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h095e DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGH.
~ WAYS-OFFICE, No. lO4 s. FIFTH Street.
pITTI Mav1 , 1QgT

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed Proposals Will be received at the Office Of the
Chief Commissioner OF Highways uni Ill IL o'clock NJ,
on MONDAY the 9Th inst, for the construction of
Sewer on the line of Jefferson street. from Randolph
to Lawrence Streets to be built of brick, circular in
form, and with clear inside diameter of feet six
inches with such inlets and manholes as may be
directed by the Chief Engineer and Surveyor.
The understanding 10 be that the Contractor shall
take bills prepared against the property fronting
said sewer TO the amount of dollar and twenty-five
cents for each nea foot Of front on each side Of the
street as so much cash paid: the balance. limited
by Ordinance, to be paid BY the city; and the Con;
tractor Will be required to keep the street and
finished.
When the street is occupied by a City Passenger
Railroad track the Sewer shall be constructed along
side OF said track in such manner not obstruct
interfere with the safe passage of thereon and
claim tor remuneration shall be paid the Contractor
by the company using said track specified in Act
of Assembly approved May 8th, 1866.
All Bidders invited TO be present at the time and
place of opening the said Proposals Each proposal
will be accompanied by a certificate that Bond has
been filed in the Law Department. as directed by Ordi
nance OF May 18th, 1860. II the Lowest Bidder shall
not execute contract within five days after the work
is awarded he will be deemed as declining. and will
be held liable his bond Tor the difference between
his bid and the next highest bid.
Specifications may be had at the Department OF
Surveys, which will be strictly adhered to.
w. w. SMEDLEY,
533t Chief Commissioner of Highways.
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PASSENGER BOATS ON THE sENE.--A fleet of
twenty steamboats, will navigate the Seine at
all hours of the day, during the Exhibition,
and will convey passengers at very cheap rates,
the highest fare being thirty centimes, and the
lowest twenty. The company organized to
build these boats calculate that thirty thou
sand passengers will be conveyed daily. Six
vessels, forming part of this fotilla, are an
chOred near the Pont des Arts on the right
bank Of the river.
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National Bank, CHESNUr Street above Fourth
This Company receives on deposit, and GUARAN-
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The Company offers for RENT lrenter exclusively
holding the key SAFES INSIDE ITS VAULTS at
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

lFor additional Special Notices see The Second PaOel
E9y- NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.-J0Y
OoE GO. Agents for the '"TELEeRAPH
anu newspaper Press OF the whole country, have RE
MOVED from FIFTH and CHEsNTT streets 70 No
l44 B. SIXTH Street second door above WALNUT.
oFEIoEs;-No. ia 8. SIXTH Street, PbiladelphiR
TR1BUNE BUILDINGS, New York 7SAp
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The Great Yacht Race.

