St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-03-20

Of The burnside expedition. though con
siderable soliciiude 10 naaif .sted in Fed
crsi ei-~ies. to acertain its fate. Th,
s,eancr Sawance. which VS. sent (,
Panilico Sound % ascertain what had be
come Of il. has returned to Fortress Mum
roe. and all We are told IL. .fhat sh,
brings no news that can be made public n
present."
! a telegram. from Cairo. anno ces tina
Commodore Poste, attacked i.Is No II
on Sunday last. What the euls ha.
been. is not known. The ( .fcdcra,c.
are said to oe strongly for,i B a. ,hi.
place and their encamp.nents u be large
enough to accommodate from fifteen 70
twenty five thousand men.
Na.hing !. known Of Gen. Banss beyond
the fact, that be is in possession sof Win
chester. The n. Y. Times sites tina,
''hc will not stop there" which is very
likely. 1.-THE women Of the psce." we
are told, ''s,ill remain bitter an intense
foes Of the Union. whist nea. all the
,Aen Of The place arg - the tsJera.e
4. ka|sg|lII Z.
ceedingly beligerant. A conflict is soon
expected In the English Parliament be-
tween the parties favorable to the i'm
mediate raisiug Of the American block
AIDE aud the recogni,iyn of Southern in
dependence and the party which fayors
the rossponement Of these measures
Lord Derby is the leader Of the former
and Earl Russell Of the latter party.
The present indications Certainly are,
that Earl Russell will lc forced to yield
to the popular wish. Which is nearly
unanimous for the Derby policy. or re-
resign. Evcn journals rs strongly, "a
vorablc to th.. North as the Liverpool
Times, now assert. "tiat the struggle
must terminate hctw. en- March and May.
If the North cannot subjugate the South
in this brief time. which is very unlike
ly, it Is almost morally certain that the
European powers will step in aud pro-
pose terms Of peace. in mercy to the
furnishing operatives Of England and
France. and as an act of real humanity
to the combatants themselves"
1t appears that the Commissioners ap-
pointed BY Secretary Stanton to examine
ln'o the cases Of the political prisoners
now at Fort Warren and clscw here have
zone nothing as yet. They were to have
met in Washington on Monday last for the
purpose Of receiving FINAL instructions,
preparatory to entering upon the duties
assigned them. The Commission is COM
posed Of Gen. Dix aud judge P.irrcpont.
The Government was in great hurry to
commit the outrage by which these prison.
ers We're deprived of their liberty, but
when PREPARATION is to be made, it is very
much at it's leisure. We hope Dix aud
Company will set to work ut ouce aud in
earnest. 1t certainly does not require
u,orc than months dclibcration to ascer-
tain whether the safety of the country
would be compromised by giving these
prisoners their liberty, with or without
conditions
Nothing Of Importance has transpired
in Congress since our last i.sue. The bill
emancipating slaves in the District Of Co.
lumbia was made the order of the day for
Tuesday last. 1t is noticeable fact. that
the late Federal successes have had ten
icncy to cmboldcn rs well as to multiply
the enemies Of slavery. The Abolition
lists arc perfectly rampant on the subject,
a.d SO ais" are growing many others who,
during the dark days Of Federal disaster,
talked the language Of justice and mode
ration.
The statement in the BEACON. of the 9th
instant, which represented tina. au I,ish-
man named Murphy. whose death We no.
ticcd, was intoxicrted at the time IF hi,
death, is, We have been informed, incor-
rect.