) was o"e of the V c.
Presidents. The collection was taken up II
his hat. The President of the meeting befor
the hat was passed around, I'D thbt that ha
belonged TO a man who had assisted in the es
cape of two thousand slaves. THIS was rcce' =
ed with loud cheers, and II is SAID about fit
more dollars were collected on that account
Whilst In New York he had his pocket p,ckpt
of about $l2. His pocket book was exlractr,
by cutting his pan'alOone. aud getting II out b.
way of the rent. Miss Head who was IN con.
pany with hun a the time lost h"r pOr, monutp
with all the money she had with her A shoe
time since Governor Burton, we aep informed
called On Mr.. Garrett, and asked for !, form.
elton 10 relation 10 two slaves TIA: hid r
capped from hun. As they would latr h',I
tree at twenty one, the GovtrOrr q. u..I -,
prObably use his influence to rerur. l. So II
informed the Governor thai he rr,. r. r"tu ntt
slaves. That by lhls time they A.re SAFE.
III Pennsylvania. That he had ~ nu, To-
Tor them any mOre.--COmnlOnwe0