, 1866-03-16

!. Dat date e., Ct my letter, must have been nbor
<s,Vouo. Taking, therefore, the amour
= stated by you as On hand the 1st dav
Mafcn, IN coin and currency, SIG, OILS, ,053,9A
add the amount Of United States snd con
ponna ~ interest notes retired, 81, 468, $50, an
1 bonds sold, $S::, 900, and also the amount {
deposit In National Bank, eo8,ON Na w
must have had total amount on hand E
3 s15l. .1G8, ,9H.A. Add 10 this the preniur ,
! On the balance Of the coin on hand. afte
tnnea e 'nd @G1nt Of coin e 5s e
making o total currency value of mon mon
ey n yonr custody On the 1st Of Marcl
) ! Sl66, ~, ,8aa.2i. This Is manifest from ron n
own showing In your published statement q
March !, excepting the item Of deposit In IA
:. show that1 have not overstated the ouomni n
Of these deposits. ! will now state tbf
amount OF money that / suppose was In thr
Treasury and on deposit in the banks a NJ,
my letter OF the 28th Of February, deriyfno
!. M noWledge from other sources tlan e3hib'
lis from your department. The regular r..
port Of the Assistant Treasurer IN New York
Paols9ed Within three or four days after the
Gate OF my letter sbows that the amo1nt nj
money On m hand IN bis office at that time WAS
over flo9, ,o00, 600. 1t Is fair to add to this
Sna9ane eta9aa % tne compound Interest and United
ed, as they must have been paid. far
the amount In the treasnrv !, es11nase m 4
ington, and IN the hands OF The Assistant
Ireasrefs IN Baltimore, Philadelphia. Bos.
ern s1ates ana ~ hsa.es @ aoa tne eleven South
other States: mn, IN 1'anf. to"s uSposNartes IN
erate sum ofs1o, COT, 600. The cnr1cucy yaIne
o. the gold over its reported value. si0' 'CoS
ooo; total sl7o q, s5d It seems 70 me- e1a to &
ts Ic ara;ionia IN ~ h1Vtuat, ta, WHICH suppose
! Of Fehrnorr Is f., ~ teasely On the Hth
exceeds w5at ra,r Jaoia. aols " tae feahty, and
ast monthly statement By more ~ e. ilr,n year
Satisfaction W. W .,4 auo Laat eau show to the
Isou VI my enc That none Of your
htont1iy ins repofts for the last four months
Of M money Il tbe b.ntn ssvou Of the amount
tioual iieposftor,es eaa1's Ut Oh depoalt IN na-
An accurate sfatemc,, ~ ~, ,,,,
The Treasury il not ma-.s NC Iol4ultnNo Of
rest IN the n,,i,1;o Lnt IL A1attee Ok lEtc-
uucnce that f,nn1resa aha,,1, - SlA'e Gousc-
ft,rmei A. IN tba aets,a1 Iuota oe correctly in.
eru1nent tint II nor ,asss.,at onses o. the Coy
md appropriatn wI.ciyv y iefs.dIe e nfellisently
.e,,art ~ " anotaef matter: In your annual
tira 20 ~ ~ 1nat yqa VIII probably re-
eainta - ~. .a9lc toan your current re-
q nrssor4 ~ spa through thc remainder Of
yon 20 esga Wdr9 zea' g. Gr i lregrst to differ from
mate" ~ ~ ~ " an,n; ~ le:sa1G to this esti-
so,rces Sou apmin1itsaslou w1ii hd n Of your re-
Mt thc c]ose ,f tba naaa; nasG surplus on hand
So 1855, OF nearly or if,r ~ foe eennoalnE no June
Of being short sir. .o0Gtn6 ~ S;ad instead
bctweeh my estimate aid yours = mnre nernco t1.sn
Goyefnncut far tic c"t;re 1unsments nat a OF the
commencing the lst of Jnlr nsrt u1TaI r. year
from sense ~ ~ 71 49, =, .hy ymy neS. is.only
the discussion to whIc1, von u,s ~ So9e into
and as there arc yariona ~ ana m'ss .nvtsa me,
statements IN regard to the .}iIerrncca ssGns t:
lam viii be dong. and indceJ nv ut :. taak no
10 make public tbe 1etter. II IL. h,rn proper
any Of nv statements ~ as+;1aatns nasG efred To
glad to correct, and to have ths ,,n'Ma Ian.i 6e
vi5ea Of this correction. ''| p''As 4a
INenea1 'ou4't E,,n
70. 1HGsAAS CLARK.
'' e1-AAn . LETTER OF FED .4TH.
oxr,cx or ,,o,,,I TREASURY DErAnrxEs7,,
" ~0@1'Ash Feb11ass q 11,s Cs1HasSeT' :, 1ss.T
ce;pcd ~ naH: :, % douT letter Of today Is re-
tlec;,Iediv ornoEnI tg' i nase 10 say that I nm
fnlIotrinr rnoeons. ~ tAe Loan ohl, for the !
I,v III AZ ac1Isuns aF I,n. or ,ov,
notes can be ennpcrteJ ~ ;n,a aoos, ualIsas states
st n6ces ana ny tae oct OF Aarch g. 1865
tcrest nntes f,.a faeDastaness. ~: compound In
,,otoa asoies, n.a1 I'VE per cent legal tender
I.o as u1au sefen-1hirty Treasury notes can
thst mnrion " intG 70. nse.tWenty bonds; and
.aat Rullon 9l tne temporary loan that it
= desirable ahonld be paid, can be paid
1lom money now In the Treasury, which
~ ,n,Pp su,Ppose & must be at. this time,
81 ~ Son oaeposils u national banks, at least
.xnIi;cnt ~ na na1 Inc amount that 1t would be
mount 1 Of ths Increase Of the deposit tor the
S, ,as nes nes W. mseas, anu Which the Government
he,afosa ~. GI ~, un5 occasion TO use We have,
''e a'a.S, ~. PoMers 10 lnnd eTefT dollar OF
=. in. nuats usot Wllnont any further lcgisla-
.oii oh Tue slo}cct, anu no occasion for max 4
Y nuy loan Tor any purpose whatever, All
an ~. oe done by simply exchanging one secu-
lty lor another, and can be quietly done
snnoat essentially dlstuEbing the money | (