Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-07-30
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A PROCLAMATION.

/ lnSuTTeclloIls To PUNISH treason ana reDeIIl0n,
to seize and confscate the property of rebels,
and for other purposes" approved July II,
! 1862, and which act, and the joint resolution
| explanatory thereof are herewith published,
/ /, ABRAHAM LINCOLN President of the United
! States, do hereby proclaim to and warn all
/ persons within the contemplation of said sixth
section to cease participating in, aiding, coun-
! tenanclng or abetting the existing rebellion,
! or any rebellion against the Government of
/ the United States, and to return to their proper
| allegiance to the United States, on pain of the
! torteltures and seizures as within and by said
/ sixth section provided.
! In testimony whereof | have hereunto set
/ my hand and caused the seal Of the United
! States to be affixed
Done at the City of Washington, this
twenty fifth day Of July, in the year of
| our Lord one thousand eight hundred
| IL. 5. and sixty two, and of the Independence
| of the United States the eighty seventh.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President;
WILLIAM IL. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
General Pope informs the War Department
| OF another successful cavalry reconnaissance
made by an expedition sent out from Fred
erlcksburg by Gen. King. The force met
one hundred Rebel cavalry near Carmel
Church, defeated them, burnt their camp and
six cars loaded with corn. Another body of
Stewards Cavalry were driven across the
Hanover Junction. Several prisoners, Il large
number of horses, and many arms were brought
in. The dau age done TO the Virginia Cen
tral Railroad by previous expedition as
found not to have been repaired
Gov Gamble has determined to put a siop
to the dongs Of the guerilas in Missouri,
and has accordingly issued special order
authorizing General Schofeld to organize the
entire militia of the State into companies,
regiments and brigades, and to order into
active service such portions of the force as he
may Judge necessary. Gen. Schofeld has
gone to work in good earnest, and has order.
ed every man fit for duty to report to the
nearest military post within six days, to be
enrolled. The Provost Marshal Of ST. Louis
has also issued stringent orders in regard to
the sale, transfer, or transportation of arms
A despatch dated Mobile, July 18th, gives
currency to a rumor that jeff Davis has de,
manded the surrender of Gen Butler for
hanging Mumford. If he is refused, he
threatens to hang one of the captured Gener-
ais.
On the authority of DR.. Butler, Surgeon Of
the Third Minnesota Regiment, the Nashville
Union makes some remarkable statements re-
garding the affair at Murfrce5boro The
Ninth Michigan, he says, were surprised, but
that l75 of them rallied and drove tae enemy
back. The fight in which the Third Minneso-
ia were engaged, he says, only lasted few
moments, and there we're but four wounded
and one captured. The regiment could easily
have held il own until reinforcements arrived,
bot Forrest, the Rebel commander, thought
he could frighten Col. Lester into surrend
er, and sent flag Of truce saying that he had
force G,0OO strong, and that further resist
ance would be madness, whereupon the Col
surrendered at once. lie is fairly charged
by DR.. Butler with inehioiency and cowardice,
but a member Of the regiment, in subse-
quent issue of the Union, publishes card
denying the allegation, although he ackncw
lodges that longer resistance might have
been made.
Brig. Gen. Nelson, on reaching Murfrees.
boro', on July Is, issued an order directing
all the disloyal citizens to surrender at once
all the United States property which the Reb-
ell troops had distributed among them. The
order brought the uniforms and equipments
to the Court House by carloads.
The Navy Department denies, semi official
ly, that the delay in taking Yicksburg has
been caused by any instructions to Commo-
dore Farragut. The place cannot be taken
without cooperating land force, and to the
absence of this force alone the delay is attrib-
utable.
Extensive hospital accommodations for five
or six thousand patients are to be provided
at Point Lookout mouth Of the Potomac.-
The location is said to be healthy, but we
think experience will prove it to have been
badly chosen.
The War Deartment has recognized the le
gality of the nine and twelve months volun-
teers called for by the Governor of Pennsyl-
va ia.
The arrival of the United States transport
Fulton from New Orleans brings US four days
later news from that city. There had been
nothing of special interest transpiring, with
the exception of the seizure of some three
thousand uniforms destined FIR the Rebel ar
my, the regulation Of the price of bread, and
shipment of large cargoes of cotton, sugar
and rosin. The health of the city of New
Orleans continues to improve, although the
sickly season is approaching.
Gen. Pope has directed that hereafter no
guards shall be placed over private property