St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1858-10-07
RS- The Recorder Of Chicago, in a reoen;

k1- The Recorder Of Chicago, in a recent
charge to the grand jury Of that city. said:
During the last five years that have held
this court it has been my unpleasant duty to
try and sentence 10 the State prison several
hundred persons; and ! am sorry ~ say that
while it is an EASY matter to 6Di jurors who
arc ready and willing to punish poor offenders
without position or friends. it is with great
difficulty that Jurors can be found who apprc-
Ciatc the fact that Orfc bal man Of position and
wealth can do more harm than one hundrct
poor men can, who are in the humble walks
Of life"
SOME women always lopk WE'LL just aS
pretty at the wash-tub a. at the piano, and
not because vi any especial mark Of beauty,
but Il general ncatnesS and fitness If all things
on hand about them-but another with fair
face perhaps. may put on the costlcSt silks.
and bcdeck herself with diamonds and jewels.
and be hardly paS>able. and why? Not from
anv marked defect If form or feature, but an
entire want Of taste in making up and put
ting OH things"
NJ Duval ESQ., has notified 'sihe inhabitants
OF the town II Urper Marlboro" to look out for
broadside from his ''grey goose quill. He
says he intends To advocate the propriety Of ap-
new county 20 be called Columbia, To be COM
posed of Pladensburg and Evansville districts IN
Prince Georges county, and parts of Anne
A rundel, Howard and Montgomery counties,
with a ourt-house At BetsviiIe- He predicts
that his article will create "great commotion."
PRrokEs, WINS Al AcE.-Mr. Ten Broeck's
A'ner!Srn horse ori5sess won he Gres. York :.
shire Yfan dcap At Dmca s%er6Akces ~Twelve
lint their
moderate. TIE Great s.. Leser was tn be run
for "n the dav the City Of Washington sailed
Lord Derby 3 horse Toxophohte continued first
t,vorIte At slort ode
A Far CoxrkGprcrtoH.-The Catholic Her
aid and Visitor denies the truth of statement
now g"lng the rounds Of the press, tn the effect
that 5O7 Austrian priests had menorialIzed the
Archbishop uf Vienna IN favor of the abolition
oS the teha'v of the priests, &c, and asserts
that the whole affur WIS manufncIu red this
side of the llan,Ic, without even a foundation
IN any European journal.
RlSKRrrs IN MAssAcHUsErrs.-Th" return p
of bankruptcies under the general law Of lS4l,
according to a write, IN Hunts Merchants May
a-inc, shows Massachusetts 10 have been the
least aferted by the revulSIon OF any of he
States. By the tables gwen II appears the prop
rrty Of the Massachusetts debtors was equSl To
SIN'v per ceni, Of the debts, while those of New
York were less than per cent, and all the
rest of The Onion nearly ten per cent.
SENATOR JnNES OF IEEHESsEE SrUNPs FOR
DnrGLAs.-tlnn. J. c. Jones ex-senator f. ON
Tennessee, has taken the stump for Dongas in
Illinois. He arrived at Springfield on The 18th
instant and addressed an immense meeting. His
speech was highly Landed able eloquent
effort. embraced the question broadly, and sealing
The points with force.
Err 1t is astonishing how ''toddy" promotes
independence. a Philadelphia "l! "brickt"
wing day or two Since in the gutter in very
spiritual manner was advised III very friend
y manner t. economize as 'tnur was going
Ip.' Let it co up said old bottlcn"~e, Il
Sin git ~ high as flour kin-any day"
E25- An editor ont West. who served four
lays on Jury saws that he is 30 full of law .
hat it is hard for him to keep from cheating {
Shameful libel upon the 'genteeI' profess :
sion WEI it is. {