Show f DEF ITE ASSETS tho the new york ff zd ot of the ibo iila bu ban ion gald or 0 of 1 mr 1 1 milton ild age agar U lio to bare 10 aerated c y 0 1 ed pretty much ca all of him bli time and ad attention since the wr war to tracing the th property owned by the iho confederate government at the close of tho the rebellion aad lu its ve value ili e iio he has bu from time ilia to time lod contracts with the iho treasury department for th alio recovery ery of much of th erlo acl eta u 4 lie he claimed bal r get but there Is ile go men rd of him bli attl g say oy money on OB t hem in lot however ho be bd bad a contract lilt mr clr united C bcd minister to mr united flatea t titanium abo nime to 0 o certain property lid wt bit to work buto but found und that toe the arm uy ury department tid bad cut oter or E P brasher so it 11 agent acot to mover Co comoder noder at te property properly in ID europe with braider there also appeared latin iquio F redfield a C of the tb bolted stoic 8 totem and nd HB B titus ft a treasury agnot at L abes ve claimed to supersede ager having their authority lul bority direct from fro the ury department while his bl wu weak only from of tho the Dopart meat of state ater after gave way accordingly bud nd this triple commission collected of confederate meuy of which they turned into th ill united states slate Tr emourY but bul claiming that the iho other bad had been tho the of collection but ater now claims that this oil um wu wait col iwa on 0 evidence video furnished by him and nd that tbt he h wr was none paid tent for it 11 no he then retarded reta raed to the united state and nd climar to liet road reo lution by congress authorizing tile S 86 colty of the iho to make inake for tho the recovery cOTtry rc of at C ti properly abo brasher contract acl mail arilo tho without direct of law under w his resolution john jobo N wu WAS gina a contract to recover tho the frig to bout at copenhagen for the confederate government or its lt value put at no iio rot got nothing then agar under wait took to get a contract but boutwell then thea secretary of the treasury would not treat with him note bo be would ont on place all of his bit information at tho the disposal of tho the department this ho be calamity do elined todo to do brator ft co tho the london agent of the confederacy adt of a to amer america la in fe breary IS to settle with tb ihl govern meat 11 they might bo under to their cited states for properly to ID their to its by reason or of their london agency for tho defunct confederacy william agar brother of filoon heretofore referred to I 1 seat boutwell B twill a me memorandum mo showing the london firm to 10 bare beon been tho the reci picot of robel rebel prop erty to lo uio the amount of and the the same firm would old deed properly prope fly in co jumble and 3 C bod and au all gunts pu slAG go which wu samen cit at WO DW this would have amply einred the iho P mant of the bolo claim against that linn tl but the agers wore not dot la in bout tolls confidence and hoi he Is claimed to bare pt nettled tad wi with it the or on tho the py pay lay by hem off 90 okio perhaps bout well ela thought the property la in tile the damo damn or of that firm to in tho the south bad been put la in that shape by private parties to prevent tho the dreaded confiscation by the united state stake 1 la augast isn I 1 wilson agar filled with Secretary sherman certain eclied ule nice which ho he W ten yun before made oat and fillod kith mr Nicol nicolay ayin in part andar and mr Cen consul al loudon london mr sherman authorized him to lo collect such confederate property Pr and kam far him a contract the term of which term not dot been this contract tx in september iba but acor does doc not appear to have bare recovered anything under no dorit it and ir hi 4 et e T epics should h liam ivo fielded but bul deeper per cent to the IT masury as Bruh Dra ahr mrs may oy ery did perhaps it Is AS 04 well it be ba got noth nothing lg this pear to be b the whole ahle ory of tho the attempt of e t alio ito govern me mant at to ive property properly mines loce I 1 aba vr from tho agor standpoint L r rt would be well if fr secretary yot would give the iho government cinc a of the iha negotiations the property which ater claim to have traced la in europe Is IE specific to la thirty two items amounting to 20 the item my may bo be arranged la in the following money t r I 1 n wa old P c d alm sure and i u cotton sold old a lter t 1 l the war OU ordnance ammunition and ma chy booko 21 WO cark mai i of afos acs elm el pottage ato ps in a book bank boco total the tb lut last item I 1 if of courts wholly with out role in 1 america agar after makes make six lz specified or votes which may thus thu be riven given iron works londo londi machine shape bop ind retired stormon rod a cotton collon total liti ili disk 9 grand total in E europe OP and nd amerlia arl A rl of this to ta a win lum well worth recovering kod bud 1 if mr la Is a trusty mm an la in his fig to t there hero ought to bo be so omo a way of getting at the property pro porty or its iti proceed one on of bit bl to it Is that two iron iran rams were built by laird A t co ca I 1 who got their pay from the confederacy but bat their delivery hiving having been prohibited they wore at the close of the rebellion sold to the BrILI olk GOT ernt nent lor it item it cor net it should bould be b cully costly trued and the brub government hall no more mom right to the those vessels than a person ban baa to ft a home borao which ill bo be hu has bought of a thief it about 4 accordingly account count ftc for them TIK the money la in europe europ la is said to bo be deposited in ia banks baij la in vienna brusseler Brus sele frankfort on oa the main amsterdam paris and ad loudon doa it if our secretary of state would take tak the to wk it 14 it dot at doubt tate stati incites would old bo be required by tho the homo home covern meaLs from them banks which would wool it how hoir the tha facts in tho the came but deoly it Is time at t ahti Is dy day to go jy to work to whatever me can be hid had on those accounts account or elo ela for over ever top stop about them AJ id the avorlean part of 0 tho the confederate assets oo no doubt that I 1 Is gone put recoil recall somo lilt WAR waa realized at tho the close of the ante ar on oa captured property I 1 but botu to the cot col too wherever it wu was found it never dover locked I a private claims t end aad DOU one waa ad itta to belong to the defunct gobern deot eat tho the railroads wore were all 11 II the tha property of company and so as far aa anything lg to the nation nallon they received rec elied ived for nothing test quantities of roiling which had bad been talkea from north northera era roods made and died by tho the makey anny during t tho be war the iran works foundries ote ate had bad only weak been need by tha confederacy riol not owned by it and title to it ita lead land laid never derer be mado foods oat oal we wa should hould thoro be inclined to think mr ager age mistaken to thinking that be made of these american assets of the but it Is ift only fair tu to add that thai be Is very explicit I 1 in his bl ope claca flout not dot only u a to the it kerne themselves but alo la in designating how and whom where the proof eta can be had of title and ad identity |