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Smyrna times., 1866-03-07

MEXICo.-'The Mexican Lbcrali>ts appear
to have 4 much firmcr hold on Northern Mex
leo than Imperial dispatches from Matamoras
and Havana would indicate. The western end
Of their line Of occupation rests upon the Pa
ciic Ocean. They control the entire State of
Lower California. and across the Gulf Of Cali
turnIa keep up constant communication at and
above Mazatlan At Mazatlan an Imperialist
garrison Of 1000 men is bcsiegcd, the Liberal
lists thus controlling the entire Gulf of Calitor-
MIA. From this city their lines extend east
through Sinaloa and Durango, the vast extent
of country to the North being i'll their undis-
putcd possession. From Durango it extends
northeast to Monterey and then east to Mata-
mOrus. More than onc-third Of the entire
Mexican country is in the undi>puted possess
ion of the Libcralists and over one-f fourth more
they wage n continuous war, 50 that nearly all
the Central Mexican States are debateable
ground. If Maximlian with his French and
Austrian auXlliarie3 cannot maintain his pow
er without dispute in more than onc-half of his
Empire, il must fare hard with him when
the French are Withdrawn.
Smyrna times., 1866-03-07
WOMEN Theodore Parker, in one Of hi,
= snrlnnnS y ,1ttnrnd thn H.llon.;..r. t.. =

WOMEN.-Theodore Parker, in one Of his
sermons, uttered the following, touching
women:
There are three classes of women
First, domestic drudges who are wholly Ia
ken up in the material details Of their house
keeping and child-keeping. Their house keep
ing is a trade and no more and after they have
done that there is no more which they can do.
In New England it is small class, getting less
every year.
Next, there are domestic dolls, wholly taken
up with the vain show that delights the eye
and ear They are ornaments of the estate
Similar toys, | suppose, will one day be more
chcaply manufactured at Paris, Nuremburg,
at Frankfort-on-the-M Maine, and other toy shops
IN Europe, out of wax papier-mache, and sold
in Boston at the haberdasher's by the dozen.
These ask nothing beyond their functions as
dolls, and hate all attempts to elevate women
kind
But there are domestic women, who order
house and are not mere drudges, adorn it, and
are not mere dolls, but women. Some of these
"a great many of them-conjoin the useful Of
the drudge and the beautiful of the doll into one
womanhood, and have great deal left besides.
They are wholly taken up with their function
as hOuse-keeper, wife, and mother.
Smyrna times., 1866-03-07

TIE LARGEST PLUM-PUDDING on RECORD.
"A few weeks ago nearly sixteen hundred
persons had grand plum-pudding feast at
Aughton, village few mil3s from Lancaster,
England. The feast is held every twenty-onc
years, and it originated at the commencement
Of the present century, in this way:-A firm,
carrying OH the business of basket and hamper
making, at Aughton, purchased boiler six
feet long, two feet broad, and two feet deep
The owners caused most Titanic plum-pud-
dag to be made in the boiler, and then dis
tributed it among their friends and ncighbors.
Since that time the plum-puddng feast has
been celebrated by the inhabitants every TWEEN
ty-one years At the feast which has just ia
ken place, one plum pudding Of the moderate
weight of three hundred pounds, and three
weighing about seventy pounds cach were
placed upon the table and consumed as report
says, in about three hours.
Smyrna times., 1866-03-07

AN EpIToR's FAREwEIL.--Th following
farewell address of a Western editor to his rea-
ders " hat is called freedom Of the press Each
individual frccmen will give YOU perfect liberty
to contradict and controvert the notions and
opinions of everybody but himself:
The undersigned retircS from the editorial
chair with complete conviction that all is vani-
ty. From the hour he started his paper to the
present time he has been solicited to lie upon
every given subject, and cant remember ever
having told a wholesome truth without dimin-
ishing his subscription list, or making an enc
my. Under these circumstances of trial, hay
ing a thorough contempt for himself, he retires
in order to recruit his moral constitution.
Smyrna times., 1866-03-07

