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Smyrna times., 1867-10-02
CORRESPONDENTS.
For the "Smyrna Times"
Educational.

During the past few weeks there has been
much said through the papers about a State
Educational School Convention, but we cant
see that there has been anything accomplished.
And why is this? Is it because our teachers
are careless and indifferent about the matter?
or are they satisfied with the present condition
of our school system? If so, we need a new
set of teachers. We want good, competent
teachers who understand the theory as well
as the practice of teaching. And now, as there
seems to be nothing more said about the State
convention, we would suggest that county
convention be held in Kent County for the
benefit of her own teachers and schools. We
think there are enough active, enterprising
teachers in Kentcounty to support convention.
We want the question agitated and some
thing done, and hope to hear from some one
soon. j. Il. KIDNEY.
Magnolia, Oct lst, 81.
Editor Smyrna Tinaes,-SIR In a suit
that has just taken place in one of the courts
in this State it was discovered in the course o
the trial that sundry persons are now, or have
been, swindling the people of Delaware, by sci
ling bogus Wyatt LnnduS Vine Plant Of
Wyatt Wine Plant" and having knowledge
of the fact | deem it my duty to advise you o
it, that you may protect your readers againS
the impOsitiOns, and thereby do what can t
save the people Of my State from being hum
bugged.
Yours, &C.,
EDWIN WILMER,
Manhattan Brick Co., Matawan, Monmouth
Co., New Jersey.
Sept %, 81.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

Phillips & FAIRIES is the place to buy Your
Ready-Made Clothing. Cheapest place in
Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02
INFORMATION.

The largest variety of Cloths and CaSsimeres
in the State of Delaware at Baggs 4 Cotton.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

Miller who resided at Kennett Square, few
miles above Wilmington, visited Philadelphia
last Tuesday, for the purpose of inducing his
wife who had left him because OF i'll treatment,
to live with him again, aud on her positive re-
fusal to do so, drew pistol and fired five times
at her in rapid succession, when one of the
loads passed through her head and another
through her body, producing instant Death
Miller then laid the pistol down, walked hur-
riedly out OF the house and made his escape.
He is about thirty-tive years Of age, Of medium
size, and gentcey dressed.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

MAxHooD AND YOUTHFUL VIGoR regalneI by
IIelmbUld's Extract Buchu
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

Michael O Loughn, one of the conspirators
the S %v xe m yeoI
fever O. I4oughlin was convicted about two
years ago by the military commission and was
sentenced to imprisonment for life, but Mr..
Stanton had him sent to the Dry Tortugas. lie
was a native of Baltimore and school mate Of
John Wilkes Booth
The surgeon Of the Island also died, and Dr.
Mudd, another convict for the murder of Pre-.
sident Lincoln, was put on duty and it is said
he did it checrfully and acceptably to the Off
GERS
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

HELMBoLD's EXTRACT BUCHU gives health and ve"r
to the frame and bloom to the palId cheek. DebIiV
is accompanied by many alarming symptoms and if TO
treatment Is submitted TO, consumption, insanity or
epIlepIc fits ensue.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

Phillips & FAIRIES have all the Novclti,, II
the Season Go and see for yourselves.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

Ii you want anything in the Clothing line
go to Phillips 4 FAIRIES. They are boun to
please.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02
HELMBOLD'S FLUID EXTRACT
Ii u Gil

y FLUID EAlRAJT
IS u CIII
Is certain cure for diseases of The
Bladder Kidneys. Gravel. nrnpsy, Organ.c
Female Complaints, General Drb,l,
And all diseases of the
URINARY ORGANS,
Whether existing IN
MALE OR FEMALE,
Fro IN whatever cause originating ami IL ,,trr or
IlUw Lose SrANpit..
Diseases Of these organs require he use OF GmrtlI
If no treatment is submitted To GOu~umpIun ur Iu
sanity may ensue Our + leSh and Blood supported
from these sources, and the
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.
And that OF posterity, depends upon Pr' npi t."
reliable remedy.
IIELMBOLD'S EXTRA"r BUCHU,
Established upwards OF IL years. Prepared by
IL. Il. HELMBOLD.
DErGGIST.
59i Rrnadwav. y Y nnc
IO4 South Tenth ST., Philad, ,l,
Sold BY all Druggists. My ~
Phillips K FAIRIES, Commerce Street. t.,
doors below Main, Smyrna Del, is the Iac:
to buy your Clothing
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

