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St. Mary's beacon., 1862-07-24

How far We arc prepared TO submit TO
50 open and viulemt ali imfrac;ion Of our
rights is question for ours Ives to deter
mine. II j. evii, ut. that hv aesuirscence.
alone. wc can gain the confidence cf the
North anafee,ra + protection ofthe Fed
eral Government. If we are prepared to
make the sacrifice. and TO confess ourselves
converts to tie biz her law heresies Of Mr..
Seward, let us prepare for speedy enroll
ment of ourselves under his sable banner.
TT, however, We dissent from the views of
his Excellcncy, We have equal reason to
prepare for the coming time. Firmness
and unity are essential ingredients in the
contest to he waged, and it is only by
combination of 10th, that We can h"pe to
defeat the alien enemy. We trust, how
ever, that this measure will be allowed to
rest 9herc the Border State men have left
it, and that Mr.. Lincoln will not attempt
to enforce it upon our people. He has
placed it before US in recommendatory
shape. subject, for The present. TO our
adoption or rejection. Our representatives
have already adopted the latter alternative,
and our people, if The subject were pre-
sentcd to them, would do likewise. If
Mr.. Lincoln shalt stop here, there will be
no further trouble on the subject. We
opinc, he will have the prudence and fore
sight to do so, and tLa, We shall be still
permitted to maintain our existing polti-
cal status.
St. Mary's beacon., 1862-07-24
SAINT MAnY'S bEAC0N
LEONARD TOWN Md,
THURSDAY MORNING. JULY %. 1852,
DR.. Cooks letter.
RID TOWN MD

DR. Cooks letter.
We give bek"w letter from Dr. Cook
in reference to charges made against him
A. Post Master through our columns of
che 18th instant.
Chaptico. July 22nd, '62.
Editors NJ III. BeacoR -GeDilemRn =
ON looking over your issue of the 18th in
slant, l was much surprised, indeed, TO
find by paragraph, under the head OF
'.cumplaiul," that my official conduct had
been of So grave and offensive character
81 to Justify its arraignment before the
public through the columns Of your paper.
Pr-suuing, under the circumstances. you
will pernit mc 10 use the same medium to
offer my feeble rebut to a charge which,
though you promised You would not vou:h
or hold yourselves responsible for the
truth or accuracy of. you. new
e-theless, virtually endorsed to the pub
lie upon the respectable and apparently
reliable medium" through which the charge
was made. shall not trouble the public
with the least trial Of its pretensiOns. but
simply dcn"unce it to be false.
Some short time since, | reminded the
person. who has made this charge. of his
postage due for the Baltimore Weekly Sun,
which he first evaded and then denied.
At subsequent perioI. cOnnexiOn of
his asked for his paper. when | remarked.
I had mind to sell it to indemnify me
for the postage | had advanced on the
Weekly Sun. shall not attempt to re-
but the asprrsion further. as you should
be aware that have delivered the ''Bea-
con" to some ffty-fve of your patrons
yearly for three years, and each with my
self kuew there was no postage.
JAMES COOK, p. NJ.
St. Mary's beacon., 1862-07-24
THE Road to Richmond"

Mcclellan may be the favorite Of the
Union army Of the Peninsula, but Gen
Stoneman is the hero of the letter writers
They have posted up his achievements
with the particularly Of Gulliver and
painted them in the fcrvid colOrs of Plu-
tarch. In the recent retreat of the Feder-
al forces to the White House, this illus
trious warrior is described as mounted on a
dashing steed, the glory of whose nostrils
was terrible to behold scaling the eternal
hills and sweeping like d thunderbolt
through the plains and valleys. Suddenly,
there is halt A sublime smile sutf uses
the heroic features of Stoncman, as point
ing with unshcathed sword towards the
doomed city, he cxclaims, "Richmond !!
Richmond This is the road to Rich
monl.." Here painful hiatus inter-
venes Silence and darkness are on the
scene The neighings of the war-steed
are heard no longer, and Of the gallant
Stoncman himself, the very next thing we
see, he is aboard of vulgar vessel, called
steamboat, executing flank movement
upon Richmond BY way Baltimore!
St. Mary's beacon., 1862-07-24

