The acting head of the division said;
“There are not many bonds, but there
is a large amount of the money; 1 pre
sume there may be 650,000.000 of the
money and bonds, all told. It was
captured during the war at various
times and places, and sent here. I
don't suppose it has ever been counted
since its arrival here. It simply lies
there, no secretary of the treasury
caring to take the responsibility of de
stroying it. Here is some of it now.'
and he drew a SSO bill, bearing the
vignette of Jefferson Davis, from a
drawer in his desk. It read;
Two years after the ratification of a
treaty of peace between the confederate
states and the United States the con
federate states of America will pay to
bearer, on demand, S3O.
“Then this isn't an absolute prom
ise to pay any more titan the bonds
are. is it!”
“Their payment is only promised
on condition that a treaty of peace is
made between the two parties here
mentioned. They are only worth the
paper on which they are printed." was
the reply.