1t will be remembered that a great ocean
yacht race was undertaken from Eew York to
London about the middle of December, by
three pleasure boats the Henrirtu, the Fleet
ring and the Iestd The following is des-
cription of the affair, which has caused so much
excitement in both the L. 5. and Europe:
Sandy Hook buoy, at the outlet of New York
Bay, was the starting point, and from this
place the three yachts set sail at precisely one
. clock, ?. NJ, on the lth ult.
Atlantic cable dispatches, published Mon
day, announced the arrival at COweS, ON Tues
day aud " ednesday of last week, and that Mr..
Bennett 5 H,HriPttd was the winner. The at
fair seems 10 have excited great interest in
Europe, and the yachtsmen We're in receipt Oi
all sorts Of courtesies. As the event is moi
only novelty, but quite remarkable in variOu,
ways, it is worthy of careful notice. 1t is the
first race of the kind on record. The season o.
! the year when the venture was made should bt
| kept fully in mind, for the vessels which dareC
this stormy winter voyage across the Atlantic
are private pleasure boats-their passages were
very swift for sailing vessels-and the shor
interval of time between the arrival OF the win
ner and the losers is very extraordinary tor
race of nearly three thousand miles, the yacht
being out of sight of one another all the tim,
after the first day. 1t is to be regretted how
ever, that this race should have been attended
with loss of life, six seamen having, according
10 the report by the cable, been washed over
hoard from one of the yachts during a storm
The Henrietta beat the FteettCihg eight hour
and quarter, and the latter beat the Vestc
one hour and half. This is close sailing
showing most excellent seamanship, as well a
the admirable qualities of the yachts, and i
lonIy riyalled by the close contests made by tn
clipper ships in the China tea trade. The tim
made by the Henrietta is set down at Is days
% hours and So minutes. 1t will be observe
: that this differs from the apparent time, whic
is IA days, hours and 35 minutes, but tn
difference OF longitude between Sandy Hoo
buoy and the lighthouse off Cowes is about !
degrees and 40 minutes, making the time {
, the latter point hours and AZ minutes in ac
: vance of the time at Sandy Hook. When tn
deduction is made on this account, the runniu
! time is as above stated, viz: two minutes les
than fourteen days.
Il Although this is not unprecedented, ;
the cable despatch is made to saw. still II is
extraordinary that the yachtsmen have iu
cause Of pride in their achievement, and \
q one can wonder at the Civilizations of the Am
4 ricans in England and on the Continent.
0 The Henrietta is vessel of 205 tons burdel
/ owned by james Gordon Bennett, Jr., of ii
d New York Herald, and vas sailed by Captai
Samuels, assisted by Sailing Master Lyon
with a company consisting OF two mates, boa
f swain, carpenter, sailmaker and fourteen SCI
l. men. Mr.. Bennett, Jr., Leonard w. Jerom
It Esq, and Mr.. Fisk, of the Herald, were al'
}, on board The Fleettolag is vessel OF q
% tons, LOG feet long on deck, owned by Geort
A. 0Sgood, ESQ.,, and she was handled by Cal
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Maryland Affairs.

DESTRUCTIvE FIRE-A very destructive fire
occurred at Ncwtown, Worcester county, Nd,
OH Friday afternoon week From an eye wit
ness, the SHn has the following particulars =
The fire broke out about . clock, and 50 sud
den was the work of destruction that in less
than two brief hours some OF the most valuable
property in the thriving town, amounting in
value to not less than $50. 900, was reduced to
ashes The property destroyed was the large
business house of W. j. 5. Clark, Esq, with
some four or FIVE other buildings, all of which
belonged to Mr.. c., whose loss cannot fall short
of so, 900; the carriuge manufactory of Evans
4 Broughton; SOley' blacksmith shop; Dr.
| ID. j. O. Truitt's spacious drug store and dwell
ling; the Gazette office, with all its type, and
two fine presses; the tinware manutactory o.
Mr. Henry Dryden; the dwelling of Mr.. Jane,
Melon the tailoring establishment of Mr. K
W. McClayland. Mr. Crisp was large sui
ferer, as some Of his property, including hi
hotel stand, was almost entirely demolished t,
prevent the spread of the flames The citizen
promptly turned out and worked mantully il
subduing the flames, and the ladies' are report
ed tu have worked with herOism worthy O
all praise. During the fire little son of Mr.
Th0s Evans had his arm broken
1t is stated that before the war, one line O
steamers was sufficient to accommodate all tn
trade between Baltimore and the Easter
Shore counties of Maryland having ports o
the Chesapeake. Since the negroes have bee
freed iroln slavery their civilized wants are :
greatly increased, that four lines are required
Every country storekeeper in the whole Statc
BY the same causes, finds his business great
augmented
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va ~mE~ Gn N -

