The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-05-13
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

requiring all persons residing within his lines
| to take the oath OF allegiance to the Govern
| ment of TIE United States. The order says
that "no person will be allowed to engage
| in any occupation, trade or profession with
out taking an unconditional oath of ale
glance, which oath will state that it is taken
voluntarily, without mental reservation.-
| Taking the oath will not be deemed conclu-
| sive evidence of loyalty; and, as none but
| loyal persons will be permitted to carry on
any business, the oath must be accompanied
by consistent conduct and loyal acts" The
order alludes IN brief terms to the aid afford
ed by a considerable portion Of the people
in the now military district to the rebellion,
and of their hostility to the Government,
md to their 'affording an asylum for the
worst criminals, and more recently, giving to
the murderer Of the President of the United
States an uninterrupted passage through
parts of three counties, feeding him and his
confederate, and conceaing their presence"
The Rebel uniform is prohibited, the display
of Rebel flags and other insignia is suppress
ed, and in The language of the order, "a
new condition of things is to be inaugu-
rated" A large number Of troops are
quartered in the counties on the peninsula,
and several points are enumerated where the
prescribed oath will be administered.
| - The country will rejoice that the policy
too long prevailing which has been extended
to the bandits who are called Gucrriilas, the
| treatment when captured which has been ac
corded to regular soldiers who have been
made prisoners of war, is to cease. The
nation has suffered immensely from the law
less acts of these rutiians who frequently
| filled the double character of farmers by day
and thieves and cutthroats by night. The
Order No. 6 issued by General Haleck, an
! hot foil IN,
Carolina, who are found in arms against the
| United States, will be treated as robbers and
outlaws. Guerrillas, and their aders and
abettors will be arrested and tried by mill
tary commission, and they will be liable to
be put to death, or to receive some other Sc
we're punishment. 1t was asserted in the
| Rebel behalf before the recent defeats that
even if worsted they would organize guerrilla
bands "and carry on the war for twenty
years" The proclamation Of General Hal
leck is a serious warning of the conse
qucnces which will follow such an attempt
In addition to the risks Of such marauding
which now impcnds over the evil designed
from the Union forces in the late insurgent
districts, every inhabitant of the South is
interested in putting down the guerrilla svs-
TEN, which can only be continued by inces-
SAINT robberes and outrages upon the people
in whose interest it is ostcnsbly kept up.
We have some further particulars of
the surrender of ,)ohnson's army. Thous-
ands of his troops, however. did not wait to
be paroled, but left for their homes or where
ever they chose as soon.as the fact of their
surrender became known, and they are now
engaged IN scourgng the country through
which they pass by pilage and various kinds
of outrages. Over one hundred pieces of
artillery were surrendered by Johnston
After making the necessary arrangements
and issuing the proper order for the march
of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth
and Twentieth corps to Richmond Va.
General Sherman left Raleigh on the even
ing of the 2Sth ult. for Charleston and Sa-
vannah, on tour of inspection. He will
meet his troops at Richmond or Alexandria,
Va.
The President has issued a Proclama-
| ton enjolning upon our naval vessels to cap
ture all Rebel cruisers and bring them into
| port that their crews may no longer enjoy
| immunity for their crimes and he warns all
foreign nations that may permit them to
enter their ports that hospitality will be re-
fused to their vessels in the ports of the
| United States. The proclamation also re.
cognizes the State of Virginia as restored to
the Union, and orders measures to be re.
taken for the re establishment of her govern
ment and the restoration Of peace within her
boundaries.
1t is matter of great satisfaction to be
able to state, authorltatively, that the repre-
| sentatives of the Christian Commission. who
beitted themselves and their office by pay
ing visit of ceremony and respect to the
Rebel Gen. Lee, at Richmond, have been
recalled by the Commission and their author
ity to act as delegates revoked. The officers
of the Commission at Philadelphia have
4 carefully investigated the facts in the case,
and have dismissed the offending subord-
mates in justification of their own loyalty, and
to show their entire disapprobation of the
conduct Of the offenders.
| - The anti slavery constitutional amend
ment has been ratified by the Legislature of
| twenty States, Tennessee and Arkansas hay
| ing been almost unanimous in its favor
New Jersey stands alone among the free
States as having rejected the measure. The
amendment will unqucsionably be ratified
| by Vermont, New HAMPSHIRE Connecticut.
California, Iowa and Oregon. One State
more will be needed for the requisite three
| fourths. This can easily be obtained by
reversing the first decision of New Jersey,
Delaware, or Kentucky, or securing the vote
! of Florida or some other Southern State.
The Second and Fifth Corps of the
Army Of the Potomac proceeded through
Richmond last Saturday on their northward
| march. The troops were reviewed in front
of the City Hall in Richmond, by Generals
Meade and Halleck. The advance of Gen.
Meade's forces was, on Tuesday, in the
vicinity of Louisa Court House and is cx-
pected to encamp near Alexandria this even
ing. Sheridan's cavalry left Petersburg on
Monday last, to march overland to Alexan-
dria. One brigade of cavalry will be sta
toned at Lynchburg, another at Danville,
and third at Petersburg, to patrol the
country and preserve order.
The friends of General Grant. in Phila-
dclpha, have presented him with splendid
mansion and furnished it in handsome style.
1t is arranged with every convenience, and
is in every respect one of the most finished
private residences in the city. 1t is located
on Chestnut street, above Twentieth. Gen.
Grant and family took possession of their
new home last week.
- Gen. Schofed has issued an important
order in North Carolina with d view to the
more cfectual carrying out of President
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. He
notifies all former masters that their negroes
are now free, and advises that they retain
their servants by paying them fair compe1,-
saton. He also tells freedmen to accept
such paid service, and in all ways to deport
themselves worthly OF. their new condition.
The Chicago Convention, it will be re-
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