The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-07

York since the war without dollar and
IS now worth Sl0,OOO,OOO: Commodore
Vanderbilt, whose wife was Miss Craw-
ford, of Mobile, Ala, and William
x. Vanderbilt. who married a Miss
Smith, from that city and state. Mrs Com
modore Garrison claims ST. Louis as
her home; Mrs. Van Auken is a Kentuck-
ian; DIR. Octavius W. White. of South
Carolia, married Miss Chanler, a grand
daughter of Jacob Aston; Miss Wilson, OF
Tennessee. is now Mrs. Ogden Goelet
Andrew Carnegie found his wife in
Washington; John Stevens and Henry
ClSws married Virginia women; Bentley
Hazel. of South Carolina, the very rich
Miss Jones, of New York the late presi-
dent ArthUrs wife was Miss Herndon of
Virginia; Miss Potter married Clarence
Cary, of Virginia; MIR. Roosevelt married
Miss Bullock. of Savannah In many OF
the trades and mercantile pursuits the
southern man finds himself not far be
hmd his energetic northern brother
Many who came north directly after the
war. with no other capital than willing
hands and wits sharpeued by necessity,
are themselves to-day possessed of a COM
potency, the result of energy well applied
The division of abandoned lands and
property IN the United States treasury Of
Washington is in itself one great rom
ance. Its history is fuller of the marvel
Gus than anything ever written. There
are $4,000 600 in its charge belonging to
people in the south alone During and at
the close of the war there was valuable
property of all sorts which fell into the
hands at army officers, and was turned
into the United States treasury Over
$4,000, 900 of the money changed to that
bureau is the proceeds of cotton taken for
the war from plantations all over the
south and sold. The money it brought
was turned in, as has been told. The
amount became so great that MIR. Chase
then secretary, created a division that
should have special charge of all
this sort of thing. There is
one instance in which $4,000 worth OF
cotton was taken from far south estate,
when cotton was worth about $500 bale,
and sent to New York. where il was sold
The persons TO whom il belonged were
not rebels, but loyalsts. They have not
an idea where their cotton went to.
Their names We're on the bales. and il
would not be difficult for them to make
case if they knew what to 10. But il
has been nearly Twenty-Five years since
the money was deposited. Whether any
OF them are living or not it is impossible
now to say. II is hardly probable that
they viii ever get what is really theirs.
All the testimony relating TO the case is
in the possession of the government The
agent who took the cotton and the one
eI's would not be able to make their case
without some rroof, which they haven't
got.
There are other instances similar to
this. In 1868 the treasury received Sl09-
600 from government agent for cotton
taken from foreigner. supposed to have
been.a blockade runner in one of the sea
port towns of the south. Secretary Chase,
when he heard the circumstances of the
case. said This money is only held in
trust by the government, and some day
we shall be obliged to account for it, for
the United States really has no right to
keep it But no demand was ever made
on the treasury for it. IL is doubtful if
the owner ever knew just where it went
When the union army under Gen. ShCr-
man occupied the South Atlantic sea
board towns, the cOnfedcrates used 20 de-
StrOy all the cotton, if possible, before
they surrendered, and millions of dollars
worth was burned in order to keep il from
falling into union hands. The owners did
not know what WAS burned and what was
saved. The books that were captured
showed that John Jones, for instance
who was a merchant, had 50 many hun
dred bales, marked in such a way The
bales not burned could easily be identi-
fled by the marks on them In many in
stances all the books containing the own
ers names were forwarded to the treas
ury department. with other papers relat-
ing to the capture. Where they are but
few know, but they are somewhere in the
treasury vaults.
Not knowing when the claimants might
make a demand on the treasury for the
proceeds Of their cotton, the money was
never used, but remains untouched in a
fund by itself. But it has been so long
ago. and the testimony necessary to make
a case that would be valid. being. in many
instances. unattainable by the owners, il
not probable that any great portion Of
this enormous amount Of money will ever
leave the treasury