bleak tfl: FIRST ncgru's head who put
his foot upon the sacred soil of Illinois
The President r, minded his hearers that
his situation was extremely critical. lie
was between two fires 0n s,ne side was
his oath aud the Constitution. On the
other, his friend Hunter, supported BY IN
immense pressure whose good opinion he
could not and would not forfeit. Could
not the Border State patriots come to the
rescue, and by eonse1ting to rob them
selves and their constituents, relicve him
of the necessity of alienati lg his friends or
violating his oath : He had once already
seriously offended Hunter in their behalf
Was he expected to do it a second time l?
lie could not believe it. lie had the
highest confidence in the patriotism and
devotion Of his hearers. They had stood
by him with answering fidelity, even when
be was wrong and when his own party
friends had deserted him. He could not for
get this, nor did he believe their constitu-
ents would either. The Pkes1Dnt con-
cluded his remarks with characteristic
anecdote, which our lady readers We hxPw,
will excuse US for emitting. HAxorder
State patriots then retired, and some of
them were heard to assert, that they would
attempt to carry water on both shoulders
no longer.
St. Mary's beacon., 1862-07-24
Written for The Bcacon.)
THE DYING SOLDIER.

"Dear wife, raise the pillows higher;
Press your cool check close to mine;
Let me look put on the meadow
Where the cheerful sunbeams shine.
Cunl and clear the evening air is,
And the linpil waters gIcan
Ger the shadows Of the tall trees,
Deep reflected Ill its stream.
Now hear the childrcn's voices.
As they sllou' III iny"ua play,
And the lowing of the cattle,
As they homewurd take their way.
How sweet this blissf.Il rest is,
Nay my Mary. it is wrong,
Weep not dearest, ! am with YOU.
Though il may not be for long.
Oh wife. tell me I'm not dreaming,
Am in my senses now
Is this your quick pulse beating?
Arc these tear drops on my brow?
Let me realize the blessing,
Ere deaths elazc 's on my eye,
That my God has let rne see YOU
And my home before | die.
All how oft sweet visions checrci mo
In the lone watch of the night;
When bright pictures Of the future
Would unvei! before my sight!
Then I'd see you flushed and eager
My returning ster to greet,
With lips gniverins IN your gla,!ness
And a welcome Oh so sweet.
But oh the ghastly spectacle
That appalled, my eye and ear,
When the charging columns left me
In the dismal swamp so drear!
Then my gaping wounds were bleeding,
The Lot blood leapt in my veins,
And the smoky air about me
Seemed all streaked with bloody stains
Put your arms. dear wife, around me,
Lay my head upon your breast;
Let me feel your true heart throbbiHg,
Ere I tel You of the rest.
Ah. the horrors Of that battle
Never can be fully told
Many went in brave and youthful,
Came forth prematureiy old.
In the intervals of reason,
could hear the manslel shriek
See the nut, appeals for water
From par;I,ed lips that could not speak
Aud the blackcned corpse lying,
Many heapel up in mound,
In the muddy, shiny water
Ouzing from the loathsorne ground
Some were praying, some were suffering,
With set lips aud sullen pride
Some loudly blasphelned heaven,
Aud cursed God before they died.
Grea, God the creeping horrors,
And the loud Gistractng din,
OF the foul aud noisome reptiles.
When the long, long night set in
A faint moaning in the morning
Drew me painfully aside,
And there lay fair you,ng soldier
Crln.soncd in bloody tide.
St. Mary's beacon., 1862-07-24
written for the B.acon.)
TIE TWO REAPERS.

