St. Mary's beacon., 1853-04-21

Offices 10 81. Mary's county. On The
fty appointed, the Democrats Of the dis
kict assembled at Chspiico. A meeting
Vas called, when Me-. z. III. Miles OF.
wed certain resolutions which were
ssSppied. We will here siate, that Mr..
ssGRris, Is chairman Of the Central Com.
snjtiee,was called npon Cor the poll books,
la oti,eF ~ - Sslid thsr s1aH
7 zen carried OF by DR. Jones so that
Fe have not had the advantage OF exam.
hing any OF them. What right DR..
pnes had to them, or fnr what purpose
/. 3 carried ilens of, We viii leave TO Me-.
Iarris 70 explain. The substance OF one
'ff these resolutions was, that The judges
should purge the polls as the hallois pro,
eseeded and Of another. that in the event
',,f tie, the judges should decide. Both
e fthe resolutions were unanimously adop-
v I'd. On motion Of Mr.. Miles, Mr.. Charles
y Norgan was appointed chief Judge Of
g he election. with The power Of selecting
q 20 associate judges. MIR. Morgan Sc
o cited Messrs. P. G.. Love and George
''Iibson. 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, I" afe you q Democrat ="
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 DR..
Neale, were defeated upon their own
ticket. and Mr.. Love Upon ours. A few
days after the election, q meeting of the
Democrats Of the district was called by
Messrs. Miles and Co, for the purpose,
!, was said. OF contesting The right OF the
members elect to seats in the Convention.
The honorable contestants most signaliy
d failed there. Not half dozen Demo
5 Gratis were present, which was OF itself ar
: Indignant reproot OF their conduct
] Nothing more was said of contested seats
q We supposed that the attempt was aban
r Iboned, but, as the event has shown, W.
4 we're lalled Into false security. W.
bought that our opponeEts were gentle
r lhent, high. toned Democrats. Was IL no
VI S~~anahta 10 suunose. then, that conra
{ 10y, q sense OF justice, OF propriety, o
a scnmmon decency even. would hav
IIprompted them 10 have informed us, iha
they intended to contest our seats, so ths
I'VE might meet than fairly and honora
hlyf Did they do this No. Silentl
they pursued their course, and the fir,
,intimation we had Of their intention wa
after the Convention met.
The Convention was organized by ar
4 pointing Col. Billingsly. President. an
II DR.. Jones. Secretary. Then IL was ths
Messrs. Miles. Morgan. and Neale ~
peared, and said they intended to conte
The seats Of the Chaptico delegation
Even .hen they did not say tOhose sea
, they intended 10 contest. Mr.. Harr
, moved that the chair appoint commute
on credentials, TO consist OF one memb,
from each delegation. The motion wa
adopted. What did the honorable chat
| man dol Contrary to all parliamen,ar
law and precedent. be appointed NJ
--~aanHaenf OF the siffir
NAPOLEON AND MASKED BALLS
Greai as was Espoleon's repuenanc.
70 masked balls, he was induced TO :,
tend one of them when far the tirst snt
last time in his imperial life, he Is said
10 have participated in The dance. EIe
had ordered ten different dresses "a bs
taken to the aParnien, designed for him
but IN each disguise he was detected
Several OF his marshals often unused
themselves with . good laugh q, his utter
failure IN this attempt 70 unplay the EN-.
Peror. Do you know" said Napoleon.
when rallied on this subject, e that I was
regularly discovered By jeune dame.
who seemed TO be an accomplished in.
s'rlgusni; and YET. would you believe II,
with all my efforts never could recov.
nizs the fiir." Josephine vas present
during this Conversation. and. snable 10
con,ri in herself any longer. fsll 10 laugh.
ing i'nnnderaiely. Thus the discovery
at last came ont that she had been The
isune dame HERSELF $50.
During the carnival OF thai white. the
masked balls AZ the Opera were fire.
quensed By al ths upper classes. and
were particularly amusing. gasephine
was sery anxious TO have .Eapoleon see
one. bus be would not 80. = Then shalt
20 aishoui Jon. mon asni.n rsplisdihe
Empress. aIso 10 you like. r vas The
response, IS the Emperor rose from the
hreakias. table. At the appointed sians
lei COR The ball; bur The xery