St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-05-22

cavalry made brilliant charge upon tn
Conf i.ratc La.ir-i.< and succeeded II
hclding the .'rch4ls" in check until thei
comrades had rctrca,,:j from the scene Q
danger. What was afterwards done =
rot. stated, but We presume. when Thu
daring {. at had been accomplished, th'
sasalry very prudruaiy followed in thu
wake Of the infantry. 81
The. news from The South shows the
evacuation Of. Pensacola aud the desfruc'
ton Of the Government property BY tht
Confrjcrates. l, has since been occupied
BY the Federal troops. Preparations to'
am attack upon Savannah are said to bs
actively progressing. and the Federal for
tifications are reported to encompass thec:ty
at ,'i,tarce Ct ,nly four miles. 1t l:
stated, that it has been determined not to
su. render the place, though, with Parro'
guns, it can be very readily sh, He'd at the
above stated distance. Affairs are re-
ported to be quiet at Charleston and Mo-
bile, aud the Confederate tro'ps that
lately evacuated Pensacola are now To-
Gated at Montgomery. Alabama.
Affairs along the line Of the upper Po-
tonac arc repor'el quiet, tl,"ug ID runner
will insist that ii ere has been fighting
somewhere in this department. Banks
has net fallen back, it is limited without
some good cause. ns is Mcdowell re-
ported to be- iu a critical situation, with
o.t some substantial evidence Of The enc
nays whereabouts. Jackson is re.orte
to be in Western Virginia. aud a raid
upon Pennsylvania Or Ohio territory /.
thoug ht to bc his OH. CT. The guerillas
are also actively at work in Western Eir-
giuuia aud are reported to be giving
both the loyal inhabitants aud the
Federal garrisons much trouble.
Late rrpo t. from X 'utucky aud Ten
ncssce show both these States to be sin
ftsted'' with ar,nej hands Of Confcderates,
aud large io,.ies of armed men are report
ed to b. daily leaving the former State for
the South The late abolition movements
in Congress are thought TO be tho cause of
the renewed excitement that is beginning
to manifest itself in these States.
Welearu, FROM Washington, that Mr., Lin
coln has repudiated the order of Gen. Hun.
ter, which declared all the slaves in the
States of South Carolina, Georgia and
FLORIDA Ito b. free fi,rever." He states
that this " es WAS prom l. te / without
Ii SANCTION or authority, and does not 60 O
far as to claim, that the power is vested in
him if he were disros II to exercise it.
He admits that the publication of the or
der created some excitement and misun-
dcrstandipg-hencc. We in'e-, his rromp,
disavowal of the responsibility attendant
upon it. He, however. recommends that
all the States shall gradually free their
slaves and refers to his past message to
Congress upon the subject
In the Senate of the United States. the
Conf-cation Bill is still being discussed.
and motion to strike out the l1th sec
iion, authorizing the President to arm the
slaves, was rejected ON Monday last, by II
vote Of % TO H. \ sad commentary this.
upon the character Of the mrn that now
control the pub ic affairs of the na;ion-
Wonder what the Union men in the Bor-
der States think Of it!
Some cases Of hydroph"hia in this Die
trict we're spoken of i'll our village "n Tues
day last and VIC have been requested t.
call public attention 10 the matt.r. A
physician recommended that citizens COLI
fine their dogs for a month. as a precau-
tion against the danger of this fearful dis
case.
We learn. that VIM. I. Yates, Esq.
the Postmaster at this place, whose report
ed removal We referred tn in :. n.v1 ;.sr
of our paper, has been rcinstated in Office.
Some 'misapprehcnsion Of facts" we learn.
were assigned by the department as hav-
ing occasioned his proposed removal.