[779] Sen. Rept., No. 41, Pt. I, pp. 442, 445, 42d Cong., 2d Sess. This estimate is probably too large for both numbers.
[780] “Civil History, Confederate States,” pp. 115, 128.
[781] Sen. Ex. Doc., No. 37, 39th Cong., 2d Sess.
[782] Sen. Ex. Doc., No. 56, 40th Cong., 2d Sess.
[783] Sen. Rept., No. 41, Pt. I, p. 444, 42d Cong., 2d Sess.
[784] After which date confiscation was forbidden by Treasury regulation.
[785] An example of the way charges were piled up: A lot of 448 bales of cotton was seized in Eufaula, Alabama, and shipped to New York, via Appalachicola. The expenses were:—
| Expenses to and at Appalachicola | $24,264.85 | |
| Freight | 4,164.69 | |
| Expenses at New York | 2,500.05 | |
| Information and collecting | 30,893.31 | |
| Total expenses | 61,822.90 | |
| Gross proceeds of sale | 78,352.56 | |
| Net proceeds of sale | 16,529.66 |
Sen. Ex. Doc., No. 23, 43d Cong., 2d Sess.
The following cotton statistics show how the Mobile agents ran up expenses:—