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Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

COURT AT DOVER is now in session. The
nam interest centers in the whisky cases
On monday the following cases were tried .
"llliam McAffee, of Smyrna, indicted
ior seiIlng liquor without license. plead
guilty III two cases and was fined $50 and
costs in each case.
Emory Temple, of Kenton, indicted for
selling liquor without license, entered a
plea OF guilty in two cases and was fined
500 and costs in each case.
Justus Lowery, of Milford, selling LIQUOR
10 minors, was tried and acquitted in two
cases.
A number of indictments had been
found against jeremiah Goldsboroucb. of
bombay Hook, for selling liquor without
license, but the Sheriff reported that this
individual was not to be found.
like report was made in the case of
VIM. D Campbell and Lucius p Campbell,
OF Bombay Hook, also indicted in a num-
Der OF cases for like offense.
The Attorney General entered noHe orose
q" and let the parties off upon payment of
costs IN the following cases: Samuel
Hugglns OF Frederica, selling liquor with
out license, cases; Purnell Thomson.
SSelllng liquor without license, 9 cases:
Norah Riley, of Clayton selling LIQUOR with
out license, 10 cases; Wilson Jackson
selling liquor without license, cases; John
Mcdaniel, selling liquor without license, 4,
cases; Henry P. Mellon and Thomas G.
jackson, of Kenton, selling liquor without
license, cases; Jas. Kirkley, assault and
battery; James McClinshey, selling LIQUOR
without license; Ann Grady, of SMYRNA
selling liquor without license, cases
Charles Padley, of Leipsic, selling liquor
without license, IA cases; Martin King,
near Smyrna, selling liquor without license |
!. cases; Emory Temple, of Kenton selling
liquor without license, cases; John w. |
Hall, selling liquor without licenses, .
cases.
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

The CONGRESSIONAL INvEsTIGArIoNs.-
the opposite page is an editorial from the
New York Tribune about the Congressional
investigations. We copy it because we
believe it is fair criticism of the House of
Representatives at Washington. The Tri-
bune is no friend of Gen. Grant, most surely,
and has not been since the campaign of
10, when Mr.. Greeley was so badly defeated
by the General for the Presidency. The
same parties control the paper now that con-
trolled it then, therefore when it endorses
the President in anything, (which is rare)
it does so from sense of justice and not
from any love of the man or his party
associations. Believing the article is
prompted from sense of justice, we attach
the more importance to, and publish it as
an expression of unbiased public sentiment.
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

10 KEEP OFF WIRE WoRMs.-soakin,
seeo corn over night in a solution of con.
% peras Is SAID to be sure preventive against
S Sne attack OF the wire worm, which often
aoe Ioes much damage to our corn crops even
pelore the @d ZONES up. Kerosene oil
nus also sen used for the same purpose
win good h'fnit., but we should want 10
ly y upon a small scale before recon-.
nhen'ihg .hsn IL to others. There Is no doubt
uhat ~ would keep off the worms but
mnesner ~. the corn would ever come up i
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

SPECIE PAYMENT.-Regulation were rro.
pared at the Treasury Denortmant pre, re
Monday week for the issue of silver c,,rro,' az
ey. The silver will be issued onlv in svb. nh
stt1tlon for fractional currency del;verod
az the Department. There are 500 Oo0 900
OF silver and silver bullion now in the vonItS
OF the Treasury and Sub Treasury that can
oe @ arawn upon, and enough will be proyid.
ca 70 redeem all the fractional eurrencv in
circulation as rapidly as the same NAV be
presented le "I"y oe
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

THE TIMES is published every Wednesday after
&. noon by JOSEPH H. H0FFEcKER, Editor and Proprie-
tor, at Smyrna Delaware.
MS-SUBscRPTIoN-0n year 500 in advance or
$3.50 if not paid till the end of the year No paper
discontinued until all arrears are paidonly at the
option of the Publisher
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate of
Seven Cents alne for the first insertion subsequent
insertions Three-and ahalfcents Aliberal discount
made to quarterly, semi-annual and yearly adverti
serS.
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

