The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-06
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A,. Editor | seized on the 3lst utimo,
THIRTEEN pianos, The property Of a noted
rebel who has gone South, after giving
aid, countCnance, and comfort to the
rebellion" Ate, | had made my seizure,
and notified the palties having these
pianos in their possession, to hold them
subject TO my orders, making record Of
the fact in my book Of that date, other
parties have come in and attached q por-
ton OF these instruments, and removed
them 10 their premises, on plea of debts
due to them from the said Elliott
have since rc-taken them through Toe
United States Marshal, the officer Of the
Federal Court The conflict will be,
therefore, one between the Courts. /
think | know what | am doing, and par
ties setting up claims against Elliott,
whose loyalty is no better than his, will
find by the time this contest is through
with, that they are barking up the wrong
tree.
AS I have but only commenced this work
Of sei2ing the abandoned property" Of
rebels, | will, for the information of
others, call their attention to the laws
governing nay actions, The Grst law that
| call attention TO was enacted July II,
1862, and is styled e AN ACT to suppress
insurrection, TO punish treason and re-
bellion, TO seize aud conGscate the pro-
perty Of rebels, and for other purposes"
The sixth section of the Act thus de-
scribes the persons whose property is
liable 10 seizure and conGscation "Of
any person who, owning property in any
loyal State or Territory of the United
States, or in the District of Columbia
shall hereafter assist and give aid and
comfort to such rebellion; and all sales,
transfers, or o0,,geyancsS of any such pro-
perty, shall be null and void and It shall
be a sufficient bar to any ,rrit brought by such
person for The possession On, the uss Of satcb
property OR ANY OF IT, to sllege and prove
that he is one of the persons described in
this section"
Ind be IL FURTHER enacted, That if any
person within any State or Territory OF
the United States, other than those named
as aforesaid after the passage of this act,
being engaged in armed rebellion against
the Government of the United States,
or aiding or nbetting Sach rebellion, shall not
within sizty days after public learning and
proclamation duly given aud made by the
President of the United States, cease t
aid, o0,sateRaaee and aJet sWch rebellion, and
return to his allegiance TO the United
States, ALL THE ESTATE AND PROPERTY
MONEY, STOCKS, AND CREDITS of such per.
, son shall be liable to seizure as aforesaid
and il shall be the duty of the Presiden
TO seize and use them rs aforesaid or thu
proceeds thereof And all sales, trans.
fers, or conveyances, of any suct
property, gie' de expiration Of he SAT-
sixty days from the date of such procla
nation and warning, shall be null anC
I void and it shall be sufficient bar {,
: any suit brought by such person for tn
| possession of, or the use of such property
or any OF it, TO allege and prove that h
> is one of the persons described in thi
section"
o The seventh section of the same Law
provides that such property shall b
r condemned as enemies property, in tn
= United States Court, Circuit, District o
E Territorial, "and the proceeds therec
2 paid into the Treasury Of the Unite
States for the purposes aforesaid" An
for further information, refer partie
, concerned to the Acts of July 10, 1856.
o to the Actof August C, 1861, all of whio
I, were rec;ted in the title of the bi
8 quoted from, as reported at the time.
d W. G. BRowNLow,
e Asst Sp. Ag, Tr. Department.
y Nashville, Sept, 3, 1863