Washington telegraph., 1862-08-27

. J.
gallant 81. This event en- tel that n. cr..oratlr
battle.
The New i vrl World uf the 22l nit !,
say: Every body> prophecy Is fulfilled
rne gucrrIiias are awake and abroad
Morgan, ;hc chief Of them, is On the Nor
! theru s)il.
He crosses two States and enters third
lie captures liarrpdsburg, Llwrcnceburg,
Versailles, aud Henderson, Keutucky;
rips up the track aud burns Ekhyrn
Bridge, of the Louisvill, and Lexington
Railroad; burns another On the Kentucky
central, thus severiug the Communications
OF Lexington with the North ;nd West;
blockades the Ohio river; impressus hun
dreds of horses aud enlists II tiers for th.m
all, aud halts 10 get breath In the town
of Newburg, Indiana.
He INDUCES his "Ines Of communica-
ton or his '.liues Of retreat" or his
"base of SUPPLE" With NOT tie j liable
OF IAN order, nor the glaune of au eye.
lie pushes ahead. What lac can do he
does; what he can't lie don't d. ~ What
he can take aion. with him lie does take
along with him; What he must leave be.
hind he docs leave behind. lie tells one
citizen that he comes to raise recruits and
10 steal horses, not % fight He replies
to auother: .'Wcli, we're here ID ride a.
round tho country, aud play hill gene
rally He tells the good people of Hen
dcs>cn, Oh the OHIO, That me nas come IL
! protect the cI.izcns against insults anl
| ruling des pJtIs u. ii. tells tie a ,liiug
| population of the river that hr don Id ID
| tcud to Interfere with any except govern
| ment boats: navigation may. ~ on until
further orders. This !, John Nlnrrnn.
These are his duius.. They are msrve
lous in our eyes.
How many rucn mas The umditg One
| thousand at most. We are told Say 4
teen hunlrcd.-lIayc W. 10 troops ia
| Kentucky? . ye>, several We have
! Cor had) at Frankfort, the capital the
! Eighty-nith Oniv, the FIfJy.;ith Indiana
I battalion, some ''reEuL,rs." two on three
pieces of artillery, aud considerable ca,
/ airy. We have ctr had) I'd Lexington.
| Brig. Gen. W ard with force uf some
| 1000, aud three ar four hundred irrcp-
ular troops at Aichoasvillr we live
| Cor suppose We had troops ut Louisville
and troops at Bowling Green and else
where. We lave Rli these but we have
| also j, hn Morgon ealioping across ccu-
trail Keutacky without being murdered,
molested, or met-Salioping across the
fattest counties OF Kentucky, eating and
drinking and bearing away to his hearts
leisurey content, and there are none to
offer him the soldiers bate BY day or
the partlzans brliet BY night.
Where is he ncwy IL has beea ,,aurs
since We heard from him. Whittier will
his future footsteps tend. While our
gallant troops ore lying en- ;he,r arms III
tie shape vt stupendoas strate.ical
seige at Lexington. Ky, is lie Regatta
ting with the mayor OF indianapolis for
the surrender of the city? Does BE have
eye toa retreat as profitable rs hi adj
vaucy! Will he 20 by Cincinna;i and put
the torch to it, gallup to the Gap aud FIJI
upon hi, lpyal nameSakes rear while
] Rains rusics on the nau,sakc from tic
rear, -Mhere will hc plunge rcAt, Into
East Tennessee or West Virginia.
FIRST Ordered. that military COM
manders within the State, Of Virgio;s
South Carolina. Georgia. Elsrida. Alabnma
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, aud Arkan-
sas, in an orderl y manner, sciz; and use
any property, real Or personal, which may
be necessary or convenient for their sew
eral commands, for supplies, or for other
military purposes; and that while proper
ty may be destroyed for military objects,
nonc shall be destroyed 10 wan,onuess or
malice. r. ,--
SEcoND-That military and naval CON-
Dauders shall employ as laborcrs, within
aud from said States, SO many persons If
African descent as can be ad vantageoasly
used for military or naval purposes, giving
them reasonable wages { their labor.
THIRD-That as to both property and
persons of African descent, accoupts shall
be kept sufficiently accurate and in detail
to show quantities aud amounts aud from
whom both property and such persons
shall have come. as q basis upon which
compensation can be made 10 proper cases;
aud the several departments of this gov
ernmeut shall attend to aud perform their
appropriate parts towards the execution,
1 Of these orders A
BY order Of the President.
EDWIN IA. STANTON, Sec. OF War.
Cor. EAKIS--lf the Hon. THOMAS HrsRanp
will consent to become a candidate as enc Of