The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1848-01-05

Corr espondence of the Charleston Ere. Ne,cs.
WASHINGTON, DEC. 26, Is47.
Soldiers Worrants-IHe Pension Office
The Secretary of the Tfeasury-General
IaylOr-A me,o Candidate for tie VICE.
Presidency, &c.
There are defects in the administration
OF the affairs of the Pension Office which
require a speedy correction. The dis
charged soldier himself can take the neccs-
sary oath, which the laws enjoin, before
any magistrate living in his neighborhood;
and then receive his land warrant or scrip,
for services rendered to his country. 1t is
different, however, with surviving relative,
a mother, or wife, of the soldier who has
fallen III battle. She has not the privilege
of making an oath before magistrate, but
must swear in court having probate iu-
risdiction Such court may be from two
to fifty miles from her residence; and no
matter how dccrepiJ, or poor, she must cn-
counter the fatigue oftravel, and sustain cx-
pense, TO comply with the requisi,ion else.
she is precludcd from the land bounty or
scrip, which the sacrifice Of the sons or the
husbands bounty secured to her Mem
bers of congress have hundreds Of cases i'll
which women took oa,hs before magistrates,
but the Commissioners says that they will
not be allowed. The Secretary of War
listened to an appeal the other day, but did
nothing in the premises. The Commis.
sioner maintained that the distinction (of
which al who are in favor of equal Justice
should complaiN,) has been in existence
thirty years, and Is, therefore, the usage
MIR. MIC lila, the second Auditor of tho
Treasury, in whose bureau there are now
AT least three thousand unadjusted claims
for balance due properly lost, Sc, requires
Il compliance with no such arbitrary rule.
tlc proceeds upon the principle that all
oath, before a magistrate, is sufficient to
establish truth. A law will shortly be en-
acted by Congress which will compel tho
Commissioners topursue u different course
The Secretary OF the Treasury is still
confined to his room. Notwithstanding
there is an "acting Secretary" so called,
and the assistance Of Mr.. Buchanan, (tLo
Secretary Of Sta,e,) MIR. Walker receives
and opens all the letters received through
the mails, and sends to the Department only
those which do not require particular atten-
ton. Weak as he is, he la bors inccssantly.
Neither wife nor doctor can d,ssuade him
from toll. With him finance is a passion.
If hc should die within year from this
time, it will be said Of him tha, she spoke
OF exchanges and balances of trade in his
last moments, and expressed hope ,ha, all
his recommendations would be consurnraa-
ted"
1have been informed that demonstration
will shortly be made at Annapolis, Mary
land, by members Of the Legislature, in IA
vor of General Taylor Enr the Presidency.
A gentleman who has the reputation of bo-
ing in the confidence of the underwriters.
expresses the opinion tha. the Hon. Simon
Cameron: Of Pennsylvania, will probably
be placed on the tickle: as the candidate for
the e-Presidency' Mr. Cameron WAS
among the first who named General Taylor
for the higher Office, and endorsed his Dem.
ocracy. 1t will not be long, however, be.
fore we know whether the General will DO
taken up, or thrown aside, BY poIiti,ions.
CAPITAL.