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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-06-07

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NOTICE..

Wanted 500 Farms n St. Nays County.
A Ii parties having Farms Water Front Es-
"A tites, Mills, &c. will find il to their inter
est TO communicate With the undersigned before
placing their property in other hands for sale
Address cgAs. yAR1iEY, Il. Washington.
Baltic. Co. IA.
June :. lsT.-3m
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-06-07

HousE-SsavANrs.-The Bait. Daily
Meas FecemaneDds the establishment
BY law ola Stase Intelligence Bureau,
where the pedigree, characters. records,
virtues, and qualifications OF house SER
wants shall be registered, and the INTRO
duction Of the German custom Of requir-
ing little book for each servant TO be
kept, which shall contain the certificate
Of his or her last employer as to his or
her worth. cause Of discharge, &c.
We condemn the sloven and careless
way in which Americans employ SER
wants.. We assert and we do not be.
lieve it can be successfully contradic-
ted. that in eight cases out Of tie n,house-
keepers hire the first applicant that res
ponds to an advertisement or finds the
way 10 the house. without demanding
proper references, or without We .ifying
such references as are offered. In
many cases the lady or gentleman oi
the house will ask the applicant if he or
she has references to offer. Th y then
seem to imagine that their whole duty
is done in the premises and never take
the trouble to discover whether those
references are bogus or not. And 9ues-
tionable characters are aware Of this
negligence on the part Of housekeepers
and practice upon it.
La this way the bad stand better
show, because more self-possessed and
plausible, of securing situations than
really good and deserving PERSONS
And thieves are>protiling by this care
lessness, by introducing accompIices
into houses they select for robbery: and
degraded people in whose presence no
pure mother would ordinarily entrust
her child for moment, become the in
mates OF the homes and nurses for the
children of these very mothers simply
because there is no convenient and
proper seive through which the supply
of house-servants must pass to the COM
munity and no headquarters where re-
liable information as to character, an
tecedent and qualifications can be OBJ
tanned. That this is SO, the reports Of
arrest of dishonest domeStics in every
daily paper is convincing testimony
These are the people who, it is to the
interest Of good servants, should be pre-
cluded from the opportunity OF bringing
d,strust and disrepute upon a whole
class.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-06-07

ENGLISH RAprcALIsM.--English lib
era.ism is drifting away from old moor
ings and Is fast nearing the rapids Of
ultra Federalism. Gladstone has placed
himself at the head Of the movement
and is now active in its behalf. The
main features Of the new movement ere
avowed to be universal aud unresfr;@ted
suffrage. disestsbli.hment ofthe church,
abolition Of the right Of primogeni,ure.
and complete reform of the land ten
ure. In other words, their object is to
modify and alter every one of the peeu-
lier institutions which make Great Bril-
tain what she is. What Great Britain
will become when 20 improved and al
tered semains to be tested by expert.
menr.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-06-07

kept in our market We solicit call from the
public and all OF our old customers.
June I, 1877.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-06-07

SPRING And SuMNBR !,
GOODS Of ALL KlNDs!!
AFMl STOCK
LOWER RATES THAN EVER |!
GREENWELL &FEkwlCK.
LEoxARprowS, ND.
WE are Just in receipt at our old place ofbus-'
W ness, Leouasd,ovn, Nd, CT q full e;ock
Of SPRING and SUMNER GOODS which we
are selling at rates adapted TO the times Tor
clsh or TO punciusl customers. Having under
and variety, we are enabled to place our goods at
rates which cannot fail to command quick and
satisfactory sales and 20 mee; the demands Of ev-
cry Household. We mention in part the speci-
alities Of our Stock
A6abt~Aau6 ~ aii ktuu, anu "
much better make and quality than is usually
brought 70 this market;
SHOES and BOOTS, Of baltimore eustom make
and quality, with oil the Eastern varieties of
this Stock;
CLOTHS, cassINEREs, vgsriSGs, and all
articles Of gentiemen's wear;
LADIES' DRESS GOODS. heavy and varied
assortment, embracing all the grades from the
most fashionable articles OF wear TO the plain.
est;
We invite special attention to our stock Of
Millinery Goods,
which We have renewed this Spring and greatly
increased:
DRUGS MEDICINES,
QUEENSwARE GLASSWARE,
STONEW ARE. WOODENWARE,
TlN-WARE, HARDWARE, etc;
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, etc, etc, etc;
STABLE and FANCY GROCERIES, FLOUR,
NEAL, PROVISIONS, etc.
You can always get what Won want II in sea-
son. fnot on hand. we have facilities 70 get il
for YOU at the shortest notice.
Call and examine our goods and prices. We
are determined to please YOU.
CREENWELL + FENWICK.
Leonardtewn, Nd.
June :, 1877.
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NOTICE T,

