St. Mary's beacon., 1862-08-21

i it is to be hoped. that Gen. Pope wi
i see that his recent order threatening on
rage anu pillage by bis soldiers is hone.
i ly executed and tha, future .nli>constru,
;. lions" be n, hanger dismissed with Il
c gcnrl"st ofrebukes.
=, The army of Gen. Mcclellan has /:
E las evacuated Harri>on's Landing. wher
: it had taken refuge after the storm
: days of the Richmond battles, aud is j
treat from Richmond. The retreat
and 1t can be properly sailed by no 9th
, or name-was conducted, We are inform
cd. in good order aud without any los
worth mentioning to the public property
This movement will be regarded l.y tn,
country AS formally raising the siege +"
Richmond for the present u, least. though
it is likely that the orc,-s Of Mcclellan
will be immediately employed in attack
ing the obstinate capitol Of she 80 called
IConf-dcrary in aao,hc, dleec ,inn N,
amount Of Dragging and boas,iug Can now
disguise from the country and the world
TO whom belongs the victory of the seven
days fight before Richmond. The Pen
insu!a has been to Mcclellan aha, Rus
STA was to q still prouhr name. and it
is now manifest, that all the Union blood
! and treason which have been expended in
this direction, have been expended in
vain.
Since the battle Of Slaughter Mountain,
suspicious quiet seems to have ovrrtakcn
the c"ntcn,ling forces under jackson and
Pope. The latter hero is prolific of des-
patches, but they reveal little that is Of
public interest The Federal army now
occupies the line Of the Rapidan from
Raccoou Ford on the East, to Cases Ford
on the West. The Confederate leader.
who has an cxccllant habit Of keeping
his own Counsel, is no where in partic-
ular, but apprehensions exist in Federal
circles, that he may so"n make his APP
p"arance "wherc he is least expected
The probability is, that severe battle is
impending. if it has not already taken
place, between the opposing forces in the
ncighboorhooi Of the Rapidan. From
the concentration Of imn. use bodies Of
troops BY both parties upon this line. it
is likely, moreover. that when tie fight
does take place, it will prove to be the
most desperate and perhaps the most
calAmi,ous, to one side or the other, Of
the whole war.
The Federal accounts, by way Of New
Orleans, Of the 6gi at Baton Rouge.
differ very materially from accounts re-
ceivcd through other sources. \ great
victory is now claimed for the Federal
forces, which are represented to have
driven of the enemy with terrible slaugh-
ter Gen. Lowell, the Confederate CON-
mandcr, is reported as killed and Gen.
is said to have lost an arm.
The Confederate loss is estimated 1T 900 |
IN killed and wounded. aud large num-
Der Of prisoners is claimed to have been
AIKEN. The loss of the FcderaIs is SIT
Iowu at $50 in killed aud wounded.
len. Williams. the Federal commander, !;
: admitted to have been killed upon the
ield. Whether the Federal or the Con-
;cdcratc account Of the fight approximatcs
he nearest to the truth. it is now impossi-
Die to determine The issue is one Of We
acity and is mainly between Gen. Butler,
Who was not present at the fight, and
len. Breckinridgc who was. Certain it
=, there is big lie somewhere \
,attlc is reported to have taken place
'car Clarendon, Arkansas, in which the .
'oufcGcratcs are said to have been de- ,
Gated with a loss of seven hundred pris- I
ners. This. We believe, is not credited I,
y the Federal authorities themselves.
The late news from Europe indicates, .
hat there will be no interference on the !
art of England at least in American az T
airs. The Queens late speech is though, :
D be decisive on THIS point for the present, ,
ut it is apprehended that Lord Palmcs- C
IN may at any time, before the meeting OF {
'arliament in February next, change Lis 4
olicy to suit circumstances 1t has not
ecu forgotten. that he stated in Parla- d
tent only month ago, tina, he did not re- h
ard an offer Of mediation or even an act K
recognition as departing from strict :
I'D honorable neutrality. The long and v
silence OF France in reference
American affairs, is regarded in certain
tute quarters AZ on,inious of meaning.
The exodus from the State in consc-
icncc Of the alarm created by the pr"po- S
j draft in Maryland, has measurably
b>iied, aud people hereabouts a. least al
<.,;at.i ,a,,-,, .,,,,.,,,xir ,.:,1,:,, ~