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.

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LETTER FROM GOV. THOMAS OF MD.
EX-GOVERNOR THOMAS, of Maryland, gives
the following account of the attempt of the
Maryland rebels upon his life:

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 wo may be ready for spies within and traitors without our State. Yours, respectfully, FRANCIS THOMAS.

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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. I 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 other vehicles, and proceeded to Stepney, what was occurring. 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

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

try into the city being greeted with loud and
continued cheering. [We learn of only two
persons at all seriously hurt at Stepney; we
were unable to obtain their names. Both were
of the tory party, and both were carried from
the ground by their friends. One was struck a
very heavy blow upon the head with a club by
a Union man whom he was pursuing, and who
retreated backward some distance before he
struck; the other attacked the rear wagon of
the homeward procession, when he was kicked
in the face by a man in the wagon, and when
last seen was apparently insensible.]
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "FARMER

ons taken from them. Quite a "scrimmage" | trailing in the dust behind them, and their enfollowed, and seven or eight more pistols were taken from secessionists who drew them, but not a shot was fired on either side during the affray. The "peace" flag having been hauled down, the glorious old Stars and Stripes were run up amid loud cheering. Calls were then made for the speaker, but none appearing, P. T. Barnum, Esq., mounted the platform. Pistols were again drawn by the secessionists, and threats were made that if Mr. Barnum spoke he should be shot. He was immediately surrounded by a number of returned volunteers, who with revolvers in hand, promised death to any one who should fire at the platform. Mr. Barnum then called for the speakers advertised, promising them in the name of the Union men a fair hearing, provided they uttered nothing treasonable. They were not forthcoming; but, in answer to some remark of Mr. Barnum's, Schnable, who was standing unmolested in the crowd, cried out, "That's a lie," when he was somewhat severely kicked, (so our informant stated,) and disappeared for the day.

A regular Union meeting was then organized, with Elias Howe, Jr., in the chair, and P. T. Barnum, Secretary. The following resolutions were adopted, the "Star-Spangled Banner" was sung, and the meeting adjourned:

RESOLUTIONS.

Whereas, We claim for ourselves, in common with our loyal fellow-citizens, to hold sacred not only the liberties of our country, but the peace of our glorious old Commonwealth of Connecticut;

Resolved, That as good citizens, and a law and order loving people, we deprecate and utterly condemn all those public exhibitions, falsely called peace meetings, but really intended as secession demonstrations, as insulting to the honor of our glorious flag, disgraceful to our country; and

Resolved, That we will discountenance all attempts of traitors, open or disguised, to repeat the said public demonstrations, and call upon all Union and liberty-loving men to place the ban of public scorn and reprobation upon all concerned therein.

OFFICE.

Upon the arrival home of the Bridgeport party, with the white flag as a trophy, an excited concourse of people surrounded them in front of the Sterling House, on Main street, rending the air with shouts, and apparently ready for any desperate enterprise. Directly in front of the hotel, Wall street runs to Water street, and at the corner of Water and Wall streets stands the four-story brick building owned by Mrs. Ferris Hurd, and occupied (above the lower story) by Pomeroy & Morse, proprietors of the Advertiser and Farmer newspaper, and of quite an extensive job printing establishment. It was but a few steps, therefore, that the mob were obliged to take when voices in the crowd shouted "To the Farmer office."

A body of four or five hundred persons, followed by thousands of spectators, immediately moved down the street. The affair was, apparently, a deliberate one, there being little of the hurry that would be ordinarily manifested on such an occasion. It was known that the office had been guarded for several nights and days, and, as it was supposed that armed men were at the time within the building, a vigorous resistance was anticipated. It was even believed that preparations had been made some time before for throwing a flood of hot water from the boiler, situated in the second story, upon any body of men who might assail the building, but no one was found within to resist the rioters after they had forced the doors.

Once within the walls, a scene of destruction occurred that almost passes description. The invaders, maddened by the obstinately and unnaturally disloyal and traitorous course of the doomed sheet, left nothing whole that could be disposed of. Type, job presses, ink, paper, books, all the paraphernalia of a printing establishment were thrown into the street, and two

Resolved, That in the present crisis of the country there are but two parties-Loyal men and Traitors-those who sustain the Union, the Constitution, and the National Government, and those who oppose, either in open rebellion the enforcement of the laws, or aid and assist the enemies of the country by sympathizing with secession, or through falsely called peace meet-presses, too large to get through the windows, ings.

