Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-06-10
----ARasx0 OF The POToMAC.

----skRasx OF The POTuMAC.
All Qussa A1sns the Ltnes--Order relative
to eesre. psndeat-Dead and Wsunded
Between, the Lines brought eff-CsndA-
tiep Of mag. Of. truce eArrssgements.
= Correspondence Associated Press.
June ~ The following have just been les ned
ifom neadq uarters. and are published for the
oeEent OF ALI concerned: -,.
hkApoCARTERs Army OF THE PoroxAo,
june " -les4.-Gensrat oTder.-Edward Crap
seyaa correspondent OF the Philadelphia In
quirer, having published in that Journal Of the
I'd dtMstanfa hoeilous statement on the Com
impair The confidence Of the army in the com
man ding officer, and which statement the said
Crapsey now acknowledges to have been falee,
by ordered that he be arrested and pArsded
through the lines of the army, with plaearc
marked " Libeller Of the Press" and that he be
then put without the lines and not permitted 70
return.
The Provost Marshal General will see thas
this order Is promptly executed. The Com
manding General trusts that this example wili
deter others from committing like offences, and
ne taxes occasion TO notify represen tativee OF
the press, that, whilst he is ready at all times
t extend to them every facility for acquiring
will not hesitate 70 punish with the utmost
rRor all instances like the above, where indi-
viduals take advantage of the privileges AZ
forded them to circulate falsehood, and thus
impair the con fidence which the public and The
army should have In their generals and other
officers.
BY command of Major Genera. Meade.
Assistant Adju ant General.
The following paragraph appeared In the
Inqutrer OF the I'd instant, ar d Is probably ths
false statement for which the correspondent Is
punished:-"Histcry will record, but ne wepa-
pers cannot, that on one eventiul night during
the present campaign Grants presence sav we'd
the army, and the natien too; not that General
hfco do an M AZ
der un willingly, but his devotion 10 his eoun.
try made him 10th to risk her last army on what
he deemed chance. Grant assumed the re-
sponsibility, and here we are stil."l
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
June i,is6i.-Special Orders, No. 152-I Exuset1
:. Lieutenant Colonel M O. Murphy, f7Oth New
York volunteers, having, on the 25th ulumo,
presumed to send flag OF truce TO the ensmy's
by dishonorably dismissed from the military
service Of the United States, subject to she ap-
proval of the President
By command Of Major General Meade.
S. WILLIAMS,
Assistant Adjutant General.
All is quiet along the lines to-day, except
occasional heavy guns in the direction of Bo.-
tom Bridge.
The mails are now regularly received In she
army, the arrangement being most complete
under the management Of Lieut.. d. B. Parker
and Mr. w. b. Haslett, postmaster Of the Army
OF the Potomac. Newspapers will also arrive
regularly from this date, under the direction Of
Mr.. Lamb, news agent.
HEADQUARTERS, June SIS a. m.-The flag OF
truce sent by General Grant was arranged fer
last evening, and, under the direction of the
corps commanders, the dead and wounded
between the lines Of works were brought of.
There were very few wounded at some points,
while at others quite number came In. None
but medical officers and stretcher bearers were
allowed to go on the field, and all intercourse
with the enemy was strictly prohibited. At the
expiration Of the time agreed upou, q voice
from the enemy's line sung ont, "Boys, get 10
your holes, the time is up" when all hands
left at once.
A few shells were thrown on our left yester-
day afternoon, but no damage. A portion Of
the 5th corps is reported as having arrived At
point on the Chickahominy, near Bottoms
Bridge, and considerable cannonading wSs
heard in that direction yesterday afternoon.
party OF rebels, q captain, lieutenant, &nd
five privates, came into our lines yesterday
with a flag of truce, looking for the body of an
officer, and our men at that point brought them
in. not knowing that flag of truce prevailed.
They were returned TO their lines last evening
The railroad from the White House To the
army is being put in order, and will be ready
for travel in day or two.