The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-07-26
WAR NEWS.
Important Military Order.
The Employmeni II Rebel Property in Me Co,
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EXECUTIVE ORDER.
Wan DEr,grMEAr, July 22.- First
Orderfd THAT The military COMMANDERS with
in TIE States Of Virginia, South Carolina,
Georgia. Florida. Alabama, Mississippi
Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. in an orderly
manner. seize and Use any property, real or
personal, which may BE- necessary or conve-'
nh''t for their several commands. as snpplics
/ or FOL other military PURPOSES, and that while
property may he destroyed for proper mill
tary objects, none sl, DC i, sroy.d in want
"nnrss aud malice.
4 Second That military and naval COM
mand rs shall cmpl"y rs lab"rrrs. within and
from iht said State. y" many persons of Afri-
can dcS-tnr us can be advantageously used
for military "r laval purposes, giving thcnr
reasonable wages Sol their labor.
t. TlIIrd. Ehs;t rs To both property and per-
sous 81 African descent. accounts shall hn'
kept sufficiently accurate and in detail. tn
>h the pnanIltaS and amounts, AMI from
whom both property and such persons shall
have come, AS basis upon which c"nlpcnsa-
ti"n can be made in proper cases. The
several Drpartuit MS Of the Government slIa ~
aIlrna 1" and perform l!rir appropriate parts
towards the execution 81 these orders,
BY order OF I'll. President.
(Slgnrd) Epw'I% VI. SrANTn.s
Secretary Of War.
- General Pope in despatch to the War
Department. announces the complete sue
cess of ii cavalry expedition sent ont from
Fredericksburg ON Saturday last. The force
made II decent upon the Virginia Central
Railroad at Beaver Dam. thirty-ive milvs
from Richmond destroyed the railroad
track and telegraph for several miles, an,e
burned up the depot. which contained forty
thousand uads If ammunition. one hunl
cred barrels of flour. and much other valua-
! bic property. The expedition occasiohaN
| The most intense alarm in the country
throuIl whicl, it passed. The cavalry mar.
chcd eighty miles in thirty hours. and ac-
wouded. General Sigcl's Division is at
Sprrrysvllc, near the entrance Of the lurn'
Valley. where hi. pickett> have frequent
encounters with the Rebel scouts. lty con-
>ulting the map it will be seen that the posi-
ton of General Pnpc's forces from Warren
ton to Gordonsvillc is such as to hold the
entrance to the Shenandoah Valley. and ID
preclude uuy more raids from jackson in
that direction.
- From Cairo We get the true account of
til, running of the l,ei,el ram Arkansas
down to NickSburg Two of our gunboa,s,
| the Carondclct and Tyler first encountered
the Arkansas up the lazoo river. In the
| fight the Carondclct grappled with the Ar
rnt niI willis ,h. i,,rnnJjt ra,n.;' "" r,',,
for over an hnur Thn Tvlcr onn ~ ,L,..
least fnrmll,le nf ,ur u,,ni,n,,. men; t,;nn'i
runnin~ l;"h, with IN. lrknms,s until .ha.
reached our fleet nlmyr virk shur~ Nnm,.
of iii. Hc,t had s,.,,, ~, and war;, O., sr,,.
tered lAn but few could bring their guns to
bear on the Rebel boat. Tins, th,1 rnulJ
nucnrd their hrn,1siIns mn b.r o,I mn.
l.,,Lt d;J ,,.;l.r,l,L, J,,,., ,L,L ,
sufficient ,n ,r,.y.n, h.r Ir,,,, ra.',n',
VII .Imro 1h, ,,,,;r., En1,nJ la. ,,"'i
We k;Ilrd and Gt,ncn nnnnd''l '' Enno ~
n,,r rm,h,,t. ", p. .;tlcr .nuk hl,wn ~,
nr hnrn.d wy
-''ch rope has issued an order to the
com nandr1s OF the Army OF Virginia to i'm
within tie lines n fl ,hn, armv ,nJ i r. ' nrn,,.r
Tho nnth of ,ll,.r;.ncn TLn.n ,Ln ,,Ln ,La.
oath and Ii,rni.L suti,.;,nt .n,ur;,, f,r H.,
Observance will be crmi,hI TO rcm,;, Mt
their homes Those who refuse 70 TAXA ,h,.
oath will H.. conc uctrd South hcvnnd tL,.
extreme n;ckctts nf tho army. and IT, fnnnL
n";,in within lis lines viii hr ire',ird nc snic.
All communication with those within tho.
rncmy's lines .v.,,t ,brou,,b tho n,;j;t.rr
a"thoriticS,'ls + on itca, and those detected
IN making communications III any other way
VIII be Treated as spies.
Gry.Uu,rrx APPOINTED ro THE Cu,rr
CoMMAxp or rnp ArMy.-EyrrrTIyr Man.
SION, July II. l$G2.-" Ordered. That
Mhl"r-nenrral Henry ". ilallcck be assign
cd to command the whole land forces of the
nlt'd States. Ms General in chief, and that
he proceed to this Capital as soon as he can,
with safety to the position and Operations