New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-26
Tie Warrington Tnion and the Secretary Of
the Interior.

O.. one hundred an ninety thcussud dollars as in-
,erest upon a. cd Reyo 1,ioasry claim Az winch
Il to UD,on is 70 be credited. had been rcccfsl
oya,q and og7ia BY preriols ADMINISTRATIONS On
occovHt # their unf1n1ed and frGpdvlelt eiqrqc
tcr. TIE wio.e charge is.seickedly t1lse from be-
eiouirg % end, 90 FER % Mr. EWIyG is concerned.
- lad no coItro. or co.1izarce Of his extraordln-
sry claim tos interest, nor was it Ia nay way con-
uect.d with any Of The Departments o. Govern
Fne.t over which he exercised direct IS or n1irecty
the rcfn0tes, control TINS will slow indisp1ta
bly, and n doing this VII expose the character Of
ths claim which, ia violation n every principle o'
justice, has taken from the Treasury upwa-i ri ore
hundred and ninety Thousand dollars.
THIS claim had its origin in his wise In the
year 1913. treaty was entered into between the
Greeks and Cherokee Indians % the one part a.d
the King 81 Great Britain or tho other part by
which the Indians coded certain lands FOR the pay
ment o. certain debts owing to Indian trades -
These lands were ceded 20 the Crown Of Crest
But,il 10 be held n trust and disposed Of 10 pay
the debts due such traders. Under the provisions
o. ils treaty the Colonial G1vernmcnt created
Commission 70 sell the lands and 20 hquiiate I'll
amounts respectively due % the Indian traders
And ou the @ %. May, i1t5. such Cpmm.ss ou HquI
dat q the claim OF George Gaphiu, and gave him
cert hCatc fDr the amount, winch was 1871 l5s 3d.
On Tho c'u dag oi June. l575. tac Governor and
Cl-4'i sanctioned tbc ab1.c report ol this Com
u.ssiou.
Oa'he its Of April 100. the Colonial authorize.
ord.rCd and ~eoted that the above coded l9n..
shoIIi he sold WITHIN iti,e years Thereafter ami
t.e proceeds distributed in accordance with ihe
provisions 81 tie trlst created hy the Indians The
. o. ....tr. 49, f...... r. mos
.nr. neither the Coau q Great Britain nor tho
Colonial Government 4iI sell the lands coded. or
pas thc debts ruutcmg ated bt such ccssiOu.
] 1880 Georgia claimed aud appropriated these
'snts % her own use. and "a TIE same year passed
an 4 requiring such persous rs set up any equia
bic other claim O. distribution OF the proceeds
of these lands such Indian traders 10 lay their
cis MS and &C. cunts before TINS or some future
II usc of Assembly 70 be examined, and what
'c,.f claims shall be found iust and proper, and
educ 90 the friends Oh Amer ~, shall be pad by
Treasury cert. icates for the amount payable
within two, three aud four years. and carrying
per cent interest Mr. GroRGE GALrHN pad
10 lacl whatever o. the acquisitions ct tns act O
the Georgia LEGISLATURE NOR did he present his
Claim. aul have il Aqu'dstcd by that legislative
body Tins was condition precedent e. such
ca.as 6r0,-,Ig ,Aferef, The Cly evidence OF
compliance with which was Tie Stgtc IrcGslUl
Ccrifcafos which upon their isce were to bear IT,
terest at the rate Of per cent per annum
In 1891 Mr.. GALPHIN. through an agent, made
application 10 Great Britain for the settlement oi
his claim This application was rejected upon the
ground Of his patriotism in the struggle for Ameri
can Independence. For some years thereafter he
abandoned his claim. when he again renewed u,
by making application o. the Legislature o! Georgia
Tor ms az meut. and which was unsucccssiuily pro
secuted before that body, from session to session
down 20 The wear 1892 and whethe. iater than q Lat
-. 81. fla M f.f.
he 10 show. II should be constantly borne IN m.nd
Lt4l tits cam HerfT has been hYHdated By Ge0r-
gie. nor as roidHy ocea admitted There was
however. bin reported hy the Legislature o.
