Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-05
Cotton oIieIlures-slatesneat Of Surveyor
CurEons


CarEons
From the Cincinnati GsEetie.l
We publish in another column communies
ton from Mr.. Carspn, surveyor Of customs, 70
plying TO onr srticl86f the 25th on cotton trade
the forfeiture Of cotton, and the distribution 0
the proceeds. The statements in that article
were iRseB from ths records Of the court, auC
arc admitted by the surveyor; bat be states ths
Of, the half of the net proceeds Whieh was or
dered to be paid TO bin as infoTmsr, be retained
but part, and paid the balsnce to pariie,
whose name no prefers not 20 mention, 10 pro
cure these ssiEares and consiQnmenis TO him
The manner Of this operation he gives Al in
stauce OF. A gentleman Of reliability informs
Mf. Carson that he knows Of 8 lot OF cotton
that may bs seized aud sent up for COZ fs cation;
and be offers to go in for il. II Mr. Carson viii
give him the lions share Mr. Carson eonssna
on the principle that the United States will
thus get hall, and that to him fraction Of q
loaf is bstteT thsn no Tstions
HSviig thus arranged the dirision of the
gain, The IBcognito sdvenlUrer gees in; some
body's cotton Is seized; it is shipped to Mr
Csrson, who, IS il sppeaTs by bis statement
without knowing who was tho owner Of the
cotton, or how it was come by, informs against
il No owners name appesrs in tbs case Iii
merely hF. Carson tor himself aud the United
States against 50 nasny bales Of cotton tn,
caiton is condemned upon tho information o.
Nr. CArsen, qhO, by his Own showing, knows
noting Of thu casa. It is sold; half The ne.
procszds j. psid to him, and no divides tbs
boety @ii5 hrs associate, aesoIding to previous
as cement.
Af Carson states that he has had to agree 70
pay IS high So ihIes !. nfths, End even eleven
sweIfihs OF the hAit 20 which he was legally en-
tilted, ia order 10 get men 70 seize and bring
cotton 10 him; and be proves by publishing 10
ceipis with blank names, that ho faithfully car.
rifd ont these hard baresins- This lett him hui
. lew IhousGad dollars. This is an exhibition
of uBeOnsc onabeLes in Ihess Ioving se.z Is oi
cotton that should excite the public indignation
against ihem, and tns pphlic sympathy for the
suIv4yor who is Il a. ribbed Tas N ssufe re-
qured 10 1eeL this case, ss il appears 10 toe
surveyor is 10 provide by law that they who re-
ceivs a license to 90 abeul sizing lton, shsll
divide vi him mole fquitably.
We need the records OF the court to illustrate
ol1r remarks on the impoicy OF tbs present sys-
TEN Of permitted hgds, and Of SO cure aud for
feiture eoti0nahd other property in Tho rebel
district Ne me- toned The large an uni pad t.
public officer as infoImeI; but we supposed
that this was The sum Of tho MISTER snd ihSs as
the csnrt had az AaTded it, il was technically le
gal. We had no idea that the case is as grave
as Mr. arson states, aud that he is entering
into agree mems with any hody whJ preiends to
know where cotton eGn b. found, to divide one
half the p,oessds with them N case they eau
lay taeiT lamds on it, and ship it 10 him Tbis
wIlhout knowing ans thing snout the ownership
OF the cotton. And il appears by his ststemenl
that bis cotton goee through the f0Tn Of con-
demuaiion in the sRule ignorance. Nobody
knows who is the owner, n5f ~ hat be has done
that his property should be taken from him
NObsdy knows who the inf0rmer IS nor how
he came By the cotton; while the mysterious
sppeaTances cary the presumption that he did
moi eorie by it honestly
What 10 this bat Ire granting of rowing
licenc to plunder the South and the trade M h
il, backed by COZ fsealion laws complicated
trade regulations, snd the ever ready charge OF
disloyslIy, on condition that the plumber shall
be- div1ded The terms Of e.evsn-twelihB OF
tie infoImers half which this unknown exacted
from Mr Carson, is evidence &c the Thpaeiiy Of
the parties who ara receiving thiG permission to
plundsT, with no questiurs 10 he asked.