Two Reapcrs tween them share this oncs
blcst Land
The one is busy in yon whcat-claI
field
The oth"r driven by the sollier's hand
Each making harrc is to the blade to
yield
The one ripe treasures for mans uses
rcaping.
The other moving for mans wo and weep
ing.
Here. by the Providence Of God prepaid.
The golden grain bows down before the
knife,
To be by grateful mortals gladly shar'I,
And known among them IA. the Staff
of Life ~
The country's pride, the farmers richest
Vouchsafd, as here, with overaowing
There. on Virginia's once graia-tesming
fields.
Another h:irrest focls the rcapcr's
blade
y living crop Of sinners Rel War Yields
Another kind of rcaping there is made.
Amid the clash cf steel. guns roar ami
rifles rattle,
The Reaper, Death, careers athwart the
battle.
Here, what the sturdy ,husband,nan mows
Will soon be garncrd for the general
good
Will soon the promise Of the summer
crown
With all abWrience of the people, f,oi,
And thus make all acknowledge this god
Reaper,
The nations friend, mau's servant alpl
lfc-kceper.
There, what that Reaper, never out of
breath.
With his untiring sweep of arm and
blade,
Mows down remOrseless On the field Of
When ance the harvest on that field is
laid.
The dire results Of such terrific reaping,
Are ruin'd homes aud widows orphans,
weeping.
Here. the first Reaper puts his sickle in.
Only when harvest season has arriv'd-
THE ostcr mows down men when ripe in
sin.
With no 'irae given to be sav'd se
shriv'd--
THIS Reaper. Death, is sudden, unf1rgiv-
ing
The o'her reaps his harvests for the living.
Then such the aitling contrast tween the
two.
Why should mad man, to sense and vir-
tue blind,
His murd'reus hand in battlc-f field i,pbrue
In the warn! heart blood of bis ki.h and
kind?
Oh why not rather choose the peaceful
Reaper,
The nations friend, mans servant and
life-keepcr!
Mo.DAx.
St. Mary's beacon., 1862-07-24
War and Other News.


oGsial adyices from the army of the
Potomac show but little change ia tfe
posture of affairs during the past week.
Gen. McClcIlan's forces still occupy their
old position. but the Confederates no ion-
ger present SO threatening or .nenacing an
attitude The main body of their forces
have fallen back TO position nearer Rich
mond, and the Federal pickcts have buen ad-
vanced some ten miles further up the
James River. This latter statement, how
ever. is denied by the Richmond papers
of Saturday last, which, whilst they admit
that change has taken place in the posi-
ton of the Confederate forces, claim that
very large force still remains in front of
Mcclellan. Gen. Stewart has made
another circuit of the Federal camp, re-
Gently. and is reported to have reached the
James River. below McClellan's position.
and to have inflicted serious damage upon
the Federal transports in that locality
Aggressive movements against Mcclellan
are still limited at in some Of the Rich
mond journals, but the prevailing impress
sion seems to be. that his position is now
much too strong to be successfully assail-
ed. An immense feet Of gunboats are
now in the James River and another dem
onstratiOn against Fort Darling is not re-
garded as improbable. 1t is stated. that
the Confederates are now forifying the
banks of the ChickahomiDy and that they
are likewise strengthening their James
River Notifications. The Indications are,
that they are preparing 10 hold Mcclellan
in check with comparatively small force,
whilst portion of their forces will be
transferred to other localities. 1t is quite
evident, from the tone cf the Richmond
press, that there is a<wuch larger force
there than is deemed necessary for the
defence of the city. and that portion Of
it is to be speedily translhred to some 9TH
er military Department.
S,onewall jackson il reported to have
left Richmond. With large force. and to
be somewhere in the vicinity of Gordons
Vile. The occupation Of that place by
Gen Pope is now denied, and 1t is couce-
dcd to be still in the possession Of the
rebels" Some fighting in this locality
is reported. but no coukrraaiion of the re-
port has reached rs. a report of an en-
gagcmcnt at Fredericksburg has-also been
received, but it is Likewise. of doubtful au-
thcutici:y Gen. Pope reports 'bril-
liant cavalry dash into the eneniyS lines"
Oh Saturday night last, which, according
to bis report Of it, rivzls even the famous
exploits of Gen Jcb Stewart. lie states.
that. ''by bis order this force, after
making forced march during Saturday
night. reached the Virginia Central Rail-
road at daylight IN Snnday morning. at a
point only 35 miles from Richmond, aud
St. Mary's beacon., 1862-07-24
DE UNITED STATES HOTEL.
BIZ ONE OBJ De BoARDAiIs.