CARD TO THE PUBLIC. The undersigned,
Trustees of the Riverside Institute, an Institu-
ton chartered by the State of New Jersey, for
the maintenance and education of the orphans
of the Soldiers and Sailors of our country,
which is being established and endowed by the
enterprise aud patriotism of the Washington
Library Company Of Philadelphia, would an
nounce to the public that in their opinion, the
efforts being made by that Company for the
establishment and endowment of the Riverside
Institute cannot fail ofsuccess. Their agencies
have been established, and their advertise
ments published throughout the country at
great expense, and the results are now being
realized. If the distribution were to take
place, and the labors Of the Company cease,
on the 18th inst, as advertised, the Institution,
though established, would not have provided
the means for proper and permanent continu-
ance, nor could it be so extensively useful rs
the public and the Trustees desire
After mature consideration, we have there.
fore recommended that the Washington Libra
ry Company postpone their distribution unit
the 9Th of January next, and continue the sale
Of certificates and engravings until that time
under the firm belief that the result will as
suredly provide a permanent home for the
maintenance and education of very many of the
orphans of those who have died in the service
of their country
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

IlELMBoLDs EXTRACT BUcHU and Improved Rose
Wash curos secret and dsca;e disorders in all their
stages al little expense, little change IN diet no
inconvenit nee, and exposure. IL is pleasant in
taste and odor, immediate in its action aud tree from
all injurious properties
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

THE TOURNAMENT FOLLY.-The following
remarks from a recent number OF the lcks-
burg Miss. Times are directly to the point,
and apply as well to Maryland as to Mlsslsslp-
pi chivalry:
As c9ol weather, the season for going TO
work, is rapidly approaching, we sincerely hope
that the ridiculous tournament folly, which has
been raging in the form of an epidemic III Mis-
sissippi, is drawing to close. The absurdity
of the whole thing has been SO patent that we
had hoped that grown up men would long since
have become ashamed Of this childish and IL
diculous display Of what is called chvalry.-
The idea that anybody but silly boys and igno-
rant Young misses could derive pleasure from
seeing men assume the garb of harlequin mount
donkey whose ears are only shorter and less
assnine than their own, gallop wildly around;
frantically endcavoring to poke stick through
a rinq, is one of the absurdities of the hour,
which, we ferventy trust, will disappear for
ever upon the advent of the first frost. In the
name of decency and dignity, let ua have no
more Of this insane folly.
FACTS FOR TEMPERANCE MEN.-Dr. Col
lencth, celebrated German Physician says: -.
For twenty-one years | have banlshed all
| intoxicantS from my practice, and during that
DeriOd have not fewer than lSO,OOO medical
visits. and | hesitate not to say that the recOv-
id than they were during the five years fol,
lowed the usual practice, and administered
brandy, wine, and beer.
DIR. Chandler of St. Albans, VT, writes:
Il have never known an instance OF recov-
ery from habitual drunkenness except by t0td
abstinence at once from all intoxicating bever-
ages, and in professional practice exceeding
half century, | have never known death, Ol
, disaster of any sort to follow, as the result OF
such treatment. And | have never known al
instance of ultimate prosperity in business il
any young man who commenced with lndul
gence in alcoholic c0.tcirtaitieS.
THE FIRST TWENTY YEARs.-Lve as lon2
as you may, the first twenty years form tn,
greater part of your life. They appear ST
when they are passing; they seem to have
been so when we look back to them; and they
take up more room in Our memo, y than all thC
years that succeed them.
t Ii this be SO how important that they shoulC
be passed in planting good principles, cultiva
h ting good tastes, strengthing good habits, flee
ing from all those pleasures which lay up bit
terness and sorrow for time to come! TAX
good care Of the first twenty years of your life
and you may hope that the last twenty year
will take good care Of you.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Scheuck's Seaweed Tonic.

