Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-02-29

have been able y ascertain. his eousss i
endossed By thesgrieultural and stoek-rais-
ing portisns Of The State.
Owing to he spirited exercises Of ~
, ~ eitissns Of Calvert county. The Dssa
Psist railroad promises to b . spssdy
success. Judge Msgruder has given TIN
matter his most setive snd earnest atten-
sioa. and has spared neither time. trouble
nor money to expedite it, completion. In
view Of his public spirited eooduct in this
matter. / am tempted to exclaim-
''Cun ssiis sis. skissm ~ sssfris esses.'
Legislation in furtheranee Of Washing
ton and Point Lookout railroad will be in
troduced next week. Responsible parties
are anxious and prepared to take hold Of
it. either ~ members Of an incorporated
company, or under the general railroad
Law Of the State. Improperly eoun.enanesd
BY Charles and St. Mary's counties. they
will commence the work early in the Spring
and put it through in two years. / am
not at liberty just now to Be more explicit
on the subject.
In view Of possible. I VIII not say, a
probable war with England. this road
would be an aid il not necessity to and
for the General Government. At least such
is the expressed opinion Of not few mill
tary men of note. In connection With the
causes and foreseen effects from amidst
which contingent war has doomed up. it is
amusing to mark. the not dissimilar &C.
count which the leader Of opposition Obs
realD in England and the friends Of Gen.
Grant, or rather President Grant himself.
have in the policy Of its agitation. The
whole trouble was improvised and sprung
upon the Gladstone administration by the
astute leader Of opposition on the eve Of
the meeting Of Parliament. A very clev-
er squib. written BY Disreali. purpor.ine
to be an outline of the Que1 ) speech. ap-
peared in the Pail Mall Gazette, wherein
Her Majesty was made to express the
hope that the amount Of damages claimed
BY the United States would not exceed in
the aggregate. what was imposed on France
by Prussia. The canard went home to
the English heart or purse. no matter
which you call it. The whole country was
reused BY the bare mention of such disas-
ferrous issue Of the Geneva conference.
Mr.. Gladstone in order to ride out the
storm was obliged to mount it and to hurl
indignant defiance at the American Gov
eminent for its preposterous claims.
1t is not anticipated that the General
will abate one jot of the American state
ment or claims. Mr.. Gladstone has dealt
him fright bower" and in present state
of the presidential game, he was in want
Of just such . card. A war-whoop will
rally the unthinking masses to bis stand
ard. Stock Brokers. Contractors. Cap
tains. Major Generals and jobbers of al
sorts. to say nothing Of the Fcnian and
anti-English element, will respond to it..
and will range themselves on the side Of
Grant and war in the coming Presidential
contest. 1t generally thought. that in
view of all these accruing advantages. that
the Cabinet At Washington will be in no
haste to settle present difficulties with
England until after the presidential cleo
ton. A war between England and Amer
lea would be most disastrous to both coun-
tries and to free institutions the world over,
and thus very natural desire and astute
effort on the part Of Disreali to get into
and aid determination Of Gen. Grant
not to 60 out Of power has set this ball in
motion and will keep it moving for the
benefit Of all and sundries.
To those Of your friends and readers
who take an interest in the fine arts and
who may visit Washington. I would re-
them to step into Barlow's Gal
lery. on Pennsylvania Avenue, and exam
inc some works Of the great masters at
present on exhibition there An original
Eandyke. being portrait of a grandson
Of Wentworth the bad" Earl Of Stafford.
an original portrait Of Washington BY
Stewart. and lady and son BY Sir Thom-
as Lawrence. are among many other gems
that may he seen. While the government.
IS in haste to squander the public domain.
for very questionable purposes. it would
reconcile many citizens to its profuse lib
erality were it to extend some of its IA.
tronage to sculpture and painting, but
that would be unconstitutional, forsooth ,
C..