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The Daily Dispatch: December 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Proceedings of the enemy on the Eastern Shore. (search)
low. He has also issued a proclamation for taking the vote of the people on the question of attaching themselves to the State of Maryland, or to Pierpont's caricature of a Goveinment in Wheeling. The force of the enemy in Accomac is four thousand and in Northampton three thousand. They have at present five steamers in Pangoteague creek, which makes up from the Chesapeake into Accomac county! Proclamation to the people of Accomac and Northampton. Whereas, under the proclamation of Gen. Dix, the people of Accomac and Northampton have laid down their arms, and are entitled to the protection of the Federal Government; and whereas serious inconvenience might arise from the suspension of the laws and authorities therein; and whereas the functionaries were elected previous to the passage of the so called ordinance of secession, whereby this people put themselves in hostility to the Federal Government; and whereas the responsibilities and duties of said functionaries were sought to