The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-09-08

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IaSI Mckee. messenger Thomas Lnfby
] d SEVERS, messenger Wt''o'n y f'"ry
z BISHOP messenger Geofge Jf'J@'s
lash PAINE messenger Richard Hun
] X Heriz, mai! agent II LdihTG"t
An examination o. thS tables shows
,b,. .l,.re .c.yr discharged from the
Doorkropers department. ZJ mon
.o,Jier,. from tiIe Clerks Office, 10
Tuion SoldieTs; frylh the pDstD1ice, -
Uuion soldier. from the Capitol
police. 2; MAXIM - Union e itIers
discharged by the democratic House
since its organization last December
! number Of ;iI.-,H soldiers were dis
iD.ed IN the service,
There were appointed in their places
as far a. can Ice eSacrtalned, IN the
DoOrkeeper's DEPARTMENT, - confeder-
ates: ia the Clerks oi!ice, -; IN the
posioffice, Il: Capitol police. l. and $
committee cleTi~; mining Il conied-
er..;e soldiers appointed. The EaInes
ofniany of the employee Of the present
House. such as extra messengers, foid
4rg. and extra committee c!erkS, can
not be asceTtained, for the reason tlift
they are paid upon vouchers Instead OF
q rcguiar roll. a great number OF
these extra employees are eX coHieder
a1rs. and IL tIsa facts could be ascer-
tanned in all the cases, the number OF
- confederate soldiers appointed
would bo found 70 exceed the number
of Union soldiers discharged.
The postofiice roll shows the most
wanton disregard by Ine confederate
House of the obligations of the Gov,
eriImcnt to It's disabled soldiers, where
nearly every man discharged served il
the Union Army, and with rwo excep
fions every man appoiated was u con
lederate.
The Postmaster, Henry NJ Sher-
wood. was an officer Of Company G,
Fourth Michigan Cavalry. He served
with distinction in the Southwest, and
lost leg at the battle of kenesaw
Mountain. He was succeeded by Colo
nel Joseph NJ Stewart, confederate
officer in Ashby's command of cOnfed
crate cavalry
Joseph L. Wilson, the assistant post
master. served with distinction in the
war, and was shot through the face at
Ihe battle of Fort Donelson and terri
bly disfgured. He still suffers severely
from his wounds. He was the first one
discharged to make room for +. Snow
den, jr., al ex confederate, who was
not, however, in the army. He took
the modified oath in qualifying for the
Office.
L. A. Wardell was member OF the
Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, served
with distinction during the entire war,
and WAS very severely wounded at
Winchester. He was discharged early
IL. tie session by Colonel Stewart 10
make room for an cx-confederate sol.
di-r
z. = Bishop, in the post Office de
pa-laeI.t, belonged To a Michigan in
fantrv regiment, served during the
xe-, losing an arm ia the service He,
900. gave place To a confederate soldier
early i'm the present session.
II, =. McMicbaeI was a soldier in a
WISCONSIN regiment, and is almost en-
t:r-Iv blind from wounds received in
the service. An ex excoufederate soldier
succeeded Mr. McMichael.
The Doorkeeper's department was
no,or;ousIy the worst demoralized,
:,owevrr. by the changes made of any.
Mr. o. s. Buxton, a gentleman of in
t.liigence aud character. and a most
efficient officer, was succeeded by l..
II FitZangh, an eX-coDfederate and
rhe sergeant it -arf,S of the confederate
congress. This man FitZhugh has be
com. famous 10y reason of letters in
which i,n desc-ibes himself as "a tiger
man than old Grant" The same letter
.rraf.;.Ic..IIy deScr' aS the import unities
nf members OF tba reform Congress for
offices for their nds. and tells how
ihu writer Is fcteG 10y wives al diStin-
Ctii>ied members h-cauSa of iiIr Offices
La ir.ts ut his 1isl..-aI. FitziinssI WAS
appuinfed beca'..a he Is supposed 80
have snme of tiie blood of Patrick
Henry coursing in ais veins. The de
,auerate descend lt of a famous Yir
,,ifian was ignorl iously turned out
a: office. his tTut tbf Z letter being made
a prataXt to cover the real reason,
which was a faiiu-e 10 distribute his
patronage so rs to satisfy Influential
and eXacting members.
Under the Doorkeeper We're large
nu,gber of Union soldiers. fourteen Of
whom were more or less disabled il
the Union service from Mere gunshot
wound in some eases to the loss OF an
arm or leg. and even both arms All
sDf these soldiers Were marked for dis
charge, and nearly all of them had
been given notice 10 quit. In ii great
majority OF instances their places Were
flied by ex confederl es. There was,
however, so much disturbance raised
bv the Northern Democrats about tho
discharge Of these crippled 81 lGiers'
that nin. of them were re-lns'ated III
sh..,r places. one of whom has since
been .1iscIiar",d. ani The remainder
,,t,i,a;,ly viii br discharged as soon Is
r...,.r,... shah uaya a. djoGrncd. Some
of tiia most notable ut the changes
n,,,is. are worth more consideration
r!i..n will be allotted to thrm ia this
brief sketch.
Major NJ J. Bunneii entered the ser
vic,. in 1861 IA the Thirteenth Regi-
nlenf New York Volunteers. lie par
t cjpated ia many OF the important
battles of the war. la October. 1861,
he WAS commissioned second lieuten
ant. aud in january, 1862, first lieu
trl,ant. He WAS engaged in all the
BATTLES from the siege of Yorktown
to the second battle of Buii Rur. i'm
August, 1862, where he was severely
wounded, having been shot through
both lungs and the left thigh. He was
left on the field for dead, remaining in |
the hands o. the enemy. White he was
still i'll he WAS commissioned captain,
Remaining as sach till the expiration of
his regiments term of service, when he
was mustered out lie then entered
tine Veteran Reserve Corps, aud did
duty as provost marshal till the close
of the war he was brevetJed major
Tor ueritorious coaduct on the field.
This brave soldier and meritorious
oGi..ar Sr.,s sIis,eceiad hy f II. SshSli,
nf Indiana Schell Is big, pompous
fellow. whose business il was TO clear
lie floor of ali persons except members
nrevions to the calling of tn. House to
order each day. This duty he dis
charged in such an i'm posing and tre
ineninus fashion as at first Ia make
him \ butt ior ridicuj-. He became
disagreeabie by his olliciousness. and
grave charges were also preferred,
which cansed his DISMISSAL. He is still
to he seen about the lioor of the House,
and it is said re has been taken @are |
of. which probably means ihat be is !
paid upoH "A voucber instead of ap- |
pearing on the rolls. The story of the |
charges against him is too indecent to
print. He is, in short, known as the |
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