New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-05
RELIC OF THE coNFEDERACY.

gentleman has handed the editor of The
San Francisco Bulletin the stub" OF draft book USED
by the Secretary the Confederacy which shows In be
the larger part Of the original transactions during the e1
istence OF the rebel power 1t was found after the Ia OF
Picmond and rs preserved q curious relic OF the past
The first entry is dated 10Th Of May 1851 and IS for te
The next is dated June T. 1881 and draft for $4,000 on
the Louisiana State Bank, payable to the orde vi n o.
system had been fully brought into operation These
drafts extend period from the date above men
tIoued 70 August 1894 last regular draft having been
drawn on 81 Of that month. There s amem0randum OF
draft drawn late as October lse4 LniS a,s MIS- Is
shall Texas. 1t is Addressed TO j.. e. EmOr ~, hen-
mond, and supposed 70 have been dIswn or ros
Office nFposes note In the same hand writing res1s
as follows Authority Endorsed on the oIaie 20 pay ~
a. Mathews TO ee Vim me Treasury Department but
at tho risk and expense OF the Post Oice Department
indee that s2O0oOoOOO represented in this book.
Many of the drafts as large as sl0ooo' ana Some
even reach the amount Of $loOoO00 There are many
small drafts for coin, but these rarely exceed $1,000 ana
most OF them under 100 As specimen OF Con.
federate bookkeeping We should not RANK tns account
book very high The original entries are frequently de,
faced aud written over with new Endorsement so that
II is TO make out the exact ehaIacter Oi inc
original transaction. In places there are memo
rada showing either that the draft h9d Deen SOFA LOT
gold that IL had been drawn payaOle III lnat way
such drafts usually drawn on depSsltoes IA oea
tes Ssre tneIe Was Nh dnties in 1oId Nearly aIl The
specie mentioned IN these drafts appear 20 nave peen 9e
rived from these The right arm OF tho COniede-
In the latter days of the Confederacy Frazer Trenholm
& figured bankers anu uepOrtdileS NJ LNcIpOOl
Most OF the late drafts this house are for small
amounts payable In gold ana appear 20 nave Deen used
10 pay salaries The latest Of these were drawn
in August 1884, when II all up with the Confederacy
II not little significant that when was EVIDENT that
the cause was there desperate rad upon THIS
draft bank As late July 1854, mud draft No. SOB,
drawn for SOJOOO on W. Y Leach, Assistant Treasurer
nj Columbia g. c. payable to the order of r. c. Emort
Confederate Treasurer although there is nothing 10 ind
cate where that official might be found at that particular
time.
ON draft No. 23t drawn by the Confederate Treasurer
for SlOgG0O John Boston, Deputy at savannah Ga IS
thn nd bonds
tration account" This sort Of paper, doubt, COM
manded premium. The security was the connscated
propaTty OF Northern who refusing 10 be heOesi
were forced 10 leave the country.
Frazer Trenholm Co, Liverpool. figure In the DRAFT
book early Dec. 90 1861. In one place they arc
grated az Hon. Dep" II those fnanCiers didn't
make any money Of the Rebel concern let them not
forget the OF having figured largely in this con-
necOn They did their best doubt; and ii they are
stuck with pile OF Confederate notes and bonds, the
paper mills OF gland readily convert them into toll
cradle paper stock again.
Some OF the expressed in these drafts were no
doubt used pay for the Confederate cruiser Alabama
Laird does figure by name in this book, all the hnan
ea rausac tons abroad being covered by the first names
Fra4Hr Trenholm Co, who, first and last, paid out
several millions. one draft payable 20 the order OF THIS
firm, dated Sept H. 1862 Is for 3500O0O0 francs another
Dec &C. OF the year aud payable 10 the some order
for 100000 francs Evidently these bankers were topay
French account against tho Confederacy PROBABLY Tor
supplies outfit for Rebel cruisers
The book from which have drawn the foregoing
hero and there upon the history OF those eyentf~
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