Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-03-12
81. MARY'S BEACON
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News AsD OrmEa Irxxs. Mary
land Legislssare appears TO be well up
With is work. and there sre no new bills
-sfsP-ei.l ;.ressssee before is. The row.
snse Legislation Of ihe last session has not
les pssauetivs Of a. grand results rs
hoped .ar. and our experieseed and viei-
isns Comptroller 10 reported to Be earn
est'y isboung to rnaintsis the credit Of the
Sissc. Without the necessity Of resortisg
10 Increased taxation. His report in ref
srenee 70 the Legislative investigating
Cosaaitsee Is psbIishsd 10 fall % she 6rss
page Of our present issus.
The proceedings in Congress now ap-
pear to be chiefly confined to the invessi-
CATION Of the eondses Of reported Official
plsnaescrs. The noie,y. or informers.
isv sppears to be growing 10 great disfa-
vor in commercial circles. and an effort il
being made for its repeal.
rEx-Prcsidcnt Fillmore died % Suaday
last, in the 74th year Of his age. A. .
statesman. juris.. citizen and neighbor he
sas universally esteemed and respected.
His rigid endorsement Of the Fugitive
Slave law. and bis sqaars and 6ru DEAL
NE between an sections Of the country.
vhea President. made him temporarily
unpopular Of the North but he osilived
even the malice Of New England fanati-
eisn and died honored. respected and
esteemed BY the whole American people.
The Rev. Father Boone. 8. j., will
deliver a Lecture in ST. Aloysius' Church
ef our town, for the benefit Of the Sanctu-
AIRY Of said Church on Tuesday next. the
ssth instant. nj o'clock. p. M. Sub
jsct Of the Lecture, "A Plea for Ritual
5sm." Tickets may be had at the Hotels
and stores OF the town Admission, %
cents. We bespeak . large attendance
% he occasion.
Tbs report Of Tie killing Of ex-Prcsi.
dent Cesredes by some Of the members Of
the San Quentin battalion is confirmed.
II appears ,ha. on the 9th ulfimo they
captured q negro. and were ordered by
their commander 10 shoot lin. Tie ne
gro promised. il his life was spared, to
lead them TO the SPOT whcro Ccsrcdes
could lie found. Tlis was asscn:cd TO.
and the sx.Pi,.ii,nt was discovered, will,
. few hiends. Eve leagues Gom Aserra-
dero. Ills companions succeeded in get
tug away. but he could not cscnpe. and,
while closely pursued By detachment of
s'Ocls. led ly sergeant. turned AMI fred
six shots from lis revolver. This vas re.
turned by The troops. and Cesredcs re-
eSircd bullets in Tie head and breast.
causing instant death His body wa.
tseushi TO Santiago ie Cuba, and buried
o. tie lst Instant.
The Baltimore Conference Of tie Meth.
ol;st Episcopal Church South me. a few
days since il S;aurton. Va, for the Srss
ome ia twelve years The last conference
held there was just before The war, when
tho great question Of the division Of the
Church vas in full discussion. The war
has been ended for some years; many of
the rrcminent Confederate leaders arc TO-
day sitting in the councils Of the nation
aide BY side With the colorcd man; the
secular press Of the country has cuac.-
sorcd to soften the asreri,ies and bitter.
ness 'rgendered BY the struggle; the peo-
pie OF tho Moth aud South are grail
"slly beginning to fraternizc again. and
ye. this strongest Of all Protestant demon.
nations. which split upon she rock Of AZ
r'ean slavery. still maintains a separate
ana distinct organization.
The cause Of Don Carlos is looking nm
A few more victories ike those he has
been gaining. aud rrc.ident Scrranc
miehs lie brought to sec The prep,ic,y Of
once more changing sides. lie has done
II go often. as have mos, Spanish politi
cisns. that lac would no, find himself Sc
Eiously troubled By any serup,es on the
sui jet. II is evident that the Car,;s,s
arc in much greater force than had been
s1rroscd. or Serrano would not have found
u necessary to take the Geld himself.
4 petition has been presented to Con-
ercss asking that Ex-Governor Bradford
Be paid for the barring Of his house BY
Confederate soldiers during the late war.
The plea for payment !, urged upon the
ground ,ha, ,he burning was wan.ou and
IN retaliation for the burning Of the house
Of Gov. LeIeher. in Virginia. BY the In
Ion forces under Gen. Hunter. I,.,rikc.
u a. unfair to pay Que Governor and no,
the other for the loss Of his property
both hres were tho acts of The enemy,
aud both we're IN violation Of the articles
Of wa-.
Robert s. Fowler. member Of the Leg.
','a'uIs from Baltimore county. and fer
msriy State Treasurer. died on the SRI
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