St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04

sl.ued by the l,cal clergy. Their Irieno
AMI t"~nsmen and the schoolmasters o
III ir districts, VII" in nearly every s'sse
the aath"r "f their petitions. One MAJ
called Ola Mr. Chase RECENTLY. having viii
him his wife and chiLircr. and expected
rs he expressed it. u h- set right to work
! H.: came from Indiana. The children
wife and the baggage were all up to 'h'
Secretary office.
This little incident actually occurred a
! the State Department during Mr.. Marcy,
reign An aspirant for place in j"via
France importuned the Secretary tor 8
Consulship. and on being questioned b,
the premier A. to Ii, knowledge of th'
french lansuag,, coolly rtplic-i, II rcck-
"n Governor to be soon or fat, eau fait)
! in that sort of thing AS have been taken
iessons "n 'cm for some time MIR
Marcy. greatly amused. t"ll the applicant
thu, he could not have the appointment.
AS he had already made Il fox pass (faux
pas
FREx SxoKoxs IN Virginia. An ami
mated discussion occurred ia the Senate vi
Virginia Oh Monday last. on a bill report
I'll ia the Assembly for the voluntary en-
siavcm.nt Of free negroes. without con-
pcnsa.ion ~ the Commonwealth. The
Examiner Of yesterday says in references
70 IL:
I'll bill WAS amended in various parts
by the connittec TO whom it Is was refer
red. Various amendments were offered
In the Senate. and il comes up to-day as
Unfinished business The bill as it came
from the House proposes 10 allow srec Ne
groes to cnslavc ;hc.ns, Ives TO whom they
please. AMI TO exempt the master from
any payment Of the value Of tho =" en-
shaved negro into the treasury Of the Com
monwealth. BY some it is contcnlcd tina,
this would enable white men in humble
circumstances to become slave owncrs.
and thus extend the institution aud enlarge
and more widely iiffusc the interest in
its preservation. GA the other hand.
there are thoxc who contend ,hI thi.
would put the free ncyrpcs int" the hands
Of PERSONS suu,c Of whom may be worth
lees
-
Court Of California (ju,lg's Field. Cope
and Baldwin,. has affirmed the iulgmcn,
Of the Court below. whereby it was c.-
,alliShcd that the owner of the land in
California, under = patent from the Tn
tied States owns al! tina; grows upon or
is buried within that md OWLS from
the centre If gravity t" h, SOP Of ,h..
highest tree The >..ac as in our older
Mates. IL 1913 that same C,urt ,icc-
drl thai thu mineral. Undecided in smch
lands b .i.n-:.. l., th, STAFF. !v virtnr
Of Spanish NJ Sican law ard the princi-
pal vi cln,bcl.l Gumaiu That DECISION
is no~ completely reversed. by = unan-
in,,us decision rendered nn the 18th al
tiu4o, and the right Of the owner ot the
soi4 TO the minerals contained therein de-
clarcd absolute. The parties li'iganr
were Moore against shaw ami Fremont
against Flower. and the point my now Lc
col.si Tered settled.
Az IEIsn Sroxy. Two Iri.hlnan IN.
gagged 10 peddling packages Of linen bought
AID old mule to ali i'll carrying the burdens
One would ride whilc, ANA then the
other, carrying tue hal- Of linen on the
mule. Onr day rho lris',nan whn was On
foot got closc up t" the hr"l, of his mule
ship, when h rec iv."i kick on one Of
his siins. To be r,.vcn.-l he picked up
Il stone and hurled it AT III. mule. bu,
struck his companion On th- back of his
head. Sering w!,a, he had dome he Stop
ped and began to groan ami rup his shin
The Ole on the mule turned and asked
him what was the matter. The bloody
crather kicked mt" was the reply. BE
Jabers he's did the same thing to Inc on
the back Of ,se head" said the other.
Fanny Fsmx or HrsBAxps.-A laly
having remarked that Jaw. is tho most
delicious feelings q wife can have towards
her husband Fanny Fern thus com
,ne,,ts:
Awe Of IMAM whose whiskers YOU
have trimmed who's. hair you have cut,
whose cravat you have tied. whose shirts
you have pu, in the wash whose boots
and shoes YOU have kicked into the closet
| who's. dressing gown You have worn while
| combing your hair. Who has been down in
the kitchen With you at II o'clock ut nigh,
to hunt for chicken bone. who has hook
ed Jour dresses, unlaccd your boots, fas-
tened your bracelets, and tied on your
bonsct; who has stood before your look
ing glass with thun and finger on bis pro-
bosci-. scratch hi+ chin whom you have
seen asleep with his mouth wide open
Ridiculous!''
WuAr rns SEcEpISe STATES HAVE Cosr.
-Louisiana purchased of Francc) SIS.
O00. 900; interest paid $685.. 1858 flori.
ds purchased Of SPAIN 5000. 900; ill.,
terest paid 81 .430, 900; Texas BOUNDARY
SIC. 0UO. 900; Texas (for indemnity $40 ;.
900. 900: Texas (for creditors, last Con-
gress) 81. $50. 900; Indian expenses of MI
kinds s.. 000. 900; to purchase navy apt
pay troops, s.. 00o. 900; all other ex psndi.
lures $4,000. 900; Mexican war, $ol7,.
l15.57o; soldiers pensions and boun,,
lands 800. 000. 900; Florida war 800.
600 900; soldiers pensions 81 900, 600; t
remove Indians s. 900. 900: paid by trea
ty for New Mexico SIS. 900 600; paid I,
extinguish Indian titles 800, O0O, 900
paid 20 Georgia IS .6S2. 900: total eox