Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-03-16

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|eepk - Z let. 10 hate and IN eouaez4,
e1e$hission told asthat Mex xle0Ni
4 SSdnstg anarchy. Ii vassl1lc IN!
ri4detaa ahhrchy vas in - S94mlay50
and amonl sils sll1n sgAer 0ueA. that we
migAt - &sooyed. Anarchy waxAnose
ssme vsi~hg politicians-beggaVrsnsa
teaoaysp9aooys grecdy-ioined with sne
|th0eaaqtQespots. without kngsetog hesQ
tado si1b~ o1espots or gentlemen. "a
ssshJ Nssdo some vaiu1bas1k.1psu1nyQ
|cessDpA@oo&GAoces. among some olsn1H
esnklc,a6 Iebsians united 10 Nohassus>,a
Eseds9sd>r themselves : thossnzipmaN
lunsred ccn~iAg thep 70 join in thsis.ysi
pnsvle.. slfh0ah they'did not kuos. hsN
t. P1tsos SVhoe cravsk. and iha~fh theis
Eclothes smell ike a bundle Of solicitors 3
papers. ke drugs from = drug store. Ike
spGssr hosyitSl, like the prison rom !:
thsvsmeU sfli~sssenso Ike. .tlieiioaasies
Of ys9gsaphy, Gks an exhibitor like lard
and pork. Disorder, greatness. disso!u-
ton. theh.s bankruptcy, apostacy. shame
Nyg6 !lWy M Hs544s ffess. aif NOM
orable sensiMeusc Alb honest feeling, all
modessy.- rz-A sny.T i4.A.- ~.
Yes. Maria; you do not knOwswhat has
happened. ..I.. , ..-.-,,..,.-,s. 81 d.
The commission came in large ships;
twenty-five dollars per day for table cx-
penscs to each one. They also brought
$4,000 in small gold to all the poor Of
another country ,making themselves -
pear Ish ,aad great; Then, as dis took
Place. important towns Of Mexico. wers
afflicted with the yellow kver and misery.
and school teachers died from hunger, and
the soldiers 2verran the villages. killing
men in order to collect the public reve-
nue.. Do you forget it? The cavalry in
vaded, the people shooting them amid
groans and tears. as iAbarbarous times. as
in the times Of The conquest, as in the
times Of Mcntekuma. H'hcfe you hive
anarchy. IN whose biack Repths Mexiee
was asonizing. q. wicked mA. Why
iitwe S4ie<c VOC? Why did we be-
iieve ron in.tead oftrinsids 80 ~ jus-
tiOns the first bandisAbf Mefica 80 All,
If it shsuA happen again s4fs'dear friend,
if at this instant my body A,oul9 become
a skeleton you would see that my cntrails
areIdre How much l have wept! How
much | have suffered -ys
Maria, learn from me. Close your cara
and your mind to the falseloods Of those
gentlemen of the carnival.
Macmillan laid down, but dill not
sleep. Mid not wish to retire r Seated
in large chair l reclined NV hsal upon
the pillows of my bed . and had scarcely
closed my eyes when my mi d was seized
by a nightmare, which !, would not wish
b remeusber. How much you ought to
thank me for this sacrifice of my feelings.
Maria. / am tearing open my wounds.
my heart and my soul. In the dclirium
Of that nightmare thought heard many
curses among the lamentations and groans
of the nine thousand human beings sacri-
feed. l thought l saw many bands Of
troops run over the living members of
those unburicd bodies, destroying their
faces BY the tramp ,sf theiE, ,- AGssss- I
thought ! saw sheep, wolves axd Tigers
l,Enek theft -thirss in large, pools AMI
ftSsss pools were hot w~tefF I fhoush,
'1iscefned fhe shining eyes Of the savag@
witch tulhed tho esf kcads to an sifes in
SSfSsf aot "a se 1arpsi.sd 3 '9a ynt.e ~
fht tash tileif sestll tore % tie flcsh 'snd
brSk tHf Zones d1,iefr vicfmfs.e ffNaad
the sfushinyM Nose tshes Nkc4Ae Fe,a
de Racine: T'ss~@he Sldbd on, Aescn tiis-
hevelled heads flow in the -isarhs@<way ,As
the blood flowed from tho trard of II ector
on the terri2e 6s!d of he .Inei2s s1iax- J
imilian felt my Aaxistye besrds-my ssighs,
and suddenlycalluise hesukiso1oae
er arcusen,e frenaanvoagssy.J IheH hc
aises.-saakos me With greet Ersss algsast
with frenzy. and l. awakened -fresps. .tast
sleep. Maria Victoria; who would not
haze died in that hour? Oh. my God
my God from how many pains have You
saved. Ny husband asked, ~What is the
matter with you ri answered, do yor,
ask me Z" What is the matter with you ~
Nothing" "Carlo:a. what ails you p
Nothing, Maximilian" TEL me what
is the matter with you although the
heavens may fail and the earth may be
destroyed" ADO YOU wish ME TO fell
your YES" f:f have seen lights in
the air do not know what pliantas,u
takes me from the clothes l wear: have
! seen spectre which presents three men
dccapitated, and know them y "Who
hare they The Emperor Maximilian
aud Generals Miramcn and Mcjia. "You
are my only love in Ms world, the idol
. Sf my whole iife. and I see.you lost. Dc
not deny it; you are lost; I know III
Save yourself aud save me, Maximilian
Let US BY froa this place. II cannot"
You are not emperor. '.Theu what 4ru
IT. There was a party ofeyil doors here;
! it haA no csFsain; IL nee5ef s5hfe -one,
and it tcos, you. Ytu are not 'fuipcrio,
OF Mexico: You are captain 5f band
! Of assassins and OF robbers; yoa are The
captain, ana I am the rrih,ate captain
This mnst not be. II you are obstinat,
aud give yourself up 70 be sacrificed
among nine thousand human creature.
which viii have to be sacrificed, hav,
no, The strength To be present Twill