Mr.. T. {.
as for the ~
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our Fer;ihx
through ouI
Fertilizers i
without our
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SUMMER GOODS
Prices to Suit the Times.
WM. ]. EDELEN. 4 co.

Lave Just returned from Baltimore with the
~ best selected stock of goods ever brought
to this market. Purchasers will find il TO their
interest to call and examine ;hcir stock, they
are offering great inducements in prices and va
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-06-07

The wants OF the entire family can lie supplied
for very small amount. They have opened II
very cheap lot Of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

Paris. November 30 -Viscount d'Har'
court, in the course Of his remarks to
the DELEGATES of trades councils, sug.
gested that they use their influence with
the deputies with a view Of effecting q
reconciliation with the president. He
deprecated the idea of convoking a con-
gress of both houses to solve the crisis.
LONDON, November S0.-Several hun
bred women, suffering in consequence of
the stoppage of the iron werks in the
forest of the Dean district, which be-
longs to the crown, have petitioned the
queen for assistance.
A thousand cotton operatives at Moss
ley have struck and q general strike is
threatened if the proposed reduction Of
wages is enforced. The Bursley weaver
resolved that it we're better to strike than
allow the masters to glut the market by
Of reduced wages. Reductions Of
hours of labor is suggested by some
weavers as a remedy for the present
troubles.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30

inal of Rebecca in " Ivanhoe." This
absurd paragraph is refuted by the
fact that Irving has left on record
that his only love was Matilda Hoff-
man. He never alluded to his dis
appointment except among his
nearest friends, and that only in
his latter days. That he should
open such a theme during a visit at
Abbotsford, which was limited to
four days, were impossible. The
only foreigner to whom he ever
mentioned the secret of his disap-
pointment was Mrs. Foster, with
whose family he was on terms of
close friendship. Irving's first and
only love died in this city in 1909,
and was buried in the Hoffman
vault in Trinity church-yard. The
painful nature of this bereavement
is too we'll known to require further
allusion. The unfortunate lover
was then twenty-seven, and it
wrought a striking change in his
character. He survived his be-
trothed fifty years, but treasured to
the last a lock of her hair and a
miniature likeness, which were
found in his private drawer among
his most valued relics. With re-
gard to the Gratz family, all that
can be correctly said is, they lived
in Philadelphia, and Irving in one
of his letters land one only men
tons the name during a correspond
ence extending over nearly sixty
years. After Irying's death the
entire episode of the Matilda Hoff-
man affair was published, and hence
so palpable a blunder as that above
referred to is utterly objectionable.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30
The WHISKY Telephone.


Detroit Free Frees
A Detroit saloon keeper has suf-
fered much pecuniary loss at the
hands Of deadbeats, and has racked
his brains for a remedy. 1t does
not pay to knock a man down be-
cause he has no money, and harsh
words collect a crowd and give a
place a hard name. The other day
a saloonist got the idea he had been
struggling after. He rugged up a
wire, a mouth-piece and other parts
Of a telephone, and was ready for
the first case. 1t came along yes
terday morning. A we'll dressed
and decent looking man called for
brandy, swallowed it, and softly
said:
"I'll call around and settle as
soon as | can get a check cashed."
"All right-al right" smiled the
salooniSt, and he stepped back to
the mouth-plece and called out:
"Chief of police, are you IMP"
The beat halted to hear what was
going on, and the saloonist con-
tinued:
CAL right. l want to give you
a description of a suspicious looking
cbaracter-just gone out of my sa-
loon. Are you ready"
There was an interval of two or
three seconds, and the saloonist
went on:
"About five feet eight, light hair.
blue eyes, goatee, brown %overcoat.
"Say, you" exclaimed the beat
here's your fifteen cents for that
brandy! l had some change in my
vest pocket"
"0h-ah-yes," smiled the sa.
loonist, and taking the money he
went to the mouth-piece and called
"It's all right made a mistake
man as good as wheatl"
The beat walked out without
word, but as he reached the stree
he growled:
"That was a dead give-away OF
me, and I'd like to punch old Pro-
Bells head about half an hour"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30
WASHINGTON.
Cougressional Proceedings.

