The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-15
A psnpLlXIk0 nIsrERY.
Millions OF Dollars In tue hh'lona
ia7 Tres,ury Await Owners.

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Millious OF Dollars In the National
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A curious fact ehown by the United
States Treasury balance sheet at tho close
OF thia years business is that there Is
nearly s2O,oo0,oOO Of outstanding Govern.
ment securities on which the money is due
and uncalled for. On ali Of these interest
Ina been closed, and there can DO no pcs
s!ble rcaaons fe1 the holders 10 delay pre-
senting them for redemption. Some Of
them bavs been dne Tor many years. On
some OF them there are due large sums Of
interest, which have not been called Tor,
60 that tho interest on these slone amounts
10 $4,000. What hGa become Of these
documents aud why they are not presented
Is something no one can find out. Some
OF them ,naiured hnlf century ago, and
are still unheard from and unpresented.
OF the old debt, which mstured prior to
January !, 1887, there Is Rtift outstanding
ST. ,G65 Of principal, and s64. ia Of interest.
Ut the Texan indemnity stock, which ma.
tu1cd twenty yehrs ago, there is 0.0C0 yet
outstanding not presented. OF tho 5.e03 Of
'G2, which matuted more than ten years
ego, and .on which in;ereat ceaeod at
that time, there Is still outstanding $685.
$50. or the 1910, Of 'G4, which matured
FIVE years ago, there Is ret onpresensed
Sl7s, $50, with interest Of Sl5 AGO also due
and unpaid. OF the G percent consola
which ma.uled two years ea.lier, there was
$276, 900 yet rnpIeaeuted, and OF the 6 per.
,,,ht,,nt N ETu thara 10 avn
hall a million dollars yet uncalled for. with
interest matured, $50. 900.
vi the per ccnts., which matured in
I1sSl-S2, there is still nearly $500, O00 IN.
presented, though tho interest ceased ct
maturity. OF the compound interest notes
Of 1864, which BEER per cent. interest,
and which ruatured in 1867 and 1865, over
5000, 600 ars. still out ard uncsllsd Tor,
while OF the I 80, Of the same year, which
matn7eJ more than 10 years ago, SlS3. 500
has never Jet bsen called for, nor has some
$50 900 Of intefest on them been demanded.
What has become OF these bonds which
Represent 60 much money, Is hard to IN.
derstAnd. 5S
Some CT thta have probably been de-
s,royed, perhaps tho majority. Of them,
though i! is proper 10 add that the bulk oil
the SIG, 600. 900 duo and unp1esented is OIL
that which hss fallen due within the past
year, and which will doubtless DO present.
I'd when this well fed and lsisufely coupon
clippers realizo that there are no coupons
to be clipped upon them, Or that, if SO
clipped, they will not be honored because
OF the fact that the bonds have been called
There are, however, large aums which
have been due many years, and have no.
been paid simply because they have not
been presented. Some Of thess have
doubtless been los: by fire and flood, Others
laid away as permanent Investments OF
uome fund, or perhaps forgotten in some
dusty sale OF mo!dy piseophole. Why or
how it ia that such largo sums are Btill out.
standing and liable to continue 60, is not
even within the comprehension Of the
most experienced treasury official to
answer. -f