Smyrna times., 1872-04-10

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Committee on Commerce.
CONSECRATTON.-The new ST Annes Epis
copal Church, i'll Mddletown, was cOnsecrated
thursday afternoon last in the presence of an
immense thrOng of people. Bishop Lee was
cOnsecratOr, assisted in the services by Bisbop
Lay, OF Easton, Maryland, and the goodly
company OF thirteen ministers The clergy
having robed in the Sunday school building
near by, walked in procession, entering the
tower door reading antiphonalIy the appointed
ana the priests ranged themselves on either
side without Bishop lee commenced the
service. The warden Of the church handed to
nm the request to conSccrate, and the Istru
meht or Conservation was duIy read by the Rev.
leighton Coleman, of PENNSYLVANIA. The ser
mon by the Bishop, giving an outline of the
history or the ancient parish, occupied nearly
an hour IN its delivery. 1t appears that the
Ola church was established through the mis-
Sionary labors Of the Rev. George Keith.
originally a Quaker preacher, but who EN-
braced the doctrins Of the Church of England
ana was ordained by the Bishop of London in
the year 1900. The church was erected in l1O5
and its pulpit supplied from time to time up to
the Revolutionary war by ministers sent out bv
tnc ancient Society for the Propagation of the
uoSpeI I'D foreign parts. Among those who
occasionally rr'achcd in the church tho
Rev. Mr. 6ewell of Mrryland and the Rev
Mr. Crawford of Dover hundred are mcnrion
Ihe Old church was not con>ccrated until tLo
year iS47 after Delaware had been set apart
as diocese under the present Bishop. Alter
evening service the apostolic rite Of confrma-
non was conferred by the Bishop on four can.
uluateS' three ladies' and one gentleman, and
sermon preached by Bishop Lay, cf Ea>ton
A WHITE MAN COMMITS AN OUTRAGE ON
BLACK NoMAN.-One day of week before
iast; the house ot colorrd man near the line
OF the Penn>yIvanIa Il Delaware Civ Railroad
a short distance above the line of Chester
county, was entered by a white man. who
committed brutal outrage on the cnlored
man wife. The facts of the case, as we learn
them, are as follows:
The woman was alone in the house. her hus-
9ahd Delng engaged in cutting wood, some
distance away. The man was a laborer
engaged at work on a section of the road ahnye
mentioned. He had been away from his work
ani obtaining Ilqnor. became considerably in
toXlcated. On his return to the section shan
Ties where he belonged, he stOpped at this
mouse and by brutal force, succeeded in accom-
pIlShlng his intended purpose. A warrant was
issued tor the man arrest, and placed in the
nandS OF constable. who immediately started
ior tue ShantleS to make the arrest. Upon his
arrival, he found the man eating his supper.
and from the formidable looks of the party. the
constable concluded to postpone the matter for
the present, and subsequently went to the gang
boss, and explained the matter The boss in
formed him that he could not arrest a man in
his gang: without the mans s name on the war.
rant, which the constable had failed 70 have
placed there. The guilty party was informed
by the boss that he had better leave, which
advice was readily taken, and which ends the
affair unless the fellow can be caught va
Commercial, ofthe Sh.