The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-20


tha abt OF looking out for flaws IN indictments, and for
all denciepcies in testimony whereby accused party
On bs rial Seors hs hoS c%yi Of mpeschmen. the
senate OF the United States for according 10 he decision
NJ this case, no judge matter how corrupt ne may oe
80 long as he does not commit any overt acts OF corrup
ton, can be brought to trial deprived Of his
once. were not for that consideration for the mnu
ence Of this decision on the public MIND o. the country
would be gratifying 10 Judge Watr0us discharged
from accusaon for he Is an old man, fass hastenng 70
the great Judgment Seat The wsest and most honorable
sgnaton the hands Of the President, and retire from
position in whch--whether deservedy .no;-he has
host the confidence Of the people Of Nxas.
ssorHnR IMPEACHMENT CASE.
Charges of old standing and frivolous in their nature
also been preferred against the Hon Thomas Irwin
United States Judge for the Western district OF Psnnsy
vania and memorial and answer have been presented
his part and referred TO the Committee the Judi
cary. is quite improbable that, after It's failure ID the
case of Judge Watfous, that committee will charge seI
Judge Irwin.
THE PENSION sIlr.
The House was considerably bored last session by bill
for which M Savage OF Tennesec SPONSOR propos
ing grant pensions to the officers and soldiers Of the
with Great Britain Of 1872 and 10 those engaged in
Indian wars during that period Twas made The special
order in Committee Of the Whole the State OF the Union
for the second Tuesday IN December and was taken up
and discussed in committee last Thursday.
II has been demonstrated by the Pension Bureau that
present SHAPE tho bill would impose the treasury
annual tax OF eleven millions Of dollars, while with the
amendmcns that would probably be attached before
1t became law its drain the treasury would amount
to twenty millions year How far this estimate
r above or below the mark may be inferred from the
following piece Of information given by the Secretary OF
the Interior in his last report.
the 7h Of june 1892 forty years after the close OF
ne revolutionary war An act supplementary TO he act for
uon was passed While that bill was upder consideration
rate calculation in order 70 ascertain the number of persons
then living who were embraced BY s provisions and me an
.Sa de humber q Soldiers who would claim and snei 2
be se7 Go On his Calculation the Bill was passed. The
numb claims dled law during he first
IS 800. The shole num6e, admitted was ss, 4I4.
H. n ~ N sss
caused by the act q june iSa was therefore, stslsa%
farshsr estimated by the committee end of
there would be none ying 70 receive its benefits Now
ee out
woad have REQUIRED 70 @ 2 % have me: its entire reqas,
OF anticipated inasmuch they expected that
Wa Il @ that
bali Of this s27663 was all that expected 10 be
years have elapsed passage that
sSpendeo under the act now over ssooaOoo
,Se passage d as q Fs6rasr isss granting
snen 1909 lie estimate Of the that $4,000 would
found wholly adequate and .ae additional Of $4,000
wss ssd nd ss am @ u the deficiency S Oh the
There other facts ths subject of curious interest Fiji
sere sns whose marriage toos place prior iS Nearly
one hundred OF them are yet alive In iSsS my i've years
married between is ANA 1874 In iss sixty i've years after
the wa, t,i42 of the II, $50 were still alive.
The fair inference from this statement Is that twenty
millions year would fall below the mark OF satisfying
this pension bin " II became law and the
sty ior the passage Of such q measure At all may be
Judged OF from statement made in the House the other
day by Mr. Nichols, Of Ohio, 80 the effect that out OF
ninety claimants for whom he procured military land
warrants from the department 1850, ninety three OF
them good and some of them in better circum-
stances than he himself The bill is got mp by pen
son agents for their own pccunary benefit aud by small
fly politicians Gam popularity ia their districts No mai
action taken by the Committee OF the Whole upon IL
bu, Il special order ill disposed or aud will come up
again Whenever tho House into Committee ~ tha
Whole on the stat" ~ thc unIon
eEorCA AM ,LsHa~a CLAIMS
bill which has been pending before Congress for the
last twenty years had hearing ia the House Friday,
the 1.th while the House In Committee of the Whole
the Private Calendar. Il IL biz 10 provide for the
examination and payment Of certain claims Of citizens
Georgia and Aahams account Il osscs sustained by
Expectations OF the Creek Indians The facts in IL ar
substantially these Tho Creek Indians residing within
the limits OF III, state II Georgia made treaty with n
government the 18th Of February, ISIS, by
which they Cesd all their lands D. the elst o. the Chat
hootchee river that ssie the tntd States stpuatng
- give thcn exchange the Lac quantity for acre,
westward o; the Mississippi, On the Arkansas This treaty,
however, abragsted the next year, being IN viola
ton OF nw of tho Creek nation which forbid any
.! tp chies, Cd pain of death, from alienaEs IL
lands and the celebrated clef Macintosh VA
actually put 70 death icr that oaence. 20 great,
however, the Ifcgsnrc 81 the citizens Of Georgia
ON .ho gUy,rnmort, that anoihsr treaty wss pro.
