The Republican journal., 1869-02-04
Who is Sue Murphy :?

Almost every day tor the last two weeks
lie telegraph has informed us that the Sen
ate has been engaged i'll discussing a claim
preferred against the government by Miss
SIZE Murphy. Who is Sue Murphy: and
What IS the amount and nature OF her claim l.,
tlat II should occupy 80 much valuable time.
mad call forth such an abundance of talk !!
iuese questions have frequently been asked
IF late, and some of our contemporaries,
who were 10 position to find out what eve
rv body desires to know, have kindly vol
r1teered to answer them. First then, Sue
Murphy is a good looking young lady Of
Hveuty-two, or Whereabouts, and Il resident
Decatur, Alabama. 1t seems that early
Il the war, a certaiu piece OF property, IN
ldins house, was seized by the federal
l,rces at Decatur and converted into a sort
OF fertilization, subsequently destroyed, and
that the property belonged to Miss Murphy,
then aged about sixteen, who now applies to
The government to pay her the sum OF seven
thousand dollars, her legal and constitu-
Uonal dues. There is no question about
The destruction of the property in the man.
Ter stated, and not until within a day or
two has there been any question as to the
oWnershp Of the property, nor does there
,eem TO be a reasonable doubt on that point
now. 1t is true that Senator Sumner has
produced letter from some person in Ala
bama, IN which her ownership is denied but
lie majority of the Senators appear to be
satisfied that the lady's title is a good and
valid one. Why, then, all this discussion
Why this luterminable talk over the claim
OF a young girl, the sum total of which does
not exceed the paltry sum OF seven thousand
dollars There are two reasons. First, it
alleged by certain grave and truly loil''
senator's that the lady vas a 'rebel," and
his allegation, which does not seem to
have any foundation i'll tact--since at the
very worst, the lady was 100 young to have
really formed any very decided political opin-
.ns-has been a subject of much anxious
inquiry on the part of such patriots as
Charles Sumner and Roscoe Conkling.
zen Grant, who years ago inquired into
.ie matter, is satisfied that the lady was 10y
al, and she has produced letter written by
nm IL which this satisfaction is expressed
his with the testimony of several other ar
my officials who were in position to know
all about her loyalty, has been submitted
her loyalty" seems to have been establish
ed. So far, then, there is no reason why
the claim should not be allowed But
there is still anotoer objection to paying
The seven thousand dollars, and that is the
bearing which its allowance would have on
the general question of claims by Southern
'loyallsts" for property taken or destroyed
by the Federal forces during the war.
These, II IS supposed by some, would
amount, at the very least, to the sum Of
S30o,0OU 900, though Senator Wilson pro-
fesses to believe that the amount of claims
that would be made, including claims like
that OF Miss Murphy, has been greatly
oyer-estimated, and probably would not
exceed Sl0,000,000 or SIP 200, 900 in ALL -
However this may be, it is claimed by some
that the amount is altogether larger than
the country can afford to pay, and SO Il
claim which has been shown to be lust, and
which ought TO be honestly met, is referred
back to a committee, as the most conven-
lent way to get rid Of it, Some of the Re-
publican Senators object to paying this class
OF claims at all, pleading the poverty Of the
country AZ reason, but the Democrats,
who are unable to see the difference be-
tween repudiating them and repudiating the
public debt, are to a man in favor of their
liqnldation. Let Sue Murphy be paid even
1t we have to borrow the money to do it
and let all other Just claims be paid as we'll
There is no reason why the money changers
u the North should handle the government
tnnds in preference to the ''loyap' men and
women OF the South. equal and exac
Justice" should be the motto of the govern
ment, as well as the motto of the Democrat
&c Party. Bridgeport Farmer.
The quiet neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights
~ J ., was thrown into excitement on Satur-
day by genuine Sensation-an elopement in
llgh life. The Sun states the principals to be
lle wife Of Il cotton broker in Broad street
New York, and a son of wealthy grain me T.
chant of Chicago. The woman was Balti-
more belle, but made, as it appears, of bad
metal. About eighteen months ago she was
Wooed and won and was married at her fathers
house The couple boarded awhile in New
ork but firing OF this kind of living, they
hired a house on Hicks street. Brooklyn, where
tney resided very comfortably and happily
WISHING ana being visit ed by friends from all
quarters Among the Wis itors was Mr. Tomlin-
son, an intimate friend of the husband, who
treated ann as brother. After repeated calls
Tomlinson found his attachment to his friend s
wife and his love for her society growing
warmer, and, as the sequel showed She gen.
erously reciprocated. The faithful husband
doubted not his wife's fidelity nor his friends
integrity until he read the following note left
on his table on Saturday afternoon
SATURDAY MORNING
DEAR CHARLIE must to-day bid you goodby to
ever To-day leave your house, again to return
cannot help it. For long time have loved 10 in my
neart ana know he loves me. When this1rcache yol
will be on my way across the Yonr once loving
TEREsk.
The husband at once made inquiries at sew
eral of the steamship offices, and ascertained
that his wife and her paramour had sailed for
turOna n Of Of a Tba