Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-01-28

A curious petition vas presented h
the House Of Representafivess1ewdAy s
ago By Bazbssr Lewis, q Tsnnessss.
II has three hsndred signatures 81 col.
oFed pesp3e In different portions Of the
South who are DESTROYS TO have some
portion q the South or Soathvestssz
territory set spart for their exclusive
use. with similar protection by che Uni
ted States government TO that now CIV
en- by law to the Cherokee, Choctsw md
Seminole Indians. Thepetitionersfurth-
er state that they are DESTROYS Of has-
ing fair chance in the great race Of
life, and are satisfied that neither them
selves nor children can have Il 20 long
rs they are In the midst Of the domi.
nant race Of the people whoare farthsil
superiors in point of education and
many other advantages.
The Massachusetts, Legislature ha,
elected Mr. Dawes, Republican, to the
United States Senate; New York, Fran.
els Herman, Democrat; Deiaware, Thorn
as +. Bayard, Democrat; Indiana. la u
E. Mcdonald, Democrat; Pennsylvania,
William A. Wallace, Democrat; Nilsson.
ri, Gen. F. NJ. Cockrell, Democrat; New
Jersey, Hon. Theodore Randolph, dem
ocrat; Michigan, Hon. Charles p. Girls.
tiancy, Moderate Republican in place
of immoderate Chandler. There is q
dead lock both in Rhode Island and
Tennessee in regard to the Senatorships,
Burnside leading his republican com.
petitors in the former and Ex-President
johnson his democratic competitors in
the latter.
The financial bungling Of the Admin.
istration, together with its extravagan.
ces, finds the Treasury 50 much deple-
ted that the revenues of thegovernment
for the current year are estimated al
s45, OOO, 900 less than the ordinary ex.
penses. This will surprise those who
have been led to believe that the pub
lie debt was being rapidly reduced. It
is proposed to raise the half Of this sum
by reim?osing she duty on tea and cof-
fee, and taking some otherimports from
the free list and making them dutiable.
The Patrons of Husbandry of Louis
lana and Mississippi have issued an ad-
dress to the Order throughout the Uni
ted States, endorsing the report of the
Subcommittee of Congress. The ad-
dress concludes asfollows: believe Us,
this report made by gentlemen of the
North, and Congressman of both polit-
ical parties, tells you the truth, and we
refer it to you, and trust that every pa
tron to whom this appealmay come may
give it attentive reading"
The e1citable temperament prevailing
at Washington just now extracted Sc
rious rumors of war out of the fact that
the President had sent a message to
Congress recommending an appropria-
ton to provide for the casting of heavy
ordnance for the armament Of our sea-
coast Notifications. As the recommen-
dation was first made year or more
ago, and as the work will require seve-
raj years to complete, the exact perth
nency of these rumors is not very ap-
parent
TIE London Times utters gloomy ap-
prchensions of impending troubles in Eu-
rope. All Germany, it says, is arming,
as are also the neighboring nations, and
the rest of the world will follow the ex-
ample. The dreams of peace which have
been INDUCED in, it thinks, have fed
away, and it adds that Germany can
not put into the field new army and
must now rely upon her navy.
A law has been introduced in the
Pennsylvania Legislature defining the
crime of kidnapping and concealing
children of tender years for purposes of
extortion, and making the punishment
a fine not exceeding ten thousand dol
lars and imprisonment in solitary con.
finement for not more than twenty five
years.
The Governor has signed the death
warrant Of Joshua Griffin. colored, con-
victed at the November term efthe Cir
cult Court for Hartford county Of the
murder Of Miss Susan Taylor. The
18th of March il the day assigned, and
the execution win take place at the
almshouse, near Belair.
A dispatch from Boston on the 18th
inst, states that the Methodist Preach
ers Of Boston and vicinity had unaui-
mously passed resolutions endorsing
and thanking the President and Gen.
eral Sheridan for their action in the
Louisiana troubles; also thanking Wen
dell Phillips for his recent speech in
Faneuil Hall.
The man assigned to duty 1t the door
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