[Enclosure.] This contract, made this 8th day of March, 1864, between W. E. Scanlan, employer, and Margaret Ingram, Charley Grear, Anna Gibbs and children, Clara Gibbs, Mira Gibbs, Rachel Gibbs, Susan Banks and child, Jane Hicks, Milly Tucker, Amanda Taylor, Ned Norris, Frances Julligan and child, Nancy Johnson and child, Abby Nance, Laura Hodge, Coledona Malone, Catharine Malone, Emma Holmes, Elijah Potts, freed laborers, witnessethf that said W. E. Scanlan agrees to employ said laborers on his plantation from the 8th day o, March, 1864, to the day of 1864, on the terms prescribed in the code of rules and regulations for leasing abandoned property and hiring freedmen; and the said laborers agree to be diligent and faithful hands while in his employ, it being understood and agreed that this contract is subject to the provisions of said code by which all parties hereto agree to be governed. W. E. SCANLAN. SUSAN BANKS and child. JANE HICKS. MARGARET INGRAHAM. CHARLEY GREAR. ANNA GIBBS and children. LAURA GIBBS. MARIA GIBBS. RACHEL GIBBS. AMANDA TAYLOR. HENRY TAYLOR, Maryland. NED NORRIS. COLEDONA MALONE. FRANCES JULLIGAN and child. Acting Sup't Freedmen, West Tennessee. JOHN PHILLIPS, Lieutenant Colonel, NOVEMBER, 1864. Permission is given to convey and land the within named employés as per the permits and documents accompanying this. J. N. SIMONDS, Inspector of Customs and Clearance Office for the Port of Memphis. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 24th ultimo, relative to cotton claimed by British subjects and seized by the military authorities at Savannah. In that note you do me the honor to observe that there exists no sufficient reason for departing, in this instance, from the course which this government pursues in securing property in the insurrectionary districts and ascertaining and liquidating any claims of lawful owners thereupon by judicial investigation, and I doubt not that such is the full intention of the United States government. At the same time, in view of what Mr. Greene observes in his letter of the 19th ultimo, a copy of which I took occasion to lay before you in my note of the 30th ultimo, it would appear difficult, if not impossible, for the rightfu owners to show their right and title to the property if, as this gentleman states' the military authorities of Savannah decline to give any receipt or record of the property they take away. The good intentions of the American government would thus be rendered nugatory, unless, indeed, orders have been already given that a different course shall be adopted, and the owners be debarred by acts over which they had no control of bringing forward any claims which should allow this government the opportunity of fairly investigating them by judicial means. This, it appears to me, can only add to the perplexity of the question and lay the good faith of this government open to criticism. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, &c., &c., &c. J. HUME BURNLEY. Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward. WASHINGTON, February 7, 1865. SIR: With reference to your note of the 21st ultimo, relative to the hostile designs of certain persons in Canada on the towns of Burlington, in Vermont, and Whitehall, in New York, I have the honor to enclose a copy of a despatch which I have received in reply from his excellency the governor general of Canada. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, &c., &c., &c. J. HUME BURNLEY. Viscount Monck to Mr. Burnley. QUEBEC, January 31, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of January 25, enclosing a note from the Secretary of State of the United States, respecting the designs of the enemies of the United States lurking in Canada of making a formidable incursion on the town of Burlington, Vermont, and Whitehall, New York. I have the honor to request you to convey to Mr. Seward my assurance that the government of Canada will use every exertion to detect and defeat such plans. I have, &c., J. H. BURNLEY, Esq., &c., &c., &c. MONCK. Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. DEPARTMENT of State, Washington, February 7, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to enclose a copy of a telegram of yesterday from M M. Jackson, esq., the consul of the United States at Halifax, in regard to a projected raid from Canada into the United States. I will thank you to call the attention of the authorities of that province to the subject. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant, J. HUME BURNLEY, Esq., &c., &c., &c. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. • Mr. Jackson to Mr. Seward. OFFICE UNITED STATES TELEGRAPH, The following telegram received at Washington, 12 m., February 7, 1865, from Halifax, February 6, 1865: Hon. WILLIAM H SEWARD: Another raid into the United States from Canada is in contemplation; full particulars and instructions respecting which are given in several letters addressed to N. B. Davis, at Mon treal and Toronto. M. M. JACKSON, United States Consul. Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 8, 1865. SIR: I have had the honor to receive your communication of the 4th instant, relative to the extradition of Bennet G. Burley. I have the honor to be, sir, with the highest consideration, your obedient servant, J. HUME BURNLEY, Esq., &c., &c., &c. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 8, 1865. SIR: I have received the note which you addressed to me on the 30th ultimo, together with its accompaniment, namely, a copy of the letter of Mr. Charles Green, of Savannah. It does not seem to me to require any modification of the views I have hitherto had the honor to communicate to you concerning the property captured at that place. I do not think that the officers of the United States ought to be required to give vouchers to claimants, or to permit them to brand or mark, or in any way to interfere with the captured property. This would be to make documentary or other evidence after the capture, in support of claims which are alleged to have existed before it. