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St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12
From the Cambridge Herald.
Thoughts and Queries on the Guano
Subject.

AS the time approaches for the purchase of
Gt1ano for the ensuing fall demand, we find
the price Of this almost indispensable fertilizer.
again advancing. We are therefore led TO en-
quirc whether there is any real cause FIR the
late very high price and present advance :? or
whether II Is ii'-rely owing to an undue spirit
Uf OpAulation on the part of city dealers? Huw
is this thing to be ascertaincd? and il found TO
! be fact, how rcTnedied
Il Is now generally agreed that the average
price of grain will not Justify the use of Guano
at present prices; and get many farmers are
free to acknowledge it utterly useless to seed
their lands without using this article. What,
them is the farmer to do ?-toil on for the ben
eft Of the few engaged in vending this article.
to the loss Of the many who are honestly and
honorably engaged in using 1t? BY no means.
The mere sight of luxuriantly waving grain
and abundant harvests will not compensate
the grower in the absence of clear cash. These
may serve for him to admire and boast Of, oc-
caAionally, but will not pay.
Political economy teaches that, in commerce,
prices are regulated by the ever-varying law
of supply and demand; but of late years this
rule seems to have exceptions. Prices are now,
in great measure, subject to the caprice of a
corps of had like TO have said-unprinci-
pied spectators; and these once backed" by
Inoneved men and moniel institutions, that dc
not scruple to replenish their already overflow
ing Golfers even by draining thUse already
nearly empty.
| Farmers have now experimental far enough
! in this line, to know what Guano is worth u
! then, and as they are, generally speaking, men
of good common sense, they must know 1t Is
| not sound policy to pay more than 1t IS worth
Just SO long as they agree to pay sixty-hve ol
seventy dollars ton, it is evident dealers will
not reduce their pricetofifty dollars. And as soon
as they. 1.-THE farmers) find it can be furnished
at the latter price, and abstain from the use Ol
| it E,r a year or two-which they can do, IN .
great measure, without suffering any lOss--
then. and not till then, will they be furnished
on Giving terms"
Il cannot be high rates Of Sseisht that caust
the prize of this article TO rule 80 high, for We
are told that no department of trade has suffer
cd more from the late and present depression
in business. than shipping interests. Nov u
it owing to light supplies, for statistics show
that 90. 900 tons were brought into the por
of Baltirnose alone during the past year. and
we hear no abatement whatever in receipts O
OF the present year. Warehouses are alznos
constantly filed to their utmost capacity, aGt
vet we are informed of an advance"
Again we inquire, how is the faEVneT 20 .
certain the actual value Of t"n Of Guano
and when found how is he TO obtain it at it
values There must he mode ofsoivfng boil
these problems, and il is all impor tant that !
should be done Those most interested are tn
men who have i in their power 20 do thi
Ithinx-what farmer win undertake it,
/ QUERlsT.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12
The Late Storm.

We learn that Capt. Fitzgerald, living near
the mouth OF the Patuxcnt, had TWO valuable
horses killed by the lightning during the pre-
vaience Of the storm on the Ord instant: A
widow lady, living near the Head of st. Glenn
cuts Bay, had COW killed during the same
storm. In our immediate neighborhood,
though the storm was very violent, no accident
Of serious character occurred. A post in the
fence fronting the residence OF Gen. Morgan
and within . hundred yards of it, was struck
BY the lightning and rived. from top to bottom
Several lightning rods IN the village are sup
posed to have been struck. On one rod, the
5nsalator was broken, and from another, q
shiek coating Of rust was removed.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

IA gentleman who has had considerable ex-
nericncc in tsseshing gram, and who Is also
close observer, Informs Us shas the threShing
saachines now m use are utterly uatit to thrash
eleanly the present crop. He says. that con-
siderable portion Of the wheat, from the small
mess or iregulari:y Of the grain, remains un-
thrashed and is thrown away with the straw,
and he recommends that farmers shoaI5 reear to
the oli mode Of trampling OUt the gram che pre-
sent year
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12
OBITUARY..