This medicine, inv enied by DIR. J. II. Schenck. of
Philadel pha intended 10 dissolve the food and make
into chyme. the first process OF Oligestion BY clean
sing the stomach with SchencEs Mandrake Pills. the
Tonic the appetite. and food that could
not be eaten before using it will be easily digessd.
Consumption cannot be cured by Schenck's Pulmon-
&c Syrup unless the stomach and lveris made healthy
and the appetite restored, hence the Tonic and Pills
are required in nearly every case OF consumption.
half dozen bottles Of the SEAWEED TONIC and
three or four boxes of the MANDRAKE PILLwiIl
cure any ordinary case of dyspepsia.
DR.. Schenck makes professional visits in New York
ard Boston, and his principal Office in Philad phia
every week. See daily papers Oeach place. his PAIN
phlet on consumption for his days Of visitation.
Please observe. when purchasing, that the two
kenesses Of the Doctor when in the last stage Of
Consumption. and the other he now is, IN perfect
health. are en- the Government stamp.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers, price 81 so per
bottle, 81 SO half Dozen All letters for advice
should be addressed TO DR.. ScHENcKs principal office
No. Is North Sixth Street, Philadelphi Pa. General
Wholesale Agents. Demas Barnes & Co.. ". Y; s.
Han"e, Baltimore, MIDI John d. Parke. Cincinnati,
Ohio; Walker 4 Taylor, Chicago, Ill; Collins Bros
5 LOUIS, Mo. [fei3 lstw ly
HELMBOLU CONCENTRATED EXTRACT BUCHU
Is the Great DiHrettr.
Helmbolds Concentrated Extract SarsaParills
Is the Great Blood Purifier.
Both are prepared according to rules OF Pharmacy
and Chemistry, and are the most active that can De
made. Sold by Druggists everywhere
ERRORS OF YOUTH.-A Gentleman who has
suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Premature
Decay and all the effects of youthful indiscretion
will for the sake of suffering humanity, send free
to all who need it. the recipe and directions for
making the simple remedy by which he cured
Sufferers wishing TO p-oft by the advertisers expe.
rence, do SO b. addressing, in perfect conf.
dence, JOHN Is. OGDEN,
40 Cedar ST., New York.
myl5 ly
SHATTERED CoNsrIrUrIoNs RESTORED by Helm
! 5old's Extract Buchu.
! HELMBoLDs EXTRACT BUcHU and improved Rose
Wash curos secre and dsIcae disorders in all their
stages al little expense, little change IN Diet nc
inconvenl.nc nce and exposure. IL is pleasant in
taste and odor immediate in its action and tree from
all injurious properties
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

The place to get Hoop Skirts is at Baggs &
Cotton's.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

HELMBoLD's FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU Is pleasan. in
taste and odor, free from all injurious properties AID
i'm nmedaIe m Its action.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

Cheap Dry Goods, of all kinds, at Baggs Il
Cotton's.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

Information guaranteed TO produce a lnIuriant
growth OF hair upon bald head, or beardiess ia =.
also, recipe for the removal of Pmples Bott h =.
EruptIons, etc on the skin. leaving the SRI.
clear, and beautiful, be Obtained wIhunI cha 5e
by addressing
THOS F. CHAPMAN Chemist
myl5-ly S23 Broadway. New York
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

SHArrERED CoNsrIrUrIoNs RESTORED by Helm
5Olds Extract Buchu.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

aT LADIES TRUSSES. SUPPORTERS. Elias
tic Bandages, Belts. Stockings. Knee Caps, BAN.
NlNGlS 4 TITCH'S Braces. Spinal. Shoulder and
ErectOr Braces, Light French and German Rupture
rrusses, Syflnges, in great variety, &c.
at NEEDLES"
TWELFTH Street, First door below Race, PHILA-
DELPHIA. CFhis Department is conducted E1clu-
svey for Females and Children, by competent Ladrs.
and the stock is adapted TO their SPECIAL Wants) |
adjusting our Mechanical Re medIes, We combine
correct construction, with ease and COmfnn
c. H. NEEDLES
Professional Adjuster OF Trusses, sc, :.
Corner of 18th and RACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA
may som
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

EDWIN w liner,
Manhattan Brick Co., Matawan, Monmouth
Co., New Jersey.
Sept. %, 81.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

DEAFNESS, Blindness. and Catarrh, treated with
the utmost success, by Dr. J. IsAACs, Oculist anil
Aurist, (lormeuy of Leyden, Holland0 No. sos Arch
street, Philadelphia. TESTIMONIALS from the most "a
liable sources IN the city and country be
his office. The medical faculty are invited 10 ac.
company their patients, he has lie secrets in his
parcIce' Artificial eyes inserted without raIn. Nc
charges maue Tor examlna ton. myS-ly.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

We study to please. This is the motto of
'hillips Il FAIRIES. Go and see for yourselves.
Smyrna times., 1867-10-02

lake NO MoRz UNPLEASANT AND UNSAFE REMEDIES
Tor unpleasant and dangerous diseases Use Helm
oOlds Extract Buchu and improved Rose Wash.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-11
TWO OF FLETCHER's ASSERTIONS

