Smyrna times., 1867-12-04
STATE AND LOCALS

oIlIhANK4sGIIvING.--T Ill 4 u Thanksgiving day wa,
pretty well observed in this town. Rys;naaS "aS
was generally suspended A number of ,nnT,
oerS OF the order Of United American WonbnI,
les, from Wilmington, visited us in the aftn,
part OF the day, and a number of them got yot
pretty badly tuddled' in the evening. UnSon US'
r eFe ;. whole they would have preserved the credit
u M Tilel[ 70 3roer by remaining at home.
O. ne ne OIurcnes united In religious services at
o. eIer > winch were we'll attended (notwith.
stahulhg the lnclement weather. and verv in
terestlng. The exercises were onenod Vii
appropriate religious exercises, afterw which Rev
III. MorSel' the Rector remarked unon tbo
appropriateness of such day and esneo;oH' liz
tne pleasure he felt in uniting with the tb%y otbnyy
0nrIStlan denominations of the town in Off,
ing mp united thanksgiving and praise, and al
keHeellng at the same altar to praise the Fatbnr
VI them all Tor His mercies and benefits dur;nd,
Christian unity 'nolough
Rev. Mr.. Mccoy, not expecting TO bc coIod
upon, and another minister being nreSont 49,
the congregation desired to hear. declined -
make extended remarks. 'leu u
hev. Dr. Thompson, PRESIDING EIdar ofEo,
Ton Olstrlct, was next introduced AtboT~b
ne had not expected to be called unon 70 49, |
an auuTeSs, and was constrained To saw VII
nG Hf nllght y, oy the energetic entreaties Of Dr.
-Iorsell, still he felt that he would NOT do inc
TI we 70 tne advanced and liberal ideas of the
Onurcn OF Which he had the honor to bn
MEMBER and officer as well AS to his own fooi
lngs If he did not respond To the Oont;la n iuel'
80 earnestly expressed by the Doctor, Cbr;S
tlan unity was leading idea of Methodist, an5
nc dld not know more appropriate ocras;ou
TO Drlng 1T about than the nresent-o oora.Di
thanksgiving occasion He then dwait ,,rn
me subject OF thanksgiving. He tbomobt |Ion tpot
We tailed to thank God as we ought for bIaSa Lma'
hgs Tor the reason thatthey come to ms So rn%,1
dfiy ey anu uniformly that we look for them &c
nAGu G Jaw OF the universe and loose sigbt of
ne Uou VINO gives them. We loose o1r an
~ I.aeioH Is, anu our sense OF gratitude because
viii OF God. The Doctor remarks were boh ojho c
appreciated. He closed that the congreea. rs q t
ION might hear one who was apreater stre" {
er than himself. - ''"'0f S'ran-
After prayer by DR.. Thomson. the RI Row S
REQ. u, Cummlns, Assistant Bishop of Kon' i
ncky, Protestant Episcopal Church, was 81 ;n
through the kindness of friend
g give the following synopsis of his interest a
N My y theme to-day is Our Country, for these t
10 " GorsllP 1 refer to our nation. This dav
resident OF this Great Republic, but the Gov,
.norS OF the different States. in barmony In;tL
lm' have designated this day, so that IN "i, al
lrts OF the country the people are on their n
1ees offering profound THANKSGIVING to 81 b.
y feelings have been touched by the nrocIo 7
atoms OF the Southern Governors nart;n'1 al
rly OF that of the Governor of Georg;a b.
nllust all their sutferings, whatever NAV be nj
&c cause there is still the disposition of heart a'
renuer M thanks to God for the mercies given ca
leie were predictions of our future greatness su
a n"1oh D even as early as the fifteenth GEN. IN
~; berEely, minister of the Church of tn
1gland, who afterwards returned to TreIanJ tn
q was made bishop, wrote lines in Which tn
cur these words: 'And westward the 'etor stor be
empire takes its way" 1t arose in the Fast
travelled toward the West, till it toucbeJ tbo
'iahtlc shOres or America and still westward st
mas gone. On examining an old man. 7 pu
lhd the State OF Kentucky in the centre Of
hatloh put westward the star of empire GGlcc
'es its way and now, for the central point, Ill
musC 20 thousand miles westward, into
: ~. " Ohio and Missouri are no longer in COZ
west; ana Kentucky is in the East To IN
y, while am speaking, the whistle of the or
omot!Ve Is reverberating among the RocLv EN-
~ Tor the railroad is laid to their basc sta
II ,, westward the star of emDire takes ;ts =
y; OCretchlng away a thousand miles west OF
hanSaS Is a country reaching to the Sierra Ger
Vaua, ana still west of that is a region two are
". "la ninee one way and thousand the az aD'
10 oi, - containing a more than one hundred mil In
20 20 9; ' doIeS' room enough for forty or fiftv as
re States | am sorry | was not horn latoy. 10y uni
might live to see the year 1900, when when sci,
good statlstlcians say, there will be one bnn and
Z United States and 100, 900, 600 population we
stlll westward the star Of empire takes the
way During the present year a steamer 7
pan Francisco and reached China in twen- Ioto
'hree days, the return trip was made n 'Th1 TLe
nty-3ne days with rich cargo of silks and ,vn.
J. Just think of it-twenty-one days from hv h%v'
ma, when, to make the voyage from Liver 'N
! Or Tt Paris, requires six weeks The distance div
IL davS oUJ ~ ,ne @ acme coast was travelled JOh
lpleted, the entire distance from China or r
AN TO New York, can be made in twenty acrc
70 days Thus the immense China trade "0IS
cn was worth last year to Europe $269. .OOO., he ,
) muSt' as travel and trade do, take the Am