St. Mary's beacon., 1862-02-13

1:ie iysn,c.x CStoS. A pamphlet By
N ktiuc, B-nouf has jass spp'.arad. un.
drrEh- title af "L'tainn Ar~ricoin< It
rnkfop,." The author. seeing the South.
.rnIS.a,.s sepafased from the Nortl,ern
onek ask Whether EUROPA ossht Ia desire
.l,hr rcsoasaruesiun offhs Gsan. Of the ia-
/ irpknsl<See of The twU s~e1ion.T He
thrh ,akes r.).id view 81 ls1hc poli,icsl
q, ..fahe Cn;an dursneSifs axisteacc; -
sih i9rseasc. rs spirif &c antscxati6e. ~
E,is,ts npan Nl,sHieo snd Csba. the high
,on.E il sssamcd towards the smaller States
Of south Amseica. as If il already posses
! ed khe,n the uit-r absence. on the AMER
lean Continent. Of any power able % con.
Itroi|thc growth If thr great absorbing Re.
| pubI;c. which has never disguised its ulti-
ma,b views upon Europe. having more
thar once put forth tic pretcntion to In
scry ene in this qnarser Of the globe, 70
male its influence fcir and TO propagate
| iss fkiaciplex an.i Hastily. the iancoarteoas
beh:n ios Of the United States towards for
eisu| nations. whose fselings have sfsen
, bsrrl hurt by the uncompromising tone Of
the Republican Government. which have
ofte,l breu obliged to make severe sacrif-
cos 10 their l,vc of peace. From all this
the author Of the phamplrt concludes. that
the breaking up Of the Union. which he
cons tdefs eertsin. will he \ mos. fortunate
Gee, renee for the peace Of the warld.
DtsrRrss IN Francs. The New York
fle influence that il really at work in
Frat ee to induce the Emperor 10 join
Eng knd in recognizing the rebel Cnnfed-
erarf. it is pretty certain. is not affection
fnr Jefferson Davis. nor any particular de-
sire 10 see the great republic broken up
but Ihe increasing distres. among the oper-
atireb 1t Lyons aud in all the ether great
,uanlk afacturing districts The distress it
rnpul arly attributed to the blockade, which
shutd .ut French manufacturers from the
Southern market. aud prevents cott"D from
coming forward Some estimate Of the
true extens If this distress may be formed
her X workmcn out IF employment in l.y
ons lonr. in the beginning Of january
was .Ia. Asnelr..( Thousand. ard "f these.
prob ibis two thirds wrr,. indebted to pr,-
ito k..ueyulence, for the means Of subsis-
trfca
Al coon a. the Freach leg Stature b"ly
! assemblies (it must he ia session now) We
mag Expect in view Of these representa-
tioas to hear the breaking "f thc Ameri-
can blockade recommended. as thu bcs,
mean Of Keeping the wolf from the door"
at ho me All the correspondents. writ
ling / b the Africa. bid us anticipate some
thing Of I'll. kind. the British government.
Of c. |ursc, j"ining in Thcss warnings
! may be the offspring Of apprehen>ions that
: may b-v.r be realized but at the sam.
time would not be safe on our part to
treat hem with contempt
r"NrK,sr -Dcctieilv III most bril-
liant military ,,ampnign III wh ch our Cnun-
| try cF-r engaged was the Mexican WaI
durin the alHini>t a'ion ni President!
Pokl Ex-Presi lent Buchanan was. IA,
that tfm". Secretary of State, and the lat.
/ Cove tuor Marry, Secretary Of War The
! most exten>iv: meals had to b. pro"iicd
/ for thf n:aintenanc. "f IL largr army in "a
! disial country. aud millions Of n,oney
PASSED through the hand Of the govern
rneut officers. But we do not remember
that ahy one Of them was ev.i charged
with peculation or dishonesty. Certain
e al.
affecting the integrity Of Mr.. Mary. and
he retired from Office enjoyiug the respect
of tht whole c"uniry. The dcmocfa i.
administration Of prssidcn, Polk. in tha.
campaign. set an example which might
have been pro6tably followed By those
holding high places under Mr.. Lincoln
II certainly is not ncccrs,ry to the success.
full prosecution Of war that all concerned
in conducting It shoald turn highway rob
bers.--Eusfon Argus.
A LAwyRR NoSrLussEn We're We have
case 10 present, in which the irritating
and too irritable counsel was completely
nonpluscl. I, is AZ follows:
Il call upon you" said tho counsellor.
Ito state distinctly upon what authority
yOn are prepared to swear to the horses
age!"
Upon what authority" asked the
hosiler. interrogatively.
"You arc to reply to. and not repeat
the question put 70 you"
II dosen't consider a mans bouHd ts
answer question afore hes time to turn
! It over in his mind"
Nothing can he more sim pie. sir, than
the question pat. l again repeat: Upon
what authority do you swear to that ami
mails age"
1.-The best authority" responded the
witness, grufNy.
Then Why such evasion? Why not
state Il At once"
We'll. then. II you must hare it.
"Must, viii hare it," vociserated the
councillor. intcrrnpting the witness.
We'll, then if you must and will have
! IT," rcjoined the host,e with impertu. b.
Ii ,s..k- H.. L. oiS