St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

LoUIs NAPoLEox's BALL RooM COUP'T
ErAT.-The Paris correspondent of the North
American writes under date of February 18th
"A funny instance of tIss length % which
etiquette Is carried in the Emper6fs fu-esaus
court was exhibited at the Ttrilieries ball on
Snndays last. aaPnnce Christian Of Denmark
ssas there, and e was thought desir.ble to &C
] conmodase him with seat by the Emperor
and Empress, buf, unfortunately, according tn
imperial etiquefte, ambassadors take prece-
dence Of all princes nos sons or brothers OF
/ reigning nlonarchs. The Danish Prince ccnles
under neither category, and as ambassadors dc
not sit at the French court, 50 the Prince could
not be allowed TO sit either. 1t was q. knotty
point how to do the civil properly on the oc-
casion. The Emperor solved il BY bis genius:
He resolved not 10 sit himself, and ordered
away his stool from the side of the Empress,
and invited the Prince 70 stand beside him
The incident almost reminds one of Sheridan S
reply when asked to help drunken acquaint-
ance out of the gutter, being drunk also him
sslf. My dear friend bsa. i impossible; but
III lie down beside you!"s
Mr.. FoRREsT.-The Newark Advertiser says:
ait is reported thst Edwin Forrest has aban-
doned the stage, and proposes TO open liquor
store in Chicago.a
To the above the Philadelphia Inquirer re-
plies it IS simply absurd, and says:
"Mr. Forrest some time since made profess
sional visit TO St. Louis, where he experienced
the most signal success. Before his return
home he was seized with an attack OF inflam-
matory rheumatism, from which he has not yet
fully recovered. He is now at his residence In
Broad street, in this city, and is gradually iRl-
proving. We learn that as soon as his health
Is sufficiently restored an effort will he made to
induce him TO appear, for a series of nights, in
his favorite characters, at the Academy of Mu-
sic."
This being the case, the reports Of his hav-
ing become especially pious are without foun-
dation.
"PUBffc OpINIoN."-The New York Times
saws of the removal Of Judge Loring by Gov
ernor Banks, that the act ''strikes blow at the
independence Of Courts, and tends to make the
Judiciary subservient to political excitements
The Journal of Commerce observes:
Gov Banks gave his reasons for the removal
of Judge Loring, in a message of considerable
length. He recognizes the force of the per
sonal Liberty Law, which declares the holding
of State and Cuited States office by the same
person incompatible with the public interests.
Having THUS got rid of Judge i.oring, he devotes
half his message to showing that the provisions
of that law, so far as they affect other officers
are wrong, and suggests their repeal. Ii this
is not playing the dcmagogue, we do not un-
l. tlfa Y,,o,,,ipu oft ko f,rp1
FREE NEGROES IN MARYLASD-A Balti-
more paper says that the small State of Mary
land contains greater free negro population
than the mighty Empire State of New York
by over $4,000, and exereds Pennsylvania by
over u. 900. Phil. Argus.
In Maryland every one of these free negroes
are deprived Of all and every right OF citizen-
ship. Now, if this position were felt to be
degrading or if the negro possessed, Is race,
any OF the energy aud capacity of the white,
all these negroes would emisrate to Massachus-
etts, where the law recognizes them as equals
10 white men. Ii the negroes Of the South
were offered ireedon on condition Of going .
Massachusetts,, not more than one in hundred
would do it.-N y. Day Book.
THE FISHERIES. fisheries SAYS the Ma
tionaI IntelIigencer If Monday last, will COM
mence in good earnest in day or two. Large
numbers Of hands are engaged aud on the way
to the respective landings, and by the middle
or latter days of the week. fresh Potomac shad
and herring in full supply may be expected
About forty very fine Shad were caught on Fri
day last about fifty miles down, and sold in
Alexandra on Saturday these are strictly the
first of the season. and-were taken by the nets
of the ordinary winter fishery. 1t is said, by
way Of encouragement TO hopes of a prosper
Gus fishing season, that unusually large num-
bers of gannets, the AERIAL concomitants of shad
and herring have made their way up the river
So far the wind is right for setting the fish in
ward.
AN-ACr of the Maryland Legislature, passed
at its late session, and which goes into imme-
diate effect, provides that no slave who may be
hereafter manumitsed by deed or will, upon
condition that said slave leave this State, or
upon any other condition or contingency, shall
be entitled to freedom until the said condition
shall nave been performed, or the specified
contingency shall have happened. 1t also pro-
vides that DO slave shall be manumitted, by
deed or will, unless said slave is, at the date of
manumisSion, above the age of ten and under
the age Of forty-five years, and able to gain a
livelihood and support by labor.
HoRR1BLE-We learn that a most horrid
butchery of little negro child was enacted
one day last week, in Delaware, near the line
Of this State. 1t appears that the old folks
went from home and left two small boys in the
house, who during their absence took their lit
tie sister to the weod pile, laid her head upon
log, and chopped it OFF with an axe. The
younger brother afterwards chopped off one of
her arms. On the return of the parents the
mHtilated parts of the body of the child were
found scattered about the yard. The reason
for this inhuman act, given by the Oldest boy,
is, that his sister had dared him to do it, and
" he wouldn't take dare from any body
Worcester Shield.
TEX THOUSAND DOLLARS SToLES.--One Of
the boldest robberies ever perpetrated in this
city was committed yesterday at the Farmers
and Planter Bank. The clerk Of Messrs
Enoch Pratt & Brother, No. % South Charles,
called at the bank, and reaching around the
screen of one of the vacant desks placed his
bank book and package containing $4,000
in assorted Virginia bank notes on the desk,