One night a judge, a military officer, and
a minister, all applied for lodgings at an nn
where there war but one spare bed, and the
landlord waS called upon to decide which had
the best claim Of the three. IL have lain fl.
teen years at the garrison at f., sand the otfi-
Ger. - | have sat as judge twenty years at r., ="
said the Judge. With your leave. gentle
men, have stood in the ministry twenty five
years ut ~, said the minister.
That settles the dispute, said the land.
lord. You, Mr.. Captain, have htm fifteen
years you, MIR. Judge, have SIT twenty years;
but the aged pastor has St"o,i tivcand twenty
ycars-So he has certainly the best right to the
bed "
Smyrna times., 1866-03-07

A wag in Detroit has been taking liberties
with the reputation of the Pontiac Railroad
He was asked whether he knew of any accident
mid,!le-ae"d gentleman lc.I Pontiac for De,
troit, and died Of old aye at Binghampton-
half way. -
:, The wife of " grandpa Davis, at Knoxville,
Tenn, has given birth to twenty mine children,
twenty-eight of whom are living, and twenty
five Of them served in the Union army during
the late rebellion. Mr.. Davis is upward Of
ninety years of age, but hale and hearty.
4" A man who will malciously set fire to a
barr" said Mr.. Snow, land burn up twenty
cows, ought to be kicked to death by lack.
ass--and I'd Ike to do it,
Smyrna times., 1866-03-07

COLDS IN THE HEAD.-As this is the season
for those troublesome and annoying little NAL
aides, remedy pointed out By the French
Hospital Gd:cttc may be of interest and use on
this side OF the Atlantic. 1t consists in inhal-
ing the tincture Of iodine by holding u vial of
the tincture under the nose. The warmth Of
the hand yolatiizes the tincture. 1t is to be
thus breathed at intervals of three minutes,
and the malady is soon conquered Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1866-03-07
Division of Philadelphia Conference.

We learn from excellent authority on "thc
Peninsula that, although the ministers and
members in that part of the Conference are as
anxious as ever for a division, yet they are not
disposed to press the matter any longer. but
to wait patiently until their wishes are voun-
tarly granted. The arguments heretofore ur-
ged with so much force against the division of
the Conference, have by the incxorablc logic
Oh events, been, to great extent, neutralizcd
Secession is failure; slavery is buried bcyond
a resurrection; the freedman is protected lv
the strong arm OF the law; the moral support
OF the antl-Slavery portion of the Conference
Is no longer required by those who have been
noby fighting the battles of loyalty and liberty
upon " the Peninsula" Nothing but L,c now
binds the Conference together. Meanwhile
the reasons for a division are constantly ac-
qulrlng additional weight. Necessity is strain
ing hard upon these bands Of mutual afFcc-
ton.
Under the circumstances. We confess TO some
surprise at the almost unbr0kcn silence that
has recently been maintained upon this long
agltatcd subject. This may arise from the fact
that more pressing, If not more important mat
terS, have crowded 1t aside, or it may be the
question has been so often and so thoroughly
discussed IN all its phaSeS--geOgraphical sta
tstlcal, economical political ecclesiastical
that 1t has been by tacit consent laid aside I'm.
til the decisive vote shall be called for. We
do not pretend to offer any further suggestions
worthy of special attention, yet We have thought
It would be fitting for the Philadelphia Con
tcrcncc-thc oldest Of all the Contcrcnccs-to
meet together for the last time in the centenary
year, rejoice over the past, congratulate each
other over the present, conSecrate themselves
to the future. and then hopefully separate
Although different lines Of division have beer
urged by pOrtentOuS summaries of facts and
figures, yet We think that it is now beyond
question that the separation by State line will
finally be adopted -.uetho,l,st.
Smyrna times., 1866-03-07

WoRsHIP.-A Democratic Christian in Hill
nOs wrote to a colored brother, protesting
against wOrshiping with the whites, saying
=" | and many others would think quite as well
of you if you would tend church amongst your
own kind and after we leave the world IT rs
the will Of God that all races should unite and
be equal am willing to submit. The lmpll-
cation is that in this world he does not choose
to submit, whether it be the will ofGod or not.
Smyrna times., 1866-03-07

No FULL Moon IN FEBRUARY. During the
month of February, just ended, there was no
full moon. This, which is thought by some to
be an unprecedented event, is not so, but only
full moon in February, full moon occurring
on January 80 and again ON March /. 1t IS
possible that there may be no full moon in
February once in every lunar cycle of l9 years
Smyrna times., 1866-03-07

Rather a bold carioature has appeared. in
Paris, representng an ndia-rubber figure of
Maximilian. which the Emperor of the French
is in vain cndeavoring to initiate, because the
President of America has penetrated him be-
hind The Mexican sovereign crown has fall
en- down; but the daring part of the caricature
Is the tottering state of the crown on the head
of the Emperor of the French.
Smyrna times., 1866-03-07
Two Maps for $3.50.

