The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-19
Important Orders by the Commander
of tue Fourth Military District.

WAsHISGToN, Sept. ls.-The War
Department has received copies of the
following orders, issued on the 9th and
10th Inst, by Brevet Major General
Ord, commanding the Fourth Military
District:
For the purpose of securing peace and
quiet, and preventing violence, disor-
der and riot throughout the limits OF
this military district, the assembling OF
armed organizations or bodies OF citi-
Zens, under any pretense whatever, is
prohibited. The proper civil officers,
post commanders, assistant commits
sioners, and agents of the bureau of
refuge and freedmen and abandoned
lands, will use all the means at their
disposal to cause the enforcement of
this order. Probationary measures to
prevent such assemblaRes by sending
guards to attend public meetings, or
such other actions as may be deemed
advisable, will be taken by the COM
manderB on all proper occasions. In
the event of its violation the authorities
above named are to make some effort
to cause the arrest of the armed portion
of the assemblage, and when arrested,
they will be held in confinement for
trial by military commission. All
arms found upon the persons arrested
will be seized and held by the officer
making the arrest, subject to orders
from these headquarters.
The practice OF carrying FIRE arms Is
prevalent among the DULLES and cow
ards. 1t Is not pracliced in well organ
iZeu and civilized com IN mites, and il
ia the intention of the General COM
handing to take all practical measures
to stop II. .-E
All persons now residing within the
limits of this military district, who
subsequently, TO the month OF April,
1855, voluntarily exiled themselves
from nf tho Sfafna laTnlu in rah,.l,
lion, and have since returned to resi-
dence in the.United States, will, within
thi rty days from the receipt of this or
der, report in person or in writing TO
these headquarters their full names
and places of residence, giving post
office address, in order that a copy oil
the parole oath administered to the
rebel armies on their surrender may
be furnished to each, to be duly taken
| and subscribed. The oath may be adj
ministered by any commissioned officer
| in the military service of the United
States, serving in this command, and
| will be Immediately forwarded to the
Assistant Adiutant General at these
headquarters, for file. A failure 10
comply with the terms OF the foregoing
| order will subject offenders to arrest
and such penalty as may be prescribed
by competent authority.
The Herald's special says. 1t Is un.
understood MIR. Chandler, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury VIII certain
ly resign.
The Times special says: 1t is exceed
| ingly doubtful If General Grant will
recommend a new trial for Fitz John
Porter, there being no precedent of law
! for 1t.
TIE Tribune's special Gays: Chiei
! Justice Chase authorizes a denial of The
statement going the rounds of the
newspapers that he has written a letter
10 President johnson endorsing his &C
! ton in the recent conflict of authority
between General Sickles and the civil
courts of the CaroIinas in relation to
order No. 10. for which Gen. Sickies
| was removed, He has never given an
opinion on the subject TO Mr.. Johnson
| or any other government official.