Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-02-03
Southern Claims.

losses inflicted during the war.
That the alleged damages are
literally estimated, in some Ca
ses, is probable; but, f the
same, or similar,petitions for in
demnity had been presented
from Northern constituencies,
it is not likely that any formid-
able opposition would have
been made by that paper.
We copy some of the items
from the Commercial
Mr.. Benjamin Wilson, ef
West Virginia, asks that th
Secretary of the Treasury be
directed to pay the sum of
100000, to idemnify the State
of West Virginia for the des-
truction of a turnpike road, and
bridges thereon, from Fair
mount to Gauley Bridge, by
the transportation over the same
of armies and supplies, by the
| authorities Of the United States
during the late war.
Then comes Mr.. Whitthorne.
of Tennessee, who brings in a
bill for the relief Of that State
claiming the value of all rail
way material removed by the
United States Government from
the railroads of Tennessee du.
ring its occupancy by Sherman's
and other armies. The amount
of this claim is not quite clear,
but adding together the vari-
Gus sums of which it claims to
be composed, we make it out to
be about 100000.
Mr.. Gcode, of Virginia, pro-
poses that the Treasury shall
pay to the College of William
and Mary, located at Williams
burg, the sum of $4,000 out of
any moneys in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for
the destruction Of those build
ings without authority, by dis
orderly soldiers of the United
States during the late war.
Mr.. Scales, Of North Carroll
ma, asks for $4,000 to pay for
the courthouse Of Lexington,
North Carolina, destroyed by
fire while occupied by United
States soldiers in 1865.
Senator Merrimon, in behalf
of North Carolina, wants the
net proceeds from the Treasury
of five hundred bales Of Cotton
seized by the Treasury agents
| in 1865 and 1866.
Mr.. Faulkner, of West Vir-
ginia, desires to have $4,000
for the county of Randolph, in
his State, for damage done to
the courthouse, road and bridges
during its occupancy by the
Federal troops.
Mr.. Durham, of Kentucky,
asks fer $10,325 for the Madi-
son Female Academy, at Rich
mond, Kentucky, to pay said
institution for use and damage
done by the Union army du-
ring the war.
Mr.. Bright, of Tennessee,
asks, by his bill, for the sum of
$4,000 out Of the Treasury, to
pay for the use of the Prcsby-
terian Church in Murfreesboro,
the materials Of which were
used for the protection of sick
and wounded Union soldiers in
1868.
Mr.. Walsh, of Maryland,
wants the Secretary Of the
Treasury directed to pay the
sum of 100000 to the Mayor
and Common Council of Fred
erick; and for what? To make
good to that city the demand
and requisition made by Gener-
al Jubal e. Early, of the Con-
federate army, who levied a
forced loan of 100000 from
said city during General Lees
Invasion Of Maryland in Penn
sylvania, in 1864. The $780,
900, it appears, has grown in
eleven years to 100000, which
is a way that such bills frequent
iy have.
Among the strictly private
bills, Mr.. Atkins, Of Tennessee,
proposes to recover from the
Treasury certain assessments of
money levied and paid over to
! t United States authorities
iby Colonel j. w. >Harnev, COM