St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1858-11-04

Already since the Russian war, the Porte has
three foreign loans. amounting in
the aggregate TO $l37. 900 900. II already
owed $50 GOO. coo abroad, 80 that il whole
foreign debt In SlS7 900 900. 1t In infested
likewise TO is own subjects Sc, 900, OO0.-
T'tal public debt 287 900 900. How all this
debt - to be paid Of, IL Is difficult % see, since
every year the expenses Of the Government
greatly exceed the income. The present Wig
Ter has made beginning by reducing salaries,
the number Of officers, and the expenses Of the
Court. The last loan, $4,000, 900 sterling.
was contracted few months since In London.
upon terms 20 exorhitant a. to indicate the ex-
trenne uncertainty Of payment.
PRTNrISa OFFIcEs.-When DR.. Frankiin's
mother-in-law first discovered that the young
man had . hankering for her daughter. that
good old lady said she did not know 50 well
about giving her daughter TO q printer; there
were already two printing officess in the q.
States, and she was not certain the country
would support them. It was pain young
Franklin would depend for his support on the
profits Of . third and this was rather doubt-
full chance. IL such an objection was urged to
a would-bd Bon-in-law when there were but
two printing Offices in the United States, how
can printer hope to get wife now. when
the present census shows the number 70 be
Is O67? g
The PEABODY INsTITUTE.T1h es q
PGt,Iot is informed, upon the best authority,
that George Peabody, esq, has most generous
" added $2O0, 900 to the Peabody Institute
fund, for the erection of the noble edifce now
going up in that city This, with the previ-
GUS endowment on the part Of Dir. p, makes
more than half million Of dollars.
We also learn, says the Patriot, that this
distinguished and liberal-minded gentleman
has not only passed through, unscatchcd, the
tremendous financial crisis that so deeply az
fectcd the Old and New World, but that he is
at this time in possession Of larger fortune
than at any previous period Of his life, and
that this additional $500 900 will rot ut all
interfere with his ability and willingness to GU
on to edo good" while he lives and thus, TO q
great extent, be his own executor.
H6~ The Richmond Enquirer says there is
one square mile of land between Smyth and
Washington counties, Virginia, on the north
fork Of the Holston river, which is worth more
than the whole valuation of the city of New
York. The salt rock, within this mile, ranges
from seventy to one hundred fee: in thickness.
which would yield q Eett ton Of forty bushels
Of salt tO every yard it contains, or over three
thousand millions of bushels, which, when
is worth twenty cents per BUSH
81. But, preSuming it to be twenty cents per
bushel in the ground, and we have six hundred
millions of dollars! 10 which we must add two
hundred and fifty millions of tons of plaster
within the same space, worth in the ground
about one dollar per ton, making a total Of
eight hundred and fifty millions af dollars.
LIBERIA-The friends Of this Republic will
be grati6ed to learn that the British Admi-
rally have presented the schooner "Quil," q
much larger, longer, and every way superior
vessel, ~ a substitute for the condemned Libe-
rian Government schooner Lark" The
Quail" 10 to be at once thoroughly repaired
at Plymouth. and sent off to Monrovia as
gift uf the British Government TO Liberia.
This vessel 10 given at the solicitation Of Ger
aid RalstoE, Esq., Consul General Of Liberia
in London. Il il an additional evidence OF
the kind feeling Of the British government to-
wards the young Republic.
KANsAs.-The st. Louis papers contain q
farewell address Of Gov. Denver, to the people
Kansas, on retiring from Office. He says that
the continuance Of peace in that
Territory depends more on the people them
selves than ON the Governor; that they have
an abundance Of local civil officers elected by
themselves without disturbance or interference;
that they have just accomplished the peacea-
BILE election of n Legislature, and it makes no
material difference who may be Governor. He
does not think the Territory yet prepared for
q State organization.
THE OVERLAND MAn..-As the overland
mail from st. Louis 10 California may now be
regarded as q fixed fact, it Is well that the
people should be advised Of the time of its de-
parture The mail is made up specially for
California, and leaves this city on Monday and
Thursday mornings. To ensure their trans
mission BY this route, letters should be endors-
cd "by the Overland Mail" The price Of
postage on single letters IS three cents-by the
steamers il is ten cents. No newspapers can
be forwarded by the overland route, but letters
containing printed slips, it is presumed may
he sept.-& Louis Repub., Oct. 10.
THE HEALTH or WASHINGTON IRvrEa.-
The New York Times says: For some days
past paragraph has been going the rounds Of
the press, stating that DIR. Washington Irving
was seriously i'll, and that his condition was
such as TO cause alarm TO his friends. We are
happy to have it in our power to contradict
this report. Mr.. Irving, it is true, has bern
having received another slight at
tack of his old complaint-fever and ageu-
from WHICH he has nearly recovered. This
will be welcome news to thousands who feared,
from the rumor Of his severe illness, that the
country was about to lose 30 deservedly most
popular prose author.
DEATH OF A PRIEsr.-The death Of Rev.
Francis b. Jamison is announced by the
Catholic Mirror ~ having occurred recently
at st. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeaa. No.
in the fifty eighth year II his age. The de-
ceased was descendant of the early Catholic
settlers of Maryland, and was born near
Frederick city. In his early youth he entered
the Mount st Mary's College, Emmettsburg,
where he distinguished himself by his talents,
and the facility with which he advanced in
the paths Of literature and science.
Mr.. Breckenridge has written o letter in
which he says he cannot endorse the course Of
Mr.. Douglas in the last sessiOn Of Congress
upon the Kansas question, but that question
being practically settled, aud Mr.. Douglas be-
ing the leader of the democracy in Illinois in
their present fight against black republican
ism, be sympathises with him and desires his