A MAN OF MANY VIEws.-Dr. Orestes A
Brownson, who died on Monday at Detroit.
Michigan, has held considerable literary
and theological prominence. He YVES born
at Stockbridge, Vermont, in 1903, and was
at first Presbyterian, afterwards a Uniyer.
salist, retormer socialist after the manner
OF Robert Dale Owen, and Unitarian, in
all which beliefs he wrote and Iectured
with much ability. Subsequently he
became Roman Catholic, with ultrarnon.
tame proclivities, and edited with mncb
ability a Quarterly Rcrie,o mainly devoted
TO the defense of Roman Catholic Church
tenets as he understood them. and attroc.
tea thereby great attention from all sects
In tins country and Europe. In 1888 he
establshded the Boston Qltarter1y Rer;cc, q
magazine which he conducted five wears
without assistance, when it was merged
INTO the well-known Democratic Rerie,cs at
New York, to which he also largely con.
trlbuted. His later Rerie,o he suspended
I, on account OF i'll health, and has recently
lIved with his son at Detroit, where he
dled. lie published several books. the
latest of which was published in 1865.
entitled "The American Republic"
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

\, me champion cotton bale to be sent bv
memphis, Tenn, to the centennial exnos;.
.ion, is one of the finest ever seen there
~ Is cased in blue silk, of American raising
ana manufacture, and the loops are eiIded
Wh,ie tri-colored rosette ornaments eacb
end of the bale. eaen
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

People do not understand how it is that
we do 1t but it is the fact nevertheless-we
sell better goods for less money than any
other Clothing House in this section of the
country. John f. Phillips & Co.
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

in. dsle fsne are ABOUT y one hundred and eighty
thres Of which are in Pennsylvania '"sa's'
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

IHE WHIsKEY FRAUDs.-A singular and
noticeable fact in connection with the
efforts to secure the pardons of ex.Collector
Mcguire and ex-Chief Clerk Avery. who are
under sentence for connection with tbe s.
Louis whiskey ring, is that they are urged
solely by the Democratic delegation to Con.
gress from Missouri. In the case of
Mcguire Senator Bogy headed the delepo.
tion OF Democratic members who wa;ted
upon the President and the ATTORNEY Gen.
eral and in Averys case the deleeation
was headed by both the Democratic Sena'
tors, Bogy and Cockrell Thus far not a
Republican member has united in recon-.
mendlng the pardons, but the movement
Is Is, managed exclusively by Democrats
This is occasioning comment '''''
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

DONG WITHOUT RAIN.-We see it stated
that an eminent French chemist, NJ. Paraff.
acting on the idea that any substance
having strong affinity for water would,
when applied to land, absorb sufficient
moisture from the atmosphere to answer all
the purposes of rain to vegetation. believes
he has found such a substance in tbn
chloride of calcium, (the metallic base of
hme; and which he has successfully used
on all kinds of soil in times of drout6. such
applications retaining moisture for three
Gays, and thus establishing tho principle
that-when intelligently utilizedLthe air
ItSelI can In a great measure be made to
take the place Of rain. Now, even if This
be so and there can be no doubt of the
lact' and the OF bject can be as well attained
without resorting to the trouble and ex.
Pense involved IN the means used bv NJ
Farai1, 1t would result not only in untold
advantages to the farmer, but the world at
large would be 'inconceivably benefited
by thus having the doors effectually barred
against any future danger of famine. We
believe it can.-Bah. S0.
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

" Is claimed that the best brooms modo
N the world come from California whara
making is becoming quite bus;nass
and Is increasing yearly. ''''''iess'
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

WEsTERvELT AND CHARLIE Ross.-Mrs.
Mosher, the widow of Bill Mosher. one of
the 9bductors of Charley Ross, and who
was killed at Bay Ridge, Long Island,
VISITED Westervelt in his cell in the Eastern
Penitentiary, on Sunday, for the purpose of
obtaining, if possible, from him the where
abouts OF the missing boy.
She told him that she had seen Gov.
Hartranft i'll reference to the matter. and
was authorized to say that if he would tell
all he knew about the kidnapping that she
would procure him a pardon within ten
days. The prisoner denied any knowledge
OF the sad affair other than he went
INTO the conspiracy in the hope of gaining
the reward. Mrs. Mosher pleaded with
HIM to make a full confession, but he
stoutly asserted his innocense in the matter.
The interview thus resulted fruitlessly.
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