WASHINGTON, November 3~O.-SESArE.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal the house joint resolution in re
lation to the French industrial exposi-
ton was taken up and the senate amend
ments agreed to.
A number Of bills we're introduced and
referred 10 appropriate committees, when
consideration was resumed of the Kel-
logg case, and Mr., Salisbury spoke in
favor Of recommitting the subject to the
committee on privileges and elections,
with instructions to take testimony.
The senate committee on commerce
this morning decided to report all three
OF the New York custom.house nominal
tons, with a recommendation that they
be not confirmed. The FIVE Republican
members Of the committee we're present,
but the four Democrats we're absent.
The Democratic senators have au-
thorized Messrs. Thurman, Wallace and
Eaton to make an agreement with the
Republicans in regard to fixing the time
when the final vote shall be taken on
the pending Louisiana case.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30
Marriage Among the AncIenss.

The Romans not only rewarded
those who married, but decreed
penalties against men who remained
IN a state Of celibacy. Fines were
first levied upon unmarried men
about the year of Rome $50; and
when pecuniary forfeitures failed to
insure their obedience to the con-
nubial cdicts, their contumacious
neglect OF the fair sex was punished
by degradation from their tribe.
Celibacy continued, however, to
gain ground in Rome, and to couu-
teract its effects we find that in the
year 513 from the foundation of the
city the censors had recourse to the
extraordinary measure of obliging
all the unmarried men TO pledge
themselves on oath to marry within
a certain time.
In Babylon an auction Of unmar-
ried ladies used to take place an
nually. The virgins of marriageble
ages in every district were assem-
bled on a certain day Of every year.
The most beautiful were first put
up, and the man who bid the larg-
est sum Of money gained possession
of her. The second in personal
appearance followed; and the pur.
chasers gratifed themselves with
handsome wives according to the
depth of their purses. When al.
the beautiful virgins were sold the
crier ordered the most deformed t
stand up; and after no had openly
demanded who would marry hel
with a small sum, she was at length
adjudged to the man who would b.
satisfied with the least; and in thii
manner the money arising from thu
sale OF the h"andsomest womer
served as a portion to those whC
were either of disagreeable looks o
that had other faults or imperfec.
tons.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30
moi ProHan.,,

Lord Pembroke has recently adj.
yocated the substitution of the
Scotch verdict of "Not proven "
for "Not guilty." under certain
conditions, and the London papers
arc now teeming with communica-
tons on the subject. A correspond.
ent Of the Times sums up the OBJ
jections very well. He says that In
cases of irreconcilable disagreement,
it is wiser and fairer to discharge a
jury than to allow them to take
refuge in the middle course of mo
proven" whenever incidence, inca
pacity, a late hour at night, or a
TOO onerous csnse Of responsibility
might incline them to avoid com
hitting themselves to a direct opin-
ion on the prisoners guilt. 1t is
the interest Of juries to agree il
they can, and thus when they fail
10 do 80 there is the strongest guar.
antee hat the guilt Of the prisoner
was really an open question /; but
once allow iuries the discretion OIL
putting this doubt in the words,
Not proven" and in many a trial
for murder the temptation of such
a loop-hole would prove irresistible
and the ends of justice would bt
defeated. 1t would not only tend
to promote the escape of the guilty
but it would tend to prevent thu
full exoneration Of the innocent
Accused persons lying under va
rious degrees Of suspicion would il
practice be Jumped together unde.
the verdict Of 'Not proven" will
theresult of course that many whC
are entitled to an acquittai, ant
who under the present system OBJ
tain it, would be placed under al
the social disabilities thence arising
The principle is well illustrated b,
the recent Tilton-B eecher suit. /
verdict Of "Not proven" would hav
branded the pastor of Plymouth
church for life.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30
PATTERSON AND BUTLER.
The Formers Card TO the Editor of
the National Republican.


