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of gross neglect of duty, and be dismissed the ser-

" 5. A commissioner shall be appointed by the
Secretary of War to superintend the execution of

this order in the respective districts, the mayor and
chief cf police of any town or city, the sheriff of

the respective counties in each State, and all post-
masters and justices of the peace, are authorised to
act as special provost marshals, to arrest any officer

or private soldier, fit for duty, who may be found
absent from his command without just cause, and

convey him to the nearest military post or depot.
" The transportation, reasonable expenses of this
duty, and 5 dois, will be paid for each officer:or pri-

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aeVeral-41111011,4 thcin Officer bonttipi,"•,..fhera
were but few of the male empirows preS,a4l,ll:estscer
them being absent at the Emancipation kace
Haupt's Myrtle Avenue Park. The police state
that the substance the rioters set on fire in the

lower room was tar, and that they
_had great

difficulty in suppressing, the flames. They were
violently assaulted with stores while thus engaged,
and if they had not succeeded and the flames had
spread, those who had taken refuge upstairs mast
have perished."
Advices from Nassau state that the British
steamer Herald was fired upon and chased into
that port by the Federal frigate Adirondac, and
the mail steamer British Queen was hoarded by the
Federal steamer Santiago da Cube, 25 miles north
of the Elbow of Abaco. The Nassau Guardian of
the 26th says :
" One of the most glaring outrages we have ever
had occasion to record took place within sight of
our citizens yesterday morning. At daybreak two
steamers were observed from the shore, one
giving chase to and firing at the other. The
vessels turn out to be the Federal man-of-war
Adirondac, 14, Commander Gansevoort, and the EL47.
lish steamer Herald, Capt. Coxetter. We have been
favoured with the particulars by an eyewitness on
board the latter vessel. The Herald was steering
for Nassau at half-speed, the lightnouse being in
sight, and shortly afterwards saw a vessel about 2:1;
miles ahead. At half-past 5 o'clock she was about
four points off the starboard bow, and a mile dis-
tant. She then changed her course and stood for
the Herald, as if to cross her bows. When within
200 or 300 yards of her she rounded up alongside.
The former then hoisted the British flag, and 'the

vate so arrested and delivered.
" By order of the President,
" EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War."
The I?ichmond Examiner of the 28th gives the
following account of the cutting out and burning
of a Federal transport on the James River
" On Saturday morning a party of five of the
Prince George Cavalry, Capt. Marks, consisting of
Corporal Teller Cooke and Privates Thomas Martin,
William Daniel, Alexander Dimitry, and William
Williams, conceived and carried out successfully a
private little enterprise of their own, which resulted
in the burning of a large Federal transport, the
capture of its commander, and the consternation
and surprise of the Yankee fleet in the immediate
neighbourhood. The party left Coggin's Point, on
the south side of James River, five miles below City
Point, about 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, in an
open boat, armed with naked sabres and their re-
volvers. The Federal fleet of transports and gun-
boats lay around them. One gunboat was at
anchor about 100 yards above them, and another
half a mile immediately below, while several others,
invisible at the time, were in various positions. The
transports lay scattered along the channel, some not
20 yards apart. After getting among them the
party made a reconnaisance to discover the largest,
200
od
tfiennasllbyusredleenct, .wedheh proved to be the Louisa
aisplendid looking schooner of
Rives, of New York, loaded with corn, oats, and
other articles of forage, and
commanded by Capt.
John A. Jones. As the
board
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vigorously
a quietly, a
proached her, a dog on
furiously
a and, , ;r
etahcehyi ng plied
theirthe
bow chains, boarded the schooner without faltering.
The crew were sleeping soundly, but the captain,
awakened by the dog, rushed on deck from
martin
the
cabin, and was met at the very door by
(himself a sailor), who seized him by the
collar, and placing a pistol at his head, cau-

latter fired a shotted gun across her stern. The
Herald kept on her course, still at half-speed, when

