St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-09-18


fred . single -hos. it is the general orin
ion. that no priscs would have been takcl
that night.
Rom the London Times, Aug. ..
AN EXAMPLE FOR THE NORTH.
The continued tale Of defeat and calami2
ty will Not tend to excite enthusiasts In q
new recruits who are to fil: the ranks q
terribly thinned by the war. A seco6
advance southwark, it may he predicted
will not be undertaken with the sam
spirit as the first. All the circumstance
of the war are changed. The troops an
not volunteers; the conflict has no mind
~ days" limit; the enemy 10 in terribl
earnest, and fights with skill and discrt
ton as we'll as courage. 1t is q more 81
rious business altogether than was at frl1
believed. No delusions are possible now
The part Of the population that furnish'
the successive armies has begun to 81
that conquest Of the South Is imposs1
bic. They refuse to enlist for the work.
aud are forced into the ranks BY tl,6
threats Of Conscrip,ion. ~
The part of the people wis. can fight
deputy will begin. perhaps. 70 :recoga
something of the difficulty when they
are forced to pay the bill the war has al
ready run up. aud to calculate what even
another year of conquest must cost.
They will begin to recover from the intox-
ication Of the revel when they arrive Al
the SOLDERING moment Of the reckoning !!
Aud it is well for mankind that the pas.
sion for conquest is sure to be checked at
some p"iut by its cost, both in blood and
gold. A period arrives when national
pride must yield and make the best terms;
and way is sure to be found by which
the national honor can be- reconcilcd with
peace.
1t seeks consolation in the very bravery
and obstinacy Of the resistance. or affects
to discover that it was only beaten by the
powers of nature. BY climate. BY distance.
by mountains and rivers, or By disease, or,
in fact. BY anything that palliates the
failure. 1t matters little how the convic-
tons OF the impossibility Of an enterprise
is arrived at. provided it is abandoned
with as good n grace rs may be. It would
be better. Of course. that the madness Of
. hopeless undertaking should b. recog-
nized at the outset. This appears to be .
prescience beyond humanity. Yet when an
Invasion has consumed large armies,
wasted millions Of treasure, and ut The
end of the first year Of war leaves the
invading power in doubt whether il is
not really in danger Of attack, the future
Of such u ,..Aict may be calculated from
the past.
The time has arrived for compromise
of some kind; the worst settlement Of the
dispute cannot be 80 fatal AS the war. This
was the conclusion forced on the British
Government at a period the history Of
which is taught in every American school.
The North might add its present expert.
cnce to the lesson of its schoolbooks With
infinite advantage. The American colo
nists were ''rebcls" in the belief of Eng
land. MS the Southern citizens are '.rebels'
to the Government Of Washington. We
thought our national interest aud our ma
tional pride were involved in suppressing
the revolt BY arms. We were siifncckcd
in the matter as = people. aud the Govern
ment was under the influence of the most
obstinate Of Kings.
We kept up the war for year,, and We
are still paying for the blindness Of our
grandtathcrs. Yet England had to yield
all. to acknowledge the ind pendence of
America, and to let the British Crown
sustain rs it could the loss Of its brightest
jewel" To our surprise. We soon found
that the jewel was not so much missed;
that as for our material interests, they
were rather improved by the change
that We gained more by good friends than
bad subjects. We now look on the issue
Of the coufict with satisfaction. But Eng
laud then. unlike America now, had .
few wise aud moderate men who saw the
impossibility Of conquering the rebellious
colonies. and courageously opposed the
popular clamor, foresceing the inevitable
end.
Lord Chatham called on the House Of
Lords Ito instruct the Throne in the Ian
guage Of TRUTH" to which people might
now listen with advantage. 1t was at
one Of the worst periods Of the war; our
Popes and our Mcclellan had failed. The
army was in a desperate condition. THAT
army" said Chatham. "can achieve any
thing but impossibilities; and know that
the conquest Of British America Is an
impossibil'ty. You cannot. you cannot
conquer America! What is your present
situation there? We do not know the
worst; but We do know that in three eaSl-
paigns We have done nothing and suffered
much"-words that exactly describe the
condition Of the North At the present
moment. Our King. Government .nd
people had to yield to the force Of cireusa-
stances. These say most distinctly to the
Unionists. You cannot conquer the
South" And the Americans will have to
obey their stern monitor, as We did before
them.
From the New York Herald.)
\ NEW REVOLUTIONARY MOVE.
There have been frequent indications Of