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The following information Is given by a
Dir. Wayne t0 the New York Times. We
think an assurance Office gottcn up in this
cnuntry, to include not only bank~ clerks, but
railroad officers and others holding places of
important trust, would DO away with good
deal cf dishonesty and ''stealings
The Bank of England has over 80 clerks,
whose aggregate salaries amount to nearly
G20G, 900 per annum, and | believe cnly orc
instance Of clerkly irregllarity@ Fas occurred
during many years and, although some mel
ancholy instances of fraudulent directory have
recently been displayed, and duIT punished,
huge defalcations by cleTks are nearly if not
utterly unknown.
y great impetus to the exercise Of vigilance
is the system Of ''GinTdnlee Assnranee." so
successfully dcreloped in England. as felt alike
by the insurers, insured and the Shareholders.
This, sir woull lie found Of great untilitv
here, rs a Wholesome check on habits and NOR
ais, rs we'll as a fine field for the Enterprise of
capital, not yet in practice hcrc~ There are
two or three guarantee societies i'm London.
where, for the small per centage premium of
los. per e10O sterling, they insure the fidelity
Of clerks and others of every grade, from Gov
ernment officials, tax collectors. treasurers
commercial travellers, and every case where
security for iM:romisSions Is required. A party
requiring this is saved the delicate aecessity Of
troubling friends or relatives; and on applying
to the company is furnished with printed
form for him to fill up with necessary particu-
lars lis age, ,<ccupation and genera descrip-
tion going back some to 10 years VI his life,
with the dasaiamgf the situation he il seeking
its salaAe. S'o,lWs Opera'ad and general particu-
lars, aud his references. The offis - the
society make all necessary inquiries IS 70 Char
acter, pursuits habits, &C., previous and pre-
sent. with the prospects which the, law en-
ployment may afford for All honest Greer IL
Enthusiastically answered his policy is issued ON
the above terms. Principals also have less
in the event Of default, 70 come
on a public body than to hardss private friends.
and are also more tenacious of their own con-
duct. in the weli-founded impression that the
company keep AN eye on all the attributes
which may affect their interest; and the same
feeling operating on the employed, the whole
FORKS well, even as the lccul" and 'lcok-ort'
of the sailor keeps the ship Alright, 50 well, in
decd, that the British Government AMI the
leading establishments of the country, muni,i-
pal as well rs commercial, prefer this course Of
security. Many will accept of no other from
the known influence the system involves.
am, sir. yours respectfully
JAMES r. WAGNER.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
Communicated.
MEsSRS. EDIToRS {:

MEssRs. EDTToRS:
Why Your correspondent should have sup
posed that | furnished you with the copy Of
the law for the relief Of Henry Miles Langley,
as first published BY You. cannot imagine, cX-
cept that he also supposed that | Was anxious
to publish what he himself thus intinatcs Is /
bad law, in order To comment upon it. our
explanation will no doubt bc satisfactory
that point.
Well. in your last issue, we have the whole
and entire law, including what he denominates
the "importom l,rOriSiOn" introduced by DR..
Ncale, and if it varies the case the least, or does
away with the objections | made i'll my first
communication, then | am unable to discover
it. The result is precisely the same. nOtwith-
standing the assistance of the two latin words
(prima facie) which has been introduced into
the amendment. Whether Henry Miles Lang
ley's oath is to be considered c0Erl::Eice or fri
ma tacie evidence, he has under the law as
passed, the power Of lcvying for his tax bills
upon his taking the oath. What a pcry version
of terms it is to call evidence prima facie upon
which levy of execution can be made and
property can be sold l should call it pretty
conclusive. TO say that evidence is prima ia
Gle, is to say, as every juryman knows. that 1t
is of such character as tG he rebWtted, by con-
TRAJECTORY testimony 10 DC OHeTCu. SHOull
like to know before what tribunal the man
who may be charged with owing the tax bill,
can offer his testimony To contradict Il. Miles
Langlcy's affidavit? There is certainly no tri-
bunal authorized by the act before which an
issue in regard to the matter can be made and
tried. The whole proceeding is one-sided.-
! The only tribunal that this act allows to pro-
tect the people, is the conscience of Henry Miles
Langley. He is Judge, jury, witness and sher-
| iif.-a pretty strong hand ut a game of law.
| Most undoubtedly, the law is bad one, and
nothing but the sternest State necessity-cer-
tainly not tie interest of private individual
could excuse tie passage Of 4 law with silcl
provisions, and when the lapse of time is calcu.
lated to add to their onerous character. IN
deed, infer from the fact of DR.. Neale's offer
ing the amendment, that he considered the Law
as first introduced AZ calculated to work iIjlIs
tice, and therefore the necessity of res:rictin:
it and feel inclincA To do him the justice &
say that he felt disprsed to relieve the act u
Assembly of its OdiouS features, but really di'
MT know how. After this specimen, shoul'
think the people would have more confidenC
; in him rs an NJ. u. than as an l.. L. D.-i
his medicinal than in his legal UiSte1iHg l|a:
tTs.
A TAX PAYER.
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TRUSTEES SALE
REAL ESTATE.