LLoYD's Steel Plate Typographical Railway
Map Of North America, with Map Of the United
States and Canadas, (coorcd in counties), showing
every railroad to June 1864 and distances from one
station to another, on the back. Price, $3.50.
Published only by subscription.
JOSEPH v. CRAMER,
jan3l m Agent (exclusiye) for Kent Co., Del.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-20
MAINE.

Papers libe The World, which have nothing better
to do are idng their time-precious time which can
never be restored-in vain attempts to explain away
the Maine elections. They go back as far
as 1856 to show that Maine really never
did amount TO much politically, never will,
and that her vote is of not the slightest con-
sequence as an indication of National sentiment.
Indeed the unfortunate State is almost out of the
Union it is so far away from the South But as it is
Of no consequence whatever, We are surprised that
these papers make such noise about IT,
But with all their explanations, they can never ex.
plain away Figures. The Arithmetic is one Of our
best campaign documents, and little eiphering is
often better than great deal of argument. We re-.
eeved last night returns from 400 towns, which give
Gen. Chamberlain total Of 6s, 1913, against 40, 420
for Pillsbury. This majority Of 81, 776 hardly be
argued into matter of no significance, especially
when we compare it with the Union vote of 1864. Gov
Cony then had majority of 1858, which, with the
addition of 1898 majority he received from Maine
soldiers in the field, shows gain of 1887. Explain
this away, gentlemen, if you can.
We have now almost the entire vote Of the State.
The towns to be heard from are the French settle
mens in Aroostook and so small towns in other coun-
ties In 1884, the aggregate vote Of these towns was
3,O27 giving l,a34 for Cony, and 1893 for
Howard. The Union papers of the State
expect slight increase of their vote, and
small majority for Pillsbury. But nothing will bring
the Union majority below 1850. The Senate, of
course, is unanimously UniOn and in the House there
is reason to believe that the Democrats viii scarcely
have dozen members. But eleven are thus far
claimed, and the election of one of these, in York. is
contested The county ticket mas been carried in
every county. The triumph is complete.
The Copperheads have singular method of adding
up these returns They make the National Union
majority which the Maine vote indicates but 10000,
and we will accept these ciphers-only putting q
before them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-20
THE CITYS CANDIDATE.

Democrats and Weed Republicans count with big
assurance on 10000 majority in the City for Hoffman
as tho champion of municipal rights. The truth Ia
that Mr. Hoffman did nothing to merit such recog-
nition while Gov Fenton has done enough TO receive
the official thanks Of the local authorities without dis
tinction Of party At meeting Of the Board of su-
pervisors held May 80 1865, Messrs Elijah f. Purdy.
VIM. NJ Tweed, Smith Ely, it,, Jas. Davis, VIM. X.
Stewart Sheridan Shook, Walter Roche, Henry
Smith, John Fox and AndresS Willmann being pres
en the following resolve, offered by Supervisor Ely.
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved That the thanks of the Board due and
hereby rendered to his E1eesncy Gov. Fenon, for bis
recent vetoes of various bills passed the Legislature of this
State infringing upon the rights and franchises Of this city
and county and sincerely congratulate the people Of
he State of Ner York havRg ErecUtire rho pos
the vigilance and earlessHe necesary 10 correct
he errors Of kasty and improper Liquidation.
We challenge the friends of the Mayor to Showus
any such record for their champion, Endorsed with
marked an emphasis by his own party in Office. Let
it be known that Gov. Fenton has the aoknowledg-
mens Of the biterest Of his political enemies that hs
has been "vigisnt and fearless in the performance
Of his duty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Our European advces BY the Cable arc to the 18th inst
The expected manifesto of the Emperor Napoleon the
position of affairs in Europe has just been published The
Emperor believes that France will benefit from the recent
changes He justihes his mediation between Austria,
Prussia and Italy and expresses his faith in lasting
peace but thinks that the sust way of maintaining peace
to be prepared for the vigorous prosecution OF war IL
is said that in consequence Of the protest OF the United
States Government no has forbidden military officers in
Mexico from holding official appointments under Maxi,
milan The Prussian feet at Kiel has been put out oil
commission and the Electoral law has passed. me upper
Chamber of Prussia The man who attempted the assas
sinaon Of the Emperor Of Russia has been executed
The Great Eastern was off the English coast on the oh
inst IL is likely that the question OF toe venetian dept
will after ALL be adjusted to tho satisfaction OF all the
parties concerned
Tho j. w. Emerson the vessel that took out cargo OF
arms 10 Matamoros arrived at this port yesterday Cen
Wallace has remained Mexico but the rest OF the party
with one exception. have back in the weasel The
arms arc safely lodged the American side of the Rio
GnRndc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-20
THE PENDING CANVASS.

