St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1858-09-30

e.. ana permitting tfIe1D 70 IeaNe nome With
out passes; That masters select homes for their
! slaves, Instead OF permitting them to seek out
their own. rs Is now practiced in this county;
AMI that We call upon cOnstallrs and naagis-
! tratcs 10 break up Wood-meetinss aud all I'M
lawful gatherings Of slaves anil free negroes,
and to enforce Tie patrol laws.
! TIKI OLIVE TRrE.-It has generally bern
! believed tia, the olive tree cannot DC grown
/ in this section Of country, except urlcr the
! protection of green house or without arih-
cial heat. The senior editor Of tits jurnal has
had a tree in his garden fer nearly twenty
J years, wlicl. has received 10 Protection what
, ever, ami has never been perceprinly injured
! by cold. It has produced fruit several wears,
and in 1916 he exhibited them at the Asricu-
tural Fair # the State. ami received A silver
cup As pr.;nirm. The form of the tree is
spreading, about twenty feet high, and the
holy five II six inches in diameter There
! is now on it considerable fruit, which may
find its way 10 the next Fair. He has two
smaller trees, from seven 20 ten feet high,
which have never BEEN injured hy cold He
would also mention an experiment he has
tried with ,he Wild Olive this season Be-
! Iicving that We had tree ir. our forests that
waS the true wild olive. ne migrated one Of
them near the ground, with two CRAFTS. both
! ii which have lived. and have grown from
two ~ three feet This clearly proves that
| the stock grated is the wild olive, and j: is
very probahl" the hardness Of the olive tree
! might L- improved by thus grating il.
Whether the olive tree could be culfiS bed
hereto Il profit. IS a question | will noett-
tempt u decide. But it is desirable IN rails.
il, even if il be for no other purpose than a
| curiosity " AS Ornamental! tree Georgia
Journal
OHE OF THE PoeTMASTERs.-When Judge
Mclean was PustmaSter-Gcneral. he was gross
ly abused by a disappointed applicant fT re-
appointment "a Postmaster in one Of the small
towns. He ~ length demanded 70 be inform
ed in writing, why &c was rot rc-App0inted.
H. was so informed, and the following VAS the
information:
Posi- OrYrck DEPARTMENT, June 8,
1856.
S:r:--The Allegations against YOU are nu-
mcrou, and >tr"n-. and chiefly ;r",c:
That voU cnnEn; write or rea':; are not =
safe account ,nt; not delivering letters when
CALI! f,r, Gciiv"rmt letters Frequently - per
sons Tor whom they were not Intended; f,i. t,
send ,e,tcr~ and packages x mai IN lr""Nr
time sending If tn. Inaii without putting into
/ letter, ,r PACKETS ;hat Tad h",n ili,,"i
At vntr nffice reverse tic destination % .'.tt-rs.
an, send tEcm back g. the pn."cs when" Jncy
car!"; nae lot SONS" c,i"a-A y discover me
error after t;,c letters have uecn repeatedly re-
trrr",! n!ak' frequent gross mistakes Ii the
b; lis Forwarded! - .'tncr "ficcs; opeI"l pIHaas
addressed Il thor poSt-1ihc"S; Wncn mai! is
caI,vl ior Iy = nciEEboring postmaster, hand
uc oft any. rigl: ar wrong; d!,phcy the reIu-
lation respecting dead newspapers; appr"pri-
ale hA.t dozen "f them - Your OWL Use for
tNs ~ three ,car. an;j resort II I'll" miserable
speculation {! Selling them f,r wrapping ra-
;,cr; i'll up . circulating library with lrro1i-
cal ". RS drained in tins way; at. nncouth in
Your behavior, oli"us - tho populations; heap
error u',oH o-roT, a.: .....i Yourself q :hc>c
errors in order TO surpIArt your employer, have
been tried Nv the vic!nitp and fouu'i wanting;
ard, - sum M. they cnargc you with want Of
principle and capacity respectfully.
john MCLEAN.
TIE HANDSOME Mr. SSiTHS0S A hun
d-ed and eigl teen years ago, all Yorkshire was
.<>ipinc about the refusal uI q scornful young
l,iy To- marry tho handsome son Of Dir. EaRE-
dale Smiths, This handsome son succeeded
his grandfather in baronctcv, then about
eighty wears Did. and the romance OF the peer
age has handed down 10 us tie weli-krnwn
name of Sir Hugh SlnithS0n When the story
Of the refusal aDnve alluded 10 WAS told To
Elizabeth Percy. Il Young lady who MAS sole
heiress of the wealth Of the Ear1 OF N"rtnum-
hcrlaud through her rinther and Il m'icl OF
that Of the Duke OF Somerset, Of whom she
was the only child-whcn she heard, We say,
O: the above incidenct sic exclaimed. that
the lady in question was the only woman Il.
ENGLAND who would refuse Sir Hugh Smith
son" This speech came u the ears Ct the
Young har,:.ri. and his consequent immediate
actitr thereupoa. gained for him the hand vi
,he hei css. AMI ultimately enabled him to *
change his IN, ,,lcst. hut AT this day in which
we write. most pleasant residence at Stanwick.
for the caSti. n Northumberland, - which he
WAS taken Dv Ills 6rI.!". For no other merit
than tits, was Sn EIUgh created Duke Q;
| Northumberland. and ne was the only lniIVld-
! tlal -aised ~ such dignity 10y George tho
! Third The YORKSHIRE narunct ~aS As profuSe
, p,:npous and dull aS he WAS hand>nn'; MS
! Viz. was huxnln woman. who grew tat as
! >n,. rev I'D and u>t really To tunhie asleep
! A. a person might accidentally tunIHl" down
! in tin. kerry middle of a court drawing room.
TIVE DrrAMERs AND TIE THPERoR.-
J Charles " ME .IUI4tllS !'St HIS '''''
tered A miserable roadside inn :ur rest anG re-
! Testament. He noticed four mon lying "n z
! Ee,i whose countcuanc"- were b. no means m
dcative Of good in'cttionS. In fact. they wert
thieves. Charles asked for refreshments, bu
he had scarcely swallowed 4 drop when ore o.
tie !il-lnok;ng fellows got UP and approa ne
| him. with tire remarN-'I dreamed you IA! !
! mantle than would fit me to a T. ami there
upon ne appropriated the garment.
Ard - said the second, following his com
ralo's example, "drcam.i YOU had buff Goa
which would fit me nicely" AZ the same Tim,
he seized upon ,he buff coat. The third took
his hat, the fonrt5 prepared 70 take whistle
which the Emperor wore suspended from III
neck hy gold chain. Softly, my friend,
said Charles; lie; me drst show YOU the use 0
this whi:.'e.'
Accordingly he raised It to bis lips blew
shri!l note, AMI the house was filed with hi
armed rctaiucrS.
Here said Charles, pointing to the ruff
ans, "are 4 sct Of fellows who dream whatcve
they want 1t is my turn now. have dream
cd that all these rascals were worthy of glib
bit. Let the dream lie realized instant
"
The hint was taken, and without further de
- e. raScolIN. CparspYte yCcr