Died, nj has residence m TYLER, On Moud,v.
Etlse lgsls att, JOtf ~ ealt NfS1'R9N3 JONES.
aged about s. years.
Thus has passed away one Of the brightes, in.
iellecis dat has eyer slornei ihe bar Of Texas,
For long years, Mr.. jones had been an i,itaIu
sufferer from the effect n that rsasf insidins ad
fatal dscase-Consumpts"n FoF years he com.
baited the fell dcslroyer, but Last ssas obliyed
to yield 20 that fate. watch must, sooner or later,
ovsrtake us all. He hsw rests from his labors'
John A Jones' was u native % Maryland. and
received his early edlctsion ia that Ste:e. He
completed a collegiate course at Princeton Col.
lege, New Jersey, and graduated with hlgl, hon.
ors.1 IT, the year ls49, he removed TO Texas.
and settled IA Marsh,Ii, Harrison county. and
there commenced the practice Of the law, whers
lie SOON acquired "a eRsiable reputation a an AZ,
inrney OF eminent legal ability, About Vie time
that the time that branch Of tile Supreme Court
was loc'lied at Tyler, he removed 10 thia place,
formed a partnership with the late Gen. J. p
Henderson, and has resitied here since that time
About iapr years since heSgas lanaged to 49,,
Elizabe8i $. Taylor, (dang
Taylor, Of Mnrshall,) ~ho, with S9EYhfS
survive him. The dev5sed wife In left ~
and the child is fsiherleSs, vet HE who tpmpers
eth the wind 10 the shorn lamb, will not deser.
them m this, their hour Of bereavement.
EDITOR.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

The old board Of trustees Of st. Mary's Fc-
male Seminary met in L'nard Town On Tues
day last and we understand that they have de-
tergnined, the new board hasing been properly
oseanizel. to deliver over The nfslperly Of the
Institution into their lranas. wesuppOs that
steps wilI now be taken 81 The Immediate feor-
ganization Of the school, IS the time is APP
proaci ing when il is Customary to Jcgin the
scholastic exercises.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

We annex letter from an esteemed CORES
pondcnt, much concerned in the Tobacco inter.
est. which he speaks anew Of old evils, Incl
dent to the system Of Inspections and suggests
his views of the proper remedies. His remarks
seem to have been ELECTED BY our recent refer
ences to the alleged abuses in the warehouses,
though his structures are chiefly confined to
maipractices of moro general nature than
those which were tIb basis Of 0Ar's. We
publish the letter with pleasure, and viii at
ali times yield our columns to discussion OF
the same topics. The abuses in the Inspcc-
tons aud the impositions practised on Tobacco-
growers have been notorious for years; and,
now that the subject has been preached, we
hope it will be taken up aud thoroughly pr,be,i
by competent hands (an,l there src many SUCH
among our agricultITali-. ;-Frmm The Planters
AdrOcate.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

BY advertisement of J. V'D. Stewart, the
distinguished Chemist Of Baitirnorc,sin another
column, this rern~linl agent i presented for
the first time to the attention Of our readers.
Never having used it Ourselves, we are of course
incompetent to speak Of its curative effects, cy-
ccptupon the testimony Of others. To that
testimony We refer ouF readers. Many gentle
men, well known to the citizens OF Saint Ma
rvs county. ard distinguished for their high
s,eial position. scientific requirements and
paEiiy d. chaTacier. hear the most satisfactory
testimony to the happy curative effects If the
Chalybea,e water IN cases 81 Dyspepsia, Chic
rosis, Auemfa aud General Debility. The
hames Of Pref n r. Smith, ii. j.. Drs. John
Bucklcrs Tfrmras III. B,,ckIer f.. F.. Chatard
Samuel Chew, Rev. HcnryV d. Johns and
BASIL +. Elder, Esq are quite sufficient to sep
afate II from the miraculous panaccas of the
tmpiric and 10 give il standing and respect in
any community where these gentleman are
known.
To persons suffering more especially with
dyspepsia (ansl there are many such IN our
ftidstt this water is particularly recommended.
It's low PFi1s, places it within the reach Of all.
In cases where all other remedies lave failed to
make cure or TO give relief, will the sufferer
efve up To die without testing the virtues Of an
agent which, by the common testimony ofmen
above all suspicion OF collusion and empirical
motives, is represented to DO the best rer1e'ly
yet discovered for the disease that aflicts hin'
II 10 az least worth fair trial, and such Of our
reader Ms are afflicted with any Of the diseases
for which it is said to be a remedy, can very
easily and at slight eo>t test its virtues by
practical experiment in their own case.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

