The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-03
Confederate Claims.

Confederate Claims.
The amendment to the United States
Constitution which provides that neither
n. Federal Government nor any State
Ci,y.rnment shall assume or pay any
J.b, incurred in aid Of an insnrFection
., REBELLION against the United States,
vill never hinder the payment OF claims
far damages sustained by reason OF the
INVASION Of the South and the consequent
Distraction Of property in that section.
Tbe,uendment referred to las the Wheel
ing Rgsg should well know refers
to an entirely different class Of claims,
yr-lhe payment Of the bonds or any
obligations issued in aid OF the rebellion
b, any State, city, town or corporation
=, the South. The claims for damages
done by our army, for supplies taken for
ip use, for the occupancy Of churches,
private houses, &c., is another affair en-
,i,ely. These latter are the claims that
hare already found their way into Con.
re.s. We will illustrate the whole class
by reference to few OF them, as they ap-
pear upon the Congressional recOrds:'
aBy Mr.. Durham, OF Kentucky-A
MI n nav Madison Female Academy
;lO,325 for damage done said institution
BY Union troops.
'"By Mr.. Bright, Of Tennessee-A bill
to pay the Presbyterian Church OF Muir
Ireesboro, Tennessee, $40, 900, said church
having been used as q hospital for sick ant
wounded Union soldiers.
"By Mr.. House, OF Tennessee--A bill
10 pay Mrs. Sarah A. Turner Sl2, 400 for
damage done to her property at her home
in Rutherford county, Tennessee.
"By Mr.. Bright, Of Tennessee-A bill
to pay Thos. Hoard S5S,905 for supplies
taken and used by the army oil the United
State. from the farm Of said Hoard (the
battle-ground Of Stone River, near Muir
lreeab0rO, Tennessee.
"A bill to pay Mrs. E. W. F. Cheevis
Sl5SO5, iorptoperty taken from her plan.
tation BY the army under command OF
General n. +. Banks.
a bill to pay Joseph G. SChaller, Of
Little Dock, S3,26i, for cattle and sheep
taken BY Union soldiers.
"A bill to pay Nicholas White $4,000,
for the use and occupancy OF his property
atNeWpOrtNews, Virginia, by the United
SIates army.
@AbiII to pay James Millinger sl0,-
S93 70, for the use and destruction OF his
property at Nashville, Tennessee.
+Abill to pay Mary J. Josling and La
yiuil Scott $4,000, for their mill, woolen
factory and dwelling, destroyed by Union
soldiers under military orders.
4Abill to pay the financial agent OF
Dlvid'on county, Tennessee, the sum Of
&4I6 IS, in full settlement OF claim OF
Hid county on account Of occupancy by
the United States troops Of the county
Court House."
The foregoing belong 10 the class Of
Claims to which Mr.. Blaine referred in
hi, speech at Warren, Ohio, the other
day, when, in the course Of his remarks
hsmlle the following statement:
And now, gentlemen, more startling
than anything else, on Thursday Of lasi
week there was a decision rendered in
the city Of Portland, State OF Maine, in
The United States Circuit Court Judge
Nathan Clifford presiding, with Daniel
Clark, District Judge OF New Hampshire
sitting with him-and l want the atten
ton Of the lawyers again-coniirming th'
Judgment obtained, against Neal Dow, o
The 18th Maine Regiment in Louisiana
gTing judgment to the rebel against Dow
Rronally for the sugar seized on hi
PLiutation by ioraging party from hi
'sinent. They were out foraging ant
<ilsd some sugar, and the man sued fol
l. and Dow said, "It you are lOya
nan We will give you receipt, and you
will easily get your pay for it" Now The
'ugar was used, and a large part oil II
'eat to the hospitals. Dow says, "If you
Eill show me your loyalty, will give
you areceip.," and he declined to do II and
got judgment in Louisiana court. The
7. S. Circuit Court at Portland con-
htmsd that judgment and ordered exc
cutiou to issue for Sl,750. That being
80, say, gentlemen,wilt Il not enable
the man that owned the field at Appomat-
tox TO collect ground rent from Grant Tor
The occupancy Of it ard destruction OF
!dstsnces and crops? There has never
ben so menacing cloud as this hanging
G'', free people. More than that, this
decision was warmly dissen,ed from by
!udge Clark, Of New Hampshire. He
'" brought up in the true faith, but the
sapfeme Court overruled him in the per-
,on Of Clifford. Clifford is an ingram,
a9nEFy Democrat, double dyed and twist.
%, dyed in the wool, and coarse wool at
NAT Much laughter.l And in my
Judgment, he has carried that case for
sget years and never offered that decision
Taal he in his ignorance believed in a
'e@oc'a'ic triumph.