Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-29
0IctaI Order by Major General
Dix
New YokK, Oct 28.-The following
order was issued to-day By Gen Dix:
HEABQ'Rs EAsT New YoRk CFTY. |
Ocinher Is 1851
General Orders No. so.

General Orders No. so
Satisfactory information has been re-
ceiVsd by the Major General Command
! ing that rebel agents in Canada design
20 send into the United States and colo
nizs At different points large number
81 refugees and dsserters and epemies
Of the Government, With q view to vote
at the approaching November election,
and Il is not unlikely WHEN this servic.
4 to the rebel cause has been performed
that they may Be organized for the pur-
pose Of shooting down peaeeable citizens
and Piundering private property, as il
inc recent predatory incarsions on the
Detroit River and also at ST. Adams.
A Against these medisatsd outrages on the
elective franchise and these nefarious
acts Of robbers, inceadiarias and mnr-
deFers, It is the determination Of the
MAJOR General Commanding to guard
by every possible precaution, and 70
visit on the perpetrators If they shall be
detected the most signal and summary
punishment
All the classes Of persons enumerated
whether citizens Of the insurgent States
who have been in the rebel service, or
engaged in acts Of hostilities to the Gov
eminent, deserters from the military SER
vice OF the United States, or mea drafted
or subject 10 araf, wbo have fed to
evade this duty 50 their country, are la
bic to punishment fer the crimes they
have slready committed, and no effort
will be spared &c arrest them For this
purpose, all provost marshals and their
deputies within this department are com
handed to exercise all possible vigilance,
and TO adopt such measures as may be
necessary 10 detect persons coming into
the United States for the purpose OF yot.
ing, or of committing depredstions on
private property, and to prevent their
escape and il earnestly recommends 10
the electors Of the Ststss in this depart
ment 10 take withia their respective
election districts such measures as may
be required for THAR own security; aud
TO aid the military authorities ia fruslra-
ting the designs Of rebel agents aad
emissaries, or ia bringing the perpetra-
tore to punishment. Should any OF these
malefactors succeed in perpetFating their
crime, effective measures will be taken
TO prevent their return to Canada; and
FOR this purpose special directions viii be
given, and suitable guards for the frontier
will be provided before the day Of cleo
ton.
"A further preeaation, nlI persons
from insurgent States now within the
Department, or who may come within it
on or before the Sd Of November prox,
are hereby required TO report themselves
for registry on OF before that day. and all
such persons coming within the Depart.
mept after that day will repors imne-
diately on their arrival Those who fail
to comply with this requirement will be
regarded as spies or emissaries Of the
insuTgsnt authorities at Richmond, and
will be treated accordingly The regis.
try in this city will be at the headquar.
ters Of Major Gen. John J. Peck, second
in commsnd OF the Department. a. Ne.
81 Blocker Street, and IA all places cat
Of this city at the Office Of the nearest
Provost aarshaL TIE registry will con
tain complete description OF the per
sons reporting, and also their places OF
residence, which must not be changed
without notice At the place of registry.
By command Of Major Gen. Dix.
ISigned1 ID. T Vas BUREy,
Col. aud A. A. G.