New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-15
An Old Job-French -p0liation-- Five Mill
lions wanted In Wnll-si.


Cores ponder nee 81 Inc IrluAir
WAsmN.roS. Wednesday. Fe.' 10.
Nj TRUMAN SMITH If Conn has presented the
rir-,ie,h Congrcssiona. Report on the claims Of
artain persons nv spoiations said - have been
lmmitted hy ,Le French prior % Sept. l-uO, a.
ompauisa by the enclosed Oiil now before the Sen.
te said ml appropnalas s5.o00,ooO to these Gil
leas their heirs those they have sold Their claims
o. bat allows no claimant By assignment "
ar.er sum than the consideration paid ioT The
aim he bougb, with interest How are we
o fnd, IL case Gity to sixty years old. what
tIe consideration was If pays bad debt
n claims how then In ordinary cases OF
lsbt six years is a bar, and here IS story
laIi century old produced cut and dried IA chase
If y Five Millions 1t seems we had con
,ention with France IN s03, aud that claims were
paid then Treaty with SPAN IN 1919, when stu
more tments were made, aud once more IN 1881.
by Treaty. with France Those who failed in those
ines, on their children, grand children. brokers
bankers &c. here, as large as life Ia 100, and
commission IS anted now that the children of
The first claimants # not all dead have handed over
tuvdemands they had 10 Others. The bill sets three
commissioners a-oinC. at $4,000 year each, for
tvovears after Act NcXt.with secretary at : , 900
A wear and a clerk AZ : 900. and applies $50 600
or the expenses If post ob.t inquiry had Al
liOst forgotten their NessenCer-he IS o. get $500
,ad their Secretary is 10 take IN the documents post
nee When the five millions are paid II anybody
shall claim as much Tins French claim Ia hot AGAIN
a b. rcsuscitated The Secretary must be vel
.erscd n French and Spanish and the COmmls
,.0ucrs, Ia this snug JOB OF theirs, are 10 take JUS
nee. national law and treaties Tor their rule snd
tIide The five millions are TO be aided t. the pub
Ice debt OF the Union, and five per cent stock Is
ped, pro rata as 1t is expected that more than five
-. be- awarded
Tic nearer we 20 IL the times u these spoila-
TONS the more adverte the reports are Nj
R0BERTs M. RUSSELL. and Mr. toRsITH report
q adversely. ~ ISIS. -. aud "a but mO-l ilyiit
was ot 10 ,26, aud tho tide turned 10 the claims
aeac iust-thst Is U those cases not 5'a.d--has
every Congress since the Second session Cd the
a. when Senator GILES reported, up to TINS hour,
sea unwilling Ia sdmi ihe .alidity OF just debt
Is the case that was not clear 20 years since made
nor. plain hy tie delays q. bali a century
IL the XNINth Congress. for the FIRST time, =
7l,l passed both Houses bat the Administration
isapprovcd Of d. and the President vetoed i
AZ. me Pie claimants What do they scyeralil
..aiHi How did they obtain En interest The
committee say that the claimants are suffering 10
reuur, and want " Tho thus suffer l. i be-
rue as Was stot = hy Former Collector o Session.
Lat Ia hs time g. per cent %. the merchants failed.
yi, bring forwari this affair now
The Committee Of go mcuton the difficulties
% ihe way II settlement then. w the multi
plcit, ui claims the nature IF the deprefa'ious.
lad tie loss of documents w are low in l-jl.
ghe Senate minority. with whom ! sRrec ia opln-
'u ask. tCw 20 IS possible H0iC 10 decide between
GOOD sud bad claims II say are good Where is the
,,ideucc corr Who shall be paid How ascer.
AIN the several relations a each original claimant
Nav ro, an administrator Keep the money on an
nn0rtsm claim Between conflicting creditors
lai ,hcir Gcscendsu's what Is TO be doac shall
80 length ol time bar such claims Never untl
.r+- cou.d the agents Of the claimants get a vote
tie two Houses The failure 10 obtain such a
sanction at their claims Tor period OF nearly -0
ears, IS rather 10 be- considered as evidence that
CONGRESS belle, ed them t. have been uuionnded