Tonight the Boys in Blue Of ST. Paul. MINI. hold a
Convention 10 elect delegates to Pittsburgh. Tomorrow
the Distinct Conventions meet, when Donnelly will no
doubt be nominated and Window In the lower District
Minnesota is almost one for liberty and justice.
An intensely enthusiastic mass meeting was held in
West Chester Penn, yesterday II exceeded anything
ever before seen in that place Speeches made By
Gen. Geary Gov. Curtin, the Hon. Lewis Hall, Morton
McMichael, and other well known gentlemen.
News from Ohio states that the Old Western Reserve
is wide awake and will send those sanch Radicals Gen
Garfield and Judge Spading to Congress by Overwhelm-
ing maortics Those well posted say that the Reserve
will give IS OOO majority for the Radical ticket in October
The New-Jersey Legislature, through the presiding
othecr MI Scoyel has ohcaly declared Alexander ~.
Cstte duly elected Senator to represent this state in the
Congress Of the United States TO fill the existing
cancy.
The Hon. William A. Newell has been renomnsted for
Congress by the Republican Convention in the lid New
Jersey Distinct His reelection is almost certain.
Dennis Mccarthy has been nominated for the XXnId
Congressional District of New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-20
THE DOUBLE CONGRESS.

The coSntry must not lose sight Of the threats OF
the President and his following to plunge us fresh
into new and terrible Civil War by constituting and
recognizing bogus House Of Representatives made
up of johnson minority of the members legally en-
titled 70 seats combined with those chosen from the
States which withdrew their members from
Congress, aud desperately Stroye to destroy
the Union. Having been utterly discomht-
ed in the bloody struggle thus inaugurated,
they now propose to return to Congress in defiance oil
a subsiStng law, and to constitute House made up
of 80 or 90 JohnsOntes from loyal States, and Az or
so chosen by tho States not yet readmted to repre-
sentation AS the Republicans it is fairly presumed'
will not submit to this it is eagerly calculated that
the flames of Civil War will thus be reghted and that
the North will he visited with caamties like to those
she recently inflicted on the South.
This scheme cannot work unless a quorum of Cop
perhead representatives. including those from the e.
Rebel States can be secured at the pending elections
The 80 Johnsontes (or thereabouO in the present
House (incuding the Tennesseans must swelled to
10 or they will not suffice with the 50 from the ten
States not yet restored to power in Congress- to make
quorum Unless these 90 shall be gained in the en-
suing elections in the loyal States, the plot must fail
Will the People give the Johnsonites the % gains
they must have to enable them TO disOrganize Con-
gress and inaugurate fresh Civil War; Where are
those 90 gains to be madel Concede that the Rebel
vote cast in defiance of law in Maryland and Missouri
is good for of them, where will they gain the Is
still wanting Shall New-York OF Pennsylvania,
Indiana or Ohio, contribute most to make up the
requisite number
We call upon the people everywhere to question
the rival candidates for Congress sharply ard closely
on this head. Let us know precisely which candi-
dates ifelected, will take part in organizing House
made up in part of men by law disqualified to sit.
After what the President has said Of Northern
traitors" and in dispGragement of Congress as
invalid and uSurping, the People should
insist on knowing exactly what each can
didate will do if elected and called TO choose between
two Houses-One of 100 to 100 members chosen
wholly from loyal States, and the other Of members
from those States and SO from the ten which hav
ing been deeply involved in the Rebellion, have not
yet been readmitted to Congress. Let each be con-
strained if unwilling 10 show his hand The issue
is so momentous that nothing must be left 10 guess
work and uncertainty. Honest men will not seek
concealment and Others must not be permitted to
find il.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-20
PATENT RATTRAP.

