Smyrna times., 1867-05-01

Maryland Affairs.
The Rev. Andrew ]. Sutton resigned N.
rectorshlp OF Saint Paul's Parish, in this conn
tty, ON Monday last, pulpit he has graccd 5,
long time wit h marked ability. -Clttsterto.c,
AeWS.
AT the Diocesan Convention of the Protes
tant Episcopal Church in Marylaud wbicI
meets the last Wednesday in May next. viii br
decided by a vote Of the clerical and law dele
gates or the various parishes OF the Eastern
and Western Shore the question of a division
OF the Diocese.
The County Commissioners on Monday last
decided, by a vote of four to one, to issue
! bonds to the amount of $50, 900 to aid in the
completion Of the Dorchester and Delaware
Railroad. -CamLridge hetetHgcncer.
A GIFT CONCERT SWINDLE.-For some
time there has been a Gift Concert Swindle
going on through the Post Office at this place
The " Gifts were to have been distributed on
thursday last, but We see advertised in the
Philadelphia Press that it has been postponed
to the 9th Of June, when a grand Concert
where room for thousand people to witness
VIII be provided and the distribution of the
quits VIII take place after the Concert Now
there Is no room in Elkton that will hold a
thousand people, and the enterprise, if it was
lntendeu by the company to act in good faith,
, "oulu oe Violation, or evasion, of the lottery
law ,,m 9i the State. These sharpers have box
at Elkt0n I: V. where their letters are depos- |
iIea ahe when one OF the parties visits twice !
week. Large numbers Of letters are reoeiy-
ed containing the money OF fools for the bene-
ut OF rOgues. .-ELtt0n IHhig.
COLLECTOR OF CUsroMs. Among the an.
pontments nominated and confirmed late IN
ne session 0f the Senate, was that of Hance
lawson "a OF Somerset county, to be Collector
h u customs Tor the lst +. >. District of Ma
Wand. lie was the seventh man named for
he place, and is staunch Republican, III.
appointment calls down upon the head of NJ
Mccullough, Demeratic VI. G. from the east.
rn snore, numerous auathemas from his Marty
riends. '4'' parry {
Eastern SHORE RAIIRoAD.-Tbe pripoo.S
Anne Herald ys:-The Directors of the n
}. Railroad met on Monday of last week - !
1eVeTal propositions were made to them bv
he L. w. " b. X. Il. for the maintenance of
us Y Road, none of which were accepted Mr. :
lIhckiey stated that the receipts of this road I
ere ;T9 % cents per mile; the expenses 81. 3j :
Inc H. .. Company remember that these n
ecelpts are tor the first year Of the road-tbat =
ley must constantly increase both for freight g
nd passengers. That the peach crop of the n
resent year, and enlarged cultivation of mar. y
Il produce, Will almost Immediately swell the Il
venue OF the road. They also believe the es- .,
mated expenses OF the road to be magnifed. b
FARM SQLD.-We understand that Mr.. T fir
. BAKER has sold his farm in Revells Neck al
'merset county, Md, for S35.OOO. Tb;, tn
rhl was sold twenty years ago for S3.SO0. tn
oSequently for $6,000 and few wears ago IN
SlO,OOO. There are on the place abont vi
lfty thousand peach trees in bearing, to te
nch It's value Is due.-7rue .HayyIc,,ecler, ce
HE MURDERER OF JAMES A. TARR SE r;t
RED. m There is no doubt that Arnold, now no
Deht0n jail, IS the murderer of james A.
IT. lie made what purported to be a con-
Sioh, lnpllcatlng two men, named Ford and m;
Irper, but on hearing under writ of ha- is
IS corpus, Judge Goldsborough DISCHARGED Gr
'm' an ohCt being proved in both cases. ma
FIRE AND HEAVY Loss.-On Monday week tllC
IRE broke out on the premises of Orson Ia, Lar
res Esq, IN the Trappe District which prov -. n
very destructive. We learn that Mr.. Gore sta
every building on his farm, with proviS mai
S, DC. 1t has been only a few years since ant
purchased the farm aud now in his old ACE the
loss tails heavily upon him.-Eqst0n Ca tau
c, pun
IN sunday morning week Major Gen. Gre rifF;
y visited Easton. On Monday afternonn Of, of
arge crowd of blacks, with a numher a. nos
tes, assembled at the Colored School u o' bo
use, on tho EaSton Point Road erected a"d isIo
finished. A fervent prayer was offered mn en- en-,
heV. Feter Burrows, colored, when M wer
ham introduced Mr.. John Woodall s Of DeI' i the the
re, who made a few appropriate remorIa '"'
. Gregory then addressed the audience 90 r
TN, upon the education, the morals tbs delr
l 1Ict and the rights of the black man Sam % He
l. Hopkins Esq. OF Easton, being caIIad ,l is W
a. made short, but torcible gneecb b - sey,
'o@ G0Sette. $25C
ooDY Found. I'VE last week mentioned OF n
TACT that Mr.. Benjamin Jones, farmer of tlon'
,I "a Anne IS county, mysteriousy disappear. VINO
Thlle IN Baltimore, about a month since pJ
learn from the Baltimore papers that on DeIa
rday week, policeman Quigley discovered Stoc
'ody OF man floating in the lower mart Of bv i
7 Fails. Ii was identiged as the BODY of Marl
D Jones.-CeatreUille Citizen. ''
colored man named Joseph Stiles. was .rA
ing on the p. w. Il b. X. r., near Elk ~ Oh
On Monday of last week, when he was ms. .ins Y
< lDy the locomotive and instantly killed. '0Pp
hsslIderable. damage was done last week by -, la
the woods near Elkton, Md. We
eapest goods in town for ladies', gentle- arrr,
ana boys wear, at Bags & Cottenie | Ifc