DY virtue of decree OF the Circuit Court
- for St. Mary's county, setting as Court
Of Equity, the Subscriber, as Trustee, will
expose TO Public Sale, on
SATURDAY, the 18th OF May next,
at the Court House door in Leonard Town,
between the hours of IL and O'Clock, p.
NJ. all the interest of George +. Raley, in
and TO tract of land ca lied
THE VINEYARD.
The land is suitable for the cultivation Of
the usual crops grown in this county, is
well wooded and has on il some ordinary ina
provements.
TERMS OF SALE, are that the purchase
money be paid in three equal nslalmentS Of
six twelve and eighteen months, TO be secur-
ed by bonds with security to be approved by
said Trustee.
BENZ. G.. HARRIS.
Trustee.
April 22nd, 1856.
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Fisheries, &c.

The House of Delegates, at the late session.
appointed Special Committee, with leave to
sit after tie adjournment, for the purpose OF
inouiriug into tic fisheries and productions oil
the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, and to
report to the next General Assembly some suit
able plan for the better regulation Of the same.
COMMITTEE:
E.w. Belt, Prince Georges.
Geo. Fl. Morgan, St. Marys.
Samuel Ford. Cecil.
j. s. Sudler, Somerset.
George w. Landing, Worcester.
Horatio G.. Grieyes, Dorchester.
Baltus w Kinnard, Baltimore City.
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April 22nd, 1886.
CONFIRMATION NOTICE.

IN Circuit Court for Saint Mary's county,
l. Sitting in Equity, April Is, 1858. Or
dered, That the sales reported by Geo. &.
Morgan, Trustee for the sale Of the Real Es-
tate OF w. w. Redmon. deceased, be ratified
and confirmed, unless cause TO The contrary
thereof be shown or before TIE 25ih day Of
June next. Provided, copy oi tins Of order
be inserted in the St. Mary's Beacon, once a
week in each OF three successive weeks be-
fore the 25ih day OF May next
Trustee reports the amount Of sales 10 be
$500.
JAMES +. GLADSTONE,
Clerk.
April q. 1853.
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Tn view Of the proximity Of onr municipal
election, Che first Monday Of May we think
it would I've well for the citizens of our village
10 hold meeting at an carly day, with view
TO select five suitable men TO bc voted for as
Town Commissioners on the day above desig-
mated.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
Harper's Weekly.

We have received through tre agency Of
Richardson's Advertising House. eco Broad
way, \. y the back numbers of this i,urnal,
from the lst Of January last to date. We sha!
notice the work more III detail hereafter. Our
readers are referee! to the prospectus in ano-
ther column for the present.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
Wheat Cron.

We have adyiccs from the several districts
of our county, aud we are pleased TO be able to
state that the Wheat crop at present is very
promising. Unless some disaster shall destroy
the present promise, our agricultural iFIends
will undoubtedly realize plentiful harvest
Little Of the Wheat was winter-killed, and the
influence Of a favorable Spring is perccPtibc
in the yigor and forwardiess Of the crop.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
Delegates.

Dr. Thos. W. IIeLb and DR.. a. Jack. Srald-
ing, .r this county, have been appointed by
the Med''al Faculty of this State, delegates to
represent Sart Mary's county in the National
Medical Convention which meets in Washing
ton, d. C., on Monday, the 9Th Of May next.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

