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Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

suit against tenant to recover rent for prop
erty after the same had been destroyed by fire.
The court ruled that unless there was special
covenent in the lease to the contrary, the law
held the tenant responsible for the rent whether
the property was destroyed by fire or not, and
verdict was rendered accordingly.
A Grange F0rmed.-A Grange PIC Me
Another Grange in Kent county was organized
at MilIington on the evening of October Goth
by j. M. Barr, Overseer of the Maryland State
Grange. This makes the fifth in the county
and we learu that in all probability severa
others will be organized, at Galena, Massey 8
Sassafras, and Crumpton, as preparations are
going on for the same. A United Grange PiC
Mic, by all the Oranges in the county, will b.
held at Worton Station, in the Agriculture
Fair grounds, on Thursday, November 18th
j. S. Robinson, Lecturer of the State Grange
will address those present on the Grange ques
| tion
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A large Democratic jubiation meeting was
held in Selma, Alabama, on Friday night.
William Brooks, who was President of the
Secession Convention in 1860, offered resOlu
tions, which were unanimously adopted, ex-
pressing Joy at the restoration of fraternal feel
ing among the States of the Union, and the
assurance that the second century Of our
national existence will be one Of unparalleled
progress, harmony and unity; sending happy
greetings to their sister States, and uniting in
thanks to God " for the signal redemption of
Alabama and the entire country from miSrue
and corruption ;" also, renewing to the country
the pledges contained in the Democratic and
Conservative platform of Alabama, "und
especially the pledge that the rights of all
classes OF men must be respected and preserved
inviolate. The Jubilation was continued IL
Selma, on Saturday night, by a tOrchligbt pro
cessi0n, general illumination, the firing o.
cannon and addresses by prominent speakers
At New Orleans and St. Louis there were
similar demonstrations. The procession a
New Orleans included nearly I5,tO0 men, aDC
the enthusiasm was great. One Of the numer
Gus banners and transparencies bore the inscrip
ton, massachusetts responds to Louisiana"
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MARYLAND ITEMS.

Somerset county gave Republican majority
of q at the recent election.
A lemon tree. over sixty years old, in the
ward of Mr.. William Bowen, near Elkton, has
two hundred lemons on it this season.-Denao-
crdt.
The farm of Gibson & Feddeman, of Queen
Anne's county, near Wye Mills, 235 acres, has
been sold to John Mason, OF New Jersey, Tor
81, 325.
Church Reopening. The NJ. f. Church OF
Easton, which has been undergoing extensive
repair, will be formally reopened on Sabbath,
the 18th inst.
Local Option was voted for in Somerset CO.
on election day, ON separate ballots. The re.
suit was almost unanimous against the sale oil
whisky-more than seven to one. One district
gave only A votes for to l05 against.
The celebrated "Parkes Tract" farm near
Princess Anne, was sold last week. Ii Is said
that Samuel Chase, one Of the signeTs OF the
Declaration of American Independence wa'
born on this farm and in the old portion o.
| the house now standing.
| Serious Acciolent-Mr. j. T. Sangston, re
siding at Greensborough was seriously injured
in Philadelphia on Friday week by being ruI
over by a furniture wagon. lie was thrown
under the wheels which passed over him
breaking his arm in two places and fracturlnj
a rib, besides otherwise injuring him about tn
body. He is slowly recovering.
hesponsibility of Tendnts.-At the late tern
of the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's count.
was tried case wherein 4 ilniord brough
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Registers Order.

REGIsTER's OFFICE. Dover. Kent County. Del.
kOvember 9Th. 1874.
Upen apP4GatDD Of VIM. WILUS. AdmmsHs-
TOR OF LYDIA A. GRIFFIN. late Ol Deck Creek
Hundred IN sad County. decreased. IT ~ oI.lsTeS and
directed 5y the Register. shat the said WM. WILDS
UpEa the estate d he ast deceased BY FS1smE 3D.
VeTIsements 30 be posted within forty SAys rOA the
dSe 0 ch letters, 0E The Hssa pUb4e r4s"eS Ot
the COaHiy Oh Kent. requiring ell persona having de-
mnnds ngantt The estate 9 PFereRf the ssNse or abide
10y an Act 0i Assembly IN snch made and pro.
vtded; a1d also Ihe same to he inserted ~ the
SSSRNA TIEEs, n newspaper pRbiiEhea IN SWyFns,
and eVntTnHe therein Ikrse weeks
Given nBaIeT Ibe hsEHl and seal ~ ofFre O<
t.x,, the Register afOFesetd. AZ Dover. kewI
I-'' County aforesaid, ths day ant yesr sbOVe
written.
JOHN c. gENNEwlLL, Register
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CoLoRED ScHooLs.-A colored man Of this
town makes an earnest and Just appeal in
another column. We see that the Wilmington
Board of Education has voted unanimously
that application be made to the Legislature at
the coming session, for the passage of law
authorizing the levying of tax on colored per-
sons for school purposes. This is right, and
we are glad the Democrats in that body sec
their duty, for duty it surely is to provide fol
the education of all the people. What say oul
LegislatOrs2
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

