St. Mary's beacon., 1857-04-16

aLAr Still, GRAsaY!n--A hoy got his
fathers gun, loads a il, but was afraid TO fre;
however, he liked The fun of loading. snd SO
he put in another charge. bnt was sun afraid
TO fire. He kept on charging. without hr'ng.
until he bad got SIX charges IN tie old Fiece.
His gras d not er. lesruiRg his tatneniy. r.
moved b az. and. grasp ne the old Continental.
d scha.ged il Tie re, Oil was tFem' nIous-
throwing the Old la1y on her tack. She
promptly struggled 70 regain her feet. but the
boy said. '"Lav siih. Granny-ihere arr i've
more charges to 60 of YET"
DR.. DrSbin, tn great Methodist orator. once
attempted 10 preach iiosn the text. ''Remrnl-
Der Lots wife," and made failure. Alter
wards reinarking TO DIR. Bond that he ord not
know the reason of his failure, the venerable
Cloctes replied that -he had better hereafter let
other peoples wives alone"
Ma. ASD MRs. Joss DEAS.--Wr oRder-
stand that Mr.. John Dean. who receenliy mar
! RED Mss Boxer. daughter OF John G. Boxer
of this civ, has not been IN PhIa lelpha ~ all.
as reported. Only this snUrnIDg he was DIS
patched 10 a country school. with view To
complete his education. His accomplished
wife meantime remaining with her !atneF $
family. whether she rrtu, nS t3.Gay.
II was part OF the stipulation entered into
by all the parties, IN the prrSenceof the court.
that ios the year 10 come, SIlce the marriage.
Mr. aDdMrs. Dean should have no intercourse
with each other, except in presence OF friends.
~ !. Erehing Post.
ANOTHER DoDGE TO lSvE,eL.E SILLY Wo-
MEN.-The following advertisement appears
in New York morning paper:
Sl0o.OOO.-I being old will give my son.
fine yonng man, aged "a. $lM!UO. provided
some respectable man wall give his daughter,
, a sensible lady, To him IN weilock with S25..
600. Mutual affection OF course. This IS a
sincere proposal. His property can BE- made
worth S700,0hO. Address Junius. Herald
office for explanation. Good reason.
SPAN AND MExlco.-The Spanish govern
Inent has refused To receive the envoy trOul
Mexico. and declined the prOfitred mediation
of the Emperor Napoleon towards settlement
OF the existing difficulties with that republic
/ LARGE Esr.rE.-Ira Couch who died re-
Gently worth 81 ,jtOiHO. left his property N
the han:lS of trustees 10 accumulate Tor TWEEN
" years. at the end Of which time ii IS 80 be
divided equally between his four children
now minors.
o. Major Samr II. Berry. Prince GeoIge
! county, i recommended IN iae Planters AG
( vUcaie, as the Democratic candidate Tor Con
.rrcss in tins District.
{ 4 LESSON TO FRE<CH MoTHERS--A
person in rather nigh position has pa
obtained from The Csvi! Tribunal oi Nh
Seine a separation from his wife, with the
! right OF keeping hi child. in cons, qurnct
OF tie following circumstances: The chlio
! had the measles, and its medical atier'
dant declared lis life 10 b. in danger. un
the mother ne. erlhrAes> continued 'op:e
pare her toilette fora AevPning party l.
which she had been 10 eted. You can
no, leave The child, who Is dying" rx.
claimed the huSba d. The wife replied
that it was impossible Tor her 10 remain
away from the party wi.ho ut hreakIn.
her promise, and beng guilty OF a wan
Of politene>s. The husband aga It
mon>trated with her. but IN vain She
insisted on going TO the party, il only inI
an hour The husband then informed
her that If she carried her intention ini,
execution the door would be Closed
again>t her on her return. The wife
LETT for the party. but on her return HON,
was refused adrnia1 The hibuna
has decided that tie husband was ler
irctly justified. and has furthermore rulr'
that wife who fo,sakeS her child ia Ill
ness forieits ber conjngai rights.
AN AFFAIR OF HoNoR.-One of hos
episodes III fashionable lte, called an al
fair OF honor. came of ia tins village OF
Saturday evening last. As usual IN sucl
matters, there wd> "a lady III the case.
The parties wee gentlemen OF color
which shows that The race possess a
mucn ch,vaIry and have as high no:ion
of honor as their white brethren. Tn
gentlemen, Samuel SIsco aud Paul Mitch
tell, having determined to mend ihci
wounded honor BY eudravoring to wou,
each other. appeared OH the ground will
their seconds. The ground m-asuret
the parties fired. aud Mitchell was hight
ly touched On the right arm. The par
ties then shook hands and made up; bu
which gentleman Is to have the lady
we are not iniorned.-Jamaica Demo
crGt.