Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-29


The following order wss issued to-day
BY Gen. Dix:
HEAD'ons Dksr. Or rnE EAsSl
New YoRE, Oct. 20, 1864.
GENERAL ORDERS no. 80.
Information has been received by tho
Maj. Gen. commanding. that rebel agents
IN Canada design sending into the United
States and colonizs ct different points, large
numbers Of refugees, deserters and enemies
Of the government, with view to vote ct
the approaching Presidential election, and
| it is not unlikely when this service The re-
bel cause has been performed that they
may be organized for the purpose Of shoot
ing down peacesble citizens and plumber
ing private property. Is in the recent pred.
atary incursion on the Detroit River and
St. Albsns. Against these tncditated out
RACES on the purity Of the elective fran
chise and their nefalious acts Of robbery,
incendirism, and murder, it is the deter
mination Of the Major General command
ing to guard by every possible prccaution,
ard to visit on the perpetrators, if they shall
be detected, the most signal, summary pun
| ishment.
All the classes Of persons enumerated
whether citizen Of insurgent States, who
have been in the rebel service, or engaged
in acts Of hostility to the government, de-
sertcrs frcm the militnry service Of the
United States, or men drafted or subject to
draft, who have fled to evadc their duty to
their country, are liable to punishment for
the crimes they have already committed,
and no effort Will be spared to arrest them.
For this purpose, al Provost Marshals and
their deputies, within this Department, are
commanded to exercise all possible vigilance
aud to adopt such measures as may be nee
essary to detect persons coming into the
United States for the purpose Of voting or Of
committing Expectations on private proper
ty, and to prevent their escape. And it is
earnestly recommended to the electors Of
the State in this Department to take. with
in their respective precincts, such measures
as MAJ be required for their security, and
10 aid toe military authorities in frustrating
the designs of rebel agents and cmissaries
or in bringing the perpetrators to punish
ment; and should any Of these malefactor:
succeed in pcrpetrating their crimes, effect
ual measures will he taken to prevent thcil
return to Canada, and for this purpose spec
ial directions will be given, and suilahl.
guards for the frontier will be provided be
fore the day Of election. AS further pre-
caution, all persons from the insurgen'
States, now within this Department. or wht
may come within it on or before the Sd day
Of November, proxilno, are hereby rcquiret
to report themselves 70 registry on or be
fore that time; am all such persons arriving
within the Department after that day, vii
report Immediately on their arrival.
Those who fail to comply with this re
quest will be regarded as spies or emssa
rics Of the insurgent authorities at Rich
mond, and will be treated accordingly.
! The Registry in this city will beat the
headquarters Of Maj. Gen. J I'm j. Peel
second in command in the Department., a
307 Blocker street, and in al other places
ont ofthis city at Offices Of the nearest Pro
vost Marshal
The Registry will contain a complete de
scription Of persons reporting. and als'
their places Of residence, which must not b.
changed without notice at the places o
Registry.
BY command Of Maj. Gen. Dix.
ID. I. VAN BrREN.
Colonel and A. A. G.