Smyrna times., 1866-07-11
maryland Affairs.

LIE FOURTH AT CERTREvILLE.-Th ami
VerSary OF our National In,lrInndnnco" ",,,'! ,,,
celebrated here with great e31 s ,r.',J ",'I
tournament was devised for the occasion AMI md
wa was carried out with spirit. A large conronrsa
vi people from the surrounding country. and
ainnl"er from Baltimore, Washington and Del.
aware, were present to witness tbn f,a+l ar
horscmanShip. The prize was sol;J III ';I,r VI
cup he Knight Of the = Black Plume 'rarl r.,l
resented ny /. Alex. Wright E.a, was tbo
successful competitor, who had the hiob Lo,r'r
vi vi cr9"hln% the Queen Of Love aud Bn,utv
WhIch EI was Miss Lizzie b. Davis, of Smrrnyy' Sr'y'
yeiaMafe' iT. and who chose as her maids of hon.
o. -hlSS Mary Il. Earle, ofQuccn Annes: Mis-
Ri.1al I2I,na lays OF Smyrna, Delaware; Miss
Wr;i'I4 i"MGne Re963ertS, OF Baltimore; Miss Anna
n niisn'' ol queen Anne ;, and Miss Soller. of
c9r 1necm AnhG ; formerly of Calvert Their e,-
T9r'n ~ :, were the Knight Of the Red Cross p
II II. helche Knight of Eshingham W u
HHcatIng H Knight of Ashley, Julian Snencor
might OF Queen Anne James y G[nIdCLn''
ro49h 4S and Knight Of Melville. VIM. p EarIn
me croWnlng ceremonies took place in thn
evening An appropriate address was dalivar-
tEl T% on 1he IN occasion by Clayton Wright. E.oI
Inc lolo"lng gentlemen acted as indges at the
tSHIna t2qrham34nt' @.' :, VIZ Lloyd Iilghman. W j
n,'Gl' tnm I; " IN. foreman Esq. and Dr. Washing
ioh' Flndly. and j. lIolton, chirfmarsb,i Tni..
Robert Goldsborough, and his a;ds ~ H. =" "PI'
spencer and /. {. llughcy. E,aS, The air,;r
TOOK place on the farm Of Matthew TiIrbman'
i'S,i,' auout three-tourths of a mile from to,rn
:. nc ,le,tlyities closed with grand fIll dress
mop held IN the court-house - (cntre,.,Uo
I correspondent 9fhe BaIttn,ore .Sun. '''' : ''''
WIcoMIco AND PocoMoKE r r 20 4.
NE meeting Of the stockholders Of this pcw
company, held in Worcester countv Ma o''
ne 4th INST, the following gentlemen uorn wa :
l'ct'cd directors Iemucl Shovel. Henry r
1oIlIiSon: IyruS L. Williams, b. Jones TayIor
,,ohn BISHOP John Il Purncl Littleton p
rankin; l., Robert J. Henry, James WbaIev
no. = llm,mInons, Ritchie Fooks and Purne !,
oauVIhe' The meeting resolved that the road u
nPuiu 3 connect with the Delaware Railroad At !,
,nSoIty' ,nn ana I,f from thence by Derrckson's n
tIo t'o"uS' 4' haieyvllle and FaSsett's corner =
each place. '''''O"' u O'l'o'S o
UNION STATE CONVENTIONAL call has to
cen issued signed by Col VIM IL. PurnclI ia
chairnan' and John V. L. Findlay, sccre Sa
Try OF the Unconditional Union State Central in
ohmlttee, for " the voters of the State who de
'1'aIn rIa tne restoration policy of President OF
ohnSon, to send delegates to a State Con. er
,ntl0n, to assemble in Baltimore on the 95tb s
1uly1 Tor the purpose of nominating a can
udte Tor Comptroller, and also, at the same
NE and place, by district conventions 3'''Io to al
INITIATE candidates for their respective CON in
'sSlonal dlstrlcts,--Nuyland Citizen II
nTNp ,rin 33AAIEs.-Dr 3A Lemue X. Mitchell, of In IN
1I, 1Iiln, worcester county, has purchased !ieI
Ocean View farm, where judge Snrnn" naTeu ro in
&c led, a. at his death, containing $50 acress for Sc
1900 being over $2S per acre. ''@'' '0i en-
Inc Inc farm arr of Miss Hatty Duke, in Cecil We
u tInty' Nd containing ll0 acres, has been SCI
u 10 Col John Z. Groome for 81, 300. Of