BIZ ONE OBJ DE BoARDAHs.
Is took rooms for de season-ps cuttin
quite q swell
Is stoppin' at a tavern--de UNITED SrATrs
HorEL
Ole UNCLE SANS de landlori-we eat and
drink our fill
And de wisdom Oh De measure. is, dar's
muffin for dc bill
Oh. LII q Dinkum Darkcy,
Dc white trash can. afford
To take rpnuls at the tavern
Wllar de cullcd gentry board.
De 'possum it was lubly--but we've better
grub dan DAT;
De hoe-cakc il was 'uiiceut, de raccoon
sweet and fat
But 'possum. coon and hoe-cake II bid
you all farewell!
St. Mary's beacon., 1862-07-24

His Ial" lips but framed sentence
All well kr,w | what he meant:
A dark water pnoi was near sim.
When his failing strength was spep,
Slowly ilr,i With dragging limbs
Steru mouth AMI wTcnclins pains.
With shaking hands dipped in the pool
'Twas Ecrief riM dcud men ) Gs,atns.
With sickening senSe pushed aside
The limp fragments ere dr INK
Twas r~l with bio,d--mreft of strength.
Do~n D sA"k'
But my .sbl Gs!'rzdsed me, darling.
BY visitor of yQIir face.
And YOU scellel Ia smile and bcckon
From thai residential place.
With hot, fostering wounds drag ,el me
With each struggling grpan Stlppr-st.
Till the succor Ca.s:e thar gave me
To my gentle Marys breast
Dear wife. many a patriot solGsr
In that drary regiuE sighed.
With no humans eye upon them
To uote how they nobly died.
But they gave their life bloI freely
For the country of their love.
Aud Chri>ts' tender arm upheld them
AZ their spirits rose above.
A just Gol's clear eye il on us.
Oar bio"d Is n", split in vain:
Yet little longer waiting
And sweet Peace will come again"
The bright sunset giltl> the window
As the w"rl> prophetic cease,
And tho molly bcaming features
Settled in eternal peace.
Tie deal soldiers pale wife li>tens,
With a hushri and thri'in. awe.
For the ringing # the lOve,l tones.
To be heard on earth no more.
But nyrial tongues shall echo
The Triumphant strains ere long,
And our s.Rering and "nr giory
BE the burden of each song,
, 1862-03-18

ten minutes, aud in the four hours, twenty like
her, had they been present, eRecting destruc-
ton Like hawk among chickens. With Viii
takers stcam-ran there could be vast sums
sayed in harbor defenses over that Of Land bat
te1tes. It has been examined and ap proved By
experienced naval officers.
Alter the career Of the rebel steamer Sumter
we should think the United States would pro-.
cure coaling depots, In absolute control, in
the West Indies and near, the Straits Of Gil
Eraltar, il not at other points. Here would:
Whittaket's ram.in fuel saving again be appar
rent. =.
The treaty Of Paris Of 1855 dizmantled the
Black Sea rs to war vessels. The treaty also
abolished priEateering, but did not restrict
the growth Of nayfes; hence the vast increase
IN those of England and France since the
mas he drst Power to grant letters of marqae.
The United States should never acce1e to the
resolution Of that treaty, but, holding the
right Of pEivateeEing in one hand and Capt.
Whittaker's steam-Fam in the other, eommand
the peace Of the world. A, 2,
, 1862-03-18
The First Council Of War
from the New York Tribunal


