Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-11
LoOseness in the Pension Office.
Serious Charge against General
Sherman

! 6CAAOuo SAoA 50 dSdAAhbJ SlChCAaA
Sherman
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O.-Brown, the
| first one arrested on the charge of compiled
/ ty in the treasury robbery, has employed
| counsel, and will have hearing before the
| Police Court tomorrow. Halleck remains
at police headquarters, BE has not en-
ployed counsel yet. 1t Is said he will
waive examination and be committed to
jail in default of one hundred thousand
dollars bail.
Stocks and other personal property in
| Alexandra, belonging to Gilman, arrested
in connection with the treasury larceny,
have been attached.
ASBeck I'm the East.
Commodore Ammen, acting Secretary Of
the Navy, to-day received from the acting
Secretary Of State dispatch from Tripol,
/ dated Aug. 9, stating that Mr.. Vidal,
| American Consul, ard wife, had been in
suited by TripOlitan sailors, and asking
whether any Of our vessels of war could
| conveniently reach that point. Orders
were issued that the U. S, steamer Hart
| ford, Capt. Harmony, now en- route home
| from the AsiatiC station, proceed TO inquire
/ into the facts and demand that the perpe-
| tra,Ors Of the insult be arrested and pun
ished. Rear Admiral WOuden, command
| ing the European station, was instructed to
keep himself advised Of the circumstances,
and, if necessary, to send other vessels 10
TripOli to act with the Hartford.
The story Of lager Beer Waiter.
Special % the Cincinnati Commercial.
The attorney General has received in
formation which will put ex-United States
Marshal n. A. Sh=fenberg, Of Denver,
Colorado. in bad state of mind. An Or
der for the arrest of Shafenberg has been
issued from the Department Of Justice,
and civil suit will be brought against him
to recover sixty or seventy thousand dol
lars which Shaffenberg is said to have
fraudulently appropriated while United
States Marshal. The facts as represented
here are these. Shaffenberg, during the
seven years Of bis term of office, is said to
have presented large number of fraudu-
lent accounts, many Of which the Treasury
paid. Shatenberg has charged for keeping
prisoners he never arrested; charged
for keeping prisoners months be-
fore he had them IN custody
and months after they were re-
leased, and the result has been that from a
tender Of a lager beer stand he has be-
come one Of the most OpUlent citizens Of
Denver.
A Small Matter of ss,OOO, 900 Per An.
mum.
A Government official who has been at
some pains to investigate the ch4acter Of
the claims upon which pensions are paid,
gives it as his opinion that at least one
fourth Of the pensions now paid are based
upon false and fraudulent vouchers. The
amount thus wrOngfully expended will
reach nearly eight million dollars per an
nnm. These cases will be carefully scTu-
tiuized and analysed as rapidly as pos
sible.
Signal Service Operations.
Gen. Meyer, of the Signal Service, be- |
lieves that the interests Of settlers on West /
ern rivers have been better protected |
during the recent floods on account Of the |
appropriations made by he last Congress |
for river reports. Nearly every village on |
the Western rivers has been supplied with |
a danger-line circular. This circular, /
which shows the height at which floods be-
gin to do injury to property, has been sent |
to two hundred and i've cities and towns. /
Gen. Meyer is confident that this service |
zatiOn and larger appropriations. A more /
certain knowledge Of the rate of the move /
ment OF freshet waves of different heights |
will contribute much TO the efficiency Of /
the Signal Service in this diIectiCn.
Kentucky and Ohio Politics.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Congressman Durham, of Kentucky,
expresses the opinion that Senator |
Stevenson viii certainly be reelected. |
Republican officials here are very much |
chaTgrined at having spent so much money |
during the canvass in Kentucky with such |
poor results. They claim that the wire |
pullers in Kentucky should have been bet |
ter posted, and not have allowed a waste OF |
so much ammunition when it was badly |
needed in other States. The officials have !
very little hope Of success in Ohio. Many
Of the Government employees here boldly |
refuse to cOntr ibute a cent for political pur-
poses. Some even 90 so far as TO say that |
if their party can not succeed on its merits, |
then il ought to be defeated. A good
Democratic victory in Ohio, together with
the Democratic gains in Kentucky, will
ruin the plans Of more than one high
official.
Curious Charge Against gen. Sher-
man.
Special TO the Chicago Times.
Don Piatt, who is at present in London,
has written a letter TO The Capital, which
is published to-day. In this letter Dom
relates the statement made by a disJin-
guished ex-Confederate officer in 4 London
clubhouse, to the effect that Gen. Sherman,
in his march to the sea, omitted 20 capture
Augusta, where rich stores we're kept, for
pecuniaIy reasons. PA t afterward address
ed a letter to this officer for further partiCu-
lars and received tie following in reply:
LONDON, July 10, 1S75.-Dy Dear
Colonel: Am not able to give you informa-
ton which would refUte the taiewhiCh you
have heard to the effect that Gen. Sherman
neg. ected to occupy Augusta on his march
to the sea for a personal pecuniary cOnsid-
Grafton; nor do positively know that such
was the case. l can only give you, in re-
ply to your inquiries, the report current at
the time of the COnfederaCy. At the COM
mencement in the year 1865 it was a mat
ter of intense surprise that the OVerwherm-
Federal army should have paused within a
few short miles Of the only arsenal for the
providing of ammunition TO the Confeder-
ate troops, when it was absolutely at its
mercy. The Confederate commander had
at his disposal for its defense only a few
struggling battallOns, and i've prOclama-
tions. The destruction of the Augusta
arsenal would have been more effectUal in
At once terminating the war than the burn
ing committed by Sherman's troops from
Dalton to Goldsboro. Moreover, Augusta
was full of cotton at the time,
Of great value, and large pro-
portion was the absolute property Of the
Confederate Government. The induce
ment of a legitimate opportunity was not
wanting TO tempt the Federal Government
to move in that direction. Barring extra
neous influences, it yet remains mystery
why Augusta was spared. From whatever
high official the orders guiding the march
emanated, whether from Mr.. Lincoln, Mr..
Stanton, Grant or Sherman, it can only be
accounted for by attIibuting it to gross IN
capacity, or a desire to prolOng the strife
and infiict injuries upon private citizens
rather than upon the resources of a hostile
government. have not seen Gen Sher-
mans book and don't know whether he
attempts the explanation current at the