Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-06-25

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Of wasbisgsos and Georsesoss. the most
Influential and wealthy business ses and
prcperty-bosders Of the latter city having
Peiisionca Congress to psss the bill this
session. The road enters the District
fro. the northeastern boundary. north
Of the Soldiers Home. and follows thence
down the valley Of Piney Branch to Rock
Greek; thence il the VALLEY of Rock Greek,
and By tunnel vest Of the ? Street Bridge
through the bill 70 Water Street. George
town. the only street which il crosses Or
passes upon in that city. The Company.
wherever is crosses public road in the
county is required to bridge or sunoel it,
q may be approved By the engineer in
charge ofshs public buildings and grosnds.
A curious spectacle vas presented in
Washington on Sunday, showing the CREST
superiority II moral oy & legal means fo'
the accomplishment Of m object. The
congregation Of St. Augustine's Church
(eolored Catholics) had invited al the or
gabised Catholic societies in the District
Of Columbia to parade With them on the
occasion Of the laying Of the corner stone
Of their elegant new church edi6ee on 18th
street, near ~. and about Q thousand
white men accepted the invitation and
formed most imposing line, The members
Of both the white and colored societies be-
ing dressed in glittering regalia. They
marched in the order Of the organization
of their societies; frst the Irish and Amer-
lean organisations; then colored societies;
then Gcrmsn and American associations,
and then more negroes. The whole line
was gay with splendid banners and flags
aud seven or eight bands of music enliv.
ened the march. and 10 one Irish society
alone three hundred men appeared. A,
the church the spectacle was equally re-
variable. There are no colored priests
in the United States. but Archbishop Bay
ley. who laid the corner stone. was atten-
ded BY twenty colored boys in purple SON.
tancs and white surplices. ard these bore
the great lights. &c.. while the immense
crowd that encirclcd the building was made
up Of people Of every nation and Of every
hue. 1t vas the universal remark of the
spectators that no civil rights bill which
could be devised could produce. 10 . cen
fury. sight such as that which faith iu
the unity Of The human race. and . COM
mon brotherhood in religion. was then ex-
hibiting among elements naturally the
most discordant in the country
The Colorado bug. which has been
steadily travelling southwark. has 1t las,
reached Maryland. Delaware and Virgin.
ia. and is causing great havoc among the
potato vines. The entire crop has been
destroyed in Maine. but by the application
Of Paris green its ravagcs are being check.
ed somewhat in this State. As 70 the
fatal effect Of Paris green on oil varieties
Of insects. no one who has ever tried it
will have the slightest doubt. 1t makes
short work of reaches. and all other house.
bold pests. Chrome green has been
palmed of by some dealers for the genu-
inc article. and whilst the demand is 90
great, care should be taken to oh: ain it
only from the most reliable and respou-
sible houses. The Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington calculated that this
bug Was travelling southwark at the rate
ofsixty miles year. and would not reach
Maryland until 1880. but it has evident.
ly stolen march upon the scientists.
A correspondent Of the Wilmington.
Delaware. Commercial thus gives his ex-
perienec With the use Of Paris green:
Yesterday l vent out to Plumgrove
Farm. Mill Greek Hundred, and found
millions Of this bug eating the leaves Of
the potato. / had plenty Of Paris green
with me. and we mixed it with plaster,
one pound Of the poison to one basher Of
plaster. and busted the vines With it,
Then watched the intruders With . strong
magnifying glass. They curled up and
seemed completely overcome. q q, fl
The whole press Of the country are
unanimous in denouncing the malignant
as we'll Is unsuccessful dodge Of Senator
Carpenter TO. revenge himself upon the
newspapers for their charges against him.
The New York TriSsse has tae following
paragraph on the failure Of the scheme.
The Judiciary bill. in the folds Of which
Messrs. Carpenter and Coukling have
tucked away even their nice li,,ls scheme
for getting even With the newspaper.
By means Of the provision that process
against Publisher may be served suy-
where nPon an agent Orassrrsspondsns.
came up 10 the Hose judiciary Commit
tee on Tuesday, and POUNDS iAins cham.
Pion in the gentleman Who describes the
power Of the press Is forty times larger