Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-06-06


Dear Reacoa Since last lad a eAas
wisA you the WasAingsoS asd I'oia. Lscs-
eat X Il. Company have ec@Eeseed eP-
srations in this neis sosAcol. Oae Of the
directory has called on me several times,
and assure ysa be % ratkisg sAs work
through ss railroad speed; aud the master
q construction. too. Is live nsaa. think
his head Is level. bat il looks rather odd
to see S=0ao in this latitude 50 late in the
Spring, and frcw present prospects think
Ne shall have the article here daring the
Whole Summer 4 chilly PicsFes, ahead
indeed. The ssgsseeT corps. too, have .
skilliul commander. his bead. too, 10 quite
leyel-he thinks deep. \ fews days ago
! observed scout. from the ens@y $ sawp,
enter the engineer picket line. iIe-the
oa.-approached the ord Pathfinder as
only an expert Knows how 20 Do. lie Vas
a. polite az fTehch dancing master. He
was very ecnmuH'catye. said many pleas
ant tbiags, gave his hesi aud the eomra-
nv many compliments. but occasionally
would ak .nme close qncslt"n connected
With the affairs Of the W. & L. |. Il Il
Company. and such answers as he cot -
Oh Jerusalem, think he knew less al
ter he retired beyond the piekets than be
fore he entered them. Mt 81 the other
tie learned much Nv managing TO keep the
scout taking The intertiezsr Kus ,stsF-
reNcii |, is sometimes hazardous for
30 troops to ,amper with old regulars -
hink that the W 4 Z l.. Il L. Com
pany are all live men. rank aud hla. They
mean fight sure They have their peck
eta we'll filed with greenbaeks. and know
how. when and where to use them. They
paw for What they get. aud tina, has pc
culiar charm here at this time Green
back are scarce salad hereabonts. aud
ANYTHING or ANYBODY that brings them
and scaiteTs them amongst the people. as
do those gentlemen, must vt necessity.
become popular | BEGIN 10 think that
they represent the orip,pa' Jacobs. Facts
are stubborn things. but very convincing
10 unbiased minds.
| understand that the s VI Il X Co
are throwing M llttle earth at the first
parallel. | fear that they will have IL raise
The siege unless they are reinforced soon
don't think they mean fight They have
nv sympathy for somehow they appesr
- be the weaker party; but they should
have taken their position and got their
earthworks up when there were none To-
oppose: certainly they have had plenty Of
opportunity.
Rome Was surprised and sacked whilst
her cirizens were trasting en-. aud eniny-
ing the spo,ls 81. their former eenqurs's
They thought they were secure after be
coming So rich aud powerful. but those
lnuutlrrs men. from towards where the
white bear aud the seal sport amongst ev-
rrln-tnc fields and mountains "t lee. swept
down upon them, ani Rome ceased 10 be-
her former SET
The Southern MARYLAND II. Il Co start
el. years ago. with the most fattcIing
prospects Their friends we're legion, but
they we're too fast They issued stock OF
iIhArfrrl tlte county htu tht Sub-tt iilI''is
t. take stock. requiring Of all who we're
vcrdant enough To pay It, tw" per cent,
10 bn pail ia advance for which they gave
their receipts iih,re 10 that money thus
c0iisrtr.iT Echo answers, whore Have
they. like The Romans at old been all this
time fcastins On the P,Itance that they
then collected Two per cent. was a small
sum Ia go our Of business with tear their
opportunity for collecting more has past
past for ever, They may marshal their
fnrces, throw up e",th~"rks. &a., &c.
bur too many Of their old friends have lost
confidence ia them, no one wishes IL bay
their stock or charfer-nI et"a the nrT
Company Troops will not t-ht we'll at
ter they lose confidence ~ their cnnman-
drr--in his skill and hravery-perhaps
honesty. for they don't know at what tine
they may lie betrayed aud captured -
Stack y"ur arms ioys conc over aud join
i>sue, make the hest terms Of Surrender
that you can, aud let us have one good
Road What's the use 1T fighting after
,nu are out -faRkri, out generated and
whipped 4 good retreat. 81 even cool
surieuI,r. - better than a lad stand
JEEM3