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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

SfaSs OF AN TNpESpfva BRzAK-UP.-
The republican uartv i fearfu'!v dAmar-
aTrei. The rank an I ale of this hi'hcr-
tn all powerful o-gsnix ssinn have No long :
er any comm N hand OF union. ex,cps
the common bond Of the public p'nadeF.
snl over the plul}cr since the ash o.
March last thev have ben growing.
snarlinr. Swapping AMI fighting ike IN
fnrist4,i eats and dogs. Taere hava oAen.
on an average. sav ten applicants eve
ry desirable office in the gift OF the Pres
ideut with the consent of the Senate. ann
81 or every patriot remov i. nine "a
riots are disappointed and some arr IN
cens,d and disgustei. Tho President
has bean making qaick work Of a. ugly
inb. Withia tw' months from his IA
aururatiaa he has filed nearly all tn"
desirable p!ac IS: but he has at th' same
time, with the conSen: o the Senate, FL
led all the land with the groans OF the
wounded The unlusky place hunters
have turned against him, against thn lucky
ones and against each other and suea
m exhibition Of wrath and scan1a With
the wishing of dirty linen before the pun
lie. we have not had sine, the first great
Cabinet imbrogGo Of General Jackson.
From republican Journals We arc in
formed that the great Washhnrnc is 1T lie
better than small pnlitic,l Jeremy Did
der; that he seatAd Wilson. Of Iowa.
out of thu State Department. and has hun
bugged the President and disguised Sec
rotary Fish in naming Washburne's men
for all the foreign appointments before
retiring: that III re is no love lost be-
tween Fish and Washbura- that Sacrc-
tsry Bore is tired ofthe gold-lac.d straight
Jacket of Admiral Porter. AMI VII get
out of it very soon; that Attorney Cen
eral Hoar has had eaough Of Grants Cab
mot. and that Grant himself thinks tho
time for another reconstruction has come
From the same souro,s 1t further appears
that AT least half tho republican SENIORS
are sourei with Grants appointments
that tie Senatorial disaffections against
the administration are not limited te
Snracne. Ross, Carl Schurz and Pirsnn
Brownow by any means; that the PARTY
leaders in almost every State excepting
Massachusetts AMI Illinois consider the
President poor stick, AMI that he will
Sal it out in the coming fal elections
that. in short. in failing to bring about
within sixty days the millennium of Tit
tlebat Titmousn. everything for every
BODY" the administration is failure AM
'thc party machine is SIN lshAd."
A few specifications Of the sort Of har-
mony which prevails among our renu'li
can cont mporarics will seTSc to season
this dish.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

