Washington sentinel., 1854-07-14
WASHINGTON CRY, D C., July 10, 1854.
Hon. SAM HousToN,
IJl,ited Slales Se,,ator fran, T,ros.

Hon. SAM HousToN,
United States Senator from Iszas
SIR see by the Globe Of yesterday evening, in
lAe published proceedings OF the Senate, that on
the occasion of my reply TO your malicious attack
on me on the lst inst, being laid on the desks oi
honorable senator's, you have again, with an en-
tire disregard oftruth and fair and manly dealing,
taken advantage OF your senatorial privileges, and
made statements which il is my dsagreeable duty
10 correct, and which will do briefly as posi-.
BILE, in the only way have the power.
II is not true that Mrs Wber ever applied TO
me, as you state, tor the certificate of the pay due
her late husband 10 be returned 10 her or the
contrary she sent me the second power Of attor-
ney here, 10 get tac money for her, enclosed in a
letter. dated July %, 1852. in which she SAYS {" /
need not say TO you that feel under many obli-
cations for your attention 10 my interests in this
NATTER / have not been in Texas since, but
sent this second power OF attorney out by mail,
and received, in reply, that the 'power of attorne
was sufficient TO draw the money i'll would accom-
pany il with proof that she i The of Wilber"
This letter is dated June III, 1853, and have been
endeayoring ever since 10 ascertain what proof
the treasurer wants, other than that on which the
certificate issued my last letter from the
auditor, in reply TO mine, on this subject is dated
May lSlh 1854, and my last letter 10 him about il
was written less than thirty days since. Mrs.
Wilber was here last month; saw her twice and
SHOWED ner lnese letteTs-Sne expressed nerSeI
gratifed with my efforts in her behalf. / have a
letter from her dated the Oath of last month, in
which she reiterate those expressions.
Every one would suppose, from the last para
graph of your remarks that Lieutenant WILDER
was a married man at the time he was wounded,
and that he was made cripple for life. All the
officers and men who were wounded in my en-
gagements with the enemy were pensioned by
tp0 acts Of the Texas congress that met in the fall
of lS43 These pensions were predicated on the
certificate of the surgeon as 10 the extent of the
injuries received. Lieutenant ID. G. Wilber's name
is not to be found in the list of those who were
pensioned Qhey are still receiving pensions from
the State of Texas, because the surgeon did not
believe his wounds entitled him TO it. He received
splinter wound in the head and another one in
the breast. He had no bones broken.
He was not married until some years after he
had been driven from Texas by your unjust and
oppressive course towards the navy Of that
public while you were its president as is so fully
set forth by her pubic records and laws.
Mrs. WIlber has never been TO Texas nor was
lie there after his marriage; hence the difficulty
and trouble | have had in my efforts 10 get the
money for her.
What You say yt | wrote to her latteriy about
much of my money being tied up in Texas" was
in reply TO her statement that she was much in
need OF some money; and would most willingly
have furnished her with some but for the fact
that have large amount due me that is tied up
in Texas.
will conclude this by simply remarking, that
what you said yesterday in the Senate about
greedy avarice and profigacy, SO wanton,' is
only another illustration of yonr malice.
Your fellow citizen,
+. w MOORE