St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-07-11
To Correspondents.
..The Charms Of SInsic." poetic c''n-
tribusion BY MAUD. has been received.
aud will be published in OUR next issue.


The 1eWa
In obedience to the proclamation OF
President Lincoln Congress convened ut
Washington ON the lth instant The
House has been organized BY the election
Of Grow Of Pa. Speaker and Ethcridgr Of
Tennessee, Clerk. Great unaLi..,i,y pre-
walls in tn. House and in the Senate the
supporters of the Lincoln policy greatly
pr,pondcrate. The first and leading OBJ
jeets Of Congress viii be the endorsement
orlegalization If the acts Of Lincoln and
the voting OF men and means to carry On
the var. Bill Of this character have al
ready been introduced ard th,re is D"
douL4 of their passage By immense MAORI
tics. Private sdvices from Washington
state chat ahe advocates Of the war enter-
tain high hopes Of the success Of the Coz
eminent, aud are satisfied that. any amount
Of men aud money can he raised for the
suppression Of the rebellion" There has
a. yet. been no peace measure proposed.
and doubt exists, as TO whether the few
remaining opponents Of coercion. will be
permitted to submit their views to Con-
gress.
From a statement in the Baltimore Sun OF
Tuesday last, we learn. that Col. Richard
Thomas formerly Of this county. has been
arrested by the Federal authorities and is
now a prisoner at Fort McHenry. AT
the time Of his arrest he was q passenger
on board Of the Steamer Mary Washington
and bound for Baltimore The object for
his seizure aud detention has not been
made public, though. we presume, like
Merryman and Kane. he ia reported to
have either burnt bridge or FURNISHED
contrabaud of war to the enemy" Col.
F"r,.s, from this cnunty. and Mr..
Tnngue. from Calvert. were likewise ar
rested. but upon examination were re-
leased. The latter gentleman, it is stated.
had upon his person. at the time OF his ar
rest, a commission from the Lincoln Gov
eminent. We congratulate him upon his
ability to give such satisfactory evidenc,
Of his loyalty.
We learn that the Patuxent river was Wis
tied on Tuesday last. by two Government
Steamers. with quite number Of troops
Oh board. The larger steamer stopped
near che mouth Of the river, whilst the
smaller steamed up US high as Cuckolfs
creek. Our informant states. that he was
told that the object Of the visit was to ar
rest Capt. Alexander Of Va. who was
repurted to be ON this side Of the Potomac.
Whether the mission was successful or not,
We have not been informed.
There is nothing new from the scat Of
war Of reliable or important character.
Reports from the skirni>h at Hainesville
are very conflicting, both sides claiming
the advantage The loss in killed and
wounded is now ascertained to have been
quite snall on both sides, and probably
not more than 40 or Is livea were lost in
the engag' .mcat. The Confederates claim
to have taken quite number Of prisoners.
since the Patterson inva.i'n. II is also
rusuorci that the natives of Western
Virginia fired on Gov Wisc's body guard
on Friday last. The guard numbered
about SO u,cn and the report states that
40 aea we're killed and Gov Wise NOR
tally wounded. The report has not been
confirmed aud is no doubt false. There
has also been skirmish in the neighbor-
hood Of Fortress Munroe. in which the
Federals are reported to have lost 6. and
the Confederates men. A gentleman
who left Washington on Tueeday states.
that It Was ru,nored there. that Gen.
Patterson's division was in full retreat. |
The reason assigned for this netrograde
movement Was. that Johnston had been
largely reinforced and was marching to give
him battle. Late intelligence from Mis-
souri, states, that Gov. jackson has con-
veued the Legislature aud that seces-
sion ordinance viii be passed BY that
body. Ben Mccullough has issued a !
proclamation to the citizens Of Arkansas,
calling upon them to rally to the assis-
lance Of Missouri. Tennessee, it is re-
ported. will likewise aid her, in the