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inr.rr the south has lost.Msiltliew F. Maury, ex-iJirrcfor of the National Observatory at Washington, ex-Rebel anil present coimtr/.er in Mexico, i-s now in Paris engaged in petitioning the Rebel ^yuijKitInz^rrf in England and Kr«no« I lor tin* relief of destitute Southerners. II' j lias written a tlir*»e-i‘ihinin letter to the* j Condon Nurnhig Hvrahi^ in which in* gives j the following fstimatc of the losses ol the islt; ]South caused by the war ; jvit estimate the amount of the pecuniary jlosses incurred by tbe people of the Southern jConfederacy, in tli« late attempt at imie- \pemh*nce, to be not less than *^7/100,000,000 • (seven thousand mhiiuns of dollars) viz : jI *y emsmripat on. .... 6 h000.000,1100 •Kxjtenses m the war....... 000.000,000 ;I esiructii»n of the piivatc ;properly....... 1,000,000.000 ;Additional tixatiun imposed !»y the victor for pay- jwent, nf Federal war debt, isay S 10,000 000 per an- imini, e jiUii to *tx pet' e* ui. jinterest un.............. 1,000,000,000 «Total............. 5*7.000,000,000“This lass falls upon less thm tight mil- • linns » f whites, who have, iinnoc r, in addition, to contribute largely towards the ; support of the four millions of blacks who have been suddenly term d loose am*.*ng , •hem. and who, for tlte present at leas*, are incapable of earing for themselves. ,‘•This ^7/100,000,000 nf money was the accumulate I w- nllh of eenturb s : it constituted neady the whole industrial plant and capita] ol the South/*—(American paper.)
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Mexican Times
Mexico, New Mexico, US
Sat, May 26, 1866
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