Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-09-03

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| s| The following important orders from
the War Department are published fol
general information:
WAR DEPARTMENT., ., -
ADJ'T & INSPECTOR. GENERALS OFFICE.
Richmond, August 81, 1862.
General Orders No, go. 4
I. Whereas, Ma, !, Gen. Hunter, recent.
I1y in command of the enemys forces on the
coast Of South Carolina, and Brig. Geb.
Phelps, military commander Of the enemy
in the State of Lousiana, have organized and
armed negro slaves for military service a.
gainst their masters, citizens of this Con.
federacy:
< And, whereas, the Government of the
y. S. have refused to answer an inquiry,
whether said conduct of its officers meets
its sanction, and has left to this Government
no other means of repressing said crimes
and outrages than the adoption of such
measures of retaliation as shall serve to pre-
vent their repetition:
Ordered, That Maj. Gen. Hunter and
Brig. Gen. Phelps be no longer held and
treated as public enemies Of the Confede.
rate States, but as outlaws; and that in the
event of the; capture of either of them, OF
any other commissioned officer employed
in drilling, organizing or instruotiug slaves,
with view to their armed service in this
war, he shall not be regarded as prisoner
of war, but held in close confinement fol
execution as felon, at snch time and
place as the President shall order. By
order: ,.
.(Signed9 s. COOPER,
Adjutaut and Inspectoctor- General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJ'T & INSPECTOR GENERALS OFFICE,
Richmond August 10, 1852.
General Order No. So.
I. The following rules, in relation to the
examination of conscsipts, are published for
the guidance of enrolling and medical ex.
amining officers: >-r,
l. At each camp of instruction, and at
such military stations and other points as
may be designated, an experienced army
surgeon, from a different section of the
country, will be detailed to examine con.
scripts.
2. All conscripts capable Of bearing arms
will be received.
3. Conscripts not equal to all military
duty may be valuable in the hospital, quar-
termaster's or other staff departments, and
if so, will be received.
4. Blindness, excessive deafness, and
permanent lameness, or great deformity,
are obvious reasons for exemption.
5. Confirmed consumption, large incur
able ulcers, and chronic contagious diseases
of the skin are causes for exemption.
6. Single reducible hernia, the loss of
an eye or Of several fingers, will not inca
pacitate the subject for the performance of
military duty.
7. A certificate of disability of con-
script, given by private physician, will
not be considered, unless affidavit is made
that the conscript is confined to bed, or that
his health and life would be endangered by
removal to the place of enrolment
8. But when a conscript is incapacitated
by temporary sickness, he must present
himself, as soon as recovered, to the enrol
ling officer, or to the nearest school for con-
scripts.
9. No previous discharge, certificate, or
exemption from any source will be acknow-
lodged.
10. Medical officers of the army are not
allowed to examine conscripts, and give GER
tifcates, unless they are regularly detailed
for that duty.
By command of the Secretary of War.
(Signed) S. COOPER,
Adj't and Insp. General.
By an order emanating from the Govern
ment no more Marylanders will be received
as substitutes in the army.
HIGH PRIcEs.-A Letter from Colum-
bus, Mississippi, mentions the following
list Of prices in that city: Flour is $40
per bbl, sugar is 10 to 80 cents per Id. !;
whiskey $40 per gallon, and dry goods out