Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-14

o From what fund was the first S!'nIHH'
,,,id for i wears lease of SANTANA Bay -
Mr.. Sumncr-During the war. yon know.
congress occasionally made appropriations for
! ''Sccret service fund, sinking fund from
which no one could draw except the President
and he was never required to furnish vouchers,
or rive account Of the method Of expenditure,
TO any one All other payments are traced to
law. and 90 through the ComptroerS hands.
where. if there is no law authorizing the >pe-
c;fc pavment. it is forbidden. But this was
contingent fund created for secret uses ot the
President during the war.
General Babcock and his party OF cuuuli,-
sioners made treaty with Barz. STIMULATING
That ) 80 900 per annum should BIZ paid by
rho 'nitcd States for the lease of SANTANA Bay.
General Grant paid $l00.nnO toward the first
wear ; lease from the fund have mentioned.
-Four months after the payment OF this money,
April %? $50. the treaty expired, anu oil
course the lease failed. But Bacz got The best
of il. 4 whole Year rent Tor four months "r-
cupation Of the bay. Now. strangely enough
Racz comes forward and demands another
wear 5 rent, which he claims is due April 80,
ISL. but no treaty has existed since the Apr!
%. $50. 1t is true orr government has hld
some coal stacked there. but the rent asked Is
|
| wharf ut ST. Thomas. and We pay something
like 81 900 Year rent don't suppose hat
vharvcs in SANTANA bay AZ: wC/ih more than
at St Thomas.
O. DO YOU think l};tcX can hold out Til De
ccmbcr against tabral?
! Mr.. Sumncr-Not unless General Grant
DAYS him another Slju, GOO. lie has exhausted
the secret service fund, and don see how he
will get more, for Congress declines 10 arpro-
PIRATE. The first annual payment OF til" lease
was made 5000 0U III money and SJ.tEn III
muskets and cannon These enabled i'a'z t"
fight CabraI all this time an'l kept HIM III
spending money Fad it not been Tor those
arms he would not have been able successfully
to resist CabralS advances. hut would have
been driven off the island The next install
m u would probably be divided among his
relatives who are numerouSv qllarterr'l III
the most imrortant Office N III" Dominican
| government.
lO.O O. r.-Thc tirand Lodge u the u.
y +. Of rqiu!a ln.l III Richmond ou " ed
ncslay.
Among TIL, brethren i'Ir.sn' "rre he fraud
Sire Of the ntcd States. Stuart Of Washing
tnn city and Deputy Grand Sire Hugh Latham.
Of Alexandria,
liz i'F":' "a -. ,,ntoi,,;no
lons aac l. e ,.ol,n snI interest T. rhc
i Order. 4 number Of old lodges have been
revived anu lie" , o1is' T., h;ahlv nro.,,...
p p,, con'l;,;on and rhc indications ,rr that it
will equally increase during the ensuing year.
The following officer Of the Grand l."ti&t
~, tu w. Rohsu P Prrut... w., 80.
charlottesville
Denuty- Grand Mater jam,. T.. Blank No.
: Petersburg
Grand WIrlcn JANE: II " atcI. w. J..
C.o,,n. n,,
Grand Secretary II IN j. Er!Iits. ". l..
: Richmond
Grand Treasurer John " Ferguson 40 -.
p;cbmond
! Grand Charjain Re; j. l.. Iei!ev. w H..
put,r.h,,ro
,:..,,J i,,,,j,,,i., il I Ale. W IT,.
pa,n 'r:Itr
TronJ Marshal VI T1hh y. -. l'o!c.
mouth
,;rand Guardian Hugh Smith 50 Erh
nond
Grand Herald j /; lnri,l. -" al Wan
chester
Representative. to Il. \. 4. l.oL"c ii III:
I-nited States. +. r. Ft2hugh. Pas DEPUTY
Grand Sire, No. o. Richmond: Hugh Lat hans.
Past Grand Master No. IS. Alexandria
CLAIMS o. SoIrnEe> L"YALIsI&. 1t has
been decided by the Southern Clatu: 'olnrn,
'S ,Ls, 49, 49, ,a,L q l,v,l,, rccortJ from each
s,n 'l'''' '''' ,''''' .,rI1,, ,,,,l,..,,.,J
claimant need hot: - l. %r'cF"'IH ""'''' s''''
he wholly in writing. iMt that rrIn'r'! Forms
may he used
lhap az paPe's 1,a,'ar,Inan, ~, 'fi;ro #
tLn Government and subsequently, returned To
the claimants. be submitted Ia the commission
with the pr'>rrlhrd petition '"F 'i'' '''''"'''''
Of the claim. -
That OK p'rtc aliI!a'Ila ltila' l. IT, -! anu
'lavits taken under circumstances ana |" i man
ner anu form that dd not AUNT "l any y ,"F r.
lntcrrogatc the 2tt'anI or present rr,S,lnl m
gatoreS III bchail I' me hi!e! 7'''eS' VII III"
be accepted H ine " ,n ~ rEtc" "t
either to the loyalty OF the claimant W the lr's