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THx G.urER.-A traveller thus writes n IL
BOSTON Transcript from Paris :--'sThe pr;a"e.
Frederick William has been made cheyull;sr 1r
the noble Order of the Garter. The ord, - !;
woru on the lef. leg, below the knee. vL,II
Groves as tile iudicious historian has rernnrL"1
tlrat in the dav Of the beautiful Countess az go
,sbury, the English women had the hnb;, -
wearing the garter below the knee-a aaes,;.u
which merits examination and incairy w
ask if st be possible that can destroy the rr.
portions Of a weIl-shaped leg by garterino III
stocking below the knee; Look at the si,,,'.o
Of Venus, and in thought draw a band or an
elastic under the knee-would not the resu, =.
a deiormity. But place the band above the knsa
and the harmony of the lines are not dis,arbeIN
II becomes an ornament. The women of Atbso.
and Rome, who were famed for their taste ana
skis m dress and knowledge of artistic beou,v
wore the garter above the knee. But not 10 a.
cury ourselves with them, let US see now l.,ns
it has been thus worn with us. We have an
authority ii. this matter-rhe Duke de Sam,
simon. If he does not prove the garter TO h.vs
been worn above the knee before the reign Of the
great king, establishes, At least, this fac,-,ho,
the elegant and fashionable women OF the tims
wore it thus; for in his memoirs, alludins To a
Md1,e Brenilie, whose meiegant manners cans
ed much redacuIe and gossip, he says, in his Iap-
guase, then 30 popular, 'She was one of ,bo,.
common, Vulgar person, who garter below the
the knee!' .apropos Of garters-at ball given
last week by the Marquis d'Arl rlon. of exquisite
workmanship was picked up in one of the salon,
Il was of silk, embroidered with gold ami nearIs
and the ciast, was formed by a double star of
dimoads and opals. The Count de B., the
fortunate finder, wears 1t on his arm, and in in
search OF its mate"
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A Good Thir


The following information e eiven BY -
Mr.. Wayne TO the New-f IS 5EImes. We
think an assurance Office uz<snss ups in this
country, to include not only l'zak clerks, but
railroad officers and otl9rs killing places Of
important trust vodhlel aSs3 with . good
deal Of dishonesty and s1ssAss@ss
The Bank of England has akr 80 clerks,
whose aggregate salaries amonng 70 nearly
goo 900 per annum, and / helieye cnly one
instance Of cierkly irregularity has occurred
during nlany years /; and, alth0sssh some mel
anchOly instances of frarduleir directory have
recently been displayed, and9duly punished,
huge defalcations by clerks are nearly if net
utterly unknown.
great impetus to the exercise Of vigilance
is the system Of "GHarGntce EAssrrnee," 50
successfully developed in Engz1d, as felt alike
by the insurers insured and the shareholders.
This sir. would be found o. great untility
here, as wholesome check On Rabits and NOR
ais, as well as SRe field for the enterprise Of
capital, not yet in practice here There are
two or three guarantee sociaties in London,
where, for the small per ceif - premium of
los. per ElOO sterling, they fnsure tie fidelity
oil clerks and others Of every grade, from Gov
ernment officials, tax collectors, trcasurers,
commercial travellers, and every case where
security for lntronIisSions II requifza a party
requiring this is saved the delica ~ ssity Vi
troubling friends or relatives, IN 5applgi8
to the company is furnished 4 II !
form for him to fill up with Nee lrIicsi-
lars, his age, occupation and 4elE .
tion going back some =
with the details Of the ''t j 81 .
is salarN saEzsfss "a sd zanral parficu-
lars, aud bis TcieFensxs 1f.v soll1ceFs Of the
society make all necessary inquiries as % char
acter, pursuits, habits, &C., previous and pre-
sent, with the prospects which the new en-
ployment may afford for an honest career. II
satisfactorialy answered, his policy is issued on
the above terms. Principals also have less
compunction, in the event of defanlt, to come
on public body than to harass private friends,
and are also more tenacious of their own con-
duct, in the well-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
works well, even rs ''tke leGi" and "look-out'
of the srlor keeps the ship Alright, SD well, in
deed, that the British Government and the
leading establishments of the country, munici-
pal as well as commercial, prefer this course of
security. Many will accept of no other from
the known influence the system involves.
l am, sir, yours respectfully.
JAMES Il. WAGNER.
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CONFIRMATION NOTICE.

