Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-12-05

the United states, and their arrest as fugitives
from service or labor should be Immediately fol-
lowed by the military arrest Of the parties king
the seizure
COpies Of this communication viii be sent 10
the Mayor Of the city OF Washington and to the
Marshal OF the District Of Columbia, that any col
lision between the civil and military authorities
may be avoided
am, General, your very obedient,
WIN II. SEWARD.
LATE GENERAL ORDERS.
Headquarters Of tAe Army, Adj't Gen'Is Office,
Washington, Nov. %, 1861.
General Orders, No. lG2
/. Major Isaac Lynde, eth Infantry. for absn.
doning his post-Fort Fillmore, y. Mon the
9th of July, 1851 aud su Osequently surrenderin1
his command to an inferior force of insurgents
Is, by direction Of the President Of the United
states, dropped from the rolls Of the army from
this date.
=. The Secretary Of War directs that all Ulcers
ana enlisted men OF the volunteer service. now
prisoners In the bands of the enemy or rerortsd
* "missing In action, ;" that may be here after
taken prisoners or reported missing In action >,
be transfer ed to skeleton regiments to be formed
by the Governors of the respective states and tn
consist entirely of such prisoners and missing otB .
Gers and men The vacancies thus cccasioned
IN the Organized regiments will be filed by the
GoVernofs Of the various States to which tie reg.
iments being.
J in time Of actual field service. officers NJ
Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry are permitted 10
West TIE hght blue ossrcoat prescfi bed for en-
listed men Of the mounted corps
l. The Uniform for Chaplains of the Armv will
be plain black frock coat with standing collar
and one row Of nine black buttons; plain black
pantaloonsi blick felt hat, or army forage can.
without ornament On occasions Of ceremony, a
plain chapedu de bras may be worn
BY command Of Mai General Mcclellan.
IL. THOMAS, Adjutant General
omclal T. ID TOWNSEND, Asst Adj. General.
THE SHOOTING OF A EEBELLIous PRIVATE
The following Army order has been promul.
gated;
Headquarters, Army of the Po.onoc,J
washington, Nov. 20, 1851
! The attention ofthe Major Gen,raI oomna,d
Ing has been directed i'm an especial manner 10
the report Of Brigader General T. ID Keve,
transmitting the narratives OF witnesses of the
circumstances Of the shooting Of Private Tbomes
ORouTke, Company n, 18Th Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, by Capisin w r. Enrigbt. command
Ing Company ID, and officer OF the day at Canton
Hlent Ro|iey, near the Great Falls Of The Poto.
mac, on TIE Of November, 1861
The shooting OF Prv'te O'Rourke resulted I'm
bis dealt; ard Captain Enri2ht, for his own vim
oica,1on, has asked for a Cont Of inquiry.
ARR careful perusal OF the narratives OF Lieu
teoant '" =. Day. Company A; Assistant SURGEON
Morrison. LIST Sergeant Coleman. Comnanv f..
Corporal ndrew " ayt, Company A and P,iv,.
Ward O'Leary, Company Dali of the II,h
fsit
j Heron Foster, also of the 18th Pennsylyapia
Volunteers, commanding at that place. tie Major
General commanding is satisfied that the SHOOTING
Of Private O'Rourke by Cap ain Engright was
Jastitible as an act Of seifdefence of as well "a
necessary for the enforcement of military discip.
line
From the narratives taken and signed in nres
ence OF Captain Foster. IL appears that Captain
En'ight was officer Of the day at Cantonment
Rowley on the 9Th November, 1861; that he de-
hctea IN house within the lines quantity Of
WHISKY, and ordered T. 10 be seized; that while
this was doing, the deceased and another YER,
disorderly private OF the same regiment Offered
violence and used thrents against Ca plain Enris hit
In their efforts to obtain some of the whisky in
Whlch last one OF them succeeded, notwithstand-
Ing the exertions OF the officer Of the day: that be
ordered these men to be arrested by the puard
and that deceased, drawing his bayonet and usinU
the fohlest and most profane language, resisted
the ares; that, finally, he was rather persuaded
than compelled to sheath his bayonet and he
taken, with his companion, to the euardhou,..
that be and his cOmrsde continued 10 reyIle Can
tain Enright and threaten him with violence and
revenge; and that he directed them TO be tied
though with mistaken lenity be caused this 10 ne
so loosely done, for fear Of hurting them. that
they succeeded I'm disengaging themselves; that
iheY continued their railing and their tb reats and
were again, and more securely tied by o,der M
The othcer OF the guard that they contriy,d nv
means OF large knife which deceased had So
creted In his sleeve, TO cut the cords with which
they were thus tied, and that then O,Rourke
brandishing the knife, and, together with his
c"mrade, threatening to take revenge on all who
were concerned in combining him, detied arrest.
mat The guard though ordered TO rearrest him,
were backward, and did not OBEY the order: thai
upon Sergeant Coleman attem pting to prevail ON
the deceased to lay aside the weafou and WELD
10 arrest, be assaulted him fercely with the knife
maxine several cuts at him; that Captain En-
right, coming up and ordering deceased TO Give
up his knife, was grossly reyiled Threatened
and tainted by him; that Captain Enrig bt pre
sented pistol, warning deceased of the conss-
. nf otofn
again ordered him TO give up the knife: that Ger
geant Coleman, at this juncture, stepped between
then, and requested deceased to give up his
knife to which deceased repli, with a cut which
gfsZed Colsman's person, aud caused him to iumn
oaek Z, and that deceased had again raised his arm
In act to strike, when Captain Enr,ght red with
fatal effect IL would thus appea, that there wa,
left TO to the oficer of the day In the eYecntIon
Of his ONCE, the choice Of retfeatinp before tbs
assault OF mntnous soldier Of his own compsnv
or OF putting him to death 70 have retrea,ed
might not have been possible or safe but II would
certainly been been very prsjudicial to good or
der anc military discipline. In adopting the al
t.rnatlVe OF dealing summarily with the offender
captain Enrigbt simply discharged his DUTY
rious
IL there were any conflict In the narratives of
tne witnesses Court Of Inquiry would he or.
oeleo, out en:ers, non-commissoned officers,
aho prlyates all concur so remarkably that any
further investigation seems unnecessary
The Major General commanding cannot
SPEAK In the same terms Of commsndation OF the
conduct Of the guard on this occasion. The in.
subordinate and mutinous behavior Of the de-
ceased and his comrade was, 50 long as be. re-
manned at large and unpublished, disgrace to
,oe REGIMENT is was especially disg graceful to
the guard who had charge Of the camp that day
ne guard had orders TO arrest these mutiao1s
meni but through most unbecoming and up.
sSIaefnke oaekwardness, these orders were no,
ooeyed The natural and necessary conseo ueuces
ensued. IL they had done their duty with energy
ana Prom Pttude, the officer Of the day would not
nave been obliged TO shoot down the deceased In
order TO vindicate military disc pline The blood
OF O'kouke IL on the heads Of those who shrank
non, their duty when ordered 10 arrest him
by command Of Msjor General Mcclellan:
=. WILLIAMS, Asst. Adjutant General