The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-07-11
WAR NEWS.
Flight of the Enemy.

events athave TRANSFERRED up to the pre-
sent time. The President issued the follow
ing congraulatory address on the 4,h OF
July:
WASHINGTON. July 4.-The President of
the Uuite' States announces to the country
that the nws from the Army of the Poto-
mac uhtilO O clock p NJ, on the Sd inst,
is such 20 cover that army with the
brightest pner-to promise great success
to the ca e of the Cnion and to claim the
condolen( of all for the many gallant
fallen; ID that for this he especially
desires tst on this day, He whose will, not
ours, shald ever be done, be everywhere
remembd md reyerenced with profoundest
gratifcaSn.
(sish) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The bile of Friday was the most terrible
to the eany of the three days conflict, and
his repse so complete and disastrous,
that Gcral Meade and the leading officers
pronoued it to be final and decisive -
Never Us there more vigorous and deadly
nssaultIan that made on our centre BY
Longstet. 1t was death struggle on the
part otle enemy to break our lines, re-
peatedid renewed half dozen times dur.
ing til afternoon, in which they were as
often pulsed and driven back with loss
of liftnparalleled by any previous battle
in viii they had come in conflict with the
grandd Army Of the Potomac. Officers
who he been taken PRISONERS admit that
the loot the enemy of those in high com.
mand fully equal, if not greater, than we
have stained, but refused to give the
namef those who have fallen.
Thnen all felt that they had whipped
the envy, and the joy was great. The
shouof victory could be heard for many
milcshcn the enemy retreated, and was
kepto to late hour of the night. A
shoun one division was re echoed from
the xt, and SO went the rounds of the
iieldld was renewed as fresh evidence of
victC reached them.
Ding the night scouts arrived, reporting
thahe enemy was rapidly retreating by
the eencastle road towards Hagerstown,
andeparations were at once made for
purt at daylight. Cavalry were also sent
out harass the enemy, and at daylight
vigns attack vas made on the encmy's
real Guard, which in vain attempted to
chdthe pursuit of the fleeing army.
NO II o clock on Saturday night the
sods of cannon could be heard in the dis,
tar as our pursuing columns attacked the
eny's rear, and thousands of prisoners
aAragglng Rebels were coming towards
| Gtsburg, with captured wagons and can
no In short, there was every evideAcc
| tlDur victory was as decisive as it was
gbus-that the enemy was in disorgan
| I'D flight. getting back to Virginia a.
r1ly as his worn out limbs and shattered |
he flesh could carry him.
| the town of Gettysburg. when we drove |
tenemy ont of it on Friday night, we
| rpturcd large number of Federal |
pners, reported by some as high As tif
Il hundred, many of whom were wound.
| { There were also several thousand
vnded Rebels, every house being filled
| ! them.
oloncl Maulsby's regiment, of the Poto
Home Brigade, took an active part in
great battle of Friday, occupying the
I of honor in the centre. Their loss in
battle was 19 killed. "A wounded, and
missing. They belonged to Gen Lock-
DDS Brigade. which was brought up at a
l.ical moment, and nobly met the tire.
lndous charge of the cnemy. Colonel
Lulsby was in the thickest of the fight,
d escaped uninjured
The dispatches from jeff Davis b Lee.
Ptnred by our scouts, prove to be of the
,St important character. They are in
bstancc peremtcry order for lee to
thdraw from Pennsylvania, and br his
to fall back to lIagcrstwn nj
re--thc reason assigned being that his
sitiou is too hazardous, and that TIN con.
ion of Richmond is too defenselss to
irant his remaining in Pennsylvania ,
,ger.
" ounded prisoners taken in Gettsburg
port that General Bradley I. Johnsn, Of
lryland, was killed in thursdays stack
our right. He was struck by a shell a
lie charging our lines at the head G his IL
.ision. General Hood is also reportd to
We lad his leg shot off, and from the II
ect of which he has since died.
Brigadier General Trimble, Of 'l9t of b
'ril'' and Philadelphia, Wilmington and v
ltimore fame, is a prisoner. He vas v
md in the farm house Of Mr.. Daliel d
listen, near Gettysburg. His left bot
$ blown off by a shell. b
One of the most daring exploits of lhe 4
rthern campaign was made on the LIST
tant, by Captain Cline, of the Third In, !,
ma Cavalry, accompanied by Captin y
hlgren and twenty men. They wentto Q
where they captured Gen. lie S :,
waite Orderly and his entire escort, with T.
portant dispatches from jeff Davis to a,
e. muster rolls, pay rolls, and varsIs
itary documents of value. The M st II
nortant OF these papers was letter finn
t. Davis to Lee, which showed the week. y,
IS of the latter, and had favorable efct 5,
IN the results which followed the bale Sc
Gettysburg. p
= BY the arrival of the steamer Cahawn.
m New Orleans, at Fortress Monroe, We n
&c few days later news from Port HID II
l.. When she left the bombardment WIS
] going on, and our steamers were rt,. at
& up the river regularly with supplies br
neral Banks. Great confidence is felt IN al
" Orleans that Port Hudson would SON
e. Deserters we're still coming into GeA
ks lines. The Cahawba landed tor p
'dred and eighty Rebel prisoners o,
tress Monroe. Il,
i later arrival brings advices from Pc, To To
dson to the 18th ult. The third assau, tb
which arrangements had been made, ha ~,
yet taken place, but it was expecte, f.
n. A new battery of formidable propo, n,
IS had been erected by the Federal engi bs
rs on the left, and one of the stronges ar
eel farts, known as the " Citadel" hat %
n battered down by it. At Donaldson mr.
G, on the left bank of the Mississippi ar ar
ut midway between New Orleans ant q;
t Hudson, Rebel force, numberin, th
Seen two and three thousand, attacked "
garrison, numbering about two hundred -
were repulsed after a fight of nearly kt
hours. Some two hundred of the Rebl Al
succeeded in gaining a position in tn. tn
ks, but they were subsequently all taken IA
oncrs, and the remainder of the force 70
red. 1t is estimated that the entire Rebel fri
was six hundred. One hundred dead Vi