THE SreAarrs the Sprasue fam
ily are jus, now ereiting large share Of
public attention, we have III u-ht Il woull
ba OF interest 20 our readers 70 know
s,ra thing Of their great ba,i0eSs estah-
iishment =, cranssnn. Rho1e Islam |. and
of It's history. We are indebted 70 cor
respondent OF the New York T-ibgne for
our facts.
In 1856. there were on'v six calico
rrin,iny machines in the print works At
CranStnn Sine them. however. not only
has addition after s iisian AMI extension
after extension hen M, - tAe mills. IN
ri the NILS form A. extansiv, vi|aVe N
themselves. nut every enecies oeimnrov"'
machinery has also b-en procured sni
snt in motion InStead of six color ma
chimes. the largest number any machine
was capable Of printing a. the death o
the cod Governor" there are IN the
works 81 Cranston to-day machines winch
nrint twelve. There are now thirty ma
chires in the works. and so 600 PIECES Of
cloth can be printed AMI finished IN a
week. tn. immense establishment is
aieenhn2 engines ranging from 10 to
500 horse power and thaAcons >Uption Of
coal per day is 1t short of 100 tons
Twenty-Five donkey engines are sca'tNrsd
over the eSsabli-hmen' to do special duty
wherever needed Also. trimming M
chimes. washing AMI drying machsoes,
dveing apparatus. engraving machines,
all the immense an1 complicated mnohi-
ner7 necessary to the manufacture Of the
material for new dress. The vilag *
where the operatives reside are built after
a unfor model, AMI consist o. story
and -a-half double houses. In the store
at Cranstan an immense business IS done.
The Spragucs do their own slauchtering
and kill about Twenty-Five he d of cattle
per week. and sheen and hogs in proper
ton. The meat g shed to their OPP
eratves at -four md Ave cents pr pound
chnaper than it can be bourht in the
Providcncc market. an the "storc" sells
goods o. every kinl a 4 pronortionately
low figure, the sale, in a single year
mounting to 500 0o0
In the works At Cranstor, 1000 hands
are cmrloye l.. beside those engage at
their her mills l. this there is q pow
er as great as go, 900 spndes fed by the
ingenuity and fores ght nf Senator Sprague
and hi, brother. Ten thousand bales of
cotton , 600 casks Of ma lder and proper
tionate quantitie- of drugs, is no UNUSUAL
single purchase They consume 1000
bales Of cotton the yetr. AMI within III
past i've months have bought at least 10, :
900 600 yards of cloth from other manu-
lecturers aud prin el it in their own works
at Cranstou.
The Spraguos have mills at other places
besides Providence. Tier Baltic mills
are an immense affair. as are als1 the
q ,idniak," . Natick," q" Attic" ana
GENITAL Falls" Thy have beside man y
outside interests. ThNir farm at Grams
ton alone contains 1000 acres Of Land
worth from $500 to $500 per acre.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

Tur CouNrr CoAhIssioSrKs--1 DC
County Commissioners met on Tuesday
last. Among others, We note the follow"
ing appointments and proceedings
Trustees of the Poor Z. ;. Aoeii'
Charles Dent, Lewis II. Leigh, Albert
Burch and L. II. Cantsr.
", Hammett, Of this town. WAS ap-
nojnted Constable for the Srd district to
fill . vacancy
The Commissioner examined aid ap-
nroved the bonds Of the different Collec-
tor. appointed at the previous meeting
The expenditures upon the public roads
for tie year 1868, as shown By ana'
vouchers on Sic in the Commissloners Of
Ace are considerably less than for any
reeen, preceding year. and reliable &C
.op,i, from most of the districts repre-
sen. the roads to be in better, condition
than a. any previous period We hope
and do in part believe when the new
system gets into full operation that the
roads will be KEEP. in better repair than
hsfo,e and al considerable less expense to
the county.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

Con- CoMroRT-An old missionary
who had been many years in Labrador
was at length comne|led 10 return, his in
flnence all gone and his mission entirely
fruitless A Young man who was just
Hedging into his ministerial status was
appointed in his place. AZ before he went
to his a sicnpHnt he thought. he would
visit his venerable predecessor and learn
from him the cause Of his trouble in the
lanl Of icebergs The old man received
him very cordially.
=" Ny venerable brother said the
young man. Il wish you to tell me the
cause of ur difficulty that I may avert
like failure Must l preach them a
hell that is hot z"
"No, my young friend" sail the old
missionary, laying his hand on his broth
crs arm "uo-that vas the rock I split
on preached it very warm to them,
ard they rather liked the idea Of going
there think if you pr ach them hell
Atty degrees colder than Labrador you will
drive them all to repentance.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

The GENERAL CoRRUrTles. lis Is not
anparent 70 all who read the newspapers
of the day. that crime is tearfully on Inc
increase in this country, that the causes
for the most horrid crimes are far more
triainp in their character than formerly,
that there seems to be a perfect reckless
na.s abroad in the land, that there seems
to be no recognition of moral laws IN the
masses.
Setting aside, too, the consideration OF
the crimes Of greater magnitude, no"
clearly evident it must be TO all, that IN
the commission of smaller crimes. there
is evidently a complete falling away OF the
reopIe fro.a their former estate. lime
was, and not many years ago, when all
these crimes were very seldom commit
ted. but with the late war there seems 10
have been let loose over the land whole
landlords box Of evils and among them
vice and immortality in such degree OF
Nervousness as could never have been be-
Hevel possible by an earlier generation
Instead of the war having been pun
isbment for national sins which proved
effectual in correction, it seems TO have
driven the people to still lower depths oil
general corruption
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

