DOCUMENTS AND NARRATIVES. Doc. 1. PROCLAMATION OF GOV. MORGAN, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. A CONSPIRACY, not the work of a day, but the result of years, of false, wicked, and traitorous machinations, has for several months disturbed the peace of the State of New York and of the Federal Union. Its movements have been marked by violence and fraud. Wherever it has manifested itself, it has disregarded the rights of citizens, coerced them into the ranks of its armies, and exercised an absolute control over person and property, in utter defiance of the Constitution and laws of the land. Ambitious and designing men, disappointed in their personal aims, have been enabled, chiefly by misrepresenting the feelings of one portion of the country toward the other, to usurp and exercise a power which has become not only tyrannical and oppressive in several States whose constitutional governments it has temporarily suspended, but dangerous to the entire Union; the pretences originally held forth as a justification for acts of lawlessness and treason have been laid aside; the intention of the leaders of this wicked rebellion to destroy the Union, cemented by the blood of our forefathers, is now fully manifest; and, elated by an accidental success, they audaciously threaten the national capital. As chief magistrate of the State, it is my solemn duty to warn all good and loyal men of the dangers to which our institutions are exposed, and to urge upon them the necessity of an earnest and zealous co-operation with the authorities of the State and General Governments; of a cheerful contribution of their means to support the public credit, and of active enrolment in the forces now being organized for the defence of the Union; convinced that the tranquillity of the country, so wantonly disturbed, can only be restored by the prompt and vigorous suppression of rebellion and treason, wherever they may appear. The representatives of the people of the United States, lately convened in Congress at the call of a constitu tionally-elected President, in view of the perils which surround the Union, have, by legislativo enactments, provided for liberal supplies of men and means for the enforcement of the laws, and have thus invited a hearty and zealous response on the part of several States. New York has never wavered in her devotion to the Union. She prizes it on account of the many blessings which all parts of the country alike have received from it; on account of the memory of her patriot sons, by whose blood it was purchased; and for the inestimable benefits it confers upon the present, and secures to future generations. Her noble response to the call of the President, in April last, was such as to preserve to her the proud title she has long borne in the family of States. Another stage in the great rebellion has been reached, and the Government, appreciating the dangers now menacing it, appeals for aid. The whole country, the civilized world, now looks to the State of New York. Let the response be worthy of her history. Let her answer go back in full ranks of earnest men, who, justly valuing the magnitude of the interests involved, temporarily relinquish their pursuits and prepare to meet the crisis. In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed the privy seal of this State, at the city the year of our Lord one thousand eight of Albany, this 22d day of August, in hundred and sixty-one. [L. 8.] EDWIN D. MORGAN. By the Governor: Doo. 2. ARMY SANITARY COMMISSION. STATEMENT OF ITS OPERATIONS. AMONG the objects to which the funds of the commission are applied are the following: 1. The employment of medical inspectors to visit the various camps, and to remedy the numerous sources of disease and danger that exist in all of them-as, for instance, defects in drainage and ventilation, in the quality or pre- I Six inspectors are now employed. At least four times as many are required. Their trav elling and other expenses are estimated at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum. will contribute to the relief, health, and comfort of the soldier in the field. In connection herewith, I beg leave also to call your attention to the communication addressed to me by the Assistant Surgeon-General of the Confederate States, hereto appended. I cannot too earnestly urge upon you the importance of an early and generous response to the call thus made upon you. Let an agent 2. Inspectors are also needed at the general be appointed in each county to receive and hospitals, to see that the volunteers are pro-forward all articles to such points as the necesvided with every care and comfort that can be sities of our troops may require. obtained. The Commission also supplies these hospitals (to the extent of its means) with sun-hand and caused the great seal of the State to dry medical and surgical appliances, extra hos- be affixed, at the department in Nashville on pital clothing and bedding, and various other this 23d day of August, A. D. 1861. articles not issued by Government, and employs [L. S.] additional nurses and dressers. 3. The Commission prints and circulates among the volunteers (both officers and men) rules to be observed in regard to sanitary points, and advice as to the means of preserving health while in the field. It is in the daily receipt of stores of various kinds, clothing, bedding, &c., which are distributed from its office in Washington. Funds are required to meet the expenses of their transportation and storage. For means to carry out these objects the Commission relies wholly on the liberality of the community. It does not apply to Government for funds, because its moral influence and power of usefulness would be destroyed by any real or supposed connection with political agencies; and also, because it could not expect to obtain from Government means sufficient for the work it has undertaken. GEO. T. STRONG, Treasurer. 