The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-09-20
A Circular
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,


1R:-Reliable information having been
received that the section of the State of
Kentucky, lying West of the Cumberland
River is so far under insuErectionary in
fluenee, that the laws OF the United States
and the orders of Government cannot be
executed therein by the civil authorities:
Now, therefore, in pursuance of law and
Of the proclamation of the President, OF
August Is, 1861, you are hereby instructed
to prevent, as far as possible, and SO long as
such insurrectionary condition shall con-
tinue, all commercial intercourse between
the citizens of said section and of the States
named in the said proclamation, and citi-
zens of the other States and parts of States;
except in cases of special permission, under
such rules and regulations as may be estab-
lished by this Department and you wilt
use your utmost vigilance to prevent all
goods and chattels, wares and merchandise,
as we'll as arms munitions of war, or other
supplies, from being seat to said section, or
to any of the States named in the said proc
lamation, no matter in what part of your
District the same may be found, or what
may be the nominal destination thereof, ex-
cept under special permission, as above
stated.
In cases of seizure, under circumstances
rendering the property liable to forfeiturei
you will, at once, report the same to the
District Attorney of the United States, for
his advice and action thereon.
In case of arrest and dstentiSn of goods,
&c, the transmission of which is attended
by circumstances rendering it probable
that the ultimate destination thereof is for
places under insurrectionary control, but
not amounting TO evidence of forfeiture, you
will, at once, notify the owner or shipper
of the detention, and allow him to dispose
of the same as he may desire, upon sasisfac-
tory assurance from him that the goods, &C.,
shall not be sent to any ofthe places here
in before prohibited.
! To obviate Inconvenience and unnecessa-
ny trouble to loyal shippers and owners,
/ the permit of any Collector or Surveyor of
! Customs covering merchandise should be
respected by every other officer unless he
may have information concerning the same,
not probably possessed by the officer grant
ing the permit.
! You will also cause careful examination
to be made of all trunks, packages and 9TH
er articles used in the transportation of mer-
chandise, letters or other modes for con-
/ veying goods or communicating information
to persons in instruction aad, in cases oil
detection, you will take possession thereof
and you will also retain the person SO
offending in custody, at once reporting the
case to the District Attorney of the United
States. r
You are referred to the Acts of July I3
1851, and August 6, 1861, as well as to the
Proclamation of the President of the 18th
Altmo, as particularly bearing on the sub
jects above named; and you will, from time
to SINE, report your proceedings to me, md
suggest any additional measures which, il
your opinion, may tend to subdue this re
| am, with great respect,
A - Y our obedient Servant,
S. P CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.