Smyrna times., 1873-08-20


Curlett's farm near Church Hill on Tuesday
night week, and the dwelling and contents
were consumed. The family were asleep and
narrowly escaped with their lives, Mrs.
Spencer jumping cut second-story window.
No insurance; loss l, l,250. The cause Of the
fire is unknown.
About 400 Baltim orians came over to Talbot
to visit Beckwith camp one day last week
The steamer stopped in the ChOptank and pro.
ceeded to disembark her passengers by small
row boats. The first load of ten that started
off was capsized, and though none of them
were drowned, it so frightened the rest on the
steamer that they refused to leave it. So they
didn't see the camp at all.
Money and Checks Stolen-On the 18th,
r. q. Hopkins cashier Of the Cecil County
National Bank, at Port Deposit, consigned
$1,000 in mutilated currency to the Secretary
of the Treasury for redemption, and at the
same time he started Tor Baltimore a number
OF Checks and drafts on New York and Balti
more parties. Both lots were stolen from the
train between Perryville and Port Deposit, and
nothing since has been seen or heard from
them. A reward Of 5000 is offered for their
return.
Sad Case of Dro,cniag.--Mrs Sarah Can
non, widow of Geo. Cannon, and mother Of
| William i. Reese, of Chesapeake City, was
drowned near CrumptOn, on ThurSday morn
ing. The Kent NeiCS says that she and Miss
Emma Lynch were riding together in car
rlage, and after getting ,'r!c distance into the
stream at GOdwin's MILL Queen Annes county,
they found it too deep to cross and attempted
to back the horse out but he rushed forward
into the torrent, which swept both ladies from
the carriage, Miss Lynch catching and holding
on to a wheel, while Mrs. Cannon was carried
down the stream and drowned. Mr. William
Goodwin witnessed the disaster, and seeing
that it was impossible to rescue the young
!, lady by any means at his command, (the
water being about nine feet deep and rushing
down with fearful volOcity,) put his horses tC
wagon and fastened to Crumpton after a
boat, by which means Miss l.. was rescued
after clinging to the carriage wheel for three
quarters of an hour The horse was drowned
: and the body Of the aged lady (she was 73
} was found some distance from the scene of the
2 disaster
More About that Lie-Two weeks ago W,
published statement from the Denton Union
to the effect that COL Samuel Hambletor
Congressman entertained a number o.
cOlOred guests in his parlor during the recen
session Of the cOlored conference in Easton
: Last week we published the COl0ners denial
,, from the Easton journal, in which he branded
the statement as "an Unnlitigdted he from
= beginningtO end" But this week the DentoI
paper repeats its charge, alter this fashion
= Our statement Is incorrect as to the time
: Instead OF dining them at the late conference
1t was at the session of the African NJ. X
ICOnfeTence, two years ago. This we presume
Col. HambletOn will not attempt to deny
It They were dined at his house, and we presum
u by invitation of some one. The Reveren,
II gentlemen would no: have had the bOldness O
the lmpudence to have entered the sacred pre-
!, cincts of the COlOners household without
r special invitation and If by invitation, as tn
& Colonel may say, of some of his servants
}, then the consent OF some one having authorit
: over that household must have first beel
J. obtained Col. tIambleton, we think, will nc
!, attempt a denial of this fact. If he does W
e will then put upon the stand portion of tn
: Reverend gentlemen who shared in the hosp
J. tality of the Colonel's home and partOok plen
" tifully of his bOuntiful repast They ar
d ministers of the gospel and ought to be con-
% petent to speak the truth rather than pro
d mulgate an 'unmitigdted Ge ,"
r But the Union does not stop there. Tn
Col, in his card, accuses the editor of usin
1t the Ignorance and prejudice of the cOlOred me
ID to the detriment of the interests of the State
lr The editor replies: We have never since tn
c. enfranchisement of the race attempted to tax
T. advantage of either their ignorance or the
ls prejudices, nor have we ever approached thel
D. to know how or for whom they should vot,
I, Can Col. Hambleton say as much2 Neitht
)f have we contributed one cent to bribe or col
rupt any voter. If Col. Hambeton can truth
IS fully say as much we would like for him [
], speak out His own friends tell some vel
ID ugly stories on this subject which occurre
ID while candidate for Congress- and some
as them we're so ungenerous as to abuse him b,
Il cause he would not contribute more liberall
60 h. Nolo - +,
D. formation that we have never known a colOre
te man in this county to sell his vote, nor hay
e. we yet ever heard one accused of doing 81
s, even by political opponent. We would tn,
I'd We could truthfully say the same of our ow
u race. But, says the Col Il would do III
to race no injustice" That is right, but "
5; would have you carry this principle furth,
Is and do justice to all men. Col. Hambleto
says further, II have ever been their re,
50 friend. Here we beg to differ with the Go
Can man have always been a real friend I
~ the colOred race, or any other race, who h,
held them and their children in continu
bondage, and contended that because Sta
OF laws rivited the chains of slavery on the
r. limbs, they possessed property in man, tn
is same as that of horses, sheep, cattle and oxen
v Can any man have been the real friend of ii
K cOlored race who believed in slavery as divir
d. institution and blindly wOrshpped the sab
godt Is that man a real friend to me, or IN
in race, who would, because the laws of Sta
ar legislated away my rights, reduced me and n
ID little ones to a level with the brute; stampt
Is out my very manhood, and gave to another Il
rn right OF my person and the person and lab
N oil myself and my children, without other cor
m pensation than that of food and raimen
Humanity, reason and the instincts OF OF
nature, answer no
Id
le Watertown, N. Y, has purcha sed secou
D. hand hearse to convey prisoners to the loc
,g up.
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