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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-23

WASHINGTON.

A CABINET MEETING TO BE HELD TO-DF-THE
CONDITION OF THE MAYA NEW CANAL
PROTECTIVE NEW JUDGEs-THE VACANCY
IN THE CABINET-THE DEPARTMENTAL
CLERKS ORGANIZING FOR AN INCRAsE OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-23
STATE CONVENTIONS.

MASSACHUSETTS, REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
SPEECH BY THE HON. CHARLES SUMMERTIME
HON. WILLIAM CLAFLIN AND OTHER STATE
OFFICERS RENOMINATED-THE TEMPERANCE
ADOPTED,
Smyrna times., 1869-09-15

DELAWARE CAPTAIN LOST.-Capt. Perry
johnson, OF Seaford, and once a resident Of
Milford, commander of the Harrcst Queen. n
California vessel has been lost at sea il is he.
lieved, with his vessel and crew. A San Fran
cisco paper says OF him: He was a strict
member OF the church. and conscientious and
hlghminded citizen. His family, a wife and
two daughters, are now residents of This c;tv
They, have ceased to listen for his footsten IN
the threshold, which formerly brought Cladness
to their hearts, and have come to the sad con
clusion that the husband and father has com.
pleted his voyage over the sea of life. :"
The Milford paper adds: Misfortunes seem
to have attended him in his occupation. some
OF which we recoIect One of his vessels load
Ell few years since in the West Indies with
sugar and mOlasSes, for Baltimore. At the
period OF sailing tie Captain was sick ; he how
ever sent her on the voyage in charge of the
mate the vessel and crew were never after
ward heard from. He was once cast away
while rounding Cape Horn, where, we believe
part OF the crew perished He was engaged in
the government transport trade during the
Mexican war, and on one occasion, while he
and one or two of his crew went ashore at n
point near Vera Cruz, he tell into an ambush
OF htteen or twenty Mexicans, who ordered
them to surrender, as prisoners but the Cap
tain being well armed with pair of six shoot
ers and "A knife, showed fight and he and his
men killed six of the Mexcans, and made good
their escape.
Smyrna times., 1869-09-15

ldea above all others they nominated m.n
named Hitchborne.
L ne result has placed them in rather ridc
ulous position. They. accomplished nothing
oy their votes, but have evidently weakened
their cause, because they took issue with their
best friends, the Republicans, the ruling party
OF the State, through which alone they could
expect to accomplish anything, while their
position, In the eyes Of the Democrats, now
seems too Insignificant for consideration. The
Democrats really hoped that they would play
into their hands, and give the whisky dealers
some encouragement, by casting enough votes
to make the choice of Governor deyolye unon
the Legislature, but finding them too weak for
this they have neither use nor regard for them.
lhey well knew that they could accomplish
nothing when they entered the canvass. and
the result shows that they polled only about
oOUU votes out of total of about IS. 900. and
Ialled to elect single man on their ticket
The only influence they had was bad one
bad Tor themselves and their cause. Their
only power was to cause mischief by securing
the election of few Democrats to the LeOis
lature. 10 their friends they stand as a set of
ianatlcal disorganizers, and to their enemies
they stand as a weak faction, incapable of do
ing any thing in their own name. Indeed
their weakness must have surprised themselves
Inc temperance movement has never been
able to sustain itself as a separate political or
ganlzation, and it is to be hoped that this last
effort will show the many good men who insist
upon such action the utter folly of such move
ments in the future. Politics has so often in
jured this good cause that it is high time some
of its Jealous but misguided advocates wer.
learning the lesson the Maine election teaches,
The whisky men could teach the temperance
men lesson in this respect. They never split.
They are close corporation, and study their
interests thoroughly in the Democratic party.
They always work to secure as much advan-
tage to their friends as possible, and are con-
tented with half loaf if that's the best the
party can do for them. Let them be rs dis
satisfied as they may they never bolt. If thew
caDnot rule, as sometimes they can not, thew
won't iniure their friends by making side issues
Smyrna times., 1869-09-15