A FnEscH FLsfEa HAcsIsE--The EN-
peror has just nadc present Of 5000 francs
to private in the line, who asserts be has
discovered solution for the great problem in
assu~mnaics--the art Of flying. He has invent
cd a kind Of aiF-ship, consisting Of q platform
Of silk xtrvhshesa over whssesones 10 be pro-
PEELED by tue gigantic wings uf she same ma
terra. placed on each sile. The aerial naviga-
tor is to be suspeptS~1 at dsssaace Of about
four feet from the platform, while his FEET rest
On pedals. By mcans Of which the wings are
SCI IN uSotiop, while hls arms rest on lsyer
that imparts 10 the platfurm the directium he
chsoses to. give il. OnIy : model 81 this MAJ
chine has VET been CONSTRUCTED. and Il appears
to work well. Thanks to the Emperofs ntfni-
ficence, it is now aboGs 70 Be constructed on 3
large scale.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12
Charlotte Hall School,


At n meeting of the students of Charlotte Fan
School. held for the purpose of givnS expression
to their feelings Mt the sad announcement Of tho
death Of their late fellow student, PHILIP
FRANCIS KEY, of Leonard Town, SIR. !,
PaTran Crane arose and reported the following
resolutions wh.cii were unanimously adnpted
Resolved, That we, the members Of Charlotte
Hall School, are deeply grevcd by this sudden
and saddeINng dispensAtlon Of Providence: and.
while We bow with iiErnble submission to the
will of our Almighty Father, hopefully cherish.
ing the belief that, although he has lost an emrth.
ly heritage, he has gained the feVsard promised
those who die IN Christ. We can but lament THAI
ID fsaea lairn a. ftiIIl Of pr6nmiIse. -" y"ung'
Resolved, That we offer our sinner. .,.,
to his parents and relations ia this hy'patth'tss
reavement. sac be-
Resolved, TIM. as mark Of reSrect
memory Of our decreased fellow student, zee khe
the usual badge Of mourning for the pc. iod %
thirty days.
Resolved, That as further mark Of rsspe.,,
the Military Company Thy order OF Capt. How.
ard) shall parade with reversed arms and DRAINED
colors, and shall fire three volleys to the memory
Of their cOmrade.
Resolved, That a COPY Of these procee,lin % Re
transmitted to the parents 81 the decSased.
PHILIP +. REEDER, Prest.
J. PARRAN CRANE. Sec.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12
Fatal Accident.

a young son Of George c. Tarlton, Patnx-
eit district. was crushed to death. on Tuesday
morning last hy cart wheel passing over his
body. He had been placed IN the cart, for a
nde, but was soon plted out and thrown in
line with the wheel. which passed over him
before he could he rescued. Ere medical assis-
lance could DC procured, he died.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

PUBLIC ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
~ signed intend TO make application TO
the Com missioners of Saint Mary's county
TO open and lay out public road; romn.Hc-
ing for the same on The public read lradiDs
r",p Chapuco to Bedlam Meek. at the foot
OF N"'ssy Hall hill, and passing through she
"a, oil D. Warning. Oscar Miles, VIM. II.
Inomas and Edmund J. Powden, and ieF-
mIna,Ing at the ga of Mrs Catharmc Burcn
near Plowden's Wharf.
LEWIS F. TURNER. I'D o,h,,,,
Angus, 10Th iS5S--30i.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12
Jockey nnh.