THE CuRIoUs.-The spring of watch
weighs OILS of a grain; n pound OF iron makes
$4,000. The pound of steel costs 2d.; single
spring 81; so that $4,000 produces $4l6.
With view to collect their wehs for silk,
4. 900 spiders were once obtained, but they
soon killed each other. Manufactures and
war never thrive together.
Spiders have foar paps for spinning their
threads, each pap having one thousand hoies;
and the fine web Itself the union OF 4,ooo
threads. No ospider spins more than four weos'
and when the fourth is destroyed they seizc on
the webs of others.
Every pound Of cochineal contains 10000
insects boiled 10 death, and from GOO to 10o,-
900 pounds are annually brought from Europe
for scarlet and crimson dyes.
4 queen bee will lay two hundred eggs
daily for fifty or sixty days, and the eggs are
Matched in three days. 4 single queen bee
has been stated 70 proluce 100000 bees III a
season.
The quantity of water discharged into the
sea by all the rivers in the wcrld is estimated
at 36 cubic miles in a day. hence it would
take above $4,000 years to create circuit OF
the whole sea through cloud and rivers
River water contains about 2S grains of solid
matter to every cubic foot. Hence such river
as the Rhine carries 10 the sea every day No.
$50 cubic feet of sand or stone.
Mole hills are curirusly formed by an outer
arch impervious - rain, and an internal plat
form with drains. and covered ways on which
the pair and young reside. The nolcs live on
worms and roots, anl bury themselves iii any
soil in few minutes.
Few insects live more than a year in their
perfect state Their first state is the egg,
then the caterpillar, then the chrysaiis or pup
Pc, and finally the procreative form. But III
these changes there are infinite degrees and
varieties of transition, all of which constitute
the pleasing and very instructive study of En-
tom0logy. -
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

Tow MARSHALL A CoNyEEr.-The Cipsin-
nai,l Commercial says: "fhe Hon. Thop'"s i.
Marshall delivered lecture, IN SMITH Nix
nos Hall. Saturday night, upon to,-f abstinence.
IL was splendid nratorc c.!or'' Astounding ln
eloquen, and thrilling passages. and It was COIL
,rncing and powerful. Mfr. Marshall has re-
crn,ly become n zealops advocate of temperance,
and. we learn, IS u .ecent convert to Christiani-
ty"
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
New Goods.

f. Leo Spalding & Co. and Geo. a. SimmS
& Co., are now opening their supply OF Spring
and Summer goods, and in another column
they invite their customers and the pubic 10
give them an early call.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

ES5- The Washington correspondent Of the
New Orleans Delta writes as follows:
'I have a passion for Seward. He comes
up to nv idea Of Rodin in the Wandering
Jew-the most delectable devil that was ever
drawn by human pen-so cool, 50 clear-headed
50 indomitable so relentless i'll the pursuit OF
his fiendish purposes. Seward traverses the
seemingly tortuOus, but really straight line OF
his ambition, with the merring certainty OF
footsteps that characterizcs rope-dancer, new
er missing stop, and keeping his eagle eye
steadily fixed on the goal before him. The
balance-pole by which he preserves his equi-
poise is that taol, big head that bulbs out above
! his narrow shoulders. If lie becomes our next
( President. and disunion does not Immediately
/ follow his election, will wager that he will
So beautifully hoisey-fugGlc both South and
North, that the people viii pronounce iIm one
of the best Presidents we have ever had. But
begin to think there is little danger OF his OBJ
tanning the nomination. He is too great {
man, that IS, if be IS man and not devil.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
Emerson's Magazine.

The April and May numbers of this work
are at hand and there is not only n" falling of
in merit and interest but the work grows bet
ter as it grows older. Specimen copies can be
seen mt our Office.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
DIED.

On Wednesday, the llth inst. at the resi-
lcmcc of his mother in Patuxcnt district. JOHN
l.. SPALDING, aged 45 years.
On Thursday last in the same district, THoM-
As RALEY, son of john u. Ralcy, aged l6 years.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
A TAX PAYER.

In the border States the proportion borne by
the slaves TO tie total population has not yet
changed enough To attract attention. in Mary
land. Missouri, and Kentucky, the slaves in
creased between 1870 and 1880; IN Virginia
there has been no increase since 1880, bnt an
almost imperceptible loss.-De BOse's Weekly
Press
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
Land sales

BY reference to >''r advertising columns, it
u.;,I bo coon Tbs several valuable tracts of land
will be of,; .ci for sale at Chaptico OH Saturday
next.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

OBJ. MArrEsoN-How He is TREATED AT
WAsHIxCrox The editor Of The (Ohio) Jour
nal, writing to his paper from Washington, says:
II met Marteson the other day in the Capital
tai. He looks a good deal broke down. He
has grown ten years older in appearance since !
saw him here two years ago. No one speaks
to him in the House that can see, nor have l
seen him spoken to in the lobbIes He IS avoid
ed when he passes; people turn round and point
him out as .ihe scoundrel Matteson.' 1t is said
that lie intends to resign his seat and retire to
private life. -
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
MARRIED..

