Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-06-18
4D1ursSr GENERAL's OFFIcE. ,
U1shinSton, June IL. 1850. {

4pJuTsSr GENERALS OFFIcE,
Uashington, June l2, 1850.
The following General Order has been receiv-
fa,m the War Department. 1t is published
,Ss information Of all concerned:
DEPARTMENT OF WAR;
June IL, 1880.
c-,rRA OaDER.-C0ngress, at their last
ION. passed an act repeating So much Of the
'~;y;tary iaw as imposes the penalty Of death on
80 Who. =. in time of peace" shall be found
l,v of the crime of desertlOn. 10 give CON-
- fleet 10 the benevolent designs of said act,
Y.I thai the Army may be correctly informed.
- hereby proclaimed, that u free and fall par
IIa = extended 10 those who, at the date Of this
..r stand In the character of deserters. All
ySo are under arrest for this offence at the differ
W, n,.ts and garrisons. will be forthwith liberat-
u and return to their duty. Such as are roam
NJ large, aud those who are under SEN
,Scp of death, are discharged, and are not again
united to enter the Army, nor at any time
after to be enlisted IN the service of 1.-THE coun-
80 l. is desirable aud highly Important, that
-, rmks Of the Army should be composed of
.n4,lable, not degraded materials. Those who
an be 50 lost to the obligations of a soldier, as to
.5,nJop a country which, morally, they are
o,,ud 10 defend, and which s~olemnly they have
worn To serve, are unworthy, and should be
.yaEded III no more.
By order ofthe President Of the United States:
JOHN III. EATON,
Secretary IF Vm.
Communicated by order of ALEXANDER Ma
-,Ns, Major General Commanding the Army.
r. JONES, .l!. Gen.
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GEoRGsrovN ID. c. JUNE l..
distressing accident occurred in tits town on
sunday afternoon, about 2 O'Clock. Mr.. An
.yew Smith and his lady, the latter the principal
ia hiyhl respectable female seminary, aaI just
ken their seats in a gig, at their @~a door in
second street. when the horse took fright, ran off
and in Attempting to turn the corner of Market
street. fell, broke his neck and Instantly died.
The -is was turned completely oyer. and b;onght
d, against i carpenters shop on the opposite
corner Of the street, Mr.. and Ms Smith both
.lrOwn ont with violence, the former mach bruis-
Il and the latter with the upper part OF her face
severely cut, 50 that she will lose the use nf her
eft eve. and it is also feared that she NAV have
received some internal injury. We have not
understood whether Mrs. is dangerously wound
ed or not-he was able to walk about, i day or
so after the accident.
.iaoiler.-A man was carried past our office
N Tuesday afternoon, abJIt suuse,, with ii 5ro-
Ken leg. caused by the falling of earth on some
part Of the line of the Canal. His grOans were
PIuAble. Ceiafa'ldn.
.Mr. Eaitor-Having understood from one of
the officers that an inquest was he,l over the boz
Dis of a man taken out of me Canal, near the Little
Falls, a few weeks ago, and the verdict was that
lie had been murdered aud thrown therein. by
some person or persons unknown, the objectof my
enquiry is TO learn whether it is not the duty Of
the Coroner To make known the facts to the proper
authorities in order that due steps should be TAX
ell to discover the perpetrators of 50 foul a deed?
Are the citizens of this District disposed 70 look
upon such acts with uncOncern! Or can they not
be aidedby the executive, upon proper represent
tatiOn being made, to ferret out such monsters!
AQUERlST.
=. Co5aDLaisants"- term uSedby Seamen. and
10 De found in the account of the burning OF the
shin Boston, are we understand a kind ot marine
-LanthOrn,' or sea will o. the wlsp.'-
They are the usual Accomplishments, or foretel-
lers of thunder storms, and have, we are told, a
saperstituus influence ON many old seamen. Of
their true character and composition as we'll "a
the reason for the name which they bear, we are
entirely ignorant. They are small luminous b.
lies, and are no doubt strongly charged with the
leectic fluid. Charleston City Gag.
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The Commissioners of he Navy Board visited
the Navy Yard Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock,
On which occasion a salute Vas t,ed and the other
accustomed honors wer. observed.
N3rf k Beacon, June IS.
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The schooners Bej4min Ferguson and Hornet,
which were selzed BY the Collector of East Rlv-
er, on the sd May, fora violation of the Reven-
ne Laws, arriyedh here yesterday from Easl River.
under charge Of Messrs. GERAHry and WILSON,
Inspectors of the Customs. I5id.
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We have seen a letter. dated Ne,c Orleans.
18th May, which states that the Fever had bro
zen out in that city. I0sd.
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We understand that there was quite a stir a
nOng our citizens on Saturday. to 20 20 ProNi-