The club have procured the same track here
sSsOFe ssea by them, we are informed, and q
meeting s called in our village on Tuesday
Rext 10 arrAage definitely che ameants Of the
paEpes. assancess days Of the races, &c. A
full meeting Is very desirable, and the members
sS the club asG earnestly .ssqusstsd to be pune
saal in attendance On the day named.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12
PUBLIC ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE Is hereby given that tss unds'-
~ signed intend to make application 70 s"s
Commissioners OS Saint Mary's county to open
ON the Crss Roads. through the fssms o. Dun
can d. Tsyner aud Edmund ). Nowden 10
Sacred Heart Church, thence, thrUogh the e.
tate of said Plowden To his wharf on tho VII
comico river.
signcd.
OSCAR MILES
rae seazs and others
Aag. 18th, lesS-8Od.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12
GOA death where is thy sting,
f1t syravsS ust.ara ID a, 40 .,;,...,,..s q

WI @fubr Wuefe w INV VttF0fv. -
Departed this life on the 9Th instant. q, h.4
residence, Chaptico. Mrs. Mary Goddard, agsj
aDout seventy years.
These few lines record that Christian famiiv
has been called 10 mourn the departure Of lov;nS
mother from this world of wne Her spirit has
tfassed from this vale Of tears 10 tina, land frrn,
whence no traveller ever reiurns-she hna pms
to the glory land where such ne have led mons
and holy life Will be forever Happy, Tie de.
ceased was member ofthe Catholic clutch, and
known to be very strict in her Christian du,;r..
and IN n social point of view universally beloved
by her. Hence, according tn the sacred prom;.
SEES OF the Saviour, we may safety cdrEiHie thu,
the good viii he rewarded in the eternal world
We have reason q; l'elsvc that she hrs taken hcr
exit 10 that blessed abide WHERE the weary arr
1t rest and the troubled cease Ia mourn, She has
LETT an only son aud two grandchildren who
claim our deepest sympathy, and We rejoice TO
know that to them the c1Iisoiatidn uf believing
that the change to her Was altogether blessed
'and that they who keep the falth" will again be
united with her in neSer-eDding COMMUNION and
glory.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

: Oar neighbor Wilson, Of the Marlboro Ga
setts. and family. have '.akea. passage. We see,
y re Etaamer JssePh WAisney sur Bos,os..---
NelwiAh thaus ! rleasans sssp,aaA ssslouv
friend himstlf. > b has possibly dSsestssl III
post Tor sisht-seeing, we hops he may sec
sEghss before 10 gets back.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

THE PEACH CEgF ~ MARYLAHD-The
EIktou, Nd. DcvaNcsaa says We. understand
thai Mr.. Nathaniel Wulfc, cf Kent county, has
SOLD the fruit Of one of his orchards On SasSa-
iras river for $1,000, to be delivered upon the
shove. We also BndeEsasDa shss Mrs Eeybold.
proprietor Of the Cas<i,lav peach farm, in Sas-
salrss Neck, in this county. expects % TesIiEe
over SO. 900 fDAa his orchard this scasou-
This would seem to indicate that there has not
been a total fsilare OF the crop 50 faS - Masy-
land 10 concerned. ga
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12
Greatest Improvement Of the
Age.

Nge.
KEROSENE oh COAL OIL LAMPS.
HNRIvALLED 10 Beauty, Simplicity.
~ Safely or Ecopemy, will give q light
Equal 10 six candies. at a cost Of less than
Half cent per hour.
We have just received an assortment OF
these lamps. with oil, and invite The atteD-
ton oil the public.
z. LEO sPALDlNG D co.
August 18th 1858.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

TIE PoTeAAe RAILReAD PRoIEcT.-A
meeting OF the Commissioners Of the Baltimore
md Puaomac Railroad CsDpany msa others
interested m the snhieps h called for the 2Sah
inst, at MarFhosough. The Company wa.
rharteresl soHe fears 1--WE years since By the
Legislature. for the purprse Of building a .Fead
to connect Baltimore city and Aqua Creek.
ttraversing PORTIONS Of Anne Arundel, Prince
GcoFccss and CAaklCs counties.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12
MARRIED.

