Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-08-16
The Coniscation Bill.

The following is copy of a very impor-
tant bill which has passed both Houses OF
Congress and is now a law It will be
seen from reading its provisions, that any
description of property employed by in
dividuals to promote rebellion against the
government Of the United States, shall be
cenfscated wherever found.
The last section provides that all slaves
/ employed in promoting insurrection, or
resisting the laws, shall be discharged from
bondage and ser free. This act, when
enforced. will strike the rebels a stunning
blow. By its provisions millions Of prop
erty are forfeited to the National Govern
ment, and tens CT thousands Of slaves are
lawfully entitled to their eedom- 1t is a
just, rightful and necessary law Read:
AN ACT to coufscate property used for
insurrectinn purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled. That if,
daring the present or any future insurrec-
tion against the Government Of the United
States, after the President Of the United
States shall have dec cared by pc 'lamation
that the laws of the United States are
opposed and that the execution thereof
obstructed, by combinatlous too powerful
to be suppressed by the usual course Of
judicial proceedings, or by power vested in
the marshals by. law, any person or per-
| sons, his, her or their agent, attorney or
employer shall purchase or acquire, sell or
give, use or employed in aiding, abetting
or promoting such instruction or resistance
to the laws, or any person or persons
engaged therein or if any person or per-
sons, being the owner or owners Of any
such property shall knowingly use or en-
ploy. or consent to the use or employment
of the same as aforesaid, all such property
is hereby declared to be lawful subject of
prize and capture wherever found: and it
shall he the duty Of the President Of the
United States to cause the same to be
seized, confscated and condemned
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That
such prizes and capture shall be condemned
in the district or circuit court 0. the United
States having jurisdiction Of tie amount, or
in admiralty in any district in which the
same may be seized. or into which they
may be taken and proceedings first iasti-
tuted.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the Attorney General or any district at
torney of the United States in which said
property may at the time be. may institute
the proceedings Of condemnation, and in
such case they shall be wholly for the bene-
fit Of the United States or any person
may file an Information with such attorney,
in which case the proceeding shall be for
the use OF such in!ormcr and the United
States in equal parts.
SEC 4. And be it further enacted, That
whenever any person claiming to be entitled
to the service or labor Of any other person
under the laws Of any State, shall employ
such persons in aiding or promoting any
insurrectlon. or in resisting the laws Of the
| United States, or shall permit him to be so
employed, he shall ferfeit all right to such
service or labor and the person whose labor
or service is thus claimed shall be thence
forth discharged there from, any law to the
contrary notwithstanding.
THE ARMY WORM IN NEW ENGLAND
This pest Is rapidly devouripg the crops in
Somerset, Taunton, Little Comton, and
Fall River. OF expedieuts devised to ar
rest them, the Fall River News says.
In Taunton, MIR. Leonard has fortified a
fine grain field Of bis against them by
sprinkling the outer edge thereof will. lime
and tar 4 gentleman in New Bedford
states that he has found bard wood ashes
sprinkled dry on the gronnd infested by
them, to work i.,.nediate destruction.-
Several gentleman in this city made ex-
periments yesterday, with great variety
of agents usually destructive Of Insects
Lime has no apparent effect upon them,
nor, indeed, ammonia. 4 strong solution
Of tobacco was sprinklcd over them, and
they were instantly paralyzed ty It's effects.
Coal tar has no other advantage than that
Of adheriag to their bodies, and cripIling,
to some extent. their movements.
The Racine journal says that ''this de-
stuction pest is husily at work in that
country. They came from the south and
crossed the country line a week ago on Sum
day. They move north at the rate of about
mile a day. They have crossed the coun-
try, and in the eastern towns have laid al
most everything desolate and waste. Oats,
wheat, corn and grass all fall beneath their
inexorable jaws. Whether they are as far
west as Fox river we are not advised =
The wheat which is not cut can be sa7ed
only by stacking it. They Ike the oats
and wheat b,st when in the milk"
We hear of them in several towns in
Rock county, anil wherever they appear
they do much damage.
A MILLION MEN By some process OF
shrewd engineering, two volunteer bills
instead of one, have been passed by Con
gress. By each one of them the President
is authorized to accept the services Of
500, 900 men for the war. One of the bills
is supplemental to the other; and after
referring to it, and to the forces it pro
J vides, gives the Presid 1nt power to call out,
} in addition to the troops new authorized
by law. 100000 more troops Thus the
President has power to call into the field a
million Of men. A member of the Cabinet
, -o,,,orIJo1 n dow +bat If wax 1auch m ha