Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-05-24
ST MARY,S BEACON
LEosARprowx Nd. 4
THURSDAY MORNING, NJ, ss.Aslss.

FOREIGN Nrws.-Tbe Turco- Russian
war seems to be driving is slnw
length along" There is one thing 9th
sides are waiting for. the Intervention Of
Europe. Rusria 10 in hopes that there
will be no interference, and Turkey
that there will. That Russia can .,eob-
Bile mp Turkey has never becs ques-
ton with the diplomats Of Europe.
Conflicting interests. however. hsvs up
to this time prevented Alexander from
getting. a. was styled by hi. grandfather
Alexander l., possession Of the key to
his own house." but now the time has
come when the Gear will claim his own.
Constantinople sthe mi.tress oftbe Oar
dauelles. end che want Of Il prevents
Russia from becoming the greatest mar
'hne power on the globe. a. she - a..
ready The geatest inland power. Eng.
Isnd and France. who went to The res
cue Of the Crescent in 1854, are now
warped by contending factions. In
Engiand the ex-premier has put his
powerful influence against war and in
fl or Of neutrality, and he is endorsed
BY til: great Carlyle. England will not be
supported by herpeople as she was in the
CHmean war. France is not in con-
dition to aid any one, while Won Moltke
ismakins his warning speeches to the
German Parliament and the French
people are seeking to impeaeh their
President. This much can be said with
safety, that unless Europe interferes
the banners Of the Cross will float from
The dome Of 81. Sophia before the Sum-
mer is ended, and will supplant the
Crescent which in slaughter aad immo-
raiity was placed there by Mohammed
Ill. in the fifteenth century. We have
sympathy. but for the sake of civilization
We forbear to express il. A yet no
decisive battle has been fought. ,
Sc .f<-AAAA1,s,sz- 4nn,,nA
ESCAPE OF PRisoNsRs.-JamesW Will
kon. Richard Lee and Henry Hayden.
eolored, confined in the county Jail, the
two former undergoing sentence and
the last named lately committed, made
an sttsmpt On Monday morning las, to
escape from the Jail by passing the
ja,lor. Benny Abel, son Of the Sherf
III, while engaged in feeding them. 1t
is believed that this plan of escape had
been thought Of by them for sometime
past, but was not put into effect until
this time. When entering the Jail for
the purpose of giving them their meals,
Mr.. Abel was pushed back or struck
by Wilson, and Immediately all three
filed out of the room and down the stairs.
Mr.. Abel, who was unarmcd, pursued
them down stairs, but not m time to ar.
rest their progress. The prisoners
jumped the fence at the back Of the
Jail and made rapid fight across a field
toward the residence Of Jos. II. Kew.
Esq. When short distance from the
fence, ~. Abel discharged the con-
tents Of a double-barrel gun, which he
found in the passage below stairs, loaded
with mould shot at the retrea ting party.
The shot took effect upon Lee, who al
ter running about three hundred yards,
fell from exhaustion and loss of blood,
and was captured and brought back to,
Town. The other two have not vet
been reeaptured. Al first il was though,
that the wounds inflicted upon Lee were
q serious nature, but from last ac-
he is doing well. and hopes are
Inow entertained Of his recovery. He
IS attended bv Drs. Spalding and Combs.
The County Commissioners have Of
fered reward Of $50 each for their -
rest and deiivnr,. 10 Al, SLa-:H