ing from the number now in the custody of the Department. It has been represented to me by Mr. Bailey that he inclosed said bond to you for the purpose of receiving information as to whether the unpaid interest on the class to which it belonged would eventually be paid." And you add, “I should be pleased to receive at an early day any information you may have on the subject." I remember the bond to which you doubtless allude, and the purpose for and circumstances under which my attention was called to it are, to the best of my recollection, as follows: Two or three years since a clerk in your Department (Mr. Bailey) handed or inclosed me an Indiana State bond, which he informed me was one of a class belonging to the Indiana trust fund in charge of your Department, upon which bond that State had neglected or refused to pay interest, and asked my advice or opinion, as one of the Senators from Indiana and a member of the "Committee on Indian Affairs,” relative to an application which he states you would make or had made to Congress, to appropriate for the benefit of the Indians a sum equal to the amount of the arrears of interest on the bonds, and direct suit to be brought on them against the State. Unwilling to believe that Indiana had repudiated any just bonds, and unwilling there should be any congressional action, or any suit relative to the matter if it could be amicably arranged otherwise, I stated a wish that such application for action or suit should be delayed, and that I would correspond relative to the matter with Governor Willard. Accordingly I described or inclosed (I do not remember which) the bond to Governor Willard, asking, in effect, an explanation of the non-payment of interest, and if some arrangement could not be made for its payment. His answer was, in substance, that the bond was of a class which the State had retired by what is known in Indiana as the "Butler bill," by which the Wabash and Erie Canal was exchanged for the bonds; that due notice had been given by the State to the holders to surrender them according to the provisions of that bill, and that the State therefore acknowledged no further liability upon the bonds. Discovering from the governor that no arrangement would be made by the State for payment, and that consequently the bond was valueless, I did not use that care I otherwise should have done to see that it was returned to the Department. Some months afterward the same clerk wrote in relation to it, at a time, as I state in my answer, (which answer must be on file in the Department,) when my library and papers were soon to be moved, after which a search would be made for it. Since that time the little importance I attached to it has prevented that search I then expected to make, and which will be made at the earliest opportunity. Respectfully yours, Hon. JACOB THOMPSON, Secretary of Interior. G. N. FITCH. WASHINGTON, December 28, 1860. SIR: During the session of 1857-58, application was made to Congress for an appropriation for the arrears of interest due on five per cent. stocks of the State of Indiana, held in trust for the Pottawatomie and other Indians. One of the bonds was, with your consent, delivered to the Hon. G. N. Fitch, to be used as a memorandum before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, of which he was a member. Dr. Fitch mislaid the bond, and it has never been returned to the Department. I inclose a letter from Dr. Fitch, explaining the transaction, and request that it may be filed with this communication. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. J. THOMPSON, Secretary of the Interior. G. BAILEY. C. Schedule of Indiana State bonds held by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on account of Chickasaw Indians, and transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, under act of July 27, 1868.* Numbers 1 to 100, inclusive, each $1,000.. Total $100,000 41,000 141,000 Issued under the act of the general assembly of the State of Indiana entitled "An act to provide for a general system of internal improvements in Indiana," approved January 27, 1836. These bonds bear five per cent. interest and were issued at Indianapolis, July 1, 1836. Attached to each bond was 15 coupons of $25 each, the first due January 1, 1850, and the last January 1, 1857. Signed by commissioners. D. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, November 5, 1868. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, from the Secretary of the Interior, of the following described bonds, held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of various Indian tribes, viz: No. 1 to 100, inclusive, each $1,000. .$100,000 Issued under the act of the general assembly of the State of Indiana entitled "An act to provide for a general system of internal improvements in Indiana," approved January 27, 1836. These bonds bear 5 per cent. interest, and were issued at Indianapolis, Indiana, July 1, 1836, and matured on the 1st of January, 1857. The accrued interest upon said bonds from July 1, 1849, to the 1st of November, 1868, amounts to.... Total matured bonds and interest thereon (Of the above amount of accrued interest, $52,875 is represented by fif- The Secretary of the Interior also holds in trust for certain Indian tribes $141,000 00 136,300 00 277,300 00 46,575 09 50 00 Total amount over due. 323,925 00 I hereby request that an amount equal to the above amount, due the *For the disposition of these bonds and coupons see statement