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St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-09-12

THE PosIr,ON or ENoLAND.-The cor
respondent Of the New York Tribune
writes frcm Washington on Tuesday as
follows:
Mr.. Adams. minister at St. Jane
writes that in the British mind the indie
pcndence Of the rebels is fully admitted as
a military and political necessity; that
their acknowledgment by England is but
a question of time and prudent courtesy.
That while Britain is impatient to get
cotton from the South in exchange for
manufactured goods, she is anxious not 10
lose Northern markets. and is unwilling to
part with her hope Of breaking down the
Morrill, tariff by the same means with
which she chained the North by the Wal
kcr tariff and that two Or three more sue
ccsses like that Of Bull Run would entitlc
the slavcocracy to iin,neuiate recognition.
The Tribune, in an editorial comment
Oh the above, remarks:
Advices FROM our Minister in London
Indicate certain if not speedy rccogni-
tion of the "Couiedcra,e States" as an in-
dependent power BY the British govern
ment. But there is in this nothing t" sur
prise or discourage. The tendencies 0
the British government have not been a
secret. The succcss or failure of the jeff
Davis rebellion depends on its power at
home. not on the favor with which it may
be regarded abr"ad. \ recognition BY
Great Britain would doubtless give it u
certain degree of moral support. but would
neither feed nor clothe it's armies. Wait
a little, and We may have news to send
abroad that will neutralize she influences
Of that on which ,h. b. iiish Ministry is
now disposed TO act. We expect no favor
from Europe, aud have sought n,ne.
St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-09-12

WHERE ARE TUE WIDE AwAkEs The
Boston Altrrfis~r IL amxinus 10 know what
has become Of the 50. 900 torch hearers of
November. The SyracusefCN. ~ C6.-
rier answers the question: >.. :
We can tell the Adrerisey where the.
fifty thousand Wide Awake. Of last fall
may be found. They are filing Post
Offices, Custom Houses and other peace
positions, or are begging appointments st
the hands Of the Administration, or ar.
making themselves rich out of swindli,.y
contracts. or are acting as legalized pick
pockets under the naI0e Of ''sutler." and
some few Of them probably are still wear
ing the ePaulettes they were 70 eovetouS
to secure. so prompt to disgrice, and so
n ady. ON the first practical experience Of
danger. to resign. Some of them may
be found clustering about ..treasou." ,in-
salting pcacrable Democrats when they
can do 70 without impuuity. and counsel
ling mobs. in the rear Of which they
would be the 6rst " conceal thea. Sci yes.
out Vi the reach Of danger.
St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-09-12
Fron, tie ". Y. W5yld.

A DRAFT PRop0sEp..-It is useless tor
disguise the fact. thatsthcre is a stro ig
pressure upon the President aud Cabinet
BY men high in military station to resort
immediately to drafting. to GIL the rauks
OF our ARMY to the number required to
curry on the war successfully. At the
present rate Of recruiting to our regular
army. the new regiments will not be filled
up before January. thus keeping out of
active service our best regular officers at
time when their services are most reuuir.
ed. The $1,000 increase of the regular
army ought to be in tho field before the
LIST of October: but how to get the men
without draft is the question. II is
feared by many persons here that the stop
page of all news respecting the condition
OF the army is luIling the North 20 fatal
security, aud that We are credited with
twice the number of troops on the line of
the Potomac than VIC really have in camp.
II such is the case, let it be known that
while We have plenty of men to guard
Washington. we want 10000 more
troops, to make an effective forward move
ment. With the complications likely to
arise in Kentucky within the coming
month. aud with what additional aid
General Fremont will require, 20O, eco
more eau find enough to 10.
St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-09-12
The Conscriptlon Advocated.

This mornings Ledger contains an Iedi-
torial ON the urg, ut necessities Of the Re.
public. from which We extract rs follows.
1t will be seen that the Ledger advocates
m immediate resort to the conscriptioE
Public opinion is now fast settling TO
the conviction that the measures thus fsr
relied upon for procuring troops are too
t.Esiy aud inefficient for the magnitude of
the present crisis it IL to be hoped shat
the Government will respond at once TO
this popular demand. a. il has to the ORE
vious oees. That the armies Of the Re.
public should be composed exclusively of
volunteers would be very desirable, ss .
great moral exan,ple. and in any ordirary
struggle. our experience thus iar shsws
~ that the voluntary system can be s.f.-
lyrelied on. To meet the pressing necessities
Of tho rebellion, however, the uuubers
St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-09-12

