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Day
23
Month
August
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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Washington, Atigr. 18. The statement maco severa] diiys ;;go tbat tlio Gonfbderates were slowlv moving their forcea to tlio lino of tho Potomac, with a. view iif ent ring Marylund and bu p porti ng the revolu'iioiiary spirit there, with ultímate on Washington, is now ro peated with ni rnereaaod assnra'nce oí letiiíth, wiili sucli evidences ís can not be diwejararded: Wkh u view ni meeting ;il possibh eontingeiwieri vrhich may arise in uonneetinn with this snlj j"ct, Un; Administraron hns jiwt i-'s-ied tho fullowing important ordor A prompt response, it is not dnitbted, will h ! given ut once, therebj Bosiurin ihe Capital againnt invnxinn, :iml ni the-saremtimeutferding üdditional oenfideoe to the country ol the earneatnesa ol the (roverninctit in tlio protootioa of. tin; gou ral reliare : War DnpAnxaENT. WasBington, Aug. 19, 18G1. Ail couiror.ndérH ol regiinents of volunteernaccepteii by this dupartment in the Stiltes of Penmylviinra, New Yi.ilc, Oonnectiout, StussuchimetUi; Veirnont, Rhodu Inlund, New Hampshire, Maine and Michigan, II Uiko notice oi, and conform to the ponera] orders this dny direced to the Governors of the Btatea above nained, Whicb is is tollows : To tho Guvcrnor of the Stn e of : By directioii of the lYesidont of the TJnitud States, you firo urgeDtly. roquestod to forwnrd, or cunee tci be forwnrded to the city of Washington, nli volunteer regimaotH, er parto of regframtq, at the azpenoeoi the U. S Government, tlutt mav l now onrolled in yotir State, and ailelothing or soppiios bolonging to, or eontracted (or tlie severa] regiraenU shull lie ftrarded t Washington f r their uso- detuüed repopte oi whifS shall be uaade to tlio commandiog Gtneral (Signad.) 8010 CAltKROK, Bas'; of Wai. All iiiiliary departinents of tho States ot Delaware; Muryland, and portions of Virginia, together with thë City of Washington, have been tinited in ono grand aepartment onder command ol Genera' McClellan. Major Generáis Dix and Banks, are tlms placed in Fiiboramate milkary positions. Fortress Monrue is not icetllded in this new arrangement. Tiio State Department h:s issued n Dotice that im til further notice no pers m will bo allowed to go ajbpond i'rom fi port of tho United States without a passport i as lied by tho Seeretary of State, nor will any peñón be allowed to land in the United Stntea without a puisport frorn o Mimstor or Consul of the United Sta es, or fa torêigner, Inim his own Government. eountersigned by .uefi Minister or Con sal. Thia regulation, however, is not to ta!;e effect in regard to persona coming Iroin ibroaduntil a rcasonable time hIkiII havo elapsed for it to beuome known.

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