St. Mary's beacon., 1862-08-07

have not heretofore been dreamed Of II
evidently regards Southern independence
as ys,>siUs result al the conflict
From the tone cf this and other lead
ing parcr>, we Judge tina: the North L.
leaking uI4,n this war In far different
light from that i'm which it was looked up
on one year or even six months-nay.
three months, ago Men who were telling
US, a while since. that an army of Ole
hundred thousand men could march from
Washny ton to New Orleans. seem to
stand appalled, at the magnitude OF the
work now before the Government. They
are st.ni>hci to find that the Southern
army is larger t:Ian our own, that more
prisoners, have been ,:.ken oy the South
than Nv the North: that the South can
lire. with New Orleans. and Port Royal,
and Memphis AMI Nashville, and New
bern. and half dozen either Southern
ports or important towns in our posses
sion: that We are losing ground in all the
Southwest; that We are gaining nothing
at tl.i, moment, anywhere; and that, III
stead OF being ready to act Oh the aggrcs-
sivc. We are really at some loss to know
how We may hold what We have obtained
or thus far saved.
I Nowhere is this change more apparent
than in the radical Rrpubiican
papers. They beloved for an attack up
on slavery. all through the session Of Con-
sres>: but when at leugth it comes-on
papcr-tlry srrm no more hopeful than
before. Their conh>caiinn law WAS to 1t"
wonders; but ever sirace the President has
issued his proclana.iun. giving vitality TO
certain portions OF it which were left de-
pendent upon his discretion, they are no
better pleased than they were three months
ago. They evidently see great deal OF
work to be done before they can get at the
Southern negroes or the other property OF
the Conftd,ratcs Troops are wanted;
and these cJlnc i'll 50 slu~ly as to assure
them that not a few negroes will have To
remain some time longer i'll their chains ;
that "a proclamation issued from the White
House at Washington, though it may be
Il very good thing in its way, may ais"
&c very slow in moving the slaves OF South
j Carolina to rebellion.
Perhaps We misunderstood these radical
editors. but to us it seems that they IT
getting ready t, wholly abandon the Tn
ion cause. as utterly hopeless. They de-
clare that the war cannot be successfully
carried on unless the Southern negroes
will help us; and since the time for this
sort of help to be realized has so nearly
dawncd upon them, they are plainl: losing
faith in their own favorite instrumcntality.
They find fault with the President. find
fault with the Generals, find fault with
every thug but not "a word Of encourage
mcnt 10 volunteers do they utter. and the
word Union seems to have lost all charm
for their ears If we are not greatly de-
c, iycd, they look upon separation as Il
certainty. aud believe that We are new
fighting for boundary.
Enthusiastically the war has demonstra-
ted this fact: that the South cainlot be
subjugated. no matter how unanimous o.
how earnest the North may be i'll It's en-
icavor to accomplish this result. Ii has
demonstrated, too, tina, if we make sub
jugasion or emancipation our purpose, We
shall lose not only the cotton ami suga-
States, but all the border slave States, in.
Guiding Maryland. This is as plain a
the daylight Which surrounds us. We be-
Ii, We it begins to be apparent to the vision
of the aboli,ionists or at least that If this
is the apparent policy of the Government,
it will be necessary to put forth all our
energies in order to save the border
States even after we have ceased to claim
anything beyond. Months ago they
abandoned all profession Of desire to re-
store the old Union. Now they are plain
~ abandoning all hope Of establishing Il
new one upon it's ruins They are be-
ginning to think of two Republics.
EXPRESSING HIS OPINION General
Buell., in a General Order relating to the
surprise at Murfrccsboro' and capture Of
General Crittenden, says :-'Takc it in
ali its features, few more disgraccful ex-
amples of neglect of duty and lack of good
conduct can lie found in the history of
wars. 1t fully merits the extreme penalty
which the law provides for such miscon
duct The force was more than sufficient
to repel the attack effectually. The NOR
tiication which the army will feel at the
result, il poorly compensated by the cxcr-
, uol Lhauc W so.He' pei" "'"hI vi tue
officers, to retrieve the disgrace of the
SURPRISE" This is an opinion in which
every one familiar with the facts as pub
lished will coincide with General Buell.
The fact is, there is disgraceful loose
ness and lack of military vigilance in
nearly all the commands posted to guard
! those Southwestern towns, when just the
reverse is required-surroundei as the
commands are by malignant enemies,
seeking by every possible means their
Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
! The REBEL WOMEN OF MEMpnIs The
Memphis correspondent Of the Chicago
Times writes:
/ People need not be surprised to hear
,hat the feminine population Of Memphis
is very bitter They are incorrigblc par
tizan. one and ALL The forms of society
are still kept up. for there are whole cir
cles which are still unbroken, except by
the absence of portion of its male MEM
bcrs, and within these the subject is agita-
ted uncc.sinolv and unrclcntipuiv