In his speech at Cleveland on the 9Th
Of May, Col John Baxter stated that the
Governors staff had cost the taxpayers
of the State SOS, 1866 SO. Secretary Flet-
cher, in his speech at the same place on
the Sd inst said Baxter statement of
the amount paid them is reckless and I'M
founded What does Mr. Fletcher mean
by this sort of denial? If he, or any one
curious about the matter, will turn to
pages fourteen and eighteen of the General
Ledger of the Comptroller office, he win
find the Governors staff, including the
salary Of the Adiutant Generals clerk,
cost the State to the lst of May $50 S54 "A,
or Sl9S7 81 more than Col Baxter stated.
Referring to the report of Comptroller
Dunlap to the Legislature in October,
1861, Mr. Fletcher says,
'Tn the face Of this document, presumed
to have been in his Office for six years, Bax-
ter asserts that the annual taxes before the
war only amounted to S330,000 Oh, for a
blush of shame on such a cheek I"
The report Of Comptroller Dunlap,
which Fletcher says he had, shows
that the tax aggregate for 1860 amounted
to 1914, SAG "a, or more than $4,000 less
than stated by Col Baxter Upon which
cheek should the blush of shame be found
now2
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-11
FEMALE SUFFRAGE.

The Memphis Bulletin edited by Ad-
miral Semmes, declares in favor of female
suffrage Its remarks contain nothing
new or different from the reasons urged
by others in whose minds this crotehet
has obtained a lodgment; and certainly
nothing to carry conviction of its wisdom
or propriety. The authority even of John
Stewart Mill cannot give sanction to this,
the most visionary and fantastic of all the
ideas born in these times of change. His
advocacy OF it will not enhance his repu-
tation as practical statesman, and only
serves to show that he is filter for the
closet than the council chamber.
Neither the State nor the sex proposed
to be endowed with the suffrage, would
be benefited by this innovation. Ii is
against nature, reason, all human expe..
rience and the teachings Of common
sense Iffoolery should ever so get the start
in any portion Of the world as to attempt
this experiment, the government under
which it is practiced would have another
element of instability, and the better in
fuence of women would be lost in socie-
ty 1t is not worth while to write seri-
ously of this matter, however, for "the
earth hath bubbles as the water hath, and
this is of them"
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ROCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS,
VIR INA.

INHIS FAVORITE AND DELIGHTFUL
| Watering Place will be open JUNE Isf
Arrangements are making to render it more
than ever attractive to all in quest of recreation
while to the invalid its remarkable medicinal
waters hold out new hopes of health.
Its reputation Is established as a cure fOr
SCROFULA. and most of the Glaudulsr and
CutaneOus Affections: CHRONIC DIARRHEA
and DYSENTERY, DYSPEPSIA, BRONCHI-
It's, THRUSH, Affections of Kidneys and Blad-
der, DROPSY and PILES. In all anOemc con
ditiOns of the system and broken down states Of
the constitution, less of appetite and general
nervous prostitution, their powers and virtue az
a restorative are without known rival amongst
the Mineral Waters of the world They are
especially indicated in the ailments peculiar to
the female constitution.
The Springs are distant only eleven hours
from Richmond and twelve hours from Wash
ington by rail in the midst of the grand noun
tain ranges of Virginia. in the same county with
the famous Natural Bridge" from which it
takes its name, land near to Lexington, " ash
ingtOn College, and the Military Institute; the
home of Lee and the tomb of jackson.
For all particulars of routes, location and
properties of water, see Springs pamphlet, sent
free by mail.
The bottled water and the salts Of the water,
Tor mass, y can at all times be had fresh and
genuine from Hegeman & Co., New York; Cole
man & Rogers, Baltimore; Purcell Ladd i Co.
Richmond and A. i. Rucker, LynchbuTg, Va.
A superior Band of Music for both lawn and
ball room IN attendance during the season.
Daily mails at this office by Virginia Central
Railroad.
FRAZIER q RANDOLPH, Proprietors.
CAPT VIM. II. SALE, Gen1 Sup't.
may30 I'm
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never written line for the paper. He
has not been in Nashville since the war
He has never written communication
for publication at any time, nor even
private letter since the re establishment
of the UNION AND AMERICAN, with which
he was connected at the time of its sus-
pension We have had no communlca-
ton whatever with hun on the subject OF
politics since the war closed.
Though not 50 stated, the impression
is sought to be made that Gen Atkins is
also a writer for this paper He has
never furnished, nor offered to furnish a
line for it.
Mr. Fletcher owes it to us as well as
himself to retract his statement in the
same channel in which it is published
or to give bis authority for the misrep-
resentatiOn.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-11
A WARNING AND EXAMPLE To BE
AVOIDED.

