St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-01-02

Late ad,iees from Kentucky report the
bclligercnts as Near each ether. but, with
the exception Of skirmi.h at Mumfords.
vile, IN which the Confedrrates are report.
ed to have been routed. slrre has bees.ns
fighting. A general engagement. nre,
Bowling Green. is regarded .s inssisen'
and unavoidable. An astark upon Colsm.
bus is also thought likely IL take place >,
any moment.
Rrrerts from Missouri show a Succession
Of Confederate rcverscs aud state that Gen
Price has again resreated Southwasd The
Fcdcrals. under Gen. Pope clam to lave
broken up tw" enenmpmcnts Of the State
troops aud to have taken 1900 prisoners.
1t is not thought that the campaign will b.
very active in this quarter the present win.
ter. aud predatory or guerilla warfare
will probably be carried on. upon both
sides. until the approach Il Spring.
We learn. fr"m Psst Royal. that tbs
Fcdcrals still confiae themselves to the il.
lands in the vicinity vi beaufort. and thst
no advance into the interior Of the State il
likely to occur until . much larger force
shall reach this r"int u operation. A
'kirmish is reported. in whieh ths.fcder.ls
lest launch and quite namber Of men.
whilst the Confederates are reported {"
have meet with but . slight loss. 1t !.
stated that Federal .stcmpt to occupy the
mainland will be the signal for = desper-
ate 6ght. and that the natives have deter
ninsd to dispute the invasion Vi their soil
with that manly desperation and vslor for
which they are so widely renowned.
There is nothing new Of interest from,
Fortress Munro. A skirmi,h is reported
to have taken place near Newport News in
which the Fcderals lost meu. The Con-
fcJrrate Notifications at Yorktown are now
said to he completed aud Of very formid-
able character.
Nothing Of interest has occurred in Con-
grcss. though the conservatives sss,n to
be triumphant ip mos, Of the measures
pertaining to the emancipation emLro Clio.
The Iiabeas Corpus party. led By Hale. aud
Trumbull, and the opponents TO the Cabi-
net. deposition ofthe Mason Slidell affair.
bid fair to give the administration some
trouble, though, thus far. the Government
seems to have. very generally. th. conf
drnce Of the masses at the North.
Nothing new. worthy Of notice, has been
enacted by the Maryland Legislature. 1t
resumed its session on yesterday. and is
likely to di,po,s Of the leading questions
before It quite speedily and with unrara-
lelled unanimisy. The Government. we
are Satisfied. will have no OCCASION to 6nd
fault with its proceedings. unless it should
disregard ito late action in the Trent A.
fair, and in its consciousness Of power and
projigality Of expenditure. vote men aud
means TO make single hsudcd tight with
England.
Since the military occupation Of our
county. arrests have been quite the order
Of the day. Among the parties arrested
a-e Coils. Blackstone and Waring. Thos.
W. Cough. Thos. Z. Greenwich, John
Greenwe'l. J. J. Ford, Heary I. Carroll
and perhaps others whose namcs have not
reached US. The arrests have been msde
in very quict and delicate manner. We
learn. aud. in most instances. the parties
arrested have been restorediO ihcis liberty.
The military are making strenuous efIsrts 10
suppress the contrsband trade. which.
they seen, satisfied. has teen carried on to
= very considerable extent. If late, be-
tween this c"unty aud Virginia. So far
~ our observation extends they have con-
Quoted ,hemselvcs welt sinee their sniouru
here. and our people generally have no
fauls to end with either their official or in
disidual department..