The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-06-07
The Evacuation OF COrinth-Ruin Of
the Rebel Cause in the West.

the RcDcl cause III the w est.
The following account of the evacuation il
from the Chicago Times Of June ls,:-
On Friday morning, the battle, if snch it
may Uc called, was resumed on Onr part
Our battery commenced throwing round after
round Of she Il into the Rebel entren :hmcn,s
and the town, with n rnpidity indicating n
| determination to destroy the place. Occa-
sionnl volleys of muskctry too were fired at
the straw limitations Of pickets, set up during
the night by the enemy to deceive our army.
As no response was received to any of these
demonstrations. and as the supposed pickets
were proven by the clearer light Of day, and
their nnfncling bravery to be but repre-
sensations. officers rushed ahead to obtain
closer views and satisfy themselves of the
rnemys position. Finding no resistance
they gallapcd carelcssiy on, close up to the
Rebel Qualifications and into the il works and
finally into the very town.
Several little squads thus sailed ont in
crcasing their speed AS they advanced, cove
tons OF the distinction Of being the first to
enter. They found The place really DESERTED
The shells from the Fedora. batteries tell
| thick and fast about these ycnturcsome gen
tlemcn, but they seemed to have no tear of
them.
The first party rode into the town about
clock in the morning, and then was dis
S'NeIcu we lull Vi ne Victory gained,
Destruction, waste and drsolatioD were visible
on every hand. Huge piles of commssary
stores were snnouldcring in the flames. The
remains of buildings destroyed were con.
spicu"ns on tn" streets.
The enemy had fled. taking care that what
they conld not carry away should at least not
be lci. for the victors.
One large warehouse filled with provisions,
was all that remained unchanged of unbound
less stores OF similar goods, sufficient to with.
stand much longer siege. Sacks We're torn
olen, barrels broken, h"gsheads knocked to
pieces, and their contents mixed in common
lies, upon and about which huge bontires
had been lit.
A score or more of buildings were already
in flames and rapidly the fire was spreading.
The Baptist Church. one Of the largest and
finest buildings in the city, was in ruins
The platforms of the railroad station house
were on fire. The court house was in immi-
nent danger. The Who'll, town was threatcne
with a speedy destruction. There were but
handful Of citizens left to fight the dcvour.
ing element, but at this juncturc, our troops
began to file in the town. These, as fast as
they arrived, were set at work cxtinguishlng
he fire and saving property. Many, how
ever, found time to sneak away and scour the
place in search of plumber
The town was, I'm fact, given up to plumber
and the SOuldiers vino had so long and
patiently manoeuvred for the position could
not be expected willingly to resist the temp
tation to secure some va liable meme ntoes OF
the victory.
1t was ascertained from the fow citizens
remaining and from the struggling captivcs
who were brought in, that the main body OF
the Rebels had gone to Grand Jnnc,on, but
thar a few thousand. the last to leave, had
taken fine wagon road to Kossuth, small
town nine or ten miles northwest.
The evacuation had commenced! early in
the week, and for several days was carried on
leisnrcly and with good order, but at thu last
our forces crowded them too Fast, and they
were obliged to fly psecip1ately.
The means of transportation at their CON-
mand, although known to be immense, were
wholly Inadequate to accommodate the grand
rush on Wednesday night mud Thursday, and
hence some thousands of them, variously
estimated at from 5000 TO l5,C0O, were
obliged to fly on foot to Kossuth.
As soon MS it wasascertafnrd what direction
these had taken, Gen. iIalleck orslrred large
dctachments Of cavalry and Light artillery to
pursue them.
The following despatch from Gen. Halleck
tells to recession the dole full tale of its doom
in the West:
HNLEEcR's HEADauARTERs, June 4, 'G2.
To Hon Ed,cin NJ. Stanton, Secretary Of Wars
Gen. Pope, with forty thousand me II, is
thirty miles sourh of Corinth, pushing tho
encIny hard. He already reports ten thou.
sand prisoners and descTters from the enemy,
and fifteen Thousand stand of arms captured
Thousands Of thc enemy arc throwing away
their arms.
A farmer says that when Beauregard
learned that Colnnel F. Hiatt had emf tb. r,;t
road In his line of retreat, he became frantic,
and told his men to save themselves the best
they could. We have captured nine locomo-
tives and number of cars. One is already
repaired ard is running to-day. Several
more will be in running order in two or three
days. The rcsHlt ~ all / could possibly
desire. Il. ". HALLKck.