The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-03


with an Enclosure as therein stated, is received.
l don't know that can answer your inquiry
better than by an extract from private letter
wrote to another member of Congress, this
morning, who made like inquiries. Among
other things said to him the First Comptrol-
Ter of the Treasury has decided that money
heretofore appropriated and that shall remain
unexpended at the close of the present fiscal
year ending June 80, 1874, for the pay of saa-
res of members Of Congress, canuOt then be
covered into the Treasury. The secretary of
the Treasury has gone step farther than this.
He holds that the appropriation is an independ-
ent one, aud like that fol the payment of inter-
est on the public debt. always remains for the
purpose for which it was appropriated, aud
that therefore there is no authority for covering
into the Treasury
Hon. John Sherman, who drew the bill that
was enacted into law by virtue of which I'M
expended balances of certain kinds of appFo-
prations are directed to be covered into the
Treasury at the end Of the fiscal year, and who
ought to know what was intended by the law,
took the view of the case that you have.
However, Notwithstanding his opinion that
unpaid salaries should be so covered in, be did
conclude, in consequences OF the rulings of the
Treasury Department. to direct the Secretary
OF the Senate to draw his extra pay and to hand
it over to me, in my official capacity, TO be COW
cred in
This has been done in bis case as it has been
done in many other cases. | am not n lawyer,
but if l should volunteer an opinion as lay
man, should go farther than either the Comp
troller or Secretary.
doubt whether even the covering in of this
money without consideration aud without
local authority or warrant Of law viii nlaca II
hnvond the reach of tba narttas tn whom If
iegalIv haIonrs 7 tbinly II could be recIairned
~ any time hereafter in several WAYS and even
q mere statement of an account Oy the de-
positor. or by his heirs at law. agansG the
Is nossihle that vou u,iSht ,livest vonrsaIf NV \
LOST will and testament STATING as a cnnsidars-
t;on The 1--we and afesciion vo1 hove vo,,r no
t;v. land 90
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AmpoFaAh' 10 u se'! rev.
The following is description of differences
between the genuine and the counterfeit $500
legnl tender note of issue OF 1869:
The upright that holds the balance of scales
held in the right hand OF the female figure
SHOWS whlle ilne IN the counterfeit on the
lower palm or the hand to the second figure.
III the genuine note the upright IS quite Dlack
ana lost III the shadow Inc lower part OF tue
right lapel of the coat in the portrait of
ADAMS 10 the cou'erieit tofms an angie. In
the gehuihe ~ y iStihct curVeu line ALSO
!ne .ne o'..tGs .tle oountelieie are
III SHAPE, WINE III sue SeuIiue tIey 're declu
LINTON ., = ca'eu 70 'le n..t3n on Ine iett sue
sie ooae ~ tre ~ sue "4 ~
wa, Wssh,'lstos in .1e countel.e,t ho.G, .ne
olac .s Snsue ioiius .ne us. s.iohe Vi .ue ~.
yer w. ioruns q: an anSie az .he postoin' N
sne genuine io.t ~ ioinS curve. III tii4 RUIZ
saaa,ns unugr te rign' manu- s.fose Oh Ihe &c e.-
r. ~ a en'in oseI Tue ietCets a, anu
W. ,e ~ h. iu ies ~ wy i
neie are wv Vi,iee ~ s. 'ne eiie n0'e unusr
10 + nt r ' tTa nIad i;nss
VIII H., euu - no III go AZ,
nndnr eilo ss ), AZ go wnra
ar, ,;nas IN th 'e ,torfoit and in
~ non,i u a.. NJ - tbaa A. H. ho+
tom 81 thn I,tor ~ IN tha denomina,;op t;tio
are ro r,Ind inc l., tha cnnntrfat a,'J in the
oennine thera are six lines Tie loc.lized fbre
an tha ioft ~ ,ha nor,ra;t i hne in tne ,,ennine
but witbant coinr IN tbe countarfeit The rcd
seal in tba oennina i nrinted IN dalicate car
nine cnlnr Will IN tba non,tarfeit II ;S poora
of a br,cI color and has - heavy annearance
mora asnac;aIIy the ravS wbicJ, form, the onts;de
of the sol Attantin,, l. caIIed r. tha binrred
ane. scratchv annearance Of the lathe work and
letterine on the hack 81 The counterfeit. which
upon cofnnarisop with he uenuipe will be readi-
ly percpiyed
Good Indians.
Tho con,,,iss,o,,or of T,dia, Affairs rocoivod