St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1859-01-20

meats Of crinolinss THAI are m.inRama,a,te.
with s.rye as protecf6n 10 the uudcr.
gaElusnI, ir.... - dangJagN fNs-svs~rs
= z5'sskgrf~sThc Gaze Of hoops would thus
: prevent the person from being burLi.
De QUixcFY-Thc Norh Aa~rican Reriet-
for January contains an artick on d.. Quiu-
ccy, from which the following description
Of the man Is taken:
In person hc is anything hui PROPOSES
sing; being diuiuutive - stature, and awk-
ward in lis movements with a sIivrlie,i
yellow, parchment skin. His heal. however
is superb, ANA his face remarkably sensitive
and expressive: the eyes Sunkcu, but bril-.
liam, with the fire OF gcsius and the iIlum-
natf,ns Of opium. in Manners he il 4 mod
81 of tlecorum. UIbauity and natural unaiicct-
al gentiliiy He i a magnificent ta.kcr. and
a fine reader; Which last quality he notc> As u
rare accomplishment, whether among men or
women lie Is genial aud h'sptablc in his
household lie performs SET tasks Of walk
Ing. day Ivy day, III his glrdeh, AMI marks
his progress hy deposits of stones lie has,
offered his bolv, after death, e. tie sur
icons. for dissection, rs his contribution To-
physiological science. lie seriously believes
that the dreadful gnawiug Of tie stomach.
already alluded 10. which arises, perhaps.
from the collapse and impotency of that or
gan through the Use cf opiurG, is caused by
the ravages of living animal He is sin
guia. in his habits, often disappears from his
home fnr days tngctucr-lIO inquiry being
made after him by his fricnds-and returns IS
rystcriou>y as lie went. lie las two daugh-
tiers, one of whom is married u an officer
in tie Indian army; the other and eldest
prcsilcs over the house, aud acts as his
lmaluCnsis.
Ma. BEIGur on EGYrTIAN GoDs-The
great rcfurmcr of England Mr.. John Bright,
il. Iii, speeches, goes directly to the point. In
a recent address at Glasgow, after bcra'ing
the ari,tncratic families for their mscnnfuct
in the Foreign Once, lie male the following
comparison:
Il. Is shocking thing to observe the
evils which nations live undo. and the Sub
mi,eivc spiri: with which they yield to them.
have often compared, in my own @uy-!!
the people II En,!u.l with the people %!
EcyIt, and the Foreign Office of tli~ com
trv to the temples ot the Egyptians. Laugh
ter I am told hy those who pass up and
down the Nile that You perceive on il banks
temples with stately statues and massive and
would have appeared to have exhausted a
quarry in its production. You have further
vast chambers, and gloomy, tortuoN pas
sagcs; and some inneruost recess. s;mc holy
of hules, in which, when You arrive at it,
YIN ind some loathsomc reptile which 4 na-
lion rcvcrcrccl and rcYered an3 bowed itself
down to worship. In our Foreign Obce we
have no ma>sivCly-constructcd columns; we
have no statutes. but We have a mystery as
profoAud: for III the innermos; rcccsscs we fiud
some miserable intrigue, il the defence OF
which Your fleets are trlyersimG every ocean,
your armies are periSliu. in every cine, aud
the precious blood Of cur country's cnudrca Is
squaLdcrcI ard regarded rs valuclcss."
Mn SLIDELLs BILL FOG THE ACQUISITION
or CcBA-Thc Till introduced in TIE United
State. ScEatc. or Monday, by Mr.. S.idcil, e.
facilitate the acquisition 81 Cuba, l., III sub
stance, a. follows:
Whereas Cuba geographically possesses a
cumnmudiu. influence over the lhrc. and an
nuaIlv increasing trade. foreign and coastwi~e,
Of the Mississippi valley; aud whereas the Is
land ia its present colonial condition must con-
tinuc Il source of injury and annoyance, ell
daug,rng the friendly relations between SPAN
and tie United States by the aCgrcs>lunS Ut IT.
heal authority upon American commerce and
citizens for which iar,iy redress can only be
mad by a circuitOuS demand upon SPAN; anu
whereas, in the opinion of Congress md in &C
cordance with the views OF the President Is
the last means of setting the existing and re-
moving future difficulties 1t IS cSpc'ilcnt that
t,cg"tlations for the purchase ui the Island
should he renewed; therefore resolved, that
$50. coo. 900 he placed in the President hand,
f.Tcxpcnditurcs, either from ClShin the treasury
or that il be borrowed on per cent, bonds OF
81 900 each. redccnabie IL from twelve I,
twenty years.
GERMAN PRoFEssoRS-- The editor Of the
Utica Herald, now in Heidelberg, in letter
to his paper, says of two Of the most eminent
professors in Germany:
professor Pitt, who is lectrring on The
Gospels. commences by taking his snuii-bnx
out OF his pocket, opening it, placing it On TIC
desk tirec'ly before him, examining bath nos
trils full with tho nauSeatius stuff, taking a
second pinch between his thumb and forciinger
and tlem bawling ont Meme HerreH.' as he
warns with his subject the thumb and finger
make A series Of dives into the snuii-boy. and
UP 10 the nose, unsil the lecturer becomes EN-
yelopCi in n cloud OF dust. Iiuusen. tie dis
,ugui.hed chemist, romes into the lecture room
with the stump Of 4 cigar in his mouth. which
he isrls out rs he commences - speak. and
puts back again the moment he has flushed
!, While he is speaking, he walks rapidly up aud
dss,yn the platform, kc Polar bear in men
aga:c"
Viah-xIA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the PAS
scrGort pin on the Warrenton, Va, Branch
RIi,r,hd Nsls stopping at q way station ON IL
return To W renton me day last week, a hos.
pitable citizeifssf the county, living near by
stepped into thssers, followed by one or tvs
servants, who were cerrying a large bucket o.
egg nog, With waiter AL glasses. suG treated
al On boanl