The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-30

Printer and the work Of placing IL in tyne was
completed few days ago. The fact that certain
sums are charged against individuals as due the
United States does not indicate that the
persons so charged with Indebtedness have
lorofted by the amount involved, or that
they owe the money. In a great majority of
eases the accounts are held up awaiting the set
Element of some technical question as to the
legality of the expenditure Among those who
are carried as debtors the Treasury ledeers
are President John Adams who owes $l2898
on account of household expenses; Major-general
Lafayette, who owes 81, 800 on account of an
overpayment made to him. and Edmund Ran
dolph. Secretary of State, who owes SOL 355 on
account OF various expenditures made before
1884 The diplomates, and particularly the lit
erary men who have been sent abroad as min
isters and consuls, seem to be more gener-
ally in debt to the government than any
other class of public servants. JAS. Russell
Lowell owes &c. 36s in his account as minister to
Great Britain in 1885; John Lothrop Motley
owes g. 498 as minister to Great Britain in 1871;
Reverdy johnson owes So, 3e0 as minister to
Great Britain in 1869; Bayard TAYLOR owes $l02
as minister to Germany in I879 Washington
Irving owes cents as minister to Spain in
IS47; Alexander Everett owes 1898 as minister to
Spain in 1881; Minian Edwards, minister to Mex
leo in 1926 owes 1924; James Gadsden. minister
TO Mexico in 1857, owes $40; Andrew j.
1914; r. w. Stoughton, minister to Russia ia
1879, owes $l2 $50; John Russell Young. minister
to China in 1885. is dsbited with So. 145, and is
credited with 1907; Stephen A. Hurlbut. minis
ter to the United States of Colombia. is dsbited
with $l3, 228 in 1871 and 81 900 in 1872; James A
Bayard. envoy to Client, is debited with $400;
Adam Badeau is debited with $10.552 as consul
general to London in 1882, and with &c. l65 as
consuleeneral to Havana in 1884; William ID.
Howells is debited with $24 consul to Venice
In 1863, and credited with $71 in his
account for 1865 John S. Mosby is
debited with So, ll5 as consul to Hong Kong in
1885; Thomas j. Brady owes the government
So 70 az consul to st. Thomas in 1874; Titan j.
Cofey Is debited with 81 800 secretary of le
cation at ST. Petersburg in 1870 and 1871; Bev-
srly Tucker is debited with SOL 264 as consul at
Liverpool in 1862 and Simon Wolf with 1928
consul general at Cairo in 1882. On the other
hand, the statement shows that the government
owes John Quincy Adams 81, 800 as minister to
Russia in 1878; Alphonso Taft, $l94. as minister
to Russia In 1885; John III. Francis,
as minister to Austria in 1885. &c.,
O00y Edward F.. Beale, as minister
to Austria in 1877, 81 ii; John A. Bingham, as
Minister to Japan in 1885, 81, $50; John Howard
Payne Consul at Tunls in 1853 1905. 80; Bret
Harte as Consul at Glasgow in 1885, $185. 16.
and Henry Bergh, as Secretary of Legation at
St. Petersburg in 1865. $l35 a.. One of the
largest debts in the list is that of Francis E.
Spinner. Treasurer of the United States, $685..
267. 49, on account of bullion deposited with A.
j. Quirat, treasurer of the mint in New Orleans
In 1866 DIR. George B. Lorings disputed &C
count for $40, sos. SO, as Commissioners of Agri-
culture, Isl of course, charged against him.