St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-03-21

lirIoR.- H.: follow liIg curious spfci-
IA. rs II han..r :r" found III the writing
Of liierocles. a philosopher of Alexandria.
whe ::@urish,d III the hf.h century. The
aI'h'r is drawing tn" character oi - sch"l-
astic. or pelau,. whose mind IS wholly Gu
CROSSED with the s.;l.n~' burning u .pe-
c!'s Of knowledge ncith-l .ound nor Is.,-
full. II" thus t,c.,ncs v hat We call ais 1T.
and unfit fur the cornrnoh ,tf..rs Of !i..e:
]. \ pcd.n,, on his ir.t attempt t.
s~.ln. icing hear! y Gr w,.ci, ron c,i h"
wouI REV: touch wa:.r a.au until he
had l.: rr.,, ..c art If .w;rnr;D-
;. :. l,~dan,, r~s,uu, 1T --lins ~
Use too, \ stor fr"n tn wall. AM
carr II 49,: III ..i,:. ~ =, -;.ciu.,.n &.
the premises.
). 4 pedan.. wishing to know whether
he louksi handsome while asleep. placed
himself before u looking glass with hi.
eyes shut
4. \ = dsnt happening to mce' phys
the doctor asked him the reason for his
strange behavior. Why" he replied.
lit is so long since have been i'll. that |
was ashamed to meet you
5. One pedant nlcc,ing another. said t..
him. Il heard that You we're dead " His
friend replied. But you see ] ain alive"
IS" you say" he r.j.inr,l. "hu, The man
who toll r,e shs news Vas msrc wo. th,
Of creii, than yourself"
e. \ rcd.n', h,arihg ,ha. crow would
I've :w" hundred years. tu d:teruiue the
fac, +, experience. hough. an: kept ont.
I. pc'iant rn = voy age, being in dan
ger of >hilwreck. and seeing the other
Passengers catch hold of vari"l. articles Oh
'ieck t" keep them .hoat. sized upon Que
of the anchors.
Tue TtEEIroh'rs.--Th three new Ter
! r;.urics recognized by the Late Cpngrcss
re Colorado, Nevada aud pccosnh -
The four previously existing are Wash
inS,on. New Mexico. Utah. and Ncbras-
IA. The eAtrnt Of territory Included 10
these seven Tcr-i'"ric. is nearly eleven
hundred thousand .4usr- miles.
Colorado com; ,risrs a portion 1T Kan
AS, Utah, and Nebraska. and lies be-
tween The iu2i and l1.Eh degree sd'
West longitude. aud the 9th and 4Ist'
1"grccs "f latitude. II csniains loo, Quo
square miles and population Of -, 600.
N,vada lie. between Califor.ia and.
Utah On the East and West. anil Ore
gon and New Mexico on rhe North aud
Ssnih. A portion Of !. il taken from
California. provided that State gives irs
assent. It includes tho famous Carson
Valley.
Dacs,ah il Bounded m the North hr
British America, Eass. ny ssic States OF
Nisncsoisy 1hd Iowa.. South. and Wet
tey Nebraska. hssItpgth from North tn
South is 40 nilex; It's average breadth
is ahoat 100 mixer. snd il has an area
Ut 10 600 sqasrc n.ilcs. Il WIS former
| " part Of the Territory IT Minncsots.
bat MAS detached when that became q
Stste- i i Il present chiefly inhabited
fby IndIsas.
A-Nfcs WIpow. The iblloxingis from
Or. Holmes new novel The widow,
Rowans was now in the full blootu Of or.
namen,al sorrow. A very shallow Grape
bonnet. trillcd and frotb like. allowed the
parted raven hair to show its glossy sn,oth-
ness. 4 jet pin heaved upon her bosom
with every sigh of memory, or emotion of
unknown origin. Jc. bracelets shone
with every p'overnen; ether slender hapd..
cssed in eress hitting black gloves. Her
rahle dress was ridsed witk manifold aoun-
ccs. from beneath which u small foo show.
ed itself from time 10 time. clad in the
same hnc of morning. Everythi' 9 about
her wss dark except the whites OF her eyes
and the ename! of her teeth. Tie effect
w.x con,ul,te l.r.x's Kle~~ -. ocA :.