Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-04-23

Alser montls OF silence | again feel in
the humor to have a chat with my dear
friends in ST. NarY's. What shall our
chat be- about--Law. Physic or Divinity
Our Lawmakers have become money ma
kers. and are now bu>ily engaged perfcc-
ting some plan TO relieve the necessities
of the country. The Senate bin TO in
crease the circulating medium 70 $780,
600. 900. lcgal-tenders aud currency CON-
bincd. passed last Monday after much an
cry debate.
Never since the days Of reconstruction
has there been so much excitement over
any public measure. The advocates Of
iufa:ion are mostly Western men, aided
by the Scntherners. The West nsw ac-
cases the Eastern and Middle States of =
desire to govern the country for their ben
eft. and il is this idea. openly expressed
by prominent politicians Of the West and
South. that has given the iufaiionisis snch
strength. There is 10 doub, but tina. they
have majority. yet so many financial
schemes are offered each day ,ha; it will
be some time before anything is de,erm-
ined on.
From the Record I sec VIC of the
lower counties are to DO blessed with still
another railroad. Now our county Is to
be opened to the outside barbarians by the
Washington and Chesapeake Railroad
That well known Ilibernian, Rory o More,
said long ago, that there is luck in odd
numbers. and as this is road No. three. it
may possibly be finished before the miIlen-
mum.
Thus far the District Investigating Com
mittee has accomplished nothing, except
TO stop The work on the streets. What
ever faults tie Board Of Public Works
may have been guilty of, no one can deny
that they have transformed the city from
waste places and streets OF mud and filth
TO one of broad avenues. handsome, clean
streets. and lovely parks.
The Capitol grounds are to be put into
the hands Of Mr.. Omsteed. of Central
Park, New York, for adjournment Work
men are now engaged in dcmolishing the
only remaining house lcf. standing on the
arb IL.
house, which for accommodation for our law
makers was not torn down last Fall, but
allowed to remain until the new Hotel on
the opposite corner was completed. 4
melancholy crowd Of u. C.'s Witnessed the
destruction Of their favoritc haunt. and
Sunset Cox was heard to remark to one
of the workmsn. in n fearful voice,
You may break, you may shat,er the walls as
Won will,
But the sem Of the ah;skry will cling TO them
still
TLcr.A &c IRE at peace nil. al Ii.
world now Captain Jack is dead, our Nary
has suffered severely in the engagements
Of this Winter. Several OF our mos. gal
lant officers are among the captured. aud
many are reported severely wounded. -
Among those captured. MIR. Sich, most
promising Engineer. has fallen 10 Miss
Sherman. eldest daughter Of the General
and the belle of the army. who, 10 show
her appreciation Of the noble qualities of
her captive, will, in October, take his
name aud go with him beyond seas. Miss
Early, of Virginia, following in the foot
steps of her gallant uncle Jubal. has cap
tured Captain Manly of tie Federal army.
Bessie Stewart. whose life has been as
happy as devoted fathers unlimited bank
account could make it, is to be married in
May to naval officer; so is Miss Wise
and several other bellies. The army is al
most d;sorganizcd by these series of de-
feats and lay the blame on their uniform.
which is not near so handsome as that of
the navy; nor can the West Pointers dance
the German so we'll Our Princess Mel
~ is to be married very soon to young
Eng!ishman, Mr.. Sartoris. Society is
exercised over the coming weddings, aud
the brides elect of course more so over
their outfit. The number Of deaths in the
family Of Miss Grant will prevent a pub
lie wedding, and whatever Miss Grant
does will be the rule
Since her engagement the President has
set mp q coach and four. The FIRST ap-
pearauce of this gorgeous turnout on the
avenue caused much excitement. The
boys and gan.ins thought circus was
coming. and set up shout of delight.
which turned to one Of grief when they
found ont it was only the President, whom
they see every day, either walking or
driving in the grounds of she White House.
The Presidents love Of horses has caused
many of lis admirers to vie with him in
the splen6or Of their stables. and many of
the finest teams ofihe country are now seen
on the avenue every evening. II is ru-
morci tha; the President is anxious to
purchase n stock farm near this city. and
that he offered fits thousand dollars for
the Carter estate in Prince Georra'S bu.