the other fired a shot across her bows, slightly
grazing her, and afterwards showed the American
flag. On this Capt. Coxetter ordered all steam to
be put on his vessel, when the American sheered off
between 300 and 400 yards, and fired a broadside,
which was ineffective. From this time she kept up
a continuous fire, throwing shell, solid, chain, and
grape shot, giving chase, and not desisting till the
Herald was within two miles or less of the light-
house. The flag was shot down, but immediately
replaced. The deck was splintered over the cabin
by a shell, part of which was found on board. Capt.
Coxetter stood on the paddle-box all the time, and.
was heard to exclaim ' He may sink me, but he
shall not take me.' No material damage was done

to the vessel, and not a man on board was hurt.

The Herald entered the harbour between 6 and 7
o'clock, and reported the case to Capt. Hickley, of
her Majesty's ship Greyhound, who immediately
got up steam and proceeded to the Adirondac, for
the purpose of protesting against the proceedings of
Capt. Gansevoort. The captain of the Federal
man-of-war, however, asserts his right to search any
vessel suspected of carrying contraband of war
within three miles of any coast, and quotes Vattel
on International Law in support of the step he has
taken. The subject, we understand, will be referred
to the Home Government, at the request of Capt.
Gansevoort. With all due deference to the cap-
tain of the Adirondac and the authority he has
brought forward in support of his untoward act,
we feel convinced that the Imperial Government
will never countenance such a gross infringement of
the neutrality laws, and we sincerely trust that no
similar outrage will be perpetrated again within
our waters. Our goods are detained from month to
month by the Customhouse authorities of New
York ; our vessels are constantly being boarded by
Federal gunboats within our own waters, and that
while our time-honoured flag is flying ; not even
the mail packet British Queen can pass along un-
molested, for she was fired at and brought to this
very passage. Only a few weeks ago the British
steamer Bermuda was captured off Abaco. within
sight of the lighthouse; and on the Bth inst. what
do we find P—why, the Federal gunboat Adriatic
carrying off the British steamer Addis within sight
of the Biminis. It is high time to put an end to
these unheard-of proceedings."
The Nassau Guardian has the following para-
graph in reference to the British Queen, but does
not give any particulars of the boarding of that
vessel :
" Ihe steamship British Queen arrived from New
York at day break on Thursday with the English
mail of the sth, and the American of the 19th of
July. Capt. Harrison's temporary charge having
expired, the packet is now commanded by that
highly esteemed officer, Capt. Le Messurier, late of
the Karnak. The freight from England left behind
last month, in consequence of Mr. Cunard's refusal
to enter into a bond of an enormous amount that
none of the goods should be shipped into the
Southern States, still remains warehoused in New
York, together with the freight brought out by the
Persia this month. Our merchants are, therefore,
still suffering great pecuniary losses in thus being
unjustly deprived of the sale of articles so much in
demand here during the summer months. The only
freight which came by the British Queen was a case
of silver ware directed to the officers' mess of the
2d West India Regiment, and had it not been for
Lieut. Turton's exertions that would have been left
behind also."