Tns uEsrIos sRrrIEp.-1'he B'asd
of Ceu ssioners for Charles county. We
see fr1NlLe TffHes. has finally disposed
Of ih- Itefnsl Improvement fund com
ing q county from he State, giving
- rprepriasi on to the Baltimore
and Potomac Railroad. At ameeting on
Tresiay. the 9Th ul,. the following res
olutio7Fs were offered and adopted, Ness-s
Neale, Robey sna Sanders voting for and
Messrs. Mcpherson and Dent against
them
Reselped. A a condition when we ap-
propriate the Internal Improvement Fund
from the State to Charles county, to the
BALTIMORE and Potomac Company. we d.
exace&has it be upon the basis OF the res
olutions adopted by the primary meeting
of District No l, submitted in conyen-
ton Of the people at its drst session.
Resolved, That the Chair appoint three
Commissioners. together with the Attor
ney Of the Board, to meet the Board Of
Di5netors Of the Baltimore aud Potomac
IoGnsny 10 Baltimore. with full
powers 70 contract *ith ssAAc ia coSPPssHRt
upon the above conditions.
Resolred, That the Hon. F. Stone be
requested to act in conjunction with the
above Commissioners. that thew may have
the benefit Of Lis counsel and legal abili-
ties
Tbs Chair then designated the follow
gentlemen Mcssrs. John W. Mitchell.
Samuel Cox, William Boswell. and Wv
IAN Brent, Esqr.. the Attorney of the
Board az Commissioners for the purposes
above indicated.
We republsh, for tie benefit of our
renders, the resolution Of District NJ. !.
which, it will be seen, prescribcs the cor
ditions upon which the money is to be ap-
propria'ed
Reslred, Tia. the delegates from the
Port Tobacco district (N,. y, TO the
Convention to meet in Port Tobacto or
the 9th inst, be and they &C hereby IN
structed to present, as the sense OF this
meeting. the following propositions =
That the whole amount Of the Internal
Improvement Fund airport oned to Cherries
county, be pledged to the Baltimore AMI
Potomac Rlilroad Comp ny, upon the
following conditions That "a soon as
one-half Of the road is graded from the
Charles county line to the Potomaa river,
then one-fourth Of the amount-say.
S43, 700-shall be subscribed anl wiz n
the balance of the rold is graded to the
river the second instalmeat-say Si3,-
750-shail be snbsc il Ell and when one
fourth of the rails shall be lai /, then an
other fourth shall be subscribed and
when one half Of the rails (from the
Charles county line to the river) shall be
laid, then the balance of the amount shall
be subscribed aud that the roue shall
be left to the discretion of the Is Jard o.
Directors of the said Baltimore and Pc
tomac Railroad provided, that the work
on said road shall be commenced forth
with and prosecuted to speedy conclu-
sion.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

A1>rArxMlsr.- learn, that pend
ing the disposition Of the Charles county
Internal Improvement fund. and IN order
10 pr, iudice the public mind of that soun'
~ against the Southern Maryland Kali
road, the rtIor, was pretty e1tersVeiy
circulated in Charles. that all but one OF
the Commissioners ofou own county were
opposed to appropra'ing the fund coming
20 St. Mary's TO hi. road We were
made cogn;.snt for tie first time on Tues
dsy last that this report had Keen used to
our prejudice in Charles, and as the County
Commissioners were then III session, we
thought the matter Ct sufficient gravity 10
call their attention to it. They denied e.
~i,hou, exception, that tie report had
snv Foundation in fact, and declared IN
addition, that they were Perfectly Wiling
and slwsys bad been wiling to spTropr'-
ate the furd coming 10 this county to the
Southern Nsrylaud Railroad.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06
r. CoLToN.

