Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-07-08

C,trrrAT1oxs.-Our Na'ional Ami
ycrssry was very generally celebrate on
Monday last throughout our county By
negro as well as white As our "colorcd
fl!ow-crizcn," are expected to vote next
wear, We give them precedence
The n.gro-we respectfully beg par
don for giving them their proper deslg-
nation-the negro celebration in our town
was decided succe.s-ali except the nu-
sic. which was aboninaLle. a procession
the goddess of liberty, nearly blind
folded, bu. still neatly ornarnented,
with sonorous sound and banners
vaviug-was formed at an early hour
in the morning and marched and coun-
termarched Though cur stress. 1t
was roodly sig to sec and it cu'mi-
mated in the "shos' pen woods" The Or
afor of the Day negro pre'cher,
named Butler. R>l.---y.~' ----:-'~i
by Mr. >sc's5t' 1c7eher H. D. We listened
.t,5ntively to Butler. An ADLER popular
.Ghune we lave seldom heard. He is
man Of force as well as tact What we
specially admired in his address was the
infinite art with which he managed his
case. All the dsagreeable things against
slavery were plumply said, but he so
toned them down by genial anccdote,
friendly manner and gentlemanly courfe-
sy that they have nearly already passed
from our memory And the substance
of his address was worthy of its manner
Nothing was said, when fairly interpreted,
that was unworthy of a Christian minis
ter or unsuited to the GLORIOUS day we
celebrate"
There were. probably, fifteen hundred
negroes present during the day, and their
behavior throughout was deserving OF the
of the managers was nearly perfect. The
marshals ard police. all negroes, were
exact but still polite in their "hlgh office"
and only mandatory to their own color
One of the most pleasing incidents of
the occasion was the recognition by the
citizens of I.eonardtown of the excellent
conduct of tho negroes during the day
Col. Blackstone and Judge Ford were
pressed into service and instructed to re-
turn the thanks of the heads Of families
and the citizens. generally, of the town
to the officers and partici pants in the
meeting for the good order preserved and
the kind feelings manifested for the whites
This was done in 81 ort but tasteful speech
cs, which were applauded by both white
and black
In pursuance of orders, Captains Guy
Their and Coughs Companies Of the 9th
Md. Cavalry, assembled at the Oak Store
in St. Georges on Monday morning July
9th, for the, urpose of taking part in the
celebration at Pincy Point.
After Battalion drill OF the two com
panies Capt. Guyther comuanding) they
marched to the Point, where the Orator
of the Day, Major J. Parran Crane, and
the Reader, Or. Thos. A. Lynch, had
already arrived The military having
gene through with their cvolutions
which exhibited their great proficiency
the command was temporarily dismis-
sed and the visitors and military hav-
ing taken shelr seats. and the banc
Having discoursed several beautiful airs
the President Of the day, Dr.. John W
Hebb, arose and introduced DR.. Thos. A
Lynch, who after few Introductory re-
marks. read With great fluency the
Declaration of Independence. not omit
ting the names of the signers. The
band then played " Dixie, and the
President introduced Major y. Parran
Crane. whose speech was pronounced tc
be most eloquent and able effort. But
as we learn we are to have more extern
dei notice, for our next issue, Of the
whole proceedin = we will &rsear 10 say
more.