The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-30

work, and is confident that he will
succeed in bis efforts His personal
influence in the senate is great. and
bis position on the appropriation
committee of that body enables him
to press bis measure to advantage
IT an appropriation is secured it will
be due to his efforts, with the active
cooperation of the other mem.
bers of congress from this
State. He desires no LOBBYISTS
or promoters sent him from Soutn
Carolina, and if an appropriation is
secured it will have attached to it
clause that no commission or fee
shall be paid any one for services 10
it's collection, but every cent will 90
into the State Treasury, where it
rightfuliy belongs No evidence is
needed to establish these claims
every fact is clear and distinct-and
the only question at issue 10 whether
the United States will deal with
South Carolina az she has dealt with
the other States
The other class of claims-for ex
penditures is raising, subsisting and
transporting volunteers to the Mexi
can War. aggregated according to a
computation of the third auditor of
the treasury in 1858, $32,1624I
The general government settled with
Gov johnson for a part of the ex.
penditures of the State in 1848. Mr.
Black. as shown by his report to
Gov Alston in 1858, discovered that
Maj Eaves, the psymaster of the
Palmetto regiment, after settling with
the { ate authorities, carried his
vouchers to his home, and that there
bad been no offort to collect them
from the general government MIR
Black found these vouchers in the
possession of Maj Eaves and with
the consent of Gov Als,on, deposited
them with the third auditor of the
treasury, who was authorized by an
act OF congress to audit aud pay
them However, it was found that
there was no appropriation available.
and Mr. Black was informed by the
treasury department that they were
approved. and would be paid as soon
as congress could be induced 10 an
propriate the money. Senator Till
man tells me that the secretary of the
treasury claims that be holds Blacks
receipts for Sis, 5000 paid thereon in
January, 1858
If this amount was ever turned
over to the State authorities, as the
treasury reports fail to record it's
receipts, and in 1860, Gov Gist 90
pealed TO the legislature to pay Mr.
Blacks an additional $500 for his ser
vices, on the ground that having col
lected nothing, he had secured no
commission
These vouchers should be on file in
the treasury department 10 Washington
Mr. Black makes no referepoe TO lhom
10 his ''Exhibis A." nor has there
anywhere been found &C i,cmzed state.
meDt Of them
DUE BY THE STATE
The Uai,ed States holds bonds Of the
State Of South Carolina which aegre
gate with interest TO this time. S243.
0O0. They were purchased 10 the
open market as 40 investment of the
Indian trust fund 10 the &C. refund
ing the indebtedness Of South Carolina
these bonds we're declared 10 par,
fraudulent. aod the act authorized their
refuhdmeut at so cents on the dollar
This settlement the United States
refused, aud since 1877 has been bold
ing these bonds withou. recsiviug auy
interest thereon Frequent demands
for their payment have been made 20
the State. but invariably the answer
has been returned by our authorities
that the geLeral governmeut mus,
accept tho settlement accorded o,be.
holders. or tcke no,hing Finally an
act of congress repaid co the Indian
trust fund the face amount and turned
them into the United States treasury as
general asset Uader the act OF
congress by which tue payment of the
Spanish war claims due the State was
made, the United Sts,eo treasury was
authorized to sue the State for their
recovery
The United States also holds agsins,
South Carolina CLAIM OF S235, 900 for
ord'Ca'ce stores belonging to tbe
Iured States which we're seized To
{ :rleston by order of Gov Pickeps ia
L amber. 1850. after the adoption OF
the fdipanco of secession but before
For 'umter was fred upon 1. is
upon tu. olaim that che Uoitod States
treasurer began suit 10 tbo supreme
court recently The action was DOUBT.
less prompted by q resolution which