The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-05-16

who accompanied General Stoneman on his
recent cavalry rand between the Rappahan'
mock and Richmond, after giving detailed
account of the affair, sums up as follows:
THE DAMAGE DONE.
To sum up-General Stoneman moved
| about within the enemy lines at will for nine
days, with force not exceeding five thou
. sand men disabled every line of communi-
| cation between the army of the Rapparan,
| mock and the rebel capital and the canal
through which more than one. half of their
SUI plies are received so that, in the
opinion Of competent Judges, neither line,
provided tbs rebels have esery facility for
the work. ca.f he repair in less than four
weeks destroyed millions of dollars worth
Of comnssary stores, and other supplies :
unstructel traTel upon the main pixies, by
destroying all bridges over large streams !;
gave the citizens Of ten counties, viz =
',,@'popper. Spott>y lvanja, Orange, Hanover,
Henrico, Louisa, Goochl"nd, Fluoanna,
hi"s william and New Kent, an opportu,
nifty TO see for themselves that not only are
The Yankee soldiers confident and in good
spirits, bat are really human beings ard not
inhuman shvares. as represented by the
Richmond chivalrv; captured hundreds Of
horses. and above all met the one great
objection made to the Emancipation Procla
nation, so far as the counties visited are
concerned: by letting the colorcd popula-
lion know that tkcy are free, aud weaken
ing the producing class in Rebellion by the
removal of hundreds OF able bodied men.
and sowing the seed OF decentralization
among the rest, so that the laboring class
in fact as well as theory, becomes danger.
Gus element. All this has been accomp.
lished by the raid OF General Stonemiul,
with the loss, probably, OF less than 100
men, all toid-only two Of whom were
killed. AS an offset 10 this loss our troops
killed q number of Rebels, and captured
between one and two hundred prisoners.
THE HEDEIs AT HOME.
In the counties visited there were but few
Rebels found at home, except the very old
and the very young. in nine days travel
| did not see fifty able-bodied men who
were not in some way connected with the
army. Nearly every branch of business is
III a stand still. The shelves in stores are
almost everywhere empty; the shop of the
artisan is abandoned and in ruins. The
people who are to be seen raSsivcly submit
to all that cminatcs from Richuond with
ont a murmur; they are for the most part
supplemented, and ignorant Of all that is
An intelligent looking man in ColumLia
laughed heartily when told that the Union
troops occupied Now Orlcans--Jetf Davis
would let them know il were such the fact,
ana could not find a man who would ad.
init that the Contcderacy had ever been
beaten in single engagement. Those peo
pie do not even read the Richmond papers,
and about all the information they do OBJ
tain, is what is passing about i'll the prlmi
tive style, from mouth to mouth. Before
this raid they believed that the Union sol
diers were anything but civilized beings.
and were stricken with terror when their
was heralded. OF six churches
seen in one day, in only one had there been
religious services held within six months
One half, at least, OF the dwelling houses
are unoccupicd, and fast going to decay.
ARE TIE REBELS SHORT OF PROVISIONS ?
The fear of famine was everywhere ex.
pressed the Government Seizes upon every
thing that can go to sustain the army, leav-
ing those who are not in the army to shift
as best they can. Many have provisions
concealed to avoid the searching eyes Of the
Government agents. Through the agency
of negroes large quantities of provisions thus
hid away were brought to light for the bene
fit Of Union soldiers. The farmers fold is
regularly culled of all marketable sheep,
swine and bccvcs. and what is left behind is
not fit for the butchers STALL The larder
OF the largest planters contains little else
than bacon and corn meal. The wheat
crop, now coming forward, is immense; in
fact, little else has been put in the ground.
The rich valleys Of the James and Rapidan
rivers are vast wheat fields-more IN fact
than can be gathered, unless the army is
turned to this work. The negroes are not
numerous enough for the task, even were
they not in a fair way Of being so thorough
ly dcmoralized as to refuse to work unless
paid i'll green backs
THE NEGROES.
The negroes everywhere have an idea
how it got into their heads they cannot ex-
actl. tell, but it is thcrethat the Yankee
troops were their friends, notwithstanding
the contrary assertion Of their masters, who
from infancy they have been taught to obey.
They everywhere crowded upon our columns
and begged TO be permitted to go along, and
not untrequcntiy brought one or more
horses with them as a sort of bride. They
pointed out where valuable horses were
concealed, gave information as to the move
ment OF Confederate troops, and at several
places sat up all night to bake corn. cakes
no remuneration. Some Of them were so
overjoyed at the sight Of our soldiers that
they gave vent to their feelings in prayer,
thanking Jesus fervently for sending US.
Z. A. p.
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THE FATE OF THE TRANsGREssoR. Earl