Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-09-03


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Messss. Bdifo1: 1--WE havs 49, -
jssraias hess sss shs - vssk. Eassise
upes IL lsxsriss Of the sdjssssb uasss;
ssd. SseuisAssssdhg shs ssstisuen Prov
slesss Of = Nssskssss gale. nakit = -
fsSsrable for bathise. ~ feel lilisd sbsvs
the measure e svea Lsosardseva asmes-
phess. and restored b . vieoe u sppesiss
and asEioe which hss bsea saknsss =
a. sinss the begissiag Of ths bssssd tsrn.
The sane old cottages Az bess.- nasy 4
the original owners Of Wish sou slsabes
amid the dust Of their sssestes. Many
Who survive have. y The drsad rssslt Of the
var. bstn ssabh = cary oss ths grand en-
terprise y which they esisisally sestsibs-
ted. sod he foot efths advsatsrss aud spec
uhses sev sounds in bssess slank issthe
once sacred and hospitabls hall Of the Sosn-
der. Near By d the Cemetery oftbe Confsd-
crate dead. The Legislature Of MARYLAND
made . haudsons approprissioa % carry
oat this oct Of justice to the memory ol
those brave and devoted men Who defen-
ded their prineiples 70 the last measure o.
their existence. and Who offered up thei,
lives that their principles might live. We
have no eulogy to pass upon them. Their
bones rest beneath coil which viii not
insermingls even one thistle With the ros.
"a proud resting place for such brav.
and noble spirits. and proud are 70 thai
Ne have been able . rear this monument
to their memory!
But We have digressed. We Only 10,
tended to speak Of Point Lookout. Th,
ocsupssiou Of this property BY the Gov.
ernment during tho var. and the grea
damage done tho buildings. operated II
estoPpel. for como time. to any thing look
ing toward bringing it back to It's former
rcnown. In The hands Of the Messrs. Mil
burn. the present euterpriring and accom
plished proprietors. it has been we'll ps
srcuized during the present season; apt
there Is every reason why this should be-
come one Of the foremost places Of Sum
mer resort in the country. The bathiu,
certainly cannot Be surpassed. We bav,
the serf Of Newport and Cape May. with
out the "undertow. No accident ha
ever happened here to the bather. and NJ
serf boats are required to look after him
We haye had an avcra &c Of about six
ty visitors since our sojourn here, anc
excursions sometimes swelled the mum
berto near three hundred. In the earlie
part Of the season. We learn, the averag,
number of visitors was much larger thai
now. n,
The great event Of the present week VA
the Masquerade Ball. on Wednesday nigh
last. which was attended BY over one hun
dred pcrsous. The number Of masker.
was not 90 largo a. anticipated. but tn.
sffair vas nevertheless. . great success
As the uamcs Of the maskers have already
been noticed in the city papers. / shall
content myself with making mention o.
those only who are known to your OWL
people - inns. So A.. -.
b. b. Smith. "Alcnsc;" Jas. R. Mil.
burn, Hungarian Oficer;" Charles w.
Milburn. '.Romco;' Miss L. r. Langley,
''Luna;" w. A. w. Clarke. "Doo Car.
los" John Richardson. brother iona.
than" Miss A. L. Milburn, "Highlaud
L,ssie;" Miss Jennie Mlburn. "Mar.
gursse;" T. N. Langley. paul Pry;'
Joe Richardson. " Japanese = Frank
Smith, "Black Domino" Robert Penn.
broke. bob Ridley" BENZ Dunbar. - oe
Blue Skim" John l.. Milburn, ..Captsiu
jerks" Hon. Judge Ford and Colonel
Downs. Of your Town. were Of the Floor
Committee.
The dancing vas kept up until 81
o'clock. A. NJ. ending with, the ..vir.
ginia Reel" always . leading favorits
witb-our people. and . long standing sig.
nal for closing the Performance. The
party then dispersed in the hsppiest mood
and spirit. and oil expressive Of the hop,
that. the next entertainment given By th,
generous and hospitabls proprietors O
Point Lookout may BE- crowned With tba
eminent success which their earnsst effort
TO please snquestiouably merit.
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