Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-03-19

indeiatigable indurtry and patience.
The North. meantime. was not idle.
Vol. IL, PIP. 68-72:
Goa April 10. 1861. President Lin.
coin proclaimed blockade, not as the
effort to embarrass and destroy the
commerce Of q separate nation, but to
subdue insurrection. -
The North had all the fnanufac-
turing establishments necessary to
produce all the material of war. She
had an uninterrupted commerce with
the outside world. Altogether, her
manufacturing resources were about
Eve hundred to one compared with
those Of the South She had in ad :
dition to this the inesiimable advan-
tags of having all the work shops of
the world open to her,"
With the bombardment and sur
render Of Fort Sumter, both North
and South understood that desper-
ate struggle had been inauguTsted. a
war uoequslled in the annals of mod.
ern times. Vol. H., p. 80:
"When the news reached the Presi.
dent Of the Confederacy his first ex-
preston was of thankfulness that no
blood had been shed; he said: 'Separ.
alton is not of necessity finai-there
has been no blood spilled more pre-
cious than that of mule He then
spoke of bis old friend Bob Anderson
Of bis splendid gaIlsntry, and Of his
sorrow at being separated from him"
Thereafter the lowering war-cloud
settled down darkly over the face of
the land. and the history of Mr..
D.vis's life during the next four years
is that Of battles fought. victories won
and defeats sustained, and the move
ments of vast armies swaying to and
fro in bloody struggle. Vol. H.,
p. SO:
"The two first encounters of the
Northern and Southern troops oc.
Cured about this time. On June II,
1851, at Bethel Church, and on June
18th Colonel Vaughan met the enemy
at the twenty.first bridge on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. charged
upon his camp, captured and brought
off two pieces of artillery and the
enemy's flag"
To relation to the exchange of
prisoners the following is very i'm
portant. Vol. H.. p. 1876:
about the end of January, 1862,
the Confederate Government endea-
vored to procure the exchange of
prisoners taken by the armies of
the belligerents. and an officer was
sent by Gen. Johnston to General
Mcclellan.
THE proposition was not enter
tanned by the Federal Government,
and our efforts to shorten the i'm
prisonment of the captives in our
hands met no encouragement from
their own friends.
"Thus early in the war the Confed.
crate Government displayed its desire
to secure free exchange of prisoners.
which, had it been carried out in
good faith by the Federals, would
have saved from unavoidable suffer.
ing and death, thousands of both
armies"
Here is striking glimpse afforded
US by Mrs. Davis. Vol. IL, p. 205:
II walked from one end to the
other of the hospital. and tried in
vain to find man who desired
pecuniary aid. One fair-haired boy,
with emaciated face and armless
sleeve, looked up and whispered, There
is o poor fellow on The other side who
/ think will take a little, am afraid
he has no money; my father gives me
all I want / crossed the room and
asked the sufferer. who had neither
hand, if could not get him something
he craved. He flushed and said, I
thank you. madam, for your visit, but
/ do better than that poor fellow over
there; he has lost his leg and suffers
dreadfully."
General Johnston's death is thus
mentioned. Vol. H.. ?. 229:
General Johnston fell at $50 p.
NJ, while his victorious army was
pushing the enemy before him in the
full tide of glorious victory. The
mortal wound was from Mimic ball,
which tore the popliteal artery of the
right leg. He did not live more
than ten or fifteen minutes after re.
ceiving it,"
Here also is q characteristic incl.
dent. Vol. H.. p. 325:
"The Confederate women looked On
at the struggle with ever increasing
interest; they offered their jewels,
their plate. and everything Of value
they possessed which would be useful
totheir country. One of these devoted
patriots said to me, I tried, and could
not make mp my mind to part with
my wedding-ring, and it was 60 thin
from wear; else think I could have
given it up"
The battle of Gettysburg is describ.
bed at considerable length. and
with vividness Of color and accuracy
of detail unexampled 10 previous
histories of the Civil War. Vol. H.,
PIP. 3s2-391.
"Ewelfs divisions lat 8 p. ny
charged up the Cemetery Hill, over
the crest and the stone walls, and met
the anannu In q hanl 4. -