Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-06-14

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Be issued 10 it and the state win nOl
lose anything.
Individual bona fde subscribers will
be respected also, though beside DR..
Bronze, Of 81. Mary's, few others have
paid up anything actually. DR.. Bronze
has paid up fully has subscription.
Among the claimants are some who
canvassed for subscriptions under the
old management, and who got grea!
many names for the total amount re-
quired BY law. but little or no money
was paid up. One Of these :eanvassers
was paid 2 per cent. and received $10,.
900 in stock and a like amount in bonds
and now sues for money because the
bonds are worthless. Indeed the histo-
~ Of the road in the past is replete with
humbuggery. trickery, irregularities and
al other modern devices as thick as bar.
nacles on q wreck, and it will be some
time before the end is reached. Bot
the Philadelphia people express every
confidence in the ultimate and not very
distant consummation OF the object in
view.
THE NEW PROGRAMME.
By its connection with the Baltimore
and Potomac railroad II is expected the
Southern Marylsnd road will give
First, the shortest route from New York
by steamers to Norfolk; second, il will
be an aid to Point Lookout as . water
ing place; third, il win be IN oyster and
produce route in the winter when the
rivers are frozen; fourth. It will furnish
. mid-Atlantic coast coaling station fol
government steamers and q shipping
point ut st. Mary's City.
TIE length Of the Southern Marylsad
railroad line is about ffty-four milss
The nearest point Of the line to Leon.
ardtown 10 six miles. In Charles coun.
ty Hughesvills will be . station, and in
ST. Mary's, Charlotte Hall, through the
midst Of which the. road passes, Me.
gainesville, St. Mary City, Poini
Lookout and . number Of stores at dic
ferent points. "St. Mary's City" Is The
beautiful estate Of Dr.. John M. Bronze
On St. Mary's river. Adjoining Il j.
St. Mary's Institute for Young Ladies
a college under the patronage Of Mary.
land. This locality is historic - neal
the site Of the original foundation of the
Catholic pilgrims under Leonard Cal
vert. Chancellox's Point in 1884 va.
the locality where the Maryland colo
nists first landed, and walking mile OF
more on the bank they came 70 a region
the beaoty and fitness Of which SATISFIED
them tAol here was q proper site for the
future town which they intended to bult
on ablufrising from the banks Of ST. Ma
ry'sriver. An Indian village was already
on the site. On the highest point o
the bluff q large mulberry tree spreat
its ample shade, the decaying trunk o
which still lies on the ground near {
Protestant Episcopal Church which
stands in front Of the college. Undel
this tree Leonard Calvert made treaty
with the Yaocomieo Indians, and pur
chased for cloths, trinkets, &c., the site
Of the town, the accommodating sava
ges agreeing toremove elsewhere. Or
the 27th Of March, 1884, Calvert tool
possession and named the first yillag,
Of Maryland St. Mary's.
LovELY SPOT. \,
The situation Is one Of the most beau
tiful in the world. st. Mary's rive
looks like q succession Of broad IN,
beautiful bays. with water as bright a
the bay Of Naples. The banks are nj
high and bluf; the land is rich and un
der the highest cultivation, stretchin,
out in q broad plateau. No vestiges o
the original settlement remain, excep
some crumbling brick foundations bu
ried under thick clover. The site O
the governors house" is plowed over
some dead were inferred in the church
yard near the mulberry tree, but th,
graves are not distinguishable. EveI
the graves Of more recent years. excep
where marked with stones, are not d
be discovered, except in digging fo
present iaternenis. A spring which
will never fail 10 yet called ''the gov
ernor's spring." which WAS near Ii,
first house Of Leoaard CalverE Tn.
green bluffs, bright blue water, whit,
sandy points. and the thin lines Of whit
shore combine 70 make With blue sk,
overhead and exteaded view q mos
charmssg and delightful locality.
Dr.. Bsome's Plaststioa is sssuredly
one ef The most 6santifal spols q earth
The dwelling is o The sEass crowned
bluG from which Wesd's lslasa can b,
seen. With the .nouth Of Tie Poooma,
md ths ses bsysal. Tie sir i sal
aad inviessstinG. O the land I'D,
be he's . msgnifceat Platssp stretehin,
% lie bass e Q siage e ILLS, and cle
Yer waist hieA. aa1 ~ H9Asse ealtiva
sioa N - fSl1s sn1ansias.
ch{ n sso8T az TnB. sRA.a
/ TIE river is The neares haEAw - q
-, asd q .St. Mary's City" = I'D