Saint Mary's beacon., 1877-02-08

(Cors1 pondenee d the Beacon.)
RscnleoGp. Va. Feb. .. 1871.
10 xs 1I.ess:
.1loue - tLoaxht nv asciene a6en&
= somst1ln' % bee mt ye"
when soar warn hearted invitaf;6n cane
10 hand, 81 - friendship comneIled
me tsput ny thoughts into exec iou.
But in view Of recent events, the sig
ni6caAee of yoor qualifying remark
'if not too black republican a.
most overwhelming. Nov,
'No more o shaa Hal n thea iev'ausr'
IN tell -yoa Why am sot - much
republican ss once Was. Since NV
arrival in this 6ty ssme II montis ae6,
I have met Q noble set Of people, 50
different are tAey from tbe sverige
opinion formed Of them is The Noslk,
that marveled 1t my owa stupidiky,
ssd frequent letters home and 10 NoslI.
ern newspsPess viii attest the decided
chasge Of my opiaions and ths csusss
thereof Besides. even IL there u tur.
buleuce and violenee in the South, a
alleged. they are having the same thing
-atleast - much - hsSe--ia the NostS,
and il. the North 20 much more interss-
ted in this matter than tins people ere,
s'that We can aford 10 stand By a silent
spectators while our Liberties. are nj
staker I fancy IL 10 time to bold mp.
Are the destinies OF the South alwsys
70 Be decided By the North, while the
South looks On in adigniasd siiencs''
and accepts the decisi0a with ''exces
lent behsviors" That n the question
now. if not, when, for Hesvea's sake,
is the gag to be removed! II hes beea
worn ten years and their mouths are
becoming sore. They are sick and tired
# this drfeeence to the imaginary .'ccu-
servative republicans Of the North.~
Therefore hope and pray for Tilden's
election, and have almost since his nom
ination.
Some years ago Tin 1859 while cruis-
ing along the coast Of India in man.
Of war, We had occasion to call into
Bombay. While there we found the
principal topic being discussed by peo-
pie and press (English) was the "bos-
man Affair."" A man named Bosnian
had committed forgery. The case had
been tried in several Courts, and the
people were absolutely sick and tired Of
It. When the mail steamer came in
from the .up-country, the Bomboy CO.
zefte, deeming it necessary to make
some editorial comment on the matter,
merely had this: .
THE Bosnian ArTAIR.
D-n the Bosnian affair.
And that was the reflection of the mul.
titude as we'll as the editor. am 50
absolutely sick aud tired Of politics that
| do not wish to write Of it, and with a
similar malediction to the above, will
speak OF other things.
Richmond, Notwithstanding the rava.
ges made by the fire started during the
evacuation, is a really beautiful city
In fact. the FIRE was adv antageous in
that the burnt district has been filled
up with magnificent structures. nearly
all Of a commercial nature. They were
mostly built BY Northern capitalists on
leased ground Immediately after the
war. After the first spurt bushes.
went down, nearly all failed and had tc
go home, leaving their splendid build.
ings as monument to their energy anc
bad judgment. Those natives who
put up buildings at the same time shared
the same fate. Some who had fortune.
lost them as results Of and during thu
war; the remainder gave way when the
succeeding business bubble burst. g
that really all the fortunes now here
have been made IN the last six or sever
years. and by persons without capital
or even previous business experience a
all to be compared with their Northern
competitors. 1t is simply astounding
In years sgone some person more fan
ciful than truthful called this city thu
"Modern Rome" because of its being
as he alleged. built on seven hills. i
he had only waited until the war com
menced he could have found what hi.
imagination would have called "the cit
adel," and even geese accompaniment.
would not have been wanting. Of
verify Richmond is built on thirteer
hills, and l can assure you that thos;
two hills leading into your village ar,
not patch to some Of them. Beauti
ful churches they have here too, Of al
denominations. Most money seems I,
have been spent in their interior deco
ration. architectually speaking. In tn,
State House square are some splendis
monuments. The equestrian monumen
Of Washington among them is . gigan
tic affair. 1t is typical embodiment o
different eras in the history OF the State
and. by additional figures Of prominen
men Of the past cast in bronze annexed
to the monument, an indicati of he
influence in the Federal Union. maj
give a more heightened description o
it in the future. The statue Of "Stone
WALL Jackson, recently dedicated, il
one Of the most chaste and simple il
its design in the world. One canno