The Peach CRoP.-We have received
from the largest peach grower in 81 Ma
r,'s,-our friend Col f j. Plowden. of
Milestown, the following solution OF the
Peach question. which we have reason to
rely on. The Colonel says:
The 8 and year old 'Hale's Early
maturing with Us fully TWO weeks sooner
than any other variety (of which | have
more than $1,000 where pllnted on light
south hill sides, and additionally pro;ec-
ted by locust grow $, show little injury,
but on high clay lands. without protection,
are mostly blighted. This variety Is now
the size Of peanut anu from them e1-
pect more than half a crop.
.All varieties Of grofted Peach, over
FIVE years old, particularly when exposed
have dropped most of their fruit, the inju-
ry being greatest with the late Peaches,
particularly the Late Heath and all the
the yellow varieties.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06
LoNGwoRrH PoIST,
MAY 4th, 1859.

Nv Dear Sri have examined my
orchards this morning. | find my april
cots all dead-peaches. from ! TO crop,
pears standard, about crop,-Pears
dwarf, an average crop,-apples and
ounces, to all appearances, full crop.
-plums, very full crop. but they have
their enemy to contend with yet, the
curculio cherries, about ! crop.
NV wheat field is the finest have ever
had at this season of the year. Three
fourths of my crop is Of the earliest va
rietes aud is heading out, SO that you can
see 1t all over the field. l have not fin
ishcd planting corn yet.
Respectfully,
r. CoLToN
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

The DorBLE-E SDER PRINCIPLE. A
young New England mamma, on the i'm
portant occasion of making her little boy
his first pair Of colored trousers, conc iv-
ed the idea that it would be moro econon-
ical to mike them of the sam dimensions
behind and before, SO that they might be
chargel about and ar evenly-and so
she fashioned them. Their effect, when
donned by the little victim, was lulicrous
in the extreme. Papa, at first sight of
tho haggy garments: SO 'fearfu!iy and
wonderfully III ,de," blrst into roar Of
laughter. and exclalmel |, "Oh, my dear,
how coull you have the heart to do it .
WAY the o. little fellow won't know
wheth : he is going 10 school or coming
home"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

CLoCKs-How TO Pix THgM-When
a clock stops, don't take it to a repair
shop till Won have tried rs follows: Take
of the pointers and the face take off the
pendulum an1 its wire remove the rack
ct from the tick wheel. and the clock will
run down with great vel ,city. Let it
60. Toe incre Used speed wears away the
gum antNrust FROM the pinions-the click
cleans itselE II you have any pure sperm
oil. put the least bit on the axles. Put
the machine together, and nine times in
ten it will run just as we'll as il it had
been taken to the shop. In fact this is
the way most shopmen clean clocks. II,
instead Of 4 pendulum. the clock has a
watch escapement, this Litter can be ga
ken out in an instant, without taking the
work apart. AMI the result IS the same
- Country Gentleman.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

4 Crss FOR PAs,tYsIS.-We la.e'v
M. q sen-lcm m whe. s'thHngh h. wax
"A With spnsr mt a.. sad h' bal h.4n
an s'n,o,e h,a1's' p,ra!ytio. has hal
be, lbs s1-islly cu-el hy tie ne o. A
ar p,nn. The theory o the cp-s ani
the apple alton If the ias'run,a. w.r, q,
fo'lows: Paralyi. is pro la,ei hy ,hs
failure of s,ms of the organs of lis to
perform their functions thoy IA, 4 re-
cup,ra.ing. II apple 4 cup or rece;rv-
to the surface Of the part sFscto}. and
hv means Of the pump. b removed H..
nr,ssure of the external atmnsp'e.c
Thor WAS then rush Of air intcrnan.
~ nue., as the clo,gol con Elton Of ~
sv,tem would admit. towards tlt~ va>,r.
pro lucal by tho pump. tn, BIOL W.,
c,rri d along By the air. and by mere ma.
chsnical fn-cs m,de to ciroulate in Il,
afT -ctai limb. which thus rscov,-al i,
visnr and activity - Worces.cr Pagal;.
ala.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

