Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-28
WASHINGTON.
The People Excessively Eager for
the Promised Silver.
The Treasury Resumes Silver Pay
ments To-Day.

The Difference between PAY ana q
Promise 60 pay Keenly Appreciated.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.---The Treasury
up to this afternoon had not paid out any
silver currency, and no order had been re-
ceived by The cashier to pay silver over the
counter Of the cash room. The tellers were
Desieged during the dag for silver coin Ia
exchange for greenbsclD.
hooking after K8ts Lucre.
Ex-President johnson had consultation
with the Comptroller OF tho Currency to-
day with reference to the affairs Of the
First National Bank, and ex Secretary Nc
Cullceh had long conferences on the bank
system Of Europe as compared with the sys-
ism in this country.
Evening Report.
The Secretary Of the Treasury viii issue
an order to commence the payments Of sill
yer at New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and other Leading cities where
there are Assistant Treasurers or designated
repositories tomorrow. In no case will
more than five dollars in silver be paid to
one person, the balance Of the check being
payable in greenbaeks.
Might Dispatch.
Secretary Richardson hopes to keep up
payment of silver, expressing the opinion
that he will be able to do so unless run
upon the treasury be made, and silver taken
out for the purpose of being boarded.
There is at present about SOC, 900 dollars Of
silver in possession of the Government
which it is thought viii last some weeks.
The work Of coming will be continued, tho
not more rapidly than heretofore. There
is an abundance of silver bars In the coun-
try, and the silver of the mints is sufficient
for q coinage Of aFtsa -
About S5,0OO,OO0 Per ARnum
In silver, without interference with other
coinage, with the exception Of that in Cali
fornia. There Is but little silver coin In the
the country now, not owned by the Gov
eminent. - - siss-sr -
The Secretary will, in in his order, direct
the payment Of that coin: will forbid the
payment Of over five dollars as to be paid
TO one person no matter what amount may
be called for in the check. e
A Florida Fort DemOlished-L.oss
100000.
The War Department has received dis
patch from Fort Jefferson, Florida, giving
an account Of severe hurricane there on
the 9th inst. Nineteen beef cattle were
washed to sea and drowned; the cattle
yard damaged and the slaughter house
stable undermined, roofs were carried away
and windows broken and many rooms were
flooded, doing great damage to clothing and
stores and making necessary the removal of
sick. One hundred thousand dollars viii
be required TO put quarters, barracks and
storehouses in good repair and make the
fort habitable for troops. Il
The Quaker Policy in Practice.
The Ute Delegation had q final interview
with the Commissioners of the indian b.
reau to-day, when the Brunot treaty was
acquiesced in, and the Ute chiefs promised
that the Utes now in New Mexico, some
five or six hundred in number, should be
moved to the Los Pinos reservation in Colo
RADIO. The Utes were told to consent to
this arrangement, but the Commissioners
assured them If they did not move to Col
orsdo the government would compel them
to do so,
The Burning OF Columbia.
Special to the Louisville Courier-Journal. 81
9 WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.--The statement
that the British and American Claims
Commission gave quasi judicial decision
to the effect that Columbia, South Carolina,
WIS not burnt by the Federal forces, is un-
founded. The evidence before the commits
sion going to show that the town was fired
by Sherman's soldiers, with the knowledge
and connivance of the leading officers, was
overwhelming; but the agent and counsel
for the United States, Mr.. Hale, quoted
authorities to show that belligerent may
lawfully destroy the property of an
enemy EaDd OF all nentrals
residing in the invaded coun-
try, and that the measure of such
destruction must be the judgment Of the
invading belligerent himself. The COM
mission disallowed the twenty-four South
Carolina causes, as they did nearly sl 9TH
ers. They rejected, without assigning any
reasons whatever, and the natural inference
is that they decided questions of law for the
United States rather than the historical fact,
which was established and very feebly dis
puted. The documents printed and used
before the commission constitute very
large mass. The proceedings are all con-
cluded, except the payment Of the fortunate
claimants. Mr.. Henry Howard, Secretary
of the British Legation, will probably be
selected to disburse on the par of Great
Britain to British claimants the amounts
found due to them.