Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-13
our SPECIAL WASHINGTON DIS.
PATCHESl
The Presidents War Order
Order to Move February 22d
Gen. Fremont in the Noun
tain Department!
COUNCIL OF WAR ON MANRASSASl
Vote on the Emancipation Res.
OlutlOn!
The Rebel Retreat from
Manassas T!
What they left and Where they
have gOnei
NEW OFFICERS APPOINTED
Gems! Steadman and PIatt of
Ohio!
Secretary FOX's Commentator
Of the Monitor
What they left and Where they
have gOneI
NEW OFFICERS APPOINTED
Gems! Steadman and PIatt of
Ohio!
Secretary FOx's Commentator
Of the Monitor!
special Dispatches to Cleveland Leader.I
WAsHmaroE. March II.
TIE OCCupATIOH OF MANASSAS.


TIE OCCUPATION OF MANASSAS.
There is great depression and indignation
among military and civilians at the avoid
ance of fight with the Manassas army. The
Republican of this morning says it is no Sc
eret that a council Of war was called last
week by Mcclellan. 1t was determined BY
vote ofeigbt to four that it was not posi-
BILE to move at present against the enemy at
Manassas. The dissenting four are believed
to have been Gems. M,DowelI, Heintalemsn,
Sumner and Keys. The decision was over
raled BY the President and Secretary Of War.
We may add that the four minority are now
Generals of corps and form a council of war,
and that the council referred to was held
the Saturday after the major part Of the
rebel army had evacuated.
Accounts differ as to whether the rebels
burned or abandoned their stores.
TIE PRESIDENTS GENERAL ORDERS.
The Intslligencer of this morning contains
the Presidents general war orders, Nos. l, 2
and 3. The first dated Executive Mansion,
Jan. "a, orders that the 22d of February be
the day for the general movement of land
and naval forces Of the United States against
the insurgent torcss, especially the armies of
Fort Monroe, Potomac and Western Virginia
The Kentucky army, Rotills At Cairo, and
naval forces in the gulf are to be ready that
day, adding that all concerned will be held
to strict and full responsibility for prompt ez-
ecution of this order.
The 2nd, dated March 8, orders Mcclellan
to organise into corps that part Of the army
of the Potomac destined for active opera
tiOns with such prOmptness and dis
patch as not to delay the commencement OF
operations already directed to be undertaken
The 3rd, dated March Il, says Msjor- Gen.
Mcclellan, having personally taken the field
st the head of the Army of the Potomac,
until otherwise ordered, he is relieved from
command Of other military departments, be
retaining command Of the army of the PO-
tomac The order extends Hallecks ccm-
mand, 80 as to absorb Hunters and Buelrs
as far as Knoxville, and concludes: HOrder-
ed, also, that the country west OF the depart
ment of the Potomac, and cast of the de-
partment of the Mississippi, be military de-
partment, to be called the Mountain Depart
ment, commanded by Major Gen. Fremont.
That all commanders OF departments, after
the receipt OF this order, report severally and
directly to the Secretary Of War, and that
prompt fail and frequent reports viii be e1-
pected of all and each of them"
TIE VOTE on TIE EMANCIPATION BILL.
In last nights telegram we did injustice to
Blair of Missouri, and Blair and WhAley OF
Virginia, who with Fisher of Delaware voted
for the Presidents emancipation resolutions.
The following were the names of nays
Measrs. AncOnisr, Bailey, of Pa, Biddle,
Corning, Cox, Cravens, GriswOld, Critten-
den, Dunlap, English, Harding, johnson, Of
Pennsylvania, Kspp, Law, Leavy, Noble,
Norton, Penileton, Perry, Richardson, Rob-
inson, Shield, Steele, of New York, Thomas,
of Maryland, VOrhiss, WadswOrth, Ward,
White, of Ohio, WyokliHs, Wood and Wood
rufE-thirty-One. (sD 1t is believed that
Henderson, if not Wiley also will vote for
the resolution in the Senate.
PROMOTION OF A BRAVE soLDIER.
Gunner'a mate, John Davis, who covered
barrel of gun-pOwder with his own person
in the attack at Elizabeth City, has been
promoted to gunner.
AFFAIRS AT cHARLEsToWE.
Letters from 0harlestown says that many