ed it, the load taking effect in the jaw, break
ing it in two place and cutting the tongue near
ly into. No blame is attached to Medfold on
the contrary, the expressed sentiment Of this
entire community is in commcndation Of the
act. 1t was clearly seli-detcn>e. After the
occurrence of the shooting, the managers Of the
camp armed themselves with clubs and drove
the rioters from the ground Cornish is still
alive and likely to recover.-DeptOn Union.
Riot at q CoiOrecl Camp--A camp meeting
was held by the c0lored people at Tltlrs branch,
near fredericksburg, last week, and during its
progress was marked by a most shameful riot
On Tuesday young cOi0red man severely chas-
tized a son Of Mr.. Th0s. Willoughby, RESTING
near the camp, and so severely bruised him that
his father procured warrant for the arrest of
the cOlOred man. This seemed to greatly in
cense many of the cOlorcd people and threats
We're made but were not put into execution un
I'll the FRIDAY following, and then through no
fault OF Mr.. Willoughby's. 5. lie WAS present at
their meeting on Friday morning, quietly OBJ
serving what &as tranSpring around him, when
two young white men entered the preacher $
stand, and, drawing their bottle proceeded to
take drink. This added fuel to the flames,
aHd crowd Immediately y set out after these
oH1nderS Some Of the crowd fell upon Mr..
Nllloughby, accusing him with being one of
the parties, and beat him over the head and
body most numerically. One blow Knocked
HIM senseless to the ground When conscious
ness returned he found himself surrounded by
the crowd, and recognizing many of them had
fifteen arrested. All but two succeeded in
proving their innocence. The guilty oues had
doubtless fled After freeing himself from The
crowd, MIR. Willoughby started to return home,
but was met at his gate by one of the party OF
colored men who presented a pistol close To hi,
head and dared him to enter his own ~,te
This whole affair is most dastardly one clear
ly without prOvocation, and We sincerely trust
the guilty wretches may yet be made to fee
the EXTREMIST penalty of the law. Mr.. Viii
loughby is recovering from his wounds Den.
ton Union.
Smyrna times., 1869-09-15

RELIGIoUs.-Rev. Mr.. Rittenhouse has re.
turned home. Rev. Mr.. Cattel, ION a visit to
relatives in town. of the New York Confer.
morning. "U"u'y
What are known as Methodist Family
gatherings are quite feature among the
MethodlstS of Wilmington. Evening services
are held once week in one of the churches
IN which the members Of the other churches
unite. 0N0'
Presbyterian Church at Bridgerdle. AN ef-
I3rt m Is making to organize a Presbyterian
Church at Bridgeville, in this State. One of
the means relied on to secure success is to nro.
cure dollar subscriptions from Presbyterians
and others interested, in other localities The
circular soliciting such aid says
1he village OF Bridgeville, Del, contains
a population of about five hundred, with one
house OF worship, (MethodiSt) A Presbvter
ian Church has been organized now, consisting
OF 25 members. This being near the centre of
an area containing eight hundred square miles
In which there is no Presbyterian house of
worship, 1t is felt that one is greatly needed at
TINS point. The Society have recently obtain
ed clear deed to an eligible site, on which if
Is proposed to build house at cost Of $500
Deta'oare State Bible iSocietH-The ittv.
fourth annual meeting Of the Delaware State
terrain Church, Wilmington, Hon. Willard
!HH,a Hall presiding and Geo. W. Sparks secretary
The opening religious exercises were conduc.
ted by 5. l.. Gracey. An opening address
read by the President presented many matters
OF interest, The work Of the Bible Society is
to supply the destitute by gratuity. and to col.
lect monies from the people to carry on this
work of general distribution. Treasurer's re-
port received as follows :-lS6S, balance $37I.-
48. Received from various sources $5IO So /;
remltted to the American Bible Society $3.50
Balance $500 0S, leaving now 81 ,297. 29 to the
credit OF the State Society. An auditing com
mlttee was appointed, consisting of Rev. Mr.
SSmyth and George H. Bates Rev. Mr.. Shell.
don reported the receipt of $3.50 from the VIII
mlngton Annual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, monies sent directly to the
American Bible Society at New York, which
should have been credited to the Delaware Bi
Ole Society. a motion prevailed, authorizing
the Manager to employ colporteur to distrib
ute Bibles throughout the field occupied by
this Society. The next annual meeting will be
held In the Union NJ. 4. Church, of Whining
ton.
Smyrna times., 1869-09-15

