Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-08-30
OUR MILITARY BUDGET.


The following important general order has just
been issued:
War Department., Adjmtant Generals OHes,l
Washington, August %, 1861.
By the 57th article Of the act Of Congress en-
titled An act for establishing Rules and rticle,
States, approved April 10, 1906, "holding CORES
Pondence with or giving intelligence to the
enemy, either directly or Indirectly" 10 made
be BY sSe on
martial. Public safety requires strict enforce
ment Of this article. II Is therefore ordered that
all correspondence and communication, verbally
or by writing, printing, or telegraphing respect
Ing operations Of the army, or military movements
on land or water, respecting the troops, camps,
arsenals, entertainments, military affairs, within
gence shall be, directly or indirectly, given to
the enemy, without the authority and sanction Of
the general In command, be, and the same are
dss o b, snd Sm ,h inc se me
be proceeded against under the 57th Article Of
War. By order:
THOMAS, Adjutant General.
We have been requested to call public attention
to the above general ordern II Is the purpose
Of the Government to enforce is obedience against
those claiming to be Unionists as well a. against
notorious sympathizers with the course of the oil
garchy.
1t Is evident to us that the Government has been
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abetting the enemy (without intending to do SOY
by the publication Of news of military operations
and preparations the PRONUNCIATION Of which may
be incompatible with the public interest. That
IL to say, before having given them the warning
involved in this order. Hereafter we shall prob
ably find the Baltimore and northern press as
silent concerning the movements and prepare
lions Of Union troops In their midst as the w ash
ington papers have been Of late, necessarily.
NAVY YARD.
To day the side-wheel steamer Powhatan was
taken around to Baltimore by the Mount Vernon
for the purpose Of receiving her new boilers and
other repairs She has been out Of use since last
April, and has lain In the channel, where she has
been occupied as a receiving ship, and lastly
prison ship for the mutineers Of the disorganzed
regiments. As soon as she can be made ready abe
Will join the fotilla The Philadelphia went
down to Alexandria this morning, and returned
about noon. The work has been begun on the
storeship Anacostia, her masts and boilers having
| been taken out and preparations made for the
| reception Of her new boilers and machinery. The
Island Belle is also undergoing repairs, and will
soon be ready for service. The steamers Putnam
and Satellite are expected to arrive here this week
This morning some experimental firing was
| made with the large guns In the battery at the
Yark, and the practice will probably be continued
| this afternoon.
No arrivals from below
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.
The following have been appointed acting
volunteer lieutenants and masters In the nayy,
having passed the requisite examination before
the board appointed by the Secretary Of the Navy:
Acting Volunteer LisHtsnants-J. b. Baxter C
r. W. Benin, George w. Brown, David Cate, ii
>. Eytinge, J. w. Kittredge, II. F. Moore, j. F
Nichols, 6 A. Trundy, and James wathers.
Acting Mdstsrs-Henry Brown, John Baker,
w. Buckholdt, Spiro v. Dennis, John Caleb, Fl
r CONN, ii. A. Clark, B. G. Dean, q 8 Doane.
John w. Dix, w. J. Foster, Jefferson Ford, John
r Goodmanson, w. F. Gillespie, Pierre Giraud,
j. A. Hall, John F. Harden, w Hamilton, A. T..
Hunter, w. P. Jones, w. C. Lunt, G. ID. Lester,
| A. b. Mulford, d. Maxwell, VIM. G. Nutting,
James Ogilvie, William F. Pratt, J. A. Pennell,
Nelson Provost, James U Rogers, Charles Smith
Charles c. Cisson, E. Van Tice, John C. Whit.
tlesey.
Capt William J Foster, for the past eleven
years well known to the travelling public in con.
nection with the command of the steamshio m
southerner and Marion, has been appointed as
Acting Master In the U. 9. Navy.
AID AND COMFORT FOR THE ENEMY.
We understand that quite a number Of deserters
from the Federal army are daily crossing the
Chesapeake Bay into the counties Of Dorchester.
Talbot, and Queen AIMS, Md, and are making
tneir way Into Delaware to get on the MARYLAND
i ana delaware Rsilroad, thereby to enable them to
get TO their homes These men are aided bv the
rebels Of st. Mary's, Charles, Calvert, and Anne
| Arundel counties, Md, who give them money
ciotnes, &c, besides putting them over the Bay
during the mig In small boats They are usually
taken over in small parties Of from four to twe
persons In addition to this there is trade con-
stantly carried on between the rebels by carryinp
contaoand goods over the Bay and Potomac rivel
Into Virginia, thereby giving said and comfort
to the enemy. good Union man. recently from
Talbot county, reports that fifty men landed there
in one day.
CAN IT BIZ TRUE?
There seems to be a great many Pennsylyanis
bank notes afoat in this community, and we have
been Informed that a paymsster of one of the
Pennsylvania regiments changes tie gold and sill
/ yer coin with which he 10 furnished to pay of
Tor these notes, which 10 the cause Of their an.
Pearance among Us. These notes, Is 10 alleged
are paid out to the soldiers, who are Obliged tc
submit TO shave in getting them into currency
PAYING OFF.
/ The Government has already commenced nav
Ing the hired men (teamsters, messenger, host
\ lers, watchmen, and others,) in the Quartermas
ter's department. or these men there are more
than thousand about the Government stables
&c, In the First Ward. All are being paid In
| gold.
PROPOSED REMOVAL
III 10 reported that the Government will shortly
remove their stock depot, including horse wards
mule yards, stables, &c, from the First w ard, In
this city, to the vicinity Of BIadensburg. OF
course, the stock will only remain there lima
enough to be trained before being sent to this citv
or wherever they are needed for service.
NEeRoKs IN UNIFORM.
The Provost Guard are now OVERHAUL ng darkie,
In uniform, and are determined to break up the
nuisance All Of them appearing on the streets in
Uniform, after being warned, will at once be
arrested and confined. These negroes thus uni
formed are generally attaches of northern and
western regiments.
DISMISSED.
Capt Gurden Chaplin, Of Tenn D., 9TH Infantry.
having given proof Of disloyalty, 10 disnssed the
service of the United States, to take effect from