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St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01
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THE Paris correspondent Of the North
ican writes under date If February 18th
funny instance of tie length t. which
Iette is carried III the Enper1rs payreHne
e was exhibited at the TuilIeries ball on
day last. Prince Christian of Denmark
there, and it was thought desirable 10 ac-
nmodate him with scat by the Emperor
Empress, but, unfortunately, according to
perial etiquette, ambassadors take prece-
nee of all princes not s>gls OF brothers of
Egning monarchs. The Danish Prince comes
hinder neither category. and as ambassadors do
pot sit at the French court. 50 the Prince could
no; be allowed 10 sit either. 1t was a knotty
point how 10 do the civil properly on the &C.
casion. The Emperor solved it 10y his genius:
He resolved not 10 sit himself, and ordered
away his stool from the side Of the Empress.
and invited the Prince to stand beside him !!
The incident almost reminds one of Sheridan 5
reply when asked to help drunken acquaint-
ance out of the gutter, being drunk also HIM
salf. My deIr friend, that is impossible; but
Ill lie down beside YOU"
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

INTERSAT1oNAL t"rRTr,- Tho Prcsder L
Of the United State, he, ~. oiv',i ~ autograph
letter from Prince .tlh"ri ;t,.7si, panied with
medal containing The iikcl H., ~ ii the Princess
E"Ta! and Frederick William 'Fhe letter con-
taI.is ,e..tllnents ii friendly 7,2g2.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

TIE FrsHERIES-T fisheries, says the Ma
tional Intelligenccr OF Monday last. will COM
mcnce in good earnest i'll II day or two. Large
numbers Of hands are engaged and on the WAY
to the respective landings, and by the middle
or latter davs Of the week. fresh Potomac shad
and herring in full supply may bc expected
About forty very fine shai were caught on FRI
day last about fifty miles down, and sold in
Alexandria On Saturday: these are strictly the
first of the season. and were taken by the nets
of the ordinary winter fishery. 1t is said. 10y
way Of encouragement to hopes of a prosper
Gus fishing season, that unusually large mum
bers of gannetS the aral concomitantS Of shad
and herring have made their way mp the river
SO far the wind is right for setting the tish i'll
ward.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01
Nh. .FoRREsT.-The Newark Advertise,

Mr.. FoRBEsT-The Newark Advertiser says:
1T is reported that Edwin Forrest has aban-
doned the stage. and proposes to open a liquor
store in Chicago"
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 vet
fully recovered. He is now at his residence In
Broad street. in this city. and is gradually i'm
proving We learn that a. soon as his health
is sufficiently restored effort will be made to
induce him to appear. for series of nights, in
his favoritc characters at the Academy of Mu-
sic
This being the case. the reports Of his hav-
ing become especially pio,ts are without foun-
dation.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

WHY COUSINS SHOULD NOT MARRr.-Tn the
Annual Report Of the Superintendent ofthe Ken
tucky Institution for the Deaf and Durnb, we
find the following conclusive argument agains;
the marriage Of cousins:
''From ten to twenty per cent, Of deaf mutes
are the children of cousins. 1t is greatly TO be
regretted that the law forbiddIng the marriage Of
first cousins did not pass the recent Legislature.
Their marriage IS a violation Of Law Of nature,
as is evidenced by the aflictIons visited in al
most every case upon their offspring, IN deafness,
blindness and Idiocy and ought to be viola
ton Of human laws also. The commonwealth
has the clear right to protect itself against these
ill-starred matches, whose offspring il has TO
MAINTAIN. too Frequently for life. IL may be
hoped that this important subject will not escape
the acIion of our legislators many years longer.
1t is confidently believed that by forbiddIng mar
rIages of this kind and by prop>r attention and
care Of infants Iaborng under the diseases stated
the number OF deaf mutes in the community
might be diminished one half in generation.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

Coon GrRL.-.t fire occurred tn Newport.
r. L., recently, NJ which the he's" burst, and
there WAS \ cry for something to bind it. A
lady who was near promptly fired one Of her-
SKIRTS. and the stream ni water Was MsDn doing
effective scr ice again. II q. lady should have
been an honorary member oG til" fire depart
ment
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01
LAST NOTICE TO DEBTORS.

