Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-17
WASHINGTON.
. Pension Plnndererz

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-The account
of Pension agent Calhoun of Philadelphia
having been found deficient S11 600 he ha
been given till to-day TO make them goo
and resign, falling in which he viii be re
moved. Other pension accounts are beini
closely scrutinized. - =, = -.
Maj. d. r. b. Heyen has been appointed
pension agent for Philadelphia in the plae'
of Mr.. Calhoun. The friends of the latte
say he viii pay what is due the govern
ment.
Caleb CushinS's Successor.
II is probable that Mr.. Dick, lawyer o
this city, viii be appointed successor to Ca
ieb Gushing as counsel for the United
States before the Americo-Spanish Com,
mission.
Special to the Louisville Ledger.
A Tricky Trio.
The financial adventures, r. K. Scott,
Governor of South Carolina; Miles D. Par
ker, State Treasurer, and John B. Dennis,
Chairman of the Committee on State Ac-
counts, arrived in this city Tuesday evening,
and by reason of an extremity ungraciOus
reception at the hands Of the administrative
officials, left early yesterday morning for
Charleston. Each and all of these men,
bers Of the South Carolina carpet-bagger
government refuse 70 give isiifyj F information
relative to the Yarmouth swindle, which
was unearthed in New York, and through
which the State was to be saddled with an
extra debt of s., 1000, 000.z These parties,
however, communicated enough to intimate
that so far as possible they will make Kimp-
ton, the New York Financial Agent of the
State, the scapegoat ofthiss whole transae-
ton. It will be remembered that before
the Legislature of this State adjourned last
winter, aCitizen,s Convention, which was
held some time in JaHuary, in Charleston,
preferred charges against the State govern
ment for fraudulently issuing bonds. Be
ing forced thereto by public opinion the Leg
isiature appointed a committee to investi-
gate into these charges. .--.
Complexion of the COMMITTEES,
This committee was composed of three
members, one of whom was Whittemore,
eX-CongresSional cadet broker, and another
Tim. Hurley, who has openly Boosted that
he has bought up the State Legislature on
several occasions. This committee, in COM
pany with the State officials mentioned
above, proceeded to New York about four
weeks since, where, instead of investigating
have been endeavoring to compromise and
hush them up. The committee have no re-
port to make against the Governor or State
Treasurer whatever, and appear fully salts
he'd that the only culpable party is in New
\ ork, broker. The only explanation they
have to offer as to why the 100000 bonds
extra were ordered to be printed is that they
did not want to make two jobs of the print
ng, but intended to have the bonds ready
when they were prepared to change the
orms Of the State securities.
The Fighting Colonel of Illinois.
The case of Collector Robb, of Savannah,
5 undergoing another investigation. Robb
anne near being ousted few weeks since,
lut through the influence of Dick Yates is
lllowed to hold over until report can be
made by an agent of the Treasury Depart
nent sent especially to look into Robb's
ase. BoutwelPs perseverance in holding
his fellow in Office is an insult to the en-
Ire State government, since his removal has
zen urged by Senator Hall, Attorney Cen |
raj Alderman, and the entire Republican
delegation in Congress. Beside his removal !
would be justified, on the ground of his |
ntire unfitness for the office, for dishonesty /.
nd other causes. This Robb is the same |
elbow who, when he first went to Georgia, |
old immense stories about his deeds of |
rowess in the Union army, where he was
nown as the fighting Colonel of Illinois,
7hen in fact he never was in the army at |
Il except as an inefficient member of the |
anitary brigade.