Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1867-12-25

But perhaps she may sleep and in
\sleep have one bright dream that shall
rever. How little do We think or
the suffering and want that are
dlily agllAa hourly at our side, Why is
there not food and shelter for all Last
week was one Of the most intense cold that
has been fit, 50 early, in this climate for
many wears. The snow has fallen sutfi-
gently deep to give Us capital sleighlng
| and the clash Of sleigh bells is heard from
night to morning Sleighs of all kinds and
sizes filed with all kinds ofpassengers fash
Avery moment The livery-stable keep
ers are having 4 harvest and the horses
their wind broken. Five dollars an hour
is the modest price asked for single horse
sleigh. Sixty dollars day would, we
think, make hole in the income of the
best man we know even In war times
Where the money comes from is more than
wecan say at present
The Committee to wait on the Presl-
dent in behalf of Dr. Mull, has not yet,
| think. had an interview. with him. 1t
- to be feared that nothing to the bene-
lit of the Doctor will grow out of it, while
such men as Holt and the members Of the
Military Commission are about NaShng7
ton. The whole tria! was complete bur
lesque of justice from beginning 10 cad.
What DR.. Muld, or any of the party NOW
at the Dry Tortugas, were s-nt there for
we have never been able 10 learn. The
principal charge against d. Mudd was
his shooting at one of his negroes who he
believed attempted his life, for on that
point Holt seemed to bear with all his
force when the least thing was offered in
the Doctors defence Holt and compa-
nv entered on that trial with full doterm
nation to murder every soul they could
ret their hands on and to have one glori-
Gus feast of blood Not one word OF evil
dcnce did they allow that could possibly
benefit one Of the prisoners Every OBJ
lection made by Holt was sustained and
every objection made by the defence was
overruled. DAYS and weeks the grand trag-
cdv was going on, every avenue for squares,
to the prison bristled with the bayoncts of
soldiers 1t was a glorious feast for the
strong minded ones who would crowd within
Il yard Of the railing III front of Mrs. Sur
raft and ask each other, loud enough for
the poor lady to hear, Don't she look
like devil = Il hope they will hang
her, don't you?' and hundreds of such
expressions. There sat Mrs. Surratt,
manacled down, with heavy black veil
over her face, exposed for weeks in IN
tcnscly hot weather, to the gaze and IN
suits of hcartlcss rabble. That was but
the beginning of what was to come. Md
itarv commissions were to be the order of
the day and woe to him or her who dared
to differ with the powers that bet was
treason and your fate was sealed The
old Penitcntiary was to have been the
Bastile of moderD times and 1t never was
to be empty, Davis, Lee, Stephens and
every man who. had taken sides with the
South, was to be confnedahcrc and hung,
no time allowed for the shortest prayer
trial In the morning-eXccutlon III the
evening. \ dozen or SO of executions
was to be gotten up to give Holt, Stan.
ton, Wade and Sumner an appetite for
dinner. Blood was to- flow like water.
But for the manly interference of Mr..
Johnson the civil courts would this day
be closed and have existed only N name.
1t is to be hoped that the honest people
of this country will keep fresh in their
minds the acts of cruely perpetrated by
the rulers in those days and, when the
time shall come. make each and every one
answer at the bar OF ;astice for the black
est and most horrible crimes that ever dis
graced nation.
Frank Leslie of last Saturday is out
with another great sensation plcture-thc
whipping of a Negro III Delaware. Two
men were convicted, some months since
in Delaware of burglary, ana, by the laws
of that State, were sentenced to be whip
ned. The white man is seen III the dis
lance with his hand to his eyes crying,
but. in the foreground, IN full view,
stands the negro being whipped by the
Shcrif-tlie observed Of al Observers
Il would be but an act of simple justice
if the Editors of certain weekly illuStra-
ted papers could be placed N the same
position and be condemned to receive one
lash on their backs for every falsehood
they have illustrated and published dur
inc the last seven years. BY the time it
WAS over there would not be much of them
left. These illustrated papers, by the
cross and unblushiug falschoods they
have been publishing during and since the