Banking House of John McLear & Son,
posit subject to check at sight lin the same
manner as with National Banks and interest
allowed. We negotiate promissory notes.
bonds, &c, at current rates. Collections made
everywhere in the United State and Europe.
Dividends and Coupons promptly collected.
We buy, sell and exchange all issues of Govern
ment Loans at market prices. Orders promptly
executed for the purchases or sale of Delaware
State Bonds. Wilmington City Loan, Della
ware r. Il. Stock and all other first class Sc
curities. Applica tons for insurance in the
Delaware Mutual Life Insurance Company, re-
ceived at this office.
Smyrna times., 1869-09-15

BIGAMY AND SUICIDE.-A reckless aq7ian
n'GrrieS ttcO aCOmea, one IN DarLu, Pa. and
one III Neac Castle DeL-The Deserted 1rjfe
Commits Suicide. -rhe Media (Pa. American
OF the Sth inst, contains the following
There has been some excitement for the
past week In Darby and vicinity over a case of
Ilgamy and an attempted suicide. James
Dougherty, residing in the Borough, on the
ou OF july last, married young woman in the
weeks after their marriage, Dougherty induced
his wife to give him some $500, ON the nretext
OF buying house for them in Kingsessing A
lew days after he succeeded in getting the
money, Dougherty eloped with a woman from
Darby, went to New Castle, Delaware. and was
there married to woman No. 2 Other Darties
from the vicinity of Darby were married at the
same time and by the same priest these re.
turned, told of the marriage, but kept their
own counsel for time as to the whereabouts
OF Dougherty and his wife. The legal wife.
lett IN Darby, had resided there for many years,
ana had always borne an excellent character.
one was industrious and frugal, and the profit
OF eleven years work as u domestic was 5000.
from nearly all of which she was swinded bv
DOugherty. She soon learned of the second
marriage, and on Sunday morning of last week
look quantity OF corrosive suhlimate with
vew to end all her troubles The dose was to
large t1 operate with fatal speed but first infam,
ed and then produced modification of the
stomach and from this at last accounts she was
slow'y dying-,the physician deeming the case
entirely hopeless.
;, Doug gherty had taken wife No. 2 to Boston
ana was there living upon the money obtained
from wife No. l. The authorities of Darby
determined to bring him to punishment, made
every exertion to ascertain his whereabouts
In this endeavOr they were aided by Rev. Faith.
er y Nelll, who soon discovered the citv. the
street and the room in which the parties were
living. The Burgess of Darby started to Bos
on Wednesday last for the purpose of effccting
the arrest and bringing his prisoner here. It
Is thought, however, that he will have to be
delivered to the authorities Lf Delaware, where
the crime of bigamy was committed. The vii.
famous deception he used to swindle his first
wife out of hard earnings has no remedy in
Smyrna times., 1869-09-15

The peach shippers abont Millington are
dissatisfied with the manner in which bust
ness has been transacted by the New York
commission merchants. Not few peach grow
ers pronounce the whole arrangement fraud
and believe they are the victims of conspi-
racy.
Accidnt--On Tuesday week Mr. Stephen
Amos of CrumptOn formerly of Smyrna) was
standing in his dearborn, the horse moved for
ward a little, when Mr.. A. fell out of the wag-
on and was so severely injured that he will be
disabled for some weeks. His left wrist bone
is broken His left leg is also injured.
Sad Acctdent-On Wednesday evening
last most heart-rending accident occurred in
Miles River Neck, at the residence of Mrs.
Hghman, whereby two ladies lost their lives
and "a third is lying in a precariOus condition.
As far as we have been able to learn, it was
caused by the explosion of kerosene lamp.
Three persons were badly burned, two died on
Thursday, and the third is not expected to live.
Up to the time of going to press we were una
BILE to learn the particulars, but hope to be able
to do so next week.-St. MichdelS Comet.
Shooting A6rdy.-A shooting affray between
white men took place at the colored camp meet
ing, at Moses Chapel, near GreensborOugh on
Thursday night last, which resulted in the
shooting of a man named William Cornish.
better known as big Bill Cornish" 1t seems
that Cornish, in Company with several others,
went to the camp on the evening in question
with the determination to murder a colored
man named Montgomery Gibson, and were
chasing him around the ground when Mr.. VIM
w, Medtord ran into the tent where Gibson was
and advised his friends to secret him some
where. Cornish and his crowd" stepped in
to the tent just in time to hear Mediord's ad-
vice given, and demanded to know if he Med
ford) took up for the id niggers?" With
out awaiting an answer Cornish struck Medford
with stick he held in his hand aud showed
him out of the tent on the ground. Whilst
In PROSTATE condition Cornish was about
stamping Medford, when the latter drew a lit
tie single barrelled brass pistol, loaded with
shot, which he mad in his pocket, and discharg-
Smyrna times., 1869-09-15
NAsBY TALKS "PLANTAPION"

