The weekly union record., 1865-06-17
The Men for Whom Government Re
wards are Offered.

Our readers will be interested to learn some
thing in the way of biography about the choice
clnster of scoundrels for whom, together with
JEFF Davis himself, the Government has Of
fered rewards as being implicated 10 the late
assassination plot:
Jacob Thompson was born in 1910 in North
Carolina, was admitted to the bar in 1884
and removed TO Mississippi soon after, where
be settled 10 the Chickassw region. and was
in 1889 elected TO Congress. In the House
be was on different committee, and in 1851 de-
clned q re election. Buchanan made him bis
Secretary Of the Interior and in that position
be worked in conjunction with Floyd and his
fellows IN their plots against the Government.
Just before the time of the commencement of
the rebellion, be resigned, on the plea that
Buchanan had broken faith with the South in
sending reinforcements to Charleston. Before
his resignation, relative of Thompson's EN-.
ployed as clerk in his department. embezzled
bonds and coupons 10 the value of $3.50 900.
and absconded. Thompson never restored the
stolen property. He entered the rebel service
as an aid de.camp TO Beauregard, in 1861, and
IN June of that year sent letter TO Buchanan
in which be said be had feared that T" that
bluuderer, Lincoln" would adopt his ideas of
State Rights, and so nip secession in the bud.
he also remarks that be (Mr. Lncoln) :" has
not the ability and nerve TO take care Of his
own people, having tramped under foot the
Constitution and the laws" Thompson went
to Canada about year ago. and began bis
nefarious schemes to release rebel prisoners in
the West and raise an insurrection in Illinois
and Indiana. These schemes failed through
the vigilance of the officers in command AT
Chicago; and Thompson then, no doubt,
turned bis attention to the assassination plot.
Clement c. Clay was born in Madison, AL
ALBANIA, in May, 1919. and is son of Ex-Gov-
ernor Clay of that State. He was educated
at the University of Alabama, adopted the
profession of the law, and in lS42, IA and
AS served in the Alabama Legislature. He
was elected United States Senator in 1853
51 and in February, 1861, resigned bis Office
and took part 10 the rebellion-hrst at the
South, and subsequently, as plotier in Canada.
Geo. n. Sanders, the most impudent scoun
dre in he lot, was formerly Navy Agent. He
was born in Kentucky, and has been an active
rebel from the first His notorious figure in
the Niagara Falls " Peace Convention will
be remembered. He went 10 England 10 1862,
where be eDdeavored TO get 10, of iron clads
built for the rebels, but was not successful,
and returned TO CaDads, where be has since
remained.
Beverly Tucker was born 10 Virginia. and
is an editor by profession, having been at one
time connected with the Washington Sentinel.
He was our Consul to Liverpool during Bu-
chanan's administration, and in 1860 returned
home and joined the rebel cause. 1t is stated
that one OF President LiUcoln's last acts of Of
fetal clemency was extended toward Tucker,
whom our authorities at Portland expected to
arrest. Tucker denies this, However, and says
that at the time of the assassination be was
making bis preparations to go to Richmond,
and was shocked and stunned by the an
nouncement Of the murder.
William C. Cleary was born in Kentucky,
and in 1860 was prominent member of the
Legislature of that State. He joined the re-
belou at its outbreak, and for the past year
or two has lived in Canada, and acted as
Clays private secretary.