The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-28
DEPARTMENT OF TIE INTERIOR,
Washington, May s, 1850.

SIR! have the honor 10 acknowledge the receipt oi
vour letter of Yesterday, transmitting copy OF resou
lion OF the select committee OF which you are chairman
in the following words, VIZ
.Rssolred That the Hon. Thomas Ewing Secretary OF
IA. inte be requested 10 comm this
without DELAY the copies OF all pa pers records, aud
in his office or under his control touching the claim OF
Com James Barron for half pay conmutatiou oil
nsv-,. well those paperr records and receipts which
were filed any office under the control OF the said
Secretary prior the year 1882 those which have
bern led since hat time there such wnch have
not already been furnished the committee
And, in reply to state that have already furnished
the committee with all the papers under my control in the
case referred TO.
the Commissioner OF Pensions and the Third Auditor OF
the Treasury copies Of whose reports have the honor
TO submit herewith
I. EWING, Secretary.
Hon WILLIAM A. RfcHsRDsos,
Chairman OF the Select Committee, House OF Reps
PEssIos OFFICE May $, 1850
sir. have the honor TO state, in reply TO your letter
of this date and with reference to the resolution of the
select committee OF the House Of Representatives calling
for copies OF all papers, records and receipts touching
the clam of Commodore James Barron for baf-pay or
Communication Of hafpay that no papers apperslning 10
the case remain upon the files OF this Office.
have the honor to be, very respectfully your obedicn
servant, j. L. EDW hhuo,
Commissioner OF Pensions.
Hon. T. EwIsc, Secretary of the Interior.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Third Auditors Office, May s, 1850.
SIN: have the honor to acknowledge the receipt OF
your letter OF this morning. enclosing copy OF the reso
luton OF the select committee OF the House OF Represent.
atiyes of which the Hon W. A. Richardson is chair
man requesting copies OF certain papers therein mention
ed and that there be any such papers on he IN THIS Of
hce 10 furnish copies of the same TO you with as little
delay as possible.
In reply have to state that there no papers on file
in this office relating 10 the OF Commodore James
Barron for hafpay for Communication in lieu thereof,
ITO which the aforesaid resolution retes,l other than
those which you have had connected with the settlement
of said claim made January q 1880, and OF which un-
you have caused copies to be taken for the use
of the select committee herein before referred to-
II may not be improper to remark that the payment
made by the State OF Virginia (S200s 32) on 18th DE.
cember 1922 is upwards Of eight years prior to the act
of July s. 1884, under which alone these claims OF VIZ
pna have been paid Mt the treasury OF the United States
and that the only authority for deductng that payment IN
the settlement OF January 2, 1880 was found ~ the de-
cision OF the Commissioner OF Pensions under which
said settlement made, and consequently that the
copie. you understood to have furnished embrace all
the papers touching the question that are known
TO he nov or TO have been on file in his Office
have the honor to be, very respectfully your ooed'sn'
servant,
JOHN s. GALLAHER, Auditor.
To the Hon. THOMAS Ewisc, Secretary oil the lnienor
p s. In response to a verbal inquiry yesterday, made
there il no paper the files OF this office connected with
the settlement made by the State OF Virginia win the
representatives of Commodore James Barron, IN Decem
Der. 1923.