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

hurncd q C'iot, containing ammIlni-
ton, four. an muci, other valuable pro,
perty." nnd :'hrnu~ht in the rebel captain
in charge a> a prisoner" His loss con
sisted Of only one private. wounded ''Thc
, cavalry r-arched 50 miles in 80 hours
and created great constcrnation and alarm
along the entire route" If all Is true of
Gen. Pope that he reports of himself, aud
it he intends to make good the declarations
promulgated in his late orders, we would
advise not onl: the citizens of the Valley,
but old Stoncwall. hinself to keep as far out
of his way as possible. We opine, how
ever, that time will speedily develop which
10 the better man of the two, and if Pope
oufgcncrals old StoneSall, We shall vote TO
put him at the head of the army instanier.
Southern reports inlicatc the commence
ment of active operations in the West at
an early day, and an invasion Of the
"enemy's" territory is threatened. Beau
regards army is now in a fine state of or
ganlzatian and discipline and thought to be
quite as numerous and efficient as the ar
my at Richmond. Forests Cavalry is
still somewhere in Tennessee, but no deu-
onstration upon Nashville has yet been
madr. Morgan's forces may be said TO
have full control of Kentucky, and to be
holding the rod Of terror over the
whole Northwest. Ohio, Indiana and
llliuoi's are all Threatened hy this redoubt-
able chieftain, whose force, it is estima-
ted, does not exceed 5000 men! He
moves along. unmolested and inviucible,
and is picking up towns and villages al
most as rapidly as Mcdowell did masked
batteries in the early part Of the engage
mert at Bulls Run What is his point
of destination, and whether or not lie will
turn his attention to the East, after he
shall have overrun the West, we have not
been Informed The Canadas, it is thought,
will not suffer from the scourgc Of this
modern Atilla, but as Lord Palmerston
has officially announced that no portion Of
the English forces will be Withdrawn from
that quarter, we have no doubt that seri-
Gus apprehensions are felt, that he may
turn his victorious legioas in that dircc-
tion. Cincinnati is cclt~;p'v in a Ii. b
state of alarm, and t.le G,ts>Hc is quite
satisfied that it is in real danger Of cap
ture. 1t would seem. from these state
ments. that the West has made no pre-
paration for home defence and that such a
thing as an aggressive war on the part Of
the Confcdcratcs has never been dreamed
of. 1t is reported. that detachment Of
Morgan's forces have crossed into Indiana
and captured the town of Newburn. If
this be so, it may be regarded as u dcpar-
ture from the original Confederate pro-
grammc, and indicates that offensive opcr-
ations arc seriously contemplated. Nor
gan is spoken of, by the Louisville Jour-
nal, in rather complimentary terms, con-
sidering his political status, and his deport-
ment towards the citizens of the captured
towns is favorably alluded to- His men
are said to be "motly gathering, from
must of the seeded Statcs," and to be
"generally gentlemen, with Slight inter
mixture of the rufhan and the rowdy." He
has destroyed much Government property
during his raid through kentucky and has
recruited, it is stated, quito number of
men.
Late adviccs from Arkansas leave the
question of Curtis capture or safety still
in doubt. Dispatches have reached Rich
mond confirming the reported capture of
the main body of his forces, but this is
denied in Federal quarters. The van
guard of his army has no doubt reached a
secure position, but the residue cannot be
definitely located. At Richmond. the
capture of s 900 men is claimed, and ii is
stated. that the ''privates have been pa
rolled and the officers retained" The siege
of Eicksburg has been somewhat summa-
rily raised by the appearance of an unex
pected foe upon the field of action. An
iron-clad gunboat, called the Arkansas.
has made sudden descent upon Com.
Farragut and handled him in a somewhat
rough manner. Many of his gunboats
have been disabled, and he admits q seri-
Gus discontinue The Arkansas was
transferred from Memphis to some point
up the Zazoo River, before the former
place was captured. and il seems that her
existence was unknown to the Federals
She is reported to not have been serisnsly
injured in the late fight. and to be pre-
pairing for another attack upon the FEEDER.
al flotilla. The Notifications at Vicksburg
have not been injured by the heavy bom-
bardment they have been subjected to. nor
has the town suffered to any considerable.
extent. The attempt to change the course.
of the Mississippi, by means of the cana.
that has been cut. has proven failure,
and all further attempts upon the post
have, for the present, been abandoned