Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-29
Forty-sixth Congress.
WASHINGTON, April 2s.

WASHINGTON, April 28.
 sENATE.-Mr. Hamlin, from the special committee appointed to inquire into all claims of citizens of the United States against the Government of Nicaragua submitted report and also a bill with amendments authorizing the President take steps to settle those claims.
 MT. Davs Of West Virginia presented the report of the special committee to Investigate the report books and accounts of the Treasury department.
 November 1870 The report states that from the be- ginning of the Government to 1870 the public debt count kept and it's statements nade up from &C., counts known as issues and redemption but since 1870 from accounts known as receipts and expendi- ture. The changes of and apparent increase in the from the new system of making the statement. The debt, from the organization of the Government to June S0th, 1871, Total receipts, $7Osl, ,541, g. 237, BOOST The public debt June S0h Is7l ac. cording to the secretary's monthly debt statement, statements of $1l6,104 831.4s. Up to and includ- ing. June, 1879, Government bonds purchased by the part of the public debt of the United States and at that date amounted to 2SO In the finance report part public debt and stated as the debt of the Pacific railroad companies. The public debt ought ation of the figures in the statements of the register disclose no such specific reduction. Erasures and parent alterations the ldgers Of the Secretary of the Treasury and register extend to thousands of them affecting millions of dollars. Entire leaves are cut or torn from some Of the books but evil dence taken by the committee dscosss the fact that these erasures apparent alterations and mutations were made with fraudulent intent. The report made in 1869 shows that there at inst time great care essness in the bookkeeping of the Printing bureau the Treasury department, and that many notes and bonds were "unaccounted for" The official reports for the War, Navy and Interior departments of the amounts received by them respectively not agree with the amouats charged by the Treasury dep1rt- ment to them, but the committee did not investigate the causes of such discrepancies The statements cashn the Treasury between the 1860 and 1870 by the Secretary, register and treasurer do not agree as to the amount of the original permanent indefinite appropriation. The warrant for 1s69 trans fsrrng from the Treasury nearly $400, 900 900, has scratches and apparent alterations it's faos affecting the items, amounting to than $200 900 0O0 The similar original warrants for 1868 and 1870 cannot be found and said to have been missing for several years, but duplicates and duplicates preserved recommend that changes be made in the method of conducting the business of the department which would provide additional checks and greater safety in the issuing and Of the public moneys and securities Mir. Davis said that he would at an early date ask the Senate to take up the concusions and recommendations of the committee.
 MT. Ipgalls submitted minority report. He said that the effort of the chairman had been largely directed to verify his statements made in the Senate thsn to ascertain ths integrity of these accounts Of the Treasury department Two of labor have failed to disclose single fact not fully known to the Senate and public since 1871.
 Pending further discussion the morning hour ex- pred. Unfinished business up, being the In- dian Appropriation bl The amendments of the committee were agreed to, the most important change to the House bill being the clause providing for the expenses of the Indian commissioners and providing for continuance of the commission. On this amendment of sthe committee upon which 8 vote considered Mr. Edmunds called for the yeas nays. The amendment was adopted by vote Of 27 to 2l.
 Pending further amendments st 5:35 the Senate ad- journed.