St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

RuxAwAY Nee RoEs.-Our town was thrown
into a considerable excitement on Monday
morning last, by the intelligence that a bs ich Of
negroes had Jecampsd from their owners, and
were on thsIr w1y to Pernsy lvrn;a. As far as
hea rd from there were six I'm TIE parry, three
men belonging TO Robert w. Holland, Esq,
one man bclonging TO Mrs. Lee, and a woman
and child beIongiSg to Henry w. Archer, Eso.
Ii appears that on Sunday afternoon about
four o'clock, one Of the negroes hired wagon
of one of our citizens, To- which was attached
one Of Mr.. Holland 3 mules, apparently for a
iitlle ride, since which time nothing has been
heard Of then. Ea'ly on Monday morning. q
posse of the town, headed by Sheriff White.
ford proceeded in the direction of the PeGnisvi.
wants line, near VI -, they found the mule and
wagon m n ience corner
II Is supposed, from the rapid appearance Of
the river and the heavy wind which prevniiesi6y,
Sunday night, that the parry failed in erossinss
hence there is u reasonable prospect Of some or
them at least being apPrehended. Mr.. Holland
arrest Of the boys, who are very valuable to
i'm, and who had been Indulged TO such an
ex tent as to preclude all suspicion Of any at.
tempt or disposition TO leave.
There is no doubt but the party had accom-
plices in their schemes, and a sharp look out
should be kept by our people TO discover the
lurking places Of these wolves in sleeps cloth
ment This is another warning, too. TO our
officers, OF justice, so see that all the laws relat.
ing to negroes strictly carried out, particular.
ly those relatI ng to their meeting together in
secret societies-one Of which, we understand,
exists in our village at this very time Bel
dir .Egis
Princes, in their early y ears, seem to be like
other boys. For instance, two of Queen VIC
toria's sons ges 90 fighting often, and the Prince
of " ales (heir apparent to the ow NJ is essen
TALLY thrashed by his junior, Prince Alfred, who
feeling hIs superiority in the matter of muscle.
treats the future royalty Of the British empire
rather br,lsquely, which the Queen ia amazing
ly tickled ut. The prosecuted blg luLher ire
quently appeals IN great distress TO his papa
Last Saturday, large number OF women,
who had previously armed themselves with axes,
hatchets and hammers, made an attack upon the
IavcrnS and saloons of Akron, OHIO, breaking
jugs and bottles, and emptying casks of all SORTS
of liquor, &c. Every establishment in the place
was thus despolIed, except the American house
aud drug store, the pr"rrictors of which
"Saved their bacon" by pledging their "worGs
Of honor" not In sell liquor tn any of the towns
people. One of the town magistrates Inicrpossd
IN vain.
EEF" 4 Wisconsin correspondent Of the R7-
chester Union states that Ill 2 in. from Prai-
RE du Chicm to LII Crosse u few days ago. q
singular oene WAS presented ON th" steYllaboas
Ut one end uf thc long saloon clergyman WAS
preaching to small crowd eatI Crc | uolnd
him, III the middle gamhi z VT. in busy pro-
grrsS, and at the other extremity ~ the saloon
there were music ;.al dancing
Coon GIRL.-.t fire occurred tn Newport
r. l., recently, NJ which the hos. burst, and
there was u cry for something to bind it, A
lady who was near promptly fired one Of hr,-
SKIRTS. and the stream "i water was Son doing
effective ser ice agIIn That lady should have
been an honorary member OG til" fire depart
ment.
The question of The int ,xit;I'ing quality of
lager brcr has b"cn Ecf,rc In, Supreme Cont
Of Massachusetts,. Il WIS ALLEGED that thl%
drink doeS not com" WITHIN the term m;oxica-
ting liquors. Bat thu c"urt held that it VIM.
expressly declared "a l.. =, Nv tho statute anA
that, therefore il was not competent to O into
the chemical fact
IHTERSAT'oN NJ t,"rRrr,-. The Prcsider Z
of the United States h.>, re- '"iv'.i ~ autograph
letter from Prince Albert, ;,'>7.;il panied with
medal containing the iikci a., " of the Princcsa
ROYAL and Frederick William. 'The letter con-
t'I.'s ,e..tilnents "t friendly aGu2
the lcave' n most h&st-s are inferior to thcse
OF the bo-.k 6 \a'uJ- thcv have the grcsn~
ness wl.h'tIG the freshness III the leaves cH
Spring Lnd the dryicss Wit,,pnt tho moral OF
tnn-c "i Autumn.
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