THE undersigned would respectfully and
earnestly ask all persons indebted to him,
or TO the firm of Joseph Morgan G. Co., on
open account or otherwise to come forw ard
and set'Ie their IndebtednessA@irhout tur,hes
delay. Should this notice be disregarded, It
is has intention to place his accounts in the
hands OF +. +. SpaldiDg for collection. and
Re sincerely hopes thai persons who owe
him will save him the unpleasant task and
themselves the expense, OF collecting tho
debts due him by resort 10 the law.
JOSEPH MORGAN.
Leonard Town.
April LIST, 1851.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

EET-- 4 Wisconsin correspondent Of the R7-
chester Union states that Ill 2, in: from rrai-
RE du C!icn to LII Crosse, u few days ago. =
singular s'ene WAS presented on th" ste4llabaas.
ut one end "f t!c long saloon clergyman WIS
preaching to small crowd eatl Crc lnd
him. III the middle gamhh < WI. in busy pro-
GrrSS, anil al the other extremity u the saloon
there were music ;..ll dancing
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

"rrHLiC OPINION. The New York Times
says Of the removal of Judge Loring by Gov
crnor Banks. that the act strikes a blow at the
independence Of Courts, and tends t. make the
judiciary subServient To- political cxcitemcnts
The journal If Commerce observes:
Gov. Banks gave his reasons f"r the removal
Of Judge I.pring, in a message of considerable
length He recognizes the force of the "Pcr-
sonal Liberty Law, which declares the holdin,
of State and United States Office by the same
person incompatible with the public interests.
Having thus got ril of Judge Lorny he devotes
half his message to showing that the provisions
Of that law 50 far rs they affect other officers
are wrong. and suggests their repeal. Ii this
is not playing the dcnagosue, we do not un-
derstalld the meaning of the term.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

The question Of the int 'xitn'ing quality e
lager brcr has b'cn EcfEc the Supreme Cont
of Massachusetts,. II Wis ALLEGED that thl%
drink docS not com" within the term intoxica-
ting liquors. Bat thu c"urt held that it " m.
expressly declared +" l.. ly the statute. ANA
that, Therefore. It Was not competent to 80 into
the chemical fact
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

FREE NEGHOEs ~ MAEYLASD.-A Balt-
more paper SAYS that the small State uf Mary
land contains greater free negro population
than the mighty Empire State OF New York
by ovcr 25,oOO, and exceeds Pennsylvania by
over 21O0O.-PhH. 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
degraliIg or if the ncgr" possessed. As u race,
any OF the energy and capacity of the white,
all these negroes would enigrate to Mass;.chus-
cts. where the Ia" recognizes them aa ol::a's
to white nlcu. Ii the negroes of the South
were offered freedom on condition of going to
Massachusetts, not more than one in hundred
would do it-N !. Day Box.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

TWE DrEH OF De vox.nrRe AND THE CHAsez-
LING SToRY.-The PhIlade phIn Press closer on
interesting notice of the late Duke Of Devonshirs
with the following account Of a ory long cur
rent ~ England, as the exr lanatIOn why the
Duke Of DevonshIr-, who was one of the rirL-
est men IN the empire, never married. Ills pro-
pertr was estimated, when he came to his titles
and estates, at 1000 ,O0U, a year In spite of
this he got IN debt to the amount Of 3. .e1O, 900,
which he secured by life insurance, havin. so Id
his unentmed property. The interest on hi.
debts and the premium on his insurance amount
ed to 5000, ,0G0 year. He sold Newly Park
TO Hudson, the Railway King" for Sl,750,-
600
with all his titles an wealth, he never mar
RED. Among numerous presumed causes for
his celIbacv, one has obtained gen eralI curren-
ey and partial credenre. Ife undouSi Siedly VAS
the Only son Of the fifth Duke, ;he husband q
that Duchess GeOrgIana, kwnose beauty, wit,
graceful manners and poetIcal taste, (eulogized
by C"ierIdge,) made her the glory Of that fash
InL able and political circle, at the close OF the
last century, Of which the Prince Of Wales was
the centre. The fifth Duke Inok sDr has second
wife, his cousin, the Lady Elizabeth the widow
ofGenerai Foster. The two kiies, who we're
intimate friends, visited PARIS IN the sprino Of
l1JO, and each was confined IN thet cav irs Ad-
joining apartments, almost ~ the same hour
1t is sand that the Duchess gave birth to daugh-
ter-that Lady Elizabeth had son-and that
with or without the comm vance ofthe Duke, who
was dlslnclined to let the the estates and titles
pass to his surviving brother, Lord George Ca
yendIsh. the children were exchanged, 50 that
Lady Elizabeth Fosters son was substituted
for the Duchess daughter. On the death Of the
Duchess IN 1905, the Duke married Lady Eli
Zabeth, then a widow. Il is added that her lady
ship, who long survived HIM, passed her latter
years IN Rome, where che became a Catholic,
and, in a repentant mood communicated to Lord
George Cavendish, the wroDged heir, the fraud
which had been prepetraied. Also, that Lord
George, unwilling to compromise the family hon
or by publicly asserting his vi CHS. made N
icable arrangement with the Duke just deceased
which gave him q life use Of the estates, but
bound him over not to perpetuate the fraudulent
succession by marriage.
This story may may not bs true. We
give 1t simply a credited report in fashionable
English society, where it has been current foI
over thirty years.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

