Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-02-11

married to Emile Eriangers mo tooA the
European Confederate loan. nd bid the
other day for one in Spain is sen has 8
career in the French armya the family
adore Paris. and on the whc' ! except to
transact some personal busin IS. [ don't
believe SG lell would care 10 tesurn The
easy, hobaobb ng life OF Parifagrees with
him "
Lewis T. wigfaIl made bislsay abroad
at the close of the war e,me / w or oth-
er; ne is MN Of d. : =, -, cergy. and
he has been pract'si7,.taI Of % in
sns4e > n3-afs. AUf
Engtand and gets along scme how or
other He cannot have much money
and fancy would be very glad to be
back in Texas at the law once more. lie
i i'll many respects an extraordinary man i,
born revolusionist. never dish artened. /.
whatever the storm or tempest best
peased, perhaps. when the waves run
nigh. devoted TO his own pet schemes or
ideas has passion fer soac people. and
can hate others like the glow of an an
thracite furnace. is always driving away
at something, yet never depressed by
failure. and will never give up hope aa
long as be can find listener Give him
half dozen listeners. and be is perfect
y happy. As we are to have "pease,"
| think Wigfall and the United States
could harmonic matters by allowing him
to harangue Texas jury. What harm
would it do. pray7
After curious and most romantic se-
ries of sdventures, Mr.. J P Benz min,
ex-Secretary of State and the Disraei Of
the Southern Confederacy, made his way
to the West Indies, thence to England, ;,
and there, he, once the most eloquent Of
/ pleaders in the United States Supreme
Court. commenced eating his terms" as
it is called. in the Temple. preparatory
to admission to the Courts of We.traln-
ster. For a year the ex-senator, ex-S"c-
retary of State. ex-Pleader Of America,
went through this probation just as nigh t
have done any Acdgling from Oxford or
Cambridge, when all of a sudden John
Bull concluded TO relax his iron rule in
favor of the brilliant stranger. and dis
pensc with the two rem;i~'nc yeas of
preparation for the mysteries = ThemIs.
Tuls made all easy: once il Court. the
clear thought, the most ringing tone. the
ease Of manner. una proae"ed even IN
America, the wonderful persplcuity and
! power Of statement which had once made
even Douglas. Critsonden and Hunter
look well to their weapons. found their
way to the ears and eyes OF the bench t,
and the solemn old cocks in ;ElcI gowns
went cut of their way to pay compll-
ment 50 the new advocate. This distinc-
ton. added to merit and work, won
clients and now. after getting outa new
law book on GALES, behold our ex-senator,
fixed for life. probably in his gown. at
Westminster-happv there. cheerful eve
rywhcre, irrcpressible. and never with out
a smile. save under the influence o. an
questionable headache-the lot Of an ex
lie. fea-bi to the philosopher.
As Tor old Dudley Mann. he who used
to write awful long letters for Father
Ritchie's Union, over the signature of
Agrlcoa, (what thoy were about no
body but he knows, an enthusiast over
the Great Eastern, which lie was oAce
Il der he impression he had personally
constructed, once lu1uriating IN Euro
pean mission, sent there ~ the United
States, aud .u 'qutnuy fixed up com
for:ably in similar ease a; Bru>sels, by
the Conf.,eracy. where he slet bis INK
ike nIan WY. he is all right now
H. has got II money enough to live on, III
. shabby, gentecl style a. Bonn, or some
otIeg German town, and be is half Dutch
man anyhow Europe suits hun Tar bet
TT t,lau country where taxes ara high.
ana oowing an scraping, AMI pleasant.
aAi4b.e grinac-s voted bore. Old Dld-
ley hls no use for the United States, and
tue Uuited States still less for him. Poor
Old fellow Who would grudge him bis
pasturagc and the occasional luxury OF
Kicking up MS heels ):
As for Bey. Tucker, everybody knows
him, or did know him once-''a fellow OF
inhAite jest very prince of good,
jolly fellows. that will, il YOU g we him
caauce by getting him at supper. say Sc
many good things that you would never
afterward think Q: square N al without
him What SD outrage that this man,
any one Of whose Jokes is worth dozen
Stautons. HvIts or Layfayette Bakers,
should have been kept @DrUad al this
,Iine all exiIe-his family large, Poeg AMI
neody-ou the ridiculous ptetcxt .! nav
ing helped to assass.nate Mr.. Lincoln,
vi reas he never helped 70 assasslnate
auv thin. but cauyaSS-b4eA ducks ana
oysters ana believe he could put :,