cured tie .ltL uf March, is:.2, OF the s,ipa.
laflons y which waf, thai the prncpa chiefs ninety
number, Sere cach - rocei,e secLon = 40 aas and
all the Other hosGs a. fGuks who chiefs
receive half OF tsi aarity; the lni io be held by
each u them IA seyers,y, win right H. sc and dispose
= y Ihc r.sat that Was desrc to ie effected ey tins
treaty soun followed The tribal character ~ thc trccis
was br.kon NJ, sId uer reservations Isscd into tho
hands q &c vi cs. III dars, hcin reucci to state
~ Vatsri.u and yagr4.s comp tiae t tey hnl been
into tsvr O~n laue, ai comm need punder the set
dement's fr ssttrts NcI nti tir ino-, I,is'y lsppt.
at'd dstr.eta. md ocnrsS aesgE VS. tgnt with barge
force ~ Nnluntfels irc-g Indians t. Iut do9n tie
h0-iale lpsaGs. Tl,se lAitc, however, h4d In g. iou
tle Scul noit, Wlo we're then anst the JAlted
rlutt n 9taA ~" IT, k*ar ssrt $50 h- ~ 1tolg1
.tourd Cotgtss to- iuGfnry tyr tl losses sustilrd
~ To, cu1.ns p tNs CTsrk wN, = wS
talltu. The Gr!at3neuis hpl det.ded that the
property bgHg Ues1f0yfs va, the United states
we're net resf~rshis fe any pfEcrie ~ hiVs q. tae
government tnAFuFs, however, made ali,rn ria,eu
i9 Asnt sut t0rt upou ~, .ircIn
stances. ihc ca ~ liii bciarc uis tolnmsss,opsrs
srn0unird io Sl .g.-g ont they reported he whole anna
Only a. su,oUut o. st9.isJ. 0l ths certain por-
L,h paced IL . .cAs 4ul Shaving via: was actually
&c ~ goods ani Iroyitrn' taken ~ hc rni.d Sasts
Noois or ~, freddy ih4ant ~ substfcncc and that
pad ~ tie TIM rrcr the general llws.
Iouercs has brn gpztrsd g. make good these
'estfnct' al tole i's 'nsic sAowci itself
NithG "'ogh - ~ -, a. snni.tis - the lfie con
se'enty reuSva e. ruu HI uu'l 4st session, when
H. ,omftiec lte.sr AH.s regurtcI tle bill Ia ducs
tol. The singular lea'4r, Go ~. - that u
tsfdcd p"w ttSt us was nc wst, and tnat t6c United
states ~luab'y h,s..a unafr The igdan iutcruyrso
lawn a. fembsn ~ ir losers niCtei BY friendly
irdap. anu thcy fay iAt insiuld .. majority q the
tsoekF btig haiic tgft ga.S forty ofthcn
1irs however. dow - canI.'t h the TACT ths the
number q, ,auats aIpnffs " ol., only l"of whom
appear by ,hc feords the land Ohsc % hsvo bought
w the trts u' il1 allgDs-u0r With he iae tsi
ts.oeo bsrmty sn6 warrant hayr been claimed AM
su.d to citizens n Alabama Rni Tcsga. tor their services
m thss idchtca Irecx VA. There is mighty slim caanoa
~ Their g,ung any more Tokinss trotn TIM eOyeramant
ont oi ths rro'jaDs. igll-lCtor.
NJ vote hae sci b,,n taken upOp u ~ oommlicr but u
viii probably ~ agsan Tho G0ase next gp@
Committee % the lrs ste Calendar.
srsry> f1,,go1FS.
his untcrttOga tia, tbc House tcmuntce rcrrsio.
re have dccdcl to report against ths Senate bill OF lAs
arnitiug oregon , Si,sc o. the coagcdSacy
IN, reason alleged ns'Acincy r population, orcgon
having only pp-atOn q 5000, while the raii,
of Representation in the House il % 900 ~ this
means the opening ~ tc kansaS trouble will be avoid
Ell ~ was IN contemplation so enggat the Oregon
hfif an ruah'iuu IA for kangae