Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-07-01

never bee1 disturbed BY Endiaa canoe o.
white mans craft.
4 quarter Of nile south OF the semi
nary was a turnip-6eld, where once stood
the church the colonists FASTENED to build
You would not Imagine you stood on con-
seerated ground where holy rites were once
performed This was not the place where
the holy sacrifice was first offered. Their
/ first chapel was an Indian wigwarm, which
friendly native gave " to Father
White for thecolonists founded an In
dian village here which owned tie pacific
rule Of King Yaocomico. and established
themselves in peace bas lie itt, Opposite
- ,-1a~a whore the e1.nrch : r, ] and
c6,zit, / It, are some traces Of the lord pro-
prietary's resid nee Tie old c2lIar is
nearly filed with rubbish, in which nera
found fragments Of crockcry and bricks
bricks brought from the oil country.
There were grand doincs here once. Hi
ari.y ana mersiment had their hours in
that miniature court, amid those Of grave
deliberations. But, A. last. Pa1lida Nors,
that at every door knocks" came IN the
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juno, 1911. The place Of his burial is
not known In til g davs Of wemcn's
rights il may not be amiSs to recall the
first woman in this country, perhaps, who
asserted her claim 10 share the PRIVILEGES
OF the stronger sex. Margaret Brent was
appointed BY Governor Calvert his sole
a1ministratrix, which IS certainly proof
Of her capacity for business. By virtue
Of this appointment She claimed to be the
attorney of the lord proprietor Her
claims were admitted BY the council She
then appeared in tie General Assembly,
aud claimed the right to vote as Lord
Baltimore's representatives This was not
permitted 81 was 4. lar9 Land wa r,
and GI- played her energy in laying 0ut
her estates; and she had quellel / mutt
ny among some Virginia soldiers who
had served under Leonard Calvert. It
IS surprising the strong-mindel women
Of this day have not brought forW ri this
fire precedent, who has been ranked with
the famous Margaret Of Parma, regen: Of
the Aetherlands. let Us hope, with all
her fine abilities, that She retained her
sweet wom3nly ways and that motesty
which iS the charm Of her *. | fancy
she did, Or She would never have suhipe2
hose cary repres 5rtatiyc- Of tho gallant
Virginia chivalry.
Close BY the lord propriotary's place is
spot charming enough for E-eria. It
is a spring Of delicious water, bubbling
up from the rocks, that now flows OF IN
streamlct, over tufts Of the tbckest and
grcenest moss. 1t is shaded by a dense
clump # ccdars aud holly bushes-a lit
haunt for the dryades and all the sylvan
i ei,ics. The warm noon-tide air was
famed into this cool and lcafy bower,
where the birls still sang and the insects
is.}''el' oil'S,"2 WIZ" = d &C, '''i' ~ -'''
from the trn>he'f ieaFes OF 'he "oo1.-
From distance came the measured ca
dence Of some NEGRO sonr snatched up
at the hour Of noon-day rest, which har-
moulzed with the spot and the atmos-
phere. There Is always an Cndertonc OF
melancholy ia the gayest songs ofthc col
2rcd race which lulls the heart, as sorrow
underlies gayety in the heart of man
It was place to be alone with nature,
poetry, God, and Just the spot for and old
hermit to set up his cell, IN pass his
days in sympathy with nature and il com
munlon with natures God.