St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-07-18

The great" event Of the week Il the re-
ported defeat Of the Confederate forces un-
der Gen. Garrett BY General McClellaa ut
Beverly and Rich Mountaio- According
to Federal authority. the victory Of the
Fedefal General Was complete aud over
whrl'uing, Gen Garnets bring killed. his
army routed and dispersed. aud all his
ssReage md ea,np equipments captured.
There i one little suspicious circumstance
connected with these victories. When
MeClsllsn's report is compared with DE
accounts previously received Of the fight
1t Rich Mount.in. il will be- found shat
the particulars Of the t'eo engagements are
precisely the saiue--ihat the loss on
either side 10 put down at the same 6gurcs.
and that ,he s.me p.r.ous. DR.. Taylr
and others. we're taken At both battles.
Still. the victories may BE- exactly as they
have been reported. We only caution our
readers to be- On their guard md to remem-
ber how this w"rld j. given ,o lying. The
proceedings Of Congress for the past week
arc entirely devoid of interest or i,npor-
tance- A few gallant u,en in Congress
sre nobly but imIot.ntly lighting the bst-
tie Of Constitutional freedom. We cannot
but commend and applaud their efforts.
but We have no hope from tho present
Congress. and the sooner the country 10
rid At it. We think. the better. Affairs at
Marsinshurg. Fnirfax Court House and
Newport Newspoint are without change.
The Confederate privateers are getting to
be exceedingly troublesome. one of them.
the Sumpter. capturing eight vessels. one
Of which she burned ut soa. A run.or
having reaehed Annapolis. that Gov.
Hicks had suffered violence from the peo-
pie Of Cambridge. where be- resides, de-
tachment Of soldiers was immediately
posted of to that place tn rescue His Ex-
celseney or avenge him. The report
turned out to be false. but we notice that
guard had to b- placed around the Cover
nor's dwelling for the night. and that His
Exerllency left in the first boat next
morning for Baltimore. where he landed,
safe and sound. and Immediately made a
speech. declaring in the most heroic man.
hat h., IL
sheet thsu the Stars and Stripes. which,
of course, brought down the house.
FROM our exchanges of Tuesday last,
we learn. that three severe engagements
hsNe been recently fought in Missouri. in
all Of which the Federal troops arc reported
to have been routed with great loss. The
reports show loss Of 100 killed and
wounded and 200 prisoners in one fight
alone. Many officers were killed, among
whom. are named Col. Brown. Maj Wolf.
sud others. The Confederate loss is re-
ported comparatively small, not exceeding
220 men. 1t is further stated that Cen.
Lyon had been surrounded and would be
compelled to surrender. with his whole
command. The Confederstes still coutin-
ne to shoot and capture the jpickets in the
neighborhood of Fortress Monroe, but
there has been no engagement in that
quarter since the affair at big Bethel"
We suppose the worthy com,nandant at
the Fortress, has. since then. been en-
gagged in "repairing damages" When
last heard from he wac experimenting
with the Sawyer gun" at the Rip Raps,
and the Coufederates we're cutting away
the woods around Sewelrs Point, that he
might have fair scope ut the batteries
there.
We learn. that he has now determined
not to visit Norfolk until the Fall, nor
will he permis Gen. Pieros to 90 there in
advances Of him. We regret, that the
precarioss condition Of Gen. Buffers
health should render it necessary for him
to remain At Old Point throughout the
summer. and that Gen. Pierce, should
be thus deprived Of another opportunity
Of meeting Gen. Nagruder.
The Steamer George Weems resumed
her regular trips to the Patuxent river
on Tuesday last. but comes amongst us,
we learn. with body Of Federal troops
and . cannon on board. We suppose
the objecs is 70 guard against her ssis-
ure By the Confederate privateers or. Ia
prevent cootraband trade with Virginia.
sespping q Stsamsrs.
The steamer Mary Warrington and
George Weems have been inhibited frsm
making any more trips to the Patux-
eat river. until Il shall please Gen. Banks
10 remove the inhibition. Il il reported,