Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-04-25

Washington. I
Apsil 1lse, 1s5A I

April 1is. is7a
Tks Csneinsaaf Cosvsssina b he 90
topic vi'h de politics.. ssd d b ssid 49,
the Gssst rule yin slsss vitA ~ sss1 -
e6se. bsf thas depssis % tie Dessesso
uniting their I6ress with the Libersls and
sominssisg . Conservative nsa. Thus
hr Jsdee Davis Of the Saprsns Cssrt il
he iA'orise. - be d slssady ths essdi-
date ofths working meme party" Justice
Chase win not decline the honor II offered
70 him. and Trumbsll il also IN aspir.nt
Tor the Presidency. Davis r. from rlli-
sois. and vas IN intimate friend Of sour
late martyred President. " and one Of his
e1eeatoss. He 10 naa ofimnsaas vsulth,
and for that reason should - elected. %
he viii not Be ineliasd 10 seeepe presents
quite a. freely - the present Chief Mag
istrats. IL Justice Davis 10 elected. Grants
place viii Be we'll flied. for His Honor l.
on the F.llssaf order and decidedly the
ugliest man in Wsshisgtoo. always e.
cepting Walt Whitman.
The Sensse and House have been quite
excited over the Equality Bill" Of Sum
ner's. and the contested SEATS Of Abbot
snd vsnee. Of North Csroiins. and De
Large and "Bigamous" Bowen. Of South
Carolina. il II thought that the present
session viii end IN the latter part Of May.
- the members are snxioss to Be ct home
for the opening campaign.
The 10th vss duly celebrated BY the
fifteenth smendmeuts. |" and the City vas
given ~, TO them and their professions.
The eolored people from every place near
Washington came to swell the tumult. and
sable horsemen dashed about the streets
in truly errsnt manner. OF course the
President reviewed or received them. and
said few words. or like Jove, nodded his
head.
The most amusing sight I saw was
large wagon hung With blue and With
star s.rewn canopy above il. In this car
was the Goddess Of Liberty. and reeoe-
ni.cd .. once the model from which the
goddess that surmounts the ''dome" vas
formed after. Unlike other gods and god
de..e.. .hi. modern liberty could not live
On Ambrnsia. but a. the car passed the
streets. size comrosealy eat biscuit. and
ever and anon smiled sriumphantly on her
less hnnored sisters. / being curious 9"
know the name If Liberty. asked ian an
cicnt cclorrd gentleman" who she wss.
Don't know. massv. hut she looks I'M
common like bunch Of rags"
The procession wss we'll gotten M. and
the msrshals did remarkably we'll. but I
saw one whose Rosanante refusal to take
part in the DAYS doines and in srise IT
kicks. euifs and coa1ing. refused to bulge
an inch.
While the celebration Of the L" Enamel
pstion Proclamation" was taking placr.
the flags were flying half-mast for Prof.
Morse. and . memorial meeting was held
in the Hall Of Representatives,. at whirh
speeches were made by =" Sunset" Cox.
Voorhees,. Banks. and a few more. and 7
know IL the spirit of the ''lamented dead"
vas present. he wondered what other fel-
l"w they were hessifying and sulogisine.
The Marine Band was present and dis
coursed some doleful marches. while the
Choral Society concorded in 6ne style.
The next sensation viii BE- Barnum'.
great show. which 10 to reach here some
,imo next week.
The women are creating quite 9 panic
BY their Sudden mania for murders. and
no less than Eve are being tried for crimes
far which they deserve hanging. Mr..
Sherman in Connecticut il nov on trial
for the murder Of her husband and some
four or Eve children; Mrs. Fair in San
Francisco for shooting Cri.tenden; Mrs.
Hyde in New York fnr shooting Wilson.
her employer; Mrs. Wharton for attemp-
ting 10 poi.on Eugene vsn Ness. and Mrs.
Lloyd. Of Lsesbarg. sar the murder Other
husband and four children. but there l.
little deub. that Mn. Lloyd 10 really To-
sane. and has been for some time. Of
eourss. .the others will plead insanity, -
every murderer In the country has sisce
she Sickle trial. Apprepos Of this is-
sanity plea. there b soed jake told Of .
man cut West Who. being On Trial isr ssas
violssion Of The hv. snssred int % sesse-
meut With his lawyers that u they cleared
him they we're 10 have half Of hin proper
~. They worked With . win and did
clear their client on the pisa d insanity.
After the case vas decided the hvyssv
presented their bill. but thsir client pos
isively refused 70 settle Il. beeauss be hsd
nos fully recovered his mind wAen be nads
The agreement.
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