On Monday last. by Rev. Mr.. Moore, Mae
thew Whsailes Y Elizabeth Smith.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12
- DIED.

in ratuxcnt district on Friday morning LAST.
at tho residences Of his father, BENJAMIN
aged about 10 years, youngest SOD
OF John 3. Jarhues q,
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

~. a Mr. NvnsOc. aged Sc, and his wifs,
seventeen years older, we're. found dead in
each otheYs agsns, in Maiden, Massachusetts.
Monday. ID i Reported thai bath parties took
= sloseof laiidanurs on ElEndaw eTenina. and
assa psass . eh4scnd FIRE - tleif be.3rooun
FIR the Deliberate purpose Ct destroying their
lives,
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

LEONARD TOWN, SID.


THURSDAY MoRN'G. AUG. II. 1855.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

Returns of the election 10 Oregon show that
the democrats have q majority of twenty-nine
on iOint ballot in the Legislature Of chat Terri
tory. The Legislature was to have met on
the 5th INST, when an election fE United Ser
ator would take place, in view Of Oregon be-
ing admitted as State at the next meeting OF
Congress. The election Of General Lane was
deemed certain.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

FRASER RTvER-The rush for the newly
discovered gold regions on Fraser River in the
British Possessions, north of Washington Ter
ritory Is very great, not only from California,
but from the eastern part Of the United States.
The..British Government has expressed itsef1 dis
posed to deal literally with citizens of the Tn
itcd States who proceed there. II will not be
long before a large city win spring up az a
Shipping port and emporium fer this distant
region.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

USTvgEsfTY or YIRsrsrA.-The commence
nent of the University OF Virginia took plac,
% Thursday last at Charlottesville. The cele
bration OF the thrse literary societies va
marked by more tisan ordinary interest, Nh
CoLEMAN, Of HsaoveY, was selected As orato
Of the Society Of Alumiai nc che next anniversa
~. A -. $3.50 Il.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

THE SPANISH NAvY.-The Navy Of Spain
consists at present of 1l9 vessels, rs follows :
Four sCTew-f-igates, combining 155 guns and
/ ,OS0 horse power; nine screw-boats, combin-
ing eighteen guns and TO horse power; three
side-wheel frigates, combining forty-two guns
and 1900 horse power; seven side-wheel coz
vettes, combining forty-swo guns and 2,45O
horse power; eighteen side wheel advice bcats
combining forty-eight guns and 1850 horse
power-in all, ~ steamers, with sos guns and
8, 4sO horse power The sailing vessels corr
prise two ships-2f-the-line Of eighty-fovr guns
each; four frigatcs Of thirty-njDe guns each:
nine brigS, seven schooners, and ten transport
vessels-together thirty-six vessels, with total
If COZ guns and $40 tons register. Besides
these, there are sixty-nine vessels Of one gun
each, st:rtsoBei principall, N CaGiz, FeroI and
Carthagena, thirsy-6ve vessels of one gun each
are in ssryice nc the PHILIPPINES; three screw
frieates and schooner-rigged screw gun boats
are in course Of CONSTRUCTION. The member
Of sailors registered IN Spain Is e0,si7; IN Cuba
| and Porto Nice S,7S4, and in the Philippine
80 600. Catliz and Fcrrd are Just now the
only harbors hRving navy yards, although
there are naval arsenal at Hsvsna, CssShagena
and IN TIE Bay OF Manila. a
MrreTxsa EsHgar. --PennsyIvan IA ,,retts
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

MrsnrEks ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is pretty
literally represented by Ministers abroad. d,
viii be seen BY the following lfss.-George M
Dallas. Minister to London; VIM b. Reed
Minister % casinas Joseph ~ UhsdIeFs Nississ.
ter 81 Naples; jos. d. Clay, Minister to Lima;
Charles p. Bacsalcw, MiniSss 20 Ecuador.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