68 Wall Street, New York, August 23, 1861. Doc. 3. GOVERNOR HARRIS' APPEAL. Isham G. Harris, Governor of the State of Tennessee, to the patriotic Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of said State: Whereas, The approach of winter adinonishes us of the necessity and importance of providing warm and comfortable clothing, blankets, &c., for our large and gallant army of patriotic volunteers, who are nobly battling for the maintenance of our rights and independence, and the defence of our altars and our homes; and a state of war renders it difficult, if not impossible, to draw our usual supply of winter clothing from other markets, we must therefore rely upon our own resources, which are doubtless ample, when fully developed, and which, it is confidently believed you have both the will and the power to develop. I, therefore, appeal to the patriotic women of Tennessee to set about the work at once, of manufacturing all the jeans, linseys, socks, blankets, comforts, and all other articles which | In witness whereof I have hereunto set my By the Governor : ISHAM G. HARRIS. J. E. R. RAY, Secretary of State. Doc. 4. GEN. WOOL'S ORDER. General Orders, No. 4: I. Many of the inhabitants of Elizabeth City and County complain of depredations having been committed on their property by soldiers stationed in their neighborhoods. All such persons, or others residing within the pale of this command, engaged in farming, cultivating their fields and gardens, tending their flocks or herds, or bringing provisions or supplies to the several camps or posts for the use of the troops, and pursuing peacefully their ordinary avocations, and who do not communicate directly or indirectly with the rebel forces, and who may comply with such orders as may be given them, will be protected in their persons and property. Any violation of this order by either officers or soldiers, or any parties interested, will be severely punished, and those who force a safeguard, on conviction before a court-martial, will be punished with death. II. The attention of all who are embraced in this order, and of all citizens whose business brings them within the limits of this command, whether by land or water, is called to the fiftysixth and fifty-seventh Articles of War, as follows: 56. Whoever shall relieve the enemy with money, victuals, or ammunition, or shall knowingly harbor or protect an enemy, shall suffer death or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court-martial. 57. Whoever shall be convicted of holding correspondence with or giving intelligence to the enemy, either directly or indirectly, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court-martial. III. No officers, soldiers, or citizens will be allowed to go out or come in, by the pickets, without orders from these head-quarters. Persons arriving at the pickets and wishing to come inside, will be detained until their busi ness can be made known to these head-quarters, and proper permission given. This does not apply to persons bringing provisions, who are already provided with properly-signed passes. IV. No citizen will be allowed to pass beyond Mill Creek Bridge, or to any of the camps, without a pass from these head-quarters, or from the provost-marshal of Fort Monroe. V. The provost-marshals, commanding officers, and officers in charge of guards and pickets, are directed, as far as possible, to prevent any violation by officers, soldiers, or citizens, to arrest the offender and immediately report the circumstances of the case to these headquarters. By command of C. C. CHURCHILL, Major-General Wool. First Lieutenant Third Artillery, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. General Wool requests the Captain of the steamer Georgiana to make the contents of the above order known to the persons employed on his ship. By order of General WOOL. C. C. CHURCHILL, A. A. A.-G. Doc. 5. by a crowd of more than one hundred armed men, who had appeared upon the road out of the bushes near the spot where the ties had been placed on the road. We all escaped uninjured, although twenty or thirty shots were fired before we were out of reach. There were no persons on the train as passengers, but an old black man, two aged white men, and myself. This whole nefarious affair was, I have no doubt, contrived against my liberty, if not my life, by spies resident in this place, who notified their allies in Virginia that I was to pass on the railroad this morning. And nothing saved me but that coolness and presence of mind which prompted me, under Providence, to see and guard against the danger prompt as electricity. Please hurry on the arming of our volunteers in Frederick, as I am doing here, that we may be ready for spies within and traitors without our State. Yours, respectfully, FRANCIS THOMAS. Doc. 6. THE RIOTS IN CONNECTICUT. NEW HAVEN "PALLADIUM" ACCOUNT. LAST Saturday evening, August 24, the telegraph brought word that the office of the Bridgeport Farmer had been "cleaned out" by a mob, that a "peace" flag had been taken down in Stepney, and that two or three men CUMBERLAND, August 24, 1861. had been killed at New Fairfield. In conseDEAR SIR: As an incident of to-day may be quence of these reports our reporter proceeded misrepresented, I will communicate to you the to Bridgeport on Sunday, to gain such facts as precise facts of the case. left here this morn- possible regarding the deplorable events. As ing at half-past six, for my home, in the rail-nearly as he could learn, the following is a road train. Ten miles from this place the cow- brief outline of the proceedings at Stepney and catcher of the engine ran against a pile of eight Bridgeport: railroad ties, which had been carefully placed Notice had been given in Bridgeport that a across the track. Fortunately six of the ties "peace" flag was to be raised at Stepney, ten were scattered right and left of the road, and miles north of that place, on Saturday afterthe train continued to run for about five hun- noon, when a "peace meeting" would be addred yards, when it was stopped by the resist-dressed by Schnable of Pennsylvania, a wellance to its progress produced by the two re-known stump speaker in the last presidential maining ties, which were so situated that one campaign. E. B. Goodsell, ex-postmaster of end rested on the engine and the other plough- Bridgeport, and G. W. Belden, lawyer, of Newed along the road. As soon as the cars halted, town, were also advertised to speak. A large the engineer and fireman leaped off, and soon number of the citizens of Bridgeport, including removed the two ties, while the baggage-master many of the returned volunteers, decided to was out to see what had occurred to arrest our take part in the meeting, and for that purpose progress. All this happened in almost an in-procured five or six large omnibuses, besides stant, and before I had paid much attention to what was occurring. At that moment the baggage-master exclaimed, "There is an armed man on the road behind us." This caused the thought to flash across my mind that this accident had been contrived, and I called the conductor to the platform on which I stood, and directed him to put the cars in motion by pulling the bell-rope. The conductor seemed at a loss to know how to act, but obeyed my directions, and as soon as the train began to move we were fired upon other vehicles, and proceeded to Stepney, where they found a pole with a large "white rag" floating at its top, and a platform for speaking. The crowd immediately surrounded the pole, and one of the volunteers climbed it to let loose the secession banner, that the Stars and Stripes might be run up instead. Our reporter was informed by several eye-witnesses that, as the Unionist went up the pole, one "General" Curtis levelled a cocked pistol at him, and another unknown person a gun. Both these men were knocked down and their weap |