What man, what Constitution, what
Law, what divinity has conferred upon Mr..
Lincoln o. his administration the right 10
>li,eit The reading a. she people. to pre-
scribe their ,pedis Of political inSbrmstion :
Where is the charter Of his executive pow
er. warranting that be shall practically
forbid one thousand or twenty thousand
subscribers in these loyal States from read
ing the New York Ne~s, the Day Book
the Journal of Commerce, the Euqie or the
Feeenmns .journals The freedom of the
press includes three things: freedom to
write, Freedom to print. freedom to use
any or all the channels Of circulation.
And yet the administration SO narrows the
circulation Of the True .imerirum that it is
compelled to suspend its publication. 1t
SEXES the press and material of the Chris
tan OCserrer, published at Philadelphia,
aud suSpcuds wholly the publication OF
that paper. 1t seizes tho Jcfrrsonian in
Wcstchester county, Pennsylvania, and
suppresses its publication. While i. does
ali these without justification, it 6uds in
the prcscntment Of a raLid and fanatical
partisan grand jury in New York possibly
packed for that purpuse-without trial,
without even an Indictment. and without
law to warrant it-an excuse for denying
to half dozen papers in New York their
equal rigtt to mail transmission and
wrests from their thousand subscribers
their equal rights to mail facilities. 1t
thus indirectly assumes to prescribe u
every citizen what sentiments be shall read
what reasonings he shall see, what opion-
ions he shall alone form or hold. so far
at least as reading tends to the f rma,iou
Of opinion. Thus this Cabinet
assumes not merely to tyranuiz,
over the press but over the opinions OF
every citizen in the United States. Thi.
administration directs its march of aggres-
sion against Democratic Journals and
against the Religious Journals which il
obedience to the commands Of their Di.
vine Master, preach peace and good will
among men, But establish this preceden,
now, and the next usurper may pass by
the Methodist Olsrr,er, or the Catholic
F'eeman's Joarma and suppress the Bap-
tist or the Unitarian, the Episcopal OF
the Presbyterian press. Now it assails
Democratic Journals, few years or
months hence like usurpation may Will,
equal right directly annihilate the Repub.
lican.
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St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-09-12

il D. - - - sesMt eye9s A1n0ys
] EF6m tume vnlcanic mountain,
Would shy heart shed no plying gleam
From sympathy's : pure fountain?
For the. deep love 8 consuming FIRE,
Which fondly burns for thee;
Winch knows no ease from pain most dire
Whilst thou ala. ! art free!
The winds tha, weave their anthems dim,
The flowers where e'er rove;
The moonbeams from their shining rim
Bear witness how I love;
For not gentle zephyr fans
My brow hut that tits laden
With thoughts Of thee tha, come in baads
From memory's cell, u maiden!
And flowers that in the sunlight smile.
And m"onbeams falling round,
But IN my heart for thee the while
Wake rs deep love profound.
oh ere close my eyes, Lady,
Upon my couch q, night,
] often think I am, Lady,
From love and light and life
Shut out, by thy chill ruthless power,
As IN the grave ] IN sleeping.
Whlie on thy brow no gloom shall lower
To t"r" thy joy to weeping
For him, whose greatest fault in life
Was loving thee too well,
Mays, thou ne'er know that painful rife
Caused by loves magic spell.
Sometimes vaguely dream. Lady,
My hopes will not prove vain,
And then again methinks, Lady,
That some more favored swain
faath won thy heart. with all its love,
OF youthful warm emotion,
While am left alone to rive
In my misplaced devotion.
Then, Lady NINE, o +! bld depart
Those gloomy doubts from me
And give me al! thy trusting heart
Who u, o. and loves for thee.
St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-09-12