Resolred, That, until this war is ended in the complete suppression of this wicked rebellion, we will stand by the old Stars and Stripes; and hereby pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor to defend it to the last.

were broken in pieces by aid of a large and heavy lever. The crowd even ascended to the roof, and tore off such of the signs as they could reach. The only arms found in the building were a loaded rifle and some two hundred and fifty heavy clubs, turned from shovel handles The return of the Bridgeport party was much and fitted with a cord to go about the wrist. like a triumphant procession of a somewhat A room was found containing a number of disorderly character, the fallen secession banner"bunks" arranged like berths, one above the

other, which contained bedding, and had evidently been recently used. The appearance of the building on Sunday morning, windowless and rifled, was dreary in the extreme.

The active riot ended on Saturday night, but the streets were thronged on Sunday by excited groups of men, and Nathan F. Morse, the junior partner in the concern, was vigorously groaned when he appeared on the street.

FIGHT AT NEW FAIRFIELD.

On Saturday afternoon, an even more fearful riot than those at Stepney and Bridgeport was under way. It seems that a number of tories at New-Fairfield had a white flag up, which certain Union men in Danbury determined to take down. Some thirty or forty of them, therefore, repaired to the location of the obnoxious rag, taking an American flag with them to put in its place. They surrounded the pole for this purpose, when they were attacked by a party of tories, some two hundred strong, and a general fight ensued, the weapons being spades, axes, and clubs. Being soon overpowered, though not till after a hard fight, the Union men fled, carrying away with them Andrew Knox, John Allen, and Thomas Kinney, of their party, all very badly cut about the head with spades. The first blow struck was by a "peace" man, who inflicted a fearful blow upon one of the above. Of the tories two were probably fatally wounded, (one report, and apparently authenticated, states that the first one named is dead, and the other beyond recovery,) named Abraham Wildman and - Gorham. The Union men of course returned home to Danbury, and the "peace" flag still waves.

August 30, 1861.

U. S. FLAG SHIP MINNESOTA, } Major-General John E. Wool, Commanding Department of Virginia:

GENERAL: Agreeably to your orders, I embarked on the transport steamers Adelaide and George Peabody, five hundred of the Twentieth regiment New York Volunteers, Col. Weber commanding; two hundred and twenty of the Ninth regiment New York Volunteers, Col. Hawkins commanding; one hundred of the Union Coast Guard, Capt. Nixon commanding; sixty of the Second United States Artillery, Lieut. Larned commanding, as a force to operate in conjunction with the fleet, under command of Flag Officer Stringham, against the rebel forts at Hatteras Inlet.

We left Fortress Monroe on Monday, at one o'clock P. M. The last ship of our fleet arrived off Hatteras Inlet about four o'clock Tuesday It may be mentioned as of interest, in connec- afternoon. Such preparations as were possible tion with the trouble in Fairfield County, that for the landing were made in the evening, and a "peace" flag was taken down in Easton on Thursday of last week, and brought into Bridge-made for an attack upon the forts by the fleet, at daylight next morning dispositions were port; and that preparations were making in and for the landing of the troops. Bridgeport on Sunday, to proceed to Hatterstown (in Monroe) to-day, (Monday,) to take down another.

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Owing to the previous prevalence of southwest gales, a heavy surf was breaking on the beach. Every effort was made to land the troops, and after about three hundred and fifteen were landed, including fifty-five marines from the fleet and the regulars, both the iron GOV. GAMBLE'S PROCLAMATION. boats upon which we depended were swamped in the surf, and both flat-boats stove, and a THE power of the civil authorities being in- brave attempt made by Lieut. Crosby, of the sufficient to protect the lives and property of U. S. Army, (serving with the army as postcitizens of the State, I, Hamilton R. Gamble, captain at Fortress Monroe,) who had volunGovernor of the State of Missouri, do hereby teered to come down with the steam-tug Fanny, call into the active service of the State, forty- belonging to the army, to land in a boat from two thousand men of the militia of the State, the war steamer Pawnee, resulted in the beachassigning six thousand as the quota for each ing of the boat, so that she could not be got military district, which is the same as a Con- off. It was impracticable to land more troops gressional district. The force thus called into because of the rising wind and sea. Fortunateservice, will be, as far as possible, a volunteer ly, a twelve-pound rifled boat gun, loaned us force, and will consist of ten thousand cavalry by the flag-ship, and a twelve-pound howitzer and thirty-two thousand infantry. If the num- were landed, the last slightly damaged. Our ber volunteering should exceed this requisition, landing was completely covered by the shells the excess will be held as a reserve corps. If of the Monticello and the Harriet Lane. I was there should be a deficiency, it may become on board the Harriet Lane, directing the disnecessary to resort to draft. The Adjutant- I embarkation of the troops, by means of signals,

and was about landing with them at the time the boats were stove.

the beach, and sigual was made from the flag ship to cease firing. As the "Fanny " rounded in over the bar, the rebel steamer "Winslow" went up the channel, having a large number of secession troops on board, which she had not landed. We threw a shot at her from the I then sent Lieut. Crosby on shore to demand the meaning of the white flag. The boat soon returned, bringing Mr. Weigel, with the following written communication from Samuel Barron, late captain in the United States Navy: Memorandum.

