The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-09-21

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claimants sHd aifssssss ere sai5sct.
Cd IN ihs anf plses. there are
.6hy dghi printed rules 20 BE- o.
sefvsd BY The special commissioner
~ taking testimony g~lainasss
themselves and their witnesses sfs
literally immersed asd overwhelmed
with inieFFogasion-. Theirs are 70
series ~ questions. the shortest con.
tanning 2, and the longest 20 inter.
rogaiories.
II j. not NJ I'll Surprising that on.
der the "rules and regulations
North Cafolina claimsnts have 70.
eciyed only 0 per cent. Of the
amount claimed.
Bu, suppose the claimant 10 have
succeeded In running the gauntlet ~
interrogatofies. he has still the
"blac< lists" TO psss through. The
Government "organ," Published NJ
Washington, has this 10 say about
"black lists IN its issue Of Tuesday,
December IL, 1871; "The Commits
sioncrs OF Southern Claims are hold.
ing back their expected report to
congress for a day or two longerfor
the purpose Of going once again
through their schedule Of allowances
TO sec, by comparison with certain
"black lists" in their possession, Ii
any claimants have slipped through
into the sunshine Of acceptance who
ought to have been loft out in the
GOODNESS Of rejection" These "black
lists are obtained in this wise: The
names aud residences Of claimants
are published and sent to all the
postmasters In the State, and post.
masters are ordered to post them in
a conspicuous place. Now, il by
this means Captain John Smith, Of
Sandy Level, ascertains that Jona-
than Jones, of Turkey Hill, "has a
claim" 1t is in the power Of Captain
Smith to defeat the claim Of Mr..
Jones, should he ba disposed to do
so, through either prejudice or in
%tercst. Mr.. Jones may have had
his claim established by the testi-
mony Of credible witnesses, but a
confidential note" from Captain
Smith to the commissioners will
knock it in the head. Neither can
Mr.. Smith ever know how or by
wha. means he failed to get pay for
that hundred bushels Of corn that
Stoneman got from hi, wife while he
was in an East Tennessee Union
regiment. Captain Smith may COM
municate "contidentially' with the
commissioners in perfect security.
Mr.. Jones will never know he did
it, for the commissioners may be re-
lied upon to observe the third rule
of administration arithmetic - ST.
lence.
1t might be shown that the South
ern claims commission is a powerful
instrument in the hands of the Ad-
ministration. Those individuals who
purchased Government bonds dur
Ing tho war in exchange for the al
most worthless paper O State banks,
and who have already been paid Gin
gold) interest fully the amount they
invested, are opposed to seeing any
of the funds of the Government ap-
piled to the payment of Southern
claims, As these are the peryous
who now control all the departments
Of Government, their wishes must be
implicitly obeyed. The Southern
claims commission is not remiss in
performing its obligations. 1t can
show the gold-bond men that they
have nc cause Tor alarm, as South
ern claimants are paid only six per
cent. OF the amount claimed, which
Is barely enough TO keep them in
heart aud hope until after the next
Presidential election. Meanwhile
Southern claimants have been try
ing to console themselves and gather
some crumbs of comfort from the
encomiums which the commission
have lavished generally upon "their
sacrifice an1 sufferings, their stead,
fast courage and patriotic devotion
to the Union." How long Southern
loyal claim ants will continue to be
deluded by these cheap blandish.
ments and to support the present
Administration in hopes Of getting
their pay is not certainly known,
But this much is certain, and Il. at is
that some Of them who think a
bushel of corr invested in the Feds
eral army, equal to a dollar note of a
wild cat bank invested in gold bear
ing United States bonds, are begin
ming to kick.
But we would advise parties who
had supplies taken during the war
by the army IA fla THAR elaine