St. Mary's beacon., 1858-02-04

RUSAwATs ARaEsrED.--Williaui Parker,
] arrested on Wednesday last, says the "hent
News of Saturday last, two negro men, who
acknowledged themselves 90 bernnaways Ans
that they belonged to G. y. Hyde, 3Sacys
1 Landing Anne ATunxa1 counfF, Md. Wien
Aaperehendssl tiAs were m u small open sail
j ba.t neal tlse hay shore They state that they
u let tlcir hornetlle pFcceesimG nigif and alter
l the snow Storm. commenced Fhey were unable
! 90 onavigats their Graf accurabAy, though they
/ believed +-they were going up the paw Both
are young aald rslusstle blacks. aud they eyiiAce
no concern whatever IN anticilsati6n of then tx-
| pected removal to a more southern cline.
s Pgr-TTY MUCH or A JoB-The commission
eEs TO revise and codify the laws OF the State OF
MARYLAND, state in report Of progress 10 the
i K.egislature. that their work .enO.s>cs series
I Of enactnetts extending over more than one
hundred and fifty years.. Many of these have
J. also become absolete, portions of others have
been repealed. and others "complicated with
endless supplementary notifications The .'en-
tangled mass" i to be arranged undeT proper
heads, BY Mcssrs otho Scott and HlF:tm Nc
Culiough, Esqs., in a book supposed to make
:
We are glad TO see that petition signed By
our citizess, has been presented in the Legisls-
ture asking the passage of an to incorporate the
town of Port Tobacco. This Is undoubtedly .
good move, having for its principal object the
I cleanliness and health of the place.-foTf To
:. bacco Times.
THEY'RE CoMISs.-T The first shad made
i their alsfaearanee on Friday, two in number,
each from diE EsTent fishery. On. aF than AAisla
caught in Aqua Creek, aud the other in Poto-
mac Greek We also ssw . herring on Satug-
day, the frst ia this market and which had
been caught the day before -Frecserics HG'Gld.
/ AEorHEa CoSRrITCrIoN FOR KANSAS
The Territorial Legislature of Kansas have q
bill before shem for calling constitutional con-
vention, 20 meet ON the 81 Of March, to frame
a new constitution, 20 be submitted TO the Peo-
pie, and presented Immediately 10 Congress.
/ BALTIMORE AND THE NEST INDIEs.-A me-
mortal has been presented to C,ngress in favor
of establishing line Of steamers, ~ . nrall
route, from Baltimore to the West India islands.
R6T- The President Of the United States is
reported to be suffering from severe cold
He is so hoarse that it is unpleasant for him to
speak. 4
! re- An otter was cansht few days agn.
in the Pocoinukc river, netr 'SEow Hill, Md
Otters make food of fish, and il is supposed
that the fisl1 was caught upon the hook. aud in
the attempt to eat the fish, the otter got hooked
himself - ff =
VINO BIrs "A Washington correspondent
Of a1northcrn paper says
There is a fiue opening, in she Senate, for
some Southern Democrat % come forward and
settle she Kansas question Whoever did it
I would be the nominee for the Presidency at the
Ns.ional Democratic Convention TO be hell at
! Charleston in 1860. ."'
ISsoIvExcY;oF ST L6Uis.-In the Circuit
/ Court, on Friday, FIVE cases were entered
against the corporation Of st. Louis, for the re-
covefy Of salaries. That's pretty pass
No DUKL-Mr. O. Jennings Wise, son 81
Gov. Wise, aud Robert Ridsway, editor of she
Richmond Whig, were arraignei before thc
Mayor on Monday, and each held to bail in the
! sum Of $4,000. This ended the matter.
| ScALPs'--ATongsto others, two bills OF To-
cal character have been reported to the Horse
Of Delegates of Marytand .'' ".'
! Mr.. Kilsour introduced a bill 10 increase the
bounty on fox scalps. and Mr.. Thrustoh bill
to increase the bounty on wolf scalps. ,H'
Mexico IN THE EMALkEr.-Prcsitient Com
5! onfort has indirectly proposed 70 sell Sonora.
1 Chihuahua and other States The price is con-
sidered extravagant, but it is quite probable
that the Southern politicians will bend their
energies to secure the cnnslimmation Of the
scheme.
I French SPoLIATIoN 1t is stated that the
United States Senate Committee on French
Spoliationa have decided 10 recommend that
Congress appropriate five millions Of dollars. in
Ave per cent, stock, for their liquidation. The
cost Of debating these claims since they were
first presented to Congress exceeds the whole sum
they ask.
bG- A special election to fill the vacancy
in the House of Delegates from Washington
county, Nd, win be held on the 9Th of Febru-
airy. MeSsrs. Leggett and Nelson, between
whom there was tie at the last election, will
probably run again.
/ The WALKER EXPEDITION Senator Mason
from the committee on foreign relations, on
Monday last made an important report in the
/ United Stanes Senate in relHti6ns to the Wal
ker expedition to Nicaragua, declaring that it
was purely of military character, and justfy fying
Com. Paulding in its capture. ..t -.
i GREAT SALE OF SLAvEs.-Probably the
largest sale of slaves ever made in Virginia late
| ly took place in Brunswick county Ninety
six, of ali ages sizes. and conditions, were sold
at the unprecedented aggregate Of about S75,-
900. -. ,'''-, - .-,.-. !. r. -
BOARD IN ALPHABETICALLY regular prices
cd board in Annapolis at the hotels and at pri-
| yate houses is ) II per week for single room,
and SO per week for room occupied 6y two or
more persons. ot.--f..I,u.d i ,-rE..,..i =. 80.