Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-04-20

ltssrs. kdsfcrs - have heard no expression
81 ssEres NJ the acsioa Of the Lexislamre IN not
thought hest 10 ..iet we'll euoueh alone"
The death Of cur late Examiaer of Public
Schools was deemed hy come . great calamity
20 the eanse Of edueation II this coaaty. but
he wisdom Of the Schboi BOARD has come 20
the rescne, snd in abe appointment Of Capt
Geo. Thomas to supply The varascy have given
as an Examiner Who unitcs In himsrlf. in an
eminent degree. all the qualifications that the
most fassidioas taste could require Tor IN intel
ligeni and successful discharge Of The duties ei
his ofice. II IL certainly hopeful sign. and
one thar augurs wei. for the Intellectual ad-
vance Of the rising generation when our besi
mea are chilled To snrerin;ead the educational
interest OF the county and the appointment Of
the Cnpiain cannot fail ioprove popular With .hs
people.
! Our roads are mneh improved since my last
This. however, Is not owing 10 anv great et.
fort on the part Of our county authorities. but
rather to the dispensaiions Ola KIDD Providence
in blessing US with good weather. Our
people are just ncw very busiiy engag-
ed in turning up mother earth and pre-
pairing for the corn crop. Wheat looks back
ward and IS much injured by the hy. II was
though, az one TINE that most of the fruit vas
killed but I fiud tina, much of IL il alive and
the prospect now is that there will be an aver
age crop. am ,nforincd By some Of the farm
srs that iheir tobacco plants which they al 6rst
thought were killed are coming up in plentiful
supply, AMI fears are entertained that they will
be too thick, siacc some Of the beds were re-
seeded
There 10 bnt Etilc political news in this dis
trict "OId John Brown stock l. al q dis
count, notwithstanding certain significant &C.
cnrrences not long since In q particular quarter.
u must he said for the honor Of the democratic
party, that The endorsers OF The enoaizers aud
dei"ndcrs of this midnight murderer and as
sassin'' are no, to lie found within its ranks.
From The sn,credent- OF some portions Of the
republican party. h0wever. nothing better VAS
to lie exported than that a controlling portion
Of local republican ofiiciaie should consider
such enlogy and defence n merit To Ire re-
ward d. The details in the papers oftl,e frauds
and corruplions of the Governmrnt officials a E
90 common iha, their reci,a. 10 becoming s,a'e
fiat aud Improbable They are nos looked
upon as a matter Of course and excite no more
interest than any ORDINARY item OF news Some
surprise as at FIRST fet that these exposes
should not have had damaging effect upon
the republican party in the late elections, but
the difficulty is " easy solution. These frauds
public steals, &c, instead Of -liciiing the con-
demna lion Of the adheren,s Of that party, pos.
sess for many al them The greatest charm. IL
there was no dishonesty and corrupt ion. they
could rot so easily fniien on the spoils, hence
they have given Them their Endorsement. Whilst
there were thousands Of voters in the marke, in
New Hampshire TO be bought up by the Admin
istfation "dheyents, the more corrupt the party
the greater the exertion put forth. and conse-
quentiy the larger the amount paid for votes.
see from Legislative glsanings that the Sem
ate has proved . faithful guardian Of the INFER
est Of the PEOPLE in detecting and OPT osing some
basi- aud inconsidera,e propositions of the Low
er House. II should he recorded 10 their honor
in letters Of gold that 'hey p-remp,oriIy refused
their assent To the proposition 10 tax church
and other property indigenous thereto. The
House also exhibited i;s wisdom in refusing its
assent To the tiol .osision To tax morigsg~s.-
Thus, TO some extent. each acted "a u cheek
upon the other. 2.