The officers al

FORT HATTERAS, August 29, 1861. offers to surrender Fort Hatteras, with all the "Flag officer Samuel Barron, C. S. Navy, arms and munitions of war. lowed to go out with side arms, and the men S. BARRON, "Commanding Naval Defence, Va. and N. Carolina."

without arms to retire.

And also a verbal communication stating that he had in the fort six hundred and fifteen men, and a thousand more within an hour's call, but that he was anxious to spare the effusion of blood. To both the written and verbal communications I made the reply which follows, and sent it by Lieut. Crosby:

We were induced to desist from further attempts at landing troops by the rising of the wind, and because, in the mean time, the fleet had opened fire upon the nearest fort, which was finally silenced, and its flag struck. No" Fanny," but she proved to be out of range. firing had opened upon our troops from the other fort, and its flag was also struck. Supposing this to be a signal of surrender, Col. Weber advanced his troops, already landed, upon the beach. The Harriet Lane, Capt. Faunce, by my direction, tried to cross the bar to get in the smooth water of the inlet, when fire was opened upon the Monticello (which had proceeded in advance of us) from the other fort. Several shots struck her, but without causing any casualties, as I am informed. So well convinced were the officers of both army and navy that the forts had surrendered at this time, that the Susquehanna had towed the frigate Cumberland to an offing. The fire was then reopened as there was no signal from either-upon both forts. In the mean time, a few men from the "Coast Guard" had advanced up the beach, with Mr. Wiegel, (who was acting as volunteer aid, and whose gallantry and services I wish to commend,) and took possession of the smaller fort, which was found to have been abandoned by the enemy, and raised the American flag thereon. It had become necessary, owing to the threatening appearance of the weather, that all the ships should make an offing, which was done with reluctance, from necessity, thus leaving the troops upon shore-a part in possession of the small fort, (about seven hundred yards from the larger one,) and the rest bivouacked upon the beach, near the place of landing, about two "Commanding officers to meet on board flagmiles north of the forts. Early the next morn-ship Minnesota, to arrange details." ing the Harriet Lane ran in shore for the purpose of covering any attack upon the troops. At the same time a large steamer was observed coming down the Sound, inside the land, with reinforcements for the enemy, but she was prevented from landing by Capt. Johnson, of the "Coast Guard," who had placed the two guns from the ship and a six-pounder captured from the enemy in a small sand battery, and opened fire upon the rebel steamer.

At eight o'clock the fleet opened fire again, the flag ship being anchored as near as the water allowed, and the other ships coming gallantly into action. It was evident, after a few experiments, that our shot fell short. An increased length of fuse was telegraphed, and firing commenced with shells of fifteen seconds fuse. I had sent Mr. Fiske, acting aide-de-camp, on shore, for the purpose of gaining intelligence of the movements of the troops and of the enemy. I then went with the Fanny," for the purpose of effecting a landing of the remainder of the troops, when a white flag was run up from the fort. I then went with the "Fanny over the bar into the inlet. At the same time the troops, under Colonel Weber, marched up

Memorandum.

"Benjamin F. Butler, Major-General United States Army, commanding, in reply to the communication of Samuel Barron, commanding forces at Fort Hatteras, cannot admit the terms proposed. The terms offered are these: Full capitulation, the officers and men to be treated as prisoners of war. No other terms admissible.

August 9, 1861. After waiting three-quarters of an hour Lieut. Crosby returned, bringing with him Capt. Barron, Major Andrews, and Col. Martin, of the rebel forces, who, on being received on board the tug Fanny, informed me that they had accepted the terms proposed in my memorandum. and had come to surrender themselves and their command as prisoners of war. I informed them that, as the expedition was a combined one from the army and navy, the surrender must be made on board the flag-ship to Flag-officer Stringham, as well as to myself. We went on board the Minnesota for that purpose. On arriving there the following articles of capitulation were signed, which I hope will meet your approval. [See Com. Stringham's Report.]

I then landed, and took a formal surrender of the forts, with all the men and munitions of war, inspected the troops, to see that the arms had been properly surrendered, marched them out, and embarked them on board the Adelaide, and marched my own troops into the fort, and raised our flag upon it, amid the cheers of our men and a salute of thirteen guns, which had been shotted by the enemy. The embarkation