St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-11-14

an early forward movement 4 rumor
that the Army If IN ePotonac will 60 init
! winter quarters without risking pitched
battle. srems TO prevail. to some extent.
| at the North. and. il Is stated. that the
late visit of.Mr Seward to New York was
made ~ ..fcelcr." and Z, prcp,rc the
Northern mind f"r the probable adoption Of
snch line of policy.
There IL no further intelligence from
the fight in Western Virginia. other thar
rumors that the Fed rails; were preparing
to bag" Floyfs command by crossing
the Gauly river .ni thanking his position
; The Federal reports express great conf
dence in the ability of i:oscncrans 10 main
tsin successful defence but GO no furth-
or. and, We are satisfed from this, that
the Fedcrals haze gained nc deciisire od-
fa~tase in the late fight.
. There is 40 news, OF interest, from For
tress Monroe or Kentucky.
! Federal reports show a late and very
considerable fight at Belmont, Missouri,
near the Kentucky border. Tn the frs,
Of the fight. according to their own version
| Of the affair. they routed the rebels and
drove then, across the river with great
loss. Subsequently, however, they state
that the Confcdera'cs were largely rein
forced fr"u, the X tnfucky side ana com
I-llrd thvm to withdraw with loss
VI fvm 500 10 800 kill, and 4 pro
portinnatc numb. in wounded and prison.
crs. They claim TO have destroyed the
Confederate camp and baggage. aud 81
have taken 100 prisoners in abe early part
Of the engagement, but acknowlcdg &c that
the affair ended disu>truutl. To Ia, Federal
cause
Reports from the great Naval expo.ii
, ton IT. multitudinous and exciting. IN
: Washington city, ii is stated, reports have,
been received, through flags of truce from.
Norfolk. and "contrs6an.ls" and "descr-
tcrs," thu, the expedition, taus far, has
been entirely successful, aud that Port
! Royal and Beaufort. :. C.. have been
captured 1t is claimed that the forces
have all been landed. aud marched many
miles into the interior of the State. have
torn up the railroad between Charleston
and Savannah und are now marching, a'
double quick, against the former and
do"lncd city. The "rcbels' are reported
to have been driven FROM the fonts with
terrible slaughter. two Of which We're car
rir.l hy assault BY the veri:abtc bray.
boys that picked up the masked bate
ri,:s in the early part Of the affair ut Bull
Run The Baltimore .N.gs ;.ehtt, how
ever, thinks that ;hcse reports should be
rec.i, ed with some grains Of allegiance
1t states, that "hsyoui the mixed fact THAT
the fiotliia had made Fort Royal harbor
and engaged the batteries Of inc Coufcdc-
rates, nothing is absolutely known Il
furthe, shows the utter impossitil,y of
reports having reached the Government
through the sources it is ciaimed they
have been received, and concludes by
stating ti'ut no tidinss have, as yet, reach
cd Baltimore from any source thu, is ell
,itlea to credit"
1t is stated that the Rev. r II. Il
Mitchell, u native Of Charles aud for
many years resident of this county. was
arrested at Elkton, Cecil County, BY
Federal authority, few days ago, and
was. at last accounts, held rs politi-
cal prisoner at Cambridge.