Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-19

| New YORK, Aug. lS.-Gen. Canley, under
whose immediate command are the numerous
| troops in this city, has issued the following
important circular, relative to duties Of his
| command, in case of any riot. Gen. CanIey
| will personally lead his veterans 1t is said
the lst and 37th Massachusetts regiments will
| be first called into action, if the necessity
arises. The following is the circular, which
gives fair indication Of what may be expect
ed in case of an emergency =
''Iheir duties are limited to the defence oil
the forts, and the protection Of public proper
IT, and of the, officers of the general govern :
| ment IN the performance Of their legal du-
| ties. The duty of maintaining order, and
| protecting the property and rights of private
| individuals, devulvro upon the municipal and
state authorities, but the troops of the United
States will be held in readiness to render any
assistance that may be called for by proper
authority, and be rendered necessary by the
inability of the state authorities to accom-
plish these ends.
''If officers of the general government, and
by comfy, of the state and municipal govern
NESTS, i'll the performance of their legitimate
t"'',t'tns, are aSsaled bv lawleSs violence it
II they are charged with the protection of
public property, public buildings, or other
valuable interests, it will be their duty to de-
tend them to the last extremity. Ii called
upon by the civil authorities to aid in the
maintenance of order or enforcement of the
laws, the aid will be given promptly, cheer
fully, and efficiently.
1.-The troops that have been brought to the
city, and who may be called upon to aid in
the maintain&nce of order and the enforcement
of the laws, must themselves set the example
of orderly and sodierly conduct, and the at
tputIpD ut all off and IN SnppiallU
directed to this point: The movement of
troops to distant parts Of the city, or points in
its neighborhood, will be made as far as prac-
tcable by water, and for this purpose the
quartermaster's department will keep 4 suffi-
cient number of steamers in constant readl-
ness to move to any point. Those steamers,
not armed, will be conveyed by armed steam
ers. All the militia in this city and Brook
Ign are under arms and will be until the draft
| is completed"
New YORK, Aug lS.-The proclamation Of
Gov. Seymour will be printed tomorrow
morning He has received information that
there is danger of disorderly and riotous at
tacks in New York and Brooklyn during the
coming draft, and says such acts do no good.
The courts are now consigning to severe pun
iShnent many of those guilty of acts of destruc-
ton of the lives and property of their fellow
citizens, during the shameful scenes of last
month. He concludes as follows: Il hereby
admonish all judicial and executive officers,
whose duty it is to enforce law, and preserve
public order, that they take vigorous and
effective measures to put down any riotous or
unlawful assenblages; and if they find their
power insufficient for that purpose, to call
upon the military in the manner pointed out
by the statutes OF the state If these meas
ures shall prove Insufficient, l shall then ex-
ercise all the power of the state in order that
the public peace be preserved, and the persons
and property of all citizens be protected"