New-York daily tribune., 1863-12-31
Sale OF Rebel Property for Tnxr.-K Kr.u..
citation OF. NJ. Augustine The Poor
whites.

From Our Special Corrcspoudeu'.
ST AUGUSTINE, iln., Dee = l-63.
The sale OF real estate IN this city under ia,
Internal Revenue Law. according 20 pablo notice given
through the oyn press OF this STATE and the author
izcl oryans In Washn yton H. c. came OF last Monday
morning. But yery feg Of the rgiGnl owners Of ID,
property were on hand either 20 pay their taxes pur
chase under the sale For nearly three centuries this
city has been owned and Inhabited by tho descendants
Of old spansh families. who made much prctenson "a
ar.stocfatc breeding and calture. AID who always
welded not littlc influence ia ass Of both church
and State. All without exception were saycholders-
al blind IN the night Divine traic human flesh
all in the ery history of ih, country were directly
ind rccty iuiorrsied ~ thr aycffade AID nov in th,
country and in tbs Fencraton tue "a the traditions pi
the past sl nre actively engaged ia oT strongly ~ syn
paihy with the present NeDeiou Lie sh't o'Jc't %
Which has been officially aToWcd 20 De- the cuen. .0i.
and Icrpe,union of that dabolcel traffic. scarcely
Spauiard or descendant Oh spanifi can be found
in this state or any southern State no has heartily
esp0uscd the cause II the Union aud tie nation. with
Tho cNcep u g. y. Pipy. the oWne snd proprietor
OF tie ll1rda ovse. ave beard and know of 10 eu.
ioIpr.snS property soder Of spanish descent whose
10, alty 81 the Iion j. beyond 90, -ion.
No icpI ihege.re. were She'd and no expressions Of
regret heard. last Monday, whom these od mans'onf.
bearing the ulrks u ,ontIles Ou their c.4nbng al
offered up a. public sale the balcony oi the Oh
Court House looking out pom the Old spanish PLAZA !"
II ll.lgst N4s-tchnrFffs I
IDlnoi. and Wsconsin. we're on hand either IN the I
son, oi uval soldiers euteTprsug capitalists 20 bid
ioT these old estates Cal nll this speculation II you
please and let Copperhead journals den"noe 1t A. they
please i venture To- say that to men who purchased
property IN this ctY lnst Monday viii do more 10 sd.
the interests of both city and state IN he years
than the original proprieiors did throughout their en-
tire lives s. Augustine dead aud buried beneath
her own uins before the war This sale under tho IN
tcrna Revenue Law viii restore her 20 life health and
prosperity. Where nov We sIopc through narrow
.aftU Nf.f tI1 ga
avenues, adaned with hcaGiIl cottages and elegant
mansions. VIII soon stretch ont m every direction.
ST. Augustine has always been the fayore resort FOR
Northern IA, iilds seeking genial cline Even during
the hot > mOnths. tie rich planters from the in-
terror Of Georgia and Sogtn Carolina have always
sought the sho at th point. and iOnnd the months
July and Angus lees oppressive thar NJ the fashion.
able wateT ng places of the North. great commercial
point il eau never b. wll TIC huTbor oi ternandna
and thc mouth of the 81 John remain open. hut most
delightful resort Tor all who love the Southern cline,
compelled 20 resort 20 II TO SECURE their henth.
il will ever be; aAd now that i has passed into the
hands of Northern soldlers aud cipiasiS new bsld'
ingf, with all the attractive NolheIn Improvements.
v IN aris. on every side.
The amount derived nom ..ie by the Government.
W., nearly s2J.UJ. About "li the property of ANY
value in the city. ed into the possession OF either the
Government pFiy ate Individuals. The large MANSION
of Judge Putnam oi th' boldes and most notori-
ons Rebels ia the State sold for 81 300 THIS prop
eriy he would moi have sold Tor hy, times that amount.
ithin the past ic@ days much loyal sentiment has
been developed IN ie eastern AID sOIthcrn sections oi
the state. NO weeks s.uff. t'1 k'utl' en-
commanding the forces iur The defense OF Iorda made
requsiio upon to inhabitants cast OF the ~. John
for OJ cattle. These poor pcop" having already been
robbed almost thc point OF slIyuiion determined to
resist the effort cary Of their cattle, aud according
~ organized themselves into smull parties and at night
stole quietly down To The baHb ol the river and de-.
sroy ed all the Hats and furnished By the Rebel
Quaricmastcr. Since this very good work was accou-
pshcd many Of these poor people have come within our
lines. begging arms Ia utlcid themselves and repre-
senng that the greatest di,sntsacton exist, through
D 0 ,..HlI and
/ Government 4 comparatively small force. they say
could drive every armed Rebel nom tho Sa'e. Many
of these people. who oIo 20" poor. were independent
before the war. Gradually thc.r slaves thcir cattle
their horscs their son. 1nd all that they hold valuable
earth have disappeared rom them, never 10 ret,rn
,Ow they Gre bcePMs s'cAng aims from the Govern.
ernmeni they fan would have destroyed These poor
people clothed in lag and IN many instances covered
with filth with hagaard and caIoworn faces are. II
ANYTHING can he learned nom external appearance
rnly Icpcntnpt fhcy were ever AZ heart really Rebels
An these should be mil ~ dealt with. They nave SUIT
f.red enough Already and while they live again
viii lhey he heard 10 lisp dis!oynl word. Mp