The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-13 00:00:00

sary will be taken in the usual regular manner.
The following is the order :
" Head-quarters, 2d Corps, Army o' Northern
Virginia, June 22.

"In moving in the enemy's country he utmost
circumspection and vigilance are nec ry ; and the
safety of the army, and the success of he great ob-
ject it has to accomplish, depend upon the observ-
ance of the most rigid discipline.

lieutenant-general commanding, therefore,
must earnestly appeal to the gallant officers and men
of his command, who have attested their bravery
and devotion to the cause of their country on so
many fields, to yield a ready acquiescence in the
rules- required by the exigencies of the case. All
itraggling and wandering from the ranks, and all
marauding and plundering by individuals, are pro-
hibited upon pain of the severest penalties known
to the service. What is required for the use of the
army will be t.lizen under regulations to be estab-
lished by the commanding general, according to the
usages of civilised warfare.—By command of Lieu-
tenant, General R. S. Ewell,
" A. S. PENDLETON, A.A.G."
General Ewell has also published the following
general order :
" Headquarters, 2d corps, June 13.
" The Lieutenant-General Commanding
asks the
men and officers of the corps to unite with him in
returning thanks to our Heavenly Father for the
signal success with which he has crowned the valour
of this command. In acknowledgment of divine
favour, chaplains will hold religious services in their
respective regiments, at such times as may be most
convenient. With wonderfully small loss—less than
300 killed, wounded, and missing—we have carried
strong works, defended by an abundance of supe-
rior artillery, capturing over 3,000 prisoners, and
large quantities of military stores and supplies.
Such a result should strengthen the reliance in the
righteousness of our cause, which has inspired every
effort of our troops.—By command of Lieutenant-
General R. S. Ewell,

A. S. PENDLETON, A,A,G."

A despatch from Columbia, Pennsylvania, states
that the rebel forces had ail left York, and were
supposed to be moving towards Harrisburg; but it
is probable that they were only obeying Lee's call
for concentration to meet the army of the Potomac.
It was reported that General Pleasanton's outer
cavalry pickets had been seen within four miles of
York, and this may have had something to do with
the hurried rebel movement. The force at York is
now said to have numbered but 8,000, with 18 pieces
of artillery.
The following is the proclamation of General
Earley to the people of York:—

" York, Jane 30.

"'lo the Citizens of York—l have abstained from burn-
ing the railroad buildings and car shop in your town, be-
cause, after examination, I am satisfied the safety of the
town would be endangered ; and acting in the spirit of
humanity which has ever characterised my Government
and its military authorities, I do not desire to involve the
innocent in the same punishment with the guilty. Had I
applied the torch without regard to consequences, I would
then have pursued a course that would have been fully vin-
dicated as an act of just retaliation for the authorised acts of
barbarity perpetrated by your own army on our soil; but
we do not war upon women and children, and I trust the
treatment you have met with at the hands of my soldiers
will open your eyes to the odious tyranny under which it is
apparent to all you are yourselves groaning.
"J. A. EARLEY, Major. General C.S.A."

The special correspondent of the New York Tri-
bune describes the intense excitement and alarm
prevailing in Baltimore consequent on a reported
advance of Gen. Stuart's forces on that city :

" Baltimore, June 30.

"At about the hour of ten last night a report reached
Gen. Schenck's head quarters to the effect that the whole of
the rebel Gen. Stuart's cavalry were advancing on the city
from the direction of Westminster. Having seen a lieute-
nant early in the evening whose detachment of 150 men had
been attacked on the road to that place by about 300 of the
enemy, 15 only of our men escaping, I judge the report to
be wildly exaggerated, and attribute the rumour to the
nearer approach of this band, probably bound on a recon-
naissance. Immediately the news spread as if by electri-
city through the city. Orders were at once issued for the
citixens to hold themselves in readiness to defend the
barricades. Large crowds gathered at the hotels, and at
the Eutaw House word was passed round among them
where they could find arms with which to resist the in-
vaders. At Barnum's, the Maltby House, and other
places where Union sentiment is below par, less excitement
prevailed, and the countenances observable in the grcups
who lingered around those delectable resorts were for the
most part wreathed in smiles of pleasant anticipation. At
five minutes before eleven th 9 alarm bells commenced to
ring. The firemen of the city, mistaking this for an alarm
of fire, and misled by the continued ringing, ram in all di
rections in search of the burning building, adding to the
general excitement by their haste and loud cries of " Fire ?"
In addition to this, orderlies galloped here and there through
the street, bearing messages from one part of the city to
another ; the residents, men, women, and children began
to throng and block up the thoroughfares; the cars were
obliged to stop running ; rockets were sent into the air from
different signal stations ; Union men rushed to the places
where muskets were kept, and the work of arming com-
menced. Each man loaded his piece the moment he took it
in hand, and what with the snapping of caps and the occa•
sional discharge of a gun from some one of the windows, by
way of guiding the members of the different leagues to the
spot, the noise and tumult increased momentarily.