4 WEsrEaS SPEEcH.-"My competi-
tor has told YOU Of the services he render
Ell his country in tbe late w.r. Let me
tell YOU that I, too. actei an. humble part
in that M emorabIe contest. When the
tocsin of war summoned the chivalry of
the West to rally to the defence Of the
natioual honor, |. fellow citizens. ANNA
ted By the pair Otto spirit which glows in
every American bosom, hired substi-
tnte for that war. AMI the b0aes Of that
man nov e bleaching on the banks Of
tie Rl.>ia -
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

R,M >Dzs-We 1ecm it prop to
renind our agricultural friend. Slo had
promised TO suI ply Us sinh weekly con-
.yibu,ions. tesrinc upon farm and cogna'e
suYjeei.. that We have nc, fcen in receipt
sf aIy such fayors for several weeks past.
Believing i: to te Of the great st interest
to cur agricultural welfare that the sgita'
ton commenced in tie Bcooon upon these
matters should be KEEP: up. and even IN
creased, we earnestly solicit our friends
nc. 10 shaken Ere at this critical moment
bu. TO lring forward ,teir whole force OF
cavalry. artillery and Infantry 70 the res
cue.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

h;. Reverence sban4oned lis deEonstra-
ten. ard took to the gloves"
we tad visit frorn orr Sshssor and
Nr. Duran. The o.he- day N railroad
matters You couldn't send batter men
for bitter purpoae ard if home traits
hare any weigh. with peorle. ous repre-
sentative puts them IS il he'd BEEN ae-
cus.omed 70 them all his life and hal new
er prac.iccd before LeonardtoWn jury
Bye- the-bye, is there any opening for
city Investment up your way % for there
= little more loose cash down this region
than our people know what to do with.
ZAIHE
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06
Tpo-rrrs Tho fnIlovin

Pace OF TRoTrkRs Tho following
are given ss the estimated prices for 'rot-
ting horses at the present day; A horse
hal can trot in S2:45 will bring from
81 500 to $4,000; dashing. good
Young animal Of square action will COM
mand 81. 500 to $4,000, while a well
bred Que, say Messenger or Bashaw.
for instance, tha. cap trot IN $50. with
a prospect OF improvement, vii. be sought
after at SIS, 900; and one eiiher OF the
,boxs stock that can beat $50 IS con>!i-
cred cheap at so. 600, while for every
second in the tweuties, 1000 will be
readily giS-a.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

WorkISe orr rHs pRoBLEx.--Of the
population Of South Carolina. 400. 0oO
are colored and 500, 900 white. The ratio
is changing fast. Emigration helps and
20 does the death rates A Tin'es CORES
pondent says that the mortuary reports IN
Charleston for the year 1868 exhibit the
Be- :! t,z. %. 81 = Fa,,s bout -:
600 in the city-about half white and bali
black-therc have died 1,2oS persons
Of these 8l8 we're colored. and 800 white:
That is more than two negroes to one
white died last year in Charleston
More exactly it is, one negro in every
twentY.Iour dies annually while IN the
same time only one in every sftJ-ons
white dis.
The vote Of the State is about one IN
seven that is. about 100 900 votes in
all OF these so, 900 are negroes and
40 900 whites-the majority of negroes
being 90, 900 The black race IS crowd
ing toward the coast, leaving the upper
and middle country This gives the
mountain counties already N jorlty Of
white votes ard this majority must IN
crease on that side Of the State. At the
next elections, in 1870. it is very proba-
HE that the whites will have majority
in the State Senate, which consists Of one
from each county.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

