St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-07-31

TuE PosrAAE STAMP C,EEENcY Law
The following is an official copy of the d.
PASSED By Congress making postage ar.
other L ) stamps IL GAL tender for su.a:
under five dollars:
Be Il ~an.t.,i Ly 'hr .SHhr nna ",
of Representatives II thr United States
.imr,..n IN f,ngr'xs "s~n'i1ed, That I.
Secretary of the Treasury be and lie
hereby directed tn furnish to the Assis,a,
Trca.urers aml such designed dcposi,a.j
of the United States rs may be By hi,
selected. in such sums rs he may deem cy.
pedicnt. the postage aud other stamps ..
The United States. to be exchanged Nv
them, on application, for United Sta,cs
notes and frnm and after the first day &
August next such stamps shall be rccr;ya.
bic in payment of al! dues to the rnitc
States less than five d"llars. and sh,ll J.
received in exchange for United STATS
notes when presented to any As,istan
Treasurer or any designated deposi,sry :.
lected as aforesaid in sums not less thu,
, FIVE dollars.
! See . And be It tm,her enacted. Tn.
from and after the first day of Augu
eighteen hundred and sixty two. no y,
vaie corporation banking associaton. fir;
or individual. shall make. issue. circula.,
or pay any note. check. memorandum. t.
ken. or other obligation, for less SUI;
than one dollar. intended to circulate ..
money or to re received or used i,r Ecu -
lawful money Of the United States: arl
every person so offending shall, on CO..
viction thereof in any district or crca:,
court of the United States be punish. l.,
fine no: exceeding five hundred doll.,s ny
By imprisonment moi exceeding six mouths.
or by 10th. at the option of the cour.
There is already an active demand for
postage stamps to BE- used as CURRENCY.
THE RADICAL f"LlCY.-It is painfully
apparent tn every observer of passing events
that the more radical II the R"pfii.,i,..n.
III and out of Congress have ahanduir ! -
expg citation OF restoring the Govcrul.c,.i.
They have not for IN nth> aimed t. a.
compllsh this They care nothing for IA,
nnthlng for anything, SAFE
to grab what they can get. and destroy
everything else, They are trying g. make
the war a war of cxtrrminati,n. IA
against the white men cf the South! and
by every method in their power are en-
couraging u spirit of bitterness and hat,
which is more significant Of outright bar
bariSn than the civilization and refinement
Of which We have so loudly b,aS,cd. They
encouraged the men Of the borlur->layc
States to make immense sacrifices for The
defence Of the Union, and arc now threat.
cning them with instant emancipation oE
their slaves if they will not themselves III
augurate some more g','fnd system Com
iiscaiiun is meant only for these States,
for here only can The law which has pas
scd Congress ever be cnfurccl They
know that these States are tied, hand ar,.
foot, and cannot resist their opprcs>;vi.-
These are to be kept, though only in part
protected against the ravagcs Of the Con
! fcdcra.cs while :hc cotton States are to
he lief. out of the Union and punished They
are to be used. perhaps. as negro colonies;
ut least. nothing short of fhc actual cx-
termination of the white race is now pro-
! missed -IroriI,mr Pna
\ SURE Plan TO Recruit WIDE AWAKE
! FOR rmK WAE-lt is said to bc under ST.
rious discl>siun at the War Drpar;r""n',
I" deal out ratr,ns nt gnHp,''i"r n,.i "Ici>-
Key, to the Wide Awakcs of the last can
paign. to stimulate courage up to H.,
sticking point OF cnli >'ing for the war
( We think this has the advantage Of mos.
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