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

The attempt to make Intelligence
throughout the Federal States close Gov
ern,asat monopoly. does not seem to work
without inconvcnience. As nothing Is al
l"wcd 70 appear without the sanction oi
the Federal Wsr-ofice. il unluckily fol-
lsws that tho War-ofice il responsible to
. great extent for everything which does
appear. The Northern news m.nufactnry
was not satisfied With creating tremend-
ous victory out Of the escape At Pit.sburg
Landing. but it sctuxlly went 50 far - 70
TO kill General Beauregard in the fight
aud ~ destroy 81. 600 Confsjcr.tss in the
pursuit. Happy is the country which can
thus create its swn victories by line of
type; and still happier the b-lligerent who
can destroy the ns"ss formidable Of his cnc-
mics G-uer.ls by . str'kc Of the pen.
Whils salute Of 100 guns. . Thanks
giving IN all the ehurrhes. aud fiction
disseminated through oil the newspapers
esa work the effect Of rcal victory. what
nes1 of ruimous loans aud exhaustive
lsvies, The greatest victory Of al is thi.
great victory over the sr-dulity of man
Kind. which IL only the 6rst of many
great campaigns yet to be accomplished
in this tempting region Of romance.
Est th. brigLtc.t inventors have their
drtraetsrs. These obstinate Confcderates
will not, even At this moment. sdmit they
have been beaten. Although they have
t''e clczrcst evidence Of tho Thanksgiving
having been of: red up; although they
have "ficial documents to prove iha,
they have been put to flight aud terribly
cut up. and although it has even been
broadly inti,nstcd to them in the organs
of ,hr War Department that Corinth itself
had becn taken yet still these bcsotted
Rebels will not believe; aud they eontin-
ne to declare that the Thanksgiviugs and
she salutes have been ordered. not IN tri-
umph fsr signal victories. but in gratitude
for an unhopcd-for deliverance. The most
unreasonable person. however. is Gcueral
Beauregsrd. Our correspondent says:
"A report Of General Besurcgard's death.
at the battle Of Pitssburg Landing. is
obstinstrly persisted in. though the
Southern papers have published q dcs-
patch from him claiming victory on the
second days 6ghtiug" General Bcaurs-
gard is evidently q u,xn Who deserves no
quarter. The Official newsm.kcrs Of the
North behaved with great moderation to-
wards him at first. They only took of
his arm With csnnon-bsll. But the un-
grateful General. not appreciaiing this re-
sicenee, ca.tinusd to uphold tho integrity
Of his pcrsou 90 Mr. Lincoln's Govern
nens. provoked beyond al patience. put
him to deash-in al tho New York papers
This Bea.segard's obstinacy. however, 10
proof alike against indulgence and severi-
~.
We remember nothing like il except
that eelebrssed case VI Dr. Partridge. who
continued 70 publish his almanac and to
exelaim that he Was slive after Isaac
Biskersts6. Esquire." had given . de-
tailed account Of all the circumstances of
his death. The town lsughed With the
wicked Dean and his friends. who eon-
t;nued for years to argue that the ingeai-
Gus DR.. Partridge Was not the less dead
because he bad continued 10 publish bis
sla,saae; and poor Partridge bitterly COM
plained that he could not walk the streets
siiheut she little boys running after him
s"~ sACtsu"suS sSSsusS utus tusS NC OuSut
~ be ashamed 10 show bis face ab, Dad
without having paid for bis funeral expen-
ses. General Bcaursgard seems to be in
the same awkward predicament. lie may
Be in come point of view living and evsu
victorious; bat at Washington and New
York he has been pronounced to be, de
isre. dcfested and dead. Poor man be
d"es what hs can. lie writes dispatches |
declaring that he has 36 guss and 5000 |
prisoners. the results Of the Pittsburg bat
de. in his hands.
On the day after that battle he sent a
Gag Of truce to s.tsle .erms for burYing !
the dead. But the flag Of truos vas not
allowed to 70 back until IN admission va. !
extosted thst at least Geaeral lseaurceard ,
WAS sligh,ly wounded il, tho arm, aud, ft
ouch an obsiinatcly vivacioms individual
Ms this would admit. even ,hrnueh !
srunspeter. that be MAS wounded. it is self.
evident that be ean bs uo.l.iug less than