Smyrna times., 1865-07-05

in 1rumbuil county. At the hog;tn;u., OF tl..
war he went into the army q, "A colonel. AMI
by his bravery, ability aud fidelity wa car
made a hriga'licr Gene raj. Ia c,,ry I,.,fi..,
he has distinguished him IT, The GrnlAl j.
about thiry-eight year. of age, a mau ut i'm.
personal appearance and elegant mnnu.,~. i.c
Is an eruditr scholar, an accomplished elegant
Christian gentleman. He was OF the Ca.
school Of politics, and is worthy in every ~cl-,.
Of the place to which the people Of Ohio viii
call him on the second Tuesday Of October
TIE PAcA MURDER TRIALs.-1 1cqodhd n
the AccuSed.-Th interesting case Of William
b. Paca and his sons, which had been on tral
at Easton during nearly three weeks, for th.
murder of Alfred Jones, on the Wye eota,e.
in Queen Anne 5 county, was concluded oil
Saturday afternoon last the Jury, after three
quarters of an hours absence, returning a yer
dict Of mot guilty. The other case against
the same parties, for the murder Of John +,
Paca, of f., was ordered to be removed to
Caroline county for trial, at the instance Of
counsel for the State. The Pacas were admit
ted to bail on this charge in the sum Of $4,000
each.
PANEL o. Shaughncssy six weeks in a" Amcri-
KY thus writes to his sweetheart in Ireland
brdget, darlnt, come across to me it ) me-
sell IS duIng hate blsncSs with a son Of Faith
or flaione sure It with his brother man"
He keeps whisky store, and doe. the wa.
ten. lie tOuld me the other evening that he
had no mOMy, and told him that | would
take part Of the shtOck every Saturday as wa
ges. But, says he, sure Pat, if pay yon
that way, [ will soon have no shtock at All
left, and you will have it all Says | to him.
says |, Sure you can work for me then AMI
earn it back again, and so keep it up, and be
masters month in and month out, and wages
will come aisy to both Of US.
Tho Row NJ Cr.ro,
army, writes from Richmond to the H,xt,ru
ChrSt'dn 1droc0te that he met DR.. Edwards,
OF the Methodist Church South, who in res
| ponSe to Il suggestion that the chaplain should
preach in the church. said
This cannot be done. The chasm between
us and the Church North is too great to he
thus easily brldged over. | fully and sacrc'ily
believe in the divinity OF slavery and if w-l,-
to be called to appear before my Judge. J,>t-
Christ the next hour, | would, without AN.
mental reservation whatever, preach up tt!:
divinity OF slavery 1t has divine sanction IN
the Holy Scriptures.
\ violent tornado passed over Red Wing,
! Minnesota, few days ago. 1t picked up
house and demolished it, killing an old man
who had taken refuge in it, A gentleman RI
ding iii buggy saw the storm approach, sprar'
| out, and Sezlng young SapHnL: lay fiat upon
the ground NO sooner had he done 50 than
his horse and buggy were literally carried away
The buggy was torn into sputcrs. and tnr
horse was carried forty rods. and 10 lged III th,
tops ot some small trees 80 'cntan gied in il,.
brush and harness aN to be unable to uXtrici,r
I hlmScH The gentleman saved himself hl.
chngng 70 the sapiing, and, a, it was. h. 81,
blown straight into the air, and, for aluoIn:I.t
hung only by his hands.
In recent speech Senator John Sherman.
OF OHIO, made this statement. " \ frcad OF
mine, whose daughter is now at Rome recci-
ved letter from her, written while Gen. Sher-
man was visiting North Carolina. She wrote.
On father, how fortunate you are you know
where Sherman has gone. but We are in deep
distress, for our next door nrighbor, Gen. Nc
Clcllan Is croaklng and saying that Sherman
and hl> army can never march through tha.
country, and will he destroyed as the Roman
leElon9 were destroyed under Narus
Mr. Hall Latham, just arrived from Rich
mond, tells story to the effect that a lew ,lay,
since Provost Marshal near that city for SOM.
reason, hunE seven CoiOred men un bv tL....
thumbs, with their arms extended over ;lt,i..
heads, to remain until his return: and rir.
Deln& drunk until the next day he return.
and found four Of them dead Mr. I.th..
says that an effort was being made 10 bu>h +.
matter up. Ii there is anything in Mis- ,tor,
II VIII receive the attention Of Gen. Howard
No MORE THREE AND FIVE CENT Nnrts
The Secretary Of the Treasury contcn,rIa,,.s
the dlscontnuance Of all issues of fractional
currency less than ten cents. The printing of
three-cent notes has been STONED by ac, a.,
congress, and the Secretary will olG..r thar n,
more hve cent notes Shall be issued. II j OK.
pectcd that thl will bring int us tha tw, and
tnree-cGnt metallic currency now coined at ;he
hlnt' which are at present boarded a, fast a,
! issued
,,o,,,l,,,,[ DOCTOR OF Laws. The annual com
nencemG3t OF Columbia College, y, Y. took
place e0n " endcsday, when the degree Of. Doe.
tor OF Laws was conferred ON President .IrLr-
son As the President is well known to hay.
niue respect for titles and to prefer az MI
! 'ilneS TO be recognized as a plain American
citizen, It will not be surprising if he sL,uId
respectfully decline the honor.
! PEACH GROWERS CONVENTION pc,rb
growers OF Talbot county invite the pcach crrw
erS OF the Eastern Shore of Marvland ro n..t
thcin IN convention at EaSton ON THURSDAY
. ell1 o'l' vi 'uiy. Tor the purpose of obtainu.
ColIceI Information as 10 the amount of III
growing crop, and to adopt such arrangement,
III regard TO transpOrtatonS, sales and the r..
!uIh u DoXes and baskets, as will protect the
interests OF the peach growers in these respect"
JEFF DAVIS FIRST SECRETARY OF WAR
VI T. Walker, jeff. Davis first Secretary ot
W ar VINO IN 1861, at Montgomery. Ala. at the
| time Jet was appointed President ufthc Con.
ieSaeraGy' iS made a speech declaring that in ic,,
than three months from that date the rebel fac
would wave from the dome of the Canitol A.
Washington, is en- route to this city to make
SPECIAL application to the President for pardon.
- Wash Star.
Gen Sherman in one of his characteristic
letters ON civil affairs says: "Ifyouadmi the
negro to this struggle for any purpose, he has
right to stay in for all; and when the fight is
over, the hand that drops the muskct cannot
be denied the ballot
"A ashington correspondent says that among
all the vast number Of applications for pardon
tiled at the White House, there.is not single
instance where the applicant does not assert
that he opposed the Inauguration of the r.,
bollion
y a a CRCkL EXPERMENT.-A horse which left
Boston, at sunrise on the 18th ult.. 10 accom-
plIsh l6 miles to Portland, before sunset, o,
bet OF $1,000, fell dead six miles from the
latter city, having made ll0 miles considerably
inside Of time, '"D'S