In Circuit Court for Saint Mary's county.
IL Sitting in Equity, April Is, 1853. Or
dered, That the sales reported BY Geo. c.
Morgan, Trustee for the sale OF the Real Es-
tate OF w. w. Redmon. deceased, be ratified
and confirmed, unless cause 10 the contrary
thereof be shown or before the 25ih day Of
June next. Provided, a copy OF tins Of order
be inserted in the ST. Mary's Beacon, once
week in each OF three successive weeks be-
fore the 25lh day OF May next.
Trustee reports the amount Of sales 70 lie
$500.
JAMES T. GLADSTONE,
Clerk.
April %, 1858.
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Delegates,

DR.. Thos. w. Hebb and Dr. a. Jack. Spald
ing, Of this county, have been appointed by
the Medical Faculty of this State, delegates to
represent Saint Mary's county in the National
Medical Convention which meets in Washing
ton, d. c., on Monday, the 9Th of May next.
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Town Meeting.

In view If the proximity Of our municipal
election, (the first Monday of May,l VIC think
il would be well for the citizens of our village
to hold meeting at an early day, with view
to select five suitable men to be 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 the agency Of
Richardson's Advertising House, $50 Broad
way, \. Y, the back numbers of this journal,
from the lst Of JANUARY last to date We shall
notice he work more in detail hereafter. Our
readers are referred to the prospectus in ano-
ther column for the present.
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 ard the public to
give them an early call.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

|. Tn xsaHls, ,wTils. spring Of watch
weighs d. is 81 IN : atbund Of iron makes
81 aaa. TIE nj ef steel cests 2d.; a single
spring Ra: 50 y &C, 900 produces S4l6. =,
With view to collect their webs for SIX,
1000 spiders0vere once obtained, bat they
soon killed each other Manufactures anu
war never thrive together.
Spiders have four paps for spinning thear
threads, each. pap having one thousand holes;
and the fine web Itself the union OF 4,0OO
threads. Nospider spins more than four wcos.
and when the fourth Is destroyed they seize on
the webs of others
Every poGmi of cochincal contains 10000
insects boiled to death, and from 600 10 1O0.-
900 pounds are annually brought from Europe
for scarlet and crimson dyes.
A queen bee will lay two hundred eggs
daily for fifty or sixty days, and the eggs are
hatched In three days a single queen bee
has been stated to produce 100000 bees III a
season.
The quantity of water discharged into the
sea by all the rivers in the world is estimated
at So cubic miles IN day, hence it would
take above $1,000 years to create q circuit >oi
the whole sea throteh cloud and rivers.
River water contains about 2S grains OF solid
matter to every cubic foot. Hence such rlver
as the Rhine carries TO the sea every day 49,
oSG cubic feet of sand or stone.
Mole hills are curiorsly formed by an outer
arch impervious 10 rain, and an internal plat
form with drains, and covered ways on which
the pair and young reside. The moles live 0n
worms and roots, and bury themselves in any
soil in q few minutes.
Few insects live more than year in their
FpsMacf state. Their first state is the egg,
thuar fh6 caterpillar, then rTTcvt ysaiis pup
pa, and finally the procreative form. But in
these changes there are infinite degrees and
varieties of transition, all of which constitute
the pleasing and very instructive study of En-
tomology.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

TeM MARSHALL A CoNvERr.-The Cincin-
natu Commercial says: ''The Hon. Thomas F.
Marshall delivered lecture, in Smith d. Nix
no : Hall, Saturday night, upon total abstinence.
II was Il splendid oratoric effort, nhounlIing IN
eloquent and thrilling pas ssaScs, and i; WAS con-
,.ncing and powerful. MIR. Marshall has re-
Gently become n Jealous advocate of TEN mnerance,
and, we learn, Is Il recent CONVEX! TO Ch'islani-
ty."
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
Enerson's Magazine.

