Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-28
CoNFEDERArE PROPERTY.
Millions OF 10 said % be In Existence.
sonE OF WHICH A TREASURY AsESr THINKS THI
UNITED STATES NIGHT KxcovEk.


In response TO senate inquiry as to property 20
which the United States has valid claim, but
which Is held In adverse possession the secretary
Of the Treasury sent 20 that body yesterday the
report OF Il B. Littepage recently an agent OF the
Treasury. Lttepage was In the service OF the
Confsoeracy, and says the Confederate ship Texas
otherwise the Pampeiro was built at glasgow Is
q No. sloop-of-war, and was 20 have received her
armament ana equipment while lying Oh the
coast OF England The Confederate government
paid q, 100000 Tor the vessel, and Capt Henry
Sinclair superintendent the construction. The
Texas started 70 sea, but having been reported as
aConfederate cruiser was seized Capt sinclair,
rather than carry her through the courts, secured
her release by guaranteeing that she should not
so into the hands OF the Confederacy until they
should be entitled 70 have her. lie then chartered
iederacy collapsed. she A was sailing Under the
same charter. He adds that this vessel was fully
paid for by the Confederate government and
valuable, and is now trading between Edinburgh
and Copenhagen.
FLYING TUE BRITISH FLAG.
He adds that there are several other Clyde-built
steamers constructed by the Confederate govern
ment similarly disposed OF by their agents or cap
tains which should now belong TO the United
States There were also two powerful rams, built
oy Laird a Co. on the Mersey, ostensibly for the
Chlnese government, but inspected and tested by
confederate ofncers- They were he says seized
by the British authorities and were 1nally dis
posed OF by the Confederate agents In charge, and
are now IN the BRUSH navy, having recently been
Ash nag. Mr.. Liytepage also SPEAKS OF certain
powerful Clyde-bult steamers and rams built In
that two new Clyde-built steamers the City Of
Petersburg ana the Old Dominion, which were
built for the Confederate government and paid for
by IL are now running between Liverpool and
Dublin.
AN TTENrzED STATEMENT.
He nles an itemized statement OF Confederate
properties uncovered by the United states Gov
ernment but which, he thinks. might have been
recovered had proper steps been taken, and large
amount OF which, he says, may yet be recovered
The properties include specie. cotton, army ana
navy equipments ana stores In hands OF Frazer,
Trenholm Co. and their agents, ABOUT 81, 200 600;
proceeds or eight steamers, RaveLpurg, city OF
Richmond, Whisper, Abigail, Florence, Louisa,
Wallace, Eugene and Ptarmagan, purchased since
original cost Sss5, 600; Confederate government
money In the hands OF a well-known Confe1er-
ate agent In Paris $685., 100; Danish frigste,
under the control OF London and Copenbagen
bankers cost 81 400 ooo proceeds OF steamers Cy-
clone and Tornado, and other property In the
hands OF the contractor, 100000; proceeds OF the
Rappahannock, sold since Rebellion by United
States consul at Liverpool ana purchased again
With Confederate money, $1,000: proceeds OF
steamers Palmision and Alexandria, In lie hands
Oh London Confederate agents, cost 100000;
steamers Rattlesnake and Mary Augusta,
under control OF London shipbuiider, cost
$3l20 900; steamer Harriet PInckney, or pro-
ceeds, consigned TO commission m rchants IN
London, and 10y them secured for $4,000; Old Do
minion and CITY OF Petersburg, consigned 20 steam
Navigation Co, Liverpool cost $50 900; proceeds
or steamers Wlerbrendra and Myyern aud Scor-
pion original cost 1890, 900; two sets Of Enfi Id
rlf1e machinery, $4,000; seven tons OF bar silver.
worth $2S3 1873; eighty chonometers, spells OF the
Florida and Alabama, estimated at 10000; rified
cannon machinery, Ia hands OF responsible parties
In London, cost 81, 100000; the Ruby RoOine. Pen
gum, OWL and LARK, consigned TO Frazier, Trenholm
Co.. $3.50, 900; cotton shipped 10 Frazier, Trenholm
Co, or order, since The rebellion, worth by
shippers estimate $3,000,0oO; sixteen cases OF
specie IN hands OF a confederate agent at st.
Georges, Bermuda, value not known; money and
confederate machinery In the hands OF a confeder-
ate agent $3.50, 900; iron works In scotland, $500,
600; the original contract between the confederate
bankers at Paris: money deposited TO the credit OF
the confederate government In Vienna, Brussels,
FrankIort-on-the-Maln, Amsterdam, Paris, and
London, amounting, as can be shown, 10 81, ooo,-
700.
THE PROPERTY IN TEE UNITED STATES
consists OF iron works ana lands, together with
Touring mills, machine shops, foundries and rail-.
roads In Marion and Davis Counties, Texas, cost
TO the Confederate government $1,000, 900; Con.
federate mineral lands and iron works an Northern
Alabama, estimated at 81, 100000; two steamers
and proceeds OF 400 baies OF cotton, together
with other goods In and around Memphis, estl-
mated at 81 600 600; property not described, tut
alleged by a responsible party In Baltimore 10 be
worth &1,0O0,0O0; railroads, railroad IRON and
saw mills and warehouses and merchandise In
store all In Alabama; cotton that belonged 10 the
Confederate government shipped from Browns
vile, Galveston, and Matamoras, amounting to
many millions OF dollars since the termination OF