St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1858-10-07

DoUGLAs ~ TESSEsEr.-Thc S;,cIbyville
TENN Con>ttuticnali>t endorses the speech
Of Senator Brown, of Miss =. in regard to Sena-
tor Douglas, and says:
with Brown, we cxclaim. God forbid that
we should discard Douglas who differs with
us only in one point, fnr such man aS Lin
c"ln, who agrees with us in nothing We have
read his speeches with interest; they breathe
the spirit of Justice to the South. He dcnoun-
ccs Abolitionism to its face lie regulates eve
~ species os Black Rcpubicanisrr he h1S no
sympathy or feeling with the crew Of niger
dom, and the fight between him and I.inroln
- based upon the i>Suc Of slavery. In this
contest Douglas is our friend AMI Lincoln is
nilr enemy; If We take OUR choice. we are for
Douglas, first, last and all the rimc Now
what shall we say If the WaShin Iton Union
and those papers which have from the com
mencement ailel. abctte,i. AMI assisted every
clement of opposition 10 Douglas. So far as
we are concerned. We repudi'te their counsel
and their SympathicS. Why? Because thew
are doing everything to defeat Douglas, and
20 elect Abolition Lncoln-they are doing
everything to weaken the South and to
strengthen the North-thcy are doing every
thing to weaken the Democratic purity by try
ln- 10 attach it t. the fortunes Of Abe Lincoln
The Democratic party"
SCIENTIFIC PARlpoxE<-The Tatcr which
browns Us. a fluent stream. can I've walked up
on As ice. The bullet Which. when frel from
mu>ket. carries death, will lie harmless if
ground to dust before being frei The. rrvs-
Ita!lzcd part Of the oil Of Foxes 50 graceful il
Its tragrancc-a solid at ordinary temperatures
though really volatilc-is a COMPOUND! sub
stance, containing exactly the Same elements
and III exactly the same pr'porti ms. as the
gas which We light orr streets. The tea which
We daily drink, with benefit and pleasure
produces palpltat M. nervous trcmblinCS
and even paraIv if taken in excess: yet the
peculiar organic agent cst.lcd theme 10 which
tea owes It's qualities may he taken hv itself
{ As theme. not rs teal without apprcritble
effect. The water whiclfzvil sllay orr burn
mig thirst, augmcnt$ it when cnucealel into
snow; SO that Capt. Ross declares the natives
of the Arctic regions prefer enduring the ut
most extremity Of thirst rather than attempt
{" remove it hv eating snow Yer if the snow
be melted. it becomes drnkabl" water. Erv-
thcle>s, although. if melted before entering the
mouth, II has the opposite effect To rende.
this paradox more striking, we have only t.
that ice, which melts more slowly
in the mouth. is very efficient in alaying
TIE CoMET-This heavenly v>itcr is be-
coming more brilliant, beautiful an interesting
nightly. 1t made gorgeous display last
4 scientific writer in the Boston
Courier SAYS:
Nv hen the comet which is now 80 conSpi-
cious was first discovered. its orbit WAS found
10 he SO near that of the first comet of 1927
that the two bodies were surmiSrd to lie iden-
teal AMI to return every thirty-one years.
This s'lpp'sitipn, however, does not +eem testin-
Ell to be confirmed The accurate calculations
)f its elements. which have been published
combine to render it aim st certain that sevc-
'al thousand years must rlapse before it again
visits our system. According to the caIcu- .
athnls of Mr.. Wa>tnn, Of Ann lI:trhor which ;
ire probably the III ut t b. relic | upon Of all
vet male in this country, the comet will pass
is pcrlhcIinn on the morning Of September
Goth. at which time its velocity will he about
III 900 miles per hour. or more than thirty
miles per second. 1t will approach nearest our
'arth on the 10th of October mt which time its
apparent magnitude anil brilliancy will he near
y double what they are now. II will soon
move rapidly toward the South, but it will
continue visible until the latter part of Octn-
Der. at which time, If viewe,l near the end of
twilight every evening il will be found gr;.lu-
ally to sink in the s W. AMI finally disappear
IN ITS long journey into space; hot To return
till our times are of more remote antiquity
than those of Moses, or even Adam are now