Middletown transcript., 1868-08-08

The Camden camp meeting broke up
yesterday It is computed that there were
ten thousand people in attendance en- Sum
day. Drs. Hodgson and Bartine, and
Rev. Alfred Cookman, preached in the
morning, afternoon and night, in the Or
der named. The Smyrna Times says =
Notwithstanding the large crowd, includ-
ing all sorts and conditions of men, the Or
der on the ground was excellent. Cam
den, however, presented sad spectacle.
It was the place of concentrated vice and
debauchery. Allday long great swagger-
ing crowds of drunken men were hanging
around the hotel and whiskey booths erec-
ted along the streets, presenting scene
more akin to a horse race or prize fight
than Sunday gathering. Several fights
we're participated in by the crowd. and to
see the men wallowing along the sidewalk
was not uncommon
MAP OF THE PENINSULA. Bow
man, Thomas & Co. of Wilmington, are
about publishing a map of the Peninsula
lying between the Delaware and Chesa-
peake Bays embracing the State Of Della
ware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland
and Virginia, giving an outline of the sur
rounding country in New Jersey and West
ern Maryland. 1t is the first map ever is
sued in which the Peninsula as whole,
with its railway system, bays, water-cour-
ses, the contiguous territory is given, and
the only one ever published giving any
idea of its size, position, boundaries, and
Importance. 1t is sold by subscription al
the very low rate of $3.50, handsomely
mounted on canvass, with rollers. 1t is
elegantly engraved, and colored by Hun
dreds in Delaware, and Districts in Mary
land. The map is al inches in length by
% inches in width.
A young man named Cox, only about
nineteen or twenty years of age, was ar
rested here on Thursday evening, upon
the charge of robbing a Mr.. Bowyer, who
lives between Sudlersville and Dixon's, in
Queen Anne's county, of some $400 and
a considerable amount in checks and notes.
He was taken below on the evening train.
A portion of the money was found ON the
person of the prisoner. An entrance to
the desk or chest where the money was
kept, was effected by means of chisel
This is not his first offence, it is said.
LEARNING EARLY.-Boys of tender age
too young to go to business, we are told
resort daily to a certain walnut tree within
sight from the Town Hall, and there spent
the time in playing cards. "Pll take i
up and 90 it alone" These and similar
expressions familiar around the card table
may be heard from the lips of these iucip
lent little sports. Parents, are these th,
lessons you wish your loved-ones to learn
If not, see to it.
Mr.. Edward G. Fenimore, residing Oh
Appoquinimink creek, st. Georges Hun
dred, will have about six thousand basket
of Peaches, not ten thousand, as reporte,
. in the Smyrna Times These will proba
bly, yield him about $40, 900. Mr.. Feni
more is one of the most successful peacl
growers in Delaware his orchard ha
never failed to be source of profit to hin
since it was planted.
A black boy who was riding horse a
a rapid rate through town, on Thursday
rode over little son of Mrs. Layton, age
about four years, who happened to b
crossing the street at the time. The littl
fellow was much cut and bruised by tn
horses feet, and seemed to be in grea
pain, but was considered better yesterday
The NJ. L. Church, Millington circuit
commenced camp meeting yesterday, il
the woods near Chestervillo, occupied b
them last year.
Measures are being taken for anothe
! grand tournament in Kent county, Md
. similar to that of last year,
: Eleven passenger cars, packed with pee
pie returning from the Camden Camp
t passed up the road yesterday afternoon.
Q The Middletown Building Loan fun
I sold at a premium of 262, at the las
monthly meeting, on Thursday evening
Our farmers now crave little dry weatt
er to enable thnm to thrash thnir orrnin