Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-03-02

(Cor~Pondence Of the Beaeon-)
Washington. Feb. eIss. 1871.
Wsshingson can boast Of two things
which viii sssnredIy throw other cities into
the SHADE. A Congress sna inteasely
enld weather and heartily do We wish ne
were well rid ~ both. The former has
done nothing but work to cheat the Gov
ernment while the latter has furnished an
abundant crop of ice and red noses
Speaking Of swindlers brings to mind our
fellow-statesman. Cre~well. : The Post
Master General does not seem 10 have
Been IN E;s usual luck since he abandoued
secession atif took thcs Q.crcd raes 70 Dir
heart. The maclinedces-not seem to run
smoothly. The logs don't lit. something Is
out of order. That he should have play:
ed his cards 50 i'll THAT. the triaing frand
Of half q million should be detected doss
mo-. speak well for hk power Of manipala-
dion. That with Congress at hi. back,
the Rsesiasst on his right hand. the stseng
boz Of the Treasury open before Lim aad
he in the room alone, to make such . blsna
der i .p9eksting his iaasei6e.at-um.
proves that be is uptit Cor place ID Grants
Cabinet. 1t is said that Grant: and the
whole party ere down on him and are Civ
ing him the cold shoulder and refuse to
listen to, any explanation. What Ben.
Butler may do for him remains to be seen.
We learn that the case u in his, hands and
If Ben puts his mind on it he can do won
ders. Had Cresswell only consulted But
her before the blunder instead Of after il,
Ben would hare cooked that one eye of
his. given little fiirt of his hand, and
Cresswell might have laughed at AL the
eommittoes'aud Congresses on Garth
We must confess: the Post Master Gener-
al has our sympathies. 1t is bad enough,
for man to have his feet knocked from
under him when the affair is of Importance.
but for pitfui sum like this to be caught
in the very act and not allowed another
grab is enough. as Grant says. to make
one lose all confidence in human nature.
How is it The moment man joins the
party now in power he seems to be taken
with q sort Of nervous clenching Of the
hands which is sure to come on the mo-
mcnt nc gets in sight Of a greenback, and
there seems to be no cure for the disease
which has ragged now for ten years. Eve
~ man Of the party. frc-a Grant down,
seems to have it in its chronic Sfprm-
There is now nothing left for Cressyell
but to make him Judge. When man.
section of country gets too hot to hold him
he is forthwith sent to Washington and
made a Judge aud that is the last of him.
Speaking Of judges this city can certainly
boast Of the most sweet scented set that
ever the crmine adorned. 1t will not be
long before legal decisions will rest on the
question which Judge can handle his fives
the best and rare sport il will be when
orc dissenting judge shall invite his broth
err come of the bench and peel. What n
jolly good time the young lawyers will
have playing bottle-helder and time-kcep-
ers to their hoaors We will bet our pile
on the Chief Justice If his wind holds.
Have you ever seen a copy Of Woodruff
& Claflins Weekly. the free-love paper?
II not. get copy aud look at it but keep
it out of sight OF the editors good wife.
as it might not be agreeable TO her. II
contains matter which might turn your
young and tender mind in the wrong d.
rection. Don't imagine that Woodruff
4 ClaAin are q pair Of sharp-faced. skin
ny, disappointed old maids. We have
never seen the Clafin, but the Woodruff
is just as pretty as rose and as graceful
as can be. We do not know when we
have seen anything so pretty and her eye
can take the conccit out of any ordinary
mortal in the shortest possible time. She
threatened before she came here to make
things hum aud We have not the slight
est doubt they are humming. How many
husbands she has had We do not pretend
to say rs she goes for a change whenever
she feels like it. She is the laly who
says that chastity is monkish supersti-
ton. To look at her pretty face We should
say she had but little superstition about
her. She is the strongest Of the strong
minded though she does not wear pants
or chew tobacco-we cannot answer for the
cigars and ccck-tails The ClaAin is also
pretty. but only plays second fiddle to
Woodruff Brick Pomeroy says she was
n fortune-tcller in Texas where she u
folded the future to the Texans for the
vulgar sum Of one dollar per Texan. We
suppose the strong-minded business pays
better and she will stick to it.
One Of the local papers got up the usual
maudlin sensation paragraph about the
hanging Of the negro devil at Marlbo-
rough. Strange there was no such SYM
pathy manifested when Mrs. Surratt, an
innocent white woman, was arraignea be-
fore commission Of law bru;es and HING
without time to utter a prayer and without
shadow Of evidence 10 convict her.
The cry then was that the gallcws was too
good for her. But now when . negro
wench causes an innocent baby to die the
most agonixing death. eonfesses the crime
aud almost boasts Of it. an indignation ft
must be gotten up about justice taking its
course. We should like the world to
know that the judges and state attor-
neys Of our State are humane and intelli-
gent gentlemen Of the highest sense of
Justice aud honor; perjury is thing un-
known among them. When cases are to
be tried before them they do not 60 from
place to place asking the Political opinions