New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-27

WORK Hg ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pSs
30 Lout- Soldiers, sailors, Werkunen
ga Negroes only Entitled 60 Pre~emp'
Sssa-Chances for Besiness Men and
Tho Actual setsIers.
You Cu Special Correspondents
BsAvrof- s. O., Jan. % 1904.
The following document, issued 10 'ne III
kabtapts Of this Department. by Cen saafor- ihcof'
porstcs orders from The Treasury Department iof inc
partson Of lands axeong the working population ~
ssve trouble in yefsng argument or cevh o"seo uo"
rms etateneuts hereafter. IT Ssod be dshety unu'
-od that tho IsSntaOus referred 10 IN the ofueI na'o
slreadv once tren sold at public auction for direct taxes
oast duo. chat thy were bought in by the United
etatos Direct Tax Com1sioners for and on oehan Oh
s North, that they ore therefore, Public Lands, and
may be gay disposed Of Gs such Just as the anoS 500
an taxes any other pa.t of TIE country are so!o
Thus much, TO coniute the probable assumptions OF
Rstcl syupatbsers that the plSntstions on the sea
Aees OF scpth carolina have bseD seized and SOLO ss
soaoscste5 larcs.
Hl.pQyARIEas UNITED STATES fohCLs'
BlAUfORy = c., jar. 10, 1858.
The follow ns insIuenos " a, Commissioners, are
s.nnounoed for she Information and Dement, VI ai GU"
sesned ,,...., M. ~ ,nsa
~9ss-rKnKs: by direction Of the President nsnsm,
~ aDSs .,rnst IA to the Uned States You viii consider
sem u sIYy,ns all lands In yonr district which ore now
.s .uyros snd the p!nts,ions on st. Helena Island known
All previous instructions p.rs thereof which conflict
~t those Low gwen o,, are fe,Ssey g. r. CHASE
ITO U. S. Direct Tax Conlais.ioneI.. coxx,.
ADDITIONAL IysIRVSTIoNs TO TIE DIRECT TAX CohAis
s0SsRs SoR DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA in kStA
rISH 10 pIsPosIIsos OF LANDS
will Any person OF "a year, ~ tge
syxsgd who hos any time since the occupation ey the "a
ona forceu resided Cor months now resides upon or Is
sssssS Ia taItiysns any lands in your district owned by the
Uied ss,es ne sf presumption to ths extent
S a; . ss. SPG@ e 81 me IS p1 acre You
poErcnee n al to beads Of smss and 70 ms :,
-o@en whose hobands are engaged in Hh' service Of TIE
.lniich States, necessarily absent -
You vail permit each solder sailor, or marine teutDy
g.d IN the service Of the United States, sny who may
hereafter shs be hOnoraby die bssed TO PIE
ssd pS,t P,tS 81 c .e. of ssni sSd
carried tracts Of twenty each Ia addition to the
her husband is allowed to pe@mpt and purchase under the
vn,rsi privilege OF loyal IsTsons IT..
ann. q the pce and the residue receiving deed for the
.1 on a. ,sp q Ss dsd viii forfeit ii h, Under tie
ps%gSn well a. 81 Ps,isl RI the snd d..
upon and cultivate land. not ye. surveyed They
rs TO 70 pSs , he probable IN: Of The
,sy 10 take and occupy them subject q correction o
In U,ssos sTv,ys such reservation for paths and road
~.,s Will win allow easy and convenient scces, TO
@ a. s4%s entered for sale n' '.ORiSsy6
Approved Dec 81, 1883"
These instructions, II win be seen, apply TO all sol.
asess ss wei citizens. The SuperiDtendents and
leaders ID this Department are hereby directed 10
gave their entire attention to the carrying out Of these
struo tons sd assist the people 70 the extent Of
0sh power In locating stalking out their claims. and
occurring their title deeds urder this order Of TIE Ircs
donA Which, ia its benefcent results u W be second
ois 70 the Proclamation Of Emancipation. also recon-
nd the people 10 ose no time in pre.empting Their
t,ms and IN PREPARING their grounds ier tne coming
prosperity the soil No people can be truly pros
serons WHO neglect its cultivation ..,,, ,s
M sesson cultivate diligently, and Joa will reap abnnd
~nt haryes;s First provide Tor ON amply supply OF corn
pJ then remember That cotton IL the great
stnps mere advise you " plant all you can OF IT. So
profitable its culture IN tho Old days OF slavery
Nst your former master. said cotton Is king Is
GSpeted that you vii show III Free South that cotton
" move Of @ kiGg thar ever. X. sAAToS,
Brig and Military Governor.
Tho order aboya given has been promptly acted On by
ago numbers Of persons entitled under its provisions
" pre-rlpt. Meetings Of freedmen and their fami
bes have been led upon Plantations and mass meet
ing tho civil military, and naval Inhabitants Of Beau
Ert has assaulted and twice adjourned. In which the
tenure a the land was discussed and explained
- i.ret than t!th Of the preempors
segfocs the rest being sodiers sailors marines civil
bsLs etc.
sted under the plain provisions ~ therOrder 70 oc-
tupy lands xhch they had not resided upon cult
waited likely 70 reside upon or cultivate at any
are time swaTred abort the office Of the tar cOmriis
sscnsgs. lie rash for cotton lands was like the Call
orrian rage to enter upon the gold diggngs.
Tho mistakes made by some toocredulOus people
~eto Gmasug GLd absurd 10 wonderful degree. Orc
lady" whose position 10 the Department Of the South
hat Of q visitor 10 her son. and who has not been
Eesidelt upon the place she claimed "a cuyatOr Of
90 soil there elsewhere applied 10 pro empt upon
ue Henry Stewart Place, "a plantation upon Fort
al Ia ftrfy Of Viii oh With
feminine perspicacy and than the wonted lOdesiy
4 h.r she paftcularized embracing the ground
N which stand the buildings"
similar cleim 90 preelnpt tie Seaside Plantation
tome ard grounds, on 81. Helena Island was made
John Hum. trader. lie asked for only twenty
sI.s, saysng ne was not planter. and did not
more land near his house, He las rot been resi-
sent az the MANSION nOr cuFator Of the soil; but he
Gnks tsat ls can pay $3.50 down. aud SIS upon re-
~pi VI the deed Ion NE property selected by him. The
"a, before the PRONUNCIATION Of the order Mr. HUM
rhtsH BIS intention Of bidding at public auction So 600
Or The same property
Up 20 the pTceent time neither tho lady nor NJ,
F1nn have received their deeds Yon will be duly mn
w,ed when the documents shall have been made oar
md hGn0ed to them.
The INC among iady.tehchefs and Plantation
Svlefh'ehdents TO prompt the particular twenty or
Frty acres opon which the various plantation buildings
o.. ttua'e a. very brisk and lively.
perhaps not until IHE yRBiNE reaches these nrde,t
asa sar game eoystoss Of houses etc will tley learn
ht an Dudinss nPon the plantations and In the towns
enc claes OF tis department have been already aI,
ffa]feu by tne lax commissioners: and ~
plantation lands upon which such budinge are siinote
mast pay in addOon To 81 25 per acre Tor Tho soi H.
IA sssesscd vane Of the houses etc M.an,ehiIe boS
reVel Lke Ahaschsi In dreams Of endless woaltl, IL
80 IKE ige him TO the necessity of paying for ali hev
y and work for the vheFewjthal 10 pay -
Another ingenious person who has resided about vo
sCekB IN the Department. engaged in q civil eauscto
quite foreign 10 agriculture, tuition or aueht else M
~arlI him l01lsI