Smyrna times., 1879-11-12

during the last nscaI year on0"' 40Ac
Growth of the country. The large increase
IN registration of packages is also gratifying
since II must proceed chiefly, from CONNER
cial traffic between the large cities and the
interior.
THE familiar legal principal that priest
is by no means necessary to marriage was
again promulgated in the New York courts
Monday A marriage which consisted
s;mnlv of an agreement, and was publicly |
declared only by few words spoken in
recognition of the woman ass a wife, was
declared onappeal to be valid
Two MORE disasters at sea are reported IN
Yesterdays dispatches. British steamer
has picked up at sea the crew Of the ship
Forest Belle, of New York, which founder
ed ON its way to Liverpool, and schooner
enoaced in the coasting trade with Savan-
nah has been sunk in collision. No loss
of life, however, is reported in either case.
BALLorBox which rings bell when
vote enters the box, which counts all the
ballots as they are received, stamps them
with number, and files them neatly away
beyond the reach of any hand, would seem
to be as nearly perfect device for prevent
ing fraud at the polls as has been devised.
It is an invention of Stuben 7. Bacon, of
Boston.
Tia capture of Pisagua by the Chilans
indicates that they are determined to carry
the war into Peru, and abandon the defen-
siye attitude which their land forces have
maintained since they occupied the disputed
territory. Following the loss of the Huascar,
the defeat at Pisagua will swell the volume
of discomfort at Lima, and perhaps hasten
the conclusion ofpeace.
The well.informed Washington cores
pondent Of the Baltimore Sun is inclined
to the belief that Mr.. Cornell will be made
chairman of the Republican Committee al
the meeting in Washington on next Mon
day. Recalling the fact that in 1879, a
Cincinnati, the Grant Administration die
all it could for Mr.. Conkling's nomination
he says the opinion prevails at Washington
that, in the contingency of Grant not being
the Republican nominee, all the Grant in
Auence will be thrown in favor of MI
Conkling 1t is regarded as extremel
probable that the next Republican Cor
vention will be held at Chicago.
THE last days of last week were fruitfr
of disasters. On Friday morning the Me-
York and Charleston steamer Champi0
went down in collision with the ship Laa
OctariO, off the Delaware Capes. Thirt!
two lives were lost. On the evening of th
same day the New York and Liverpo'
had to be put into st. Johns, n. B., fl
repairs. On Saturday night the Baltimol
and Charleston steamer Falcon went dow
near Cove Point, Chesapeake bay, in &C
lision with the schooner s. c. Tyroa. Nil
passengers and the crew of twenty.ty
officers and men were rescued and broug
to Baltimore on the schooner. They 10
all personal effects, and several of Il
passengers had to be furnished with clot
ing. The steamer had large genel
cargo for the South, valued at $4,000.
addition to these comes the news of t
loss of the Howgate polar expedition, Fl
encc; also story of shipwreck and suff
ing from the survivors of the lost schoor
Petrol, besider number of other disast
of less importance.
IN every great city in our time there
need of some sensation to keep the peo
excited; for many of them cannot !
long without some new thing to agit
them. In New York just now it is "gra
mar" and the men who have charge
the instruction of the growing youth
that city are divided in opinion with
gard to the manner in which knowle
OF "the science oil language" can best
impaired to the pupils of the public scho
branch of tuition; and this is not strar
for the late Professor Agassiz, in lect
which he delivered in this city some y
ago, expressed his belief that in the gar
of Eden Adam and Eve had no use
grammar. To the "learned pundits''
the olden time this may have appeare
be heterodox opinion, but very fe
the boys who have imbibed grammar
the old-fashioned process Of "laying
their backs and whipping it in" will d
the correctness -.s views Of the lea
Professor; for they cannot imagine
any place could be paradise in W
grammar is taught.-Phila. Record.
THERE are many indications that
reign of Beaconsfeld is nearly over.
the least significant of these is the
accession Of Lord Derby to the Ii
ranks. 1t is rare that prominent le
change so completely their party colori
the transfer Of the head of the great
Of Stanley from place in the Prsr
Oaolnet to front seat on the Oppo
benches may well cause a fluttsr in
lish politics. According to the gr
letter of the New York Tribune X
correspondent, there is unusual pc
activity all over the United Kingdom
early dissolution of Parliament is in
body's mind, and overshadows all
topics. The general election whicl
take place promises to be one of the
exciting and important in modern Z
history, and both parties are pre-
earnestly for the fray. The peopl
then formally pass judgment upor
Beaconsfeld's remarkable career q
mier, and decide party supreme
several years TO come. The action
Derby is not only sign of great
in public opinion. but will be an In