New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-01
TuC MARYLAND OvERsEER.
The following General Order has been is
sued at the headquarters Of Gen. Stone, at
Poolesyille, Maryland
"HEADQrARrRRs CAsP ~ OBSERVATION, !
PooIEsyIILK Jan. 2 1862.

Ioultsinif, SiaI. Iauu'
.HraparARrRRs G. up oF OBsRRvArios,
POoLEsyILLK. Jan. 2. i5t2.
"GFSFRAr ORDER Nosl.-General Orders No.
H. Of s,peuber 1851 from these Heajquate, cautioned
the uoop. OF ibis comrini against violating the laws OF the
United STATE. and OF tie in which are serving BY
advising and ,nooursls Standardization and rebellion aeng
the negro ssry,' their ncishborhocd This caution wei
obscryed by Of the troops, has been d'esardsd by
few Who willie iuused with National arms and made thus
guardians 4 the National honor dsrace themselves aud hei
Government by scins tie pat Of opPFes'or and ncencae'
sons he very cfseus they were er here {, potecs from
Law lea. violence
The G,uora ding mmoud' to those who feel
~mssre above The requirements Of law careful r.sdns
Of the yJi Article Of Wa and fshuy promises al those
ho after Ia, second caution, persist In making use OF IN II
sr ed presence Lere the laws that when discov
cred y .h. era, BE- pr pr puui,hed for their d'O0ed
.nce o. odefS cad then re,u5n Of the civil suiho
ties ,s be turned The ci'il courts to be doa MIN
the lws Of Mar and pre.cfibe for such offenders
BY order Of Big Gen. SToSs
&C. STEWART, A. A. o."
Soon after Alexandria was taken possession
of by the Federal forces Gen.-then COL
Stone was put in command at that place.
There was. II will be remembered, good deal
OF rampant SecessiOnism in Alexandria, OF
which the murder of Ellsworth was type.
II showed itself sometimes in one way, and
sometimes in another, but q most common
manifestation Of it was in the brutal treatment
Of negroes both bond and free. Now, while
we are perfectly free to acknowledging escape
the criiicsm of The journal Of Communicable;
the brutal treatment vi negroes Ia constitutional,
Scriptural. and in accordance with tie opinion
Of the Supreme Court of tho United States,
yet We have sometimes ventured to question
whether it might not have It's proper limit, not
80 much on the plea of undue cruelty 70 AMI
inals-for "niggers are nlggers'-as because
Of It's influence ourselves, of the white race.
At any rate, the person who was Mayor OF
Alexandria at tie time Of its occupa-
ton, having persuaded himself that the
"n'cses" was al the bottom of the
whole business, instead Of lis master, became,
what with this cherished conviction, and the
latent, incontroyeriible fact, that his occupa-
tion of the dignity and power of the mayoralty
Of Alexandria was clean gone, 80 beside him
,eif with rage that the sight of a black man
drove him ont of oil sense OF propriety. lie
would even on meeting them 10 the street,
kick and beat them knock them down with
his cane, and 50 otherwise maltreat them that
even Alexandria became outraged at his yio-
lence and shocked at his brutality. Complaint
was made to Col. Stone Of this scandalous and
public daily display of rebel wrath, and he was
besought to put an end to it. But that officer
refused Even to approach the subject with
him was only to excite his indignation. If be
did not Justify the Mayor, he evidently thought
his rage against the niger" race was per-
fectly natural, and ought not to be interfered
with. Thus, at che outset, Col. Stone chose
ers in their relations TO negroes. He has faith
fully kept TO it ever since, except once, when
he permitted himself to be seduced out Of the
path of this congenal duty, most unwisely, as
the result at Balls Bluff showed. His natural
vocation is evidently that Of plantation over
seer; there, such abilities as lie has find fit
field for their exercise. But he gets out of
his depth when he NEEDLES with military mat
terr, as many heads bowed down in sorrow
for husbands, sons and brothers, fallen use
less sacrifice To military lncapacty, bear swift
and terrible witness.
What was the precise occasion of tho Gen.
cral Order which we here lay before our readers,
we know not. That there has been any " in.
" subOrdination aud rebellion in Maryland,
other than that which stained tho streets of
Baltimore with the blood of men Of Col. Stones
native Stat, We not only do not believe, but
we know tbey have not existed except in tho
imagination OF some excited slayc-driyer Indeed,
we doubt if the General Order had even that
much basis on which 10 rest. II the officers Of
the regular army have won 10 other distinction
ia this war, it is acknowledged on all hands
that as plantation PATROL whose duty it is to
watch Tor runaway niegers," and which all
planters who profess to be gentlemen usually
leave to the menner sort Of white folks, they
have covered themselves with glory. Along the
Mar, laod line tho work Of this sort Ia slack
iyst now. ii Is ha. eyes been active. But 1t Ii