An ACT Of the Maryland Legislature. passed
at its late session, and which goes into immc-
diatc effect, provides that no slave who may he
hereafter manumitted by deed or Will, upon
condition that said slave leave this Statc, OF
upon any other condition or contingency, shall
be entitled to freedom until the said condition
shelf have been performed, or the specified
contingency saIl have happened. 1t also pro-
vides that no slave shall be manumittcd, by
deed or WILL unless said slave is. at the date of
manlmiSsion, above the age Of ten and under
the age Of forty-fve years, and able to gain a
livelihood and support by labor
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

sion Of the wishes of the peoPlI
" overturned and revolution
reckless dcmagogIies for the sal
nal partizan dogmas in the O
the State.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

GARDESING.--The season has come in which
the trees and shrubs of the garden and gard
demand attention. if they ere expected to pay
for the ground they occupy; and that they
will make generous return for proper atten-
ton and care they have always abundantly
proved. AS pertinent to this subject We re-
print the following appropriate hints from the
Germantown Telegraph of the present week:
a FEW SHORT HINTS. = Cherry grating
should be done as soon as possible
Now is the time to stick your Current and
Gooseberry cuttings. Take of last years growth,
cut out all the buds buried in the earth in
sert six inches, leaving eight or ten inches above
ground. BY this course You will have trees
instead of bushes, bearing much more abun-
:dantly, fruit finer, and stock pretter.
I Rake off carefully the top-dressing from the
strawberry, asparagus, tulip, and flower beds.
Also take off the covering from the spinach
bed. We have now spinach lit 10 eat
The early pea should be in the ground by
this time, provided the weather continues warm
So with your lettuce in a warm borfier
Trim your dwarf pear trees. We find it gopd
policy to head them IN pretty closely.
Cut ont all the dead wood, and a good deal
of the oil wood Of your roses. The rose bears
sharp pruning.
Trim and tic up your Raspberries They
never should be trimmed in the fall unless laid
down.
Transplant your fruit and ornamental trees
shrubs and vines now as rapidly as possible
The earlier they are in the better.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

HORRIBLE.--We learn that a most horrid
butchcry of a 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. VINO during their absence took their lit
tie sister to the wood pile. laid her head upon
a log, and CHOPPED it off with ali axe. The
younger brother afterwards chopped off one of
her arms. On the return of the parents the
mutilated 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.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

Ten THOUSAND DOLLARS SToLEN-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. "a South Charles,
called at the bank, and reaching around the
screen of one of the vacant desks placed his
hank book and package containing $4,000
in assorted Virginia bank notes on the desk,
and then left the bank for the postoffice. There
was a stranger standing near at the time. but
no notice was taken OF him. The book keeper
at the adjoining desk stepped for a few min
utes to another desk for the purpose Of enter
ing some checks, and while absent the money
and the stranger had both disappeared The
haul was large one, and liberal reward
lSl.5 500 has been offered for its recovery
Patriot.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

ELECTIVE JUDICIARY.-A gen
ing of Judges to the Courts, MAJ
a significant one. There is but
said he, to take, that ito lsrf
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

HEAVY DANAGEs.-A jury OF the Circuit
Court of Frederick county, Nd. has, after a
trial lasting three days. awarded the sum oi
$4,000 damages and costs in favor of the
Rev. Moses a. Stewart and wife. and against
Daniel Gaver, who, it WAS charged, uttered
certain scandalous and dcianlatory word,
against the chastity If Mr,. Stewart
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

The late eclipse was satisfactorily observed by
the astronomers at the Cambridge Observatory.
Several spots are now on the suns disc, three
Of which are large, and one very large. They
will con.inus visibls about week lOaess,
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