The calculations of the Centennial Board
OIL flnance are highly encouraging. After
as close an estimate of expenditures as it is
possible to make, and an accurate
computation Of the income already
assured, it appears that there will be n
deficiency of about $l,jO0,OOO to be made
up by the charge for admission. To meet
this there must be 100000 visitors. and
the Exhibition will be a sad failure indeed
II 1T does not attract more than that number
There were 100000 visitors to the exhibi.
tlon at Vienna, and that was considered a
dlsappolntingly small attendance. There
were We're over lO,OOO,000 at the Paris show in
iS6l, yielding S2,000,OO0 at the doors:
6,OOO,0OO at London in 1862; 4,5OO.OOO at
Paris IN 1855; and over 100000 at the
irst Crystal Palace in London in ISL
Even the little local fair of the American
institute at the Third Avenue Rink N. Y.
has attracted as many as 10000 peoplein y
season, and it will be strange if Philadel.
phia cannot draw FIVE times as many.
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

In the application of Miss Ransom to
have her portrait of Gen. George II,
Thomas admitted to the Centennial Expo.
sltlon, the painting is given the title of
zen George II. Thomas on the Battle,
hcid OF Chicamauga, with Lookout Noun
tam and Missionary Ridge in the Distance" /"
In the painting the General appears stand.
ing upon rock in very unmilitarv but
dramatic attitude, quite unlike ANYTHING
the sincere and supplemented old soldier
ever dld: There were no large rocks in the
valley of the Chicamauga where the battIo
was fought; and from the point on the
eastern slope of Missionary Ridge, atwhich
Gen. Thomas made the final stand, lookout
Mountain was not visible at all. On the
contrary, at the time of the famous final
hght at Chicamauga, Gen. Thomas was
protected from the enemv's fire in n hoIIo,v
of the field, where he sat in the coolest and
most nonchalant fashion during the whole
OF the severe contest which followed.
Smyrna times., 1876-04-26

A FACT WoRTn KxowrxG.-.Aro Won
sSuI4senng with Consumption, Coughs. Severe
Coi9s settled on the breast, or anv disease
Q, tne Throat and Lungs If so, 90 TO your
druggist, James p. Hoffecker. AGENT,
o,nyrna' and get bottle of Boschee's Ger.
nan nan syrup. This medicine has lately been
introduced IN from Germany, and is selling on
o,so. Us own merits. The people are going wild
over, ooer lts success, and druggists ali over our
oUUaa ~'iy are writing us of its wonderful
10 tr,' "'aohg ~. their customers. If you wish
Dottie Tor 10 cents. Large Size bottle 70
Try it. isiieFe any caSs'
sbnS aSTenty'seYen thousand seven hundred
of Ws s,ees are now growing in the streets
a. ~ "ashington. Nineteen thousand Of
three years. 'i'"ii' 'ie p"''
The New York herald., 1876-09-20

AcRoBArrc BABY FARMING AGAIN. 1t is not
probable that we shall have my trouble with
England on the account of Mr.. Henry Leon,
who hires out indentured children TO cir
cuses, and who now demands that the Soci-
ETY. for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
shall return him three little acrobats taken
from him by process of law. He claims that
his rights and the childrcn's rights MS British
subjects have been violated. but the chill
drens rights--as Lady Teazle said Of Joseph
Surfaces ''honor"-might as well be left out
of the debate. Their wrongs are the ques-
ton, and we have no doubt that the Court
will say with Mr.. Gladstone--"of all the OBJ
iects of policy, humanity, nationally UNDER
stood and in due relation to justice, Il the
drst and highest"
The New York herald., 1876-09-20

Mr.. RoBINsoN's LETTER. Robinson
accepts the democratic nomination for Gov
ernor; but this will astonish nobody. for
there was no danger that he would decline.
His letter is just of tho right length to be n
good campaign document He regrets that
Seymour did not accept; alludcs to his own
knowledge of New York; paints in gloomy
colors the effect of imitation on the country,
and declares the republican party has done
nothing for eleven years to remove that evil
compliments Mr.. Tilden; predicts that his
election would do much to restore prosperity
denies that the republicans can reform;
and, finally, discusses the canal question.
1t is not ringing letter, but it is modest and
conservative enough.
The New York herald., 1876-09-20
Politics I'm Ohio.