DEAR SIR:-In your paper Of this
morning | fad the following:
"BULLDozING A STRENGTHENING
murderer Butler, who is hanging around
the corridors OF the United States senate,
waiting for admission as a senator, and
who seems to think that he has claims
upon Senator Patterson ior HE vote,
yesterday made a sorry exhibition OF
himself in one of the corridors of the
senate chamber. With a gnsh Of pro.
family, too gross and indecent for repeti-
ton, be babe Senator Patterson, with 8
vulgarity such as the slsve-driyer would
use in commanding his slave, to 20 into
the senate chamber and vote with the
Democrats. Senator Patterson did as
he was babe. We have no language with
which to properly characterize such a
transaction"
l have known yon so long, our utter.
course has been so kind aud cordial. that
| know you would not Intentionally do
me injustice. You have been misin.
formed, and | ask you to publish this
statement Of what actually did occur.
ask this as an act Of Justice to General
Butler as well as myself.
Ny son called me out Of the chamber
into the corridor of the senate. 1t was
Just after the motion wal made to strike
out the name of NJ c. Butler and insert
the name of William Pitt Kellogg.
met General Boiler in the corridor, and
be said to me, 81 General Butler) can,
not expect you to vote against the mo
ton, as it will place you in a false
position with your own party" and
be said that be had told Senator Con
over the same, and that be would
advise me to refuse to vote. / wen.
into the chamber aud aseertained th,
exact state Of the question, anC
voted against the motion, contrary t
the advice Of General Butler. l did 81
because | wanted the motion of Senator
Thurman to bring the case OF Genera
Butler before the senate carried, ant
then | was ready TO vote for a separate
motion to bring the case of Mr.. kellogg
before the senate. Had the latter mo
ton been made before the motion 0
Senator Thurman, | would have vote,
FOR it. | am not responsible for tina
neglect. General Buffers language We
on that occasion, as on all others in hi
intercourse with me, courteous aud re
spectful.
When you know the reason tina
prompted me to vote for the admissio
Of General Butler, which | will give 20
in my place in the senate in the discu.
sion of this question, | am confident yot
too, will approve my course. Very r.
specially, JoHN j. PATTERSON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30

that would bring reproach upon the fair
name of our proud commonwealth. Al
the same time our future prosperity de-
mands that our liabilities be so adjusted
that it shall not prove oppressive to our
enterprises and industries, aud in order
that the people may judge and act wisely
it is necessary that they should know
exactly what constitutes our debt, In
October, 1859, our State debt proper
amounted to S .s44,6 1896. In ad-
ditiou to this the State had in
dorsed bonds for our railroads to
build and equip the same, to the amount
of BIB 1000, 600. At the time of the in
dorssment these roads were solvent, and
the State was secured against loss by a
lien on the roads. At the close of the
war the accrued interest on the debt
proper btought it up to about So 600.
The roads had become insolvent and the
bonds issued to them became the debt o,
the State. In order to revive the lien on
the roads and place them in a condition
to relieve the State of the necessity Of
assuming the payment Of their liabiliti"o
the State issued about $4,000 600 more
of bonds. THIS issuance was under
the Brownlow administration, and is
claimed to be without color Of law, as
the legislature issuing them was uncon'
stitutionsl. In lS69-70 the legislature
passed an act %foreclOsing the mortgag
on the roads and allowing those roads
that we're solvent, and the purchasers of
the roads sold, to discharge their iabili-
ties in any series Of the State bonds
outstanding. Those bonds that were
tainted with fraud we're, as a matter of
course, the lowestpricsd in the markets.
These we're bought up and the railroad
liabilities discharged with the same.
Our debt was reduced from $685. 00, 900
to about $2l, 900, 900. By this act
of the legislature nearly all Of the
fraudulent bonds were retired. In
1873 the legislature passed the funding
bill, under which the past due bonds and
coupons and those falling due the next
year we're funded. The bonds thus funded
constitute our debt to-day. There is
about 81, 5000 of the bonds funded
under the act Of 1873 that we're issued
uader the Brownlow regime. This Is the
debt that is proposed to be compromised
by our creditors, some Of whom paid one
and one-half per cent. premiums on their
bonds. A part of this debt was created
by the purchase Of the Hermitage pro
perty, the building of the insane asylum
aud u capitol.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30
indications.

