Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-02-18
(Csrresrondencc Ct the Beacon J
Washington Feb. 18th, 1869

tainly lcen more than usually interest
ing as well as exciting. The surrender
of the body of Mrs. Ssrratt to her family
for Christian burial, after the lapse OF
more than three years. ia an event wor-
thy Of note The stain left on the Amer
lean nation, FIRST By her cold-blooded muir
der and next by allowing her murderers,
Holt, Bingham. Stanton and Hunter TO
refuse Christian burial to her remains. is
one tina. no time or atonement can ever
wipe out. Her body has been placed in
its fnal rcsting place. bu: no surer mon
ument could be erected 70 keep alive in all
true and manly hearts the remembrance
Of her horrible, cold -blooded butchery -
Thousands and tens OF thousands will Wis
it her grave, who have heretofore been
denied that privilege while it was gu.rd-
ed By the bayonets Of Starton's soldiers
The first question now asked by those who
visit that lonely cemetery will be for the
grave Of Mrs. Surratt. and as they kneel
be'ide the grave Of the martyr, the whole
cruel scene of her murder will rush with
ten-fold force upon the mind and the hate
cpge ndered ~ The conduct of the thrice
accursed Military Commission, which has
had time only to slumbcr, will burst into
such blaxe as shall never again die out
until the perpetrators Of that 6eadish act
shall stand manaclod, hand and foot, as
she stood, and answer to an offended God
for their perjury and cruelty. Let all
honorable men, North ard South, keep
the memory of Mrs. Surratt fresh in their
minds and watch, hope and pray. TIE
time will come, the day is not far distant
The vengeance Of God is slow but sure in
all things and when it does come, sad will
be that day and dark the sun that Shines
upon it.
There WAS most spirited time in the
House of Representatives last week at the
counting of the Electoral vote, perfectly
in keeping with the character of two
Il irds Of the House Each loa6ng mcm-
Der Of Congress tried how much more of
back guard be could make himself than
his fellow black guards and all seemed to
succeed to perfection in the effort. We
have many time witnessed free fight
in Murder Bay and net seen half the
black guardism let of. But. bless you,
they did not know they were making
blackguards Of themselves-they don't
even know they are that without making
Such fellows have not the slightest idea
what gentleman is. A man Is of no
account in the estimation Of that party
unless he Is frst-class rogue and per
jurer The scuffle went so high at one
time that it even quoted Ben Wade for
the first time in his lifc-he forgot to
blasphsme Ben's condition was truly
fiightfal He pounded with his gavel
until he got tired-then turned up his
eyes in despair and asked, almost crying,
of some one near, what am l to do? The
fight of words became general-she strug-
gle seemed to lie who should stamp, bang
his desk, yell utter cat-calls and make
the most noise. Bingham and Butler
charged each other-the thief and muir
derer crossed swords. Bingham let off
his same old sreech and Ben gave him
most unmcrciful dig, which produced
roars of laughter Bingham has but the
game old speech. AT the conspiracy tri-
ais, at the impeachment, in the House, it
is just the same old thing Traitors, CON
stitutios, law, rebellion, the scream Of
the American eagle, the Stars and Stripes
and the power Of the people-this is about
Bing hams speech He gives it from
head to foot this timc-next time from
foot TO head for yariety's sake. When
Bingham commenced to let of on Butler,
before he had gone FIVE sentences, Ben
found the same old speech was coming,
and, in the midst Of one of Binghan's
aourishes. Ben very quietly remarked,
loud enough, however, to DC heard, Il
always did like that speech of Mr. Bing-
hams" You'may judge of the effect
Bingham gave him an unearthly glare,
bat it was Of no use Ben hit him most
awful blow-it knocked the breath clean
out of him and it will be many a day be-
fore he RECEIVERS The galleries were
filed to OVERLOOKING during the time with
all classe. of negroes and negro lovers.
Opera glasses were as numerous as mus
kets on a skirmish line and we're constant
" being lcvelled at the most noisy and Al
Wade in his fits of despair. Opera glass
es, hy-the-way, have. since the influx of
the everlasting, become an institution IN
the galleries of the Senate and House
When some chsp rises to let of speech
every square inch of him is covered BY
she opera glasses, as ycu will sec at the
opera or ballet whom the dancing girls
come out TO show their well turned an
kles. What the object OF an opers glass
can Re to look at . rough looking indi-
,idual in a dipgy sui. of clothes. We arc
unable to understand.
The crowd still continues to flow into