The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-16


GENERAL ORDERS, No. g.
To protect ioyol persons aguiast improper Girl
suits and penalties in late rcbellious States
Military Division and Department Com.
manders, whose commands embrace or are
composed of any of the late rebellious States
and who have not-alresdy. done, 80, will a,
once issue and enforce orders protecting from
prosecution or suits IN State or municipal
courts of such State, all officers and soldiers
Of the United States, and all persons thereto
attached or in any wise thereto belonging,
subject TO military authority, charged with
offences for acts done in their military
capacity, or pursuant to orders from proper
military authority !; and to protect from suit
or prosecution all loyal citizens or persons
charged with offences done against the rebel
forces directly or indirectly during the exist
ence Of the rebellion and all persons their
agents and employees, charged with the occu-
paney of abandoned lands and plantations, or
the possession or custody of any kind of
property whatever, who occupied, used, pos
sessed or controlled the same pursuant to the
orders of the President or any of the civil or
military departments OF the Government, aud
10 protect them from any penalties or dam
ages that may be or have been pronounced or
adjndeed in said courts in any of such cases;
also protecting colored persons from prosecu-
ton IN any of said States charged with ohenses
Tor which white persons are not prosecuted or
punished in the same manner and degree.
By command of Lieut.. Gen. Grant.
L. u. TOWNSEND,
Asst Adjt. Gen.
1t is understood that Lewis D. Campbell
has not yet accepted the nomination as Minis.
ter to Mexico.
Breyet Col. Geo. L.. Hartsuff, Lieutenant
Colonel and Adutant General {. S. A, late
Major General L. $. Volunteers, has been as
signed to duty as Adjutant General on the
staff OF Gen. Sheridan.
The following statement exhibits the re-
ceipis from customs at the ports below named
for the first half of the fiscal year ending Dec.
81, 1850: Chicago, S2o4,s5 OF; Cincinnati,
SlOi, 1879 s., two months receipts unreported;
81. Louis, S4S9.S44 81. two weeks receipts
unrePorted; Cleveland s30o,661 40; Detroit,
SoS.43l 10. The receipts from the above
ports, as compared with those received during
the same period last year, show al increase OF
over 250 per cent
Senator Sherman and Gen. Schenck both
arrived tnis morning and took their seats.
Each seems confident OF success in the APP
preaching Senatorial contest in Ohio.
Randall Hunt, the last product of the Lou
lsiana mandatory for Senators, after having
Not 0iNAit iNeNtu tHe Heiu mas come TO the
conclusion to 60 home again.
4 curious scene occurred at Senator Ben
Nade room the other night A person
whom W ade had never seen, but who seems
from his bearing and account, to be South /
erner, asked him to sign some papers com.
meadlng i'm for Government employment
W ade. tancying from the mans manners
some mischief was intended, excused himself
Tor moment stepped into another room, and
procured a revolver On his return the stran-
ger renewed his demand that he should sign
the paper. Wade refused, whereupon the
man drew bowie-knife and exclaimed:
Wei, we re here alone, sar, and you Shall
sign them. Wade instantly produced his
revolver, ordered the man out. followed him
down stars, gave him parting kick. shut
the door in his face, and has not seen him
since, and has no idea who he was.
Secretary stanton, recognizing the business
OF the claim Of Missouri for reimbursement
ior moneys expended III payment Of troops
has promised his personal assistance to aid in 4
procuring ITS passage through Congress.
Letters by the hundred written bv ex officers
OF the army, who have settled in Louisiana
and Mississippi, are received here daily by
members Of Congress. All say that iftle
troops are withdrawn loyal men will be com.
PEELED 70 leave. They cannot live there al all.
! ne recent order mastering out volunteers
N rgina leaves only one regiment and ]
halt on duty in the State, exclusive of five
companies Of regular artillery stationed at
ortreSs Monroe. The secessionists rejoice
)Yer this removal Of military rnln |