Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-05
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WASHINGTON, January l4-D1vid r Good
/ low, Horatio King, and john II Broadhead
/ appointed in pursuance of the act Of emaaeina
ton IN the District Of Columbia, made their re-
I port to the Secretary Of the Treasury to-day
4 They have reported favOrably or nine hundred
and nlnety-aigdt petitions, rejected entirely thir
tY SIX petitions and IN part twent tv-0ne petitions
/ Inc whole number Of servants for whom com.
/ pensati0n has been withheld one hundred and
! eleven. In some instances fugitives csrne back
IN oTJeT to avail themselves Of the benefit Of the
/ act but IN osheC5 this wss not the casa. The
] commissioners, after q careful investigation.
/ have decided shat when the owner OF the fugi-
/ tive could eyincs that he hsd used ordinary dil-
/ igence to recover his slave, and where lapse Of
time has raised nc presumption Of death or absn
+ donment, compensation may be allowed
Tee commissioners say there are few psrsons.
/ especially in a community Ike Washington.
where slsveTY has bssn for many years. an in
terest of comparatively little importance. who
1 possess the knowledge as to the value Of slaves
which IS necessary to adjust the apporiionmeat
/ Of compensation under the law. ThsTe we're none
I OF the commissioners who could Law claim
j to this species of information, and to supply If
! they dstermisd to summon to theif aid an exBe-
rlsrced dealer ia slaves, Mr.. Campbell, of Bal
/ tim0re- His testimony was in accordance with
/ that OF others whose inlormatio1ia the premises
/ vas enFied to weight, that the disturbed state
/ Of the country sine7 the commencement of the
war, 1t renders it difficult to assign values to
slaves. Sales have been few. Slaves. in fact
eannot be said TO have a current saleable value
slacr the commencement Of the war, while their
intrlasic value on the l6h of April as deter
mind by The under value Of the soil, and in
both these respects was greater, since there has
been constant rise of prices, both Of labor and
Of P 'oduets.
WAsHISGToN, Janusry 13-Seceetary Chase,
w answering resolution from the house, says
that the soldiers hsvs not been paid because he
hs5 nos been authorized TO raise the loan by
Praelcai methods under existing laws and -
the . ~ bonds have not been sold, because.
could not be, under the restrictions impe.
Congress. lie says tbe arrears OF u &sf6sy
amounts to trebe tde SUM he can rsiss 6y the
exisieg act, exclusive Of that pTo7A5 ling for the
o-20's. The original act providirg N'or tat is
sue, provided. also, for conversion of auv multi
pies Of 500 u S. notes, at the pleasure Of the
holder, and permitted sales only at the market
rates, ascertsiued from the daily quotations of
the New York ssles.
Had the supplemental act passed omittinr the
conversation and market rate clauses, the diff
Guilty would have bssn avoided, as il would bs
scGag in aceordsncs with the letter aud spirit
Of the law. lie (Chase) malo no sales, excep-
ting 70 the amonnt Of S24, 500, 600, By that
mode. Had the expenditures been less, or the
military success greater, more might have been
sod. There has been obssinsd since JaIv Ist
from all sou1ceg, S257, ,503 6lS, EXCLUSIVES of re
ceipts from customs, etc, making the total of
s325, GOO coo in round numbers There has /
been paid TO the troops SI06, ,225 ,S36 to the /
quaTieEmas.ers department, SlI04 4S2. 4S6 q; to /
the commissaTy departm5 Isn't, $50. .6l7, ,492 50; !
miscellaneous 80, 1880 20y.22 total, S243, ,76l, !