Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-07-03
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rest Tor mai rDbbery We noticed IN our las.
jssue. has put "lsi,nself upon hi. country
IN a sense somewhat different from ,ha,
Usually understood in legal circles. He
is at present ron est. II seems. tina, upon
promise to report at Stones Wharf al
the hour Of HE Steamers arrival, the De.
fscsivc (McPbail) who had arrested him
allowed Hawiey Lis liberty to enable hin,
70 make aie preparations necessary for
IN enforced and unexpected visit to Balti.
more. lie failed. however. to put in an
appearance q. the place and time agreed
upon. but took the Steamer at Cobrum. q
wharf on the opposite side Of the bay. a.
Icging. in justification Of bis breach of faith
with the officer. that. as he was we'll known
st and about Stones Wharf and desired q
ssve himself and friends ali the mortified.
ZION he,possibly could. BE. thought it bet.
ter TO take the boat lower down the BAY
and at wharf where he was not so we'll
known. This. at least. is the reason he 10
said to have assigned for not coming to time
at Stones wharf. lie took the boat, howev-
er, at Cobrum and continued upon her until
che reached Baltimore and was afterwards
seen and recognized upon the streets by a
gentleman of our county. McPhail. igno-
rant OF Hawleys excessive sensibilitics and
supposihg that he had given him the dodge
and was still in the county. rctrea.ed in.
land from Stones Wharf for q search
and remained over until he ascertain
ed that Hawlcy had taken passage at
Cobrum. AZ it was then too late to
intercept the boat at any of the lower
whaTvcs. the Detective took the up-river
steamer the following morning for Bal,i-
more via Washington. and the very latest
news We have TO tell our readers Of Hawlev
and McPLail is. that both are at present
non est.
We attended. by invitation. the exhbi-
tiou ofthe pupils oftheLeonardtown Female
Academy. Mrs. Charlotte Fenwick, priu-
cipal. held at White Hall in our village
on Tuesday evening last and were highly
gratided. as we'll with the literary and
spectacular display presented. as with the
manner Of its rendering. This is all We
have left ourselves room to say, excep.
that the Sa!utatory was delivered by Miss
Nellie Greenwich aud the valedictory ty
Miss Nellie Fenwick. and well delivered
particularly the first. The pretty little
compliments to other performers, which
VIC have stored away for future mention,
shall be forthcoming when we have more
space ut hand than at present. The
crowd a. the Exhibition was prodigious
and so was the heat
The condemned man, Jackson il moro
pensive and subducd and apparently in
moro Christian frame Of mind than he
has been since his condem nation. He
seems to be realizing at last both the near
ness and the certainty Of his DOOM
Though no serious npprehcnsions were
ever entertained Of disturbance on the
day Of Jackson's execution or before
nevertheless. the Sheriff, out Of proper
though abundan. caution. has wisely ar.
ranged to guard against all contingencies.
has doubled the guard about the Jail and
Has summoned heavy armed posse to do
police duty on the day Of execution.
Our fair correspondent l.rlY LILAC, must
excuse us. but we have been unable 10
persuade ourselves that the social I'D per-
sonal characteristics of orr neigLbors arc
legitimate subjects Of newspaper criticism.
As public journalists, it has ever been our
study to keep our paper clear of personal
i'ics Of this kind. and the fact that We
have not always succeeded in so doing
furnishes no excuse in our judgmen. for
any iuteraissieu Of effort on onr par, in
this direction. We therefore respectfully
decline to publish the Communication of
our correspondent.
The promise is excellent. we learn. Of
general turn out on the 4,h to attend the
Celebration at Piney Point Pavilion. there
being no other public recognition Of our
national Holiday proposed for tha, section
snd The attractions offered. mental aa3
otherwise. being Of the very Lishes. or.
der. The nsme Of our old friend VIM
A. Kirk. ofChaptico District, should have
appeared in the original notice as one Of
the siee-presiden,s Of this celebration bu,
was overlooked and omitted in the hurr,
Of putting our last issue to press.
The eolorcd people Of this dis,rie, intend
10 celebrate the coming Fourth a. Leon.
ardsown and hare authorised MS d, extend
acordial invitation to their race in otter
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 and officers Of the cele.
bratioa have not yet been made public
There will be display of Ere works .,
night and the celebration will be rounded
ID With ball. which will commence Of 9
clock in she eva,,sr.~ al -. =. :