Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1867-11-28

down Ruben's .'Descen, from the Cross, .
10 make political capital | wonder tina,
the old revolutionary pictures in the 70;
tunda are not torn out and a series
paintings substituted for them, such
The Negroes first vote" "WhippiI
a Negroes in Nortlp Carolina by johnson
men and the like. Let the special ortt.,
Of Frank Leslie and Of Harpcr's Weekly,
who We're on Tie spot, pa;nt them, and le,
the editors Of both papers write the histo-
~ With that tra'dJm">ss they are 50 cele-
bratcd for and it would take and help the
cause of the Union, without doubt.
The Rev Dr.. Newman Hall lectured
to very slim audience at Walls Opera
house on Friday night did not at first
about, but when he was introduced By
Wilson the cat was out Of the bag and II
was obvious that it WAS intended for a
political trick, but it failed
Mrs Lander is at Vail 5 I am truely sor-
~ 10 see Mrs. l.. attempting those plays
by which Histori has made for herself
su,h all enviable fame Never were two
people more totally different in appearance
and style Of acting Mrs Lander is no
more suited to act the character of Queen
Elizabeth or Marie Stuart than Ristori
would be to play sIat Of al Irish ,clla
! bcr-lnaid. Mrs. Lander'S attempt to play
! 4oeeu Elizabeth was acknowledged on all
hands to be complete failure Mrs.
Lander has great merits as an actress,
and in the old plays we formerly had the
pleasure of seeing her perform, we must
acknowledge that she has no equal.
As you see by the papers. that prince
Of snobs, Charles Dickens, is again in
America. and the American people have
neither lynched him nor treated him to
d coat Of tar and feathers
We sincerely hope that, on his return
to England, Mr.. Dicken. will give us al
thcr edition of Martin Chuzzlewit and
American Notes, in which he will shcw
up, in his best style, the boot-licks VAC
are bowing and fawning before him. Tie
whole cause of Mr. Dickcn'. hatred to the
American people was his failure to pro-
cure an international copyright law, ftr
which a bill was introduced into Congress
by Mr. Clay when Mr.. Dickens was last
in the United States Had Mr. Dickens
spoken the truth when he gave us such a
onguelashing, the thing would not have
been SO bad Bu. for low police repor.
ter, with the vermin Of the work house
scarcely off him, to come here and criti-
tlse the manners Of the ladies and gentle
men of this country, was an insult hard &c
be endured with patience To set his foot
on our shores again after this, shows more
quiet impudcnve than We thought even
Dickens was master Of, with all his cheek
The city is filed with strangers-an I'M
usual thing so early in the season. Sight
seeing seems to be their only occupation
| saw one "grecn-one' feeling i'll every
pocket for his pocket book, but, 1T The last
accounts, he had not succeeded in catching
up to it. | suppose Some one had taken
ii to take care of it for him From some
Il lhe faces see, among the crowds now
in the city, cont think the geutlemans
ppckct-bo will be returned to him very
soon
The prize-fght between Colycr and Kel-
II is to take place Tomorrow. and, as usu-
Il, the city is beiUg filled with thieves who
generally come in droves to look out for
sreen-horns. The Gght-hngered gentry
theve their way on here, get into the
crowd around the prize ring, don't leave
watch sr pocket book, and then thieye
their way back to New York saw a
man strip in the prize ring for an lmprom-
tn fight and every article Of his clothing
was stolen rs fast a, he laid it on the
ground, from his great coat to his under
shirt You may Judge ofhis feelings when,
the fight not coming off, he went to dress
himself and found he had nothing left but
hi. pantaloons and boots, not even hat
aud he several miles from home and the
d.v bitter cold have heard men called
50 mean that they would take the SHIRT of
a mans back, but never saw il before.
fear may have made my letter too
long. but in place Ike this, there are so
many things to write about, that find IT
impossible to put into fewer words short
motive Of the Thousand and one things one
bears of in This vast city Of reports
Dor