St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-01-31

SsrzrRx OF Fosrs. ,sc.--We copy from
The .N.,tss of YESTERDAY. the 'ubloin"d
chronology If the progress Of the war
against the Federal Government. rs iliu:-
naNd in the capture or attack upon its d.
f,nces:'
december Effort Moul;ris and Cas-
H.. piahucv. at Charleston. seized.
December ~ The revenue cutter
William Aiken surrendered by her corr
n.ander. and taken possession Of " South
Carolina.
December 2a-The L s. Arsenal Il.
Charleston srixsi.
January 2-Forss Pulaski aud Jackson
ami the United States arsenal at Savan-
nah sri.od By Georgia troops
January For, Macon and the United
$ a'es sr.eral a, FAYETTEVILLE seized hy
North Carolina.
january For, Morgan aud the
tui,cd States arsenal at Mobile scis-d BY
Alsbsn,a.
Jsnu,ry s-For.s Johnson and Cas-
well. a, Sni,nvill-. seized hy North
Carolina. Since restored. VIC believe, hyy
order Of Governor Ellis.
January 9-The Star Of the West.
bearing rciufnr"em~nts for MAJOR Ander-
son, fired a, in Charleston h.raor.
January l2-Fvrs Mckee, n, Pensacola.
seized by Florida.
January 1O-Thc steamer Marion.
seized by South Carolina, restored on thu
18th.
January 1.-THE United States arsenal
at Ba,on Rouge and Ports Pike. 81.
Philip. and Jackson seized hy Loui,ians.
January il-F"rt Bsrancss anil the
Navy Yard at Pensacola sciErd by Florids.
These fnrts cost $5.?47 900. arc
pierced for l.o9a gnns. and are adsrtvi
for IA war garrison Of 5.43o men.
l. MIRACLE --The mention Of almsgiv
ing recalls = somewhat luuic1cus story q!
. modern dat, where most inOpportu:o
miracle was wrought The Will Eaown
f'rcnc!, Ni=s;-u,ry Father Bridsin". WAS
always I.oor. for the .:'.!l!H reason that nc
g:vv awsy everything lac had brc
evening lie aske'! f'r nights /" iging At
the e:rs,e eff u village through which h:
passed. and ,he worthy man Ia, ing sn'y
one bed. shared It with al.m.
A, riaybreak Father HriIainc arose &C.
cording to custom aud went 70 say his
prayers at the ncghborus church r.
,urning from this sacred duty, he ,aet
tcggar, VIII, asked an aim. Alas
nv friend, have nothing" said the grod
priest. mechanically putting his l.,nI in
his brooches pocket where, to hFs aston
ishment. he fonnl something hard wrap
ped up in paper. which he knew he had
not Lett there lie hastily opened the
paper, and seeing four crowns in it.
cried on, that it was miracle He gave
the money to the leggar. AMI nas,ened
into the church to return thanks 10 God
The curatc soon after arrived tn re. and
Father Bridiine related the miracle with
The greatest uncticn; the curate turned
pale, put his hand in his pocket, and.
in an instant. perceived thu, Father Bri-
dame, III getting up in the dark. had
taken the wrong pair Of brecchGs, ALI, he had
perfor,ned miracle with III" cnratr' !
cr"wls u 4id'F. r.M NutG"t''"s, u.d
7aid IF Strange TIjnw.
Coop NEW. We have il in our power
to state definitely. that the lcading msn,-
Lsrs Of the Republican party If Congre<.
are e4erting themselves to have N,rginia' 3
proposition for conference Of large
number Of States. including all the border
States. non -slavcholling as well NJ slave
holding. TO come Of here on the 4th If
Fcbrsary proxim". promptly responded
t, tav'rably BY the North. We now feel
certain tina; New York, New Jer ev. Penn
sylvan;a Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa
viii be duly represented in 'h. c''nf.rcncs
zach hy Eve Commissioners. Up to las,
evening We were merely sLlc to hope that
sucl. would be the result Of Virginia = action
for the restoration Of peace and harmony
Since last evening we have ascsr;ained
that the Congressional delegations fro'n
all those States are exerting themselves to
secure the prompt appointment OF the pro-
posed Comiu ssioncrs from their several
States. - Washington Star. Jan. -.
Connecticut and South Carolina.
South Carolina imprisoned free North
ern mcn visiting her ports. before our per-