New-York tribune., 1867-02-21
GOVERNMENT COTTON1SALES.

,-,,,,e,, M, yuP SECRETARY OF TdB TREASURY 10 THE
~ HORSE RESOLUTION OF INQUIRY
NJ r,IEaslrH 70 rHE TRIBUNE
U,s,,,croy Feb. 2O-It appears from letter OF
tho SECRETARY OF the Treasury submitted to the House Oh
representatives to-day by the President Ill answer 10
resolution with regard to captured and abandoned prop
the Rebel States that the gross proceeds OF te
- ., cotton Amounted to nearly S29jOO,OOO ana tDe
s procecds OF the sale of miscellaneous property ~
a. 20, 51 the amount Of rents Of abandoned properly Is
nearly half million; other receipts s2Soo'oVo' iiAe
tc total receipts $J4O53OO0 The total dsDursemen'S
were q3lO787 making net proit 10 the Oihteo oo'
., o 80, ono 600 The receipts in coin were $63oOoo
and the remainder currency In most OF inc agenceS
the property collected was prncipany smppeu ~
simeon Draper esq cotton agent at New-forR Tor sae
and the disbursements were mostly paid nom o'her
sources so that the receipts and disbursements s'"teu "
no indication OF the real results OF the asacnohs Oh d"
agency The number OF bales OF cotton coecteu as ap
doned was l1lsO and the number OF baies reieascu "
,nors oo7 The number of bales OF cotton sold was
ora number OF bales collected captured l5lio num-
h ~ aes received by Mr. Simeon Draper, cotton agent
from other sourccs 45i2 II further appears from the
dornmcnts that the number OF bales stolh rom agc
is t and tbe number burned while IN the nhus OF hSu'
s5 The number of bales received by Simeon Draper
ner his reports, $3.50; number slnppcn W nm
AGENTS, reports gl 99s making excess OF t5i9 NUM-
br sol Inv simeon Draper 9260 number released Dy nm,
S7s3: number Of bales hand i5I; total $50 From ~
the report Of cotton purchased by agents uhuoi 0 NV
of July .. 1864, is taken the folloWlng; ,oo,o
Number OF bales Of cotton purchased'.---.- 's
RcSold. 4otooy
Lost in repackng. ;......-.....-.--.--..'...' sss
Shipped to simeon Draper ...i:....' o'1sS '99o
Shippcd 20 the Cotton gent at t:Louls Iiv
rcuGrt from the QuartcTlnaslcf-btheTI sIoNs ui'
I'm nuriuance OF instructions, Col Ransom ook eIdIso VI
The captured cotton at Savannah ana OnuleS'u' e s
trucd over 10 the Treasury agents, up 10 Marc 2 o'
upward OF 5000 bales, and IL appears rom lc - H.
mpnt that there was but little cotton remaining III
hands of the officers Of the QuarernasteS Dp
M tho close OF tho and but very htIc
received pfterward. Twelve hundred ana, stNct
bales were derived from cotton collected rom
batteries bridges, trenches h0spltaaS C"iup3'
fields &c, in aud around the works OF fort iii. s
,on nv negroes troops, and cOntrabands MUCH ol IL
i'm had condition. having been buried IN the earl, u'
dirrs nmtilacd in the segc OF Port Eudsoh olc M
dred thousand dollars OF the pro'eeus VI ne Wn
cotton was applied I'm the QuailellnastrIS Dc
nortmcut not here especially mentioned Inc PIu-
cceds of this cotton may be sad 10 nav % ,ie m
cxpcnsrs OF the schools for the poor and coored peoe
In ouisnna ND to 1868, and possibly through lIi.t
wear There was lot Of 4Oi bales oi cotton from nc
Brzos captured by the enterprise OF the troops on io
where n was grown; which cotton sold by the drec
ton Of the Commander OF III" Department GI lne ul,
10 assist in paving for the steamers ana vessels ist ~ o
cynedtiou to BEizos Santiago and the 100 orde lhclo
was much moro captured there ana sold Co holtp.u,
who had the matter in charge says most Oh h.
cotton md other products gathered, was, OH
the AtChafalaya River, IN 1868, ana was 30 ga'n'ltu
and delivered points Of transportation ny the hcElo
slaves Of the country, Who win TH1 tact shU -,
usrd the teams of their masters who had led 10 inc
enemy and brought IL from all manner OF nldhg pa'
I'm swnps and forests well as from the plantations o,
their masters They 10 be impressed WIN the pcl
that they were thus doing the Government -ohc ttIo
and earning their transportation 10 freedom IL Was
ou t their efforts that IL could bc thus moved IN tho
midst Of rapid operations without any real attention p1s
given TO the subject