St. Mary's beacon., 1858-03-18

A SixseLAR PsoxIsE.-A gentleman Of
means a resident of. New Hampshire. rccently
Cfiesed TO paw the cxpensenf Elefally esiueatrs
ing a young man, N casss NE latier should te
able b cover the walls a certain room with
dea ed possaee stamps Wlsat prccise eejeet
ne xlnlani9 bal u vIew in making such -
req,s.t slts=y not appear. The prpsplse might
have zen the result Of i raplice which per-
hap he bessevoIcnt Old entiemnsn slspeeted
might Iea.lf0 sosne asaszssenaent; or. puably,
nc hay hake had B moeive Of q more seaicrasa
character, md have been DESTROYS Of fJsssaag
an opinion of the industry Of the young man,
in order 10 satisfy himself as TO whether he
was deserving of the favor which he wSs=asa-'
DIV TO bestow on HIM. Whatever may have
been tho motive, II matters not 50 much is that
the promise was uEldc IN goOl faith. and that
the young tnan Is Bog engaged in the accom-
plisliment Of his task As about eighty thou
sand stamps win be FrquiFe'i TO cover the en-
tire snEface. II fhe walls i will be seen fhgt
he has no small work 90 perform. - =
SaTeEal yGssag lAalies at thisS aeqnaaiate4
with the parties. have volunteered their assist
ance TO the Young man One # them has
made a collection Of about thrce thousand
stamps another has collected about thirteen
hundred, and third about seven hundred,
ami they do not intend to Telinqaish their
efforts until the required number Of stamps is
collected. Boston Courier.
SLAVE STATES AT TIE TINE OF THE ADoP-
TON OF THE CoxsTItUTIoS.-The question
having DeEn issetscsfhs to what States slave
rv lid not exist in at the time Of the Federal
Constitution, the New York Courier says
that slavery hail no legal existence either in
Massachusetts or New Hampshire at that
time. Slavery was abolished in Massachusetts,
in 1880 and in Ne.S Hampshire in 1888, and
the Census Of 1870 shows the existence of
slaves in every other State but these two.
Vermont WAS not admitted until the year after,
but frame4l a law prohibiting slavery in 1871.
In Massachusetts, it WAS decided in the Lech-
mere case in l77O, two years before the famous
Somerset case in England. that slaves could
ns.t he held BY common law : and many slaves,
by seeking f,r their liberty in The courts, OBJ
tained it, -- .--.
4 BAIL OF FIRE IN THE AIR--We arc told
that some of the citizens Of Frosthurg were rs
much astoniShed as alarmed, by seeing a hall
of fire several feet in circumference, pass "ver
that town on Tuesday afternoon last. 1t first
appeared near the FraSbIIrg mines, northeast
Of the place; it then followed the current Of ar
in enthusiastically direction, when it scen-
ed to fall to the ground. It's appearance is
described to have hcen a red blazing body,
passing rather swiftly, and leaving sparks and
fragments of its blaze in its train. II was ut
an elevation Of 80 or so feet above the house
tops. At the time il CAME to the ground it
seemed to have been mostly consumed. This
singular viSitant is supposed to have been n
body Of gas, which escaped from the coal
mines, and on coming in contact with thc
pure air, ignited, and produced the sight de-
scnbed.-CahabeIland GeiliaH.
IMPORTANT DECISION BY TIE COURr OF AP-
PEAIs.-Tn the Court of Appeals at Annapolis
on Thursday, in the case Of John III. Sansbury
vs.. Charles s. Middleton, appeal fr'm the Cir
cult Court of Prince Georges cnTlafy, it was de-
cide.l that the old Clerk tMiddleton) was elect
cd for the full term of six years, and not to fll
the uncxpired term of his deceased predecessor
Mr.. Norfolk. DIR. Sansbury, who was elected
e. the bIs last edsta aI sd 9c thgs
of Courts elected to fill varancies caused .by
death or resignation arc entitled to serve for the
full term Of six years. This siistaias the decis-
ion Of Judge Grain. 1920.
EXCITING TRoT FOR 81 900 on TIE ICE.-
A trot for $500 side, came off last Saturday
afternoon on the ice near Trivoli, between
horse from Hudson and another from Pough-
keepsie. Upwards of 5000 persons were pres
ent to witness the trotting powers of the fastest
horses in Poughkeepsie and Hudson The
Hudson horse appears TO he quito "fast
horse" as it won the three first heats in a rcgn-
lar Flora Temple style. and ". perhaps little
of the most remarkable trOtting ever witnessed
in the Hudson River. The following is the
time made by the Hudson horse: First heat,
2,33; second heat, 2,29, third heat, 2.27. -
PkEPARrSG f6R rHE WoRsr The editor
of the New York Courier and ENQUIRER. who
claims to know all about the Emperor of
France, in 1851, reported a conversation of
Louis Napoleons as follows:
"My life presents four phases The first
comprised the follics Of my youth--such as the.
expeditions Of Strasburg and Boulogne; these
served to make me known. The second is my
Presidency; the third my Dictatorship: and
the fourth will close scith my fall beneath the
GssassiR's Hor.
LARGE SALE OF ToBAcco.-we learn tbat
Messrs. Belt Il Bowie, and Messrs. Hyatt &
Beckett, Commission Merchants Of Baltimore,
have recently sold % hhds. of Tobacco for
William q. Beall, Esq of this neighborhood,
at an average Of Ssl per hundred. This may
be considered a very fair opening Of the To-
bacco market.-Plnter's .9dcoodte.
DIED.
On Wednesday morning last, af his residence
near the Three-Notched Road, in the Factory
District, after short illness, Philip Clarke,