The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-05-03
WAR NEWS.

far as heavy battles are concerned, but the
good cause steadily and rapidly progresses.
Since oy last issue New Orleans, the great
Southern Emporium has succnmbed to the
mvincibility of our arms. York Town is
being closely Invested and daily skirmishes
going on between the contending armies, with.
the successes invariably on the side of the
Union troops, sure prcmoDitor of final
triumph TO the impcrshable cause. Tire
news from the Mississippi and Corinth, like
that from all other sources indicates the rapid
decline and fa! Of the great baseless structure
Of treason.
Below WE give some of the principal events
occurring in the different loca lities where the
god OF war lifts his goary locks. Our news of
the capture of New Orleans is derived from
Rebel quarters, official dispatches from that
distant field OF strife, not having reached us
yet through Union sources.
AN APPEAL FOR EAST TENNESSEE.
letter from gentlemen high in authority in.
Tennessee, contains the following:
g Say to the Postmaster General that we
are succeeding beyond our most sangune
expectations. AS soon as the rebel army is
driven beyond the limits OF Tennessee, tho
State will stand for the Union by an over
whclmng majority. l hope the Government
will be impressed with the absolute necessity
of the army entering East Tennessee. They
are numbering and plnndeIing onr people by
thousands. Their acts of inhumanity aud
barbarty are without parallel, The letter
cone ludcss: Great God Is there no relief
for that people 2''
The Post Office Department has rcopcned
the following offices in Tennessee : Murfrees-
boro', Springfield, and franklin.
SEVEN MILES FROM MoSrEtHEY, Tenn
April 2S.-Fivc companies of our cavalry had
skirmish with the eDemy's cavalry two miles,
IN advance. The enemy retreatcd with five
killed, one Of them major.
Eighteen prisoners, with their horses and
| arms, were captured, and are now in our
camp. One ofthe prisoners, named Vaughan,
was formerly foreman in the office Of tho
Louisville Democrat. We had one man
wounded but none killed. Our forces are in
capital spirits. The prisoners say the enemy
have upwards Of eighty thousand men at
Corinth, and will fight. They are busy
| entrenching and mounting large guns.
refugee from Memphis reports that the
town Of Humboldt was occupied by small
rebel force, engaged in throwing mp defensive
works. lie brings Memphis papers of tho
26tb. They contain but little matter, fur
| Their than confirmation Of the fall of New
Orleans. The .Aroianche grumblcs that tho
rebel authorities suppress the details in
regard to the affair, and says that nothing but
the bare fact of the surrender is known.
Inc same paper says the Southern people
are fast losing all confidence in their river
detenscs. 1t is generally admitted that the
Federal army can be no longer successfully
resisted. 1t also intimates a lack of conf.
dcncc in the Southern Contederacy by adyis-
ing its patrons to invest what money they
have in real estate while the purchase can be
made in the currency now in circulation.
which consists principally of rebel treasury
notes.
The CONSUMPTION law is being rgidly
enforced. The Union men are sccrcting
themselves or flying to avoid its operation.
The same refugee also reports that mer-.
chants who are Of avowed Secession procivi-
ties are removing their goods to places of
| concealmcnt and security. Large numbers
of families are moving away daily. The idea
of burning the town has been abandoned, in
consequence OF the determined opposition Of
property holders.
1t is currently reported, at Memphis. that
Bcauregard has not over eighty thousand men
| at CoriDth, and no hope is entertained of his
successfully resisting Gen. Halleck, who was,
believed to have two hundred thousand men.
CArTuR OF NEW ORLE.Ns.-The following
appears in the Richmond Dispnich of the 2Sth
! Instant " The fearful state OF suspense IN
which this city has existed for two or three
days, has at last ended. Ncw Orleans is in the
possession The enemy. 1t was evacuated by
Gen. Lowell, who removed his forces to Camp.
Moore, on the Jackson Railroads.
| The Day Books editorial says that the fair
| OF New Orleans is by far the most serious
reverse OF the war. 1t suggests future prlva-
ton to all classes of society, bnt most to be-.
| lamented Of all, il threatens the army sup
| plies.
The raising of meal and bread, instead of
cotton and tobacco, is earnestly recommended
! by the disconsolate editor
The Richmond Dispnfch says that when the
enemy's fleet arrived opposite the city, and
demanded the surrender, Gen. Lowell refused
and fell back to Camp Moore, after destroy
ing the cotton and tobacco.
The iron-clad Mississippi was burnt, to pre-
vent her from falling into the hands of tho
enemy. Nothing is said of the Louisiana but
it is supposed she was scuttled, and it is
rumored that she WAS sunk at the first fire.
Camp Moore is at Tangipahoa, seventy
eight miles from New Orleans, on the Jack
son Railroad.
The following are the latest dispatches:
THE PoSTCHARTRAN FoRTs EvAcuATED-
Mobile. April 2S.-The forts on Lake Pont--
chartrain were all evacuated on the 25th.-
| We have sustained considerable loss in sup
plies, and disnounting but not destroying the
guns.
At Fort Pike all the buildings were burned,
including the telegraph office, and tho opera
tor has gone to the limits Of the city to open
| an office, II possible.
All the gunboats on the lake have been
burned by our people.
| The Mobile boats, Whiteman, Brown, and
several others, are removing troops, store and
ordnance to Manashock, after which we fear
they will bc burned.
Yankee fleet was at Ship Island, and is
again returning to that station.
Chicago, April 30.-A special despatch to
the Times, from Fort Wright on the 2Sth
| inst, say From deserters learn that New
Orleans is now in Capt. Por,er's quiet posses
sion. The Union fleet passed Fort Jackson
on Thursday, after desperate naval engage
mcnt, in which one vessel was sunk and
several badly damaged. 1t is supposed that
the Union loss is very heavy.
| The rebel loss was 60 killed and IS4
wounded. The engagement lasted part OF
two days. The Unionists took possession Of
the city without struggle, on Friday, tho
rebel force having evacuated after destroying
all the steamer rs which they had no use for
They took with them the greater part of tho
military stores in the city. The Union citi-
zcns were very jubilant.
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