The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-15


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reluctant absolutely to rroh!sit The .rSDsssion OF
dispatches for publication. In view Of this stae OF
thin suggested that editors Of tbs leading ,urnae
in Philadelphia, New York, Bosicn and ether cities, t
mediasey meet st Washington, and como 70 como salts
factory understanding which win relieve she govern
ment from further embarrassment scd yet sfiord the
press all the facilities reasonably desire under ice
circumstances.
INTERESTING TO CLAIMANTS FOR DAMAGES CAUSED
BY THE WAR.
The following is an important o.de- FROM General
Mcdowell
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT N. E vReIsIA,
AIuISerOy, June 2, 1861. !
GENERAL oRpRR-Nc 4
statements OF the amount, kind and value Of oil pr
vate property taken and used for purposes,
and OF the damage done in any to private property
by the United States troops Will practicable
be made out and transmitted to department headquRr
ers by the commanders OF brigades and officers charge
bibit
FyaThe quantity OF land taken possessio, for the
several field works. and the kind and value Of the crops
growing thereon, If any.
Second-The quantity Of land used for the several
campments and the kind and value Of the growing crops
thei con, II any.
7hrd-The number, size and character OF the buildings
appropriate TO public purposes
Fburh-rhe quantity and value of trees cut down.
FWh-rhe kind and extent q fencing &c, destroyed.
value Of the taken or Of the eSmsse sustained
and the name or names Of the owners thereof Citizens
who have sustained any damage or loss above viii
make their claims upon The commanding officers OF the
troops by whom it was done, in cases where theee
troops have moved away upon the commander nearest
them.
These claims will accompany the statement above
called for. The mmanders of brigades will require the
companies and viii make this order known to the inha
baDts In their vicinity to the end that all loss or da
mage may as nearly as possible be aseertaned while the
troops here, ana by whom whose account
has been accustomed, that justice may be done alike 10
the citizen and the government The name Of the o,er
or officers in case the brigade commanders shall instt
tue board fix the amount of loss damage, shall
be given in each ease. BY order Of ,,onowr,,
JAMES B. FRY, Assistant Adjutant General.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
OF WAR.
The following appointments were made to day by the
President and Secretary Of War
John Pope, Of Ohio, Army Brisadier General.
stephen A. Huslbert, of Illinois, Brigader General
VS. Rosencrans, Of Ohio, Brgadier General
Philip Pendeton, Of Virginia. Paymaster United States
Army.
Although John A. Dix o, New York, has been acting
Major General for time, his commission was not
signed until to day.
PROMPT REPREssIvK MEASURES IN MISSOURI.
The open defiance of the federal authority by
Governor jackson, Of Missouri, will be promptly
responded to by strongly reinforcing the Union
forces in that State. Several regiments from Iowa
and Wisconsin are expected TO be Immediately
ordered to st. Louis strong corps daree will be con-
ccntrated In the southern part the State where the
secession fires are burning most violently.
PROTECTION FOR THB TROOPS.
On the recommendation of the Colonel of Ordnance,
the of percussion caps by the troops prohibited
except when firing with cartridges In drilling at the
manual Of arms either burnt np win be used 10 pro-
tect the cone the viii be instructed not TO pull
tha haYnu
down.
posrPoNEMHrsT OF THE AERoNAuTICAL RHcoNNoIs.
sANCE.
One of your correspondents spent to-day on the
Armory grounds, ready to join In an aeronauticA ex
petition expected 10 come of under the leadership OF
Professor Lowe Owing to unforeseen obstacles, bow.
ever the aeeria reconnaissance was postponed until TO-
morrow.
COLONEL LxNpsR's CONDUCT AT TIE AFFAIR AT
PHILIPPI.
Adyices received here OF the affair at Phlppi gives
great credit Colonel F. W. LANDER the gallant explorer
for the part he took in the surprise and capture Of the
rebels there The official report shows that Colonel Ian
DER after making the entire reconnossances In ADVANCE
placing artillery and driving the rebels from the barri
caded BRIDGE crossed the town Alone passed Colonel
Kelly's command, was ahead Of him when he Colonel
Key) was shot, rode into the enemys column and cap
tured the rebel who shot Colonel Kelly Colonel Cumons
l
and demoralized the enemy, killing twenty o
them. This statemen. liz due TO Colonel Lander,
as it has been represented In the press that
his command did not meet the enemy, when In fact he
was the first to open fire upon them.
HENRY A. WISE APPOINTED TO REBEL COMMAND.
We hear from Virginia that Henry A. Wise has been
appointed Brigadier General in the rebel army, and as
signed the command Of the Department Of Western vr
ginaj but he will have difficulty in taking posses
sion Of his department. nasmuch General McCleland
Ia at work in that direction.
CAPTURE OF SPY AT TIE NAVY YARD.
The New York seventyhrst oday arrested Spy at
the Navy Yard The letters his cap indicate that he
Is member OF the Piscataway Maryland Rifles There
have been arrivals departures at the Navy Yard
to-day. There Six steamers at the wharf, and
there great activity in the shops preparing guns and
ammunition
WHO rs GENERAL PIERCE?
"who Is General Pierce" is question frequently
propounded he was Notary Public in country town
in Massachusetts until made Brigadier General by Gov
Andrew, at the earnest appeal-some say demanded
Senator's Sumner and Wilson He has been very clever
fancy military man, but knowe nothing about directing
column of men in the ace OF enemy g battery.
MORE DEVELOPMENTS RESPECTING HARvEY's TREA-
SON.
1t Ia not true as stated in the New York tribune that
Harvey has been recalled The report that another Of
Harveys dispatches has been found In which he gave
information the rebels at Richmond Of the the
intended to pursue in regard to the Norfolk
Navy Yard.
MR.. sEGAR's POSITION.
am satisfied that the statement that Mr. Joseph Segar
an out and eecessonst is incorrect Ahis friends
in this section who knew him best declare that he an
open andloutspoken Union man.
THE AUSTRIAN MISSION.
It s reported pretty good authority TO day that
Henry Winter Davis Of Maryland has been rendered she
mission Austria. His friends here say that he will
accept it.
THE DISPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN POWERS
TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES.
The advces Austria Prussia and Belgium are
highly satisfactory relative to internal affairs, and