St. Mary's gazette., 1864-06-16

4 .'nsspsssr's Nav YoKx ILLUSTRATES
Nswss IL on our table for June. the llth,
/ isrge aud hesu,iful sixteen page pid
fisl. Tho topography is beautiful. lif6
islrd 9TH the Rashiops, Ned i1slars.
Wit, IA. and ,hs Cuts are .Ihe y We
li=seai~n in The weekly Pic - fsiee
Ba.A hs ysar--aissls esq lssA es#p4
sAEe'ef 80 Reekaasa ssseet Il al VIII
lssa, New Yask,
TIE Mea,seal Head, Of WedRssias.
the ,s 'ass., sNseaeess ,As Arrival d
Belle Rssa 10 that eiay,
--r-.,..s--
TME NENs. an ~ dxs
iaase r.pasts fsem Gea, afsa. shsH
ai,s. tasre hes been ae assA.ipg u sui
magnitude ID his 'Dcp>s@ea, &c ,Ae pail
'seek- or mare tfhe-g~as hattie III VI
day--heresosore. repor,ed-.wss terribly
destructive in ito character, ami both .As
Ncathcrn aud Southern prsss agree thai
II resulted in d Federal repalse. 'rlss
Gos.frlerates were strongly eatrencaei,
sud, consequently, suffered bat little loss,
whilst Gen. Grants losses are Admitted
to hsY been very large Indeed. i
'volaiH seem. frnm the prezeat sitaaficn q
affairs. tina. the idea Of fgaiiug into Rich
n,ond has been abandoncd. The lnlsket,
we are told, has s'become 40 auxilisry 80
the SPADE" and Richmoni Is 10 be reduced
by ,hcisam mode Of warfare which RESULT
ed in the capture Of yickshargs, Ere ,ai
csn be accomplished. however. u the rail-
roads leading to the South and West mas
be occupied, and another strong column
will be needed for this purpose The az
com pl;shment,l of this task we, presums.
has been assigned to Gems Butler and
Hunter. anil at last accounts The fosrne
WIS demonstrating against Petersburg
whilst the latter was at Stauaton engages
in destroying ihe Virgins Central railroad
Our'iase exchanges bring US noshiu.
new from snerTan. The correspondent
Of the New York Tribune is rather discoa
ISOLATE over his situation, which he CLAIMS
in The event of the failnrc.fos capture Al
lauta. is extremely precarioas. The coan
try occupied By Johnston Is admirably
adapted TO the warfare be is waging, and
both as ,strategist aud Fighter be ID 81
garded us Sherman's equal. In this ,cos-
test. however, he has mahy -advsnta gel.
lie is lear bis base, and Is being daily re-
infarced. whilst 1Sbsrmsn's ,comn.unic.-
tion is bcset with ,gaerillas. rebel cavalry
and hostile people. In the fighting th.,
has thus far ensue5.' the Federal losses
have been quite heavy, whilst tie success css
ses claimed to bsye been gained lave reyi-
IDENTIFY been far from decisive. We, there.
fore, are disposed TO agree with the T.;.
LAae's correspondent that either; Atlantis
must fall. or Sherman viii be subjected to
great peril. If hes succeeds, he will have
achieved great military exploit. bur. il
he shall fail, NApoleou's march upon Mos
COW can scarcely be regarded as . greater
military biundcr. Like Ku,useF.y John
stou has declined to fght4 unless with ap-
parent certainty for success, and Sherman
has been gradually drawn into a. position
from which, in the event Of, dcfeat, he
cahnot escape without serious! disaster b.
Since our last publication, :. fight is re-
in the Shenandoah Valley, between Gems.
Hunter and Jones, which resulted in the
defeat and death Of the latter. Southern
papers admit the defeat sH a tlsaaue a,tsSa fs
is reported to have fought bravels.. and
bis defeat is attributed to great iufericrity
If numbers Mi No. ,"1JiaaifG
Gen. Morgan is making another raid ia
TO kentucky, with force 'estiTns,ed at
1900 psris, Cynthiana and osin.r' towns
have been occupied, aud Gen. I Hobsou 8
forces. which were garrisouipg Cynthiana,
have been compelled to surrender. "A late
report. however. states that Gen. Bur-
bridge has encountered Mmgan and com.
pletely routed him. - :rs1 IT, e- Ssh rat
The Federal forces opposed ID Gen.
Dick Taylor claim to have repulsedr him In
q late attack. tg' A." s''-a 3-- 2 s3ak =
A force Of s0eo men is said to be march.
ing from the Sou'hwes, 10 reinforce Shes1
man. 'fF H5a p ~7siES >.
The Federal Steamer Water Witch iIas
been captured by the Confederat4s off
Tybce Island. Only one Of the crew es-
capcd.3 s7Goi,7 4a -gstl ST
Southern papers claim that Gen. bong
streets wound is not dangerous, land that
he is rapidly improving. --.s8qe1tsa
Late proceedings in = Congress and the
Maryland Convention have. q dsxelopsd
nothing new of special iDpnrtauce.,d In
he former bsdy, the question. Of striking
I he communication cfause from the Conscrin.
ton Law is being considered aud will ike
ly be ado?seds The latter bodr, 4 In still
engaged upon the Bill of Rights. D From
present appearances the 0oasen.iosi will
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