The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-05-23
A sufficient force will be kept in the city

A sufficient force will be kept in the city
to preserve order and maintain the laws.
The killing of an American soldier by
any disorderly person or mob, is simply ass
sassination and not war, and will be so re
garded and punished
The owner ofany house or building in or
from which such murder shall be committed
will be held responsible therefor, and the
house be liable to be destroyed by the mill
tary authority.
All disorders and disturbances of the
peace done by combination and numbers,
and crimes of an aggravated nature, inter
fering with forces or laws Of the United
States, will be referred to a military court
for trial and punishment. Other INSIDE
meanors will be subject to the municipal
authority if it chooses to act. Civil causes
between party and party will be referred to
the ordinary tribunals.
The levy and collection of all taxes, save
those imposed by the laws Of the United
States, are suppressed, except those for
keeping in repair and lighting the streets,
and for sanitary purposes. These are to be
collected in the usual manner.
The circulation OF Confederate bonds, evil
derces of debt, except notes in the simlli-
tude of scrip, or any trade in the same, is
strictly forbidden. 1t having been repre-
scented to the Commanding General by the
civil authorities that these Confederate notes
in the form Of bank notes are, in great
measure, the only substitutes for money
which the people have been allowed to have
and that great distress would ensue among
the poorer classes if the circulation Of such
notes was suppressed, such circulation will
be permitted so long as any one may be in
considerable enough to receive them, till fur
| ther orders.
No publications. either by newspapers,
pamphlet or handbil, giving account OF the
movements of soldiers of the United States
within this department, rejecting in any
way upon the United States or its officers,
or tending in any way to influence the pub
lie mind against the government of the
| United States, will be permitted; and all ar
| ticles OF war news, or editorial comments or
correspondence, making comments upon the
movements OF the armies of the United
States, or the rebels, must be submitted to
the examination of an officer who will be
detailed for that purpose from these head
quarters.
The transmission of all communications
by telegraph will be under charge of an Of
ficer from these headquarters.
The armies of the United States came
here not to destroy, but to make good, to re-
store order out of chaos, and the govern
ment of laws in the place of the passions of
men to this end, therefore, the efforts of
all that are well disposed are invited to have
every species of disorder quelled, and, if any
soldier of the United States so far forgets
his duty or bis flag as to commit any out.
rage upon any person or property, the Com.
manding General requests that his name be
instantly reported to the provost guard, so
that be may be punished and his wrongful
act redressed.
The municipal authority, so far as the
police of the city and crimes are concerned,
to the extent before indicated, is hereby
suspended.
All assemblages of persons in the streets,
either by day or by night, tend to disorder
and are forbidden.
The various companies composing the
Fire Department of New Orleans will be
permitted to retain their organizations, and
are to report to the Office of the Provost
Marshal, so that they may be known, and
not interfered with while performing their
duties.
And, finally, it may be sufficient to add,
without further enumeration, that all the
requirements of martial law will be imposed
SO long as, in the judgment of the United
States authorities, it may be necessary.
And while it is the desire of these authori.
ties to exercise this government mildly, and
after the usages of the past, it must not be
supposed that it will not be vigorously and
firmly administered as occasion calls.
By command of
| MAI, GENERAL BUTLER
GEO. B. STRONG, A. A. g., Chief of Staff.