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n, Tobacco, and other Property, when the same shall be about to fall into the hands of the enemy. The Congress of the Confederates States do enact, That it shall be the duty of all military commanders in the service of the Confederate States, to destroy all cotton, tobacco, or other property that may be useful to the enemy, if the same cannot be safely removed, whenever, in their judgment, the said cotton, tobacco, and other property is about to fall into the hands of the enemy. Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, offered a resolution instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill for the compensation of all loyal citizens whose cotton, tobacco, and other property may be destroyed by the military or by themselves, to prevent its falling into the hands of the enemy. The resolution was agreed to — year 61, noes 19. Mr. Swan, from the Military Committee, reported a bill for the regulation of passports, as a su