The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-09-05

The following very important procla-
nation by Gen. Fremont will be in the
morning papers:
PROCLAMATION.
HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DErAErNr,(
ST. LOUIS, August 3Oth 1861.
circumstances, in my Judgment of -suf-
hclent urgency, render it necessary that
the Commanding General of this Depart.
ment should assume the administrative
powers Of the State. Its disorganized
condition and helplessness 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 themselves of the public misfor-
tunes aud the vicinity of hostile force
to crafty private and eighborhood ven
geance. "DI who find an enemy wherever
they hnd plunder, finally demand the
severest measures to repress the daily III.
creasing crimes and outrages which are
driving of the inhabita Is and ruinirg
the State: In this condition the public
safety and success Of our arms require
unity OF purpose without let or hindran ce
to the prompt administration of affairs.
In order, therefore, to suppress dsor-
ders' to maintain as far as is now practi
cable the public peace, and to give Sc.
ourity and protection to the persons and
property Of loyal citizens, | do hereby
extend and declare established MARTIAL
LAW throughout the State of Missouri.
The lines of the Army Of Occupation in
the State are, for the present, declared
to extend from Leavenworth by way of
the posts Of Jefferson City, Rolla, and
lronton, to cape Girardeau on the Mis-
sissippi River. All persons who shall
be taken with arms in their hands within
these lines, shall be tried by Court Mar
tial, 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 part with their enemies in
the field. is declared to be coufscated to
the public use, and their slaves, if 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 tcle-
graphs, shall suffer the extreme penalty
Of this law. All persons engaged in
reasonable correspondent .e, in giving or
procuring aid to the enemies of the Uni.
ted States, in fomentng tumults, in dis
'urbing the public tranquility, by Great
ing and circulating false reports or in
ccndiary documents, or are in their in.
ferest, are warned that they are expos.
inc themselves to sudden and severe pun.
lshment, All persons who have been
led away from their allegiance arc re-
1nired to return forthwith to their homes.
Any such absence without sufficient
cause, will be held to be presumptive ev.
Idenc" 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 con
duct of the war demand, but it is not
intended to suspend the ordinary tribun-
ais OF the country, which will be admin.
lster'd by the civil officers, in the usual
manner and with their customary author
'ty. while the same can be peacefully ex-
ercised
The Commanding General will labor
vieilantly for the public welfare, aud in
his efforts for their safety, hopes to OBJ
tain not only the acquicsccncc but the
active support of the people Of the coun-
try.
[Signed ]. &. Fremont,
MajorGentraI Commanding