i hev traded Of my Post Oils e. tux mi Paw in
fLANTAsHUN! Praps yu may be snprrized to here
Nv MI relInquishln my GuV'm Offs with AU lis
glory IN sech a Caws.
Hero NEE fus then judge Nee. 1t hapend thus.
wisely; wus canvassIu the hlaWmea Flats for owT
Buvd kedenITy Il The Post OfIils sucsechun I'm
lhet land pv pewer Delue | sIruk a snag, =
Thee Fever Ager lux me- d thee ChllIs & Shivers
shuk me-shuk HE like a Mold I0Os button ON a
Shalky smoke. House dOar; ill mi lraim NV 40 Sum
merz lukd like sum Ole pla Out bume rz on a morn.
IN wen his Gin " gon & he cant git no moar! /.
IN. b. This rs not rIt by Edd. A. POwe: but il
Gums so aWlhTed neer too II Ihel yeu wuodn no The
dIirunce in the dark.)
In this ouriul eggstremmiIty Flue at wonts tn a
Mold lady iren NV Mine y IOad hur mi krIttetkeI
phlx. Shee hes no d NEE Long & Luvd me Wei A.,
she cawls me Pet Names. "rrOly," sez Shee tsech
IL the PlaIiui knIknOmen mi BuIhOod) va orter
taik good DOsle NV PIanlashun Buturz I've livd
Suierd IN lhesz swOumps ever sens the lhayers
wus hnng q no, to ded surlintY, thei Plantashun
bltturZ IL thee Ony reel kewer fur The Shaiksl b
but air ihaa !-l-lOyawl drisk I" asked | shiver
inly ieerIn Least mite he incuTridgIn suIhthn NV
suIhern Nacher. DOonl bee skeerd, n roly," re-
plIde the esstimabu DOrcuss, tha air Maid NV Cal.
lasayya, 5. T.-IS6O-X Il thee Very Ioyawlist kind
NV Sanity Crews Rum" Mi Douls helm rtmuved &
Feers fur thee Post Offs asswaged TUX an awImllv
DOste Nv" Pantashun & VA belt brutherin, il maid
NEE bile TUX anuther in % Ourz Il shaiks uuit
may sa, tha parsed in THAR Checks -! Tha eOt
Not wun NV 'em lingurd too say good hi! | wnz
Nasty kewered; a Petroleum wel!-wel | wuz!
Now | am a Paniashun mishunne ry , | 90 abowt
pre- achIn the good TIdn's TO Awl shakers ~ uhers
requirrn JenIe slmmerlen." small biIz) |
hev traded off mi Post Offs & may Now be found
ialkin Plantashun BilurZ, in the hwAiz d thee hi.
waiz frum Erly Morn ull Dewey Eve What slnain.
sulrn, shaken DruIher'll hev thee next BOttuli
MAGNOLIA WATER -SuperiOr TO the best Irnported
German Cologne. and sold at half the price. sep9ly
Smyrna times., 1869-09-15
SPECIAL NOTICES
Asiatic Cholera in China.