The April and May numbers Of this work
are at hand, and there il not only no falling of
in merit and interest, hut the work grows bet
ter as il grows older. Specimen copies can be
seen at our Office.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

.. 3. MATrEsoN-How He Is TREATED AT
WAsHINcToS.--The editor of The (Ohio) Jour
nal, writing to his paper from Washington, says
81 met Matteson the other day in the Capital
tai. He looks good deal broke down. He
has grown ten years older in appearance since
saw him here two years sgo. No one speaks
to him in the House that can see, nor have 1
seen him spoken TO in the lobbies. He is avoid
ed when he passes; people turn round and point
him out as 'the scoundrel Matteson.' Il is said
tha, he intends to resign his seat and retire to
private life
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
DIED.

On Wednesday, the 1itlI inst Mt the resi-
dcncc of his mother, in Patuxcnt li,trict, JoMx
l.. SPALDING, aged 40 years.
On Thursday last. i'll the same district, THoM-
AS RALEY, son Of john Il. Raley, aged IL years.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

KANSAS AND LEcoMProN.-The action of
the House of Representatives yesterday on the
Lecompton-Kansas affair was interesting and
significant. We infer from the proceedings a
hope that this troublesome matter will be pre-
sently finally disposed of by the admission OF
Kansas on Leccmpton, 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-
kcr. So there will be a conference of the two
houses and we hope with result that will
put Kansas as territory out of national poll
tics by taking her into the Union as State
Sam Of Thursday.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

EI The Washington correspondent Of the
New Orleans Delta writes as follows:
81 have passion for Seward. He comes
up to my idea of Rodin in the Wandering
Jew-the most delectable devil that was ever
drawn by human pen-so cool, 50 clear-headed,
SO indomitable, so relentless in the pursuit Of
his fierdish purposes. Seward traverses the
seemingly tortuOus, but really straight line OF
his ambition, with the unerring certainty OF
footsteps that characterizes rcpe-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 caol, big head that bulbs out above
his narrow shoulders. If he becomes our next
President, and disunion does not Immediately
follOpg his election, will wager that he will
50 beautifully honey-fuggle both South and
North. that the peoPie viii pronounce him one
of the best Presidents we have ever had. But
begin 20 think there Is little danger of his OBJ
taiIing the nomination. He is too great a
man, that is, if he Is man and not devil
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

In the border States the proportion borne by
the slaves to the total population has not yet
changed enough To attract attention. In Mary
land. Missouri, and Kentucky, the slaves in
creased between 1910 and 1850 IN Virginia
there has been no increase since 1880, bni an
almost lmpercsptibfe loss.-Ds BOlr's Weekly
Press
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

ELoPEMENT.-Some western papers arc
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 daughter but little more than
child in years. What treasure to commu-
nifty is a discreet press intoxicating such lessons
of filial respect and affection Ma. Int.
We commend the above says the Philadel-
phia American, to the calm reflection of a
number of our exchanges. The habit referred
to is quite prevalent among certain class of
editors, who chuckle over cases of elopcment
like the one quoted, us though there was SOME
thing delightful i'll the enterprise of pennilcsS
adventures and romantic school girls. The
press must not expect people to respect it
when editors degrade its functions and intct
an injury upon the moral tone of the rising
generation. Young America is pert, forward
and presun ptuous enough, in all conscience,
without being encouraged and stimulated by
those who should repress its needless ardor.
1t is the fault of our country and of our age,
that our youths are ungovernable and disobe-
dent There is too little restraint exercised
over them. The lamentable 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
MARRIED.

On the 18th inst, l,y Rev. Peter Milcr, WV.
MILLER to Miss Ans L. TAYLOR, both Of St.
Mary's county, Sd.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
land Sales.

