Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1868-12-03
Correspondence Of the Beacon
Washi.rton Nov. 30th. 1865.

commended 70 his own Fps 4 taste Of the
physic lac has been so willing to admins
ter TO the Southern people during the
last eight years. We susl ect he does1not
relish bayonets and the rule Of dezpos
when he has to taste them himself We
think that uhen the truth comes 10 De
told it will he found that Mr. Washburne
has made an ass Of himself. Presuming
on the Union, the dear old flag and the
be.. govern men. on earth, be took on
hi ID self to interfere with the business of
other people and ran afoul of snag,
thereby getting himself very much hurt
or frightened, We don't know which. The
truth Of the matter has not yet come OFT,
but be this as it may, Mr. Lopez has
shown no little plack aud given the Min
ister Plenipotcntiary and Envoy E1traor-
binary to understand that he can't come
there and poke his thumb up TO the last
joint into his eye, without his telling to
loeve off and not do it again, fer it hurts.
We gould not have hadt the fright That
he Envoy Extraordinary of the best gov
ernment on earth has had for more money
than there is now in the Treasury Tbs
worst feature we can see in the affair Is
the endorsement of Mr. Washburnc's con-
duct by Mr.. Minister Webb. Watson Is
apt to 90 of half cooked and deals large
ly in spread-eagicism and blood and thun-
der. We have a very lively recollection
Of ono Of Wstson'S editorials before the
war on the subject Of Secession, in which,
after breathing FIRE and birthstone from
his nostrils until he had got himself TO
white heat. be gave the South to under
stand that the New York 9TH regiment
could wipe out the entire South before
breakfast Unfortunately the 'th did
not 90 il, or could not be brough; to the
scratch. Perhaps Watson was not ia
vorite with the 1th and they did not wipe
out the South entirely before breakfast,
merely to spite him. The 7th may have
been very good soldiers in their way, but
they seem to have had a singular dislike
TO chose vile guns, -partlcularly IN
the hands of other men who would just as
soon shoot you as not. They were not
long in finding that out. There were
other objections, and very just ones too,
urged by the It'll for not lcaning out the
South. The claret and champagne were
not iced and served in silver wlne-cool-
ers. They were given tents to live IN
with floors not tongucd and groved and
carpets which were only three-ply instead
of Brussels and badly tackled down at that.
The horses furnished by Government
were of the slowcst kind, not one being
able TO come in under three minutes and
the buggies were covered with cotton,
instead Of .silk-yelyct, and the harness
ONLY silyer-mountod. Besides, there was
not a billiard room in the whole camp,
and the Government had positively re-
fused to furnish more than FIVE Pairs of
the best French kid gloves to each pri-
vate per week. Who can wonder at the
conduct of the gallant 18th ? Who can
blame them, if after enduring with the
fortitude of veterans, privations like these
for three long months, they turned their
backs in disgust on the bayonets of the
vile Rebels, the dear, old flag, and Wash
incton Mr.. Webb should have come
down in person to see to their comfort
A man must have the heart of 4 stone to
blame the It'll FIR not winding up the
South before breakfast, after having sut-
fered such wrongs and privations at the
hands of those who should have known
better. As it is, we feel confident that
there is not man Of the eth who does
not freely forgive Mr.. Webb, the Gov
ernmept. and all who had a hand In their
bad treatment in driving them from the
field CAS- it should have been) of glory and
not giving them a chance of having their
toes turned up to the daisies.
The Philadelphia and Richmond muir
ders, coming so close on each other, have
created no little talk ard speculation III
Washington The Philadelphia affair is
still shrouded in mystery From the
evidence it appears to US that the detec-
tives of that city have shown their usual
sharpness, but, like the Coroner's jury,
Jumped at conclusions. We should not
be surprised, if, when the matter comes
TO be thoroughly sifted, the thing comes
to assume different aspect.
The Pollard murder is still the theme
of conversation. Whatever may be the
opinion Of the good citizens of Richmond
in relation TO Mr.. Pollard aud his death,
we find the manner Of il universally con-
demntd. Whatever a-mans fault may
be, or however much he may merit death !,
in Heavens name come before HIM IN
open daylight and give him some chance
to defend himself, or stone for the wrong
done
Washington never was as duh as
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