. IuNGchOw, China, Aug q, ls6S
Messrs. PERRY DAVIS & Son:
Dear Sirs-Durng long residence in China ! b,vo r 4.
your invaluable Pain Killer, both own family and
the Chinese, and found it a most exceil,p, n,,
the summer ot 62 and 6j while residing in Shanghai .
an almost certain cure Tor Cholera If used IN time, Indeed
using 1t III great many instances O not rcur,olr
IN single case. For three year, have been rsl,,n ~
place. more than fifty miles from physician and a, t
Obliged often to tall my Resources in cases If l
ness The Chinese come to Us great numbers Tor -
and advice. Though without medical knowlr,lg, oni,
the few simple remedies comusm! ar. -, nu,l I'm a.,
vance OF even their physicians that have almost v
pcatOns. We allow them come, because I, frlus.p.n
contact with them, and opens door to usefulness, IN i
rhoea colo, vomiting cholera coughs Hc your Pam K,
has been my chief medicine.
sep-lm Yours, very truJy T p CRAWrOpn
Smyrna times., 1869-09-15
THE; MARKETS.
MARRIAGES.

PRICE-FLEETwOOD.-Se 10. by Rev william Inv r,,
George Price, of Cecil co.. Maryland to Miss Caroline
wood OF Kent co., Del. Kent News please 'OP =.
CANNON-SHELTON.-At the residence OF the oTlues r,
err in Dover on the sh inst by the Rev Henry sutton W"
liam W. Cannon and Miss Julia A. Shelton both ol ~
HARRIS-LIVERTON.-In Dover on the 9th INST " -. -.
Rev Henry Sutton. Mr.. Slighter Harris and Mrs A. NV
ton, both of this county. -.
RICHARDS-BUREE-At the residence of the bride hne'
Magnolia, the 2d inst, by Rev. George W.
S. Richards, of Wyoming. and Miss Caddie Burke .hs
CLARKE-CORBEY-I the NJ E. Church. Wyoming' ~ ~ ~
3oh ult., by Rev. J. Barrett Mann. Mr. Thos' j. 0'
Fredrrica. to Miss Helen Corby OF Wyoming. suth
WILIIAMS-McCOLLEY.-O September 3D. 1907 /" s,,hs
Milford by Rev. T. p. McColley assisted by Rev L. ,.
Mr. Reyner Williams of Philadelphia, to Miss Agnes
ColleyLO Milford .ho soth
BRADAGAN-CAH0ON.-At Church Hill Md" Oh Wv ri
ult, by the Rev. George Barton, William H. DrSu'e
Miss Annie F. CahOOn, both OF Dover, Del ,L,R
MABERRY-COLLINS.-By the Rev W. G. Best NJ 81
Maberry to Miss Sarah f. Collins both of Smyrna D''
Smyrna times., 1869-09-15

IHE GREAT FIRE IN THE SwAMPs. Great
destruction OF Property. Last week we gave
an account OF terrible fire that is raging in
Maryland. In the pine forests of Worcester
county. At last accounts it was still raging.
and had extended to the Cypress Swamp,
In sussex county, sweeping every thing in its
track. Our latest information is from the Sus-
sex Journal of Saturday last, IIth. 1t saws ::
Some weeks ago fire broke out in the Cypress
swampS lying In the centre of the lower part of
this County and Worcester County Nd. The
surface OF this swamp is composed of light
liluvial soil and fungus growth which when dry
IS highly cOmbustible and is from one to four
feet deep. This chaffy surface has been burn
ing about three weeks extending about six
miles IN width. The progress of the fire is not
rapid but as the surface of the ground is burn
ing OF course forests and fences, houses and
barns, corn fields and pasture meet the same
fate when they stand in the way 1t is impos-
slbe to tell how great the loss is of life and pro-
perty at this writing or to form any calculation
as to the final result; nothing but food of
ram can stay its progress. Several families
who lived on the edges and high portions of
the swamp have not been heard from. Mr.. w.
j. CASEY, Curtis Jacobs, Mrs. Hearn. and
many Others have been seriously damaged. 1t
was estimated that one million bushels of huck-
leberrles grew in the swamp last year We
can say to the lovers OF this fruit, next year
the crop will be far short of one hundred bush
els. The fire is raging from the POcomoke
near SnOw.Hill to Dagsborough in this county.
Dtchlng has been resOrted to In some places
for the purpose OF saving houses and barns but
such body OF fire at a time when the earth is
parched and dry is really terrible. We trust
that rain may speedily come and release our
suffering fellow citizens in that locality.
Smyrna times., 1869-09-15
STATE AND LOCALS.