RT Capt. Travis having advertised that
he would, on a certain day. shoot on wager.
an orange from the head Of a boy. at Louisville,
the Mayor of that city has forbidden the cxpc-
rmcnt. and ordered the police TO arrest Il par
ties.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

4 FINE New STEANER.-We learn that
the three Messrs Weems, who each command
steamboats, rnnning from this port to the Pa
tuxent river, nave now in progress of construc-
ton splendid steamer, which they intend
placing upon their line when completed. The
engine and boiler of the new vessel are now
being built by Mr. Charles Rcedar. and the
koiner's work by Mr.. Geo. w. Morris. 1t will
probably he completed and placel upon the
yline in about months time, and there is every
reason to suppose that it will be one of the
most swift and beautiful steamers running from
our harbor. It's capacity will be about three
Ilundred tons of freight, whilst the accommo-
ations for passengers Of the most cornmodious
ature, the numerous state rooms being airy,
comfortable and pleasant--RepssbieasA
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

CURIOUS GEOLOGICAL THEoRY.-Tn COM
munication to the British Royal Society by Mr..
Hennessy, gcoogst of some note, he appeals,
in support of the possibility Of change in the
"a rth's axis to the influence Of two disturbing
causes, viz, the Necessary displacement of the
earths interior strata, arising from chemical and
physical actions during the process of solidi6-
cation; and the friction Of the resisting medium
i'll which the earth is supposed to move. From
an inquiry into the process Of the eartha solid
ifcation, which appears to him lnost in accor-
dance with mechanical and physical laws, Mr..
II. deduced results respecting the earth's struc-
tirc which throw some light on the changes
which may take place in the relation, which is
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

CorSr DIT SARTIGEs.-The Washington
correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, in
speaking of the French Legation, says: 81
cannot resist telling good story on the Count
de Sartiges, which, it is said, occurred at one
of the gay drawing-rooms last winter. The
French Minister, whose nose is slightly dis
figured, is celebrated for his gallantry and
witty conversation, in which he sometimes
takes French liberties. In a wicked sally with
a distinguished beauty, the Count saw that he
had offended her amour propre, and fastening
to restore himself, begged TO be pardoned, on
the plea that he had always been enf5snt gate,
"a sIOiird clrild.b 4 will not crutraciict you.
sir said the lady, with arched malice on her
dence of the fact The Count withdrew horse
de combat
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

ABOLITION on THE DECLINE.-Fred. Dou
clas complains bitterly that the friends of ia,
,.bolition Of slavery are falling away from Ah
cause, some for one reason and some for -
ther. and gooi many because Its prime
required them to treat the colored man a
equal brother in all the relations Of hfe
There's the rub the abolitionists never
the true friends Of the colored race, and
preaching equality and freedom so long to
they shrink with loathing from the pra
illustration of their own doctrines, and
almost as soon come in contact with Saa
self as "niggcr."
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

Projection OF GAME.-.An act for the pro-
lection of Game in Baltimore CO., Howard,
Frederick, Washington, Allegheny, Calvert,
Prince Georges, Kent. St. Mary's. Somerset,
Cecil. Queen Anres, Dorchester. and Carol
Counties. passetlAlie late Legislature.-It pro-
videS that it shall not be lawful to repass or
enter upon the lanis of any person between
the 18th day Of JANUARY and the 1st Of Octo-
Der for the purpsose of taking partridgeS or
quials, under the penalty Of five dollars and
costs, to be recovered before justice of the
peace. g.. one-half to the public schools. The
same penalty is enacted for killing woodcocks
between February 1st and the 10th Of June
or for killing pheasants between February 1st
and August 10Th. 1t also enacts that any
keeper Of tavern or eating-houSe, or market
man. &c, shall incur the full penalty of the act
for hariHg iH possession any game ofthe above
description during the session within which the
killing or taking of them is prohibited by the
act.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

tAPdOle Ol UcIIIT tNPItsscu By N IlllC-
ton which depends on the arraS he
earth S interior strata.
He then states that he has fo
tirnation Of his peculiar views
theory of the earth's figure in I'd
Of NJ. Bischof, of Bonn, on the u
granite and other rocks, or passi Re
tluid to the solid crystalline state. II IS
theory it follows that as solidifcaton Al
the strata of equal pressure in the fluid
oiiial nucleus of the earth acquires inc
e!lipticty, and each stratum Of equal ID
successively added To the inner surface be
solid crust, is more oblate than the solid Ia
previously formed.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

