The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-08-15
- According to a St. Louis journal, II

- According to St. Louis Journal, the
position OF the Army Of the Cumberland is,
at present. al Iuliahona and Winchester
places about seventeen miles apart. Tulla.
hotna is held by General Johnson division
Genera! Rosecrans' headquarters is in Mary
Sharp College, at Winchester Geuerul
McCook's corps is at that place. General
JcH. e. Davis Is III command Of the post -
General Thomas corps is at Decherd. four
miles from Winchester. General Crt,en
den occupies Manchester, HilIshore, Nc.
Minnr!!le and Stephenson. The position Of
Bragg army is not and cannot he given.
- The Mobile Nr,cs of the 3lst ult. is
very severe upon Pclnbcrton for allowing
his men to be paroled at Wick burg and
says that the Texas and Aiubama troops
who have crossed the Mississippi River are
lost beyond recall. They are also accused
Of eating up Jchnston's stores and of dis,
couragng and trcimGting his ranks, and OF
refusing to report to P,mbertons old Off
GERS, because they hate them" This is II
clever excuse for their refusing to fgh,
Rebel battles any longer
- 1t is said that Richardson, the gnerril
la, has entered West Tennessee with the
intention of carrying Out the Rebel con
scriptlon He is 10 conscript all the iight
and tor;yhre for three years. ut the end Of
which time they are TO lie manuultted. but
VIII lecelve no Pay III the meantime for ser.
vices rendered. he vigilance Of General
Hurlhurt army, IT is believed. will hinder
Nichardson from carrying out his plans
- General Meade furnishes undcnablc nroot
of the correctness Of his previous statement
respecting the fight a Falling Waters As tie
Rebel Lee ('fhu hereafter should spell his name
with an i, instead Of e, for the middle lie tel
saw proper 10 deny the truth OF Gen. Mcutle's
report, the victor of Gettysburg has thought it
proper 10 settle The matter by giving Gen XII
parick,5 report 10 the pubic. We i,nag lie
Ice will con 'ider his real character for tru;hiul-
ness exposed beyond longer couceaIneut, and
50 will tee'n it futile to attempt AL answer.
A severe fight took place, few DAYS
since, on the Missouri River, below Fort
Union, between the Indians aud the passcn.
gers on board the steamboats, Shreveport
and Robert Campbell. Twenty eight In.
dinns and three whites were killed. All the
Indians this side Of the Rocky Mountains
are III arms against the whites. A battle
was expected daily between tie Indians and
General Sibley's expedition.
Three South Carolina prisoners of war
have been directed to be CLOSELY confined
and held rs hostages for three colored men
captured ON the gunbont Isaac Smith now
imprisoned at Charleston, and it is under.
stood similar orders will be given in respect
to all other prisoners, white or black, that
are treated by the Rebels otherwise than Us
prisoners of war.
-Advices from General Grants depart.
mcnt state that two important expeditions
are on the point of starting, and that Missis
sippi will soon be clear Of every organized
Rebel force. General Davidson is arieady
marching through the centre Of Arkansas,
driving the Rebels before him.
- Since the battle of Gettysburg twenty-five
bundled and thn.y-sey en,wulndel Rebels have
been received OH Davis Island, Il, the General
Hospital there. They have had excellent care
and medical attendance, but Notwithstanding all
this eighty OF them have died since the l7lh ui
July.
- An infamous attempt was made last Mon
day night, by party OF miscreants, to blow up
the Croton acqueduct east Of Tarytown, n. Y
The rascals stole key of powder from the pow
der magazine in the town, but were toiled in
THEN c!ioits fualy by citizen, who, discover
ing their design. gave the alarm. They made
tier escape alter shooting the gentleman who
discoN cred them.
- The Mobile NerS, Of the 30th ulimo, |
says: - Parties who lave arrived from East |
tennessee represent the condition of the
people there as terrible. They have moth.
ing to eat, aud their suticrngs in all other
respects are equally severe"
1t is ascer,aned on very reliable |
authority, that cur wounded in the battles
at Gettysburg. number II, 218. and that of |
the rebels about 1900 At this rate the |
| 'nin 1.l al, /
about 1900 making AN aggregate of killed |
and wounded of 80, $50.
- The defeat of the last rebel invasion of |
Kentucky was full and complete. Six |
pieces Of artillery and II large number of
prisoners have been captured BY our forces. |