What would the people say if they we're to
know, that, on the eve Of ereuts suspassingin
magnitude any that have occurred during this
war, the Commander Of the Army Of the Po.
tomac should call special council Of war, to
be composed of bis principal generals that,
from all paris OF his army attended at his
headquarters to confer upon matters Of the
weightiest concernment--that, after simple
ehake Of the hand al round, he retired, lear-
ing his father.1n-la~, member Of his staff,
md recently q mere paymaster Of the army,
General Commanding, never appealing for one
moment among them during this protracted
sitting? For the first time since the war broke
out, the Generals Of the army were summoned
to meet Major: General Mcclellan In council
yesterd0y morning.
ber, al except one his seniors in years, nearly
al bis supezio.s In service and military expo
rience-
The army and the country Ei1l beastonished
to learn that, at this his first and only war
council that has been held, Gen. Mcclellan
Ethel-in-1aw, the Chief Of his Staff. ~.
slhe conversation REayitated naturally into
discussion upon the necessity of organizing
the army into separate corps. The sentiment
IN favor Of this obstinately neglected measure
vas soon found to be unanimous Not one Of
the ten Generals opposed It. But the father
in-law Of Gen. Mcclellan nos interyened with
the remark that the subject WAS not in discus
: sion. 1ta paramount importance, however,
rc-lnt1oduced It, The simple fact that . Gen
eE1l IN command Of Division across the Po-
tomac, attacked in overwhelming numbers by
the enemy, had no authority to order up REIN
1orcements from htigadee lEfur within a mile
Of him on his right and: left, but that law
fully he, WIS Obliged to 70 to a teIe-
Enph Office and send intelligence of his dan
ger Say twen'y miles of to Washington to
General Mcclellan, and implore aid. and would
be obliged to maintain an UNEQUAL and peg
hars rutno1s combat till orders were sent
bsck from Washington to some Brieadier to
march to bis eupport-this fact stated with
variety OF Illustration, and repeated with the
different qualifications given to 1t, By locality
snd fnihta1y surroundings, 50 impressed the
Conner! with the necessity Of IN immediate
reorganization Of the army in this regard. that
me aeoeIah msisted upon having theiz. views
| preesntedro General McC1a1lan-@ ,Tha tathAr-
a1-!aE ltie The heute to 'communicste Eish
The 9ene7a1, and returned alter q brief ab-
:esnce with the message that, that, ouestiar
was rot To be broaghs under disc9sstou.
The ca1ncstuesH; Is veil Is the dfsirtefest.
ed1e Sc Of the ten Geners7e;= lin: thsIr 1eani-
| mous opinion. can be appreciated Yrom. the
| fact That At least sir OF tdtm-uone rould tell
E1o=Feze thus voluntarily :iaterpaslag fout
or three Of their number with superior rAuk
Chtef. ~. :: ii 80; =:
The CouHcu, without . head, and withou.
/ within propositions ssbmitted to It IN :thi
l 'ab4eoce of 8 head, seemed IIaAys. to dissolve
sahen Ger. AeCaeAau'6 fAshHE.ia:1AW p1oceea
Cd 70 communicate t. the eoEnandsla his in
, 1862-03-18
The Mexican uArrangement.--yyh has
been Dece1ged--.The Allies In a
Tight Place.

