The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-11-21
WAR NEW 8,

There has been no fighting since our seiz.
ure of Lookout Valley, two weeks ago.
Hooker's position is considered impregna.
BILE. Communication by the river between
Brown Ferry, two miles below, and Bridge.
port, is uninterrupted and secure. Wagons
pass daily by the river road. Supplies for
men and animals are acrumula,ing steadily.
The dead point of danger is passed. The
army is sansuine and the future is bright
The enemy holds Lookout yet, and throws
shell occasionally IN both direct ions. Near
" all fall short. None have been injured
in the city, and but one killed aud one
wounded in Lookout Valley. Bragg main.
tains q bold front near the city. There is
no diminution Of force apparent.
1t is now said that the " estern and Allan.
tic Railroad has been worked to its full ca
pacity bringing reintorcements to Bragg,
and tina; the road from Chickamauga Sta
ton, for eight miles south, is lined with
Rebel camps.
The campaign will not be closed without
decisive and bloody struggle for the pos
session OF Chattanooga and East Tennessee.
Intelligence from East Tennessee to the
evening of the l4th inst. is received. 1t is
satisfactory.
The telegraph has been extended to Fort
Smith, and General Mcneil has issued or.
ders that all molestations of the telegraph
shall be regarded as the work of bushwack.
ers, and for every cutting of the wire a
guerrilla prisoner shall be hanged.
Our forces occupy Waldron, about thirty
miles south of Fort Smith
FORTRESS MONROE, Nov. IA large lot
of beef, pork, -four, meal and other sup
plies for the Union prisoners at Richmond,
from the Baltimore American Relief
Fund" arrived here to-day and was imme.
diately reshipped on board the steamer Con
charge OF the Flag. Of Truce Officer.
The guerrillas are becoming quite trou.
blesome upon the Mississippi, tennessee
aid Arkansas shores. They show them.
selves JUS, in sufficient numbers to do a
murder, or a ru,. berry, OF an act Of ncend,
ari m. Richardson band is still in por.
lions of West Tennessee, enforcing the
Rebel CONSUMPTION. Considerable cotton
arrives at Memphis from Eastern Arkansas,
although the country is infested with guer
rillas. The families Of the poor in that
section just linger on earth with life.
Intelligence from Fort Smith to the 18th
reports the capture by scouting parties of a
Rebel Colonel, two Majors, two Captains.
quite number OF prisoners, and portion
of the Rebel General Cooper's trains, laden
with commissory stores and ammunition
Cooper's forces were fleeing rapidly towards
the ked river.
A party of Confederates. sixty strong.
under the command of Captain Beale, OF
the Confederate navy, landed on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia, near Drummondlowu.
on Saturday last, but were soon captured
by the Federal coast guard stationed near
that point.
TIE campaign of the Armv of the Cum.
berland will not be closed without decisive
and bloody struggle for the nossession O,
Chattanooga and East tennessee, IL is
said that the Western and Atlantic Railroad
is being worked TO its full canac;tv in hiring
ing reinforcements to General Brapp. and
that IA road from Cirkamaups Station fnI
eight miles south il lined will Kohl ramns
oH Monday the ene,ov's batteries IN nlk
ont Mountain nlayed vigorously m Hooke,' ),
camn. Moccas;n Point and Chatlann"y.
hn, he IRE was neither accurate nor effec.
tive. M DAMAGE heinz done iva WV
The steamer Convny' which lef, here las,
SATURDAY. with nrov;s;nns md r,o,h;na t",
onr soldiers hs,d "a nr;sorsrs in ;p;nhnssord
returned, br;na;nr Gack ,he mrov;s;nn. -
Colonel IRVINE vent in charps and ,,,,
refused the nriyilepe of taking The rat;ons +,