The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-24
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READ AND REFLECT.

The following bill was introduced BY
II T, Riddle, representative from the
Fop,tb Di.tric: Of Tennessee, in the
uon.o Of Representatives, February %,
i:-s +, was read twice, referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, ordered to
h printed, and can be taken up and
n,,.ed whenever the Democracy get full
control Of the several branches OF the
government
A ELL
Directing compensation to be allowed
1.-THE ~, the nae and occupation OF prop.
s NJ by the United States army dur
inE the late War.
r. Il enacted BY the Senate and HoaSe Of
ps,,Sntliirt, Of liz United States Of Amer-
n CoTmeg as,tabled, That the Secre'
Wv If War be, and he is hereby author
IA 10 al,ar reasonable compensation 10 ALL
CITIZENS Of b. United States FOR THE
r.E ASp occrPATloS OF THEIR PROPERTY
sy Tug UNITED STATES ARMY, or any
mar, thereof, during the late Civil War,
+ the same manner and under the same
regulations "a compensation is now al
lo8ed for Quartermasters stores used BY
mid army; Proridei horerer, That the
,IEdayi, Of the claimant, supported by
The competent testimony Of any repnta.
be ci.i,en, SHALL BE SUFFICIENT,
PROOF TO ESTABLISH THE FACT
ar THE rsE AND OCCUPATION OF SUCH
PROPERTY BY sA,u ARMY. But it ia not
The intention Of this act to limit the par
ties 10 the amount OF proof herein specl-
fed, BIT, other and additional testimony
NAV be taken to establih the fact OF the
use and occupation, and the rental value
Of the property occupied.
REMARKS.
The foregoing bill and another intro
Iuced by Mr.. Wiltshire, Of Arkansas, and
equally sweeping in its provisions, are in
tended to embrace all claims for property
q; supplies Of every character used or de.
..royed by the immense army Of the
Union, which during four years marched
and encamped upon Southern soil. Their
estimated aggregates are immense, 81
4lO,S26,OOO! But the vast and ruinous
schemes Of plumber proposed under these
bills are Srertly increased by the aggre-
gates Of other schemes oflike character
lllproposed by the Confederate Democra.
Cy at the last session, and all for the ben
cit Of disloyal persons debarred under
our pveseu. laws from relief before the
Southern Claims Commission-such as
the bill OF Mr.. Scales, Of North Carolina,
III. +. Sl45,l to refund to the disloyal
Sates the direct tax collected under the
&c, Of August 5, 1861, amounting to 81
$780, such as Fl. r. 49,, proposing to
he cotton planter the tax levied on raw
coiton during ,ths years 1866, 1866, and
1857, amounting to S6SyO72,OsS; such
the relief bills in special cases
Oue hundred and forty.one in number
introduced in the House at the
last session, as the proposition Of Mr.,
Johnston, Of Virginia, covering the claims
Of Two hundred and six citizens Of Lou
don county, Virginia, and that Of Mr.
Ierrimon, Of North Carolina, in the Sem
ate, for the repeal OF section $3.50 OF the
Revised Statutes for the benefit OF claim
auu to sums accruing prior to April 10,
1861, but who forfeited their claims by
their acts Of rebellion, and all amount
ing to s., Isl, 4O7. Such as the bills to
the extent Of 100000 introduced by the
PRESENT West Virginia delegation in the
House for payment for damage done to
certain pixies, roads, churches, &c, in
West Virginia. To recapitulate
Rounding direct tax under Law Of 1861 8. GO, 10
SPrcial relief bllls...... 2,lSlItyI
ksiundinR cnttnn taX.,,,........,,..,. 6s,0T2 US
Property and Iuppllea dauOye CT used ,, 40 g26,OOO
s!,4a,?n. ISL
Or in round numbers an amount equal
to the national debt at the close OF the re.
bellion. And these are but moiety Of
what will awaken into life and contest in
the event Of Tildens election.