0osesmsnezas and, Win al u euerRy
Of conspirators whose heads we're at stake.
they have done all that desperate and
INSCRIPTIONS men could do. The im-
pressment ut New Orleans; the iniauit-
Gus action If vigilance committees eve
rywhere; and the levy. en- ma.se. in
Virginia, show how they have succeed
I'd in making up their deficiencies and
thus. at the critical moment, We find
ourselves the weaker. despite our i'm
menscly greater resources in everything
which constitutes military strength.
This must be remediei at once. and
to do so requires other means than those
heretofore relied on. A few days since
our New York correspondent mentioned
that Of q. 600 men called for by Gov
ernor Morgan Eve weeks since only
1900 have been supplied. No one
knows how many have gone forward
from Pennsylvania, but this number is
evidently far below what the keystone
State should send to defend the Capital of
the nation. Ohio ought not to have
allowed the gallant Rosencranz to run
tho risk of being overpowered in Wes-
tern Virginia; nor should Indiana and
Illinois have permitted Missouri to be
overrun with the hordes Of Indians.
half-brceds, and border ruffians who have
aockel to plunder under the banner of
McCulloch. With this pressing need Of
men everywhere, We have a new theatre
of war opening in Kentucky, whose 10y
al citizens will soon appeal to US for
help against their own traitors and the
gathering bands from Tennessee. Ac-
ton, immediate action, is necessary, for
the republic. and the tardy process Of rl-
nntlry enlistment naua be abanl,mcR. Tile
ha!f million Of meM roted by Congress must
be ritsett at Ossce. and To dU this the prr~exs
J dnJtiag should lie rcsorted to w:thou a
siay's deiag.- In sayias this w~-tusssiY
voice to the popular demand which we
hear Oh all sides. Indeed, 80 thoroughly
are the people persuaded that druti Is
necrssary. ttut the conriction ef its in.n,i-
nence intsrteres seriously rih the progress
et recruiting. many 'eho are riUing to serw
caiting in order to secure the sum ~htch
they expect to be altered for s.b,tt tes
We hope, therefo-s. 1" see. IN a fe.c days
F""tp"Ty "1"SHioH IoT fO,UUU or
1000 men from Pennsylvania. $4,000
or 10000 from New York, and of pro-
portionate numbers from other States
Not only is this indispensable for the
successful prosecution Of the campaign,
but on other accounts its influence would
be most salutary. The rebels would
see the spirit and determination Of the
Administration foreign powers would
learn the strength of our Government,
and that it did not hesitate to make full
use of the resources at its command
and the prospect Of 50 energetic a pros
ecu,ion Of the war, promising success
full termination, wonld encourage OAR
citizens to contribute to the National
loan. and thus enable the banks to take
the second aud third instalments. On
every account, therefore. let our SER
wants respond to the wishes of the peo-
pie. and raise at once whatever number
Of mem may be required to drive the
enemy back along the whole line, and
carry the war to the homes of those
who have SO iniquitously provoked it.
St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-09-12
From. the Louisville Courier.

"WrLL PArp. WELL SERVED. ."-Gcu.
Rosccrans. now ut Clarksburg. Va, re-
Gently wanted 100 tons Of hay for his
army. A Southern Union man in the
ncighborhood proposed tn furnish the hay, :,
delivered at camp at 50 SO per ton. But
the contract was given tn an Ohio Aboli-
tionist at $50 per ton, delivered at rail-
road station some miles distant from the
camp where needed. Thus s. 900 are
paid to Northern Abolitionist for what
$3.50 would have purchased from South
ern Union man. A difference $1,000 in
a small contr,ct in favor of Northern Ab.
olitionism against Southern Unionism.
That's the way the money goes" which
the people Of Kentucky must raise by
grinding taxation. Many Northern pa
peTs h.,ldly assert that this war is prose-
cuted BY the war party as financial spec
ula,ion on the part of the Northern war
,nen. This looks very much like it.
E A New York paper thinks the
Hatseras prisoners ought to be exchanged
immediately for those at Richmond, man
for man. rank for rauk As the rebels
have no officer of ours ranking 50 high as
4 Commodore, we will have TO keep Bar
ron and as we have caught no member
Of Congress to give iu exchange for Ely.
it thinks We must let him remain where
ne is. The gallant men Of the Sixty -uinth
aud Of the other rsgi,ncuts. prisoners at
Richmond. are certainly better soldiers
than those captured at Hatseras. whose
lighting did not reflect much credit upon
the Southern Gag Give us our own again.
They are Of more value to us than the
Svuthruns - Boston Pox.
, 1861-12-21
cir Trihtt1rt.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1861.
P0T.TERsS REP0FT.

T.. .h~onob h,1f ao,sn ;ndananaaa.
-e;,roo. 1.ods re n he1;ave +h,+ ~ ,>,,h,;
cation of the Renort Of Hon LE potter
of WISCONSIN. Chairman Of tho 14orea
Committee annointed tn ;non;ra into the
tovaltv Of the emn1orecs of tbo covero.
ment in the Department at wash;noton
will mise an outcrv IN the North which
nothing Int the on;ck ;nstitnt;on of a
thoroueh reform can silence IF arr
mt r,;staten u w;n eta+a fart. tha+ Mn
cha1lenee tba amo1s,nsnt ftha country a.
ser;orsfv do thav ,,et7oct r,non tho care,eca.
mega or ao,,etb;no worse of t7,ose vbo,o The
neonle have entrusted with nower The
, 1861-12-21
Reports from 1Iount Sterling and
Eastern Kentucky Exaggerated.