D. Secretary of the Interior by the State of Indiana, to wit, $323,925, be withheld from any moneys due the State of Indiana by the General Government on account of war claims, and authorize and request the honorable the Secretary of the Treasury to cause said amount to be transferred to the credit of the honorable the Secretary of the Interior, and this will be a receipt in full to the United States Treasury Department from the State of Indiana for said sum of $323,925. CONRAD BAKER, Lieutenant Governor, acting as Governor. Statement in relation to the 3 per centum accruing to the State of Indiana from the sale of public lands. From the 1st of December, 1816, to the 31st of December, 1856, (the date up to which the last settlement, No. 13,457, extended,) the amount found due and credited to the State of Indiana on account of the 3 per centum arising from the net proceeds of lands within her limits was $620.352 92. The following payments were made to said State up to 11th July, 1855, the date of issue of the last warrant in favor of said State,) on account as above, viz: Of the above amount, ($620,305 80,) the following sums were covered into the Treasury by miscellaneous warrants in favor of the Treasurer, on account of interest on funds invested for the benefit of The sum of $47 12 appears now to be due to said State of Indiana, on account of the 3 per centum, upon the books of this office. N. L. JEFFRIES, Register. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, REGISTER'S OFFICE, F. August 21, 1868. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office Indian Affairs, January 20, 1855. SIR: I have been informed by the Secretary of the Interior that the sum of $1,750 due the State of Indiana on the three per cent. fund account has been detained by the Treasury Department to meet the interest due the 1st instant, on 70 five per cent. bonds of that State of $1,000 each, held in trust by him for Indian tribes; and at his request I transmit herewith the 70 coupons of $25 each, $1,750, due on said bonds on the 1st instant, that they may be surrendered to the State, and the amount of money retained may be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the trust fund accounts, as follows: Stock. Interest Chippewas, Ottawas, and Pottawatomies, (education). $68,000 $1,700 Incompetent Chickasaws 2,000 50 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office Indian Affairs, October 24, 1854. SIR: In compliance with the request of the Secretary of the Interior, I inclose herewith to you 70 coupons of $25 each, due the 1st day of July last, on $70,000 Indiana five per cent. stocks, in order that the amount (viz, $1,750) may be retained in the Treasury from the three per cent. fund due that State, and the coupons surrendered in lieu thereof. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, ELISHA WHITTLESEY, Esq., GEO. W. MANYPENNY, Commissioner. First Comptroller Treasury Department. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office Indian Affairs, March 6, 1854. SIR: By direction of the Secretary of the Interior, 630 coupons, of $25 each, amounting to $15,750, due on $70,000 five per cent. stocks, held in trust by him for Indian tribes, are herewith transmitted to you, to the end that the amount may be paid, and deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the proper trust fund accounts, as heretofore advised. I have to request that you will furnish your receipt for them, in the name of the Secretary of the Interior. These coupons, nine on account of each of 70 bonds, are payable on the 1st day of January and July, in each year, from the 1st day of Jan, uary, 1850, to and including the 1st day of January, 1854. Sixty-four of the bonds are numbered from 501 to 564, inclusive, and dated April 13, 1835. Six are severally numbered, 565, 1355, 1356, 1357, 1823, and 1824, and dated July 1, 1836. I would remark that the coupons cut from bond No. 565 do not bear the number of the bond on their face. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. WHITTLESEY, Esq., First Comptroller Treasury. GEO. W. MANYPENNY, Commissioner. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, July 16, 1849. SIR: Your communication of the 12th instant, informing this Department that under the provisions of the joint resolution of Congress approved 3d March, 1845, the sum of $1,750, part of the three per cent. fund which has accrued to the State of Indiana from the sales of public Pands within her limits, has been applied to the payment of six months' interest, due the 1st instant, on $70,000 Indiana five per cent. stock, held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior, for the time being, on Indian account, has been received. Wherefore I transmit herewith 70 coupons, as follows: 65, numbered from 501 to 565, inclusive, at $25 each $1,625 00 75.00 50 00 1,750 00 The same to be forwarded to the proper officer of the State of Indiana, as evidence that the aforesaid amount of interest has been paid. Please to acknowledge the receipt of the coupons. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, ELISHA WHITTLESEY, Esq.. First Comptroller Treasury. T. EWING, Secretary. WAR DEPARTMENT, January 17, 1849. SIR: Your two letters, dated 20th December, 1848, and 10th January, 1849, were received here in due course; from which it appears that under the joint resolution of Congress approved 3d March, 1845, the sum of $23,100, being part of the three per cent. fund which has accrued |