trlvlaI space, the rest is ObIlvlOn. The mind,
ayerted from the reality of the situation, is en-
gagged in scenes the most remote from that
which fills the eyes OF the spcctator-the vile
rabble, the hideous gallows and the struggling
from that swings i'll the wind.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

| THE EASTERN SHORE CLATM-'TY
of the Eastern Shore for money due hei
State for internal improvements, and
was rejected by the Legislature, has ocea
much feeling in different parts Of the St!
/ The Easton Gazette saws:
Tho time has arrived when the peof
the Eastern Shore must decide for them
whether they will tamelv submit. for all
time, to whatever burdens the city of
more and the Western Shore NAV cboos
impose, or demand her acknowledged rights in
a manner that can neither be misunderstood
nor disregarded. If our claim is not settled
before another constitutional convention. il
may be abolished altogether, or our represen-
I tatlon be SO reduced as II render it impossible
! to obtain it, We understand that the preimi-
nary steps have already been taken for holding
mass convention of the people Of the Eastern
Shore about the middle Of April for the pur-
pose Of consultation in regard to the rights and
interests Of this section of the State. We hone
there will be general attendance, and feel as
snred that the proceedings will be OF such a
character as to command the attention and
respect of all who have any regard for State
honor, or for the rights Of the injureII.nd OPP
! pressed people of the Eastern Shore. et the
| Eastern Shore be alive to her into &, and
. stlhd up I~ ule cIahh w4ch she hSluers
justly due her. The people Should asI in this
matter, not as politicians, 1sit as people of the
Eastern Shore-for the promotion 9fther inter
ests-an,l be calm but firm in the position the
Shore is about t. resume"
! The Cambridge Eagle, referring to the mass
convention proposed to be held, says
"We'can speak for Dorchester and say that
no such meeting could I've gotten up here, and
we rely too much on the good sense OF the
! people of the Shore generally to bcleve it can
/ be done anywhere else, that is, to the extent
! Of revolution and riot
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-01

Princes. in their early ears, seem to be like
other boys. For instance, two of Queen Vic
toria's sons gss 90 fighting often, and the Prince
of Wales (heir apparent 10 the or ow NJ is essen
TALLY thrashed by his junior, Prince Alfred, who
feeling his superiority in the matter OF muscle.
treats the future royalty Of the British empire
rather brusquely, which the Queen ia amazing
ly tickled at. The prosecuted big luLher ire
qusntly opreals. IN great distress TO his papa.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-07-08
Che Daily auurnal.

WASHING FLANNELs.-There is an art IN
washing flannels that is unknown 10 many
good wives of farmers, whose white linen
show no lack Of art in that line. The dit
ficulty with their fanRelS, which never give
satisfaction, is that they are washed too
much in the sanse way that the linen is puri-
fed, which bleaches and softens that, while
the flannel is fulled Gp, trrned yellow, and
cfeels like board, " the farmer says when
he puts on flannel under garment that has
been many times in the wash tub. Now
this can nearly all be avoided, and the fan
mel kept soft and bat little shrunk to the last,
lfrightly washed. The right way TO wash
flannel is never to put it in cold, or even
warm water-never rub it-never spread it
on the grass to try to bleach it--never hang
IT out on line to dry, except when the sun
is ShininghOt. To cleanse flannel, heat some
strong soap suds boiling hot and pour itupon
the garments, in a tub, and let stand with
out either stirring or rubbing them until
cool enough to bear your hand in, when
YOU must pour il of and add as much
more clean water, boiling hot, and let that
stand until bIood-warm, and then pour efi ard
add another change of boiling water, which
IS generally sufficient to loosen the dirt SO
that it will all run cut as you wiring, or
rather squeeze the water out. Take care in
doing this not TO full up the fabric, but
rather stretch it out, and then hang up in a
hot stn or before hot fire to drain. As
the water settles down to the lower edges,
squeeze it out and if possible keep your wet
iannels hot till dry, and they will not
shrink or grow hard as board" There is
but one thing that We ever tried that will
cleanse greasy wool, or wOllon garments,
making it clean and soft in few minutes,
and that is diluted urine used hot Try it;
it is far better than soap and hard rubbing,
for that win spoil a soft flannel garment in
three washings.