Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-01-07

Repnblicanism il dead in SPAIN
The movements If the last Few days a.
Iustrate the fcKiencss of the Spanish
people. The army and navy accepts
Don Alfonso as king; Serano is salts
fed, and the revolution appears to be
= bloodless one. The new King is but
eighteen years Of age. His mother, the
ex-Queen Isabella H., was compelled to
quit Spain on the success Of the revo-
luton Of 1863, and took up her resi-
denee at the chateau of Pau, placed at
her disposal by the French Emperor.
From there she issued protest, (Sep-
tember 80, 1868. against the new or
der of things in Spain, the Provisional
Government having declared her for
fixture of the throne. On the 25th Of
June, 1870. she renounced all her claims
to the Spanish crown in favor of her
son, Alfonso. The royal exiles have
resided alternately at Paris and Geneva
since.
Ex-Governor Yarmouth, of Louis
lana, and Mr.. Byerly, one Of the pro-
prietors Of the New Orleans Bwlietin,
had personal difficulty in one of the
streets of New Orleans, Byerly assault
ing Yarmouth with cane, when the
latter used a knife, iEf1icting such
wounds that Byerly died from them.
The difficulty grew out of politics origi-
nally. Mr.. Byerly published an arti-
Gle in the Bulletin rejecting upon Gov.
Yarmouth, which the latter answered
in print. When Mr.. Byerly met Gov.
Yarmouth on the street he Byerly) at
tackled Yarmouth with a cane. The
parties clenched when Gov. Yarmouth
drew from his pocket knife and stab
bed Byerly. The affair created great
excitement. The New Orleans newspa-
pers report Byerly as the aggressor and
Justify Yarmouth, who claimed to act
in self defense. Yarmouth has been
acquitted.
The attention of shippers and the
travelling public is called to the new
Winter Arrangements of the Weems
Transportation Line, to be found in an
other column. The Mary Washington
is the only boat of this company which
Is, thus far, set down in the bills to
visit the Patuxent river during the
Winter, but it is presumed that anoth-
err boat will be started to these waters
by the same company early in the spring,
one not being sufficient to do the work
on this route during busy seasons Of the
wear. The Weems Line of Steamers
have stood too long and have obtained
too high a character to make CON-
mendation necessary. The Iresent
agent, Henry Williams, is spoken of by
all who know him as the right man in
the right place and as worthy sue
cessor to his kind hearted father-i in law,
the late Mason L. Weems.
The objects and aims of the much
talked Of White League have at last been
uncovered. There is Congressional
Investigating Committee now in session
! in New Orleans which is charged in an
especial manner to find out what the
White Leaguers have been and are
about. A discovery has been made
Having duly summoned and sworn Gen.
! Ogden. the commandment of the organiza-
ton, the General deposes that the
white people Of Louisiana were forced
to organize themselves for self protec-
ton against the outrages of the KEEL
logg usurpation; that they cared moth
! ing as to who holds office under the
State Government, SO that the incum-
bents be competent men, and that at
the recent election the League gave
protection to votes of all political par
ties, and of all colors.
The validity of the Fifteenth Amend
ment. which provides that the rights of
citizens of the United States to vote and
hold Office shall not be denied or abridge-
cd on account of race, color or previous
condition Of servitude, is at last to he
tested by the Supreme Court. The
case originates in the alleged refusal of
two Judges of elections in Lexington,
Ky. TO receive the votes of two colored
men. or account of their color. The
arguments begin January 6, the defence
being conducted by ex-Attorney Gen.
e-al Stansterry.
Gerritt Smith, the well known slave
nv agitator, died at the residence of his
neice, Mrs. Cochrane. in New York city,
on the 2Sth ult. Hewas in good health.
and passed pleasant Christmas and
the day after was seized with apoplexv
and died on the 2Sth ult, in the 18th
year of his age. He assisted old John
Blown with money to buy rifles to be
gwen to the slaves in Virginia, when
they should rise at the bidding of Brown
in his crazy raid. All know what be-
came Of Brown. After Brown was cap