Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-01-28

order Will be Issued IN the morning:
Uv HEADoUARTERs,
Department of the Missouri{ Z
The President, Secretary, Librarian, Directors
or other officers of the Mercantile Association,
the President, Secretary and Directors and other
officers of the Chamber, OF Commerce of this
city, are requested to take the oath of allegi-
ance prescribed by article six, State ordinance of
Oct l6, 1861, Any of the above officers who
shall neglect to file In the office of the Provost
Marshal General, within ten days of the date OF
this order, the oath so subscribed, will be DEEM
ed to have resigned; and any who, after neglect
Ing so 20 file his oath Of allegiance within the
time prescribed, shall attempt to exercise the
functions of such an Office, will be arrested for
contempt of this order, and punished according
to the laws Of war. sg4, a. ..j,.r
| Cd. IL is officially reported that carriages
bearing the enemy's flag are in the habit of
driving to the vicinity Of the military prison in
Mcdowell College. The commanding officer
| of tho prison guard will seize and take pos.
session of any carriage bearing the enemy g
flag, and the horses, carriage and harness to
be conaseatsd. s- a- ,...t,
Sd. Il is officially reported that certain wo-
men are In the habit OF approaching the vicini-
ty of the military prison and waving hostile
flags, for the purpose OF tinolting our troops and
carving on Communication with prisoners of
war. The commanding officer OF the prison
guard will arrest and place In confinement all
women go cffending. A'... r.
4.h. Any cArriage orother vehicle bearing
hostile flag In the city will be seized and con.
fscAted. The city police and patrol guards are
| directed TO arrest persons In vehlcles under suoh
Aags; also, persona wearing or displaying a
hostile Gag in the city. y" - saf'la'
b. command of Major-Gener Halleck.
1 N. H. MCLEAN, Asst. Adj. General.
RoLLA, Jan. 26 "A prominent citizen OF
NORTH western Missouri has just arrived from
Mount Vernon, Lawrence county. He says
| General r aims, with about four hundred men,
1 steid all night at Mount Vernon on Tuesday
night, the l4th inst, on his way to CRANKY,
where his soldiers said they were going 70
work In the lead mines. Threats were made to
arrest all men who had been connected with
| Home Guard companies, and put them at work
In the miues In consequence Of this a large
number OF Union citizens were leaving the
country. g ... SO
On the same hight that Rains stayed at Mt
Vernon, report sail that one hundred and sew
enty or two hundred rebels were encamped OF
the bead of Spring river, en- route for Cassville
In regard to the number OF troops in North
ern Arkansas, he says that ne has.it from gooC
authority that there are only about i've or si1
: hundred at Cross Holl0ss and CoSlrun, Benton
county, buta body Of from three thousand {.
g| ave thousand men are yet at Tillsworth Bend
about fifty miles below Vanbergen, on the Ar
Il k apeas river.
Several secessionisis told Hall that Price,
forcss at Springfield did not excsed ten shous
and. ras \ TIlq fslelai
The gentleman met the scouts Of the FEEDER
y nj armv fnur rnfiaa havoud lebanon. and okhe
troops atdidSrent points this side. & 8 2 = .