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

Corr espondenee Of Tie Charleston Ere. Meus.
WASHINGTON, DEC. &c, ls47.
Soldiers Warrants-IHe Pension Office
The Secretary Of the Treasury General
Iaylor-A ne,o Candidate for tie Vice
Presidency, &c.
There are defects i'll the administration
of the affairs of the Pension Office which
require speedy correction. The dis.
Charged soldier himself can take the neces-
sary oath, which the laws enioin, 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 a surviving relative.
mother, or a wife, oil the soldier who has
fallen Ill battle. She has not the privilege
OF making an oath before a magistrate, but
must swear in a court having probate iu.
rlsdlctlon Such court may be from two
to iitty miles from her residence: and no
matter how decrepid, or poor, she must cn.
counter the fatigue Of travel, and sustain cx.
pensc, to comply with the rcqusition else.
she Is preclndcd from the land bounty or
scrip, which the sacrifice of the sons or the
husbands bounty secured to her Mem.
beis OF congress have hundreds of cases in
which women took oaths before magistrates
but the Commissioners says that thew will
not be allowed. The Secretary of War
! listened to an appeal the other day, but did
! nothing IN the premises. The Comms
sloncr 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. M'C lila, the s,ccnd Auditor of tho
Treasury, III whose bureau there are now
| al least three thousand unadjusted claims
Tor balance due properly lost, &c. requires
:, compliance with no such arbitrary rule
lie proceeds upon the principle that All
| oath. before a magistrate, is sufficient 10
establish truth. A law will shortly be en-
acted by Congress which will compel tho
Commissioners to pursue different course.
The Secretary OF the Treasury is still
confined to hi, room. Notwithstanding
there Is an ''ucting Srcrclary," so called.
! and the assistance OF Mr. Buchanan, (,he
Secretary OF State) Mr.. Walker receives
and opens al! the letters received through
the mails. and sends to the Department only
! those which 10 not require particular alteu-
ton Weak lis he is, he iabors inccs<antiy.
Neither wife nor doctor can dlSsuadu him
! from toll. With him finance is passion.
| Ii he should die within a year from this
time, it will be said of him that :'hc spoke
of exchanges and balances of trade in his
last moments, and EXPRESSED hope ,ta, all
his recommendations would be consumma-
ted"
have been informed that demonstration
will shortly be made at Annapolis, Mary
land, by members Of the Legislature, in ia.
sor of General Taylor for the Presidency.
| 4 iIpn,un xvhf, ho tlA n l.,
ing in the confidence Of the underwriters,
expresses the opinion that the Hon. Simon
Cameron, Of Pennsylvania, viii! probably
be placed Oh the ticket as the candidate for
the e-Presidency' MIR. Cameron was
among the first who named Genera! Taylor
for the higher office, and endorsed his Dem.
ocracy. 1t will not be long, however, be-
fore we know whether the General will be
taken up, or thrown aside, by politi,ons.
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