Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-07

The following Proclamation was issed on the
morning OF the 3lst ut
HEADQUARTERS or TUE WESTERN DEPARTMENT
ST. Louis, Aug. l3 1851
circumstances, in my jugdemcnt of suf-
6cient urgency, render it necessary that the
Commanding General of this Department
should assume the administrative powers
of the state. Its disorganized condition,
the helpessncss Of the civil authority,
the total insecurity of life, and the devasta-
ton of properly by bands of murdererS and
marauders who iufest near'y every county
in the State and avail themselves Of the
public misfortunes and the vicinity of hos.
tile force to crafty private and neighbor-
hood vengeuce, and who find an enemy
wherever they find plunder, finally demand
the severest measures 10 repress the dalIytllI-
creasing crimes and Outrages which are drlV
ing off the inhabitants and running the state
Iu this condition the public safety and the
success Of our arms requiring unity OF pur-
pose, without let or bindrance, TO the
promp: administration Of affairs.
'In order, therefore TO suppress disorders,
to maintain as far as now practlble to pn0-
lie peace, and to give security aud pro-
lection to the persons and. property OF 10y
al citizens, L do hereby extend, and declare
established, martial law throughout the
State of Missouri The lines of the army
of occupation in this state are for the pres
ent declared to extend from LenyenWorll
by way Of the posts of Jefferson City, Rolla
aud lronton, 10 Cape Griardeau ON th'
Mississippi River.
AN persons whoshall be taken will
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/ be tried by rtmartial, and, iftound gull
}. ty, will be shot. The property, real ant
personal, of all persons in the state OF Mis-
d souri, who take up arms against the I .
q and who shall be directly proven to haV
!, taken active part with their enemies in tn
e field, is declared TO be confiScated 10 tn
public use and their slaves, if any the
;" have, are hereby declared free.
e All persons who shall be proven to has
T. destroyed, after the publication of this oil
d der, railroad tracks, bridges or telegraph
'. shall suffer the extreme penalty OF IL
Of law.
e. All persons engaged in treaonable CORE
1e pondence, in giving or procuring aid
ID the enemies of the U S. in disturbing IL
o. public tranquility, by creating and circula
W lug ldlSe TeDOTlS VI lhCeHudI uoSuulCH'
ny are in their own interest warned that the
I'd are exposing themselves.
nd All persons who have been led away fro
ID. their allegiance are required to return
'f, their homes forthwith ; and such abSen'
we without sufficient cause will he held 10
ily pTesumptive evidence against them.
ge The object Of this declaration is to pla,
we in the hands of the military authorities Il
ose power to give nSaneous effect to eXistiI
md laws, and to supply such deficiencies as t
y's conditions of war demand. But it is n
OF Intended to suspend ihe ordinary tribune
'ut Of the country where the law will be ADM
the Stercd by the civil officers in the usu
hey manner, and with their customary authori
eS" while the same can be peaceably exercise
The Commanding Gen'l will labor yigilaI
lin, ly for the public welfare, and in his effol
all for their safety, hopes to obtain not OF
egi. the acquiesceRce, but the active support
was the people Of the country.
j. C. Fremont,
MaOr-General Commanding