BY reference to our advertising columns, it
will be seen that several valuable tracts of land
will be offered for sale at Chaptico ON Saturday
next.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

TESNrsov.-Mos, or the American papers
have lately been passing around paragraph
from ssan English correspondent, asserting ,ha,
the laureate is confifriaed vIctini to opium n.
gether with other remarks of an obviously male.
VIOLENT spirit upon hi personal appearance, which
Is styled gross and sensual. of an "Afrcan,'
type, &c. As we had expected, the repor, -
now em2haticalIy contradicted. A correspon-
dent of one ofthe daily Journals writes of him
ale has never meddled at all with the deadly
delight Of Turks and ChInamen." The same
correspondent also refers 1" the poet shyness of
publicity and woodcut cngraNer&:
ale lives in u kind Of mortal fear Of the Illus
tnted News, aud is To the very core Of linn n
knsnian of those EIIzaeelhan men who lov ID so
To lock themselves un with their friends III ,lv
and happy corners, where
"All their great hearts sherris warmed,
They flashed their random speeches,
Before the tribe of Ana swarmed,
Those literary ieeches.'
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

NORTHERN SLAVE TRApERs.-The Baton
Rouge (La.) .fdrOcGte, 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 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

SUPERSTITION OF LOUIS NAPoLEoN.-I.et-
tcrs from persons who are conversamt with the
court, and in position to know many particu-
lars about the Emperor personally, affirm that
Louis Napoleon, like his great uncle, is not de-
ficicnt in superstition. He believes in his star,
and deems his own body invulnerable. The
scratch upon his face, therefore, which he suf-
fcrcd on the l4th of january, has alarmed him,
rs it were. by seeing the taiis:nan broken, or
by finding himself obliged to regard it as a
false one. His father. the cx-king of Holland,
lieyed that his being impotent and paralytc
in the hands and partly in lis legs was the re-
suit of a poisoned shirt which had been cursed
to him by incantatiUns.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

LOSING ALL-A FAMILY SCENE.-Thcre is
something exceedingly tender as well as i'll
structve, in the following, which we take from
the Childs Paper:
\ few Years ago merchant failed in buSi-
ness. He went home one evening, in great
agitation. what is the matter ," asked his
wife. Il am beggared. have lost my all ~
he exclaimed, pressing his hand upon his fore
head as if MS brain WAS in whirl.
"All p said his wife, Il am left" All, pa
pa :" said his eldest boy: here am l. "And
too, papa said his little girl, running up
and putting her arms around his neck. 'Is
not lost, papa" repeated Eddie ''And YOU
have your health LETT said his wife. "And
your too hands to work with, papa said his
eldest "and can help you" And your two
feet, papa, to carry YOU about" "And your
two eyes to see with, papa said little Eddie.
''And you have Gods promises" said grand
mother "And good God" said his wife.
"And heaven to go to- said the little girl
''And Jesus who came to fetch us there" said
his eldest.
"God forgive me" said the poor merchant,
bursting into tears. 81 have not lost all.
What are the few thousands which | called
my all, to these precious things which God
has left me % and he clasped his family to his
bosom. and kissed his wife and children with
thankful heart.
All no, there are many things more precious
than gold and bank stocks, valuable as these
may be in their place. When the Central
America was laundering at sea, bags and pur-
ses of gold were strewn about the deck. rs
worthless as the more rubbish Life, life -
was the prayer. To some of the wretched
survivors. water, water" was the prayer.
Bread, bread :" it was worth It's weight i'll
gold. if gold could have bought it.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

THE CoXvERsIoS OF FORREsr.-A private
letter from Edwin Forrest, the actor, Says that
never having doubted Christianity or aposiat:z-
ed he thinks there is no need Of his becoming a
"conveTt."
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

The REMAINS OF MoERoE.-Among the
bills passed by the Legislature of Virginia. is
one for tie removal of The remains Of President
Monroe from the cemetery IN New York, where
they have rePosed for more than quarter OF n
century, to the city Of Richmond, there to he re-
inferred at the seat of government of his native
State. II is proposed to erect tall marble shaft
upon emnence IN Hollywood CsG.e;ery.
Richmond. which is believed 10 be the most
suitable spot in that city. Hitherto little or
nothing has been done by the United States or
Virginia to honor the memory o. MIR. Monroe.
Jour. Of Gem.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

How TO Cool WATEE.--lf il is desired to
cool water for drinking IN warm weather and ice
cannot be obtained for this purpose, let 1t
be kept in an unglszed earthenwsre pitcher wrap
ped around with two or three folds ofcoarse cot
ton cloth kept constantly wet. The theory Of
cooling water in this manner is the absorption of
hea: from 1t, by the evaporation of the moisture
in the cotton cloth-expansion produces cold,
compression heat.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