4 vc,un,esr correspondent, who evidently think,
b;m.oE .barn sena a string Of questions whereof
the pist is all contained in this one:
Arethe stses sbe are refused IN Coo
gress Of Unob or An tne Onoa o' OUT tor ooe
poses and In Tor othersr E-f'rLl
Ansrsr.-No States ar, refused representation Ia
Congress. Certain States, which have been fighting
for four years to destroy ne Union, are within tho
territorial boundaries and undo the rghtful authority
Of the Union; but they out OF therproper practical
relations TO the Union and are 10 be brought back
into them 80 soon IS they safely AM justly can be.
Congress has prescribed the way in the Constitutional
Amendment, now awaiting ratification by the States,
and Tennessee has followed that way, and it has led
her back into her old status in the Union, which abs
should never have destroyed Let the Others 20 and
do likewise
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-20
REPRESENTATION OF NEGROES.

To as ESitO, Of TA< " Y. Tribsa<
SIR: A number of mechanics would like to have
you answer the following;
As the law OF the land stands today 1--WE negroes Ia
count he only In making the basis Of representa-
ton to Congress- in the Southern States Tennessee having
been admitted, hove will they enumsrste therei
MAsY VOTERS.
AHs~v.-From and after the next apportionment-
which will be made in ls712-fve negroes will count
i've, and will balance five White men.
The Federal Constitution knows and makes no dis
tincton account Of color Its basis of representa-
ton in Congress is the ShO number of free persons,
and threeiths of all other persons" Cart L. sec. 2
When the existing apportonment was made, tho
Blacks with few exceptions, were not free persOns,"
they other persons" and counted accordingly.
In all future appointments they will be counted as
free persons Ed. Trib.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-20
"PEdCE" IN TEXAS.
The N. \. Times of yesterday, in its editorial sum-
mary of the news of the day, says:

The ~ L. Times of yesterday in its editorial sum-
mary of the news of the day, says:
at estimated that persons have arrived at Calves
and Houston Texas 10 escape the tons OF guer
d.crminatel for plumber Affairs throughout the State are
daily becoming instead Of better and nnumeTabe out
RACES are hourly recorded"
These guerrillas are almost if not quite wholly
ex.Rebe soldiers. They hold that work the destiny
of niggers" and utterly unsuited to chivarous
Whites like themselves. OF course, they rob and
murder Unfortunately for plunder;" but tho de-
enseless negroes are their special prey because un
protected by legal authority or public sentiment
The Blacks murdered in Texas alone since the return
Of " Peace very many; and not one of the muir
derers has as yet been punished by State authority
Where is this TO end What power is to supply the
correctivel
Texas has a. political newspapers, whereof 40 are
Conservative "-tha is, ex.Rebel-and 8 Union,
or as Radical as they can venture TO be. Most Of
their conductors live in constant terror. letter
just received from Collin County states that Throck-
morton, now Governor, made speech there just
before the polls opened, which in effect denun-
citation of every man who should dare to vote
the Radical ticket which had the effect of
diminishing the anti-Rebel vote at least nah
IL was 80 in most Counties It was perfectly safe
everywherc 20 vote for Throckmorton; it was peril
Gus at most polls to vote for Pease Hence, the vote
of many of the eastern and central Counties Is al
most or quite unanimous for Throckmorton And
yet, with but 8 Of the 45 newspapers on our side
while but two of these had any general circulation
Pease received l2 900 votes to for Throck
morton. Had all who desired Pease's success voted
for him. his poll would probably have reached 90 OOO
Yet we are daily told by Conservative" journals
and speakers that the Southern Loyasts Radicals
have no party at their back but niggers." If they
were fairly protected against violence and terrorism,
this could no longer be pretended.