The annual report of Third Assistant Post.
master General Barber, just completed, shows
that during the last fiscal year there were
issued to postmasters, for sale to the public,
632, 733, 900 adhesive postage stamps, valued at
ST., ,275, ,242; 65,Q00,000 plain stamped eOve-
lopes, valued at $l,927 ,952 Sc, 100000
stamped envelopes, bearing a return request,
valued at $l,733,73S; 100000 newspaper
wrappers, valued at 1920, 900, and 9l,OO0,OOO
postal cards. The increase ia the value OF
ordinary issues on that of the preceding year,
was 81, ,668, AS, or over per cent. The figures
represent the cost of manufacture added to the
postage value. During the year the Dead
Letter Office received 4,60l, ,773 letters, repre-
senting an actual or nominal value of 1851,
429, exclusive of JewelTy or other property
treated as of no money value; and !, ,392, ,224
letters, representing $4,000, 1868, were delivered
| to the owners or writers, including 225, ,983
which were returned unopened to foreign cOun-
tries. The Third Assistant recommends that
provision be made by law for furnishing each
postmaster throughout the country with indel-
BILE ink and other requisites for the effective
cancellation OF postage stamps and tor post
marking He estimates the annual loss to the
Government by the use of washed postage
stamps at 81 100000. He approves the system
adopted for the prepayment OF newspaper
postage, to go into effect next January. 1t
provides for the prepayment by stamps affixed
} to a memorandum of mailing, or to a stub in
book retained by the Postmaster at the mali
ing office a receipt showing the weight of thC
matter and amount of postage paid being given
3 to the mailer. 1t is expected that the system
Of compulsory prepayment Of newspaper
t postage, Notwithstanding the reductive Of tht
rates, will yield a larger revenue than ha
heretofore been collected.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

Rev. L. b. Hughes, of Philadelphia, will
lecture for the benefit Of the NJ. Il. Church at
Wyoming, on Tuesday, November l7th. Sub
ject-" Human Peculiarities.
Mr.; Smith, the depot restaurant man at
MlddletOwn, whilst before his window, in the
act of retiring, last Thursday night, a pistol
was fired and IA bullet crashed though the glass
and struck bureau on the opposite side of
his bed room. This looks like a diabolical at
tempt at murder, but we notice that the Trans
crypt tries to laugh it off. Other papers treat
the matter seriously.
During the court, at Dover, nothing was
done in the case of the negro, John Carpen
ter, convicted of rape at the April Term, 1873
and sentenced to be hung, but who escaped
before the day of execution, and was recap
tured few months ago He still remains il
Jail. 1t has always been a question whether
this half demented young negro was guilty o
the attempt at the crime of which he was con
victed.
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For the Smyrna Times"
Am Appeal for COlOred Schools.

Mr.. Elitor:-I want to say word in ref
erence to our Schools, in your paper. We have
no Schools for our children and we have not
had any for about year and six months, for
lack of funds. We have been using every ex-
erton, trying to pay for our Church, and as
we are all poor it has taken all our means. that
we could spare, to 60 to that purpose, hence
we have not been able to carry on School aud
Church too. AS there are but few of us to
carry on the work | went around among the
white friends of this town, about two years
ago, and they assisted US. They gave me about
forty dollars and we applied every cent to that
purpose, so We carried on School until our
funds were exhausted, and then we were COM
PEELED to stop. We were in great hopes that
we would have been taxed before this time so
that all of the colorcd people would have to
help support the School; but we hope the
time will come when we will all be taxed SO we
can support our own Schools. 10 our present
condition we are not satisfied but if you will
tax US and let us have our own Schools to our
selves then we will be satisfied. Please don
understand US to say that we want mixed
Schools. By no means, for that is not our
desire. But we mean for every man to pay
tax to support our own School We want to
open our Sdhool shortly and if you won't tax
us please to sympathize with US and give VI
some money. Your Obedient servant.
LEWIS HAMILTON.
! SMYRNA Nov, 7th, 1874
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