The subscriber will tell at Public Sale at His real;
dence the road leading from John Green's Mill a,
Bethel Church. On TUESDAY, the 18Th dny oC
January. instant, al 10 OelOck, a. m, the following
Personal Property, to wit;
Five head good work Horses, one of which in n ,uDe
riOr young Mare years old next sprIng aueI TO all
kinds of harness; two Colts years old neIt sprnx;
one Colt, years old next spring; seven Mich Cows
lhreo with young Calves, and three others giving milk
these Cows OF good stock and are not surpassed
by any IN the county good milkers; FIVE Syesrold
Heliers OF choice sOek two Yearngs short horn.
ed Durham Bull. years old spring. we'll grown
OF Geo. Z. simpsons stock; seven ShOles. weighing
about 70 pounds each; and The following FARMING
| UTENSILS, 10 VII; one Buckeye Reaper ana Mower
combined, one Wheat Drill, one COrnsheller, 2 Fans
two Wagons and harness. one HOrseCar aud harness.
Plows, Harrows Hoes. Forks Rakes steel-looth Rake
Pow Gears. Shovels, Spades, and sundry other aFl.
cles Also one Carriage and harness. about 10 tons of
Clover and Timothy Hay mixed. in prime order; Corn
Blades about 1000 pounds of Pork in pickles also sum
dry House hold and Kitchen Furniture and Dairy rir.
lures consisting of Churns Butter Tubs and Buckes
| Tin Milk Cans Pans &c.
/ TERMS-AIl sums under $50. cash $40 and over
a credit Of l2 months will be gwen. .-
WIN. SURGEN.
/ Little Creek Hundred, Kent County. Del.
Jan. l, 1867. Ws. ]. LAM, Auct'r.
The place to buy Robes, Horse Blankets
Trunks, Saddles and Brides, is at Allen's.
Call and see them.
Smyrna times., 1867-01-02

DEAFNESS, BLINDNESS L. CATARRll. treated
with the utmost success. by JISAACS, NJ. D. or"lnI
and Aur.s (iormerly Of Leyden, Holland NO. 'l9
most reliable sources in the Cy and Country can In
seen at his office The medical faculty are IhShed I"
accompany their patients, he has no "eFse~ h h'
P.r. Pi NJ chorra G,r eIom,noI,on. my2l'6d "
! WONDERFUL BUT TRUE!-MADhnE hhAlN'
Toy. The world renowned AstrO4Ogsi snd oOH'hai,'n
Isc Ciairvovant while ID clsrvOyani std'e ue''he
a,es The yery features Of the person yea are % na'
and by the aid Of nstInmentO Of intense p"we,
90 ihe Psychomo.rope guarsDssss 10 Yt"r"te t'lt'
"a i;Co I;ke nieture of the futnre husband ~ "e "
abe e applicant with date OF marnugs oc npa'on eH
ing traits Of character &e. This - no npTs1'""
tastimonIals without number car n"ssr'. ny .sah''
1 20 - oge disnoslton color oA ayes anS hh
and enclosing fifty cents, and sampeH enNe"r" =,
dressed to yourself you will receI's NE P,","''
return mail, together with desired
Address in confidence, MADAME GEE"No w Wv
roN p d Box 9S7 West Troy. N. Y. SEQ On
Smyrna times., 1867-01-02

