Newbern weekly progress., 1862-08-30


such other articles as may be required will be
taken possession of and used, but every seizure
must be made solely by the order of the COM
mandlnR officer of the troops there present aud
by the officer of the department through which
the issues are made Any officer or soldier who
shall be found to have entered the house or mo-
iestei the property OF any citizen will be severe.
ly punished Snch acts of pillage aud outrage
are disgraceful TO the army, and have neither
been contemplated nor authnrized by any officers
| whatever lie perpetrators of them whether
officers or soldiers will be visited with punish
ment which they will have reason to remember
and any officer soldier absent from the limits
of his camp, found in any house. whatever. with
out written pass from his division or brigade
commander, will be considered as pillarer and
treated accordingly.
Army-Corls Commanders will Immediately es.
| tablish mot nted patrols under charge of com
missioned officers, who shall scour the whole
Country for five miles around their camps ut least
once day. snd =taa;f.r,,t tours 20 bring into
their respective commands all pei sons absent
without proper authority, " no are engaged in
any Interruption Of citizens living in the coun-
try, and commanding officers of regiments or
smaller commands wi be held responsible that
neither officers nor men shall be absent from
camp without proper authority
MAJOR.GENERAL POPE.
r. o. Selfride A. A. G.
The subioined are our latest advices from Gen,
Sigels Corps:
HEADerARTERs GEN SIGEL.)
Near Cedar Mountain,
aug, Is, 1S62}
In nearly every house between Cedar Noun
tain and the Rapidan, wounded Rebel officers
and soldiers are found Major Andrews, (Jack-
sons Chief of Artillery, is at the point of DEATH
In Mrs Garnetts house. hear Crooked Rum He
Informed one of our officers that his wound was
received at 3 o'clock, on Saturday afternoon
Two negroes who came Within our lines this
morning, report that Jackson is driving all the
C 'lored people before him, aud has ordered that
rho, Sirnll ha
temp to escape
The country around the Rapidan and near O.
r lnge,has been stripped of food and forage The
planters begin to fear starvation, but say they
will endure 1t, rather than take the oath MANY
however, wonid take it, if certain that jackson
would not ret::rn
Scouting parties from Gordcnsvlle report Jack.
son to have made that point with his entire ar.
my His retreat f. ON Cedar Mountain was very
precip tate.
Wounded rebel soldiers found on the line OF
march this morning: all admit great distress in
the rebel army.
soners and deserters are arriving so fast
that energetic Provost Marshal. Col Robin.
son, can hardly provide for them.
hey say that more than coo conscripts left
she ranks Of Jackson between Gordonsville and
Ceuar Mountain' and are Struggling through the
woods on the line Of march.
The rebel regiments instead of being full as
the rebel officers told u.s. are much thinner than
our own Impresslug does not seem to swell
Ihelr numbers The first opportunity occurring
For desertion. the ennscripts a leave.
/ he rebel loss in the late battle was without
any doubt, mach ersater tAan-ourz own Ma;as-
Andrews thinks it could not have been less than
>'oVo. lie was In the act of placing part of
battery Ill new position, when shell ploded
1t his foot, and wounded him. The rebels ac-
;ord1ng to his statement, had but two batteries
N the hight, but these were divided into seven
which led Us to believe that their
strength much greater than it was.
Reports from the south bank of the Rapidan,
his evening, say the rebels are again appearing
II force, on that side of he river
Col. Donney of the Twenty eighth New York
keg, mortally wouaded lille gaIlantly leading
MS regiment IN the hottest of Saturdays battle.
lied this morning, at CuIperper at two o'clock,
Cen Banks corps formed in review this morn
ng, before the headquarters of their General who
s not able to leave the house.
Lieut. Col Stone, 9th Connecticut. hei etofore
'eported killed, may be only wounded and made
prisoner. His body has been found where
ne was seen to fall, and it is possible that he is
,mong those wounded officers in the hands of
he rebels, whose names they trutally refused to
give.
Col. Chapman, 5th Connecticut. was wounded
'nly in the arm. but had been in i'll health, and
went into the battle against the orders of his
,eon. He was very weak and was forced by the
'ebels to march foot. i'll the hot 1t is
considered doubtful whether lie will be able to
survive their cruelty.
N othing this afternoon from the font. All is
Iulet.