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant, J. HUME BURNLEY, Esq., &c., &c., &c. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward. WASHINGTON, February 8, 1865. SIR: With reference to my note of the 31st ultimo, enclosing copy of a despatch of the 21st ultimo, from the lieutenant governor of New Brunswick, relative to your requisition for the extradition of some of the St. Albans' raiders, supposed to be lurking in that province, I have the honor to inform you that I have since then received a further despatch from his excellency, in which he states that he was going to issue the warrant in question as soon as he had been able to communicate with the law officers of the Crown in that province as to the form in which that document should be framed; the departure from the practice hitherto adopted rendering the form of warrant which has been used on previous occasions of a similar character inapplicable. According to the opinion of the highest legal authority of the colony, the lieutenant governor is not strictly justified in issuing the warrant in question, without being furnished with some evidence of the guilt of the accused parties, and of the fact that they are now in that province, and Mr. Gordon would have been glad if such information could have been furnished him, in order that his action in the matter should be rightly understood. His excellency trusts that, at all events, if you have reason to suppose that the parties accused are now in the province of New Brunswick, you will be good enough to direct the United States consul at St. John to furnish him with sch information as will enable him to secure their apprehension, as his own inquiries, through the police, have been wholly unsuccessful.• It would appear that in the case of the Chesapeake, as in cases of extradition for murder and forgery, the requisition was made by the consul at St. John, supported by evidence, and this requisition was recited in the commencement of the governor's warrant; and, indeed, on one occasion, in 1856, Mr. Gordon's predecessor refused to issue his warrant on account of the insufficiency of the allegations contained in the requisitions. His excellency trusts, therefore, that in acting as he is about to do, you will perceive that he is giving ample proof of his desire to render every possible satisfaction to the government of the United States. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most odedient, humble servant, Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, &c., &c., &c. J. HUME BURNLEY. Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 8, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to enclose a copy of a letter of yesterday, addressed, by command of Major General Dix, by Major Charles O. Joline to Major General J. C. Robinson, commanding northern division of New York, in regard to an organization reported to be progressing at or near Cape Vincent, with a view to a marauding expedition into Canadian territory, as an act of retaliation for that upon St. Albans. I will thank you to advise the Canadian authorities of that project, and that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General have been apprised of the facts, and requested to instruct the officers of the United States subject to their orders to take measures to prevent any such movement. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant, J. HUME BURNLEY, Esq., &c, &c., &c. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Major Joline to Major General Robinson. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST, GENERAL: The commanding general has information that a man named Briggs has been for some time past, and is now, engaged in organizing a body of men at or near Cape Vincent with the avowed object of making a raid upon Kingston, in retaliation for that upon St. Albans. The commanding general directs that you make immediate investigation as to this allegation, and that your utmost efforts be used to prevent the outrage, if the same appears to be contemplated. By command of Major General Dix: Major General J. C. ROBINSON, CHARLES O. JOLINE, Major and A. D. C. Commanding Northern District of New York, Albany. Mr. Burnley to Mr. Seward. WASHINGTON, February 9, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday's date, and of its enclosure, relative to an organization reported to be in progress at or near Cape Vincent, with a view to a marauding expedition into Canadian territory. I beg to return you my thanks for this friendly communication, and to state that I have this day forwarded copies of the same to his excellency the governor general of Canada. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, &c., &c., &c. J. HUME BURNLEY. Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 9, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 7th instant relative to British claims to portions of the cotton found at Savannah. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient, humble servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. J. HUME BURNLEY, Esq., &c., sx., &c. Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 9, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 31st ultimo, presenting to me the views of his excellency the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia in regard to the steps necessary to be taken to obtain the extradition of fugitives in that province, under the tenth article of the treaty of Washington and the act of Parliament for giving it effect. This communication will receive mature deliberation. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. J. HUME BURNLEY, Esq., &c., &c., &c. |