ST. LOUIS, Jan. 24. – Several of the Secessionists of this
city who were recently assessed for the benefit of the South western fugitives
by order of Gen. Halleck, having failed to pay their assessments, their
property has been seized within a day or two past, under execution to satisfy
the assessment with 25 per cent additional, according to General Order No. 24.
Samuel Eugler a prominent merchant and one of the assessed
had a writ replevin served on the Provost
Marshal General for property seized from him, whereupon he and his Attorney,
Nathaniel Cox, were arrested and lodged in the military prison. To-day Gen. Halleck issued an order directing
the Provost Marshal General to send the said Eugler beyond the limits of the
department of Missouri and notify him not to return without permission from the
Commanding General, under the penalty of being punished according to the laws
of war. Gen. Halleck also adds: Martial
Law having been declared in this city by authority of the President of the
United States all civil authorities of whatsoever name or office are hereby
notified that any attempt on their part to interfere with the execution of any
order served from these head quarters or impede, molest or trouble any officer
duly appointed to carry such order into effect, will be regarded as a military
offense and punished accordingly. The
Provost Marshal General will arrest each and every person of whatever rank or
office, who attempts in any way to prevent or interfere with the execution of
any order issued from these Head Quarters.
He will call upon the Commanding Officer of the Department of St. Louis
for any military assistance he may require.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, February 1, 1862, p. 4
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