The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-10
CITY OF WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 10 1850.


the public business this session, hope the Senate WI
at least be willing to take up this bill out oi ts order
ts Tor the payment OF invalid pensions and there az
but six 0f these remaining TO be paid PROVISION
has already been made for Of the cases by law aat
this is general bill to pay the other six. AS L y TO
revolutionary services, and as the revolution seems 70 q
pretty much absorbed in the revolution, the Sena
will see the propriey Of having the remnant Of old evo
lutonaIy services disposed of. ass u.
Mr.. FOOTE remarked that as the senator from Rhodt
hoped ths Senate would indulge him This dms.
The bill was accordingly taken up Tor consideration
and having been read,
Mr. KING asked for the reading Of the report, III.
The report was accordingly read by the Secretary
Mr. UNDERWOOD, should like 10 know how
many millions should have to pay under this bill, be-
fore we vote i through, 1 ..,
the best information have. Those who received In,
valid PENSIONS by the law Of 1885, We're eompelled 70
nqush those pensions, or they were deducted, in re-
in 1881 Congress passed act that the invalid pensions
should be paid in addition Several persons, and among
the rest Gen. Barton received their pensions under the
Of 1885, and reinQushed their pension under the for
mer act 4 had list furnished me some time since. in
which It appeared that about three years ago there
nine still remaining unpaid The amount due was $50 9
month, from 1926 70 1881 Three Of these subsequently,
When this petition OF the heirs OF VIM. O. Barton was
presented two years since. the honorable senator from
Louisiana, then chairman Of The Committee on Revolp3
lionary Pensions, thought il better 70 report general
bill which 10 the one now under consideration, providing
for these six, than to report separate bill for each
There are therefore, only the heirs OF six persons that
can avail themselves OF the benefit OF this bill and the
furnished me BY the Pension Office shows
that the whole amount if all called for, would not
coed $4,000. Something like $4,000 would 90 70 the
heirs Of Gen Barton, who was distinguished IN Rhode
island in the and who was not only poor himself.
but left his family poor. ss 5s@
On motion BY MI, DAWSON, the further consideration
OF the bill was then postponed until Tomorrow ai
REMOVALS FROM OFFICE. saa
y Mr. MAN(1lJM I avail nvspH of this onDOrtunitv
give notice that tomorrow propose call up for con-
the resolution Of the senator from Maine,
Bk4DDusY calling upon the frssdsn. or miormaio
OF executive business which ought to have been disposed
Of before this time; but committees do not feel at liberty
io make reports upon nominations and Will 5 make none
il be taken up for consideration that il may be made
special order for tomorrow. Hri
The motion 70 take up being agreed to-.
Mr. NJ moved that the further consideration OF the
be postponed until tomorrow, and that It be
made The special order for Il ocock which motion was
agreed to. \
PAYMENT OF INTEREST.
Mr. HALE moved that the Senate resume the consid-
Grafton Of the bill authorizing the payment OF interest
upon the advances made by the State of Maine, for the
use OF the United States government in the protection Of
the northeastern froner which agreed 10, and the
bill was read a third time and passed. @ @as
On motion by Mr.. BERRIEN, the Senate resumed the
consideration OF the bill to authorize the Secretary 81
War TO allow the payment Of interest TO the State Of
Georgia. for advances made for the use Of the United
States in the suppression Of the hostites OF the Creek
Seminole and Cherokee Indians, in the years 1885, 1887
Mr.. BERRIEN. desire to say that. upon looking at
the evidence furnished by the senator from Mane and
the suggestions OF the senator from North Carolina,
have arrived at the conclusion that interest should be
paid unless the State making the advance has either paid
or lost IT, have therefore taken the provisions OF
Of those acts, which submit in the form oil provso
advanced BY The State Of Georgia. unless the State Of
Georgia has either paid or lost interest.
Mr. KING. | should like, MIR. President, 10 under
stand what the senator means by the clause or lost
leest" whether il is intended TO apply money taken
from the State treasury and temporarily applied TO objects
Mr.. BEfRiEN. win the senator permit m. in e1.
PLANTATION to say, that the provso which have submitted
% The Senate taken from the law passed to reimburse
the Stale OF Alabama for advances made by her. and in
the very words of thatActi n
terest there only allowed upon the amount borrowed
by the State in order to the expenditure which the
Of the United States failed TO make in putting
down Indian hostlities The only allowance made 10
the State. as il was made apparent 10 the accounting
officers was for money paid when the State OF Alabama
was actually under the necessity OF procuring the money
from the bank in order 10 meet the expendure-nohng
beyond IT, Now, II that is the intention Of the amend
mento the senator from Georgia, have no objection
But u II intended 10 apply 10 money taken from the
treasury OF The State and applied temporarily 70 this
expenditure, without having borrowed dollar or lost IN
tee upon dollar because the money In the treasury
was not drawing interest, differs from the grants TO the
other States *s
Mr. BERRIEN The Stale Of Georgia was under he
necessity OF making loan Of considerable amount at
the time these advances made and is only
this bill before the Senate yesterday that this fact
and the evidence Of II have been brought TO my know
ledge. Consequently, | bring the bill within The very
words OF the law the OF Alabama. which are, that
interest shall be paid upoa any upon which the
said State OF Alabama has not either paid lost in
terest" The State OF Georgia has paid interest upon this
loan, which she has since that time been paying up, and
tor that reason | put 10 the proviso.
Mr. PEARCE. wish merely to suggest that these
words have conventional meaning. which they have
acquired by the force OF legislation. State held 10
have lost interest she has lost 1t by transfer. for ex-
case OF Alabama, money from State bank discount
and applying u 70 payments. In either OF these cases
the State loses interest think that 10 using funds
lying idle in the treasury. the State has not been con-
sdered 70 lose interest see therefore, no objection 70
Mr. BERRIEN wish TO say that that is no, the
in this The State OF Georgia has not
ken out Of her treasury fund lying idle she has taken
IRON loan she has contracted the sum Of money which
she has advanced
Mr. DICKINSON. I would suggest that the objec-
lions made against the senator's bill would be obviaicd
in this way. understand II would within the cf-
feet OF the previous laws, and would be in danger OF
becoming precedent to be followed in different class
of cases. understand this case in which Georgia
borrowed sum OF money. let Il. then, be said 10 be
money borrowed and advanced By Georgia. sf
Mr., BERRIEN. | would like TO say TO the sen
aior from New York, that we are not making bnt
OF former acts OF Congress n relation 10 precisely smi-
lar cases.
The question heing taken on the amendment, it wss
Mr. BADGER. merely wish to suggest to my friend
IRON New York that think the further amendment
proposed BY him entirely unnecessary. As stated BY
the senator from Maryland. this provso which has now
been adopted an the bill upon the motion OF the senator