The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-01

IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION OF MAJOR
GENERAL FREMONT.
HEApoUA RrERs OF THE WESTERN DEPARTMENT.
ST. LOUIS, August 81, 1861. !
Circumstances, in my judgment # sufficient ur-
gency, render it necessary that the commanding
General of this department should assume the ad-
minssrative powers of the State. It's disorganized
condition, the helplessness of the civil authority,
The total insecurity Of fe and the devastation Of
property by bands of murderers and ;narauders,
who infest nearly every county in the State, and
avail themselves of the public msfortunes AID the
vicinity Of hostile force tn crafty private and
neighborhood vengeance, and who find an ene-
my wherever they find plumber, finally demand the
severest measures to repress the daily increasing
crimes and outragcs which are driving of the in
habtants AID running the State. In. this con-
dition the public safety and the success of our
arms require unity of purpose, without let hind
rance to the prompt administration of affairs.
In order, therefore, to suppress disorders to
maintain, as far as now practicable, the public
peace, and to give security and protection to the
persons and property of loyal citizens, do hereby
srtsnd and declare established martial la,c through
out the State Of Missouri. The lines of the army
Of occupation in this State for the present de-
clared to extend from Leavenworth, by way of the
posts of jefferson City, Rolla and Ironton, to Cape
Giraudeau, on the Mississippi river.
An persons sclo shat be taken srih arms in their
hands ,cithin these lines shall be tried by court mar
Hal, and, If found guilty, aoM be shot. The pro-
perry real and personal Of all persons in the State
of Missouri who shall take up arms against the
United States, or who shall be directly proven to
have taken active part with their enemies in the
Geld, is declared to be coniscated to the public
declared free men.
All persons who shall be proven to have destroy
oil, after the publication Of this order, railroad
tracks, bridges telegraphs, shall suffer the ex-
txeme penalty of the law.
All persons engaged in reasonable correspond
ence, in giving or procuring aid to the enemies
Of the United States in disturbing the public tran
guilty by creating-or circulating false reports or
incentary documents, are, in their own interest,
warned that they are exposing themselves.
All persons who have been led away from their
allegiance are required to return TO their homes
forthwith. Any such absence, without sufficient
cause, will be held to be presumpuve evidence
against them.
The object of this declaration is to place in the
hands of the military authorities the power to give
instantaneous effect to existing laws and to supply
such deficiencies as the conditions of war demand.
But it is not intended TO suspend the ordinary tri-
ninstercd by the civil officers in the usual manner
and with their customary authority, while the same
can be peaceaby exercised.
The commanding General will labor vigilantly
fr the public welfare, and in his efforts for their
safety h pes to obtain not only the acquiescence,
but the active support of the people of the country
j. Z. FREMONT,
Major General Commanding.
ACTIVITY OF THE PROVOST MARSHAL.
It. Louis, August 81 1861
Provost Marshal McKinslry has ssuci orders percmp-
torly forbidding any person passing beyond the limits
OF this county without special permit from his Office
and railroad steamboat and other agents prohibited
from selling tickets TO any one not holding pass from
the Provost Marshal This order aimed specially tc
reach parties leaving the city for the purpose of commu
nicating information TO the enemy
MOVEMENTS OF THE REBELS IN MISSOURI.
Eo',l, No, August 80, 1861