Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-07
HUNTING A PENsIONER.
waking APP the Wrong Passcnger--
A One-Legged Confederate After a
Pension Agent.
From the Montgomery Mail.


Pension Agent.
From the Montgomery Mail.
The pension brokers have a way of
hunting up subjects all over the county
to further their operations on the Treasury.
One of their tricks is to get hold of a
manned soldier, no matter whether Fed
eral or Confederate, and induce him to
swear to the proper papers for securing a
pension. John Smith may have belonged
TO an Ohio regiment. He may have died
six wears ago. The broker hunts up some
one who will personate John Smith, and
continue drawing the pension, paying a
small commission to the accommodating
broker. One of the circulars of the pen
sion gentlemen recently came to William
Jones at the Wetumpka postOfiice. Here
is Williams reply to the circular. He
proves himself equal to the emergency;
WETUMPKA, ALA, March 26, 1870
VIM. L. Collins, ESQ, Pension Agent,
Washington, d. c., Dear Sir am just
in receipt of your circular, dated the 18th
November, 1869, enclosing blank to be
| filed bv me as an ''invalid pensioner, "
upon the Government of the United
| States. / am unfortunately invalid,
having lost my leg at the battle of Muir
| freesboro, Tennessee, while in the service
| of the then Confederate States, saith Alas
bama regiment, company F.; but up to
this time am pleased to state that L am
not a pensioner upon any Government.
On the contrary, l am now laboring daily
| on one leg, to assist in paying pensions TO
those who shot the other off.
Not being able 10 use the papers sent
me, and not knowing any William Jones
in this county, formerly member OF the
goth Massachusetts Vols, l re-enclose
them TO you. .--- ....
Hoping that you will yet succeed ID
finding the true and loyal William Jones,
remain, with affectionate regard for you
and your Government. Truly, etc,
WIN. JONES.
| P. S.-Should you find that yO'tr Bill
Jones lives in Elmore county, couldn !
you fix it with the Government so that
can pay him his pension myself, taking
his receipt as a voucher against the In
ternal Revenue man, StrawbackT This
arrangement would be safer and more
convenient for both the Joneses, and per
, haps for the Government.
n. Bit is highly probable that tn
VIM. Jones of whom you are IN search i
a Fifteenth Amendment" (as Massachu
sets filed her quotas in the United State
: army, during the war, mostly from tina
class of population and has gone to as
l sist in reconstructing our sister Stale
$ Mississippi We may expect him to re
l turn to Alabama, however, in time I
S take part in our fall elections; and thoug
an invalid he will be able to vote /
several counties. w. J.
d SINGULAR TUMOR.
The English journals give an account c
= a singular tumor, discovered in the ston
ach of a woman about thirty years
Il age. who had been under treatment fc
y two wears in London hospital for Oh
ease the nature of which had batffcd a
: the skill of the physicians to determine
On a post mortem examination, SOL
tumor, composed of human hair, resen
hing in appearance a black duck with
very long neck, and weighing nearly tW
mounds. was found to occupy and near
It 10 completely fill the stomach and guile
ii forming a tolerably accurate mould
[. these organs, and extending from u
lr stomach almost into the mouth. This
" markable concretion had caused gre
D, thickening and liberation OF the stonlac
y, !" and was the remote cause OF death. 7
y inquiry, a sister stated that during .
i last twelve wears, she had known the q
: ceased TO be in the habit of eating b
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