New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-10

and il it shall be still insisted upop you Will then in.
form him that you instructed for the present to
desist from further negotiation on the subject In
volyed. / am, Sir, your obedient servant,
IMPORTANT ORDERS FROM GEN. HALLECK
THE TREATMENT OF SPIES AND REBELS.
Headquarters, DEPARTMENT OF THE MrssoURi.l
ST. LOUIS. wednesday, Dec. (, 1861. !
| GENERAL ORDERS No. 49,. Lieut.-COl Ber-
nard g. Farrar is herebyIsppointed ProvostMarsha'
General Of this Department. Capt. George *.
Leighton il Provost.Narshal Of the CITY of ST. Louis
and its vicinity. All local ProvostMarshas will be
subject the orders of the Provost Marshal General
who will receive his instructions direct from thess
headquarters.
IL II ia represented that there are numerous
rebels and spies within our camps and in the terri
tory occupied by our troops, who give information.
aid and assistance to the enemy; that rebels, scat
tered through the country, threaten and drive ont
loyal citizens and rob them of their property that
they furnish the enemy with arm', provisions, cloth
ing, horses and means of transportation; and that
insurgents are banding together in several Of the in
terror counties for the purpose of assisting the enemy
to rob, maraud, and to lay waste the country. All
such persons by the laws OF war in every civil
lied country, liable to capital punishment. The
mid and indulgent heretofore pursued toward
this class of men has utterly failed to restrain them
from such unlawful conduct The safety Of tho
country and the protection Of the lives aud property
of loyal citizens justify and require the enforcement
a
exist together We cannot at the same time extend
TO rebels the rights of peace and enforce against
them the penalties of war. They have forfeited
their civil rights as citizens by making war against
the Government, and upon their own heads must
fall the consequences.
III. Commanding officers Of districts posts and
corps, will arrest and place in confinement all per-
sons in arms against the lawful authorities Of the
United States, or who give aid, assistance or en-
couregement 10 the enemy. The evidence against
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verified on OATH aud the originals certified copies
Of such afidayts will be Immediately furnished to
the Provost-Marshal-Gener in this city. All arms,
ammunition, and other personal property, required
for the use of the army, such as horses, wagons.
provisions, &C., belonging to persons so In arms, or
70 assisting and encouraging the enemy, will be
taken possession Of, and turned over and accounted
for. Such property, not Of proper character for
Issue, will be examined by board of officers, and
sold ar directed by the army regulations.
~. Commissions Will be ordered from these head
quarters for the trial of persons charged with aiding
aud assisting the enemy the destruction of bridges.
roads and buildings, and the taking Of public or
private property for hostile purposes; and also fos
tee condemnation of property taken by our forces
from disoyal inhabitants for the use of the army.
V In all certificates given for private property
taken for public use. Iii accordance with General
Orders No. 8 of this Department, it will be stated
whether the property was taken from loyal or cIs-
oyal persons and q test of tho loyalty OF persona
claiming TO be such from whom property IL so taken,
officers commanding districts, posts, divisions or
separate brigades, are authorized TO appoint some
competent and reliable officer 70 require and admin
er the usual oath Of allegiance TO the United States.
VI All persons found in disguise % pretended
loya citizens or under other false pretenses within
our lines giving information 10, or communicating
with the enemy will be arrested, tried, condemned
and shot ms spies II should be remembered that In
this respect the laws of war make no distinction OF
sex. all are liable to the same penalty.
VII persons not commissioned enlisted III the
service of the so-called Confederate States who COM
mi. acts of hostility, will not he treated as prisoners
of war but will be held and punished as criminals.
And ali persons found guilty of MURDER robbery,
theft pillaging and maurauding, under whatever
authority will either be shot, or otherwise less Sc
verelv punished, as Is prescribed by the rules and
articles of war; or authorized by the usages and Gus
toms Of war in like cases
Will The law of military retaliation has liked
and wellestatlished rules While it allows no cruel
or barbarous acts our part IN retaliation for like
acis Of the enemy IL permits any retaliat0ry
measures within the prescribed limits OF military
usage. If the enemy murders and robs Union men,
Voc arc not justified in numbering and robbng other
nersons who are in legal sense enemies to our Gov
ernment but we may enforce on them the severest
penalties ipsifed by the laws OF war; for the crimes
oil their fellow rebels The rebel forces IN the south
western counties of this State have robbed ana
Numbered the peaceful non-combatant inhabitants
taking from them clothing and means OF subsistence.
Men. women and children have alike been stripped
and plundered Thousands Of such persons are ind
ing their way to this city, barefooted, haclad and
In a destitute and starving condition. Humanity
and Justice require that their suierlngs should be
relieved and that the outrages committed upon them
should be retaliaed upon the enemy. The individu-
ais who have directly caused these suerings are NJ
present mostly beyond our reach. But there are in
this city, and in other places within our lines numer-
Gus wealthy Secessonists who render aid, assistance
and encouragement to those who commit these out.
RACES They do not Themselves rob and plumber, but
they abet and countenance these acts IN others.
Although less bold, they are equally guilty II il.
therefore ordered and directed that the PROVOST
Marshals Immediately inquire into the condition OF
the persona 90 driven from their homes and that
measures be taken TO quarter them in the houses and
TO feed and clothe them at the expense of avowed
Secessonists and of those who are found guilty Of
giving aid, assistance and encouragement to the
enemy.
property of any master in slave used for nsurrec-
ilonary purposes. Should Congress extend this pen
atty 10 the property Of all rebels In arms, or giving
aid, assistance encouragement to the enemy, such
provisions will be strictly enforced Military officers
not make laws, but they should OBEY aud enIoroo
them when made. :.
X. Where the necessities Of service require IL,
the forced labor of citizens, slaves, and even prison.
ers of war, may be employed in the eonstr9ction %
military defenses but no will be forced 70 sacn
labor without orders from these headquarters, OK
pressed will be fed AID quartered .. the puoiio OK
oense and an accoyut be taken OF their labor, 70 "
settled % may be directed by the War Depar,msnss
All such parties will be strictly guaieeu' ;,h IL
as far as possible, from communicating
command where employed: -. ,.os,ded "A
severe, bat they are certainly Justiheo W ~. ~.
NJ war. aud Il il believed they are no, oniE iisaS
lint y,cesssry; /. Is therefore sAtSV'Va sS"s "1>