"S,ring.v by Minna, has been resolved. and
will appear in our next issue. It was reOeised
too late in the week for publication IN cur pres
ent number. -
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

VACCINATION WITH MAGyETIsED 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
practising the vaccinations, viii h are then per-
formed in the us Ial manner, a single nagnetlza-
ton serving for many vacinations. II iS quite
surprising the rapidly with which the viccIne
virus is obsorbed when the needle is thus pre-
pared--LOndon Illus. .Netcs, March Is.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

At recent sale Of autographs, at Paris,
the following letter addressed 70 Robespierre,
excited no little interest: "Since the oeeqmng
of the revolution / have been in love with you,
citizen But was married and knew how 10
control my passion. To-day | am frec-my
husband has fallen i'm La Verldee; lll give TO
YOU this declaration in the face OF the Supreme
Being. 1t is no easy task for woman 10
make such confession but love is patient !;
Won are my supreme deity, and On earth |
know noise bcsitfc yun. + look ufpm you as
nv guardian angel, and will live only under
Your laws. If YOU are free, l will be yours
for life. am % years old, and have feeling
sonl offer to You, as dowry, the qualities
If a true republican and 40 600 ivers reates
am waiting for your answer. Veuve JAG
quin. at Nancy, pos. .restarRe. say 20 res'dn-
te from fear that my mother might s,old me for
NV gidCliness." The issue of this love affair is
not known.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22
ST. .MARY'S BEACON.
LEONARD TOWN, MD.


THURSDAY MoRN'G. APRIL %. 1853.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

Mr.. BENTON PooR MAN-Thc Washing
ton correspondent ofthe Philadelphia Atq"ire',
says:
| learn that although Col. Benton went
through the usual formalitcs Of making a will
he nevertheless died very poor. The creditors
of his estate are not likely, however, TO press
thcir claims unpleasantiy, il a project ON foot
literary laborS is successfully carried ont. his
one who had business dealings with him speak
in the strongest terms of his Spartan sense of
honor and iathfulness of his engagements, and
one secret of his indefttigabe labors lies in the
fact of his extreme anxiety to cancel every
pecuniary obligation before his deccaEe.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

Mr.. Jefferson said he had been IN deiloera-
live bodies with Gen. Washington and Dr.
Franklin. and that he had never heard either
Of them make a speech more than fifteen MN
ut.s long. and then always directly q, the point.
He aids that there were no members who pos
spsscsl more influence, or who were listened 70
with more profound attention. Mr. Jeficrson
himself. we believe, was never noted Tor mucn
speaking, although every speech ne made tola
among the members. One secret Of Patrlck
Henryss almost snperhuman eloqucnce was that
he never spoke unless he had something to say
and ndalwaysstoppedwl when he had gotten through.
Mr.. Madison and Chief Justice Marshall, were
famous for the strength and compression OF
their speeches. In general it may te set down ,,l
rs an incontestible fact that when man makes
a long speech, he has not di2sssted bis subject
nroDerlv. either from Incidence, from want oil
time or from lack of capacity. Compressor
REQUIRES study, and is the most difficult OF all
the arts connected with either writing or speak
inc. Mr.. Webster, in bis famous sIeech in the
India Rubber case, apologisett to The Court for
its length, on the plea of want of time to con-
dense his ideas.--RickmOnd Wing.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

No SALVATION FoR BLAcK MES.-Rev. s. D
Baldwin, a Methodist Minister, in a recent work
brings forward the original idea that the des-
cendants Of Ham and Shem "enjoy no promise
Of persuasion or conversion, of faith and confes-
not anticipate their full regeneration - This
idea has in il the seed of a new argument in sup
porr Of slavery.
St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-22

The celebrated African Traveller, DIR. LIVING
STONE, sailed from the Mcrsey on Wednesday,
in the steamer Peaf, for the scene of. his la
bors Amongst the gentlemen who accompa-
ny Dr. Livingstone are a botanist, gcol"gist
and an artist, who 60 out for the purpose of
skctching the country, its people animals and
plants The best wishes of the scientific and
numerical world accompany this brave and
indefatigable man.