The surveyor s.gues ths. halt the n 4 sva;is
OF this property COMES mic ihe ULi.ed States
treasury There are probably many who would
ike to divide the property OF the country with
the treasury Of Ire United States in that way.
He Aiaies, also, that lsTgs amount of cotton
hes been seiE Esd directly foI tue Government snd
sol and that ths treasury agsns faithfully paid
every dollar Of The rot proceeds into the treas
ury. This fact remarkable only by contrast
with the II st.
We began onK articles upon the subject Of the
cotton trade with the feosi district, 81 an esii-
mate of the number cf bales OF cotton within
hau.irg distance OF our lines on the Mississippi
river and in fexas-wbich is now isolated from
tie ConiedeTRcy-,he greater part of which
might be secu ed for our commerce and the
manufactures by paying the owners reasonable
prices tor it, thcut any political requirements
The showing was 10 the Effect that me amount
within reach wonld, besides farui.hRg our 0 Fn
mills, give a large amount tor sxp0Tf, 10 oreguate
foreign exchanges, reduce The price of gold, and
give bottom 10 our expanded currency and fur
thermore, that this would hslp to restore friendly
relations with the people OF these portions of the
South that are released from the control Of the
Tshel armies
pneso advantages are foregone fox system
ef cont cation Of which the euTyayoF has given
US specimens, and for a system Of trade by spe-
cial permits, which have been SO much abused
ss viii be shown If this statement is challenged
TIE people OF the South will, as our armies ad-
vance, put the torch 10 their cotton before they
val be robbed of it 10 be divided amOng plum
derers in this msnneT But this operation !.
niitigated By another system OF piunder, in III,
way of trade in cotton by special permits, bI
which the favored aud ths guerrillss are piaeet
upon the most amicsble terms, and the cotton il
| permitted 10 be car led OF upon the payment o
| liberal bonus 10 them.
| Isis ABSOLUTELY necessary thst the Govern
1 nnent shoAl take tie cotton ttade entirely int
iss own hands, paying for thu cotton and sell
/ ing it in market, and paTmitting no one else &
/ sell pound OF cotton south Of the Ohio az
restricting its efissTs TO their salAries, That
/ shonid break up the system At once By sbsC
lute lrss trade IN yerything but conUabAnd 0
war.
The surveyor gives the law Hudsr which h
/ draws ose-half as inf Tmer We shall look :
that &C another time, as well as for the IA7
nndeF whsch this cotton has hesa ssizs1. Ba
We will remark now that when the outbreak c
war stopped imports, aud consequently fees,
laa as passed fJr the Tsist Of collectors
eastoms, by which they were to be paid ssaT
in lieu of al fees.
/, disheArteEs he people in the support Of 10
war for the preservation of GOvernmsnt, whe
they see the public ofi sIs turning it {
piefit, aud rapidly aeeUmulating fortunes cut {
it ExraFag ganoe aud peculasien aud suGdei
ly acquired w,a to in the GoVeTDmsnt Cfieer
arc m &c depressing 20 tho patioiic pa0ple tbs
the deadly hostility OF the rebel enemy. II
Government ea not afford these exhibition
ucT the scandal which has grown out Of Il
cotton trade and tie cotton SO z1ras uuder q
present system; and the people VII lookt0 To
Cougress Tor = thorough investigation and 4
radical easuFes OF reform
Affairs iR FsaexriIie.
From the Riehmond Dispatch, lst.l
We have some interesting intelligence fro
Knoxville, furnished by gentleman who
been IN ise iown ever since its occupation
the Y Yankees, Until short time since, whom
I seceeea ed IN effeeting his esclpe. The sevgi
: Of the Federal rule, hs represents, has pref
eflsetusliy killed the intenss UbiouiSm OF mKl
OF the eitlssns Of tie place, ard more col
| p;eteiy determined the Southern potion Of {
: population to continue the weiehE IF It's inf
elee in behalf Of Southern rights.
s When hslsft Rockville great deal Of sic
D Bess prevailed, aud there were ever thfss hu
: dSed cases Of smallpox in the city. Ths de
wsre being buried 10 yAgds ard gsrdos,
Z wherever most convenient Dad hofaes A.