SERIOUS AND DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.--We
learn that little son of DIR. Derrickson, in
Wilmington, was so badly burned in the face
and eyes with powder on Christmas day, that
it is feared he will lose his sight.
AN OPPoRTUNITY.-As scholarship ON the
Philadelphia University of Medicine and Sur
gerry can be obtained by applying at this Office
at greatly reduced rates. A rare chance.
On the 22d ult., the farm of John Gates,
near Wyoming, Kent county, containing 622
acres, was sold to L. j. DuRnlng, of Birning-
ham, n. Y, at 500 acre.
RALpHs Oriental Snuff continues to be the
| favorite snuff with shutters. Sold by all deal
ers.
The ladies' of st. Thomas church, Newark
realized $3.50 over expenses, at their recent
fair
Your clothes require no boiling when wash
ed with NeOtOric Soap manufactured by Har
ris & Co., sold by all grocers.
Ladies looking around for boys cashmere
can find full line at PrimroseS store at q lON
fgure.
Delaware State bonds and Delaware railroa
stock for sale by John MclIear & Son, bankers
) No COZ Market street, Will, Del.
see that Primrose has got in large line {
Mallalieu's and Hoffecker's cassimeres an
blankets.
The best selected Stock of Ladies' Dire.
goods at the most reasonable prices, at Bagg
4 COttons.
If the ladies want Cloth for Sacks of the la
fashion, go to Primrose. lie has nice line
them and offers them at low figures
d The cheapest Goods of every description f
e Ladies and gentlemen's wear can be- had
Is Baggs Il Cotton.
If you want nice hat, pair of boots or a,
~ n thing in Aliens line, give him call, as he h
Z u large assortment.
5. A cheap lot of cotton Aannels, striped cC
tons, Osnaburgs, 1914 sheetings, Shirting fla
ID nels, all at Primrose store.
You can find beautiful line of ladies bla
r. and light clOaking cloths at Primrose $ store
i. All persons desiring to make money by III;
he ing small Investment, would do well tO {
re on Baggs 4 Cotton.
ne L. S. 5-2Os, lO-4O's, 30 : and gold and
:" yer, bought and sold at market rates. L.
compound interest notes of all dates wanted
ire highest market price by John Mcl4ear 4 5
;lL Bankers, No. Coz Market street, VIII, Del.
sly The RoSin Soap manufactured by Harris
Co., is i superior article for scrubbing, and
ul' sold at very low figure don fail to try it
s lst Sold by all grocers.
Smyrna times., 1867-01-02
STATE AND LOCALS.
Letter from Dover.
DOVER. .Iannar,,

pOvER, January /. 1867
Mr.. EDITOR View ear finds ms wrant IN
snow, and whilst many Of our commnn;tv ara
enjoying the fine sleighing, the more sober nor.
tiou are Interested in the proceedings of the
present session Of the Legislature, which met
here to-day An organization was made in the
Senate By the election of James Ponder. SneaL.
er. Mr.. Po4der is very fortunate in being a
member OF the family" and this accounts
for the selection Of him as Speaker
J4mc, W'r.'' l.>q, u promising young
maj. recently Aulnlttcd TO the bar, and formerly
law-student Of Eli, was elected Clerk of tho
Seu&te, and Henry Eubanks, of Smyrna, Ser
geant alarms.
la the House, William A. Polk of this coun
ty was elected Speaker, and on account of hi
being detained at home by sickness, the Hous
has been unable to perfect its organization
Here theFe was considerable rivalry betwee,
the various candidates for the Clerkshin, Tn
principal ones were Ignatius @. Grubbf fof Wi
lningtun, aud i. w. Watson of Milford y
whom the former secured the election. a. /
the case OF Mr.. Bewley in the Senate m
distinguished serUscss" Of Mr.. w. during m
recent political campaign were also forgotten
ana the reward coveted was given To a nodes
aug retlrlng young man, who was not as nrom
hsnt politician as his Opponent We e..
parties as we'll as republics are ungratef,i an
woS!a suggest 70 Mr.. Watson the pronr;a,
'oi ncssahg the disafected element of The n.
hocy, ana waglng war of exterminatio
ssAlnse .ns men who will not evenly divide n
teates ~ RRsnes The House also electe
ZacnallAn NV meynolds, of Sussex county, Sc
The Governors Message has not been 81,
Smyrna times., 1867-01-02