The situation in Ohio is carefully and
clearly set forth by our correspondent al
Cincinnati, partly from his own observations
and partly by the statements Of leading
men of both parties. OF course democrats
and republicans are equally certain OF VIC
tory in October and November but q COM
parison of the grounds of their opinions will
enlighten the reader. Colonel Sands be-
lieves the Greeley vote of 1872 will be prin.
cipally cast for Hayes, and says that the
democratic party in the State is SO much
divided on national questions that even il
the republicans should lose Ohio in October
they might carry it for Hayes in November.
Mr.. Eggleston thinks that Hayes will sweep
the State and assigns as one reason that the
blunders Of the democracy, North and South.
will call out the full republican reserve.
Mr. Sayler considers that the democracy will
have large acccssions from tho truants of
last year, and that the school question and
the finances will not injure their canvass
now. Colonel Woolley seems to think .
magnificent chance is being spoiled by tho
ineiiiciency of the Democratic National Com
mittee, which neglects Ohio and Indiana.
The Colonel wants army headquarters on the
field of battle All these conflicting views
have their value, and there are good many
grains of wheat scattered in the political
chaff. 1t is not what a politician prophe-
sizes that is of value, but the reasons he gives
for his predictions.
The New York herald., 1876-09-20
An Indian Policy.

Now that the season for active operations
is passed and the Indians in parties of from
five to fifty are reporting themselves at the
agencies with the robustious air of fellows
who have passed the summer at watering
places, it is to be hoped the government
will have all its hotels in order, and be in
all ways equal to the occasion. These In
dians will need great deal of care. In the
first place, they will oil want new blankets,
for such as they had have been worn out OF
destroyed, or lost on tho Little Big Horn,
or some Of the other horns that are numer-
GUS in that country. No pains or expense
should be spared in furnishing the wards Of
nation with blankets of the first quality;
for if we palm off upon them the kind Of
sheets of shoddy that the government used
to give tho soldiers for blankets. then the
noble red man will suffer from the cold and
may even die 1t would be reproach to
our civilization to have taught the Indian to
relinquish his primitive habiliments, and
then to freeze him to death with fraudulent
for also for although, as they return from
the splendid summer they have had, they are
no doubt in fine spirits and generally fine
condition, we must remember that in the
agency life that condition can only be main
tanned by higher feeding than was necessary
to produce it in the exhilarating life of the
war parties. Plenty of good beef, therefore,
and sugar and coffee and what other 1uxuries
he takes kindly to must be secured to this
child Of nature. It is to be trusted that the
whiskey supplied will be of good quality, for
when in their merry-makinss the Indians
boast over the scalps of Clusters men at their
belts, if the whiskey should prove of the tam
gle-foot variety they might hurt one another.
Finally, it is to expected that the admins
tration will attend during the winter to the
great duty of supplying every Indian a.
spring draws near with now rifle and
plenty of ammunition.
The New York herald., 1876-09-20

The WEArHER.-The Cyclone was whirl-
ing through the New England States dur
ing yesterday, but much Of its force IL
now spent. It will probably pass of into
the North Atlantic during to-day. In the
Northwest considerable area Of low
barometer is central over the region
between the Missouri and the Mis-
sissippi rivers and attended by high
winds on its westerly side. In the
Southwest there are decided indications of .
disturbance approaching from the Gulf, the
barometer having fallen, with heavy rains on
the Texas coast. Westerly to southerly
winds will prevail to-day in New York, with
partly cloudy and warmer weather.
The New York herald., 1876-09-20
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Secretary Fish has returned to Washington
Rev r. f. Hale will lecture most In tho West.
Tho Hebrews entered upon their year 5637 A. Il
Schuyler Coifax has many Now England lecture on
gagcmenta
Artificial people talk best BY gaslight but they sleep
At sunrise.
Brooklyn girl who visits Fulton Market takes her
oysters the half SHE'LL
Macaulay "a history In which every particular IN.
cident may be true may on the whole be false"
Mr. southall believes "that hewn stone monument
Is an infalliblc evidence OF tho OF a metal tool"
The wits of the Congressional scssion-Townscnd, Of
Troy; Cox, OF Now York; Harrison, Of ilinosars for
gotten.
Mr. Caleb Cushing untod Statcs Minister at Madrid.
arrived in the city yesterday and is at tho Now York
Hotcl
What is moro beautiful in this lifc than suuburns
girl Of fourteen, In calico Dress riding rawbonsd
norsc to water?
Senator Francis Herman, Of Utica, and william q.
Barnum, OF Connecticut arrived last evening ~ she
Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The Attorney General left tho national capital last
evening for ohio, where ho will tako part n the
vass OF that State
Tho paragrapher OF tho Raw-chcstsr Democrat ID
suing horse blankets in his for lear he may heas
the explosion a He'll Gate
could behead with single sword blow, and
therefore sentimental women loved him.
Tho credulous conAding friendly frankness Of
man Of genius Is sometimes mistaken by common
people for abject hcmiliaton and groveIlnE
General Logan evidently reads this page, for no
asks what wo asked several weeks ago, whether the
republican party responsible for the hard times in
Germany
Lieutenant Cameron mentions African tribe car.
ry,nr on an extensive iron trade having fou ndres INV
feet long by thirty feet widc where hcy frequently got
150 10 pounds OF mcta In single smelling but vo
arc not clear to tho locality.
Mcssrs Squcr and Davis tell that in tho tum ali of
tho Mississippi Valley we find side by sdo in the same
mounds native copper from Lake Superior, mica from
the Alleghanics, shells from Gulf and obsidan per
haps porphyry) from Mexico.
Colonel Lane Fox, in his most valuable paper on
"Eary Modes OF Navigation" says:--eA tho various
items OF evidence which have collected and cndcav.
ored to elucdatc by means of survvals, whc,her in
relation TO modes Of navigation other branches Of
Industry, appear to mo TO tend toward establishing
gradual development OF culture as we advance norn
ward from the prmeval and now submerged
cradle Of the human family In The southern Asni-
sphere"
The New York herald., 1876-09-20

