Smyrna times., 1867-01-02

ain Thomas aided by Sailing Master BROWN ,.i
n assistant sailing MASTER two mates ana SIX an
cen seamen. The VeStd is 20l tons burdeH RI
,wned by Pierre Lorillard, Jr., and was sailed mt
1y Captain George Drayton, three officers anu se
sixteen seamen One Of the Lorilards was on ac M
board the VeStd. The vessels were very evenly =,
matched as to tonnage, build and complement
Of men, and were carefully prepared for the
voyage, the Fteet,ctng and PestG being less T' T
than year old. u, ~
GREAT ROBBERY IN PHILADELPHA.-O Orer o.
Ninetp Thousand Dollars StOLen.--One OF the a
heaviest burglaries ever perpetrated in Pmla- Il
delpha occurred on Friday night, at the store il
of Messrs. w. s. Cochran & Co, wine mer- !"
chants, 1913 Walnut st. The Bulletin says: q
During the night the premises were entered d
and the fre-proof safe, which is built into the I
wall in the ordinary way, was entered, not by
picking or blowing open the lock, bat by break
Ing through the solid brick wall, an operation
which must have required an hour or two OF
hard work.
The boxes, drawers, &C., containing the val
liable property of the firm were carried INTO |
the store, broken open, and their contents thor
oughly oVerhauled, and the robbers made their
escape with booty amounting to about $94,O ,OOO.
The principal part OF the punder consisted OF
counOn bondI and railroad and other stocks.
Most of these securities were enclosed IN enve-
lopes on which the numbers we're endorsed,
and the burglars, whose work was otherwise
done with all the deliberatiOn OF old and expe-
rienced hands, seem to have overlooked this
most important clue to the recovery OF the pro-
perty. ~
ROBBERY AT CHl!STER.- post office at
Chester was entered by burglars, on Friday
night last and all the letters it cOntancd--oVer
a thousand in numbel-were broken open and
riAed of their contents, The building is new
one erected at the expense OF the city, ana mas
been occupied but few weeks The robbers
effected an entrance thr Ough the back door III
the building by bursting Oft the two bolts ana
: lock by which it was secured, and went at tht'H
work Systematically. Aft or collecting all the
letters in the Office, except a single one, Cit !
\ took them to the stove, by the light OF whcI7
they opened them, strewipg the envelopes over
: the floor and on the stove, portion OF the lat,
Il ter being burnt and charred. Ladies worked
slippers, photographs, and o ther articles IN
| tended for presents were lying around the OF
fee, without any regard to the feelings OF then
# owners. There is no telling how much money
! they obtained Quite number OF checks had
previous to the robbery.-HI. Duly Com'
q nterctdL
The PRESIDENTS VIEws.-Thr various re
ports Of pretended interviews with ,'he i'rcSl
w dent and private individuals on poi ltlcal sub
: ects should be received with caur ION, an'
should generally be discredited. ThGl is goo'
re authority for saying that since his anL al mes
l., sage to Congress, submitted on the 3C ultlmo
it. Mr. johnson views on the political Sit uatlo
= aud the proposed amendments to the Onstl
d. tuition have undergone no change, and b ha
ss not used language to any one which cotlll' b
lie fairly interpreted as indicating any chang
in opinion or purpose on political subjects W 'c
to Mr.. johnson desires to submit his Scntlmel II
ge to the country he will not resort to fugitive,
tn regular and contradictory statements of priVat
ch individuals as means OF communicating m
,rt views He has not either in his private or ct
ms fetal capacity, attempted to interfere with tn
Dr. free action of any of the States upon the adOp
el- tion or rejection of the Amendment.
nd ---~s~~
of THE UTILITY OF SNOw-SnOw answers ma
les ny valuable purposes in the economy of nature
r. Accumulated upon high regions it serves tt
ut. tred by its gradual melting streams OF running
his water, which sudden increase OF water In tn
to form of rain would convert into destructiv
ans torrents or standing pools, and in many coun
in tries tempers the burning heats of summer, b
,rt cooling the breeZes that pass over 1t. In st
of verer climates, on the contrary, 1t serves as
,lr defence against the rgOrs of winter by the prC
lection which it affords to vegetation agaln'
the frost and the shelter which 1t gives to an
OF mails, who bury themselves under the snow.
the Even in more temperate climates, vegetatlC
ern suffers from an open winter; and 1t has bee
on found that Alpine plants perish in the mi
cen winter of England from want of their usu
20 snow covering,
ed. ~
ate, We find in Ayer's american almanac, inc
atty ready for delivery gratis, by all druggists Il
remarkable statement that the temperature
the earth has not diminished more than l-3O6
part of one degree Fahrenheit for 2OO0 yeal
oon To our enquiry how he could make such an d
90" sertiOn Dr. Aver writes Us the following a
10 swer Hipparchus gives the exact record
by an eclipse in his time. This enables US to me
leet- sure with extreme accuracy the earths dIWrr
dos revolutions since to any eclipse now Dlmin
ton of its heat would By concentration, shO
uch en- its axis and consequently its time of rev
luton on its axis The data show that Il
'ork change has been only such as state it, natl
this matically and indisputable true. = .Ne,c IC
one Journal.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. On Saturday mo
ION ing last, two sisters named Lizzie Gregg a
1Gs- M Mary Lees, employed in the factory. OF Sh
4 DuttOn, III North W aru, In tnls city, WI
al going to their work, picked up small to
st IN barrelIcd revolver, which they placed in
pt oi in the factory. At noon, Lizzie Gregg, at
) not request of her sister, exhibited the pistol
nous her, and while handling it, it was accidents
the discharged, the ball entering the throat of
on OF ry Lees Just above the breast bone, produc
ID be instant death. Miss Lees was the main s.
Jared port of her parents, and was an industrio
ante good girl. She was attached to the NJ.
were Church, and was preparing to take an act
short part in the Fair which was then being held
WIN the benefit of the Larkintown Sunday Scht
1or Chester Republican.
time THE ASSASSINATION CONSPIRAToRs.-SC
how. days ago an application was made by j.
nded Sterrett Ridgely of Baltimore, to Chief-J
ding tee Chase for writ of hapedS corpus for
Oyer. release of DR.. Mudd, one Of the persons c
orm demned by the Military Commission WI
lours tried the Booth conspirators to imprisonn
Vesta for life at the Dry Tortugas, in the Gul
ling, Mexico. 1t was returned yesterday by,
ell as ChiefJustice to the counsel, with the foil
Id is Endorsement: ''The within application has b
v the considered and is denied" This, howe'
time does not prevent a similar application from
davs ing made to some other Judge or civil triDu
prved in Florida or elsewhere.
which NATIONAL BANKS. report that
the Hooper, of the Bank Committee, intends tC
Hook troduce bill to specially prohibit further
ut 72 crease of National Banks is unfounded
me at laXu adw nrohihits anV increase OF clrC