EMt. Sterling Cor. {lSth,} Louisville JournalJ
The news Of the advance Of the enemy, from
Virginin, on this section Of tho State. il moth
ing but one tissue Of Misrepresentation and
eSaggeration. VIC were grossly deceived here
as to the number Of tho enemy. The facts Of
the case arc these: There are only several
hundred Of them, and no fears need be enter
tanned OF their doing much harm in this lmme
diate section. They are in West Liberty, un-
der a coWardly bully named Jack May, and
would most GLADLY compromise to remain there,
# We would let them. They are part Of
Col W1liams's men, and not regulars Of the
rebel army. They have produced q perfect
terror in the mountains, and the panic-strick-
en- Union men have fed in every direction
They are not to blame for this, as they had
neighhors that Gen Humphrey Marshall was
also advancing with his brigade via Whites
burg. Most Of the secesaionists of this and
the neighbozing counties firmly believed this,
and many had actually prepared to cook and
prepare for them In anticipation Of their carly
arrival Then the Louisville Nashville Gov
a-ier's article concerning this movement gave
p1ausibility to all this. But now it Ia settled,
If he Is advancing, he is not in immediate
reach Of this place, and that there is really no
| hope Fezy much this information will reach
Gen Buell. before the ordering Of any large
number of men here has fully gone forth.
But although the number Of the enemy is
contemplate, it has au the effect Of largo
force upon the loyal people Of Morgan, Wolfe,
Magofhn, and the country above. They can
not rcturn to their homes; thoy must see
their families suffer aud their property des-
poiled WithUat the power to strike the foe.
Surely this state Of things will not be per
mitted to remain thus long, though tho enc
my Is not worthy the consequence Of having
| large regular force sent after to dispesse
them Some Of the people Of this section
have determined to Tout them, OF fail In the
, 1861-12-21
GENERAL JOHN POPE.

Aside from the patriotic qualification
which we feel, in consequence Of the recent
brilliant success Of Gen. Pope in Missouri,
we are glad that the General himself, has
had an opportunity to justify the conf
dence which the President and his friends
repoEed in his military sagacity: During
the time IN which Gen. Fremont was in
command in that State, the peo-
pie of Illinois, knowing Pope's zeal
in the caurse and his early training in
his profession, began to fear that he was
not the man for the rank he had attained.
We knew all the willie that his embarras5-
ments and seeming want Of success did
not proceed from his own inability to act
promptly and well, but from the orders Of
the Commander ofthe Department who was
neither capable Of doing anything himself,
nor generous enough TO permit any one OF
his subordinates to eclipse him. That cam
paign in Northern Hissouri, from which so
much had been expected and that had
such ridiculous, rather than inglorious, re-
suits, for which Gen. Pope has been so Sc
Eerely blamed, was made in defiance Of his
own wishes and in disregard Of his advice
from beginning to end. It was series ol
blunders from first to last, and to Gen Pope'e
credit be it said, that he demonstrated
against them singly, as they we're made in
eVitable by the orders that lie received, ant
II. r. =
, 1861-12-21
WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH
THEM7


The zeaiots who see nothing but evil in
Mr.. cameron's suggestion that, the contica-
ted Slaves Of rebels be organized and armed
mall localities where they may usefully
serve the Federal cause, have not vet, 20
far as ne know, pointed out any line Of
policy which they desire the Government
to pursue. Will they make the Union
slave proprietor, to breed, fog, work, swap
and sell human beings, while we are fight
ing for the defence Of human liberty? Even
the malcontents in Kentucky shrink from
such an Infamous prostitution as that; and
no man in the free States has had the hard
1hood to endorse it. Will they suffer
the sl0ves, as our armies advance,
to occupy the country in the rear
Of our colmns, and and make the ven
geauce Of two centuries Of bondage
On the women and children who may come
IN their way, and destroy OF devastatc the
country which the whites will leave? A
consumma1ion like this has not entered
into The conception Of tho most ferocious
14As<A "a lAt k90uLlA A1A 1lAtE4f H1OU1 VT
know; and VIC are ready to acquit all mer
in tic North Of fathczing or abetting 4,
intention 80 horrible What then shall b.
done-what indeed can be done, save t,
follow ont Mr. Cameron's suggestion mi
make the slaves useful as an adjunct Of on
strength now in the felds We assuna
that It is evident to the most fervid admire
Of the institution, that the relation {
rebel master and loyal slave in g
localities reached by our troops. wi
he changed; that the chains of bon
age will fall of every man who com
, 1861-12-21

