St. Mary's beacon., 1857-04-16
Communicated.
APgIf. Is. 1857

e&cHement ID regard sO the congressional
I claians OF various gentlemen. and the probable
and consequent dissatisfaction and disorgsni
cation OF the Democratic party, we recom-
mend 90 the consideration OF the voters OF ST.
MARY = the naule uf DIR. Robert Nea e. We
recommend the same of DIR. NeaIl beeauxe
we believe he IS the only man who can heal
The diviSrons now eSisiisg in or party in the
county. and The only mad who can Wit. any
certainty se"uFe tl,''eoneTessr'nai nomination
20 81 Afary'S. DIR. Neae IS a gentleman o!
the stsrnes; patriotism. uniIHprachsbie inieg-
r.ty. and OF high intellectual cultivation, and
IL elected to Congress. will establish posiioa
and name that viii reflect great credit upon
lis constituents. MANY YoTERs.
Communicated.
MEssas EDiroes :-Amour those who re-
eeiSed the degree oi Doctor of Medicine al tie
late com menremPnt of the University of Ma
rYianli. was John e.. Ash"om, Of 81. .Iarv's
county: During the two years that DR.. Ash
com spent IN Baltimore, ne gained Tor lin.
SELF host VI friends By his urbaniiy Of man
ne-s. upright department and honorable hear
ing. b. his attention TO the profession which
! be had cl.osrn for hiIriseli. he won the teen,
alike OF his professors and ieilow-.iudea;s.
I Welt may old ST. Mary's b. pepgi of such
son. and the old University of MARYLAND rr-
ioIce for having gisen to The world one who
! promises 10 be such brilliant star in the med
! ical f;rmsment. BALTIMORE.
| MosEG rr MnL.-The auggeStion made
in abe subjoined article. from the West Trey
: q. " Advocate. is worthy Reconsideration.
I've were not, however, aware that serious
losses had been increased since the system OF
registering letters was adopted:
/, The large amount Of money lost through
the present working OF the registering system.
| from letters passing through the mails. begin
! 10 attract The attention oil tie public. In fact
the ,sySie:l OF itself, as the department Goes
not make itself responsible IN case Of loss, is
worse than nothing. Tina; means may be de-
vised, however, which shall prevent loss has
been proved satisfactorily in Great Britain.
We refer 10 the system vi money orders, the
! 'rloLus operanGI' o: which Is thus described:
A party wishing 10 send five dollars to "a friend
or business connection goes TO the nearest post
Office, deposits the money, which is placed b. !
the postmaster to the credit of the Govern /
meni, and receives therefor money order /
which he cncioses IN DTS letter. The recipi- !
eGt presents tins dUcumeB! 10 any post office !
ne pIeaSeS, and receives therefor the amount |
ol lis face. which is charged b. the posi-
master, in .urn, 10 the Government. The !
price oil orders for twenty-five dnlN.s is six !
cents, and Tor between that amount and fii,v ;
dollars twelve cents. These are the English /
prices. O something of this kind Were au-
ihoriZed by our own Government ii could not |
do otherwise than prove advantageous"
Great RACING MArcH.-AIbanv, March |
3l.-Two sporting men of this city. Tavlor
and Dalton, started OH horses from the Ex-
change, thls morning al ) O'Clock. for one
hundred mile race. res, or iced. The bets are
525tiU a side. Whi;eSlOwn. OnclGa COUNTY !
was the termination OF the race. The horses !
PASSED Fonda. forty three mics ofthe distance. .
At 9.i5. A. .U:. time 4 hours and Is minutes ,
Dalton's horse slightly ahead. They arrived |
at Little Falls a! IL minutes past I2-the |
Dalton horse little ahead, but in bad con
dition. Taylor's horse arrived at W hitestown
at $50, PM, making the hundred niles in /
twelve honEs. and hall. and winning the race.
behind
SourHERS NANUrAcTrREs.-Thq KueHsta
Consti,ulionalist OF the 9Th ult. gives the fol-
lowing account ofone Of the manufacturing es |
tabiishrnents which are in prosperous opera |
ton in tire State Of Georgia: /
.s:Seine idea NAV be formed of the extent OF !
business carried on al The Augusta Cotton |
Manulactory when we state that near sixty /
thousand yards OF cloth are spun weekly, |
consu. aing about fifty bales Of cotton, OF four
hundred pounds each. There are about
eIgh; thousand spindles and two hundred and .
skis looms in operation"
n C..--r. IN No,n p.n,-. C,.aI.-
children for the purpose Ofo6taining Il reward /
upon restoring them is said TO be quite a |
profitable business in New York. The IN
famous vagabonds who practice 1t entice the
little cues away from home and detaIn them |
until they see the rewards offered in the news
PAPERS. when they aeppear, pocket the hand
some reward, receive the hearty thanks ofthe
parents, and very likely on their way back TO
their dens steal another. Several cases OF the
sort we have heard OF within the last month
TINES.
LETTERS OF DocToR FRAEKLIS.-Mr.Hen- !
~ Stevens, Of Vermont. agent OF the Smith
oman Institution IN Paris, Is said 10 have dis
covered collection OF four thousand letters,
wholly In the handwriting of DIR. Franklin,
a great many oil them were written from !
PlaSsy. near Paris. Ii is not generally known |
that Franklin invented the manifold copying |
ink and press now in such general mercantile
use. whereby a fac sin!iie Of each letter is |
immediately transferred into a book of tissu-
paper. Franklin kept duplicates taken in this
manner OF all his letters, public and private. /
MRs. Ex-FREsIDExr PoLK.-.nrs. Polk /
tine esteemed widow Of the ex- President, has /
determined 20 reside in Washington dung the j
next session Of Congress. Heretofore, since
her husbands death, with the exception OF |
visit in London at the time when Mr. Buch
anan was the American minister there Mrs |
Polk has resided in Tennessee. II will be re-
membered that the deceased ex-PreIdent left .
to his widow the charge of taking care of and .
publishing his memoirs which. 20 far as they |
relate TO his administration, are SAID to be MIN.
ute, full OF interesting personal anecGote and /
Astounding in reflections suggested By tho !
state of public affairs and the conduct oF his I
cabinet.-N. Y. Post.