RELICS OF BARBARIsM.-Some Of cur pro-
greSSrre cotempOraries are urging the abolition
ot the whipping post and pillOry as relics of
harbarism." Why not abolish punishment for
crime altogether on the same principle! There
are many barbariG institutions Tor old time
tashinnSl which we cannot we'll or wisely dis
penSe with, as any one may discover by going
over the list. Progress is very good thing
but making crime decent and respectable is
not in that direction
The above is from the De7q,ra~Gn, and is,
we therefore conclude, the views of the lead
ers OF the Democracy on the whipping post
question. Whether a majority of the rank
aud file of the party are of the same opinion is
not 50 evident. a vast majority of the people
IN the State arc opposed to this mode of pun
ishment, and it is regarded in nearly every civ
llized region as a ''reproach to any people.
The system of fogging has long since beer
abolished i'll the army and navy; discipline
was not dispensed with thereby in the public ser
vice any more than it would be making Grim,
respectable" by abQlishing the whipping post
The thing IS prinital with the stake, the rack
tho thunlb-screw and slavery, and should have
been abandoned with them. Progress" seems
to be as great an obstacle to our friends as i
Is to the Chinamen. They refuse to look upor
the outside world for any examples ofimproye
ment, and insist on the old order of things
the Celestial insists on punching peoples eye
out for certain offences Penitentiaries woul
hook better and sound better and be better tha
this = relic Of barbarism''
Smyrna times., 1867-01-02

THE New CASTLE Co. COURT HOUSE.--At
the last session of the Court for New Castle
county the Grand Jury made report con-
demning the Court House as unhealthy, un-
comfortable, inadequate, etc, and recommend
ed that the county seat be removed to Viii
mington. A similar report was made BY the
Grand Jury at the Spring Term, we believe.
Also, at q Injecting of the bar Of W ilmington, re-
Gently, the remova. was strongly advocated,
and was indOrsed by Judges Gilpin and Wales,
and we suppose, from all that has been said
and done, that some action will be taken in
the matter in the Legislature.
The project is meeting with opposition in
the rest of the county, however; and when we
consider that two-thirds of the Legislature are
opposed to benefting Wilmington to any con
siderable extent, especially at the disadvantage
of New Castle, there may be some doubt O
the success af the scheme, especially if it as
sume POLITICAL aspect,
1t has had tendency, among certain parties
to revive the scheme of dividing the county
and we see that a meeting is called to conyen
at Middetown next Saturday to take into cor
sideratian the feasibility of making the 81
lower Hundreds constitute New Castle county
and the balance-aIill Greek, Christiana, Brar
dywine and Wilmington-tG be formed into
new county. From the g blatherskite" lar
guage of the call we infer that Sam'l Towl
send is attempting a coup detat on sma
scale. Another division scheme suggested
us Is to construct county out of the two low
Hundreds of New Castle and the two upp
Hundreds of Kent-St. Georges, AppoquiI
mink, Duck Greek and Little Creek-and ma
Smyrna connty-Seat We do not know th
there is any advantage in, or any prospect
dividing the county Tor either of the pthel
but this latter plan is as good as any
In removing the county-seat to Wilmingt
there may be an advantage, as most of t
business is from that city, and greater facilit
and cnnyeniences might result therefrom, b
Wilmington certainly aspires to the possessi
Of courthQuses. She strongly urged that t
Capitol be removed thither, also, last wint
and it was finally suggested that "the ent
State be taken hence"
Smyrna times., 1867-01-02
Written for the "Smyrna Tunes