THE POLITCAL ROvOLUTION.-Oft the twenty
two States that held elections last week, all Of
them but two, Kansas and South Carolina,
vent in favor Of the Democrats, or left the Re-
pubficans with barren victory, as 10 Michigan
and Florida. Even Massachusetts, though
Republican as il is. elected the Democratic
nominee for Governor, by reason Of there being
three candidates in the field, and defeated Ben.
Butler for Congress defeated him IN a district
where over three -fOurths of the voters are
Republicans, but where they voted for Mr..
Thompson, a Democrat, rather than return
such Republican as Butler And even Bill
Mann, of Philadelphia. the intrepid Republi-
can politician is defeated by nearly 1000 votes,
notwithstanding the city went Republican by
from 10000 to 10000 majority. Thus, in
single day, the Republicans are vanquished
and driven from the field. Their majority Of
llO in the "lower house Of Congress is wiped
out and the Democrats will take the front seats
next year March, '75) with majority of 70 or
or so on their side.
Such sudden sweeps in politics have occurred
n number Of times before, but not for many
years AS 10 the cause there are various
assumptions. The most powerful influence
against the Republicans we think, was the
financial crisis The r,r'y in power has all the
load to carry II, .lusibiity to shoulder
Whether justly or not, every thing that goe!
amiss In the country is accredited to it
Thus the Republicans have had to carr
Southern misrule, civil rights, back pay, salar!
grab, third term and Ben. Butler, and we wer
almost attempted to include the potato bug
and grass hoppers. This were enough surely
but 10 addition to it al the financial crash came
Ii touched the pockets and the hearts Of th
people more than all things else put together
and the Republicans being in power at the tim
they had to shoulder it with all the rest.
was this that proved their heaviest burden. ]
would have been the same with any psrty
The revulsiops Of 81 aud 81 made just sue
krevolntions. The thousands of people who al
feeling the languishings Of business, not knov
bing what else to do, thought they would try
iHchanee of administration. AS the old negro
New Orleans said Wages ain rasin' an
sfndit pears like we git wuss and wuss off 4
de time. / wouldn't kear much if de Dem
sAcfats was to git in one time I'd jess like
see what dey d do" Unquestionably I'll
sDsablep Statesman represented the feelings
thousands all over the country. 4-..a... i
Well, the Democrats have made the most
their opportunity, as il was natural to suppC
they would. They have, or win shortly, ia
control, only to Rnd that it's vastly easier
inVeigh against the existing Administrati
tnan 10 administer more wisely.
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The grand rush for cheap Boots and Shoes
at johnson 3 still continues, aud in order to
meet the demand goods are ordered by the
case OF the mdavdcturer almost daily.
You know, you know that Kahn will have
you any peculiar kind of a Hat, Shirt, or
article Of Clothing made to your order. Don't
forget the new Clothing House.
These are hard times-Phillips & Co. have
a stock of Clothing which they are selling at
prices to just suit the. times. Give them q
call and see. 81 e fRss'fst t.-t@ 185A
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

PEETY AND PHYsIC.-At the last meeting Of
the American Antiquarian Society DR.. Joseph
Sargent presented an analysis of curious
Mather, the we'll known New England divine
of ancient times, and in possession Of the society.
Its title is The Angel Of Bethesday," and In
it the writer attempts to present a theory OF
practice in medicine in which his theulogica
Oias led him to introduce more of piety than Of
physic. His fundamental idea Was that sick
ness comes from sin, and that it was more
important to be cured Of sin than to be- healed
OF sickness. In treating the diseases of elc
organ he found first, what sentiments Of pety
W re appropr at-, an then considered Il posi-
BILE sins the or an in particular could commit
following this with some common place RENE
des-oi course t. be mixed With faith" on
the part Of the patient.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

