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quently destroyed by fire. He also personally 

 took part in explorations and diggings. Al- 

 most his last hours were spent in superintend- 

 ing the great mossfind diggings in South Jut- 

 land. He gave largely to public and private 

 antiquarian societies, and personally presided 

 at the annual meetings of the Northern Anti- 

 quarians, which were held in his own palace, 

 conversing freely and instructively with the 

 Fellows who happened to be present. His death 

 was caused by a severe attack of erysipelas. 



FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. The publi- 

 cation of some newspapers was interrupted 

 during 1863, by the lawless attacks of disor- 

 derly persons who destroyed the printing offi- 

 ces, and by the orders of military officers sup- 

 pressing their issue. 



In the former case the attacks were fre- 

 quent, but not always successful. On the 

 5th of March, late in the evening, an attack 

 was made on the office of " The Crisis," a Dem- 

 ocratic paper, published at Columbus, Ohio, by 

 a body of disorderly soldiers. Everything 

 was cleared out. The windows, doors, stoves, 

 shelves, books, &c., were entirely destroyed. 

 The party then proceeded to attack the office 

 of " The Statesman," but by the interference 

 of the police further mischief was prevented. 

 On the same night the office of the " Volks- 

 blatt," a Democratic paper in Belleville, near 

 St. Louis, was entered and much property de- 

 stroyed. During the riot in New York, in 

 July, an attack was made on the office of " The 

 Tribune," an Administration paper. (See RI- 

 OTS.) The doors and windows were destroyed, 

 and also much property in the office. Later 

 in the year, the office of the North Carolina 

 " Standard," a reconstruction paper, published 

 at Raleigh, was attacked by a body of soldiers, 

 and destroyed. The citizens of Raleigh at 

 once retaliated and destroyed the office of the 

 " State Journal," a rival and an advocate of 

 secession. Instances of these disorderly at- 

 tacks were very numerous during the year in 

 different parts of the Northern States. The 

 printing materials were generally destroyed, 

 and a temporary suspension of the paper caused 

 thereby. 



The first case of the suppression of a news- 

 paper by a military order was the "Evening 

 Journal," published in Philadelphia. About 

 midnight, January 27th, the editor, Albert D. 

 Boileau, was arrested by order of Gen. Schenck, 

 commanding the Middle Department, and 

 taken to Fort McIIenry, in Maryland. (See 

 HABEAS CORPUS.) The order for the arrest in- 

 structed the officers to suppress the " Journal." 

 The publication was subsequently resumed. 



On-the 8th of May, the following order was 

 issued by Gen. Ilascall, commanding in the 

 District of Indiana : 



HEADQUARTERS. DISTKICT OF INDIANA, ) 

 DEPARTMENT OF THK OHIO, > 

 INDIANAPOLIS, May Sth, 1863. J 

 iditor Eluffton banner, Blvfton, Indiana : 



A copy of your paper, of May 1st, has been handed 

 to me, in which you boast of your intention to violate 



Order No. 9, from these headquarters, as much as you 

 please. You can now disavow that intention, and ad- 

 vise others to do so, or discontinue the publication of 

 your paper altogether till further orders. A violation 

 of this notice will receive prompt attention. 



MILO S. HASCALL, 

 Brig.-Gen. Vols., Comd'g Dist. 



This order appears to have been disregarded 

 by the editor. No further measures were 

 taken. 



On the llth of May, an order was issued by 

 Gen. Davidson, at St. Louis, prohibiting the 

 sale or distribution in that district of the 

 "Freeman's Journal," and "Caucasian," of 

 New York; the Columbus "Crisis," a Demo- 

 cratic journal of Jerseyville ; the Chicago 

 " Times," and Dubuque " Herald." 



On the 1st of June, Gen. Burnside, com- 

 manding the Department of the Ohio, issued 

 the following order : 



General Order, Jfo. 84. 

 HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT or OHIO, 

 CINCINNATI, June 1st, 1863. ) 



1. The tendency of the articles and opinions habit- 

 ually published in the newspaper known as the New 

 York " World," being to cast reproach upon the Gov- 

 ernment, and to weaken its efforts to suppress the re- 

 bellion, by creating distrust in its war policy, its circu- 

 lation in time of war is calculated to exert a pernicious 

 and treasonable influence, and is, therefore, prohibited 

 in this department. 



2. Postmasters, news agents, and all others, will 

 govern themselves by this order, as any person de- 

 tected in forwarding, selling, or in any way circulating 

 the paper referred to, will be promptly arrested and 

 held for trial. 



3. On account of the repeated expression of disloyal 

 and incendiary sentiments, the publishing of the news- 

 paper known as the Chicago "Times" is hereby sup- 

 pressed. 



4. Brigadier-General Jacob Ammen, commanding 

 the district of Illinois, is charged with the execution 

 of the third paragraph of this order. 



By command of Major-Gen. A. E. BURNSIDE. 

 LEWIS RICHMOND, Lieut.-Col. and A. A.-Gen. 

 [Official.] D. R. LARNED, Capt., and A. A.-Gen. 



With the issue of this order, the following 

 notice was sent to the editor of the Chicago 

 "Times." 



BY TELEGRAPH FROM HEADQUARTERS, ) 

 CINCINNATI, June 3d. ( 

 Editor of the Chicago Times : 



You a're hereby notified that I have issued an order 

 stopping the publication of your paper, which order 

 will be published in the morning papers of this city 

 to-day (Tuesday morning). You will please govern 

 yourself accordingly. 



A. E. BURNSIDE, Major-Goneral. 



Gen. Ammen having directed Capt. Putnam, 

 commanding at Camp Douglas, Chicago, to 

 carry the foregoing order into effect, the latter 

 warned the publishers of the " Times," on the 

 night of the 2d, against issuing their paper the 

 next morning, under penalty of the seizure of 

 their establishment by the military. The pub- 

 lishers thereupon applied to Judge Drummond, 

 of the United States circuit court, for a writ 

 enjoining Ctfpt. Putnam from any interference 

 with their business or property ; and after mid- 

 night a writ was issued by Judge Drummond, 

 directing the captain to take no further steps 

 to execute the order until the application for a 



