St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-12

p;rssrAN SERFpoM. The following statistics
I cf se-Feiorn are taken from late report of the
Minister of the Tnseginr. There are IN Russia
80 0n0 actual slaves VINO are not cOnnectel
wsth ;he soil.~They are called Ludi BdsseMe-
fe;-.r-n,,lc without land" Their owners are
ab ,nt 5000 in number. and when the slaves do
not lator Tor their masters, they are cnmpeilssi
tn pay them two-6fths Of the product Of their
work. They can also be sold anil separated
| from their families There are 49.10S land
prnprietors owning from one tr. twenty scrts
apiece. and thrse serls number 742. 40. The
/ proprietnrs having from 21 to 100 scrfs are
! 80, ,02i, with 3.271.6lS serfs. Wealthy pro-
I prietsrs with from I01 to 1000 serls, are
/ 19. .S09. with an aggregate of ,S07 900 scrfs.
! Prnprictnrs, with from ,00l to = 900 serls ara
2,4Gs, with s,230.a6S serfs. Proprietors with
over 2.Oo0 serfs number l.447, with 6.567 ,066
Serfs, The report concludes with the state
mani that of the twenty-three and half nil
lio sells belonging to the mobiles, more than
thirteen millions are mortgagci to the Crown,
until the payment OF S97. .sT9, ,45o rubles.
! BENEATH THE WAvE.-Thcy have new
way of caulking vessei ~ Memphis, Tenn.
II Is ras Il upon de-; wi,ie; IS either more
nnr less than an exters;ve ;;;b :hsrtY-five feet
prufiIc of the boat. Ai4as the sides a yielding
cushion IS arranged The too is placed SO that
one side. made low for the purpose, presses be-
meath the boat, aud the cushioned edges press
against il. The water is then pumped out,
I and the pressure on the OUTSIDE increasing in
! proportion rs the tiui,gfrum the inside Is ex-
! hausted, presses the cushioned edges against
/ the boat SO firmly as To prevent the entrance
Of water at the places where the boat and the
! dock touch. Here the workman caulks the
seams of the boat, or puts new plank IN
where it is found to be necessary.
! To CUEE THE APPETITE Foa To3Acco.-
! The New York Independents gives the follow
! ing as the experience Of clergyman who
! smoked anil clewe' tobacco for many years.
, and used these means 10 break himself of the
hahit:-I had deep well Of very coo water.
and whenever the ev!! appetite claincd indul-
gence, rc>ortcd Immediately TO fresh drawn
water OF this drank what desired, AMI
then continued to hold water in my mouth
! throwing out aud taking in successive mouth
! fuls. unit! the craving ceased. BY a faithful
adherence u this practice for ah' 'ut a mouth
was cured ] have ever since been rs free
from any appetite for tobacco AZ a nursing
inflEt. | loathe the use Of the weed in every
.
, tractcd habits Of indulgence.
! MoNrMExr TO THE PILGRIM FATHERS
4 monument is tn he erected To the Pilgrim
Fathers AT Plymouth cust from $500 600 to
! $4,000 900. 1t will ba built Of granite 1873 feet
! high, 81 feet Mt the base, with sitting figures
! from %S 10 20 feet high. 1t is TO be conplet-
ell in twelve years from August, 1856. Thirty
| six thousand dollars have been subscribed,
| principally ir. Massachusetts,. The society for
building the monument have purchased al
the estates Immediately around the vcritaIlc
rock. and also site for 'hc monument. en-
bracing ten acres of land, commanding a fine
| view Of the harb,r and the locality of the rock
The sorinns acci.icnt t. Senator C'laa;!lr-, of
| D"-rrit before reported, is described by the De-
! 49,; .t!gsrtisrr: Finding that the gas escap-
ci .c'n pipe in the ceiling, he stepped on a
! c..a:r ,Jr the pur pose Of clGsing it.
| Fie haG no sooner raised the light 10 enable
him to see, than the gas ignited, and instantly
exploded tr.,vv;..es I.i, dawn fr,r, the chair
and very badly burning his face and hands
! lie wa< probably injured much more than he
would have been had he Immediately left the
room, by remaining inside to search for his
daughter, who fortunately ran ont at the first
moment of the explosion, and escaped with
"ery little injury.
| CAS MAN De HIS OWN GRANDFATHER?
Notes and Queries answers in the affirma-
| tive:
There was widow and her daughter in
law, and \ man his son. The widow married
the son, and the daughter the old man; the
widow was therefore mother to her husbands
father, consequently grandmother to her own
husband. They had son, to whom she was
great-granim other, now as the son of grand
mother must be either grandfather or great
uncle, this boy was therefore lis own grand
father.-N. B. This was cet'HIly the case
with boy at school at N.~r..r.
| AMENDMENT OF THE Cos r:G U-rox.---We
are informed, says the Plia'.c pa.t American,
| that under the Nth article - thc Constitution
of PENNSYLVANIA, an amendment to the Consti-
tuition will be proposed to the Senate and
! House of Representatives at their approaching
session, providing Tor the change of the second
section of the fifth article relating to the cleo
ton Of the Judiciary of Pennsylvania and
restoring, with some modification, the provi-
sion in regard to the Judges, as eIabraced in
the Constitution Of 1890.
| EXCITEMENT At CAaBRIDaE, md. .)-Seven
slaves, who escaped from Dorchester county
ND on Saturday night week, wefe On Saiur-
| day last arrested in Caroline county. together
. with a white man named Hugh Hazelett, Ia
resident of Dorchester county for two or throe
years,) who was fund i'll their company.-
They were al taken 20 Cambridge on Monday
last in the steamer Kent, under the charge o
the sheriff and deputy of Caroine COUNTY
HaZeett, was committed 10 Jail.
FRASER RIvER.-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
This, British Government has expressed itself dis.
posed to deal literally with citizens of the Ui.-
itod States who proceed there II will not be
long before large city will spring up az 4
Shipping port and emporium for this distant
region.
Returns Of the election in Oregon show thai
! the democrats hare n airrikx nf