THE SMYRNA DEMOCRATS JUBILATE over
their glorious victory, of course, and on Thurs
day evening last their pent-up Joy found vent
in illumination, music, &c. About sixty
houses were lighted up, some of them quite
handsomely. The get-up of the illumination
was too hurried, however, to be very imposing.
About $50 large crowd assembled in the
lawn and on the street fronting Mrs. Martha
A. CummlnS spacious residence, and after
music alternately by the string band and
hastily inprOvised glee club (adies and gen
tlemen) Col Raymond was called for. He
responded very happily. Representative elect
! Voshell was next called out, and he too made
very happy little speech. Others were called
but would not hearken Although the crowd
was formidable one Mrs. e. threw open her
doors to all who would enter, and all who did
enter found her hospitality as broad as her
open doors. They do say that some of our
pronounced Republicans, when it came to the
hospitality part OF the programme, were even
among the thickest OF the jubileers. After the
speeches and the replst were ended the crowd
proceeded to the residence of Representative
elect Collins. Alter treat to cake there they
halted at Mr.. j. IL. Bewey and called for q
speech. He gave them one, and after re-
peate6 calls, Mr.. Chas. y. HAZEL, also made
few appropriate remarks. Mr.. VoShell wa.
next called upon, at his own residence, and he
} and Mr.. HAZEL again speechi6ed Next the
crowd called on Col. Douglass. lie too had tt
speak-got up out of his bed to do it-and die
it well. The processiOners were determined t
have a speech when they could get nothing
else. At a late hour they reached Capt
Mustards but he had retired, of course, anC
the happy throng, having sang and played out
. concluded to dSperse. Altogether it was
good affair, and the Republicans stood in tn
background and smiled sickly smiles.
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Notice to Debto: S,

Al persons indebted to the firm Of Robert Smith
& Son. (Of which the late James L. Smith was a
member) are requested to make settlement at once
and those having claims against saEd firm are -.
guested 10 present the same.
ROBERT SMFTH.
The buSIness will be continued a. heretofore, With
the title of the firm unchanged, Robert ID. Smith
having been constituted Inem Der reuf. hnV. IL
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WHAT WILL THE DEMOCRATS DO WITH
NEGRO SUFFRAGE?-The New York Herald
has no doubt that the rights Of the negroes will
be more secure in Democratic than in Republi-
can haRds It says that the Democratic poll
ticians both of the North and the South, have
always displayed remarkable capacity for
controlling ignorant voters. They have in
former times been the active party in extend
ing the suffrage; that party has always been
foremost in defending the political rights of
citizens Of foreign birth; it has always felt the
most undoubted confidence in its ability to
array the most despised orders of the commu-
nifty on its own side in politics and make them
its faithful allies. The Democratic party has
genius for managing such classes of voters,
and it would belle its antecedents and tenden-
cies if it should disfranchise the Southern
negroes instead Of attempting to manage
them.
After making these deductions the Herald
goes on after this fashion:
Nothing is more certain than that the mas:
of the negroes will never act independently il
politics. 1t is their destiny to be led. The,
have thus far been led by the Republican
party and arrayed by 1t against the enlightened
public sentiment OF the Southern communities
but from the moment the Democratic party
gains control of the federal government tn,
Republicans will have no advantages for actin,
on the negro mind. which will then fal
under the control of local opinion.
There is no Democratic leader in the Nortl
who does not know that the party would b
ruined By an attempt to upset negro suffrage
aud there is no Democrtic leader in the Soutl
who does not feel that negro voting would b
perfectly safe if the politics of the section wer
left to the control of local leadership and inte
ligence. The era of good feeling between tn
two races will dawn with the removal of extei
nal Instructions from the white demagoguc
who will lead and bambooze the negroes
They will think it easier to accept negro su
trage and control it than to resist the Norther
domination which would be reinsta.ed by futi
attempts to subvert it.
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A curious phase Of the Butler defeat in
Massachusetts is that in several instances the
defunct statesman failed to receive as many
votes on election day as he did in the caucus
Thus, the town of Hamilton gave him 10 votes
in the caucus and only AZ at the polls.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

Our PARIsIAN TRADE-The average value
Of the trade between Paris and the United
States is said to be somewhere near SIS, ,OOO, ,OOU
per annum. This estimate, however, includes
the sums expended by American visitors in
Paris a large part of this is for fnery and
fancy goodS-jewelry, hats, gloves, buttons
ribbons, &c. Silks alone figured to the amount
Of $2OOO,0O0 in the last annual official report
of the American consul general.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

In an address delivered by Prof Tyndal at
Manchester, England, he denies squarey the
charge of atheism which has been brought
against him by his adversaries. His belief in
Deity has been frequently Indicated in his
writings, but it has never been expressed in
words that are SO unmistakable as those at
Manchester
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

John O,Bgrne, in his esper,- the advertiser,
thus nominates Senator Bayard for the Presi-
dency:
:" Delaware, the least of States like Bania-
min the least of the tribes of Israel, is destined
to give a ruler to the land. Her representative
man comes nearer all the requirements of a
Democratic President for 1876, than any other
man in the Republic; it is needless to say that
we mean Thos +. Bayard."
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

