The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-12-18
WAR NEWS.

ago to The tegion north of Culpeper and along
the base Of the Blue Ridge, as far as Speryville
and Little Washington, returned to camp Oh
Friday. Thetofficers accompanying heFexpedi-
ton state that they encountered no enemy in
force, but fell in with several small squads of
partzans all belonging to the 9th Virginia cavalry.
Leaves ofabsence are now freely allowed toofi-
GERS and men for short periods, indicating that
there is to be no immediate active operations
There was Confederate reid to- Mount Sterl-
ing, Kentucky, on Tuesday night last, under
" command Of Major Chenoweth. They burned
the court house, took about fifty horses, and
v what conmissary stores they wanted, and then
I fell back TO Oyrnpian Spring. The records Of
the clerks office were partially destroyed D..
- A Louisville despatch says the gueras in
6 Cumberland, Wayne, and Clinton! counties are
VERY troublesome, and often make raids across
'""the Cumberland, destroying property and con-
p" scripting citizens
Gen. Mcpherson, com handing ct Vicksburg,
! has issued orders for changing the Mississippi
artillery into cavalry, to operate against the
guerilas which invest the over part of the river.
Admiral Dahlgren has already made arrange
ments with the engineer who is raising the mon
; itor Keoknk at Charleston harbor, also to raise
the Weehawken.
The total Federal loss in killed, wounded and
missing in the siege of Kao xville falls short of
one thodSand.
The story of the arrival OF Confedera te COM
missioHers at Fortress Monroe with prop osals of
peace, &C., is semi-offcially 'con tradicted.
WAsHIEGToY, Dec. l4.--Thc avy Depar tment
has received information of the following cap
lures: On the 9th November, the schooner
Two Sisters, Acting Mastar .Ratk well, captured
the English schooner Maria Albel ia. She was
cleared from Havana for Matamoras, but was en-
+deavorng to run the blockade into Ba yport,
Florida.
Acting Volunteer Lieut. Eaton comma nding
1.-THE steamer Circassion reports that on the morn
ling of the 9th inst. in lat 80 deg. as M, ong.
77s deg. min, he captured the Englsh stea mer
Nina. She was taken without chas e as she
was nnder the Cifcassian's guns beft IRE bel ng
aware oft. An attempt'was made to sink er
iby her officers, but it was prevented She is
English built, 900 tons burthen and was rated A
No ] for ten years at Uoyds.
The United States gunboat Kanawha captur =
ed, on tHe 29th Of November, the schooner Aer =
Ia, o. .Minona, off Mobile bay. She had beer |
awaiting an opportunity for many weeks % es
cape from Mobile, and was captured soon after
crossing the bar. Her cargo consists OF cot ton,
rosin and -turpentine, and is very ,valuabl e.
About SIS, 500 in specie was found on one OF the
81. Ir, ,l,,o,
bonds, The money and bonds have been ,pSs ICED
in the keeping Of Paymaster. Psnnimsn, OF the
Kaaawha.
From tie army Of the Potomac we haveth . in
telligencq that Gen Lees cavalry endeaydEet on
Sunday 10 cut Gen. Meade,s coinmpnccaiI ion
with Washington by destroying the bridg acl ;oss
Cedar creek, near Catlett's, ,StatioR. >, Alb out
seven hundred made dash. at the guard pos ted
at the bridge, but were driven off after sh, 'rt
6pht. The line of railroad from tie front to A.
exaudria win Be protected by both cavalry I'D
Infantry hereafter, = Yesterday an was qu:ie
along the front. The Russian naval officers vii III
ted the army during the day, and returned to
Alexandria in TIE evening. 100 i
Dispatches from Chattanooga aihohncea, su
cessful cavalry reconnaissance, and the captui e
of Confederate signal station, SIX officers an
forty prigates, 4 correspondent With General
Grants army says that Gen. Btagg's forces are
estimated to be now, but fifteen or twenty ,hous-
and. The campaign may be considered at an
end. The Confederate forces in the cotton States
are said to be distributed as follows With Gen.
Bragg at Dalton, twenty thousand; ID Mississip-
pi, 6fteen thousand; at Mobile, FIVE thousand,
and scattered in various places, five thousand
This is exclusive Of those west Of the Mississippi
and ofIiFrsgular guerilas, -
Advices tpom Knoxville, Tenn, up to Monday
anorniag hare been received. Gen. Foster had
assumed commaad Of the army, and Gen. Burn
side had Departed for Cincinnati. It's stated by
the scouts that much of the artillery and trains
of General Longstusets army have fallen intt
the hands of the pursuing Federal forces, bu
these accounts lack confirmation.
Anexpedition sent out from Fortress Monro
last week advanced up the peninsula as far
Charles City Court House, and captured che Con
federate camp with eight officers and eight.
privates. The Federal loss was two Killed an
four wounded, The Confederate casua tiles al
not reported, but it is said that o number OF Kill