St. Mary's beacon., 1858-03-11

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Aow nj LoAn Grx.-According to Mr.
the Richn10ad, Va, gunmaker,
YOU ought to try L repeatedly with charges
consisting Of easasl bnlIxs Of powder and slot,
Ut yuu co6ss % i quantity with winch the gun
viii not recuil, or but slightly. This viii give
Won tie proper QsEshtity Of shot. With fkis
Ioad, hovsseg. tae ssrn VIII scatter in aR diree-
lions. 10 correct this. reduce the qsHsntity af
powder laseil yuu Ed that the shot - carried
= cldse i y60 desire. A gun loaded thWs VII
n4xeF barsf To make it carry farther, use
skot IL larger siae 10 gRn should be firQi
na0re than ~tweaty tiases without bemG wipssi
out When IN the field. L WI be RascfH Iet-.
ter TO carry the piece alwayshalf-cOckcd.
TIE NKaao RAcE.-Bayard Taylor, In =
letter from Nubia, IN Upper Egypt, says:
Those fFieings of the African raee who point
70 Egypt an prOof of what that race has az
cumplished, are wholly mistaken. The only
negro features represented in Egyptian sculp-
turs are those Of slares and captTss taken IN
Ethiopian wars Of the pllarahs The temples
and pyramids throughout ERhia, Gar rs the
Daref and Abyssinia, all bear the hieroglyphics
Of mOnarchs, and there is no evidence in all thu
Valley of the Nile TINT the negro race ever at
taiuetf higher degree of civilization than il at
present exhibited in OongD and Ashantee."
1sVssaE sonE or ir wrSr.-The wash
ing'on correspOndeat Of tbs New York Herald
says 81 s--~
George -Ashman was examined before shs
Tariff investigating comnlitsse on Tuesday
morning. lie informed the committee in slIs
beginning that be should testify under protest.
When asked whether he ksd received anv
money TO aid in tae gsssszge OF the tariff bll.
he lnfosned me eUswHsEvtse that he did receive
money from WelsDu for servRes rendered In
passing that BAL; bsst he denied using any Of il
% InlUeBce members. Woicost sw0Fe that lsg
had never used 1mmey 70 aid in The passage
sf tie tarf. AahInun says that WOlcots paid
bun noaey Tor taai purpose. Here 10 ilas
contradiction.
Charleston Mercury % FetruaYy q statca
tia. the annual statement, jus, made by Afr.
j. n. Cartinzo, OF the supply and consumption
Of cotton from 1927 to the present wear. esti-
macs probable snpplyfR lssS az 2,cOO OOO
bales from the United States, and 1000. .OOe
from all others suregS. It's estimate for con-
sumption during tiit present year is, in Gnat
Britain, l.0OO ,O0D bales; ON the continent al
Europe, $50, 600 halS; and in the Unitca
States, 100000 iales. From ths-s data. nCt
forgetting the sto>k on haild at the commence
supply ryond consumption IN 1858 at l,47o,.
1t il greatly 10 be felf.i that DR.. L.ci,harlk
he Austrian traveller, has shand the fate Of
Sir John Franklin. Four thousand five hun
,lred puainds have, however lseen voted by tho
Legislature Of New South Waics for the ex-
lcnse of the proposed expedition b search for
hin. DIR. Gregury has volunteered to conduct
II, and he entertaiIis some hope that statement
made by . cpnyict. that DIR. Lcishar,lt il % prF-
-mer in the han,is Of q title of Northern AboF-
isnos, may be trre.
Adviccs from Mpntevi,lco .Iaauary 9TH sta.e
that . revolution broke out on tie 2l, headed
Ivy Colonel Brigido Riviera. Rarricades had
been thrown up in tie streets of Mnut.yi,lc,
and nc the latest dates tn: revolutionary troops
were approaching tic city. An engagement
was hourly expected The f9cign vcsscss ef
war in port. including the American, had sers
On shore parties Of marines a.. protect the for
aign residents. The Amcsi.an enpsnsoiofc. IL
the request of the others. had taken command
of tie foreign foEces.
COOP ErT IcY.--A correspondent of the
cksburg Sun, writing frun II ,livar coun.v.
sss
drinking at cnsmtcr, and wigl.al leing tnlcrs-
bly, tight after several ineilectlsai attempts q,
rise the giasS t his lire succccsei IN gctsing il
high enough - 'postF the contents inside his
shirt collar, set sise glass down with the exela-
nation -tliass good bus Little toC much ice,
Mr. BaFkeepcs." pr
ScHENE or DfsrSs0x.--A toint cornmi.:e,
appointments by the Texas Legislature IN CON-
ader the kansa' message of tie Governor #
that State, has reported isiH tn app5int seven
delegates t,a cOnycnGion of tire Southern States.
provided that ssIIi convention be called bv =
majority Of the slave States. The bill also ap-
ProPriates ten Thousand dollars TO pay cxpeal-.
ses. ~ .a..
DEATn or FExEMAS HUST;-we regret to
be calsd upon TO Announce the death cf Free
man HINT, ESD, .esiittg of Hunts Magazine.
ana for many years o succts<fnl pRlli.her IN
New York and Boston. lie has been for some
time III, aslssslicti nf inflammation Of the brain
= bis residence IN New York, yesterday Mr..
Hunt absundesI IN afIiabie and social aualitie T.
and had no snemiss bat hir.sch.
Jamev Oaier, sht bsnker .fafiser<in law IN Ger,
Csvaignse, has pa: al Sssd to his own life by
sirangHiasioH !; his dea:is was $500 De0f. This
ianli!y, originally jewelers., have had scsne very
tragic occurrences aiYe dy IN their hoase sueh no N
mysterious SnuFderls their resideiee on The Bou-
isvards some % years ago, 90 wlaish oeoassos
this bankess GaEer ,itted tIsaf nsasssos fog evss
and built the superb palace in the Chansps Elv.
sees, Rue de p0ratorie, now inhabited 6y Laax
| Spencer, late Countess d'Orssy.
zLLzEGT 81 -
A New Orleans dispatch Of yesterday saxx
that the Louisiana HUalae OF Representasisisx
has passed bill authorizing . company aIrsa.
dy oFgznized 60 import twsnty-fve hundred
free negroes ffom the eo&sA 0fAffica. indnntur.
cd fOr NOS lees than fifteen yeaFs. s,-T ="
- IL is stated that there are ahotts era
million bsshsA wheas in the store. and abrnt
sixty thousand bssrels ef flbnp st C,ieapD -.
Wheaa In selling as s3s55 eezes. Itis TIE ern-
eral opinion that two mlIlion bushels 81 rrain
opening Of navigation.
Queen yictosia has commissioned Mr. 7. Phil
ips 20 paint . grand historical picture Of sha
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