Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-01-12
The Old soldiers Convention.


There were abou, two hundred dele
gates present at the Convention of Old
Soldiers of the war of 1912, which assem-
bieG in Washington on Tuesday, Col. j.
b. Sutherland presiding. The gist Of the
resolutions adopted were in substance as
follows
Tina, the Convention petition earnestly
the present Congress TO supply the omiS-
sions Of former ones by providing for The
declining years of the old soldets and sail
ors OF the war Of 1912, as was done fr:
those of the Revolutionary war. Ia,
pensions for wounds or injnriec should
commence from The time OF iue. disahiIi-
ty. and the arrears of pension should be
paid to the widow or surviving children.
That the bounty land act of 1855 should
be amended to embrace the children of
any person who If living would be entitled
10 land under that act as well as his minor
children +; and persons who enlisted for
five years, and served ill they were dis
charged or disabled, ought to receive leo
additional acres. That the pensions Of
the present law should also be extended
TO those confined in foreign prisons du-
ring the late war.
And inasmuch as many rolls in the
war office were destroyed by fire, it is un-
just to refuse parole proof, aud require
record evidence of service. That it is
due to the memory of President James
Madison that all appropriate statue be erec-
ted TO him at Washington. That the
members Of the convention will wear Grape
on their arms for thirty days in respect
10 the memory of those who have died
since the last convention met. That mil
itary service, however short, should entl-
lie to 100 acres of land.
A committee Of seven was appointed to
bring the resolutions before Congress.
THE FLORIDA INDIANs.--The following,
in view of the recent massacre Of u. ).
troops by the Indians in Florida, will
prove interesting
The number of indians still in Florida
is variously estimated, and il has been I'M
possible 10 approximate. with anything
like certainty,Io their precise force. Some
suppose that they can bring int" The held
600 warriors; others again assert that they
have an effective force Of not over 100.
The truth, perhaps, is equl-dlstant be-
tween the extremes, and that will give
number Sufficient, uDder all the adVanta-
ees presented by the everg AIDES, 10 arrest
the settlemen! Of the country Tor many
wears 20 come. With respect to the lea
ders Of this tribe, there is also some UNI
certainty. They are nominally under the
control of Sam Jones and Billy Bowlegs;
and of Billy Bowlegs enough is known
to give assurance that he is capable OF
giving great trouble. He says himself
that he is thirty years old, though he must
at least be six or eight years older. Sam
Jones, if alive al an. must be very old,
perhaps not far from 80 years, but 1t is
doubted if he be alive al all. He has not
been seen for many years, and though
Billy Bowlegs still processes 10 ACT under
his authority, and gives as reason Tor
his failure to comply with his repeated
promises to move to the West that Sam
Jones will not permit him. and that he
Will forfeit his life in the undertaking, yel
il is doubled whether he is not keeping
alive the name Of Sam Jones from con-
sideraions of policy, while the former
owner of it has already departed, and
whether ne is not, in FACT, the party re-
sponsibe for all The movements OF the
tribe.
ARREsT OF FUGITIVE SLAvEs.--Slx
slaves, four men and two women, inglnVeS