The Vermont Senate has voted unanimously
to take Senator Morril's back pay from the
State Trcasury-where he deposited it-and
send it back to the U. 5. Treasury where i
belongs. The House, it is thought, will concur
in this sensible resolve. Public sentiment or
the back pay swindle and many other simiar
iniquities is good deal more healthy than i
was before election.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

RETURN DAY.-It's an old fashioned custom
to have a big time in Georgetown on return
day that is the day when the Inspectors of
Sussex go to the county seat to give in their
election returns Last Thursday was no ex.
ception to this rule. Says the Breakwater
Light: Early on the morning of Thursday,
November 5th, scores Of people Of all ages,
sizes, shades and color began to enter George
town from every conceivable point, and at
eleven o clock the town seemed full and over
run aud could hold no more. At Ills the
free train arrived from L.wes, bringing at least
600 more to be added to this vast assemblage.
The rejoicing exceeded anything we have ever
seen in Delaware, in the shape of political
gathering. The rejoicing among the men,
women AMI children, almost reached a point
similar to madness Everything passed of
pleasantly and the best humor prevailed every
where.
Another feature Ct the day, and very ap
prOpriate one too, was the distribution of pub
lie documents Fix Senator Salisbury 5 mules
aud wagon was twice driven through the crowd
loaded down with "COngressOnal Globes" O
1866 4 (, which were thrown pell nell through
the vast aSsemblage; all were eager for th'
Salisbury Bayard Democratic documents, aDC
while many got three copies others got none
That's the way the money goes, pop goe
the weasel" Immediately afterwards the Ex
Senator's mules and wagon we're offered to
sale at public auction.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

At Milwaukee, on Monday morning, wO-
man.named Stiernen killed her son, a boy OF
l3, by splitting his skull with an axe, and then
drowned herself in q cistern. She was insane,
and feared separation from the boy.
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NOTICE. .

Letters Of Administration upon the estate ofHyAad
Robert Pennington. late of Duck Creek Hundred. de-
ceased, have been granted the undersigned BY tho
Register Of Wills in and for Kent County and State
of Delaware. Persons indebted will make pa ymeD,
and those having claims present the same TO
ELIZA ANN PENINGTON
SMYRNA, Oct. II, 1874 AdminisrAlrix
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. go 4,

FEMALE OCCUPATION. -Four ladies of posi-
ton in London have become house decorative
artists. They undertake the whole furnishing,
upho.stering, furniture, and all that tends to
embellish the interior of dwelling. They ara
said to be remarkably clever and very success.
full. They have served regular apprentice
ship, and acquired athorough knowledge ol the
business.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

A FORMER SMYRNIAN IN A CUTTING AZ
FAIR.-The Georgetown Rescue of the 9Th
inst, says One day last week DIR. George F..
Burton, OF Millsboro, and Thomas H. Barker,
of the same place, Constable of DagsbOrO
Hundred) when on their return from little
rum mill at Parkersburg, just over the line in
Maryland, south of Sussex County, in state
of intoxcation, entered g. Il. Hasting store,
and commenced slashing the goods around the
room, and scattering the coffee over the floor
When ordered out by Mr.. Hastings, Barker
refused to go, and took out his knife and Gu
Hastings in three places, and would probably
have inflicted fatal wounds had it not been to-
the timely interpOsitiOn of a Mr.. DOnaway
who was attracted to the spot by the noise oc
casioned by the melee.
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

liz TIMES is published every WedneSday afternoon by
JnSEra H. HeFFSCKS", EitOt and Proprietor at Smyrna
DAiASafc.
TSRI' year sS.eOi $3.50
,ad the the year No
all 'rresrssrc padOny at the option of the Publisher,
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted 1.-THE Cents
aine the arst insertions Threeand
ahSlt cents. liberal made emi-
nnal and yearly advertisers ST
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fO4 DIVIDEND.

The Directors Of rhis Institution have this drv d.
claTed Dividend of THREE per een4. onI Of tbe
profile, for the last six months pa yahle 10 lie Stoe
holders, or their legal representatives, on demuUJ
clear Of all taxes. By order, '~-'-'..-I
wv. NJ. BELL, Cashier.
BANK oV SMYRNA. Nov. 5th, 1874 -4w
Smyrna times., 1874-11-11

The President regards the Third Term busi-
ness as huge joke-the greatest joke OF th 9
season. We cannot imagine his supporters
joining in this hilarity.