St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-07-04

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SPECTATOR.
The News.
Throughout the whole Of the past week
we have hcen in receipt ofdaily intelligence
of new and accumulated Federal outrages
upon the citizens Of Baltimore. 1t seems
that Gen. lsanks, the new eommandant
Of the district of Maryland. is determin-.
ed that he will not only render himself
rs notorious and infamous as either Of
his predecessors tut. will outstrip their
combined efforts in an attcmpt to fasten
insult and degradation upon a people.
whose gravest fault now seems to have
been, that they have Flowed the Unicn
not wisel, but too we'll" The poison
ed proclamation OF Butler, the Illegal
arrest and high handed detention VI M'r-
rya,an, the seizure Of State and private
arms without any color of law or al
thority, all sink into insigni6cance be-
side the monstrnus outrage that this ne
gro worshirping Bostonite has thought
fit to visit upon theG:. Marshal Kane
has been arrested and imprisoned at
Fort McITenry. The city authorities have
been displaced and Maj. keuly OF
Maryland appointed Provost Marshal.
Private residences are hourly searched
and private pr'rrrsy appropriated. And
all this, Notwithstanding the people Of
Maryland very recently indicated not
only their devotion TO the old Union,
but a willingness to sustain the Govern
ment ut Washington. Truly their loyal
ty has been well rewarded and the Gov
ernment has shown itself well worthy
their support A dcspotism. dark and
bloody as any that disgfaced the Mid
die Ages. prevails in every State that
remains of the old Federal Union. The
once pride and boast of the philosopher
and patriot, We have become tit sab
jrc,s for the laughter and scorn of even
the reed-sccptered tyrants of the petty
provinces of Europe. And the Gov
eminent at Washington has determined
that there shall be no end to these
days Of di>graceful oppression and nation
al degradation. In the city of New York
authors of peace memorials have been
seized aud the memorials, though signed
by thousands Of respectable and influential
citizens, have been destroyed. 1t has
even been declared areason to express
desire for peace. A suppression of the
Maryland Legislature. when it next con
vcncs, is talked Of aud warmly advocated
BY some of the New York Journals: Con
gross, which meets to-day. will. it is au-
fhori,iyely stated, endorse the war policy
Of Mr. Lincoln.
The news from the scat of war, is still
meagre and unreliable. Reports Of seve-
raj skirmish.s have reached US. with con-
ficting statements as to their results. The
Potomac squadron renewed its attack upon
Matthias Point tn the 26th ultimo. and
was rcpu!sel with the i,ss Of Capt. Ward
and from six to twelve men. Capt Ward
was brave and experienced officer md
his loss at this time will be felt severely
by the Government He was killed,
by rife shot, willis, working gun Oh board
the Frceborn. the gunner having been
previously wounded. From a Tennessee
paper. VIC learn that the Steamer Alton
has been seized by the Confederates with
one thousand Federal troops on board
The report. however. needs confirmation.
The steamer St. Nicholas was seized on
Friday evening last, near Point Lockout,
by a party Of fifteen men, who b0arded
her in Baltimore. as passengers for the
various landings on her route to Washing
ton. \ full report Of the seizure will b.
found in another column Of to-day's issue.
Since then she has safely arrived in the
Rappahannock. togaher with three prizes.
captured on her tsip from Gone river
The prizes were schooaers laden with ice.
coffee aud coal anu supposed to be worth
ever $500, 900.
Maryland a Military Province.
proconsnl Banks on. Thursday night