St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1858-12-02

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sefye lie I've counties IL 3Liddlesex aud Essex
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eye of . smpaxsieu On tlas caunty. and for The
resi- of the csunties. thon mayest deal with
them - thou art pleased. %. Lnrd. enable
tie hanks - aaswes al tlieir Hills, and make
ny debts On gnd men, Give prosperous
ssyage aud return " the Mermaid siaap. le-
cane have insured II: and a. tIlou hast said
the DAYS ~ tie wicked arc but short, I trssst
ii ilszs slsat sh.nl wilt not forget thy prsnise.
~ Il have purchased nm estate in rpvershsn.
which viii be mine upm the death uf thar
psssiligate ynnng man. Sir J. L. Keep ms
friends from sinking. and preserve me frunS
thieves and house breakers anil make all nav
servants ao honest and faithful, that they may
asten! 70 my interests. and never cheat me
out Of my property, night % day.
"A FAcT.-This flct SAYS the Cinrincasi e.
quirer. sIlouli lie borne in alind. Slavery rs
no fsahold in anY Of the Organised territusif2
af the United States:
Kansas Is free Nebraska h free
Utah i free sflfeg1n i free
Washington i free Dakotah is free
sNew Me4ieo Gree -
The above comprise all or oSganizasi IL
tories. There Is no Intelligent man NarfIx ~
Ssaith who believes that a slave State will De
or out 0f any unorganizesl territory not enilrac-
cd within the limits of the State of Tcxas.-
The democracy have had possession If the GOV
eminent nearly all the time since 1900, and IT,
their policy leafs 10 the extension Of sIaxery
into free territory. why il il that to-day AT tIle
latter are free and that nnbniy expects tn see
slavery established as an inst;tntlssl in any of
them? Tie whsle story alnsut slave exiepsi,.n
II all hosh and zanlmonl The government NJ
Washington has no power To- exteni-,T-css,-
tract is. The while subject is left to the pe,-
pie of the States and territories themselves and
they will dosss they please. without caring for
the sentiment Of out siders. 80
Srsosa DRISK vERv ExrESsrvE-Frum
the Scottish Temperance League. We take the
tThree-fmrths Of the crimes. misery and
panperissn Of tie land, and large proportion
Of the expenses uf jails II hnlks, of Transports.
II country rates fnr police anil for prosecutions.
nf union honses. of ponr rates, and Of lunatiic
asulums may be traced to strong drink. OIL
465 Ia AZ. asylum in Liverpool 256. were from
i'm Dublin, DIR. Crawford states.
uf 2S6 lunatics IN one asylum. 1l5 were from
whiskcy. A Judge lately stated that he never
had q criminal hrdnght beEre him whose crime
might not lie traced directly or insIirecfly T.,
strong drink. Eiwan. Chadwick, sscFrsary In
the poor law commissioners. has stated that |
and t,tntalism will d0 more 10 di.
ni;ii~h paupcrism than all the laws that tan
be made. IL is Supposed there are COO. 900 |
irnukarls IN the Unitel Kin.inn-that GOO. |
300 die every year--lG0 every day--7 every
hour! The ranks nf these drunkafis are silleI
ip hy moderate drinkers. IL II calculated that
20, 900 members Of Christian fhurclses are an
nually expelled Cor drunkenness What saw
The Scripture Of those who dse drunk
ards?"
CAPITAL PUxBwEST. -WhiIe several States
have made efE,rts, of late, to abolish capital
punishment altogether, Georgia i now endeav-
ring to extend this penalty ts other crimes
Than mur,ler and arson. Two bills have been
with view to make both night
burglary and robbery By force capital offences:
bur each has faile,l in the Senate. They have.
however, been amended So as To make the nun
shmcnt 20 years in the Pententiafy at the dis
crction Of the Court.
A YOUTHFUL MoTHER.-The official return
Df the oversccrs Of the por. in the t,wn of
Taunton, Mass, mentions that Elizabeth Dray-
tn was eleven years old on the 9th day 90
May. 1853. and became the msther IF Horace
White Drayton ON the first day Of February,
lS5O-three months and twenty -four days be-
inre she was eleven years old.
The voTE IN ILLIxoIs-TIlinois gave, al
lie late election, 252 900 votes, m more than
my Of the States save New York, Pcnnsyl-
vania, and Ohio. Ohio gave. at the last cleo
ion. $4,000 votes. Our younger sister Is
.row6ing fast at our heels She gives nearly as
many votes a Ohio did in 1910.
The RECIPROCITY TREATY.-The Montreal
Transcript says: I've regret ~ see bad state
e feeling growing up on both sides respecting
he reciprocity treaty between the United
States ami Canada Neither side denies the |
bcnefit it receives from the treaty, but each
links the ether gets mere. The American
Government has put some stringent interpreta-
ions on the treaty. besides clogging it with
he vexati"ns regulation about cDnsulis fees
But Il is sail that the representations II the
Government ON thrse prints are MT
we'll recciyetl at Washington, on account of the
Of dutics effected hy our Es<t tar
f on American manufactures. It Is probable
thai the forthcoming Presidential message will
ievel"p sl,e future paicy sf the United States
,n this Important Question:.
IMPORTANT MEDICAL FAcT.-One Of sur
exchanges gives an account If an
attempt to- commit sisirisle. few days agD i'm
hat city, and saws that tlrn.h two ounces
anl halr If lau,larum had bren tsken, aud
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