Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-10-30

More, Of the Pension Affair.
: $9s .e,.,.>oSo~orc~>o~
~ Faii5mott, Oct. ~, 1852
S. Clemens, Esq. -
Dear Sir,-Tn compliance with
your request | hereby make the fol
loving statement Of facts il, relation
to'the $50 (do!lars) of pension money
which was due William Shaver on the
4th of September, 1851, and which !.
was dra wn by you upon a power Of
attorney from George s. Thompson,
the pensionagentin the GityofWhee.
ling, about the LIST of October 1851
Being William shaver's . at'orney.l ~
his business generally, few days at q.
ter the 4th Of September, 1851, he
called at my office in this place to get
me to prepare 9 power o f,, a'.orney,
appointing some person in Wheeling q
to draw for him from the Pension N, A
gent, his pension Of $50, which was as
lhen due. | prepared the powcr. OF
attorney, and on my recommendation
YOUR name N \, was inserted in the power
.of attorney, as the personto drawthe
money. When the papers were drawn
up, signed and acknowledged,-a1t the
instance Of Mr.. Shaver, enclosed
them to you, requesting you, according
to my present recollection, to forward
a check for the money, to me. In q
few days afterI sent you the power OF, OF
attorney, it was returned to me by
mail for some slight correction to be
made in the writing, to enable you to
draw the money. | saw Mr.. Shaver
and had the writing corrected and
properly acknowledged before a JUS
lice and two subscribing witnesses,
and thus corrected l forwarded the
same to you by mail. This was near
the last Of September, 1871 When
Ii forwarded the correctedpower of at
torney, l requested your attention to
the subject. Some length OF tlme
passed, and | received no iniormatioh
from you on The subject. AT length
at the instance of MIR, Shaver wrote
to you again, calling yourlattention to
the subject, but to this letter lrece'v,
ed no answer. Some time alter liter 4
wrote the last named letter, It Is my
impression that az inc lns.anee =, VI MI
anaver, I, no a1swey then
J pfar,yorl Jnr;no Inst winter, at the
instance Of Mr.. Shaver, and because / |
haJ mt heard from YOU, wrote to Mr..
Georae s Thomson. enouirinr if|
NJ Shsver,s nons;on, due on the 18th
San,embor ISL, Ind been drawn BY
any nerson if so, when and by whom.
M Thomson answered nv letter
nronntlv ;nform;no ma that You had
drawn the money about the LIST Of Oc-
|tober. 1851, and that he had shown
YOU nv letter to him on the subject.
lMr. Thompson's letteriwa received
during my absence, ii Richmond, last
winter, and l foundit with my family
when / returned from Richmond. -
When l returned home, as above sta
ted, also found with my family let
tier from you to me in the following
words and figures, y,z W.:
|,u WHEELING, March 2, 1852.
| A1p1eus Il. Havmo nd, Esq. g
~ No.. q. Az. Tbamnson b,s
roe,,rod 90 mo- vonr letter. + wh;cb
, ,e,s' , ~ ;no,,;,y !, rea,rI - he
SIa,a ..a ,,sonaw1S Mr1 RnyJ ,vho ~
.a I - ,he ,no,,ar and ;,bo 10 IN NV
a. e. s - ~. ,nas oaolnse,1 ~ Won anat
that .' he s' ranl;od reanlarlv ,vonrI lat.
. .lrs a ~ 70 ,g s.a an3 rece;ved n
NV ra,1 ,hssnca from howe ,lnr;nr ,bel ,,s.
~ a a,or;a1 cantes,
Z, ,lorag,
IS! Fiease lel me me- know what the e., lacls
are :s w1e sle, whas no says Is correct,
II not VIII enclose a araf' ana maze
MN Pay me inc amount s
YsIy Irn!y yours our y, n :
reg. oHEh eTsts 4 oL!hslhNs'
.,aT 70 this letter ! replied Immediate
ly, or at farthest within few days aft
ter my return from Richmond, (Which
was in March last informing yon that
l had not receiyed'either letterors