Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-14
SPECIAL DISPATCHES.
TRE yOHN MORGAN RAID.
Martial Law Declared in CinOin-
nati--Morgan's Movements
Ard Those Made
Against Him.
The following is General Burnsids's or


der:
HEADoURTERs DEPARTMEST OF THE
ONO, July 13, 1868. !
General Order No. -.
Martial Law is horeby declared in the
cities Of Cincinnati, COvingtOn and New
port. All business will be suspended un-
til further orders and all citizens
will be required to organize in ac-
cordsnce with she directions of the State
and municipal authorities. The command
ing General convinced that no one whose
services are necessary for the defense of
these cities, would care to leave now,
places no restriction uoon travel.
By command of MajOr-deneral A. E.
Burnside. LEWIS RICHMOND,
Bssistant Adjt-General.
Official;
D. R. LARNED,
Captain and Asst Adjt.-Gen:
TThe following particulars regarding the
Morgan raid are from the Cincinnati Ca
zette;1
On Saturday Morgan moved up to Yer
non, and yesterday part of his force
came on 10 VersaIIIes, wnere Jney were
supposed to be last evening.
A special train was sent out on the
Ohio and Mississippi Road yesterday, un-
der the charge of Superintendent Lewis,
with troops to protect the bridges Of the
road. This train went as far as Vernon
as we learnby dispatches from Mr.. Lewis
received via indianapolis, which place Mr.
Lewis reached last evening. The report
that Mr.. Lewis with the companies Of tht
115th Ohio sent out to guard the bridges
were gObbled up and parOIled, is not cor
rect. A sqad of one hundred or mor'
rebels, supposed to be skirmishers Of Nor
gan's command, came in at OsgOOd afte
the special train, on which Mr.. Lewis was
passed, an they destroyed three OF fOul
bridges, one of them a structure one hun
dred feet in length. They also deStrOye'
q number Of freight cars and other prop
erty of the Company.
Some Of Morgan's skirmishers wer
also reported last evening to have bee
seen near Sunman's, on the IndianapOli
& Cincinnati Railroad, and regiment c
our forces that had arrived from Indian
spOlis was sent out to look after them
1t is still the opinion of the military au
thOrities that Morgan will endeavOr to et
feet his escape by swimming his horse
across the Ohio at Bellsview or near AT
rora. -----.
1t was thought, when the report can
that MOrgvp was moving toward Moore
Hill, that he had abandoned his intentiO
Of crossing the Ohio below Lawrencebur
and would attempt to pass around Il
city, and preparations were at once mat
to defend the line of the Indianapolis al
Cincinnati Railroad What those prep
ratiOns are we Of course have - rieh'
otste, ,or,,or ,,os stiIT
the neighborhoOd of Versailles, it is 81
posed that he will either try to cross t
river in body if he can find some poi
unprotected, or disband his men and
der them to take care of themselves.
Active preparations were in prOgr'
yesterday by General Burnside, looking
the capture of Morgan, which we have
right to allude to, but which are, it is ST
- posed, sufficient to defeat or capture
band.
A dispatch was received at Headquart
!! last evening from Louisville, stating q
.s q fight had taken place between Gene
= HObson's cavalry and mount ed infant
"a "a and Morgan's forces near Salem. but
in IL credit is placed upon the dispatch by
military authorities, for it is known
Morgan was last evening near Versail
: All navigation on the river, except
It's gunboats and armed transports, was 81
E. ped on Saturday. The gunbOats b
Z been looking after steamers ar d aat-b
= and removing them out of tae reacl
: Morgan and his men.
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