WASHINGTON, November 3O.-For Ten
nessee and the Ohio valley rising or sta
tionary barometer, northerly to westerly
winds, stationary or rising temperature
slowly falling temperature and clear OF
partly cloudy weather, followed in the
southwest and lower Mississippi valley
by falling barometer and winds shifting
to warmer, southerly or easterly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30
RiHrr

C~IXcNyATI, November 3O.-River fall
ing slowly. Cold and cloudy,
CAIRO, November SO.-Arrived-Cons
Aillar, Memphis, l am; Illinois, Vicks-
burg, 9; Cherokee, New Orleans, IL.
Departed-Maude, St. Louis, 8 PM
Golden Crown, New Orleans, 8; Norton,
Ohio river, 8; Cons Millar, Cincinna !
2 am; j.. N. Roberts, south, 5; Illinois
Mound City, 10; Cherokee, Cincinnati
noon. Clear and cold, with the mercury
at 10 at daylight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30
Attachment Notice.

Before W. II. HOogel, Justice Of the Peace
for Shelby county, Tennessee Joe Jones
W. Taylor Murray and wife.
TNTBIsO CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV.
i ing been sued out under section 1856 Of the
code OF Tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property Of the defendant, and afidayit
having been made that the defendant IA
indebted to plaintiff ia the sum of s95.
due by account. and that tho claim i last,
ana mat the defendant is . non resident Of.
State Of Tennessee; II Is therefore ordered
that the said defendant make his PERSONAL
appearance before me on the lith day Of De-,
eembers 1871, at 10 o'clock am, at my office,
Ia the Thrirteenth district Of Shelby county,
Tennessee, and defend aid attachment
suit within the time prescribed by law.
or tho same will be proceeded with OK parte !,
and that q cory Of this order be published once,
Memphis Public Ledger.
This 18Th day Of November, 1877.
W-lF@ w, ". uOEGEL,J L.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30
Fallen Gentlemen.


The courtroom Of Judge Davis, IN
New York, was crowded with a fashion
able throug, on Tuesday, to witness The
sentencing of the old man Case, presi
dent Of the Security Life Insurance
Company, for perjury. 1t will be crowd.
ed again to hear the trial Of DR.. Lam.
bert, president Of the Popular Life In.
surauce Company, for like or worse
%offenses, as soon as the doctors declare
him able to appear and answer, which il
expected next week These cases arc
lard upon that Of Mr.. Gilman. the Gen.
tlemanly forger, and all belong to the
higher circles Of society.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30
Floral Surprise for "a Bride.
Boston Journal

DUbtOn ~UufudIsI
One Of the hsndsomest pieces Of floral
work wei done in New York was com.
pleted last week to surprise a bride on
her return from her wedding tour. la
her house was placed a bed Of flowers,
the groundwork being composed of ma.
con carnations to represent mahogany,
and at each post top was a Gala lily and
q ring Of yellow rosebuds, to initiate the
brass rings once so fashionable. The
counterpart was an elaborate imitation
Of a patchwork quilt in all kinds Of flow.
ere, the sheets aud pillows we're Of white
carnations, and a canopy Of smilax GOV,
cred the whole. The cost was over $1,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30

A young lady Of York lost her watch,
a few days ago, in q cemetery near her
home. On Monday a tramp brought the
missing watch to its owner, and received
the reward his honesty entitled him to.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-30
Fire.

WASHINGTON, November 30. Early
this morning the hotel, grand stand and
forty FIVE stables on the Washington
driving park, Benning Station, owned by
f. P. Hill, was burned. LOSS, S25, 900;
partly insured.