Dssrxvcr1yg FIaR-One ofthe mossa
s.ruetive Grcs in our county it Las ever been
our sad duty 70 record occurred on Thurs
day night last betwceu Q and ~ O'Clock
Between there hours, the splendid store
house of Geo. II. Morgan at Morganz'
in this county was discovered to DO IL
flames aud vas COON reduced, with lie con-
tents, to ashes. Every effort was made
to save the house, gooGs and furniture
INT thu FRO had obtained such feariu
Roadway when first discovered. that little
II INV thing, was saved The cost OF the
building new one-~as about SooOo'
upon which, we learn, there WIS an IN
surancs Of $500. The gooda we're full
" injured but the furniture Of Mr. john
NJ. Lloyd-s partner Of Mr.. Morgan
who had recently fitted up the upper s'o-
~ of the building for residence. with
nh clothes, etc, were all consumed. Inc
origin Of The hre is SUI nI"''e' J
t.ry, tu, i, is not believed to have been
the net Of an incendiary Mr.. Morgan,
In company with another gentleman lett
the premises for his house near hy about
o'clock, FIRST carefully inspecting every
thing. putting out the lights. ETC. In
., hour or less afterwards, = negro
man living near the store Uncovered
smoke issuing FROM the house and gave
the alarm. Whom Mr.. Morgan, with DIE
friends arrived. and entered the store
,he pent up flames hurst forth with such
fearful violence that they were Competed
70 -.t,ss, at once fre N the burning build
ing. Our .incerest sympathieS are e1'
tended TO our friend. IN their misfortune
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

A.yr1ocIpYpEs. We respectfully So
licit the prayers and preaching OF all our
friends for the unfortunate people OF un-
fortunate Marlboro AT latest accounts
they had commenced speculatlns-not 10
salt-but in velocipedes. Nor IS this the
worst. They have positively built Two
of these machine themselves aud expect
soon to run races with them Of course,
somebody's neck is to be broken we
eptreat our friend Of the Prince Georgian
BY all that is prudent to bestride no Narl-
boro' velocipcde/ a man has but one
neck to break in this world, and when that
it is done. lie is generally dead, and we
Law him away as cold as wedge Heark-
ell. brother, hearkcn, hearken-7ere you
ride. Brother Wells to th Iesesinr
For old newspaper fellowship, let's I'M
proYise meeting on tho spot IN behalf
Of our imperied brother, and you, brother
Wells. you open it with hymn Common
metre, however, and Wen do the preach
ing.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

IaPER1ALrsM.-We notice some quite
contradictory speculation as to the innu-
ence that has started journal IN New
York to advocate the establishment OF an
Imperial government in this country
like that which exists in France. The
Press speaks of the Inrperial'st as Dem
o,ratic journal! On the other hand the
Newark Oily advertiser says the Im-
n,ri11ist is edited under the auspices and
at the cost Of he Secretary of the Navy,
Mr.. Adolph Borie, while, according SC the
New York Democrat, it is supported by
",he brother OF prominent member Of
Grants Cabinet The tone Of the pa
per in question IS one Of depreciation OF
the workings Of popular institutions and
il uses the notorious facts OF the present
time to sustain its preference for the gov
ern.Den. OF $ single desPot.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-05-06

Tzx Po,sr Loexorr r k-"e are
,lea.sd TO learn that Mr., e. !. pursns'
,be Commissioner sproinssd to solicit;
subscriptions to she stock g the fo'n'
lockout Il r. on recent visit 10 the
LIVER pa,, of our county obtained about
Sc. Go .Stserptisas 10 the stock OF The
rcad eur puslc spirited citizen. DR.,
Iohr NJ Br,me. subscribing SIS, eNo of
HI. au uu.