St. Mary's beacon., 1862-02-13
War and Other News.

War and Other News.
The favorable change in the weather.
for ,hs past few days. has sr~ia revived
n Washington and rbe North. the OH
cry Of ION to lsichnnnd.' ludced. 4, il
so~ coseeced ossall aides that. wiskslshs
opeaineof Spring. general Federsl
advsuce VIII commence and she wort of
subjug.tion either srcsiily achirved Or
necesslily abaa'lcned The army Of .hr
Posornas. il il nov thnaght. will be thr
last put 10 motion. an efforts will b. FIRST
made to weaken the Confcleratcs al
Manassas before that stronghold shah be
assaulted. To this eni. the columns an
der Durl. Hslleck. burnside and Shcr-
man will make simultaneous aivause
as early as practicable and. xhea ths
Manassas line shall be wsakened 90 s~prl
these mighty hosts. Gen. MrCie!lan will
~, cut for Riehnond-f The South appears
to be cog niaan, Of these plans and iosbe
making streru aus eSer:ions 60 thwaft them.
How far they will succeed. we presume.
he mex. sixty lays viii Determine. but
this much Is ma:,if,'s.. uulrss victory shall
crown the Fed ral arms the lndepenjenco
Of the Sonsh is . foregons CONCLUSION.
Tie South mus. be sahjuga,ed The coming
Spring or allowed TO 60 her way. tor a
depleted Treasury and growing siiscont'n,
at the North arc matters. far too serious
10 their character. 70 be overlooked or
tsiaei with krcping ali inmerss army
on foot. :.nd piliny up mountains sf debt
upon the people. may he tolerated for :,
time upon thr faith of promised rewards.
bu, the altorna,iv fvietosy or peace ~
predict. Hill. DC speedily whispered into
the ears Of tie G"verhment Onward,
viii hereafter be the watch or.i AMI
Federal Success OF 3 speedy peace mu.;
inevitably follow
The news from the West shows q flrth-
-r success Of the Federal arms. ATTENDED,
with the capture Of Fort Henry on tn:
Tennessee border, together with tho sarri-
son and armament of the Fort. Cen
Tilghman, the commandant Of the Fort
and a native of this State. is reported to
have made very gallant defence. but Was
finally compelled to surrender with his eta.
tire force. numbering from 80 to 100 men.
The Federal fo,illa. which co-opcrated
with Gen. Grant in the attack, is said TO
have been we'll peppcrcd BY the fire from
the Fort aud t. have sustained con.ijcra-
bic loss Of lif. in che engagement. A. Fed
eral rumor. charges that the Confsdera;cs
outside of the Fort, comprising brigade
OF more. reiterated without firing gun
aud left their artillery and o considerable
number of small-arus behind them
Whether or nut this be true. is purely 4
matter for individual speculation. There
are also divers reports in print of the late en-
gagemeu. a, Somerset. which although they
vary as to minor Incidents, all tend to confirm
the defeat of the Confederate forces. From
Southern sources. We learn. that Gen.
Crittenden. who commanded the Confcde-
rates ut Somerset. 10 now uncer arrest
upoa the grave charge of holding trail
torous correspondence with the eucmy."
II is stated that u negro was arrested.
prior to the engagement. with letters up
on L's person. from Cristcnden to the
Federal colnmandant. giving detailed
account Of the Confederate strength. for
tifca,ions. Sc. at Mill Springs. mi that
other evidences have been produced both
of his ine.paci.y and completely with the
enemy. Col. Battles. the party into
whose bands the traitorsus correspondence
fell states. that to the treachery Of Crit
tendon alone is. tie disaster at Somerset
to be attributed. He further states, that
Cri,tenden was in the habi. Of visiting
the house af one West. . Union man.
aud that b. awaited hiulself Of this nesns
of communicating VIII the Fcderals
Grca. excitement rxists in Tennessee, it il
stated. since tho rceiPt Of Battles report.
thong there are many who still believe
that there is some mistake about the
matter Time aud q igorous investiga-
ton will. We presume, decide the qnes-
tiou and show whether or not The pre-
sent age has reproduced an Arnold, or
whether the press at the South, like shat
1T The forth.s i. given ovcr, to lying
Reports fror, Missouri show M material
change In the status OF aifuirs IN that
quarter.
There is nothing new from the l,urn-
side expcdiri on. except rumors of a series
Of attacks upon Roanoke Island AL Of
which have been repuls.d. This great en-
,crpri.c ~ nov generally regarded a. .
failure and it has ceased to excite the in
tcrcst that formerly attended lite ineve-
mcuts. As We heretofore predicted, the