The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-12-06

Washington and to the Marshal of the
District of Columbia that any collision be-
tween the military and civil authorities may
be avoided.
l am, General,
Your very obedient servant
WM. II. SEWARD.
The Secretary of the Treasury has Just
issued the following general regulations
relative to securing and dsposing of the
property found and brought within the ter
ritory now or hereafter occupied by the
United States forces in the disloyal States:
WASHINGTON, D. G.
November Both, 1861.
In order TO the security and proper dis
positions of the productions of the soil and
all other property found within the lines of
States or parts of States declared to be in
insurrection against the United States, and
now occupied or to be hereafter occupied by
the troops and authority of the Union the
following regulations are established:
There shall be appointed by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury with the appreciation
of the President, agents TO reside at such
ports or places as are or may be occupied
by the forces of the U. s., whose duty it
shall be to secure and prepare for market
the cotton and such other products as may
be found abandoned. To fulfill the duties
devolved upon them the military and naval
authorities under proper instructions will
render such military aid and protection as
may be required to carry out the inten-
tions of this Department. Persons held to
service for life under State laws, who may
be found within such linus may be en-
ployed by the agents, who will prepare
lists OF names, sex, and condition of such
persons and as near as may be their re-
spective ages, together with the names of
any person claiming their services, which
lists shall be in triplicate, one fer the milf
tary commander, one for the agent, and
one to be Immediately forwarded to the
Secretary of the Treasury. The persons
so listed will be organized for systematic
ed labor in securing and preparing for the
market, the cotton, rice, and other pro-
ducts found within the territory, brought
under federal control. Pay rolls will be
prepared and strict account of the labor
daily performed by each person entered
thereon, for which a proper compensation
shall be allowed and paid to the laborers.-
The amount Of such compensation will be
fixed in proportion to the service rendered,
by the agents acd approved by the military
commandant and the Secretary of the
Treasury. An inventory of all horses,
mules an I other stock, vehicles for trans
portation aud other property wilt be care
fully made and copy transmitted to the
Secretary Of the Treasury, signed by such
agents. A record of all products taken
possession of will be made and those of
each plantation kept distinct. When pre-
pared for shipment, packages from several
plantations will be plainly marked and
numbered so as to be easily distinguished.
An account of all provisions, Of whatsoever
character, found on such plantations will
be taken and such provisions will be used
as far as necessary for the sustenance of
the laborers thereon. Any deficiency of
subsistence will be supplied by the o. s.
Commissary, on the requisition of the
agents to whom they will be charged, and
for which he will account. Cotton and
other articles when prepared for market
shall be shipped to New York, and so far as
practical, by the returning government
transports, and all shipments shall be con-
signed to the designated agents, unless
otherwise specially directed by the Secreta-
ry of the Treasury. Carefully detailed ac-
counts will be kept by the agents of the
government, and Of all expenditures made.
Each agent will transmit weekly, account Us
of his proceedings to The Seer AIRY of the
Treasury, and render his accounts in du-
plicate for monthly settlement, all requIsi-
| sitions, bills of lading and invoices, will be
countersigned by the military commander,
| or by such officer as he may designate for
the purpose. Each agent viii so transact
his business and keep his accounts that as
little injury as possible May accrue to pri-
vate citizens who may maintain, or may
within a reasonable time, resume the char
acter of loyal citizens of the United States
| NoTE.-Mr. Blair's proposition for coloni-
cation was adopted in Committee of the
Whole on the state Of the. Union, 5at was
afterwards rejected by the House. The sub