Correspondence New York Tlmes.7
The impression has got abroad that General
Dob)ado has been treacherous- that, in pe.-
1nitting the Allied troops TO occupy positions
vantage ground, and the Allies have become
masters Of the situation.
All this is based on the suspicious Of Gen.
Doblado's patriotism and loyalty, and state
mcnts thai, in permitting the Allied forces to
escape from Vera Cruz into the interior, be-
cans have lost their great yantage ground :;
and furthermore, that the Allies can, at any
moment, be reinforced from Vera Cruz on
one side, and from the Church Party forces,
represented TO be gathering in considerable
numbers in the interior, On the other; aud
in reality, open to the Allies.
From all this your correspondent entirely
dissente, there being in fact no basis upon
which It can rest. Il certainly has bad look
to let the Allies out Of Vera Cruz when the
Mexicans had them at every advantage But
must .bc taken into consideration. Just
emerging from protraeted and exhausting
civil war, the idea Of commencing war with
England, Franco and Spain, might well Cause
country stronger than Mexico to resort to
every means to avoid the final resort to such 3
dreadful alternative,
gather from the most authentic statements
that the English land force in Vera Cruz
amounts to TOO men, the Spanish 5000, the
French 5000. The English, it appears, arc to
be stationed at Cordoya, the Spanish at Oriza-
ba: and the French at Tehuacan. Cordoya is
on the southern high road to the city Of
II. xico, and IS miles from Vera Cruz
Qrizaba is on the same road, Is miles from
Cordova. Tebuacan il puebla some Distance
south Of the direct road to Mexico toward
Osjaca, and IS miles from 0rizaba. TITS aggre-
gate Of tie Allied forces stationed at the three
places named appear to be 8, 100 men. 81, 900
probably SO, ,000well- armed aud we1l-trafu-
| ed Mexican soldiers can be suddenly brought
| 10 bear upon any one or all of these points at
any moment. The allied forces are surrounded
by q hostile population and hostile armies,
sufficient to annlhilate them at my moment
They cannot be reinforced from Vera Cruz,
except at the pleasure OF the McHcans, from
whom must come the supplies and facilities
for transportation inland. The story that the
Church forces are gathering in strength in the
| interior, to cooperate With the Europeans, is
worthy of no credence. There is nothing oi
| the kind.
| There is more reason to believe TINT the
Allies are in tight place, or in other words,
| that the whole concern is bagged, than that
DobladO has been treacherons, or. the Allies
are in any manner master Of the situation. il
| is strange and interesting turn this unwfae
unheard Of, unnatural three-headed expedition
| to Mexico has taken. Further adviees ar
| awaited with much CURIOSITY and interest,
, 1862-03-18
THE TAX BILL III CoKeaEss.
EXPLANATION OF THE BILL.
Secession Speech Of Wadgworth Of Ky.
HI il Skinned Alive by
Bingham Of Ohio.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
WASHINGTON, March Il, 1857.

lAE LA 041sLs
The House went into Committee Of the
Whole on the state Of the Union On the Tx
bill-4r. Colflx in the chair.
Mr. Morrill, Rep.) Of Vt, from the Cou-
Rlitfee on Why's and Means, said they had au-
thorized the Issue Of bonds and rates in all
forms during the present Congress to the
amount Of ninc hundred and fifty millions Of
dollars. The appropriations for 1867 are
nearly five hundred and fifteen millions If
the war continues till 1865 our indebtedness
will be nine or ten hundred millions Of dol
lars. To pay the interest On this will require
sixty or seventy millions annually. Our ordi-
nary expenses , cam cannot, nndet e, my eaEcam as
the military establishment after the rebellion
will be like to require scyentJ-fye millions
beyond that amount The financial measures
in contemplation will yield what ia necessary
to meet tile wants Of the Treasury: In the
preparation Of the tax bill the Committee
looked to the condition Of the several States,
Is we'll as that Of the United States, 60 that
they all might together act harmoniously.
The United States has right to demand
whatever may be necessary to sustain its
public credit, nonor and existence as 4 nation
The bill is not personal or party measure,
but one imperiously demanded by the
general welfare. II was for Congress
to judge how much Of it should
be reflected OF permanently remained.
That the committee had shown q disposition
to be just to every interest could not be ques-
toned. Many Intelligent gentlemen had been
before the committee, and gave valuable inlor.
nation touching nearly the whole range Of
objects which the House Was now called On to
legislnte. In very few instances had any asked
to be exonerated OF exempted from payment
Of their proper share for the sustcnance Of the
Government But the committee sought to
| avoid extremes, rreferriDg to levy duties on a
| large number Of objects than to confne them
I to narrow field. He proceeded at length to
explain the various eecTions of the bill, show
| ing the effects Of the tax on the many articles
| subjected to It, In the course Of his remarks
he said that no duty was designed on literary
| On printing paper, like any other manufAc-
| turc, q tax OF three mill. per pound is pro.
posed-equnl to three per centnm ad yaiorem,
! or less than half the amount on writing plper.
| He said he estimated the amount Of internal
! revenue to be derived from the tax bill as re-