The INDIAN FAnoH.-The Great Spirit and
the Great Father nre great things with tho
Indians whenever they want to escape
tho consequences of their crimes. The
proceedings at Standing Rock Agency,
when Kill Eagle and Little Wound sur
rendered, because they could do moth
ing else or nothing BETTER illustrate
the absurdities of our Indian policy.
These chiefs, with their followers,
had joined Sitting Bull, and no doubt
fought with him, and now come in to the
agency with story about how they went to
trade and were kept prisoners in the camp
of tho Sioux. They were disarmed, of
course, by General Carlin md put under
guard, and that, we suppose, will be the end
of the matter till it is time for another war
next summer.
The New York herald., 1876-09-20
politics, who now repudiates the State
ticket. Being nominated for a judgeship by
republicans in the Third district he writes:-

ticket. Beng nominated for Judgeship by
republicans in the Third district he writes:-
have to inform you and through you the parish
executive committees Of the parishes OF Morehouss
and Richland that will not support the republican
state ticket MS at present constituted the nominee
OF the party for Congress this district The make
mp or tho state ticket Is OF such character that, II
elected, II would not bring whnt the people OF this
State SO much necdpescc and reform II this course,
which deem proper TO pursue is satisfactory 10 the
party that nominated me. will permit my name TO be
run; not steps may he taken TO nominate some one
else ! want It understood that have no, abandoned
my lifelong political opinions, nor do propose 10
apologize for any political course have ever taken
Nor is this all. When Packard and Kel-
logg carried the Louisiana Convention, a
number. of the foremost republican speakers
in the State, seeing their hopes of reforming
the party once more foiled and the old Ring
in possession of the party. made up their
minds to take no part in the State canvass.
They have come North to advocate the cleo
ton Of Hayes, but do not conceal their de-
sire and hope that tho conservatives may
carry Louisiana. Warmoth, George Sheri-
dan, Pinchback, Judge Sloanaker and others
Of the same kind, are all taking part in the
canvass in Northern States, but openly de-
sire the defeat of the Packard State ticket
as the only way to bring peace and order to
the State and secure it decently honest gov
eminent.
We earnestly hope that what they desire
may be accomplished. Louisiana needs rest
and peace, and cannot get it from the spoils-
men who now control the republican party
there. 1t is really a whig State; and if the
so-called republicans who, under the rule
of Packard, Kellogg. Ludeling and others,
have misruled there, were defeated, the whig
forces would rally and form an honest and
respectable party in opposition to the demo-
Gratis. At present and for years past wings
and democrats have been forced to act to-
gether in opposition to republican misrule,
and the republican leaders have defeated
every attempt to bring into their party on
honorable terms the wings of the State.
They do not want them, because these
wings would compel the party to honesty
and would turn out the corruptionists who
now control it. This is the open secret of
Louisiana politics, and every good citizen
in the North, whether he is democrat or
republican, ought to hope for the defeat Of
the present republican party in Louisiana