White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-10-15
LAW AND AGENCY.

A FTER the month of June, the undersigne,
IA will give his attention 70 business general
" in the Court Of Claims, and in the other Court
held in the District Of Columbia-also, to mat
tiers pending insCongress and in the several De
paTtnents, in which claimants may require coun
sci. He viii not be prepared before the LIST o
July to enter into correspondence on such bust
ness, as his time will be wholly engrossed unit
July in closing up his affairs connected with the
American Organ.
The undersigned, having obtained, during tht
twenty odd years which he devoted mainly L
Revolutionary Claims, at Washington, a large
amount Of facts and proofs connected with the
services Of officers Of the Revolution, and hax.
ing complete list of all those Continental o.
GERS who were promised halfpay by the several
resolves Of Congress, and of those also whose
widows and children were entitled to seven
years half pay " under the resolve of 24th Au-
gust, 1850, will be prepared 10 prosecute such
claims, if the dill reported to pay such claims
hitherto favorably acted upon in both Houses OF
Congress, at different times, shall becoe1 law;
and Of this but little doubt is entertainen8
The undersigned will also give his especial
attention to those Virginia Bounty Land Claims
and Virginia haLfpGy Claims, which remain un-
adjusted, and also to any and all other classes Of
demands upon In. Government, witch may be
of sufficient magnitude to afford a reasonable
compensation.
Prompt attention will be given to the coIlec-
ton Of individual debts, and to all professional
business in the Courts Of the District.
The undersigned will be prepared BY the LIST
of July, to furnish Circulars TO all corespsnd-
ents, giving them such information as they NAV
require before engaging his services, and which
Circulars will save much time and labor in cor
respondence. They will be sent to all - may
desire them - 49,
He will also be prepared TO furnish to those
who may require them (and for reasonable
compensation full and complete lists of the Of
feers Of the Continental Army whose cases are
embraced in the bills which have been pending
in Congress for the last two or three years, and
on which, as before stated, favorable action has
been had in each House at different sessions of
Congress.
DESTROYS of placing within the reach Of all the
descendants of Revolutionary Officers the means
of ascertaining rhether or not the names of their
ancestors are found upon the authentic rolls of
the Army, among those embraced in the bills
referred to, the undersigned will furnish for pub
location, to all publishers of newspapers who will
give this advertisement three Insertions nheir
papers respectively (and send copy thereof to
HIM full lists of the officers aforesaid for the hir-
teen original States. The publication of these
lists will effectually remove one main objection
to the proposed bill which has been raised by
some members of Congress, tO-wit: that these
claims were kROrn only to agents, who would
charge exorbitant commissions for the preseeu-
ton and recovery Of them, leaving but little to
the claimants
If claimants, with a full knowledge Of their
rights, think proper to give one half or any other
portion Of their claims to their attorneys, the
Il
bers of Congress, instead of Illuminating their
wrath against SCENTS, would procure the pubica
ton of the lists of claims embraced in every
law they enact, $50 far as the records of the gov
furnish the names Of parties entitled,)
thew would render a far more valuable service
to their constituents, than by opposing law to
pay Just claims on the pretext that agents will
receive large fees for their services.
1t is not, however, the purpose of the under
signed to interfere, in any manner, with mem
bers of Congress, in the discharge of their dE-
hes, nor with agents in the recovery of their
commissions, whether high or low. The publica-
ton of the lists in the newspapers, is, in his
Judgment, simple act of justice to claimants
and it is but Just to himself, and cannot possibly
be complained of by others when he states, that
for the prosecution and recovery of the claims
Of Offers of the Continental Army, whose
names are on the lists referred to, his commits
;ions will uniformly be fUe per cent. ON the amount
His commissions in other cases will |
De a matter of special contract.
To save all unnecessary correspondence, the |
states, that he cannot attend to
claims Of soldiers for pensions under the act of
1892, nor can he make investigations into any
pension cases suspendel" by the Pension Of |
ice, without the prepayment of fec. The ca |
yes of widows, under the act of Sd of February, |
1853, who are entitled toarrears from lS4S, will !
De prosecuted in the Court of Claims for a COM
mission Of ten per cent. on the arrears.
Letters making inquiries about claims of va |
ious descriptions, cannot be answered, unless a |
zee accompanies the application. The time re- !
luired TO examine cases, and the necessary ex- |
oense Of correspondence, in time, hostages, &C., !
Sc, forbid such examinations, without some COM !
Densation therefor.
Persons who may wish to know on what terms
generally, the undersigned will investigate and |
prosecute claims, may learn, by addressing him |
! letter enclosing postage stamp and asking |
or his " Circular 10 correspondents"
VESPASIAN ELLIS,
aug. 8, 1857. Washington City. d. C.
G. E. BALDWIN,