The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-23
The Consumption in Louisiana.
IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION BY GEN
BANKS

Tie following interesting and important
order is published:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THF GULF,
NEW ORLEANS, Sept, %.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 7O.-1. The heroic
efforts of the army of the United States have
re-estat lished the free navigation of the Mis-
sissippi and it's tributaries The vindication of
the freedom of these waters by the iron hand
of war, against confederation of rebel States,
is an event of equal import with their discOv-
ery and settlement, and makes the Union ma
ton. 1t is a baptism of blood. In brief pc
Rod of time this vast and fertile valley will be
opened to the peaceful commerce of the world.
Notwithstanding the ravages of war, the de-
struction of property. the dispersion of labor
ers, and the defamation of population, the in
habitable globe does not offer nobler theatre
for intelligent enterprise than the valley of the
Mississippi The cultivation of new products,
the application of new elements and different
systems of labor, the immediate reorganization
of local governments, and the resistless energy
of many millions of freemen, will create indi-
vidual and national wealth, such as the world
has never seen. Never was q country better
worth fighting for, better worth defending.
The highest duty of the people is to MAIN
tain and defend the freedom OF the Mississippi,
upon which depends the support OF the present
and the hope OF the future. The government
is entitled to the armed assistance of all those
who claim the right of citizens, or seek to share
their privileges. Those who covet the profits
of trade, disclaiming citizenship and acknowl-
edeing allegiance to foreign nations only, re-
main here by permission and favor, and not of
right
In the performance of this duty and to as
sist in maintaining the important advantages
secured by free communication between the
valley of the Mississippi and the markets of the
mould tho oitzaOS Of the First and Second Com
gressional Districts of Louisiana, liable to mill
tary duty, have been enrolled tor general mill
tary service, in accordance with the provisions
of the law of CONSUMPTION, passed by Congress
so far as it may be applicable to this depart
ment. Proper publication will be hereafter
made of the number OF troops required for this
purpose and the time and manner of their Sc
lection. The CONSUMPTION will not be held to
embrace those well-disposed persons who, in
the event of capture by The enemy. would not
be entitled to the full immunity Of soldiers of
the United States.
2. The organization of one or more volun-
teer regiments, to be designated ''The Louisi-
by the terms of enlistment to the protection
and defence of New Orleans, is hereby author
lied. Volunteers for this service will receive q
bounty of one hundred dollars, twenty-five
dollars of which and one months pay, will be
advanced when the volunteer is mustered into
service for the war. Captain c. w. Killborn,
Provost Marshal of the city Of New Orleans, is
charged with the immediate organization and
command of the First regiment; Captain c.
B. Brown, Provost Marshal of the parish of
Jefferson, is authorised to organize and COM
mand the Second regiment. The First regi-
ment will be recruited and organized in the
city of New Orleans excepting the Fourth dis
trict, and the Second within the limits OF the
parish of Jefferson and the Fourth district of
New Orleans.
3. Able-bodied men of color between the
ages of 20 and so years, employed upon goy-
eminent or on private plantations, will be de-
tanned for military service in the Corps d.
Afrioue upon order of the commission of en-
rollment. No officer or other person is allow
ed to recruit men for any special regiment of
that corps; and every officer recruiting for this
corps under this order will be furnished with
and required to give authority for his acts,
signed by the superintendent OF recruiting and
approved by the commission of enrolment.
Substitutes will be received in cases where the
labor of the recruit is specially required, and
exemptions allowed in cases OF niece ssity, upon
application to the commission OF enrolment,
but by no other person or authority. Arrange
ments will be made to secure the crops of the
season, and laborers will be furnished as far as
practicable to supply the vacancies occasioned
by the execution of this order. The first duty
of those engaged in the cultivation Of the soil
is to protect from invasion, and those whose
interests are inconsistent with vigorous de-
fence of the department., or who are indiffer-
ent to the invasions of public enemy, can
have no rights which the government is bound
to respect. By command of
Major General BANKS.
G. NORMAN LIEBER, A. A. A. Gen.