Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-09-05
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM MIS-
SOURI,.

HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM MIS-
SOURI,.
Gen. Fremont Declares Martial Law in
the State--Property Of all Rebels to
be Con6scased-Slaves of Rebels to
be set free--The Severest Penalties
to be Visited on all Rebels in arms
Important order from the provost
Marshsl--All Persons Forbid to
Leave the Country Without a Pass.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 81.
The following proclamation was is
sued this morning:
HEADQUARTERS, WESTERN DE-l
PARTMEST.
ST. Louis, August so.
Circumstances. in my judgment. rem
der it necessary that the Commanding
/ General Of this Department should as
sumo the administrative power Of the
State.
Its disorganized condition, the help
lessness of the civil authority; the total
insecurity of life, and the devastation
of property by bands of murderers and
marauders who infest nearly every
county in the State, and avail them
selves Of the public misfortunes and
the vicinity Of hostile force, to crafty
private and neighborhood vengeance,
and who find an enemy wherever they
find plunder, finally demand the Sc
verest measures TO repress the daily in
creasing crimes and outrages which are
driving of the inhabitants and running
the State.
In this condition the public safety and
the success of our arms require unity
Of purpose, without let or hindrance to
the prompt administration Of affairs.
In order, therefore, to suppress dis
order, to maintain. as far as is now
practicable, the public peace, and to
give security and protection to the per-
sons and property Of loyal citizens. l
do hereby extend and declare estab-
lished, martial law throughout the State
Of Missouri. .FF1
The lines Of the army Of occupation
in this State are for the present declar-
ed TO extend from Leavenworth, by way
Of the posts of Jefferson City, Rolla,
and Ironton, to Cape Girardeau on the
Mississippi River.
| All persons who shall be taken with
arms in their hands within these lines.
shall be tried BY a Court Martial, and if
found guilty will be shot,
The property, 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 an active part
with their enemies in the field. is de-
clared TO be con6scated to the public
use, and their slaves. il any they have,
are hereby declared free men.
All persons who shall be proven to
have destroyed (after the publication Of
this Order) railroad tracks, bridges or
telegrsphs, shall suffer the extreme
penalty of this law.
! All persons engaged in reasonable
correspondence in giving. or procuring
aid, to the enemies of the United States,
in fomenting tumults, in disturbing the
public tranquility by creating and cir
culating false reports. or incendiary
documents, are, for their own interest,
warned that they are exposing them
selves to severe and sudden punish
ment.
/ All persons who have been led away
from their allegiance are required to re-
turn forthwith to their homes, and any
such absence, without sufficient cause,
will be held to be presumptive against
them.
The object of this declaration is to
place in the hands of the military au-
thorities the power to give instantan-
eous effect to existing laws and to sup
ply such deficiencies as the condition Of
war demands, but it is not intended to
suspend the ordinary tribunals of the
country, where the law will be admin
istered by the civil officers in the usual
manner and with their customary au-
thOrity, while the same can be peacea-
bly exercised.
The Commanding General will labor
vigilautly for the public welfare. and in
his efforts for their safety, hopes to OBJ
tain not only the aequiescence. but the
aeiye support Of the people of the coun-
/ try. ]. G. FREMoNT,
Major General Commanding.
.e ST. LOUIS. August 81.
Provost Msshal McKinstry has issued
orders peremptorilY forbidding any per-
son passing beyond the limits OF this
county without special permit from
his Office. and all railroad. steamboat,
ferry, and other agents, are prohibited
from selling tickets to any one not hold
ing a pass from the Provost Marshal.
This order is aimed especially to
reach parties leaving the city, for the
purpose of communicating information
to the enemy.
~The Hon. Thomas A. r. Nelson
exerted all his mower and influence to