Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-12-22
q bringing settlers to the State, and to give
publication Of the same to the public through


publication Of the same to the public through
the press.
1t was resolved also to appoint commit
tee of five (of whom the president Of the
convention is to be chairman,) to lay the
proceedings Of this body before the Gener-
al Assembly.
The following gentlemen constitute that
committee
Hon. A. FL. H. Stuart, Of Staunton,
chairman Messrs. Thos. S. Flournoy, of
Halifax ; VIM. Lamb, Of Norfolk J. D..
Imboden, and Jno. Fl. Lee, of Orange.
Report of the Southern Claims
Commission.
The following are the allowances made to
loyal Virginians, of this county, as far as
reported, by the Southern Claims Commits
sion in their report just submitted to Con-
gress, but they have to be be approved by
Congress before they can be drawn:
Sam'l Kline, 1897 Matthew Tisdal,
$3.50; David Fultz, $1,S95 ; Joseph M.
Kline, $275; Elizabeth CARRIER, s110 !;
Abram CARRIER, s340 /; David Wampler,
$275; Jacob Meyers, $11S; Ben K.
Kline, $568; James M. Wine, 1921 !;
Christian Myers, $1S5; Martin CARRIER,
$557 Daniel Moler, $3.50 John Gil
bert, $3.50; Geo. W. & Jacob Hess, $500.
The following claims from this c.,au-
ty are wholly rejected, on the various
grounds, for disloyalty, want Of proof of 10y
atty Or facts, and want of Jurisdiction by the
Commissioners over the subject matter OF
the claims
Isaac Cofman, John N. Grouse, William
I. Fauber, Henry Frank, Noah Flory.
Joseph Flory, George Rix, John W. spiers,
Lydia Houf, Henry Sniteman, Joseph
Wampler, David W. CARRIER, Joseph r.
Kline, John D. Miller, John Wamper,
Jonas Wampler, Jacob and John Harsh
barger, Abner Shumake, Abram LavclI,
William Fl. Newman, Sam'l Zigler, Sam
CARRIER, Jackson Showalter.
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The Grant and anti-Grant Republican Sen
ators are having warm time in Washington,
! since the reform resolution of Senator Trum.
bull was offered in the U. S. Senate
Caucus after Caucus has been held and
at each the contest has become warmer
! The Grant Senators are anxious to defeat
any examination into and reform Of the
civil service as administered by Grant
knowing full we'll that corruption woull be
unearthed which would appal the country
The Anti-Grant Republicans are pressing
an examination and reform and are daily
gaining strength. They are not likely tt
be driven into line, no matter how assidu
ously Conklin, Sherman & Co. ply the par
| ty lash. The chances of Grants nominatior
are, consequently, growing less, day by day
and to the qualification all, who admire con
stency, dignity and intellect, as cspecia
characteristics in the head of our growing
Republic.
INTEREST ON FUNDED DEBT-In resp nst
to resolution of inquiry as to whether the
Funding Bill authorized the payment of in
terest on the Funded debt, without further
legislation, Attorney General Taylor sub
mitted an opinion to the House, concluding
as follows
''The funding act does not, in my orn
ion, make an appropriation for this purpose
think there should be an act authorizing
the Auditor to transfer the sum necessary
to pay the interest, otherwise the Treasures
will not be justified in making such pay
ment."
From this opinion, an act to prcvais fol
the payment of interest on the funded deb
is necessary, and, from the action of the
House already, no such bill is likely te
pass, and hence the Funding Bill is, fl on
this cause, on the eve Of becoming nuIity
Bowen. of the South Carolina T,nei Ia