The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-08-08

Important from LlncoInuolh'
From the Baltimore sun, Of July -.
WASHINGTON, July ls.-The following
important Executive order has just been
made public:
ErfaRirs Mansion,
Washington, July II, lSG2.
Ordered. That Maior.General Henry W
ualleclI be assigned 10 the command OF
the whole land forces of the United sta
tcs AS General in. Chief and that lac repair
To tl.is capital as soon rs he can with
safety to the position and operations With
in the Department now under las Spec'"'
charge.
iSirned) ABRAHAM LiNCoIN.
1t will be seen that the above order Is
dated July llth, Immediately after the
return of the President from his visit to
Gen. Mcclellan.
From the Washington star July -.
A CONSULTATION.
This forenoon the President, Secretary
of War and Major General llalleck wcrc
long IA consultation at the War Depart
ment. For u portion of the time Gems.
Pope and Burnside we're with them.
From the New York Tribune, July 90
OFFICIAL WAR BULLETIN EXECu-
TIVE ORDER.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, July
22.-Fust. ordered: That military com
manders within the States of Virginia,
South Carolina, Georgia Florida, Ala
bana, Mississippi Louisiana, Texas and
! Arkansas, in an orderly manner seize
and use any property, real or personal,
which may Ice necessary or convenient
! for their several commands for supplies,
or for other military purposes; and that,
while property may be destroyed for mil
! itarv objects none shall bc destroyed III
wanlonness and malice.
Second: That military and naval com
manders shall employ us lsGorers within
and from said States so many persons oJ
| African descent as can he adyantogeously
used tor military or naval purposes, Civ
| ing them reasonable wages for their labor.
Third: That rs to both property and
persons OF African descent accounts shall
be kept sufficiently accurate and in de
tail to show quantities and amounts, and
from whom both property and such per
sons shall have come, as a basis upon
which compensation can be made in pro.
per cases, and the several Departments OF
this Government shall attend to and per
form thcir appropriate part toward the cX-
ecution of these orders.
BY Order OF the President.
Edwin NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War
Prom the Washington Evening Star, July 30
A VERY IMPORTANT REGULATION.
The following general order of Major
Gen. Pope was issued today;
'Hcdd9uUterS 1rny Of V6ginm,
July %, 1862.
General Orders No. IL.
Commanders of army corps, divisions,
brigades and detached commands, will
proceed immediately TO arrest all disloyal
male oiti2ens within their lines, or within
their reach in rear OF their respective
F. commands. Such as are willing to take
= the oath oralegiance TO the United States
+. and will furnish sufficient security for its
: observance, shall be permitted TO remain
= at their homes, and pursue IN good faith
= their accustomed ayocations. Those who
: refuse shall be conducted South, beyond
$ the extreme pickets of this army, and be
notified that if found again any where
within our lines, or at any point in rear
c they will be considered spies and sub
$ jectcd to the extreme rgor Of military
S law. If any person having taken tho
oath Of allegiance, as above specified, be
. found to have violated it, heshal be shot
and his property seized and applied 70
the public use.
All communication with any person
whatever living within the lines Of tho
enemy is positively prohibited, except
through the military authorities and IN
the manner specified by military law; and
any person concerned in writing or in
carrying letters or messages i'll any other
way will be considered and treated as n
spy within the lines of the United States
Amy
By command Of Major Gen. PORE.
G. y. RUGGLEs, Col. and ChicI of Staff.
From the Baltimore Sun, July 9th.
STIRRING ORDERS FROM GEN. POPE.
WAsuIScToN, July 23.--Major General
Pope has issued orders to the different
Generals commanding divisions in his az
my corps requiring them to seize. all
horses and mules in th0ir vicinity, cspc-
cially in Culpcppcr county, not absolutely
needed by the inhabitants Of the sur
rounding country. They are also direct
ed to seize all stores not absolutely need
ed for the maintenance or subsistence Of
the inhabitants.
Extensive Countorfeiting.
The Columbus Eaptrer of the Goth con.
tans an account of the detection of a
large amount of Confederate notes Of
the denomination Of tens and tif,es
Thirteen hundred dollars was found at