Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-18
From The Richmond Tunes.
PROPERTY LIBFLLED FOR COEFES-
GATHONIN VIRGINIA.


Are we never to see the end Of those
frightful lists Of Hbelled property with
which the Marshall and the Clerk Of the
United States District Court every few
weeks, fiji a supplement of the paper in
this city which enjoys the patronage of
the post Office and the court of cOntisca-
tioB2 are costs 70 he pilsd, like pelion
upon Ossa, upon the heads Of the gen
tlemen of this city, and of Petersburg,
who have already been pardOned2 There
appeared on yesterday four pages Of adj
vertisements Of proceedings against gem
tlemen, nine-tenths Of whom have, we
learn, been long since pardoned hF the
President. Nearly al of them are the
unfortunate gentlemen, a portion of
whose property has already hpen adver-
tised fourteen times, with costs of adVer-
Using accumulating like compound in
terest upon their devoted heads. The
expenses incident 10 all This advertising
IS, We learn paid, NOS lF the Govern
ment, but by those against whose prop
erty proceedings have been taken.
From all that we can learn, the people
Of Virginia have been more harrassed By
coufiscati0n proceedings than those Of
any other State in the Union. A distin-
euished gentleman Of this city heard
from President iOHnsans GwH lips Ian
gUage of strong indignation at the whole
sale cOHtiscatiOn proceedings which have
been instituted against certain classes of
our people. In glancing over tbs EstS Of
thOse whose properly IS stil being pro-
Ceeded against for costs, it would really
appear that every gentleman suspected
Of being worth over twenty Thousand
dollars mas been subjected to the necessity
Of appearing in the District Court and
paying a portion Of his substance in the
shape Of costa.
As the eohiiscation notices are num-
bered as advertised, we perceive that
proceedings in the District Court at this
lace have been instituted agai@st four
hundred aud thirty-AEe distinct pieces of
property.
The costs i'm each of these cases, when
increased 10y the cost Cf advertising the
mOnltlons m libel, may be safely put at
eighty dollars. This will give the sum of
thirty-foUr Thousand eight hundred dol
lars, wrung from this Impoverished peo-
pie for Dusts alone, which are to be actu-
ally paid 10 officers Of the Court This
large sum is paid, for the most part, by
persops much Of whose property has been
rendered uHpr0ductiFe by the great CON
ilagrati0n, and by depreciation in the
value Of stocks against which coniisca-
ti0n proceedings have been instituted.
In the Confiscaticn Supplement-, Just
issued by lne paper in this city which
does that sort Of advertising, we find the
property Of number Of persons adver-
Used, whose pardons have not only foT
months been 2 msttaF uf public notori-
ETY., but who have, we learn, had the fact
of such pardons noted at the Clerks Of
/ fee.
u is among the gentlemen thus circum-
stanced, "a natural cause Of indignant
complaint that they should be saddleO
with the costs Of these advertisements
/ When the fact that they habe been par.
/ dOned has been, in many instances
/ brought officially 10 the notice Of tht
/ proper officials why should many of OW
/ best citizens be taxed fer the profit anC
| advantage 0f a few persons who are 10
/ speak most temperately on the subject
/ not at all more loyal than those who's,
/ money they pocket? From the moment
/ the fact Of 2 pardon is ipads Known {,
/ the officers Of the District Court, they
/ should do all in their power 10 arrestprO
| cetdngs and save the parties from un
necessary expense. Particularly shoull
this be- the case where the praGtiOa o
/ Iibelling was as wholesale and indiscrim
/ mate as it was ia this State.