tioned him that to speak a word was death

Taking the surprised captain back into his cabin,
he was allowed to dress and secure whatever valu-
ables he wished to carry away with him. The
matresses were then drawn out, ripped open, and
fired, the door docked, and the captain escorted to
the boat. In a few moments the party reached the
shore, when the flames burst from the fired vessel,
and the whole fleet was in commotion. Small boats
plied about in every direction, hawsers were at-
tached to vessels, anchors weighed, and a general
pulling and tugging commenced to keep clear of the
burning vessel. In the meantime the crew of the
Louisa Rives, awakened by the smoke, yelled fire !'
and scampered over the decks with buckets of
water with all the volubility and nimbleness of New
York plugs.' A boat was sent from one of the
adjacent vessels to their relief and assistance, and
for the additional purpose of saving the schooner if
possible. But the crew had scarcely mounted the
deck before a shell and some rifles which were in
the cabin exploded. All hands commenced a gene-
ral stampede, and tumbled over the bulwarks into
their boats in the utmost confusion. No further at-
tempt was made to save the vessel, and she burnt
to the water's edge. The heroes of this achievement,
concealed in the woods above Coggins' Point,
watched the event with the utmost satisfaction, and
then carried their prisoners into quarters. They
stated that they would have taken the whole crew,
but their boat was leaky, with a hole in one side
just a little above the water line, so that tf they had
taken the crew in, all would have gone down toge-
ther. Had they stopped to lower a boat from the
vessel, the manoeuvre would doubtless have been
observed, and their capture the consequence."
There has been a serious riot in Brooklyn, arising
out of an attempt to prevent the employment of
negroes in a tobacco factory. The following par-
ticulars are given by the New York. World :
" A serious disturbance occurred in Sedgwick-
street, near Columbia-street, yesterday afternoon,
caused by the employment of negroes in the
tobacco manufactories of Messrs. Watson and
Lorillard, and resulted in the expulsion of the
employes of the factories, consisting mostly of
women and children (coloured), which, but for an
accident, a large number would have been de-
stroyed by fire. Shortly after noon, some 50 persons
collected together, and making known their object,
assembled a crowd numbering between 2,000 and
3,000 persons, and proceeded to the factories,which
are three-story buildings, of brick, and in which
between 300 and 400 persons are employed. The
overseer, or foreman, of Watson's factory is a
coloured man, as are all the persons employed
therein, most of whom are women and children, to
the number from 50 to 75. In Lord Lorillard's
factory about 250 are employed,whites and coloured.
There has been no difficulty until within the past
few weeks, but it has been understood for some
time that a disturbance might *take place any day.
The population in the vicinity are principally Irish.
Several local politicians, having for their object the
making of political capital for use in the future,
conceived the idea of making a demonstration against
the factories for the purpose of expelling the objec-
tionable employes. They proceeded to both fac-
tories, which adjoin each other, and commenced by
smashing in the doors and windows with stones.
They entered the lower floor of Watson's factory,
and, discovering a concoction of liquorice and
whisky, mistook it for tar, and heaping a parcel of
old clothing and some more combustible material
around, set it on fire ; but they were disappointed.
It would not burn. A smoke was created, but there
was no flame of consequence. The affrighted em-
ployes meantime took refuge in the upper stories.
The men stood at the head of the stairs ; there were
some half dozen of them, who, armed with such
weapons as they could get hold of, stood there to
children.
A themselves and the women and
A number who came up, thinking they could over-
awe the coloured guardians of the staircase, were
knocked down and several were seriously injured.
The resistance at the landing was so persistent that
the rioters could not get up, and were compelled to
depart much faster than they
driven out, and at length,
Lor-
rillard's factory had been
when nearly all the mischief came. All in
arrived and proceeded club-
bing to quell the riot by cl
duty manfully ; among
bing the negroes. Some
and officers Oatsdid their I
was one, the police
of the officers
Sergeant 'Wright
these elect who
ants' of and
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were most unmercifully beaten. °rie of the assail-
Pol cemen was a naval officer in full
uniform, who took a very active part in the affair.
Inspector Folk having been notified at his house,
which is about three miles from the. scene, arrived
quelled, and the rioters
n everything like a dis-
at about 2 o'clock, and the
in every direction. The inspector
turbance was nay
prom, .
nearly every house in the neigh-
ascertainedunlicensed rum shop, where the
were scattered
tha
that
ohdadvy t themselves up to the fighting
by the virtue of gin and whisky. He
point
niptly ordered every place to be closed, and,
pro
after a time, all those
was an
h
disposed to create disturb-
ance dispersed.
rbioouterrhso
Some six or eight were arrested,
among them Keenan, who stated in presence of
Sergeant Wright that they (the niggers) must be
driven out if it cost life to do it, and he was will-
ing to lose his.' The negro foreman of Watson's
factory was also arrested and locked up. His name
is Charles Baker. He defended himself and others
at the head of the stairs with an an axe, and hurt

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