Daily Kennebec journal., 1876-02-12
CONFEDERATE CLAIMS.

we noticed tue Otner uay Tue ueieuee
by Mr.. Singleton of the South in regard te
statements that'the -Confederates were
making ready for extensive plunder ofthe
national treasury. 1t will be--recollec;ed
that while he passed by the mass of minor
claims being pressed upon the attention
of Congress, he avowed that there were
three schemes which the South would in-
sist upon. the aggregate expense OF which
would be enormous were they carried out.
Since that article was published the Chica-
go Tribune has presented the following
additional samples of claims which are
worthy OF attention.
To remove distractions in Mississippi
river, between ST. Louis and Cairo S30O0OO
vile to Breyard 100 900
To erect federal building at Dsnvie,
Va. 30,UOV
To improve the passage between Fernan-
dina and the St. Johns river, Florida 50,0Oo
To provide federal building =, Jack
sonville, Fla. 3o,ooo
To pui chase site for q federal building
al baltimore 100000
To provide a federal building at Little
Rock, Ark. IAN additional appropria-
tion) loO,ooo
To maintain a mint and assay Office at .oo
New Orleans lO0,OOV
To provide q federal building at Beau
fort. Sc $4,000
To improve Matopany and Pamunkey 1890
rivers. Virginia 52,ooo
To repair and rebuild levees on Missis-
sippi river in Missouri, Arkansas, Mis-
sissppi, and Louisiana 100000
To improve bayou Lafourche, Louisi- .o
ana l0,0OO
To improve New river. West Va. 250,oOo
To build q bridge across the Potomac at
Three Sisters Islands 10000
To improve the Costanula and Coosawat-
tee rivers, Georgia l3,O00
To improve Chattahoochee and Flint
rivers, Georgia $4,000
To remove obstructions in Red river 10000
To construct federal building at St.
Louis ian additional appropriatiou) 10000
To improve the Cumberland river, Ken
tncky 800 900
To improve the Big Sandy river, Ken ~. ooo
lucky lOo,OOO
To remove bar in Arkansas nver at Fort
smith 25.ooO
To improve Neches river, Texas 26,00o
To improve Cumberland river ct Nash
vile, Tenn. 25o,ooO
To improve French Broad, Clnch, EN-.
ory. and Little Tennessee rivers, Ten
nessee oo0Ju
To purchase additional cusom-house
ground at Nashville. Tenn. SOC
To improve Missouri river from ST.
Charles to its mouth 10000
To improve Usage river, Missouri l50,OO(
To make a Typographical survey OF chan.
nels, bavous, and passes Of the Missis-
sippi river ,oot
To improve the James river 3o0,O0(
Nc. 100, ,o0(
To improve Red river at Tones bayou 50.00t
To improve Smiths shoals, Cumberland
rivcr Kentucky Io,0o'
eota Toxa for dafa ha
frontiers from 1855 to 1861 (besides in
terest on the amount) 1864,
To erect federal buildings at Memphis l,0O0,0ot
To continue work on ship canal in Gal
weston bay and to remove obstructions
at San Jacinto, Texas 2o5, ,0o
To complete custom-house at Parkers-
burg, WV 1856, 5,O0'
To pay for building belonging to Col.
Williams, Chillicothe, Mo-, destroyed
by FIRE, occupied by federal troops dur
ing the war J,0O'
To paw Protestant orphan asylum at
Natchez for damage done during the
war l0,00t
Here are 50, ,565,9l7 asked for; an(
granting that some Of tie river improve
ments are legitimate. and that a few fed
eral buildings may be needed in the south
the great mass Of demands is put forward
vulture-like to gobbe up the earnings o.
the north and west The mos. impuden
claim is that of Texas spectators for de-
Tending the frontier from l855-G1, during
the rule of Frank Pierce and James Blu
chanan. If those democratic President.
failed to do their duty to the south, it was
never found out in the time of it.
Without taking into account the 500,
600, 900 subsidy 10 Tom SCOTS Southern
Pacific railroad, or the refunding Of $40,
000, 900 cotton-tax TO a ring of specua
tors who hold the receipts, or the placing
of rebel soldiers on the pension rolls, a.
proposed in other bills not enumerate,
above, or the swarm Qike lice in Egypt
confederate personal claims for mule
driven off or chickens eaten up in tn
south while she was putting her last maj
in the ranks of treason, the Tribune think
that the confederates are very earnestl
making up for lost time while they ha