The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-05-19


he was not there himself Their,
were sixteen BEAUTIFUL young lalies il
the room, writing in books, aud thcr,
were seven well favorei young olerk,
showing them how. Tho young won
en- smiled up over their shoulders. an,
the clerks smiled back to them. snC
all went merry as n marriage bell
Two or three clerks that were reading
the Newspapers looked at mo rsthei
bard, hut went on reading, aud noboi,
sail anything However | had beer
used to this kind of ahcrity from
/ Fourth Assistant Clerks all through
my eveniiul career. from the very dn,
| entered the Office of the Corn-Bcc
Bureau clear till | passed out Of th,
last one in the Dead Reckoning Divi
sion. i had got 30 accomplished hy
this time that could stand on one
foot from the moment entered N
otliic TIL a clerk spoke TO ne, without
changing more than two, or mayb,
three times.
So stood there I'LL hal changed
four different times. Then said Il
one of the clerks who was reading--
"lllustrous Vagrant, where is th,
Grand Turk?'
What do you mean. sir ? whom Dc
you mean : II you mean the Chic
Of the Bureau he is out
Will ho visit the hirem to-day p
The young man elared upon ms
awhile, and thco went OIL reading hls
paper But | knew the ways Of thus,
clerks. knew | was safe. IL he 20,
through before another New York mai
arrived. lie only had two more pa
pers left. er awhile he finished
them, and then yawncd, aui asked me
what wanted
&" Rennwnci aoi bouorcd lmbeci,e
90 or about
You are the beef contract mao
GIVE me your pipcr~.'
/ lie took them. and for long time
/ he ran n,Ickcd his odds AMI cuis. Fin.
ally hc found the North West Passage
AS regarded it-hc found the lpnl-
lost record oi that beet couiract-hu
IoInd the rock upon which 50 many oi
my ancestors had split before they
ever got 10 it. was deeply moved
Aud sc, Ircjniced-ior have SIR
vIvcd. said. with emotion, Civ.
it me. The Government Will s,tt,
now lie waved me back and faid
there was something yet to be done
first.
Where isJuan Wilson Mackcn-
uc - said he.
" Dead
When dill he die p
" lie diIn', die at al.--he was kill
cdr
How"
Tomaha sked."
WIN tomahawked him ~
Why, an lUdian OF course. lou
didn't suppcsc It waS superinrcU-
dent of Sunday school, did you -
NO. An Indian, w-s 1t Y
" The same
"Nlmc o!thc Indian ?
Ills name don't know lis
name
"NoI hrve his nam'. Who saw
the tomahiwklng done -
81 don't koow.'
You were not present yourself
then ?"
Whichyou can s.c by my hair, l
vas absent .
"Th,n how DO you know that Mac
cnzie is dead :"
Becu>e he certainly dici at thai
ime, and have every reason u b.
eve that hc la, been dead ever sIuce
kl0w he has in fact
We NUT have proofs Have you
II the Indian =
"Of course not
"Well, you must get him Have
you got the tomahawk y
4" never thought of such thing
A" You must s-t the tJmahaYk. You
must produce the lndlan aud the tom
ahawk. II Mackcnzle's death Gao bt
proven by these, you can then 20 be-
fore the commiSSiln appointed TO au-
dit claims. with some shDS OF settln :
you bill under such nrsdway that youl
children may possibly 1--we to rere,v,
the money and enjoy il. But tia
mans death must be proven, How
ever, | may as well tell you tha: rh'
Government will never pay that tran;
porraiou aud those travelling expenses
Of the lamentei Mackenzie 1t mnI
possibly pay for the barrel OF bee
that Sherman's soldiers captured, !
You can get a relief bill through Con
gress making au appropriation To-
that purpose but it will not pay io
the twenty nine barrels the Indian
ate"
Then there is only 4 hundred d"l
lars due me. and that isn't certain
i After all MackenZie's travels in Eu
rope, Asia America with tha, beet
after all his trials aud tribulatihus au'
transportation after the Slaughter o
all those iunocents tht tried to volIec
that bill! Young man, why d'iu'
he FIRST Comptroller OF the Coru Bee
Division tell NE this ~
lie didn't know anything shou
the renuinsnes OF your cls'n.'
"Why didn't the Second tell me
Why didn't the Thirdy Why didIs
all those divisions aud departmes'
} toll me y
None Of them knew, We d