St. Mary's beacon., 1861-09-12

Thu. the matter rests: bot il il expectet
Il ut \ match will ne made between tn,
two aeaters to come of before the win.e,
se.s ia.
Eros. az Mss Fork Tribune. Sept. 7.
Tn. ApyAscser rHv CONFERENCE.-THE
To, ma oroot Staso of New York arouse,
| The vho!s South r. moving its available
m;l;ia.y power % she line Of thr Potomac
From. New Orlcans. from Mobile. from
P.nsscola. from Savannah. and froa,
Cbarlesto.,, from, Missouri even. and from
Tennessee, masses Of u,en. raised BY tho
despotic influences 50 agreeable to the Dol.
icy Of the Ol;garchy, are tran,ping their
way northwnrd The Presidents recent
proclamation to the free States for more
troops has been heard and obeycd by tho
slave States Upon high Governmental
authority we warn tho frcemen of the
North Of the hassy aud general co,,orn,ra.
tion Of the military power ~ the South
u,s,s. the line 1T Patemse. and itssslls npon
the men who have the spirit to fight for
free .nil. free speech. end free nncn. "a
flock to the army and to march to Wash.
ingtOn.
From The n. y W"rid. Sept Tn.
TuE HarrERAs VICTORY AND TUE PRxss
The sharp criticisms on General But
Ter and Commodore Stringham in Ina
newspapers, FIR not completing their work
on the North Carolina coast. and ca,,ur.
ing Beaufort aud the other inlcts. is ha,.
ing It's effect here. Successful as it an.
pearcd at first sight. there arc those VIII,
do not scrupie to declare that the wlois
was IA bluuder, and showed an entire wan,
of purpose, when it might have beeu male
the most telling blow Of the war. Had
the Carolina aud Georgia Coast been at.
tackled two months ago, there would never
have been a concentration of Confederate
troops in Virginia, We would not have lost
the battle of Manassas. and the Car,,l
to-day would not be bcl.agucrel by the
Confederate armies. We will probably
learn how TO do things property by .ad
by.
Ex-PRnslnENT PIERCE CALLED on FOR
SPEECH. Fix President Pierce was 4,
Lafayette, Indiana. Thursday night of
last week. lie was waited upon by SOME
ctiz,ms nf the place aud scrrnndcl IIe
made f.w remarks. a portion OF which
are reported as follows:
IL left New Fnylnnl to observe for nv.
self the attractions and advantages Of
portion of the Great West. in tn, ms,
quiet manner possible, and with an rrcvo.
cable purpose not to make speech during
nv absence. give you my sympathy
in this hour Ut our country's severe Trial.
| give you my sympathy i'll your love for
the glorious Uniun which our fathers
delivered to rs aud IN your reverence for,
and fidelity to, all the provisions Of the
constitution upon which that Union h,s
reposca."
MAJOR SYEsrKR's VIsIr TO R1cnMosr
The statement in our issue Of the o2l ut,
that Major A. X. Sycster had gone TO
Richmond. Va, in order to procure the
release Of 7. A. Eys,cr. Esq. Of Cham
hersburg, Pa. and that the fricuds Of
Mr.. Eystcr had advanced him $500.
Auu tndt nc 10 w tCCCItC do tcC VI 9c,oNU
in case he should succeed. turns ont to
be untrue Major Syester has gone to
Richmond and will. il possible, procure
the release of bis friend. Mr.. Eystcr,
but he has not gone under Contract
as above stated We hope he may ac-
compliSh his purpose.-BoU"sboro (H)
OIL Feiiom
FEDERAL Loss AT THE BATTLE or SpEIA1-
FIELD. The official report of the battle
near Springfield, Missouri. shows an az
grcgate of l,235 casualties among the
Federal forces. as follows: Killed, 22:.3;
wounded. 72l missing. 291.
Nearly all the missing were captured
by the Comfcdcratcs. bat they bave been
released, with the exception OF the officers.
and have arrived in camp or are under
way. Some say they had to take the oath,
aud others say they had not.
AGE OF TINE WORLD The deepest de-
post of guano known is 20 feet. Accord
ing to Humboldt. deposit of three oc'''
turtles woul,i not exceed one-lhird OF an
inch in thickness. by an easy n'atbe-
NAUTICAL calculation. it will be seen that u
this rate it would take almost countless
centuries to form the deepest guano bed.
Such calculation carries us back I"
former geological period, and proves that
in past ages a greater number OF o'''s
existed.
Capt. Burroughs, Of the schooner Ne
mittance, who was seized near Port To-
bacco by .Coa,us,,.ler Craven aud taken 10
Washington. is still IN Jail with his broth
er and two others who were on board.
The passengers have been discharged.
Capt b. will probably be discharged TO
morrow, the charge against him Of Icing
concerned in the burning Of the ight-bos!s
being without foundstion. The seizure IS
believed to have been made on the iniot-
nation of a negro.
CoMPkOMIsE AFTER ALL.--The Dayton
VDhio) Empire. in recent issue. says:
We desire to remind the people-eSPe-
oialiy those 80 much opposed to = pescea-
bic scttlcmeut-that NO matter whether
this war continue Que. two, h-c Or !se