Falling into the ranks of one of the many squares going
to the defence of the barricades, I marched with them as far
as Eutaw and Madison-streets, and then discovered the 21st
New York Militia drawn up in line. All this time the
alarm bells continued ringing, and the firemen, discovering
their mistake, shouldered the musket, and swelled the num-
ber of armed men, already large. The excitement continued
unabated up to about 10 o'clock, when a fine rain commenced
—and at the present writing I look from my window upon
a deserted street, where only now and then the clatter of
horses' hoofs breaks the profound stillness of night. Thus
ends for the present a very considerable scare.
Martial law was proclaimed in Baltimore on
June 30. The city is now considered in a perfect
state of defence, the fortifications all having been
completed.

The Baltimore American contains the following :
" Headquarters, Middle Department, Eighth Army
Corps, Baltimore, June 30.
" The immediate presence of a rebel army within this
department, and in the State of Maryland, requires, as a
military necessity, a resort to all the proper and usual means
of defence and security. This security is to be provided
against known hostilities and opposition to the lawful and
national Government from every quarter and in every form.
Traitors and disaffected persons within must be restrained,
and made to contribute to the common safety, while the
enemy in front is to be met and punished for his bold in-
vasion. Martial law is therefore declared, and hereby estab-
lished,in the city and county of Baltimore, and in all the
counties of the western shore of Maryland. The command-
ing general gives assurances that this suspension of the
civil government within the limits defined shall not extend
beyond the necessities of the occasion. All the civil courts,
tribunals, and political functionaries of state, county, or
city authority are to continue in the discharge of their
duties as in time of peace, only in no way interfering with
the exercise of predominant power assumed and exerted by
the military authority. All peaceful citizens are requested
to remain quietly at their homes and in the pursuit of their
ordinary avocations, except as they may be possibly subject
to calls for personal services or other necessary requisitions
for military purposes or uses hereafter. All seditious lan-
guage or mischievous practices tending to the encourage-
ment of rebellion are especially prohibited, and will promptly
be made the subject of observation and treatment. Traitor-
ous and dangerous persons must expect to be dealt with as
the public safety may seem to require. To save the country
is paramount to other considerations. When the occasion
for this proclamation passes by, no one will be more rejoiced
than the commanding general that he can revoke his order
and return to the normal condition of a country at peace and
a Government sustained by a united and loyal people.

"ROBERT C. SCHENCK,
"Major-General Commanding."
Martial law baying been declared in Baltimore,
the following orders have been issued by General
Shenck :

Until further orders, no arms or ammunition shall be
sold by any dealer or other persons within the city and
ccoornityanodfinligalttihmeoromiwliittahry department.outa Until further
permit from
the
general
orders, no person will be permitted to leave the city of Bal-
timore without a pass properly signed by the provost-mar-
shal, and any ono attempting to violate this order shall be
promptly arrested, and brought before the ptovost.marshal
for examination. Until further orders, no one will be per-
mitted to pass the barricades, or into or out of the city, be-
tween the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. without giving a
proper countersign to the guard in charge. Until further
orders, no club-house or other place of like resort shall re-
main open without permission given by the general-mn_
mending. All bars, coffee-houses, drinking saloons, and
other places of like resort, shall be closed between the hours
of 8 p.m. and 6 aan. Until further orders, the general
commanding directs that the stores, shops, manufactories,
and other places of business, other than apothecaries shops
and printing offices of daily journals, be closed at 5 p.m.
for the purpose of giving the patriotic citizens an opportu-
nity to drill and make themselves expert in the use of arms.
The Baltimore Clnb House was on Monday, July