St. Mary's beacon., 1857-02-05


: ;ena 10 say nos Tar tbs Isceni EaIEloEs oi 81
surrec. loa have affected the result, bat an a.
tepllve obseryasion OF our SoGIhe. O excnau2s
: papers euasIrce us taai never seiore, SrC6a-
I uv, was iiirre 50 general disposition 10 sell
I negrxes, a. atpresent. y; coursx. lbs state q
sn,..ay isnlcrr appaF-n: ID fsfgiisis, .ifaFy
lan,i and otser .fses e." Stztes. than Else.
! " hefe, tsns parIIculariy IN s.se Ersg ua:ned
coIsss,oaweaitis. Thsolghsut those 5sai+s
irol:l usissc:l escape 10 >appaSef to b. easiest
we see Indications of uHu .,iaiiy heavy sales,
While the prices. without exception. show a
, Iaegr aGvaace and a. ainic.s uaiIIa.Isl De
! n,and.
! The reflections suggested by This state Oi
sia.iS are pGie:.,. bit i...y cover too :sise a
! ield, are tie subject OF too uiici. angry feel
ing, and had u 70 little that IL prarih a. jD>i
al pTessnt, u tempt Us beyond mere nc;ice
vi the fact itselt. VI aetaeT lac fanatic,sia ol
, the Norm VIII attain any rational purpose by
has,enila " nat APPEARS 10 Us, are t.ecessaTy
ultnnaIr lni2 rat.on Of Tie cnloFszi Iace South.
a. WAL, we 90 20, care 80 say; but one thing is
: ce. ;a:n. VII ie tie mode OF doing Il IS pesti-
/ IetiI nuisance. the bene6is Sntireiy rebound 70
til.,,e who dispose OF vert unsatisfactory
anu insecure property al a higi valuation,
F.: whi,y Il rerro himself is hurried 20 a more
secure and lasting bondage. ~ precise pro-
! port;ua 70 the gr.-Itef Suitability VI the eli
I mate and s"!i 10 which. he Is transferred
/ Every step the negro takrS towards the sun.
wIdens the distance between hIin ami nomi-
nal .r.tsIcu,s--tfie lre.SIoIn which .ske~ps the
word OF pronlisc 20 the ear. but breaks II 10
the Lot,e:. the freedoms Of the hoyels OF Bos-
| ton, back aiIeyx and Ann stree; deris. and n.
| IOEk .Brewefies.n and ''F'Ive Point base
nipn,s--lhe freedom, al > word. winch VIII
not Gole.ate his presence IN a railroad car, or
allow has breath 10 poiute theatre pit.
a Virginia editor il informed that the No.
gro sales by auction IN the city OF Richmond
alone, the past year, exceed fo"r mill ons of
dollars in value. aud are SILL increasing
american.
! "A yETERAS-0n TIE aroY al the House
the othe. day an aged but v,gorcus and
healthy looking old gentleman, about SIX feet
three inches in height, of uFaj-s!ic form, al
iraci~d great attention. IL was Major George
Peter. OF Montgomery county. Md. an ex-
neiIl.4-F al Congress. He entered the House
in 1865, .iiity Two Years ago. MOL iran who
was IN then but himself now lives. Il. re-
tired in 1907 10 private lie; but returned 10
Congress again IN 1910. and finally lelt IN
las. He Told me there was one man IN the
publlc c0unciiS Dew who was here when he
left in 1926, and that man is Sam Houston,
who was then Congressman !rnTn Fennes-
see. Major Peter received an appointment IN
the army from Gen. Washington IN his early
life, and peFforne! gallant services. Zee IS
Row an artive politician in Maryland. having
been elected year ago ,nembrr oithe board
oil public works heard him speak during
his canvass for this office, and he has all the
vigor and force Of youth about his oraiory.-
He looks as il he would half century longer.
w ashinstcn Cor. Charleston News.
The CHESAPEAKE AND ONO CANAL.--Ths
present President aud Board OF the Canal, are
giving evidence that they have a proper APP
pre-, al IN oil the importance ut The work COM
,nittru 10 their charge; and there IS good
ground for the indulgence OF the hope lnai
the oft deferred prospect Of regular business
on the canal Is 10 be realized at NO distant
day.
Some months sincsa contract was award
10 place OF TIE Nass31 = LII
No. sand tie work is now in progress.
Alta meeting of the board in Washington.
last week. a contract was given to NeSSrs.
GarInon Brown & Clark. for the conStruc-
lion oil substantial stone dawn at No. 4.
There have been irequeG, interruptions Of
the navigation, BY heavy slides oi rnck INTO
the canal, at the east end OF the tiinuel. and
from the character of the mountain at tina;
point, further slides NAV he anticipated. To
facilitate the removing of such Instructions, a
short railroad is in tie course oi CONSTRUCTION
as that poiut.-lbid.
The OUTecISG 4 DM,EIsTaATIoS.-The TN
candid spirit Of the opponents Of the present
admin :slTaiion, has known no limit. No Pre-
Sideni has ever been more grossly abused with
less ground for abuse Than President Pierce !;
no administration has ever been more severe
ly animadverted upon than that now about
10 close. How Stands its true record
No impartial man can examine that record
without being convinced OF the firmneSs, ELI
cheney and ability with which President
Pierce has carried out the oHg-cherished and
saluiary principles Of the Democratic party,
and redeemed the promises al his noble iIiau-
gural. In enforcing faithiul aud strict econ
omy, in cutting off the lavish and corrupting
drains on the public treasury. winch, under
the administration immediately preceding had
disgraced the nalcn; in enforcing strict and
industrious and energetic discharge OF duty by
government officials; il crushing the insidi-
Gus and dangerous attacks rpcn The treasury;
in carrying out the spirit and letter of the
Compromise OF 1850, Nv securing the pass
age of the Nebraska Bill, with its repeal Of
the unjust and the unjust and unwarranied
sectional line OF the Missouri Compromise,
aud by prompt ana vigorous practical en-
forcenent OF the fugitive slave law; IN settling
old and troublesome difficulties with foreign
powers. and The extension OF free PRINCIPLES
Of commercial intercourse with some of the
richest portions of the globe; IN the treaties
that have laid the foundations of wider pros
perity; IN the faithful guardianship Of the
national treasury; IN the able vindicalien oil
our legal relations; in the wise regulation and
control of our army and navy; in word, both
ia our domestic and foreign policy. the pre-
sent government has proved itself 70 be ofthe
old Democratic stamp. promoting safe and
gradual progress. strrnlv Offending ihe con-
s,isutional rights and the Unien Of the States,
which must ensure 10 q commanding prcmi
nence upon the record OF the executive his:o-