Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-19
THE CONFEDERATE TREASURY.
 LincOln's Brother-in-LawT Tells How the Last Seventy Thousand Dollars was Divided.

was Divided.
 From the Atlanta Constitution Dr. c. R. c. Todd, of Bsrnwell, s. O., a distinguished surgeon of the Confederate army and a brother7in- of Abraham Lincoln, as we'll as a connection by mar risge with the Breckinridge family of Ken lucky, during his younger days was often thrown with Abraham Lincoln, who mar ried his sister. Thus, by family ties and by association, he is closely connected with Breckinridge' and Lincoln, who were | both presidential candidates in 1860. Dr. Todd was in charge of the Confede- rate hospital at Charleston, under General Hardee, and was with the party of the flu gitive Confederate cabinet when it dis banded. He describes the division of the last money of the Confederate treasury, & matter much discussed in the newspapers | a few years ago.
 | GA great deal has been said about it,'' said he, "but, so far as l know, no descrip- ton of it is on record. was there in the room when the money was paid out and saw the whole proceeding. Indeed, am partly responsible for the division of it at the time. I had been with the soldiers coming down, and heard the Kentucky and Virginia troops saying they were go- | ing to have some of the money or have blood. told Breckinridge, who was the said that there might be rioting and blood shed.
 "'There may be rioting,' said he, 'but no bloodshed.' I then suggested to him the propriety of division of the money among the soldiers, and he replied: tWe will see about it In the party were the Confederate cabinet and the officers of the four brigsdes of troops which were with us when we crossed the Savannah river. We had the last money of the Confederate treasury-seventy thousand dollars in gold and silver, besides some gold belonging to the Bank of Richmond. The money was in charge of Colonel Morgan, brother oi the famous John Morgan. We crossed the Savannah river on pontoons and went on the road toward Washington, Ga. When we had gone two miles from the river we stopped at log cabin on the south side of the road, and there the seventy thousand dollars was paid out. MT. Davis had gone on about four miles ahead of us with his staff.
 stIn the cabin were John c. Breckin. ridge, Secretary of War; Judah P. Benjs min, who looked as scared as the devil and appeared to be panic stricken; Genera, Bragg, the commander of the four brig ades, and Colonel Morgan, who had chsrg, of the money.
 ''The division was made by @ caucus o the men. Those present were Vaughn's DeBrell's, Basil Dukes and Humphre, Marshall's brigades. Marshall was theI under arrest and his brigade was in charg
 of Colonel W. O. P. TreckinridRe. Tn,
 census of the soldiers was the reverse O Porter's. Some of the brigades returned
 fictitious names in order to get more mon
 ey. The division was $26.2 .25 for each man officers and common soldiers faring alike ! Some of them, by stuffing the census, go as much as thirty-six dollars Lead. Di vide seventy thousand dollars by twenty
 six and one fourth and you will see ho, many Ca,686 men) were returned by tn census of the four brigades. In the pay 9 ing out we finally came to keg of silve a ingots-pieces three by four inches square They opened a box of gold belonging t ' the Bank of Richmond. It was sbou . l eighteen inches long and ten or twely