EXCITEMENT AT CAMBRIDGE, tMD.l-Sever
slaves, who escaped from Dorchester county
Md on Saturday night week, were on Satur
day last arrested IN Caroline county. toaethe
with white man named Hugh Hazelet., 4
resident of Dorchester county for two or thrO
vears) who was found in their company
They were all taken to Cambridge on Monsla,
last in the steamer Kent, under the charge o
the sheriff and deputy of Caroline county,
Hazelett, was committed to Jail.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

MoSUHEyT TO THE PTLGRIM Fathers
4 monument is to be erected tO the Pilgrim
Fathers at Plymouth, ctst from $500, 900 T.
100000. 1t will he built Of grar,ite, 1863 fee;
high, so feet at the basc, with sitting figures
from 3o to 70 feet high. 1t is to be c0mplet-
ell in twelve years from August, 1856. Thirty
six thoti@trd dollars have been subscribed,
principally ir Massachusetts. The society for
building the monument have purchased all
the estates Immediately around the tc:itaLle
rock, and also site for the monument, en-
bracing ten acres of land, commanding fine
view Of the harbor and the locality VI the rUck
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

AHENDMLsr OF THE CoNsTITUTIoS.--We
are informed, say. the Philadelphia American
that under the Nth a"ic.e of the Constitution
Of Pennsylvania, an ame.ln,ent to the Consti-
tutin will be proposed to he Senate and
House Of Representatives at thell approaching
session, providing for the change of C.. scconC
section of the fifth article relating to the Ice
ton of the Judiciary of Pennsylvania an,
restoring, with some modification, the provi
sion h. regard to the Judges, as Embraced il
the Constitution of 1890.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

CAN MAN Re HIS own GRANDFATHER?
Notes and Queries answers in the affirma-
tive:
"Therc was widow and her danghtcr-in-
law, aud man his son. The widow married
the son, aud the daughter Che Obj man; tho
widow was therefore mother to her husband:
father consequently grandmother to her owr
husband. They had son, to whom she wa.
great-grandmother, now as the s"n Of grand
mother rnuss be either \ grandfather or grea
uncle, this hoy was therefore his own grand
! father-N. b. This was actually the cas-,
wiz a boy at school at Norwich.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-07
state Politics,

ALBANY Monday Sept. s. IxA
The following are the Delegates from ALBANY M,
American State Convention: Hon. Dwight Bacbsls,
John NJ. Harris. George n. Geary, John L. Man.
William 4. Burgess and Hon. Charles II. Ad,,.
supposed to be in favor of union only ON an eov.
division of Offices ON an American Republican H.,
FORM Henry Lansing, opposed to any fusion, copten.
plating the election OF a Republican Governor and T.
Sprague Parsons supposed to favor a fusion s,aaa
tie Democracy Internationally.
The following are elected delegates to the Demo-
cratic State Conventions T.. Keenan, and SCHUYLER W.
Chamberlain, from the Id District Of Du,ehes
County: - Ransom, from the lNth District Of Enc;
Sands Cole from Orleans-all Sotts; John 0ney from
Greene, Hard. The calculations by the Central Com.
mittee make the returns, up TO the present time IS
Soits to IL Hards.
AUBURN, Monday Sept q, 1864
Robert McCulum and David = Titus both Sofa
are the delegates To the Democratic State Convention
from the Isl aud lid Assembly Districts of Caypg
County.
SYRACUSE, Monday, Sept. 6, 1853
Allen Munroe and Alonzo Crippen We're on Satr
day evening appointed delegates to the Repabhes'
State Convention of the lid Assembly District o 0e
ondaga County
ITHACA, n. Y, Monday, Sept. 6, 1854
The Democratic Convention of Tompkins Coasy
held here on Saturday, elected Henry ID. Baste DEE
gate to the State Convention, by vote OF forty d
nine for Chauncy l.. Grant.