The Shasta courier., 1862-10-11

ton against his wish and in obediance to
positive orders, and that Miles was response
Bile for the surrender.
Il is confdentially asserted that Lees ar.
my is In full retreat. The report that the
sick and wounded, together with the can
non, have been sent up the valley, is con-
firmed by 80 many sources that there can be
but little doubt as to Its correctness The
general opinion is that the rebels will fall
back on Gordonsville and the line of the
Rapidan river, where they can be in full
communication with Richmond.
The President was at Frederick, Nd, on
the 4th inst. He was enthusiastically re-
ceived by large concourse of citizens and
soldiers. He spoke briefly, thanking the
soldiers for the good service they had rem
dered, the energy they had shown and the
hardships they had endured, and the citizens
for the devotion they had shown to the glori-
GUS cause.
The Richmond Examiner of Saturday
says:
Congress again indicates an adjournment,
coincident with feeling of depression and
apprehension in the public mind. The gen.
eral acquiescence in Executive management,
right or wrong, has brought to us its bitter
fruits. A close, vigilant and firm perfor-
mance of Congressional duties is as much
demanded by the public exigencies as
wild (?) and bold control of the armies"
A resolution ncs been adopted by the rebel
Senate for the appoic Of Committe of
thirteen, to take testimony relative to the
outrages committed by the Yankees, in or
der that the great truths of history may be
yindicated. The perpetrators of the outrs.S res.
they say, 1--WE leave to the just indigna
ton of the present and future generations
A bill has been introduced to provide
against foreign counterfeiting of Treasury
notes. A great joke. The bill provides
that if such notes are introduced by officers
or soldiers, and others of the United States,
the offenders shall suffer DEATH
! A joint resolution was adopted in the
Virginia Legislature, which provides that no
person shall he tried or imprisoned for kill
ing any person who in any way aids to give
effect to the lawless and fendish proclama-
ton of Lincoln, emancipating the slaves.
| A Key West letter, dated Sept. Doth. says
Colonel Morgan has issued an order freeing
all the slaves in that Department
| The IIerald's Washin gton dispatch says
General Lockwood is ioerating the slaves of
disloyalists on the Eastern shore of Virgin
ia.
The Richmond Thig says that the small
pox is breaking out in the hospitals of that
city.
The able bo died negroes of North Carolina
have all been seized by order of the rebel
Secretary OF War. and carried into Virginia
| tn work o., tho Notifications
Gov. Vance, the recently elected anti-Da-
Wis Governor of North Carolina, has called a
courlcil of the leading men of that State, to
take into consideration President Lincoln's
emancipation proclamation.
The Superior Court of Georgia has decided
. that the rebel conscript law is unconstitu-
tional.
A week ago to-day the rebels inaugura-
ted one Richmond Hayes as Governor of
Kentucky. Kirby Smith was there. Hum
phrey Marshal made a speech. That even
ing they left for the South.
The Texas troops have been called home,
because, as it is said, of g rumored Federal
Victories
Lees forces are on the retreat to Rich
mond.
From Southwestern Missouri we get intel
l;gence that Gen. Schofeld attacked and
routed the enemy at Newtonia, Newton
county, on Saturday, Oct. 4th. Learning
that they proposed to concentrate their whole
force at point twelve miles distant, the vic
torions General Immediately advanced in that
direction, with the determination to attack
them on Sunday.
General Mcclellan, in calling attention of
the officers and soldiers of the Army of the
Potomac to the general order, publishing to
the army the Presidents emancipation proc
! lamat.on, says: The Constitution con-
, fides to the civil authority the power of ma.
king, expounding and executing the laws
, Armed forces are raised and supported sim.
| DIV to sustain the authorities. and are to be
held in strict subordination thereto in all re-
spects. This fundamental Trule of DO
litical system is essential to the security of
our republican institutions, and should be
thoroughly understood and observed by ev-
ery soldier. The principle upon which and
, the object for wnich the army shall be employ
f ed in surpressing the rebellion must be de-
7 termined and declared by the civil authori-
: ty. Therefore, the Executive is the proper
| and the only source through which the views
and orders of the Government can be laid
down to larmies." Discussion by officers
concerning pnblic measures determined upon
! by the Government, is adverted to by the
) General as an evil against which is thought
} advisable to guard the armies of the Repub-
lie, as it tends greatly to impair and destroy
) the discipline and efficiency of the troops,
by substituting a spirit of political faction
: for that firm, steady and earnest support of
f the Government, which is the highest duty Of
r soldier.
! A SUGGESTION. Yreka Journal re-
I commends that some kind of military or.
! ganization be started at that place, for the
purpose of learning to drill. We learn from
the same paper that selling liquor to Indians
| is carried on in that place to great extent.
r Also that the patriotic ladies of Yreka held
meeting on the Sth inst, and organized a
, Lint Association.
DsArH OF A LEADER.-B. F. Hallett, who