St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-08-08

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THURSDAY MORNING.. AUG. Q. 1851
The 1easrsl Visit Again.
A day Ut two ago, the Ymkce. Reliance
and FrerLssa we're ordered 20 LeonsEd-
town. TO search for concess.d field pieces
and other army stores. They procerded
thitAer, landed force of sixty men,
including twelve marines from the Po-
cahontas. aud n,asle search Ut the court
house and few other buildings. but found
nothing save quantity Of cartridge b,n-s
and belts. showing that III" sccesaionists
are watching the opportunity to make q
strike. 1t is confidently belisy.sl that
there we're four field pieces concealed in
or near the town: but the search was con-
fined mainly to few Of the principal
buildings. Leonardtown Is u rank secs
zion hole, and should be closely watched
A man mounted on horse r"se up in
front of the court house whils ila} eral
troops were searching ituG
loud cheers for JEFF Dawn
The Washington Ser, which dlD111l
siuce acquired an naeaviablc no'sricty
both for meadscity and venality. has. in
its issue Of Friday last. the above account
Of the late Federal visit to our village.
Not satisfied with shameless exaggeration
Of every fact connected With the expedi-
ZION. and net content With an stteMpt ct
,aagnifyiug the importance Of the discove-
nv ofa few cartridge boxes aud bette, in
it's anxiety to rcnder ,he Government q
service, it states. with grave Anodesty aud
,Auch seablaace Of truth. thai. -"Leon-
ard Town is rank secession hole" and
that, the '.Seccssionists" here "are wait
ing IN opportunity to makea strike" The
editor Of the Sur is also inclined t0 the
opinion that, .thcre were four field pieces
coscealed in or near our town. 10 quite
sure that, 1.-the Court House and . few
other buildings were searched" and. is
very positive that. - man mounted on a
horse rode up in front Of the Court House
aud gave three loud cheers for JEFF
Davis" Now, We propose to give . full
and correct statement Of the facts connect
ed with the affair. that, our readers may
see that, the editor Oft !Nnr-who could
be Buchanan democrat just SO long a.
Oh. Federal patronage was at his disposal.
aad. who became Lincolnite just SO soon
rs that functionary reached the White
Hoase-is not only one Of the weather.
cock breed. hnt has likewise some Of the
properties of the blood-h in his COM
position. As an evidence that he pos
sesses the qualities Of the latter. in u
high degree. we have but to cite his keen
ness Of scent in discovering our contra
band" and his bloodthirsty attempt to
make us mark for Federal vengeance.
We sint knew the editor of the Star, po-
l.icaliy. as an ardent, though lame,
speeehi6er in siae Cause Of Breckenridge.
but year ago We heard him from the
speakers stand in Baltimore, and. well
remember is inarticulstc, though profuse,
abuse Of Douglas. and his open and vio-
lent denunci.tion Of Lincoln. Six months
had not transPirsd ere VIC found him
pros.lyte to Republicanism; aud. We now
find him the jealous and noisy advocate Of
an oppressive and blood-stained adniuis-
trafion. To retain the Government pa
sronage. It was necessary that, he should
advocate the election Of Breckenridge aud
the same reason obtains for his sudden
and radical conversion. These facts con-
sidcrcd, would it not be we'll for the Gov
ernmeat to keep an eye upon the back
sliding rroclivi,ies Of our caluminator.
whilst following his recommendation-''to
keep close watch upon our peoplef"
AS stated in our last issue, the Free
horn, Yankee and Reliance visited our
Bay aud landed about fifty men, under
the command of Lieut.. Wyman. This
officer. upon reaching our town, enquircd
for the Sheriff, and. upon being informed
Of his absence, next asked for a magis-
trate. A magistrate being found. Lieut..
Wyman stated that. the object of his
mission was TO search for and seize two
pieces Of cannon aud lot of muekcta
which, he had been informed, were con.
cealed here; and that. he wished to pro-
coed legally and formally in the prosecu-
ton of the search. He. then, showed hi.
authority TO the Magistrate and States
Attorney Of the county. and was informed
by them that they had no knowledge o.
the existence Of either cannon OF musket,
in the village or county. other than
some rifles IN the hands OF the members o.
. regularly organised company-the
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