Georgia iu ls3s. on the 9Th day OF December, and
which b,,i i was supposed would pass. Tor the re
liet Of GEOEGE GALrHIN, INT mach only PrCPose1
p. nm nan fhr PRINCIPAL ~ ms c'0ff7 VIZ 1913
l5s e sterling, aid at the very me tins bl was
utolUced il was iolioved 10y resolution that Wa
presented requesting their Senators AID Hep
raFcntatiyes In CONGRESS o. To urge the General
e Government 70 refund . the STATE Of Georgia tho
sum OF % G9l rs 81 STERLING, bang no 0mOuH'
.thQf the LeClAatDe appropriated for the relief
of the legal representatives. OF GEORGE GALPHlN,
deceased, who WAS an Indian trader, aud com
pretended in the treaty of l713' Although rcithc-
the Bill or the Resolution was final y adopted they
are both Invaluable ia one POINT otview II shows
that the Legislature Of Georgia, whose archives
contained the whole Of the evidence IN any way
ID
payment Of any sum greater than the pnncipa.
nut even such payment was based entirely upon
the suqposition that u would be refunded by the
General Government o. the State u sh" pad o.
There was therefore every inducement for liberal.
fy toward the heirs OF one OF her own patriotic citi
zeus IL the Legislature believed there was tie
slightest eguity or jrsnce n allowing interest upon
tie claim
All attempts or The part of the legal representa-
tives OF GAirHIN. 10 realize this claim, either from
the British Government or the state of Gc1r-la.
having proved ahortigc, resort was a. last had O.
The Congress Of the United States Here the per
severance of the speculators interested IN this
claim succeeded and on the ! ith of August l-i-,
the lolwing law was passed
rasi lhc Secretary Ci hc Vret7Uy De snf be is l'bN
a Lori rd and required 10 c4IHsas and al ~ re claim on
., I-t .r, a. .la under Tie treaty msde hy ne Gov
rnur Of Georgia Win the Cr,ek and tueroAce 10 Hans ~
year l773 ana 70 iIy ne 0Di0sHf EAeh mas % ('"e
DC 70 Milese Gs.ptn eHeeuoI 81 ss.a 800 va &
s.rd" Approved Aug a. lts see chap 49, page ="
Laws ot l6@Sl.
Under tie provisions OF tbs Ac, OF Congress.
,his claim of Cieo q NrHIS deceased, was submitted
b, Mr.. CRAWFORD the present Secretary OF W az ~
The Agent ct the Attorney of said Estate, 10 thc
Hon Rom i WArkER Secretary, o cramiRC snd
gtIp,f the same Ca the 2,th OF February
l-l9 Nj WAiKEE the then Secretary oi the Treas
urv having cr1mtrtd sad clSln' " al n''ti
the amount due the Estate Of GEoKGs GALrHN al
paid And after thls administration came into
noyvcr. and Mr.. CRAWFORD selected as one 81 the
Cabinet. the Aconcy .or the farther prosecution OF
tbs most extraordinary demand upon the Treasury
of the United States. was transferred TO Judge
BklAN This claim .pr interest was again set up
having previously been rejected by Mr. WAiAEE
and brought 10 The notice 81 The present Secretary
%, the Treasury BY hun /; WAS referred to the
Fist Controller who after CIV ing the whole sub'eci
most care lu and Impartial examination IN snopimon
o. great ability decided that interest was not si.o"
abe and PAYABLE and clearly showed that even
the principal ought not 10 have been paid by the
United States Mr.. WHlTrLEsEy e opinion rot
being satisfactory 10 those seeking 70 enrich them
selves at the expense II the Public TreasuTS' they
succeeded IN having tie opinion Of NJ. Attorney
General JoHNsos taken. hy the Secretary OF the
Treasury. lis opinion was gIyea. IA direct op
position first - toe adjudication OF M. w AlAkh
Secretary Of the Treasury AMI then Of Mr.. W MI
missy the st Controller aEd be decided n1t
.strgc.f s.4s alloaa5s THIS decision was res ard
81 BY the Secretary Of the Treasury. as onigstorA
,iron him and the sum Of upwards OF one hundre C
ana ninety thous aud dollars was paid upon deb
less than fiN thousand dollars
Think. then. thag have shown. inGlsp-'aoy
tbst NJ EWING hiss had nothing 70 DO With this
strange transaction from beginning 70 ED Tue
iaw 81 Congress under which this clslm has been
fasce s6,uaicated. aai nearly quarter OF mlloa
- 2,N,rs tsk., onf ,,f ths Treasury. and wtsc D