St. Mary's beacon., 1863-03-19

Thu News.
The war news Of the paa. week, If We
e.,s.linr Ourselves ~ ~bat has been sfhcial-
II reported. il beth ncagre and unimpor-
t.n,. Our Tuesday, exchanges. however.
~"n's;n sterling run.ors Of the progress
y: kffairs OF the West The YasoG expe-
!"io" IN reported complete success.
tLe ultimate result Of which must be the
.vasua'i,D VI vicksLurg. Indeed. it is
Thought. s"ys the correspondent of the
riusinuati Cu=ett-. that this grca, strong
hid !. being already rapidly evacuated. !"
The Federal Gee, thar passed through the
Yxz.a river IL now in the rear Of the
'retei'' position. and j, is only necessary
~ land few thousand men to render the
rafturc OF tho place certain. Twentv six
Confederate transports have bccu captured
and destroyed. aud the reduction Of all the
''reb-l' posts upon the Mississippi. it is
,b"ugLt, must speedily foll,w ths fall Of
Yicksburg Indeed, il We may credit
all Mat 10 told as Of this Yaxoo expedition.
We should not lie as,oni>hcd it It we're to
Capture Richmond in less than fortnight.
4 canal from the Mississippi. leading to
,he eastward. has already. We learn. been
ccu,'nelced. and from the success that has
heretofore attended Yankee enterprise.
especially when directed to underground
operations. it csnhvt fail to prove a sue
"css. Il is true. the day for gun-boat in
vincibility il passed. and iron-clads ar"
even at discount, but Richmond like
risk>burs. may be poorly defended in
tis GEAR" alb ii. it his given repeated svi
d.ac. Of frontal invulnerability.
Lsts adviecs from the army Of the Po-
sonso show that nothing of Importance
has occurred. though. it is rumorsd. that
tbs "rebsls" have iatt-rly manifested
desire to cross the Rappahannock. Gen.
Hooker. va arc gravely assured. is in
readiness to give them . warm greeting
and only desires an opportunity TO rceip-
rosase the hospitality they extended to
burnside at Fredericksburg. AL rumors
" rebel advances up tho Valley Of
Virginia arc pronounced apocryphal.
Late intelligence from Kentucky shows
that fears arc still entertaiaed Of . rebel
invasion Of that State. and its attempted
occupation by the enemy" is regarded a:
certain to take place at an carly day.
There is nothing new from Gen. Rose
eraus army. except is is reported to be ii
good spirits aud il Cue lighting condition
Bragg. has been largely reinforced. ane
will, il is thought. dispute his occupation
Of Tullahema. A large "rcbcl' force il
reported 10 be menaeiug Fort repslson
but The garrison il coL6ie.t Of its abilii!
- hold the post.
No Sighting is reported a: Charleston o
Savannah. nor are VIC promised OF lat
that these places .hall be taken. Coul'
$40, cxuxl be cut. leading to the rear
these pisces. aud their capture rendere
eerta;ui Gsn. Hunter hiss Large fore
st his command. and. from What We hav
tc.n told "f i,s temper aud ennrlexioo.
is probably better qualified for work
this sor; than even the army Ut ditcher
that has been COLLECTED 10y Grant at Vieks
burg. -...
since the above was written. later I'd
vices have reached Us fron. vicksburg
IL now ,housLi tina, The ''r..b-I." will &C,
tsiuIy make tight nj this point. snd We NJ
told sbss % astsck upon PORT Hadson wi
probably b. ,u:ucuccd is . few days.