St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1853-04-21

4 Offices ia 81. Mary's county. On the
sey appointed, the Democrats Of the dis
Fict assembled at Chsptico. A meeting
Vas called. when Nc. r. n. Niles OF.
.lFed certain resolutions which were
ssppied. We will here state, that Mr..
ss9Fris, s. chairman Of the Central Com.
,nitfee, was called Hpeii Cor the poll books,
Hid OsIIEE se5d Shsv F1als
zen carried or by DR. Jones 30 that
ke have not had the advantage Of exam.
hing any Of them. What right DR..
ones had 70 them, or for what purpose
9 carried Them OF. we viii leave to Mr..
larris to explain. The Substance Of one
ff these resolutions was, that The judges
should purge the polls as the ballois pro.
seeded |; and Of aaoiher. that in the event
,'f Q tie, the judges should decide. Both
; fthe resolutions were unanimously adop-
I'd. On motion Of Mr.. Miles, Mr.. Charles
} Eorgan was appointed chief Judge of
. be election. with The power Of selecting
! 70 associate judges. Mr.. Morgan Sc
!, cted Messrs. p. G.. Love and George
lIibson. The meeting adjourned, and
the voting commenced. Il was distinct.
ly understood that the qualification Of
voter should be an affirmative answer to
the question, "afe you . Democrat 81
There were two tickets run. The an.
dersigned, by the return or the judges,
were elected upon one ticket, and Mr..
Alfred Burch upon the other. Messrs.
Miles, Cotton, G. w. Morgan, and Or.
Neale, were defeated upon their own
ticket, and Mr.. Love Upon ours. A few
days after the election, meeting Of the
Democrats Of the district was called by
Messrs. Miles and Co. for the purpose.
il was said, OF contesting the right Of the
members elect to seats in the Convention.
The honorable contestants most signally
failed there. Not half dozen Demo
Gratis were present, which was Of itself an
Indignant reproot Of their conduct.
Nothing more was said ofcon,ested seats.
We supposed that the attempt was aban-
1oned. but, as the event has shown, we
Fere lulled into false security. We
bought iha, our opponents were gentle.
.hent. high. toned Democrats. Was IL nol
! if~s-asaa hia 10 sannose. then, that conra.
Isy, a sense OF justice, OF propriety, o.
icommon decency even. would have
prompted them 10 have informed us, lha
they intended to contest our seats, so tha
we might meet them fairly and honora
bly, Did they do this No. Silently
hhey pursued their course, and the frs
intimation we had Of their intention wa.
after the Convention met
The Convention was organized by ap
pointing Col. Billingsly. President, an,
Or. Jones'. Secretary. Then il was tina
Messrs. Miles. Morgan, and Neale ap
peared, and said they intended TO contes
the seats Of the Chapiico delegation
Even then they did not say sOhose seat
they intended to contest. Mr.. Harri
moved iha, the chair appoint commitie
on credentials, to consist of one membe
from each delegation. The motion wa
adopted. What did the honorable chair
man dot Contrary to all parliamen,ar
i law and precedent. ne appointed Ml
NAPOLEON AND MASKED BALLS
Great as was Napoleon's repusnance
70 masked balls, he was induced 10 Al.
tend one Of them when for the tirs, and
last time in his imperial life, he j. said
TO have participated in the dance. Ha
had ordered ten different dresses "a he
taken to the aParnen, designed for him
out IN each disguise he was de,ec,ed
Several OF his marshals often amused
themselves with a good laugh at his ut,er
failure IN this attempt 10 unplay the EN-.
Peror. "Do you know" said Nauoleon
when rallied on this subject. .sthat I wa.
regularly discovered by jeune dame
who seemed TO be On accomplished in.
r'guani; and vet. would you believe II.
with all my efforts never could recov.
'ize The fIir." Josephine vas present |
Turing this conversation. and. .nable 10
'onifi in herself any longer. fell 10 laugh |
Nc iTmodsraiely. Thus the discovery /
a last came oui that shc had been The
eune dame herself. ~ /
Daring the carnival Of that winse. the
nasked balls 81 the Opera were frs.
uenssd by all ihe. upper classes. and
'ere particularly amusing. josephine
'as Fsry anxious % have Eapoleon see |
ne. but be wonld not 90. {. Then shall
. sishout you. mon ami" replied the Il
impress. aISo ss gen like, . Vas atbe 4
ssPonse, as The Emperor rose from the |
reakiasi table. Al The. appointed ,ims
ssephins lei Tor ,ha ball; bus .sise xsryfi