The sun., 1864-10-29

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Now ioil cay, or. 9s, 1854
GETegu OrpTrs No. 7o.-sai ehct"ry 'niorma-
zion has been received by the Malor-tienerAl on
nanding that rcbcl agents iu C,nad, design .,
send into the United states, and cplouize at d!nc,
rnt points, large numtcfs Of rcniRcc.. dcscrtcrs
and enemies Of the povernncnt, with view 70 voo
the approach M Prcaicninl election ami IL ia
not unlikely, when this seryoo /, the rebel cause
been performed. that thcv may he organized r
the purpose of M ,otng down peaccah!c citizens and
plundering private property, AZ in the recent pre-
ilury incurBioIs on tie Detroit rivor and Al ~
Alhauf. Against these nc,iitR,ci ouirngcs on the
purity Of the elective franchise and these nrfariors
nets o robbery, ncontaf s'n and murder, II = The
determination of the MAJOR Genera, Commanding to
guard bv every possible prccaution, and 10 vist on
the rerTr'raors II ,hev shall lie detected, tho mos,
signal and summary punishment All the clnssos Of
persons enumerated, whether citizens of the in1r-
gent states who have lcen in the rebel service or
engaged in acts of hostility 10 the government, de-
ferters from the military service OF the United
States. or men drafted or subject to ,ra0, who
have fed to evade their duty to their country, are
liable To punishment for the crimes they have A.
ready commttcd nnd no effort viii lie spared to
arrest them For this purpose all provost -narshas
and their deputies within this Derartment are
commanded TO exercise oil possible vigilance, and
~ adopt such measures AZ NAV lie necessary To de-
tect persons coming into the United States for tie
purpose oi voting Of committing deprei1tiOns
an private property an to prevent their escape /;
and It IL earnestly recommended to the electors of
the states In this Dcpar'meut to- take, within their
Respective election aigrilts, such measures a. may
te required for Their own security, and to aid the
military authorities in frustrating the designs Of
retcl AGENTS and eulissaries, or In bringing the
perpetrators 10 punishment.
Saoud any o! these ma lc.ctors succeed in per.
petratlng their crimel eIectv me isiires wifi he
taken 10 prevent their return Ia Canada; and for
this purpose special directions will be given, and
suitable guards for tie frontier will lie provided,
before the day of election
A. further precsu ion, all persons from the in.
furyent states now within the department. or who
may come within II on nr before the Sd Of Novep.
bcr ptoXirno, are hereby required tu report them.
selves for registry on or ftfore that dav: and all
such persons coming W n IN the department nfter
that day viii report Immediately on their arrival.
Those who fail to comply with this requirement
vii ne regarded ms spies cnisssries ui the insur-
gent authorities Mt X chmond and will be- treated
accordingly. The registry in this city wi.i be at
the headquarters ol Msjor General john j. Peck,
second !u command In the department, at No 81
u bcr st and in all other places out Of this CITY
u, the ohIees u the nearest PrOvost Marshsls The
re- s'ry %iil contain complete description Of the
it'Sns reporting, and also their places Of resi-.
a,het winch must not lie changed without notice
a. the place OF registry
by :, a.nsud OF Mtjor General Dix
II. T. NAs BUREH,
Colcncl and Assistant AdjutAnt General