Smyrna times., 1863-04-16
COR ESPONDENCE.
Letter from the Station.
CLAYTON. Anril 1hth

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In my last brief allusion was made to the
removal OF the office of Aid Inspector from
tnls place to Dover. Now the latter place
Is point where there is about as little no.
ccsslty for such an office as there is a custom
house. A point from which there is no
traffic, and therefore certainly no contraband
while at this point we have great facility bv
stage coach daily, and other conyevances
A large traffic with secesh in contrabapd
may now be looked for without let or him
drance' Is 1T not too bad that such igno-
rance and stupidity should thus be person
lhed by the "powers that be" at Whining
ton? The why's and the wherefores ot
such change can be regarded in no other
h5ht than a ".f .fa," and the truth is simplv
this the Collector of Customs at Whining
ton thought it his duty to discharge Mr.
Dickson for some cause or other. no matter
what, and to appoint Mr. Richardson, ofthe
hrm OF Richardson & Robins, Dover. dealer
ID stoves, &C., &c. Mr. Richardson. not
being an applicant for the Office, and being
stranger In this neighborhood, of course
declined acceptance of the office, as any SEN
slble man like Mr. r. naturally would Rpt
Mr. Richardson must be the man, and no.
body else, in the estimation Tor Ignorance
no matter which,) of the man of Customs at
Wilmington and without making the
slightest inquiry whether any one here
aoouts could be employed to fill the Office
credlbly, or whether this point was the pro-
per place for the Office, being blissfully TO-
norant, was perhaps wise in his tollyl
Straightway made application to the proper
authorities at Washington for change of
the office to Dover, in order to suit the an
polntment. Could any thing be more cal
culated to cncourge contraband traffic than
to let it be generally known that at this
point at least the "coast is clear" and all
who choose can now "pitch in" What
recklesness, what folly, when the Govern
ment at Washington is using every means
IN Its power to put down this hell-born re-
bellion, men appointed to offices of trust
and responsibility should but guilty Of such
an act.
We stepped into one of our places of bus
mess yesterday and there found an old-time
WeI!-preserved and well-warmed. Demo-
crat discussing with a Union man the wool
Iy head question, (both little chow come
you SOY when, just as we entered the door,
we heard Democrat exclaim, "No, | wont.
with an emphatic oath) vote for John Bew-
ley any more" Appropos-how about
those speeches They are still in limited
demand here yet, the inquiry being from
those who are wakeful at night, can't sleep,
and about II o'clock every night awake as
by phantom, declaiming against illegal ar
rests, Governor Cannon e. nuti6er, or in favor
OF committee of two lawyers Of his own
to consult the constitution. SIS to
whether the pay of the Governor can't be
withheld; or in favor of the repeal of dog
law and any other law by which advocates of
treason may be punished, and copperheads
prevented from emitting their poisonous
slime, corrupting whole community, caus-
ing devastation, desolation and ruin through
out the land. Away, away with this phan-
tom and let us have the speeches revised,
corrected and punctuated
Since the commencement of the redemp-
ton OF the small-change notes by the " city
fathers" of Wilmington, it is being serious
ly felt here, and there is beginning to be
some inconvenience in making chvnge by
the withdrawal of these much-raled-a at little
l. 0. US Persons desirous of travell-
ing on the Railroad are now Obliged to
make change or stay at home. BY the
way 1t may be will in this connection to
give your readers some idea of the import
ance this Station is becoming: if not the
most important on the Road, it certainly
cannot be long before it will, as you NAV
Judge by the following figures, receipts for
the month of March:
For Passengers. rs...........s9l5 40
For Freight. .............. 500 27
Business in grain has been rather quiet
during the last week: wheat 81 65, yellow
corn 83c., white 85c
Yours, Trio.
General Burnside has issued a severe ar