True Democrat., 1862-12-31

have returued to their old mas ers or localities az the work occasionally GeqpEad of them by the goevrnment is not the kin4 that suits them nor they in as comfortable position otherwise as they expected Ii what of clothes hey have thus fur received has come from sympathising friends in the North, then their supply has not been so liberalsas to warrant the belief that a sufficient quantity for the winters cod will be torthcoming'
 - In the correspondence between the Span Sh Minister and Seward, it leaked out that France and England had proposed mediation in affairs, as witness the following statement:
 '' It is said, that ill urging the dem and, Tassera pleaded that Spain entitled to peculiar comity from the United States. The Court of Madrid when recently approached ny France and England with proposal to join mediation in American affairs favorable to the South, having refused to co operate the ground that diplomatic interven- ton i'll such quarrel could be oI no unless backed by powerful fleets and armies; and that for her part Spain would never either mediate in tervnne until solicited by the government of the United States for such assistance, n due form"
 BUTLERs PoIlCY IN W EsrERN LOUISIANA We in receipt of the Phquemines Sentinel ot the l5th inst, which contains order from Buter, announcing his policy in that portion of Louisiana west of the Mississippi. The Senti~ nel says that the Lafourche lhe planters arc taking the oath of allegiance to the Federal gov ernment; that on all plantations, from wech thc slaves had left they had been returned to them, and that the work of taking off the crop IS bus fly going on. The following is the order:
 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
 New Orleans, Nov. 2, 1852. Gcn70l Order Np. l9.
 The commanding general being informed, auI Dcheyeing, that the district west of the Mississippi river, ldiey taken possession of by the UnIted States troops, Is mjsL largely occu pied by peisonS dlsloyal to the United States, and whose property ms become liable to cons i,cation under the acts ot Congress ard the proclamation of the President, and that sales aad transfers of sad property are being mad. for the purpose of deprvlng the government ot the same, has determined, in ord: to secure t,e rights of all persons aS well as those of the gov ernment and for the plrpose ct enabling the crops now growing to be taken care of anu cured, and the unemployed Iaborers to be Sci at work and provision made for aynent for their labnr--~
 To order, as foows:
 l. That all the property within the dis'ri i:t t. br known as the "DI.tnct o1 Latourche," r. and hereby is, seq ,7s;e-ed, ani ;t.i lies trauslers thereof are vroi4den, and ~i Oe held invalid.
 2 The district of I.af)Grche will comprise all the territory in the St,te of LDua aua lying west of the NississlppI rver, except the par shes of PaquemineS and Jeiirfson.
 3. That Major Joseph Il Bell, proyvs judge, president; Lieutenant Colonel J. E. kiuamat A. D. C.; Captain Fal'ec, 7Jth New York VOL unteer,): provost mar hAl of the district, be commission to take possession of the property u said d 5trict, L. make an accurate inventory ot the same, and to gather up and collect all auch personal property, and to turn over t0 tue proper officers upon the.r recelpis. .sSpch 0l sali property as may be required ior the uae ot the United States army; to colIcct together all the Other personal property, and to bring the same to New Orleans, and cause it to be sold at pub- lie auction to the highest bidders, and after de~ ductng the necessary expenses of care, coec~ ton and transportation, to hold the proceeds thereof subject to the ust claims of loyal citi- zsns and those neutral foreigners who, in good faith, shall appear to be the owners of the same.
 f. Every loyal citizen or neutral foreigner who shall be found ln actual possession and own erahp of any property in said district, not hay ing acquired the same by any title since the 18th day of September last, may have his property returned or delivered unto him without sale, up- on establishing his condition to the judgement of tie commission.
 ,. All sales made by any person not a loyal citizen CT foreign neutral, since the 18th day of September, shall be held void, and all sales whatever, made with the intent to deprive the government of its rights of confiscation, will be held vold, at what time soever made. 6. The commission is authorized to employ in working the plantation of any person who 1 has remained quietly at hls home, whether he | be loyal or dsioyal, the negroes who may be found in said district, or who have CT may here- alter claim the protection of the United States, l ,Lo i, a ,,d, of, contract heretofore offered the planters of the parishes of Paq uemines-and St. Bernard, or white labor may be employed at the election of the commission.
 T. The commissioners wili-cause to be 'pur chased such supplies as may be necessary, and convey them to such convenient depots as to supply the planters n the making of the crop which supplies shall be charged against the crop manufactured, and shall constitute lien there
 8. The commissioners are authorized to work for the account of the United States such plans tations as are deserted by their owners, or may seem to them expedent for the purpose of say ing the IDS.
 9. Any persons who have not been actually in arms against the United States since the oc cupation of New Orleans by its forces, and who shall remain peaceably upon their plantations, | the United States, and who shall, by all reason able methods, aid the United States when called upon, may be empowered by the commission to work their own plantations, to make their own crop and to retain possession Of thelr own property. except such as IS necessary for the military uses of the United States. And to all such persons the comm ission are authorized to furnish means of transportation for their crops and supplies, at just and equitable prices. | 10. The commissioners are empowered and authorized to hear. determine, aud definitely report upon all questions of the loyalty, disloy- alty, or neutrality of the various claimants o property within said district; and further, to re- port such persons as in their judgment ought te be recommended by the commanding genera to the President for amnesty and pardon, st that they may have their property returned; tt the end that all persons that are loyal, ma, suffer as little injury possible, and that al
 persons who may have been heretofore disloyal may have opportunity now to prove their loyal " and to return to their allegiance, and to say, tseir property from conGssation, if such shal