Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-06
Specimen Rebel Claims.

long list of claims presented to the last
Congress. They will show the gen.
eral character of the whole:
A bill to reimburse Essex County, Va,
for loss of its Jail, destroyed by
fire while occupied by United States
troops, appropriates SO, ,020 for that pur-
pose. gr
A bill to pay Louisa Summers $40, $685.
75 for property belonging to her taken
and used by the United States Army near
Annandale, Fairfax County, Va, during
the late war
A bill to pay @. c. Campbell $4,000
for property taken by the United States
Army under Gen. Stoneman.
A bill to pay $65, 900 to William and
Mary College, of Virginia, i" for destruc-
tion of their buildings and other prop.
erty destroyed without authority by dis
orderly soldiers of the United States"
A bill to pay Thomas b. Doe, of Dan
vile, Va, SO, ,200.34 for commissary
and other supplies taken by the soldiers
of the Sixth United States Army Corps.
A bill to pay w. H. Tegarden, of Mis-
sissippi, $12, 2,344 for damage done to his
property by the United States troops.
A bill to pay the county of Randolph,
Va, 81 200 for damages done the Court
House, Jail, clerks office, roads and
bridges during the occupancy by Federal
| troops. ..
A bill to pay Samuel H. Dunscourt, of
Memphis, So, ,236.67 for rent of his cotton
shed and store-house by military author
tiles.
A bill to pay Georgetta E. Welkinson,
of Nashville, $5, COO" on account of prop
erty used IN the construction of defenses
of Nashville"
A bill to pay Ann P. James $12, 900 for
the occupation and use of her property
by the army under Gen. Rosecrans.
A bill to pay John E. Baurran, of Rock
City Mills, Nashville, Tenn, SIC, ,302 .16
for the use and occupation of his mills
by the United States authorities.
A bill to pay Robertson Popps and
William L. Vance for 100 bales of cot
ton ESTIMATED value $50,O0O) seized
by the United States Army on the Yazoo
River, 1864.
A bill to pay j. NJ Bragg and others
in Tennessee $6,65O for supplies taken
by the Federal armies.
A bill to pay Andrew Morrison $4, 645
on account of property used by the Unit
ed States.
A bill to pay John T. Station, of Mem
phis, SIS, 236.67 for use of cotton sh ed
by the United States Army.
A bill to pay Ann E. Connell $40, ,S16.-
81 for buildings and material used and
destroyed by United States military
authorities at Memphis.
A bill to pay James and William White
for ninety-siX bales of cotton, taken in
1864 ESTIMATED value $45, ,000).
A bill to pay Peter Targurana $103, TAO
in payment for two steamboats, taken by
officers of the United States Government
| after the close of the war.
A bill to pay W. B. Hamlin, of Mem
phis, $36, 200, in full payment for prop
erty destroyed in Lee County, Ark, by
Federal troops.
A bill to pay W. W. Waggoner $12, 410
for certain Quartermaster stores taken
from him by United States troops at
Wills Point, Tenn.
a bill to pay Lucia Jameson, of Mem
phis, 81, $50 for rent of storehouse occu-
pied by United States authorities during
the war
A bill to pay the financial agent of Da-
wilson County, Tenn, the sum of $780,
41645 in full settlement of claim of said
county on account of the occupancy by
United States troops of the county Court
House.
A bill to pay Harriet B. Fulton, of Bibb
County, Ca, the sum of $24, ,750 for
horses, mules, cattle, ETC., taken by
United States troops.
A bill to pay John A. Richardson, of
Fayette County, Ga, $4,000 for prop
| erty taken and destroyed at Atlanta, Ca,
by United States troops.
A bill to pay Joseph R. Shannon, of
Louisiana, $4,000 for the use of the
steamer Shannon while employed in the
military service of the United States.
A bill to pay Reuben S. Jones, of Mem
phis, $1S, ,492.50. (No purposes stated }
"A bill to pay Amalie II. Smith 81, 602
for fuel, cattle and hogs taken from her
by the army of the United States in 1862
and 1868.
A bill to pay $4,000 to Davidson
County, n. c., on account of the destruc-
tion by fire of the Court-Hous while oc-
cupied by United States troops.
A bill to pay Sylvanus Sanford, of Cass
County, Tex, with interest since 1862,
the sum of $40, 709. Is for seven hogs
heads of granulated sugar taken by
United States military authority.
A bill to pay Jacob Kaufman $11, $50
for goods and stores taken from him by
the rebel Gen. Morgan.
A bill to pay o. Perry $50 ,677 for wood
and lumber taken and used by the mill
tary authorities of the United States.
A bill to pay John NJ. Elder, of Ken
lucky, $14 ,962. so for fifty.three bales of
cotton destroyed by the United States
Army in the late rebellion, in Talbot
County, Ga.
A bill to pay William Morrison, of
Lexington, Mo, $4,000 for foundry,
stock, supplies, fixtures, etc., burned
and destroyed by order of Gen. Merrill,
Dec. %, 1861.
A bill to pay Joseph c. Schaller, of
Little Rock, $3,264 for cattle and sheep
taken by Union soldiers.
Some bills of general nature now be-
fore the committees of the House are of
still more Importance. House bill No.
3, 145 provides for the Tefunding to GER
tain Southern States of nearly $2,500,.
600 direct war tax paid by them. Twenty
millions were levied on the whole United
States and apportioned among the sew
eral States, a large proportion of the
amount falling on the Northern States.
These paid their share in full The
South has only paid half and now asks
to have that restored House bill No.
232 provides for refunding the tax paid
on raw cotton, levied from 1868 to 1868
under the revenue laws, amounting to
over sos, 100000. House bill No. 1894
directs the allowance of compensation
for the use and occupation of property
by the United States during the war, and
House bill No. 553 provides for payment
for stores and supplies taken or fur
nished for the army Of the United States,
including the use and loss of vessels and
boats. Neither of these bills discrimi-
mates against disloyalty, loyal and rebel
persons standing on the same footing.
The amount that can be claimed and
awarded under these last two bills is in
definite.
Tilden's Patriotism.