this cxorbltant compensation, amounting
In itself to fortune, was paid him,
nevertheless his skill and eagacity have
saved the Government large sums In buying
at very low prices. The department would
haxe been entitled to the full benefit Of aI1 that
skill and sagacfty hnd he been employed, like
other government officers, ut fair fixed sal
ary; such, as the testimony shoWs would
have commanded the best talent Of the city Of
New York. L compensation at the rate Of
$50, 00O year was not necessary to secure
s'Besides, If the method Of payment By CON-
missions had any effect upon the agent, 1t is
apparent that the higher the price paid fortate
ships the greater the compensation. .al
system Of payment to an agent, which makes
his interest identical with that OF tho seller
and antagon1stic with that Of the Government
effect to him, pay s10, COO more than ship IS
worth, and $250 shall be the reward Of your
infdelity,' has 10 foundation either in COM
mon sense OF common prudence. It is not
believed that Mr. Morgan ever yielded to this
temptation, to which the vicious principle
regulating bis compensation exposed him.
1T is this principle, and the enormous pri-
rate fortune It was adapted TO secure out Of q
great public necessity, which the committee
feel called upon to condemn in the strongest
terms; an arrangement entered into between
the Secretary of the Navy and Nj. Morgan, By
WHICH Ln6 enormous t8kan q mon Mdn $9p,Ut
has been, by indirection, taken from the Trea
su1y Of theUnited States, and given as compen
sation to single sndipidual for services whicf
however faithfully rendered, could have beer
secured for an amount insignificant in com
| parison with the sum actually taken.
The committee do not find in this transae
! tion the less to censurc in the fact that tni
| arrangement between the &erdary Of til
Na.y and IL. Morgan scas one 5ettoee1l brothers
sa{ato, q family arrangement nhiea, in II
opinion Of Tie committee, 7e7scts great dtsered
1pof, The pnbgie se7eice.n
, 1861-12-21
COL, BAKER INDICATED.

Whatever inference be drawn from the
late statement Of the Secretary Of War,
that it would be injurious to public inter
csts topush the House investigation into the
causes Of the Balls Bluff disaster, one con-
clusion is irresistible, that the late Col. Baker
istriumphantly vindicated 1tcould not be
through considerations for the fame Of any
deceased officer that the inquiry was or
defed to be foreborne. The matter ends
with the refusal of Nr, Cameron to lay be-
fore the House Of Representatives "the
facts connected with the disastrous move
ment at Balls Bluff" With this decision
We have no issue to make, but in our view
it enforccs and intensifes one Of the most
humiliating features Of the melancholy
b1under, rendering certain as it does the
fact that there was a persistent and de-
tezmined effort to falsly in high quarters
and locate the blame upon the dead Ba-
ker, whose gallant life was lost through 6!
criminal failure of his superior officer.
Who that officer was will now probably
never be known. Question as we may if
| the public service will be promoted by
covering up the wretched affair and shield
ing the author, We are grateful for the
| concession gained, that the real offender Is
| still alive and occupies such a position as
to maintain immunity for the frightful
blunder.
We might urge, indeed, that our soldier
have right to know who is to be hel6
guilty for the slaughter, and to feel that ht
at least will never again have an opportu
nifty to lead his command to similar de
feat Perhaps it is as well as it is: bu
let never again like defeat be accompa
MED by like persistent mendacity, defam
ing the name and fame of the gallant dead
There is another point we desire to urge
as confessed in this refusal to allow inquiry
1t may be set down as certain that the fisu1
was not that Of e <'ciyilian," 8 "poIica
| appointee," to borrow the words of th'
taunt that vent the rounds Of too man.
army officers at Washington. It Was on
Of the regular army officers, Of West Poin
education, for between these and Col. Ba
ker lay the blame. The "political appoin
tee" fell bra7ely fighting at the head Of hi
column. Had he lived, the world woul
have known, what now it will not, who o.
dered the advance, and why, after a cal
mage with scarcely 4 parallel in the anna]
Of battles, recall was ordered Living
Col Baker would have vindicated himsel
Tardily and by implication, but none til
less surely, it has been done by secretaz
Cameron himself