Smyrna times., 1875-04-28

scmi-annual meeting i'll the Presbyterian
Church III Lcwcs, last week. About sixty
Presbyterian ministers and elders were
present.
Among the business transacted was the
following The separation of the Head of
Chrstiana and the White Clay Creek
Churches into separate pastoratcs. They
have been united, heretofore, and Rev. DR..
Vallandgham of Newark has been the
pastor of both for twcntynine years The
Head of Christiana Church at once handed |
q call to DIR. v, after the vote to separate, |
which he accepted. Rev. r. Graham is to |
be pastor Of the White Clay Creek Church. |
The election for Commissioners to the |
General Assembly resulted as follows
Ministers, Rev. DR.. Crowell and Rev j.
Squiers; elders DR.. l.. p. Bush and Thos.
McIntire.
Rev. y. c. lIeoton, of Princess Anne, and
Rev. J. b. Conkey, of Wilmington were ap-
pointed committee to prepare a narration
on the state Of religion within the bounds of
this Prcsbytery for the General Assembly.
The question of establishing fraternal re-
| lationS between the Presbyterian Churches
North and South was brought up by Rev.
Mr.. Otis, of Wilmington formerly Of
TennesSee.) 1t was decided to appoint
committee to urge reconciliation before the
General Assembly of the Northern Church.
to which this Prcsbytery belongs
The churches, when called upon to re-
| mont ,Ulntbar "a ,,octor'S al lori.S orr. i'll
up, very generally reported that all sal,-
ric' are promptly paid, showing generally
healthy financial condition of the congrcg.-
tions.
The churches of Harrington and FELTON,
were granted permission to supply their
pulpits for the next twelve months R"v
:. s Sturgcs formerly of Smyrna) i, now
officiating for these churches.
The most important matter before the
body was the question Of ''rotary cldcrship.
= The meaning Of this term is equivalent to
. itinerant ministry in the Methodist
, church, and the question to be decided was
| whether or not the Presbyterian church
D should appoint it, ministers for term OF
/ years to II charge. 1t was answered in tn,
# negative by vote Of 80 to II. thus olhcr
/, ing to the ancient usngrS of the church
!, Presbytery adjourned to meet at Han
n over Church in Wilmington, on Monday
i May 3d, at T.! o'clock P. NJ.
), THE STEAMBOAT RorTES.-Capt. Taggar
will have three boats to serve the down
river trade this scaSon-the .lrlI, the Sara
-, and the Lomohm. 1t is not proposed, how
! ever, to establish regular trips from any O
our wharvcS before July unles. the Lop,ok,
y. is run to Lcipsc, which is now probable, a
= may be seen from an article elsrwhrr
printed. As has been stated heretofor,
Capt. I. has a lease Of Spruancc's and Go
Inns Beach Piers, and thus controls tn
steamboat interest. SO far az this immediat
: section is concerned.
:, The boats have all been fixed up tn
winter, and arc now ready for cxcursio
travel. The NoraL is new boat now bcil
-, finished in Wilmington. or rather it is !,
old boat SO thoroughly overhaulcd as to |
equivalent to a new one. 1t is the PtEMt
at run on the Wilmington and Pcnnsgro,
rd ferry last season. with her hull cut in tv
hc and a new section set in the middle. vii
he new machinery and new appointmcn
IN generally The L"moh" has had new III
5. chnrry put in also. and she will be able
m make the trip from Philadelphia to Lcipo
lcr by one hour less than last season, it
ld. thought.
IN The activity of excursion travel NAV
IN. ducc an earlier establishment Of rcgul
Of trips than is now proposed, but the war
hi. weather will decide that question.
'c DISPUTE About GUILD II WILMINGToY.
itr Last Friday, in Wilmington, before Esqui
III IIagsny, Mary Miles brought suit to recov
'u' from William Duckcry the possession
''' her child, five years old
on 1t seems that shortly after the birth
va" the child, which occurred in Ducker
re- house before the marriage of the moth
the infant was given to Duckery wife,
tN the presence of witnesses, to be by b
'u' reared and to be regarded and in cv,
can way treated by her as her own. Til
nus passed on, Duckery's wife bestowing up
zen the child a mothers affection, and teachi
lao it to recognize her as its mother In Il
ma she seems to have been entirely successf
I'VE and the child seems also to have concciv
an a fathcrly regard for Duckcry. Recent
re- however, Duckcry' = wife died, and after
death, Mary Caull, who had become NJ;
:. Miles by marriage, demanded possession
!, the child, and brought the action to reg
-. it. After a hearing of the case Esqu
lIagany could not do otherwise under
law than restore the child to its moth
although the act seemed an unnatural
III one sense, and seemed wholly distaste
-, to the child itself which shrank away fir
- its mother and cried most pitcously as
bore it away.
io Duckery will, he says, present clG
'"o for the maintenance of the child
'ii" mrrcidL
3tOr- -
u,is MEsSRs. X. NJ. Il w. II. JOHNSON mo-
,.n+ into their new storeroom in this town