Saint Mary's beacon., 1873-04-03

ST. MakYs JusrfcE We learn from
couple Of citizens Who have juss return.
ed from trip to the land Of the St. Ma.
rvs Beacon, and Who make anything bu,
a fa,tering report. either Of the appear.
ance Of the country. the department. Of the
ciiisens. or OF the manner in which Its ju-
dicisl disn"aries administer justice. They
say that they have never sc-n any s-csion
OF the country where nature has done On
much and man so little to beausify and
utilize As that portion of the country hor-
dering on the st. Naryis river. The lands
arc high and rolling. and as far a. the
eye can reach the wh"lc country seems TO
be one range Of beautiful hii,s slipping
down into valleys through which meander
many placid little streamleis whose banks
are bcau,i6ed by verdure wild and pic
turesque. Blu, in sad contrast ta all of
natures beautiful handiwork, they found
the dwellings g"ing rapidly to decay. the
fences around the farms nearly all gone.
and some Of the SUBMITS Of its lovelicss
hills crowned By novels Of the most squalid
character. whose inhabit lived solely on
the products Of the river. such a. oysters.
fish. etc which they might kick up along
its banks They made a vain effort to Sc
cure q newspaper at some Of the farm-
houses which they visited. but the good
people stared at them in perfect amazc-
ment when they made. the inquiry, and
significd that they had no neeJ for snch
things in the good old c"unty of st. Ma.
rvs. for they learned through other sources
all that they ought to know of the doings
in the outside world. The gentlemen re-.
ported that when they arrived at the -pm
where Justice Dent held his court. they
found mntley crowd Of whites and ne
grocs Of about three hundred on a general
drunk. without distinction Of age. race or
color. all disposed to treat them as though
they were g"riIlas or hyenas there on ex :
hihiiion. During the pr"gress oi the far
cical trial they were constantly interrupted
and hootcd at by the bes",,ed reveliers.
all of whom seemed inclined TO hang eve
~ Somerset dredger To the nearest limb.
and to send their lawyers across Jordan.
instea.l Of the Chesapeake The two wit
nesses for the pros, euiion were Of iha,
class who swear to the best advantage. and
who had their pieces written AMI commit
ted days hefnre the trial. The Justicc-,
and that's a nrisnomor when applied to
him-was one of those weak and recdv
ncrved men who pnuder to the sentiment
of the crowd. in defiance of law. reason or
equity. and would have imposed fnr on
the Great Eastern If the witnesses had
reported her as dredging in the sacred VIA
ters of the St Mary's He imposed fine
of $500 on each in all Of the cases tried.
and then the witnesses for him in a style
truly bland. went for their share Of the
loaves aud fishes. and tits supposed have
before this pocketcd their portion of the
stamps. and gone again on their midnight
tours through the harbnrs with their dark
lanterns taking down the names Of all the
boats which may have songht shelter there
in. A short while after the conclusion Of
the trial. one old negro Of a very bellicos"
nature. finding no one else to vent his
wrath upon incired bv bad whiskey. shot
his son. and thi. ended the biggest davs
sport seen in that county for many long
day. ....
M"ssrs. nodson & Mowbray speak in
highest terms Of Capt. Timmons and the
officers Of the steamer Leila" fur the
kind treatment received at their hands.
and pronounce them to be gentlemen Of
tn" FIRST class. as well as able aud Efficient
officers.