The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-08-21

WARRINGTON, Aug. ~.
The following orders were issued to day
General Order No. III g H..4
.HEAD QuARTERs OF THE ARMI,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, Aug. l9.
1st The following orders were issued from
the President:
17.-Major General Geo. B. Thomas is here.
BY assigned to the command of the 9Th mill,
tary District, created by act of Congress,
passed the I'd of March 1867. Maj. Gen. P.
Ii. Sheridan is hereby assigned to the COM
mand of the Department of Missouri. Maj.
Gen. Winfield S. Hancock is hereby assigned
to the Department of the Cumberland. The
Secretary of War I'D interim, will give the
necessary instructions to carry this order into
effect.
[signed.l ANDREW JoHSsos.
I'd. In pursuance of the foregoing order of
the President, Maj. Gen. Thomas, will on
the receipt of this order, turn over his com
mand to the officer next in rank to himself,
and proceed to New Orleans, Louisiana, to
relieve Maj. Gen Sheridan of the command of
the 9Th military District.
Sd. Mai. Gen. P. H. Sheridan, on being
relieved from the command Of the 9TH mill
tary District, by Maj Gen. Geo. II, Thomas,
and relieve Maj. Gen. w. s. Hancock, in
command of the Department of Missouri.
4th. Mai. Gen. w. S. Hancock, on being
relieved of the Department of Missouri, by
Maj Gen. Sheridan. will proceed to Louis
Vile, Kentucky, and assume the command
| of the Department of the Cumberland.
9th. Maj. Gen. Geo. H. Thomas will con-
| tinue to execute all orders be ray find in
| force in the 9th military District at the time
| of his assuming command of it, unless au
| thorized by the General of the Army to annul,
| alter or modify them.
9th. Msj. Gen. Sheridan before relieving
Maj. Gen. Hancock, will report in person at
these Headquarters.
By command Of Gen. GRANT.
| Ed. TOWNSEND, A. A. G.
/ (Ofeia.)
At meeting of about thirty members Of
| tho baI held to day, l. D S.an.o. presiding g,
| adopted resolutions disapproving the irregu>
larity of the method of reviewing orders Of
4 the Courts, asserting that it was grave error
to suppose the rights Of Attorneys could be
maintained by persons by vituperation or
violence, and also asserting the propriety ofthe
Courts Furnishing for contempt. This action
refers to the Bradley Fisher difficulty.
Gen. Sickles on the 18th, approved the
sentence uf the court martial in the case oi
capt. MeNally, OF tue steamer riot Doyt ioi
refusing to grant first class passage to Miss
Francis Rollins, from Charleston to Beaufort
on his steamer, because Of caste of color
The sentence was fine of $3.50.
Col. Eddington has been ordered to Ne"
r Mexico.
Col. Henry Clay Wood has been ordered
TO Russian America with Gen. Rousseau.
The Turkish Minister had an interview
with Seward to day and will be presented Il
the President to morrow.
, Gen. Toupkins has been ordered Il
: Omaha.
) An order Of Gen. Sickles read here to-day
details the trial, conviction and sentence o
certain parties, for taking colored girl from
. school house to the woods, and inhictin,
one hundred and forty lashes upon her, be
/ cause she resisted being whipped BY th
,f daughter Of one the parties. The negr
4 girl successfully whipped the white. Abra
ham jenkins, Justice of Peace, was sentence
o to be removed from office and fined S25, an
: imprisoned at hard labor enc month. 81
: others of the parties concerned, were like
!, wise fined and imprisoned. One man name
:. Saunders, for whipping negro boy and CIR
: was fined S25 and imprisoned one month
The above occurred at Plymouth, Mort
n Carolina, and the commanding officer ther
sr is ordered 70 see tLat the sentence is es
ia ecuted.