We can scarcely glance at a paper
coming from any section of the country,
without meeting some notice of miserable
Tennessee We are the objects of pity,
horror and terror The generous every
where, and even among Northern Radi-
Gals, cOnmiserate our condition, and good
men look with aversion upon the fright
ful and unsightly thing we call a gov
eminent Those going through the re-
construction process shudder at the bare
thought that such results may be wrought
for them The Richmond 7Faes in an
article urging full registration Of the
white men in Virginia, thus refers to the
State blasted with Brownlowism and
adds also a word Of counsel which we
commend to our own people 1t says
The triumph of party like that, which
has made terrestrial inferno Of Tennes-
see. would crush the mechanic by com
pletely paralyzing the energy Of the
capitalist, and drive the wealthy from the
State by the wolish agrarianism which it
would inaugurate We do not ask every
Virginian to aid us with all the force of
talents, energy, public spirit and means
with which God has blessed him in
making the registration as complete as
possible for the purpose Of denying to
the negro a single right Which can be
claimed for him as an incident of his lib
erty. BY no means. But we wish, when
complete and thorough registration has
revealed the strength of the white men in
this State, to teach the blacks by our lib
crafty toward them, that their best
friends are their former masters When
we have demonstrated to the ieluded ne
gro followers Of the demoralized white |
men who have poisoned their minds
against US, that we are masters OF the
situation, we can afford to make the lesson
oil our magnanimity and justice inn
pressiye.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-11
SOUND WORDS FROM HORACE
GREELEY.


The New York Tribune commenting
on the recent election in Washington
city, and discussing the mode of canvass
sing for the colored vote in the Southern
States, says
We want TO have the South fully
aroused and educated, and made TO feel the
sublime dignity of the suffrage. Especially
must this be done with the negro. The very
fact that the negro comes from slavery, that
he has been down-trodden, that he walks as
one in darkness, because the light 80 long
hidden bursts freshly upon him, should
make US prudent. We should feel well
satisfied tomorrow if fifty thousand negroes
would 60 up to the pools and vote with the
opposition, provided they voted conscien-
tiously We should deplore any course
that aTrayed class against class, that made
sex, color, or nationality a rallying cry.
Voters should not accept the BALLOT as an
instrument Of vengeance, as the means of
gratifying hatred. Our friends, in dealing
with the negro, should ignore every argu-
ment of bitterness The policy of ven
/ geance skirts the Rock Mountains, and has
a few followers, we believe, in beleagured
sections Of the country where the mails do
not run regularly; but no sincere Repub
lican bellows that any good can come from
bodybuilding or roofing among the
graves of the gallant dead. We wish no
more bowling or crashing of teeth. 1t
will only bring discomfort, unrest, endless
toll, and trouble We want hearty peace,
confidence, nationality.
This is sinsible But we fear It will make
no impression on Tennessee Radicalism
Arguments of bitterness, of vengeance,
of class hatred are the only ones its
leaders address to the colored men. They
would be very far from being satisfied if
fifty thousand negroes were TO vote the
Conservative ticket conscientiously They
persistently instill into the darkened
minds of the colored voters that their
employes-those with whom they are to
live and labor and jointly conduct a
common government for all--are his
worst enemies. They refuse him the light
Of facts, and give him no opportunity to
employ his reason in deciding upon his
political course They would make
the negro WELD the ballot as an instru-
ment of bad passion. They know that
if the colored voter is not stimulated in
this way-nine-tenths of them would
choose conservatism, peace, steady work,
and good wages in political companionship
with their life,long friends and present
employers, instead of the discomfort,
unrest, and endless toll and trouble"
which their early, earnest, and disin5er-
ested Northern friend Horace Greeley
tells them will be their portion, when they
become the puppets of selfish and merce-
nary demagogues, who traffic in their
dearest interests with as little remorse as
the New England progenitors of some of
them traded with the masters Of slaveu
ships who brought their ancestors to the
shambles