On the 18th inst, by Rev Peter Miller, VIZ
MILLER to Miss ANN L. TAYLOR, both Of St
Mary's county, Md.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

s'Spring,, by Minna, has been received. and
will appear in our next issue. 1t was received
too late in the week for publication IN our pres
ent number.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

KANSAS AND LECoMPTON.-The action Of
the House Of Representatives yesterday on the
Lecompton-ka Kansas affair was interesting and
significant. We infer from the proceedings
hope that this troublesome matter will be pre-
sently finally disposed Of by the admission Of
Kansas on Lecompton, but past experience
suggests that we should hope very gently.
The House upon taking up the motion of the
Senate asking conference, was invited to ad-
here to the Montgomery amendments by Mr..
Montgomery himself, but tie-vote brought
the House to pause on that issue, when the
casting vote of the Speaker put the motion in
a minority of one Thus the Republicans suf-
fered temporary defeat. Mr. English, anti
Lecompton democrat, then moved to comply
with the proposition of the Senate for a con-
ference. which also paused on tie vote when
it was carried by the casting vote of the Spea-
ker. So there will be conference of the two
houses and we hope with result that will
put Kansas as a territory out of national poll
ties by taking her into the Union as State
Sun Of Thursday.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

The CONVERSION OF FORREsT.-A private
letter from Edwin Forrest, the actor, says that
never having doubted Christianity or apoststiz-
ed, he thinks there is no need Of his becoming a
tsconveTt.h
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

How TO Cool WATER.-lf il is desired to
cool water for drinking in warm weather and ict
cannot be obtained for this purpose, let Il
be kept in an ungiazed earthenware pitcher wrap
ped around with two or three folds OF coarse cot
ton cloth kept constantly wet. The theory o
cooling water in this manner is the absorption o
heat from it, by the evaporation of the moistur
in the cotton cloth-exPansion produces cold
compression heat.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

Tur GARrER.-A traveller thus writes 10 he
Poston Transcript from Paris :-"The Prince
Frederick William has been made chevaIlier Of
the noble Order Of the Garter. The order il
worn on the Ief leg, below the knee, which
nroyes. AS the iudieious historian has remarked
,hs, n tie day OF the beautiful Countess of Sal
isburv. the English women had the habit Of
wearing the garter below the knee--a question
which merits examination and inquiry. Wa
.sk f n be possihle THAI one can destroy the nro
portions of well-shaped lee; by gariering the
stocking. below the knee: Look at the stature
of n Venus, and In thought draw a band or an
elastic under the knee-wOuld not the result be
a deiormity: But place the band above the knee.
and the harmony of the lines are not disturbed-
n becomes an ornament. The women of Athens
and Rome, who were famed for their taste and
skill ,u dress and knowledge Of artistic beauty
wore the garter above the knee. But Rot to oe-
cupy ourselves with them, lei us see how long
il mas been thus worn with us. We have an
authority in this matter-Fhe Duke dc Saint
Simon. IL he does not prove the garter TO have
been worn above the knee before the reIga of the
great king, establishes, at least, this fact--thas
the elegant alId fashionable women of the tima
wore il thus; for in his memoirs, alluding 10 n
lie Brenile, whose nelegant manners caus-
ed much rt tdicule and gossip, he says, in his Ian
gnage, then so popular, she was one Of those
common, vulgar person, who garter below the
the kneei' .4propos of garters-aI n ball given
last week by the Marquis d'A rlon. of exquisite
workmanship was picked up in one of the salons.
Il was of silk, embroidered with gold and pearls.
and the clasp was formed by a double star Of
dmonds and opals. The Count de B, the
fortunate finder, wears 1t on his arm, and is i'm
search OF its mate"
TENNrsoN.-Most OF the American p0pers
have lately been passing around paragraph
from san English correspondent, asserting that
the laureate is a confirmed victim To opium, to-
gether with other remarks of an obviously male
violent spirit upon hi personal appearance, which
Is STYLED gross and sensual, of an s'African''
type, &c. AZ we had expected, the report 10
now -em?hatically eontradctel. A oorrespon-:.
dent of one of the daily journals writes of him \:
s.He has never meddled at all with the deadly
delight of Turks and Cinnamon" The same
correspondent also refers To the poets shyness Of
publicity and woodcut engravers:
"He lives in kind of morta fear of the Illus
trated News, and is to the very Of him q
kinsman of those ElIzabethan men who loved so
to lock themselves up with their friends M Sly
and happy corners, where
''AlI their grea. hearts sherris warmed,
They flashed their random speeches,
Before the tribe oc Ana swarmed,
Those literary leeches!" :"
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES western papers are
making merry over the abduction of q young
girl fifteen years Of age and marrying her
against the consent of her father. The fun OF
the thing is that the adventurer is poor; the
father wealthy, and refused his consent to the
marriage of u daughter but little more than
child i'll years. What II treasure to 4 commu-
nifty is a discreet press inculcating such lessons
of tilal respect aEl affection .-Nu!. Int.
We commend the above, says the Philadel-
phia American, to the calm reflection Of a
number of our exchanges. Tie habit referred
TO is quite prevalent among certain class Of
editors, who chu"kic over cases of clopclncnt
like the one quoted, As though there WAS some
thing delightful III the enterprise Of pennilcsS
adventures and romantic school girls. The
press must not expect people t. respect it
when c,litors degrade its functions and intliCt
an injury upon the moral tone Of the rising
generation. Young America is pert, forward
aud presumptuous enough, in all conscience,
without being encouraged and stimulated by
those who should reprcss its needless arlor.
1t is the fault of our country and Of oUr age,
that Our youths are uHgoyernabie and dsobe-
dent. There is too little restraint exercised
over them. The lanentabie absence OF whole
some discipline is visible everywhere. But
surely journalists ought not TO applaud or en-
courage it.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

