Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-07-03
LEOyAEDTowS, ND.

ports. Mr. Edward s. IIawlcy. whose ar
rest for mail robbery We noticed in our last
issue. has put himself upon his country"
iss Scnse somewhat different from that
usually understood in legal circles. He
3 ut present ron est 1t seems, that upon
promise TO report at Stones Wharf at
f''c hour OF the Steamers arrival. the De-
t"c.ivc (NcPhnip who had arrested him
allowed IIawlcy Lis liberty to enable him
70 make the preparations necessary for
an enforced and unexpected visit TO Balii-
mo'e. lie failed. however, to put in an
appearance At The place and time agreed
upon. but took the Steamer at Cobrun. q
wharf on the opposite side Of the bay. al
leging. in justification of bis breach Of faith
With the officer. that. Us lie was we'll known
af and about Stones Wharf and desired to
sare himself and friends all the mor,ifca-
non he possibly could. he thought it bet.
PR 20 take the boat lower down the bay
and at a wharf where he was no, so well
known. This. at least. is the reason he is
said b have ASST gned for not coming 10 time
Stones wharf. lie took The boat. howev-
er. at Cobrum and continued upon her until
she reached Baltimore and was afterwards
seen and recognized upon the streets BY a
gentleman Of our county. McPhail. igno-
rant Of liawlcy's excessive scnsibili,ics and
supposing that be lad given him the dodge
aud was still in the county. Yctrcated in.
land from Stones Wharf for search
and remained over until &c ascertain
cd that IIawlcy had taken passage at
Cobrum. AZ it was then too late to
intercept the boat at any Of the lower
wharvcs, the Detective took the up-river
steamer the following morning for Balti
more via Washington. and the very latest
news We have TO tell our readers ofIlawlcy
and McPhail is. ,ha. both arc at prcsca,
non r1.
We attended. by invitation, the cxhiLi-
ton ofthc pupils ofthcI.eonardtown Female
Academy. Mrs. Charlotte Fcnwick. nrin-
eIrai. held at White Hall in our village
on Tuesday evening last and were highly
gratIticd. as well with tie literary md
spectacular display presented, as with the
manner of its rendering. This is all We
have lief, ourselves room TO saw. exccnt
that the Saiutatory was delivered bv Miss
Nellie Greenwich aud the Valedictory by
Miss Nellie Fcnwirk. and well delivered
particularly the first. The pretty little
compliments to other performers, which
we have stored away for future mention.
shall be forthcoming when We have more
space at hand than at present. The
crowd at the Exhibition was proLirious
and so was the heat
The condemned man. Jackson ;s moro
rcnsiv" and suhducd and apparently in a
mere Christian frame Of mind than h,
las been since his condemnation. lie
seems to be realizing at last both the near
ness and the certainty of his doom
Though no serious arprchcnsions were
ever entertained Of disturbance on the
day Of Jackson's execution or before
nevertheless. the Sheriff. out Of proper
though abundant caution. has wisely ar
ranged to guard against all contingencies.
has doubled the guard abcu, the Jail and
has summoned heavy armed pos,, to do
police duty on the day Of cxccu,ion.
Our fair correspondent LrlY LILAC. mus.
excuse US. but we have been unable 70
persuade ourselves that tue social and per.
s"nal characteristics Of our neigLbors arc
Legitimate subjects ofncwsrapcr criticism.
AS public journalists. it has ever been our
study to keep our paper clear OF personal
tiles Of this kind. and the fact that VIC
have not always succeeded in so doing.
furnishes no excuse in or judgment. for
any iute'missiOn Of effort on our part in
tins direction. We therefore respectfully
decline to publish the communication Of
our correspondent.
The promise is excellent. we learn. Of
general turn out on the I,h to attend the
Celebration at Piney Point Pavilion, there
being no other public recognition of our
national Holiday proposed for that section
aud the attractions offered. mental and
otherwise. being of the very hisb.s. or
der. The name of our old friend. WIN
\. Xix. ofChaptieo District. should have
appeared in the original notice as one Of
the ,ice-prcsid,n,s Of this celebration. bu,
vas overlooked aud omitted in the hurry
OF putting oar las. issue to press.
The colorcd people Of this district intend
10 celebrate the coming Fourth at Leon
ard'own and have authorized US to extend
cordial invitation to thei. race in ether
sections TO attend and Join them in the pro.
per observance Of the natal day Of Amer.
lean Independence. The names Of the
Reader. Orator aud ofScers Of the ce,e-
bratioe bave not yet teen made public -
There will be displsy Of fire works \,
night aud the celebration will be rounded
"a with ball. which will commence ., =