Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-09-11

News AND OrnER REFERENCE Our
readers will bear in mind that Tomorrow
friday has been appropriated for the
Grand Tourney at Point Lookout a
full list Of TIC. Officers and Knights has
not yet been made public. but enough is
known to justify the announcement, that
the order aud couduc. of the affair will be
under experienced management and that
the number Of knights contcsting will be
unusually large. Ample accommodations,
wo learn. have been provided for all com
ers, and no admircr of chivalry and its
doings should fail to put in an appearance.
Persons having business at the Scptem-
Der Term of our Circuit Court will bear
in mind that Monday next. the 18th in
slant. is the day on which the Court will
be opened. As September is jury term,
and politica! exc;.emcn. running high at
this time. it is likely that an unusually
large number Of persons will be attracted
to our town during Court week. Our
two excellent hotels are now making am
pie preparations for the occasion.
Tuesday last. being Court day, the
number Of visitors to our town was unus-
ually large, among whom were to be seen
several noted local politicians. busy as
bees, caucussing. canvassing the "situa-
tion" and making dull times lively. As
we stumbled upon nobody's counsel. we
arc able to betray nobody's secrets, new
ertheless. We feel warranted in predica-
ting. that things are about fixed up" or
IN way to be fixed up in few days, and
that all cumbersome or Improbable bag
gage is being sent to tho rear, prcparato-
~ to forming the las, line of battle. As
no flag has yet been uufurled or is likely
to be. it is difficult for very youn, SOL
dicr to conjecture what all this fighting is
to be about. We could tell, If we would
but as the regulars" have all cut their
cyc-tceth. the raw recuits must live and
learn. fgh. on and do their own tcc.hing.
The official proceedings Of the County
Republican Convention will be found in
another column. We were presen. through.
out the session Of this body on Saturday
and Noted lis doings with some partieu.
larity. There was no srcaking-a. least
none taat did not relate to the regular
business order of the Convention. No an
tagonisms Of any moment were dcveloped
between the delegates, and the purpose
for which the Convention had been called
namely. to send delegates to Frederick aud
elect new Central Committee, was ae.
eomplished with ordinary smoothness and
facility and without very much more non
sense and self-asscrtion than are usual in
similar bodies machined BY white folks.
As tie laws for the protection Of rar.
tridges. pheasants aud wcodeOek in This
State. appear to be misunderstood by the
press. and erroneous statements have re-
Gently been made on the subject, the FOL.
lowing is given by way of correction. The
public general law. article 9S, as amend
cd BY the act Of 1872. chapter ~. pro-
vides that no person shall trap, shoot. or
in any manner catch or kill any cartridges
between january 18th and October Goth:
nor any wccdcOek between the Is. Of Feb
ruary and June 10th: nor rheasan,s be.
tween Febuary Is, and August la.h. in
each year. under penalty Of So Tor each
offence. Any person keeping . savcrn,,
restaurant. or ea.ing-house. or any mar.
ke,msu, who shall expose for sale or have