NORTHERN SLAVE TRApERs.-The Baton
Rouge La.) .4drOcGis, in reference to the late
bill before the Louisiana Legislature, for the
importation Of Africans, says that Gov. Wick
life IS in receipt of letter from New Yorker,
applying for an agency to conduct the enterprise
The writer processes to know ''all ABOUT the
slave trade. is able to conduct the contractors to
the most eligible points on the African coast for
obtaining ':apprentices, and thinks he can 9th
erwise bring a fund Of experience and knowledge
to bear upon the interests of the importers not
elsewhere to be met with.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

VAccINATIoE WITH A MAGHETIsED NEEDLE.
Prof. Roca states that since 1856, hundreds of
children have been thus vaccinated, with scarce
ly any failures occurring. The point Of the needle
il well saturated with the magnetic fluid before
practising the vaccinations, whi are then per-
formed in the us lal manner, a single magnetIza-
ton serving for. many vaccinations. 1t is quite
surprising the rapidly with which the vicclne
virus is obsorbed when the needle Is thus pre-
pared--London Illus. .Ntws, March le.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

TIE REMAINS OF MoNRoE.-Among the
bills passed by the Legislature of Virginia, is
one for tie removal Of the reaains Of President
Monroe from the cemetery IN New York, where
they have repOsed for more than quarter of .
century, to the city of Richmond, thee to lie re-
inferred at the seat of government of hls native
State II is proposed to erect tail marble ahaft
upon nm emlnence IN Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond, which is believed to be the most
suitable spot in that city. Hitherto little or
nothing has been done by the United States OF
Virginia to honor the memory Of MIR. Monroe
Jour. Of Com.
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LEONARD TOWN. MD.


MoRN'G. APRIL %. 1859.
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LoSINa ALA FAMILY ScENE.-There is
something exceedingly tender as well as IN
structive in the following, which We take from
the ChiId's Paper:
y few wears ago merchant failed in bu.i-
ness. He wc..t home o..e evening, in great
agitation What is the matter - asked his
wife. i am bc-4arcl. | have lost my nil y
he exclaimed. pressing his hand upon his fore
head as if his brain was lii a whirl.
"Allr said his wife, Il am left" All, pa
pa ~ said his eldest boy: here am l." Md
/ too, papa" said his little giIl, running ~
and putting her arms around h!s neck. Il
not lost, papa repeated Eddie. And yon
have Your health Lift said his wife. "-Anl
your too hands to work with. papa said his
eldest ':and | can help you. And your two
feet, papa t. carry You about" "And your
two eyes. to see with, papa sail little E'bilc.
and you have Gods rrol,lsco s,,ld grand
mother. And i good God" said his wife.
And heaven II go to-" said the littlc girl.
and Jesus who came to fetch lis there" said
his eldest.
God forgive me- said the poor merchant.
bursting into tears. Il have not lost all.
What are the few thousands which | called
my all, to these precious things which God
has left me y and he cllsped his family to his
bosom. and kissed his wife and children with
thankful heart
Al no. there are many things more precious
than gold and bank stocks, valuable as these
may be in their place When TIE Central
America was founitring at sea, bags and pur
ses of gold were strcwn about tie deck, as
worthless as the more rubbish Life life'
was the prayer. 10 some Of the wretched
survivors. Water, water was the prayer.
"BreaG bread ~ it was worth its weight i'll
gold, if gold could have bought it.