Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-29
b. LEWIS'S FEE.
Row the Representative Of the Tenth
Congressional District LabOrs
GratuitoBsly for His
Constituents.
A Plain Statement of Facts Discredit-
able and Disgraeeful TO the
Radical Opponent OF
Casey Young,
Special to the Appeal

Special to the Appeal
LA GRANGE, Tenn, October 2S.-
Having Just returned from a trip 10 Middle
Tennessee, 1 learn that during my absence the
congressional candidates spoke here, and dur
ing Hon. BarbOur's address he was pleased
to allude to a certain claim which he had got
ten through for a certain lady who once lived
here, and whose son is now on business here
had acted AS her agent. Every one here IN
derstOod him as abiding to myself and
my mother, and this ruse OF his and the fact
that / had collected a claim for her this
spring has given the gentleman great many
promises Of votes. Now, for the benefit OF the
citizens of this place, want TO ventilate the
transaction and let them judge whether or
not they can vote for a man so willing 10
fastsn on them that sum OF villainies, the
civil rights and mixed schools bill, simply be-
cause he promises TO get their claims through?
hope it is not possible that our people OF the
south, once considered types % honor and
manliness, have fallen this low During the
years 1864 and 1865 there was In Mem
phis a firm OF claim agents, Mitchell,
N Crellis Co. Into the hands OF these gen
tlemen my mother placed her claims, Tor
which / have before me the receipts, and in
which one Of the parties name is signed,
Obligating themselves to collect the claims,
for which ] am TO Re paid i've hundred dol
lars on whatever amount may be allowed on
said claim, should there be allowed over
three thousand three hundred dollars; or, II
under that amount is allowed, fifteen per
cent.-signed by j. W. Mitchell.
/ give the exact language used in tie re-
ceipt. They prosecuted the claim for some
years, when they transferred il to Tucker
Sells, of Mashl agtOn, 90 prosecute, and aftef-
ward 10 Gilbert Meyers, Of Memphis. In
March or April last Meyers wrote 20 my
mother, at Millersburg, Kentucky, telling her
feF hs1r aH uf had a
asking for power Of attorney TO collect il.
BE did not say word about the amount al
lowed, but simply wanted the power. Ny
mother wrote to me in reference TO It, and L
promptly wrote her 20 do no such thing; that
would go on and attend to the matter with
Mr.. Meyers; so power OF attorney was made
out by her and sent 10 me, and in May ]
went on 10 Washington, as i thought,
TO collect the money and pay Mr.. Meyers his
fees and return 1 had letters Of introduction
10 Hon. Barbour which presen. ed him
on my arrival / was treated with the pro
fOunuest respect and regard for a few mo
ments, and then turned over 70 the honorable
gentlemans grand vizer, General ". H.
Morgan, who gallanted me over the city,
and finally dropped me because refused TO
loan MN three dollars TO pay his wash bill.
So much fer his assoc ates. He, Lewis, did go
with me to the quartermaster's department,
and also TO the secretary OF war, and nnally
the claim was passed through 10 the warrant
room where the money was to be paid, and
right there Hon. Barbour Lewis left me.
Of course could do nothing further with IL,
him. Colonel Lewis could have gotten IL for
me, hut viii explain why he did rot want
me 20 touch 70. left Washington city, feel
ing relief when got beyond the nmits OF
the corruptiOns Of Radicalsm. In few days
received telegram from Memphis,
from Colonel MoyerS, telling me he
had the warrant At Memphis, TO come
down withsny power 70 collect it. l went
down in half an hour after the receipt Of toe
telegram, aud found hat Colonel Meyers had
gone % Wssbir gton, but had left the war
rant with his agent, Mr.. Buchannon, who
said Mr. Moyers had instructed him to collect
thirty three and one-third per cent. as fees.
This very materially surprised me, and, being
OF an tDquisitive mind, asked Mr.. Buchan-
non why 20 much had been added TO the
original amount specified Ia the contract.
He said be knew nothing, except that Colonel
Meyers bad Instructed him to collect one
third Of the money as fees, when they had by
the or u2l contract OF Mitchell agreed TO col
lset il OF a little less than One-seventh. !
then turned 10 Colonel n Cullers, Of the arm
OF Mitchell, MCuiiers CO., and particular
IFls T Il ~ Rad sG been deducted This hsppened
in the bedroom back OF Colonel MOyers's
pnlee, while M Bueh l95 was
10 re in a whisper that 1t wss Barbour's fees
maj had run 10 up 80 high. Now, there Is one
thing that is evident 70 the mind OF every IN
tellIgeut citizen, and that is that Barbour
Lewis has lied in saying he collected my
mothers claim free OF commission, or else ne
will have 10 make his friend Colonel N Cullers
a liar and ] believe Colonel MCullers TO be
a truthful man. All Of the above facts ! am
willing 10 swear 70, and I think Il should
prove 10 every honest man that Hon. Barbour
lewis is not ali our fond hearts had pictured
him I hope YOU will excuse this my
uTst intrusion on your valuable space;
hut there are az least twenty
I'VE persons in this district alone who have
openly said that they we're going % vote for
Lewis for this very reason above stated ana
/ want 70 correct the false impressions lett
row appeal 10 the honor Of all contemplate
ing giving their votes TO this ciyil-rights Rad
zeal, whether they are doing their duty %
their cOu utrY and future generations or not.
Emphatically, no. Then 90 u the polls and
vote for a man whom you can believe. ar d
who you know a. honest. and am satisfied
you Will vote for Colonel H. Casey " Dung.
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