| Show GENERAL GRAT AS A quarter AND the fill fid lowing interesting bit of history will was accidentally found in a review of one of alie leders led ers of tl tin united states treasury feic aino tint paid by general grant some years ago ago to make inake good ills his loss was refunded ded arid and the file following act of Cori gress recorded explanatory t of ali lit fact on thu nth dry day of juno 1862 tho following act was passed by coi i t sis fur lie relief of lieuten tint tilt ulyses S cr grant ant bo be it cit enacted acted by tho the senate and house of representatives s of tile the united stites states of j iii erica iu fu con coil gausi n ress that in in the settlements of the accounts willi the treasury of ulyses S grant a us commissary iry tild and ac hilll ittai bourth allf infantry antry there ho bu allowed to tho the said grant giant alie sum bum of one thousand dollars on alio loss of that amon amount lit of if public funds in hi liia hand by theft on the night of tin tile sixteenth ot 01 june title eighteen hundred and forty eight eglit the luss being il without neglect t ct or fault on the part pait of said grant see sec 2 and be it enacted 1 I that if lil tho io said accounts of f tho slid grant giant hivo bave been fully full Y settled it at tile the proper accounting tice office of the treasury and alio said I 1 amount of one thousand cullars accounted for then and in ill that t ense cage there shall be paid to said grant the suni emu of nr ine one thousand thou tiou band saUd dollars bollara out of attl I 1 not jtb er cr wise a appropriated |