SHORT ITEMS. Mr. Geo. Williams. at Hof
tecker Mills, near this town, has heifer. if
teen months old, which, though she has never
mad calf, IS giving Il half gallon Of milk Der
day and has been so doing for about three
weeks.
The Dover District Preachers Association,
Tor beng refused passes or half fare on the rail
road nave resolved, through a committee COM
posed OF Revs. ). II. LightbOurn, l. T. Cooper,
). il. Taft and d. r. Thomas, that in The
Judgment OF the Association the refusal of SO
common courtesy is Unprecedented, disre
specttul and selfish.
The next meeting Of the Kent co. Teachers
Association will meet in this town ON the Inst
thursday IN March next. The committee of
arrangementsare Messrs. Bean, Ford and Pen.
neWlll' and Misses Offiey, Bean and Colt.
The Wilmington C0mnerciaIvery erroneous
ly states that the Smyrna gas works have been
Ssold by the Sheriff. The real estate has not
Deen sold at all only the personal lropertv-
metreS' tools, &c., as we stated last week.
There is considerable effort being made in
Sussex for the construction of the nronoseJ % n
railroad from Seaford to Georgetown. Meet.
lngS were held at both these towns last week
and subscription books opened.
Coy. Salisbury has appointed Jno. Fl. Pawn
Ter, Esq, OF Georgetown, States Attorney of
this State, in place Of COL Jacob Moore Of the
August. 1"'' VI
The corn crop is better in Sussex CO than
Was at first supposed. The early corn is verv
good; but the late crop is very materially in
Jured By the drought.
Our citizens can unmuzzle their dogs after
ra hnr f,Eo al
their noses. They could have done so long ago
for all the good the straps were.
VIM, I; Campbell, recently proprietor Of
f0x%els Hotel, in this town, has been apnoint.
ca captain OF the steamer Jersey Blue See
NchGhiah ID. Wech of Sussex county. and
John w. CarrOw of Kent, have been appoint.
ed Internal Revenue gaugers for those coun-
ties by the Department at Washington.
Mr., David Jones, in the Alley, near this
town, had a horse and york carriage stolen
from from him at the Kenton camp meeting last
Thursday evening. '"''
A man named Warren. in the Iowor ro,t 81
TINS county, wldOwer married in lust three
weeks after the death of his first wife, recently
TObe Merritt's drinking saloon in Dovor mae
robbed Of considerable ouantitv of wI';st" %"s
one night last week, including kegs Jemiiohn: "1n
&c. A's'' ueniJoilhS'
Some thoughtless or wicked persons have
been placing obstructions upon the Ra;I'o.d
track near Georgetown. '"O
Richardson & Robbins, of Dover. have csr.
ned 100000 cans of peaches and tomntoosnr e''or
will have done so at the close of this week.
The .. S. District Court is in soss;on :,
w Wilmington, D. Z. HOfecker and A. p. Gr;f.
nth, OF TINS town. are among the jurymen.
-, We publish the name of happy bride0roon
this t1 week who is over 70 years of aeeNMr
=, Dr; Kennedy thinks of starting his naner
the Deta0are Democrat, at New Castle. p" i''''
The workmen are going in'' brisklv On ,bo
second story of our town hail i'A'S 0il '"e
The Agricultural fair at Wilmington is now
gong on; also the Horticultural fair. ~"
Smyrna times., 1869-09-15
FOR ~ n L Il.

ssTF!1ls A well-built two story FRAME ~ rood
B#ii Is by sc, with two-stOry Kitchen oach, nm
GaiIl Cellar, paved with brick, excellent w. Dsa-
ware % Railroad about five hundred yards south Of
Dover Depot There is on the place y'[pTy pGa,s, s.
choice fruit such as Apples Pears Peaches r"N m
Cherries, and some of the FINEST GKAr n1 Aero
THE STATE. The LOT contains nearly d"
of Ground. Inquire of ,,,,,, p..,,.s,er.
% - Dover, Del