The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-08-08
WAR NEWS.

MY NV teh', ~ appears W De Sttt!eai -
to be Mobile. H. will take it in the rear.
and Admiral Farragut in front. The rebels
are fully appraised of the fact. and are pre-
pairing 70 defend the city with their n:aal
determination. Joe Johnston will doubt.
less tall back on that poiut, and his force
scarcely more than twenty thousand men,
VII GAR ison The Qualifications. A portion
OF Grants troops went down.the Mississippi
ten days sgo, probably for that dcstinnlion.
The distance from Nicksbnrg to Mobile by
land. is about Two hvndFcd miles, which, at
ten miles a day could be travcrspd in
twenty days. very large proportion of
Grant old army. numbering full one hun
dred thousand, viii he taken for the reduc-
ton OF Mobile, together with the whole Of
Furragut's fleet VII. the iron ciads belong
ing TO Porter. Ia a month from this, there
ought TO be al SEA ut least ten OF the new
batch of iron cIads which are said to be now
nearly completed. In about that time. or
less, we may expect Grant to be ham
mering at the forts on the land side Of the
city, and tafragut at Fort Morgan and the
other deienccs Oh the water side.
- General Buiord's fight on Saturday
near Culpeppnr, was L Very bold and bril-
liant affair The Rebels were driven furi-
ously before him, until they reached heavy
Butord troops two 10 one. Prisoners say
that their loss was very large and much
heavier than ours. The United States Reg
ulars and the Pennsylvania Sixth and Sew
enth Regiments, distinguished themselves
greatly III the charges made upon the encmy
Butords Cavalry has become terror to
stuart: who no longer can make u stand
before them irresistible onset.
4 ,t,l, F,,.o
that Ia his Operations he has parulcd thirty
one thousand men, and sent about eight
thousand north as prisoners. making thirty
nine thousand captured BY him since the 1st
OF April. In addition to the five thousand
head Of cutie and five hundred thousand
rounds of ammunition captured near
Natchez, lie has taken over two thousand
mules, OF which he has sent TWO thousand
to General Banks.
REBEL OFFICERS SENT NEST Eighteen
Rebel officers, captured at Gettysburg, were
sent v est, under an escort. Their destina.
ton is Johnson Island, Lake Eric. where
they are to be confined until assurances are
received that Colonel Streight's command.
nov imprisoned in Georgia. and other Union
officers, are properly treated.
The President gives notice to the Rebel
authorities, that the law Of retaliation is to
be fully carried out. Every case of i'll treat
ment OF our officers and men, black or
white, BY the Rebels. is to be retaiiatcd in
kind. For every soldier of the United
States killed in violation of the laws Of war;
"a Rebel soldier will be executed, and if a
black soldier is Ia ken prisoner and sold into
slavery, Rebel soldier will be confined at
hard labor on the public works. there to
continue until the black soldier shall be lib
Grated.
- The Nashville Press states that the
Rebels are making all their preparations to
transport the entire wheat cropof East len
nessee to the South, if it shall become ne.
cossary for them to evacuate that section
Nor will they wait to thrcsh the grain it
they are hard pressed They are even pre-
pared to carry il Off in the straw.
- One Of the most destructive fires that
has occurred in Havana for many years
broke out on the 22d of last month, in the
block of magnificent stores, aud before the
flames were subdued property amounting in
value TO over one million six hundred thou
sand dollars had been destroyed, upon which
there was no insurance.
- Brigader General Spears expedition
has been heard from. it having penetrated
nearly to Weldon North Carolina. A Jack
son, twelve miles from Weldon, General
Spear discovered the enemy in strong force
made a charge on their advance, drove them
back, and captured seventy prisoners
lncessant rains had made the roads almost
inpassable, and General Speer found great
difficulty in marching through the country.
- From Memphis we learn that the indie
fatigabie Colonel Hatch, having driven Rich
ardson's guerrilas into Mississippi, has
turned his attention to the famous ditch dig
ger, Gideon j. Pillow, who had crossed the
Tennessee River, near Paris, in Henry
county, with six regiments. Gideon may
suddenly find his chickens Matched and coop
ed before he is aware Of his danger. We
rather think this likely to prove his last mil.
itarj exploit.
- The news from North Carolina ap.
pears to preiigure the beginaiug of the drop.
ping to pieces process Of the Rebel Confed
eracy. The Raleigh Standard openly de,
nounces Jeff. Davis aud pronounces his
attempt to establish the Southern Confed-
eracy failure. The Richmond Enquirer
calls upon Davis to suppress both the Stand
urd and the Supreme Court of North Caro-
lima. The Standard responds that any such
attempt at suppression will be resisted by
wv t4'lbl amy WIN Ih1'iNdi WV -
necessary, and revolution in the State be
the result. The Standard also says that
North Carolina has sacrificed forty thou
sand men in this ''causeless war; aud sug
gests the sending of delegation to Wash
ington to enable North Carolina to re. enter
the Union.
- On Monday the Rebels sent out re.
connoitring party towards Kelley Ford on
the Rappahannock. to ascertain most pro-
badly the position and strength OF our forces
in that vicinity. They were met by our
troops and promptly driven back, thus
ascertaning to their entire satisfaction that
the Yankees were about somewhere
Heavy supplies have been sent to Freder
icksburg and vicinity by the Rebels, and it
looks as though they expected to re occupy
their old positions in and around that place
1t is believed that Lee has received no rein
forccments from Richmond of any conse
quence.
Correspondence from Vicksburg states
that the important letters from Ex- Presi-
dent Buchanan to jeff Davis have been cap
tured and that the contents of these letters
confirm General Scott s accusations of trea-
son against Buchanan. The Rebel Gen.
Bowen is dead General Heron Division
ut Natchez has destroyed an immense
amount of Rebel stores, and also captured a
great number OF cattle from Texas, and
quantities of salt designed for Lee S army.
Gen. Grants army is undergoing a complete
Reorganization.
- One of our scouts, who left Tuscumbia