Ma. EDIToR: The Christmas Anniversary and
Festival of the Sabbath Schools Of ST. Panls NJ f.
Church. Odessa, Dec. 25 was quite q SUCCESS. he
spacious church was crowded to its UTMOST caPacty
The Concert was the first on the progrsmme, when
was held in the main Audience Room.
On entering the room our attention was arIesleu
with the attractive Words above the recess, "fhOu
shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his Peo-
ple from their sss." Suspended below, in cut tet-
ters, surrounded by eyergreens and reflected more
fully by good light, were the charming words "
come to the Savior. Atseven o'clock the ladies and
children assembled the stage, dressed in all styles ana
colors Il suppose according to tastes); some were
dressed in red, some in white and some IN blue
They looked quite patriotic. A few had bare necks
and arns--rather airsh for cold night; DIR. Chat
ham tapped his stick on the piano, and the school
arose and sung in beautiful manner, "Whie sheP-
herds watched their focks.' 1t was new tune,
with chorus, which attracted much attention and ap-
plause There was great variety of mqslc-ehor'
| uses piano solos, duets, quartets and hymns. The
Infant class, headed by their efficient TEACHER Miss
Maria Comegys, sang very well, and also attracted
the special attention of the audience. The following
yaung ladies', as far as l could learn, performed OF
the piano: Bessy Chatham, Bella Appleton, Lydia
| Watkins, Ella Vandyke, Ella Lord aud Rena Pool
Mr.. Watkins is a very fine performer on the bas
viol: About nine o'clock Rev. w. Z. England, tn
pastor, IN very appropriate, interesting and well
timed speech, presented Miss Maria Conegys beau
tifu Bible. with her name inscribed on the back u
gilt letters, which was gwen by the Infant class
token of their appreciation OF her teacher
Then followed the presentation of photograph a
bum to the person by the pastor in another al
proprate speech. The album is one Of the bestqu'
; lty, sufficient for between two and three hundre
: pictures. This great surprise to the lady n
ceivng these mementoes of The affection Of the CHI
$ dren. The Concert closed about ten o'clock, an
= though the audience had been sitting about thrt
t hours they were anxious to have some OF the piec
repeated.
Now the audience repaired to the Lecture Roo
o to partake Of refreshments, which provided
t the ladies'. The tables looked very WE'LL being loa
}, ed with confectionaries, ice cream, cakes Oyste
;, chicken salad, etc.
n The Christmas Tree was very fine, aid elicit
. much attention.
- At the close, very fine cake was presented to |
. Chatham by the ladies', Rev. w. E. England maxi
II the speech; and a similar presented to Rev.
le f. England by the ladies, Dr. Chatham making
!e speech. There very few towns of the same s
Is as Odessa, which have so much musical talent. 1
ID young ladies did credit to themselves and 10 tn
IL teacher, DIR. Chatham. OBSERVER
Smyrna times., 1867-01-02

THE STATE TAX ON BANKs.-We are in
formed, says the Commercial, that co-opera-
tive movement is on foot among the national
banks Of this State, to test the legality Of the
tax upon bank shares, imposed by the Legis-
lature, at the last session. This tax is due on
the lst of January, but payment may be made
at any time before the 30th. A circular of the
following import has been addressed by the
Cashiers Of the protesting banks, to their stock
holders:
Dear Sir The Cashier of this bank has
received note from the State Treasurer, re.
questing him . to make arrangements with the
Stockholders to pay the State Tax assessed OF
the shares of said bank for the year 1866. -
We are advised that the State Law levyipg
this tax is in contravention Of the Nationa
Currency Law, and we intend, in corporation
with other National Banks, to test the validity
We request you, as Stakeholder, not to pal
to the State Treasurer any sum on this account
or to make yourself liable in any way for it.
Smyrna times., 1867-01-02
MARRIED.

Ct tIe residence of the bride j, fallIeI near
HALT own. December 9Th 66. by Rev. .ldhm
Down ham. MIR. JouN CLARK of Can'Ln.
Count Md, and Miss MARY Il. M"oRF, Of
Kent G J., Del.
On d, ,cember 18th, &c. iD Canndcn, BY !)r
+ T. Corl,er. Mr. JomN {. B.owN and Mr..
RAcnEI, ii ARLINGTON, both Of South Murder
On Drcc m Der 10, '66 in Cam5ca, by Dr,
T Cooncr. NTr. WILLIAM f. COOPGR and Miss
X ATE /. Coo YER. both Of Willow GHore