Smyrna times., 1863-01-08
General III eWs.

, VEST EIRGINIA.--The bill providing fo
e tile admission of West Virginia" into tn,
: mon as State has become law by re
ceivlng the approval Of the President, not
"lChSlIhding the confident predictions O
newspaper correspondents to the contrary
HE "ALABAMA"-Iti is stated that eobt
cen vessels of war are now engaged in the
search Tor the Ah1bama, any one of which is
match for her except for speed. The alb
sehce OF speed, however, makes all the diff
ference The pirate can run away from
any vessel she finds too strong to engage.
The FIRST DELAWARE REGIMENT
following changes and promotions have been
ihade III this regiment: Serg't Major, w.
Eci;leS to Pad Lieutenant Of Company ID.
vice IL, H. Darlington, deceased Scrgt
samuel McAllister to Scrg't Major; Lieut.
Col. Ilopkinson has resigned. Major Smith
has been appointed Lieutenant Colonel :;
Capt. d. Woodall, Major; Lieut.. VIM. C.
lnhoif to Captain of Company + I'd Lieut.
on'rlcS SchaiTer to lSt Lieut.. of Company
|; and Serg't Major McAllister, to be ~
iAeutent Of Company b.
JrrE, or button wood, or Indian hemp.
(aS 1t is known by all three namcs) we are
now assured SELLS for one hundred dollars
a ton for the weed, mot the bark only. AS
we stated we supposed it was.) As it
grows wild on our farms, especially ON the
low lands, 1t would be well for our farmer,
70 gather up some by way of experiment,
and send it to PhiIadelphia.-CH,clen.
lhe Secretary of the Treasury has dccid-
ed TO pay the principal of the 1912 bonds
-abountlng to 2,80O, O,0O0-in coin.
On New Years Day the colored people
OF Norfolk to the number of four thousand,
had procession in honor of the emancipa-
ton proclamation. They carried several
Union flags and were headed by a band ofI
music. They attracted great attention.
BUSINESS Losses DrRIxG TIE PAST Yr.p
From the reports Of the mercantile agen-
cies it appears that there were fewer fail
ures Iii business i'll the Northern States du-
ring the year 1862 than in any year since
1880. The following table shows the losses
of 1861 and 1862 compared:
Numbers. Liabilities.
Failures In l8Gl.... 1896 $I7S,632, ,I7O
alllres III 1862. -. ,652 23,649 300
On this the New York World saws:
AS all business has been done for cash.
there have been no bad debts SO far as
commercial transactions are concerned, all
has been so far smooth sailing. There are
squalls ahead, however, and prudent men
ire taking in sail. The time will come
when prices will fall as unintcrruptedly as
hey have advanced. and then woe to the
lealers who have large stocks ON hand
Some time or other we must return to a
specie basis, and when they do the bubble
Of high prices will burst.
HE BATTLES OF TIE PAST YEAR.-Losses
m both SaieS.-A Philadelphia journal sums
Up the aggregate of battles, skirmishes, &c,
md naval engagements, during the past
year, as follows: Skirmishes. three hun
ired and ten; battles, two hundred and
wenty-elght; naval engagements, eighty
me. a grand total of six hundred and
nineteen The New York Commercial savs {
Onr table OF engagements during the year 4
862, gives an aggregate rebel loss of 6 .O94 :
'lIled, 1861 wounded, 29,822 prisoners
Added TO this is 1892 reported losses in
,illed, wounded and prisoners, which makes
grand total of 9G,4o9. The aggregate $
'ederal loss during the same period is l2.- t.!
0S killed, 81, ,42O wounded and 80. 22I nris-
ners Added to this is 10 reported losses p
killed, wounded and prisoners, making a
rand total of IOG,8I9.
The flag of the ID Delaware is so torn
nd dctaced with shot and shell. that there
> hardly rag of it left They want a new
attic standard. Let US get the old and
onorable MANNED flag, and place it in our
ouncll chamber, or on the State House at
lover, and present them another Let us
ttend to it at once-Chcken.
REBEL MURDER OF BLAcKs-The ac- =
ounts from the battlefield near Murfrees- III
orc reveal a new phase of rebel atrocity in
he treatment of their late slaves Every 10
lack teamster, or black follower of the 10 10
'nion camp, captured by the rebels, is i'm
ediatcly shot No less than twenty were at
und TINS murdered and lying along the
-urfrecsboro road, after the recent rebel
id upon toscerans' wagon trains. This
undoubtedly, the Inauguration of the