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

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IRpi-'Eysnpls without land.n Their owners arc
| ab ,ut 5000 IN number, and when the slaves do
,ast labor fur their masters. they are compelled
~ pay them two-fifths Of the product Of their
work Tisey can also be sDld and separated
rom their families. There are 49.70S land
proprietors owning from one H. twenty scrls
apiece. and these serfs number T42,420. The
! prnprietnrs having frpn 81 to 100 S.ris are
| 80 ,02i, with 3,271 ,648 serfs. Veal thy pro-
;riet.s.ss with from i0I 10 1000 serfs, are
1e. SOS. with an aggregate of 1907 900 serfs.
| Pruprietnrs, with from l00l To > 200 serfs are
Gags, with 8 1920, 26S serfs. ProprietoTs Nith
over 1000 ssTfs number LAT, with $685. ,06o
serfs. The report concludes with the state
mant. that of the twentysthrec and half mil
lio,. sclEs Belonging to the mobiles, more than
thirteen millions are rnorfgscei to the Crown.
until the payment Of s97,sT9. 459 rubles. -z-.-,
BENEATH TUE WAvE-They have new
way of eaulking n vessel &C Memphis, Tenn.
II Is ra;sr Il upon dock which ie neither more
nor less than an extensive tub. tlilry-Hve feet
long, mr.Iltied so as 10 fis accurately TO the
profile Of the boat Ahng the sides a yielding
cushion is arranged. The Tub IS placed so that
one side, made low for the purpose, presses be-
meath the boat aud the cushioned edges press
against it. The water Is then pnnpei ont,
aud the pressure on the outside increasing in
proportion as the flaid frtan tie inside 10 en-
hausted, WesSes the cushioned edges against
thet&sA-ss 3zk&nkg rs ID prevent the entrance
of water at the places where the boat and the
dock touch. Here the workman caulSs the
seams of the bout, OF puts new plank in
where it is found to be necessary.
To Cure THE APPETITE FOR TOBACCO
The New York Independent gives the follow
ing As the experience Of clergyman who
smoked and cllewed tobacco for many years.
and used these means 20 break himself of the
habit had deep we'll of very cool water.
and whenever the evil appetite claimed indul-
gence, | resorted Immediately to fresh drawn
Water, OF this drank what | desired, and
then continued to hold water in my mouth
throwing out aud taking in successive mouth
fus, until the craving ceased. BY faithful
adherence Ia this practice for ab rut q IN Mth,
was cure,l. have ever since been rs free
from any appetite for tobacco as n nursing
infant. oathe the use of the weed in every
form, far more than / ever did before / con-
tracted habits of indulgence.
MoSuNEST TO THE PHGRIM Fathers
4 monument is to be erected tu the Pilgrim
Fathers at Plymouth, cr'st from $500, 900 to
S4O0, 900. 1t will he built uf graliite. 1863 feet
high, so feet at the basc, with sitting figures
from 36 to 70 feet high. 1t is to be c0mpiet-
ell in twelve years from August 1856. Thirty
six thotisird dollars have been subscribed, |
principally ir Massachusetts,. The society for
building the monument have purchased all
the estates Immediately around the sc.itaLie |
rock, and also site for the monument, en- |
bracing ten acres of land, commanding fine /
view Of the harbor and the locality VI the ruck !
The serious accident tn Senator Chandler, Of |
Detroit. before reported, is described by the De- |
troit -fdccTtiscr /: Finding that the gas escap- |
ell from pipe in the ceiling, he stepped on a
chair for the ptr pose Of clnsing it. /
He had TO sooner raised the light to enable |
him to see, than the gas ignitcd, and instantly |
exploded, throwing him down from the chair, |
ana very badly burning his face and hands,
He was probably injured much more than he I
would have been had he Immediately. left ths /
daughter, ~ho fortunately ran ont at the first
moment Of the explosion, and escaped with
very little injury.
CAN MAN Re HIS own GRANDFATHER? /
Notes and Queries answers III the afirma- !
tive:
law, aud man his son. The widow married |
the son, and the daughter the Obj man; the |
widow was therefore mother to her husbands |
father, consequently grandmother to her Own |,
husband. They had son, TO whom she was
great-grandmother, now as the son OF a grand |
mother rnnss be either = grandfather or great
uncle, this hoy was therefore his own grand
father.-N. B. This was actually the case
wiz boy at a school at Norwich.
AMENDMtsr OF THE CoNsTIrUTIoN.--We
arc informed, say. the Philadelphia American.
that under the Nth a"ic,e of the Constitution
OF pennsylvania, an ane"inient to- the Consti-
tutin will be proposed to .he Senate and
House Of Representatives ut theiI approaching
session, providing for the change of ca second
section of the fifth article relating to the ,loc-
ton of the Judiciary of Pennsylvania ana
restoring, with some modification, the provi-
sion IN regard to the Judges, as embraced in
the Constitution of 1890.
EXCITEMENT AT CAMBRIDGE, tMD.l-Seven
slaves, who escaped from Dorchester county
Md } on Saturday night week, were on Satur-
day last arrested in Caroline county. together
with white man named Hugh Hazelett, Ia
resident of Dorchester county for two or three
vears) who was found in their COMPANY
They were all taken to Cambridge on Monday
last in the steamer Kent, under the charge Of
the sheriff and deputy of Caroline county -
Hazelett, was committed to Jail.
FRASER RTvER-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.
The,British Government has expressed itself dis
posed to deal literally with citizens Of the Tn
itcd States who proceed there. II will not be
long before large city will spfing up az
Shipping port and emporium fr this distant
| region.
Returns of the election in Oregon show that
the democrats have majority of twenty-nine
on iOint ballot in the Legislature Of chat Terri
tory. The Legislature was to have met on
the 5th INST, when an election for United Ser
ator would take place, in view Of Oregon be-
ing admitted az State at the next meeting of
Congress. The election Of General Lane was
deemed certain.