Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-02-26

Persons iadcernily Ragged Or excessively
dirty shsll b excluded ftcn the GALLERIES
Of Csseres and ibs washisgtss .kssss-
cars.
The nsv British Ministry Is constructed
- fSllovs: Mr.. Disrseli. First Lard d
the Treasury; Baron Cairns. Lord High
Chancellor; the Duke Of Richmond. Lord
President Of the Council; the Earl Of
Msl.esbary. Lord Privy Seal, Sir Staf-
ford Noriheose. Chancellor Of tie Exche-
quer; Mr.. Rich.rd Assheton Cross. Home
Secretary; the Earl Of Derby. Foreign
Secretary; the Earl Of CarBsrvon. Colo
ni.l Secretary; the Marquis Of Salisbury.
Secretary for India; Mr. Claiborne Har-
dy. Secretary for War; Mr. George Ward
Hunt. First Lord Of the Admiralty !;
Lord John Mansess. Postmaster General.
The women Of the West have recently
inaugursted q novel method Of Sighting
against the liquor trai6c. They 20 in
bands to the hotels and drinking saloons
and. without Is much - saying By jour
leave to the proprietor Of those establish
menss. they take possession Of the bar
rooms and hold prayer-meetings. When
they cannot get into the houses they kneel
npon the pavement in front. and pray.
sing and exhort against the liquor dealer
and his business. siriv;ag by this nesss
to extend their influence in the .sTemper-
ance" cause.
The Alsatian Deputies in the Prussian
Reichstag have taken the determined step
Of seeding from the legislative hall
They have returned to Strasbourg. I'm
pcrial Germany win no doub. treat this
manifestation Of French patriotism with
dislain. or may seek to prevent repeti-
ton Of it on the part Of others finer new
ly acquired subjects by means Of penal
The circumstance indicates,
notwithstanding. the existence of an un-
pleasant state Of feeling.
There have been passed during the pre-
sent session Of Congress. in the House Of
lis bills. of which about
:hirty have become laws. Over $50 House
resolutions have been either referred to or
were directed to tho various committees,
and over Fifty House resolutions have been
sent to the several departments. asking
for information Of various kinds. The
business Of the Senate in the way Of pas
sing bills has been small. compared to
that Of the House of Representatives.
The ALlcnaan, review Of Mr.. Motley's
History Of the Life and Death of John
Of Barnevcld." just out in two volumes,
prOnounces the book very unsatisfactory.
It says :-"Wcre it the work of q new
writer the faults Of this book would de-
serve to be leniently treated for the sake
Of its generally good writing and of the
research Of which it gives ev-
idence. But Mr.. Motley is q not a new
writer. and he ought 70 be blamed when
he docs more work than he has proved
himself able to do"
The London Spectator. has the man.
illness and the good sense to denouncc in
The c!earesr language the tenporising
with grea. principles o. the English jour
nalists who lend any sort of counteuance
70 the crusade Of Prince Bismarck agaius.
religious freedom aud liberty Of worship
% Germany. 1t is obvious that the Im-
perial Chancellor has seen but the begin
hing Of the campaign upon which he enter
ID SO recklessly and so madly.
An act has passed both Houses Of the
Legislature. and received tho Governors
signature. providing for holidays falling
On Sunday. and making bills Of exchange.
&C.. requiring protest due and payable on
the Mondsy after. payable on Saturday
preceding the Sunday. aud that il shall
not be necessary for the holders to give
notice Of the aishonor thereof until the
Tuesday next succeeding either Of said
days.
The Communism Of New York are
collecting funds to establish a newspaper
organ in that city. to advocate the ad-
vaneed ideas which the city police recently
with their clubs in Tompkin's
square. They profess to be able to raise
100000 for the purpose. and If the
profession be true. it may be asked what
becomes Of the plea that they are starvingl
NJ. Tcutsch is Delegate from. Alsaee
to the North German Rcichs,ag. and,
though queer name for Frenchmau. he
10 evidently full Of the sentiment of Alsa-
'ian indignation. ard has taken the FRS.
to express it boldly at Berlin,
which is more manly than doing il on the
Boulevard in Paris.
In Congress. on Monday, Mr.. O'Brien.
Of Maryland, introduced . resolution
looking to the sale Of the naval asylum at