St. Mary's beacon., 1858-09-02

C..~-gcE ,TIUx o. THE Re-. ph. BcENAH.
Wednesday was a great day i'll Philadelphia
20 the Episcnpsl b7d:hsrho6i inasmuch as that
was the dav set Apsrt Tor The conservation Of
tine Rev. Saniiiel Bowrfsh Is the ASSISTANT
Bishop nf the Protestant Episcopal Diocese OF
PENNSYLVANIA. The church that was the scfhe
of the ceremonies. was througed by crnwd
If ladies and gentlemen who, ~ III early hour,
had assembled at the do'rs TO gaIh admission,
and hundreds were obliged t. leave disap-
pointed. as no fiecc could bc found soon af-
ter the doors Htfe opened I" stand within
the walls of the building. The ceremonies
Throughout excited profound attention.
AxorHER SOUTHERN HoPE.-Wine COM
},anies are formed in Alabama. Mobile has
taken the lead in this new enterprise. We
have often wondered that in our southern states
qnore attent;,>t is rot paid tn profitable and
elegant a culture aS that If the grape. The
climate is adapted III. The expense is not
oncrouS. The result Is certain. AMI the mar
kct eager. The south may easily. in few years,
render us independent nf France and Germany
for wines. as the north has already made us
independent Of Britaik for manufactures.
SANDY PoixrE denf -HoUsE.--htereSting 10
Nriners-A fixed light, varied by flashes, of
the natural c,.Iur, will be exhibited for the first
time on the night of October lSt, next, aud on
every night thereafter from sunset to sunrise,
from the lighthouse recently erecte,. Oh SAHes
Point, west side uf Chesapeake BayA between
Grcenhury Point lighthouse tcutrance to An
napulis harburl aa,t the mouth ot the Magnth%
river The height Of The light from the base
Of the house is 81 feet. and the height above
tn .s.,can Level of the bay is ga fct The
, n =. ~ - - 81,
deck OF \ cnasting vessel. at the distance Of
about - miles IN good weather.
/. FOLLOWED HIM-Whcn the American
flag WAS unfurled in Tampico an aged Span
lard WAS heard invci2hinG with luguhrio1is
earnc>tncsS against the peItinacity with which
tho tiag hal pursued his fortunes. 81 was dc
Spanish c,isul in IL I."niScannc. but soon dat
tlan he was raise and 20 to Pensacola, hut
sonr. at tlag ~-ss Owl ~ dare. lived in dc
'tl.xos ANT dat FLAG fcNu~c mr. dare Says ],
90 where de flag never come. | come To Tam
pico but here is dat flag again. | believe
GO tn the devil. and see il dat same f1aS Wi!
follow aaTe dare. .
SPICY LEcrrHES.-Wc learn that Thomas
Dunn English is engaged in preparing series
or t~--,..,, -7f-,,n .he American etrrs 10 be de-
liyercd during the coming fall ami Winter
They will consist Of readings interSperscd with
comments. As ar l.ngnsh is given to free
speech we NAV anticipate son!c sensation
Among the genus "r'fHhte.
MErHopI>rs IL New ENGLAHD.-From the
minutes Of the several Conferences in the New
England States it appears there are. IN rotfFd
numbers one hundred Thousand t.4E4.il efs u
10 1T L., in New Enc
the :llIiea'>. rf the past year is about ten thouS
and. Including those on probation.
PRSeS - SgrH Br An ANERlCAE.-A CORES
pondent of the Phnder&tN F"fr'rcr Wac at
PekIn, the capital Of CHINA, n short time ago.
ard what lac of II, and how 1t impressed HIM
he thus describes:
On arriving NJ the capital Of the Chinese En-
pig--, fad city containing about two mil
lions of inhabitants. Such Is The estimate, but
doubtless TIE calculation made in the usual
spirit of Eastern cXaggsraion he that as II
may, the walls are fourteen miles IN cIrcumfer-
p, enrr. twEMty-~rgh, f-St high, twenty -four feet
''''N ~ NV ""'' Nd t%slye at the top. There
irs'+.n"t from each hther, hr,s =, ,kn Sn,:s are
barracks iDr the sonlicrs. nine storit.. % bs;I,
The metropolis is divided into TWO rnt.. nne
inhabited bv the 'fnrtars, and the otiler by Tn
Chinese. I'm each there j. street four miles
long a:,@ one hundred and twenty feet wide, and
, the EInneror's palaces and gardens occupy two
thirds of the Tartar city. And all tins besides
, the suburbs, which are nearly rs roI'rlous as
The city proper.
Pekin is strangely located as a national capital
l: beng in a northern corner dat forty deg } and
only sixty miles south Of the famous Chinese
wall, and therefore much exposed TO northern
and hostile neghbnrs. Yet IFS fortlfcatiuns are
strong, and until the vast machinery Of modern
ARTERY wac invented, the brother of the sun aFd
moon perfectly sscurr hi1 palatial halls
the walls, bastIOns, and towrrs being mhpTeg-
noble i'll ancert times. II bravely manned and
defended, the Oriental potsntate, robed IN impe-
rial purple, mig lt have exclaimed with Macbeth,
sour cas.!+'s strength will laugh the serge To
scorn'" Although thr country about fekin Is
sandy and reproductive, yet provIsi,ir.E abound
being brought by canals from all the great rivers,
and also with its commemorative merchants be
ing paid IN money, the capital is the chief re-
cIpient Of the revenues of all China Il has ever
been regarded u very exclusive place, the pre-
senre of 10 foreigner being permitted within its
walls. But now, the outside barbarians ars in
! a fair way Of Overlapping the sacred boundaries
And II Is probable that this act, together win
the opening Of Japan, may pro"e al, important
step ards the Inauguration of Christianity
among the mi lions who benighted IN
the worse than Cimmerian darkness of Pagan
idoatry and superstition.