The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-02-01

sion should commence from the date OF
his liability, and that this law simply
carries out an implied contract. lie Is
waiting to hear from the Commissioner
of Pensions "a TO whether there Is am
biguity In the law or diificulty, IN its
construction and he intends to see that
1t shall be perfectly plain and that the
money l. appropriated 10 carry 1t out.
There IL one point that will perhaps go
at once to the Attorney General for con.
structiOn. The new law says that the
arrcarages of pension shall be paid at
the rate for which the soldier was orig
iually ppnsioned. As Congress has
changed the rate several times, and the
latest applicants have originally receive
ed the largest pensions, the man who
gets pensiOued now gets big sum in
aTrearages. The totally disabled man
originally got So per month now he
gets $12. The question then In the case
Of totally disabled new pensiOner, Is
whether he should be pal arrearages at
the rate OF S72 or So per month The
decision of this point will be looked for
with great interest. The Commissioner
! will ask Congress at once fUl an appro-
/ pTiatiOn to carry out the law, and that
! it he made Immediately available. lie
slys it will not be as diflicut as people
| generally suppose to carry it out be-
cause the additiona! evidence needed in
cases of those now receiving pensions
will be very slight. lie will ask for a
small increase of clerks, and will ask
that the present pension agencies be re-
districted, which he says can be done
without increase of force.
General Shields, Senator from Mis-
souri,, arrived this morning, His com.
mission, howtve has not come, and
until it does he cannot be sworn in.
Senator Armstrong retains his position
until Gen. Shields qualities Armstrong
is very indignant at the shabby treat.
mt MT lie has experienced from the Mis-.
| SOurl Democracy. His friends think
that alter His long service he should
have heen permitted TO serve until the
fourth of March, aid attribute the elec
lion of Shields to a desire to soft soap
the Irish element.
If half the stories which are allOat a'e
true, the last days OF the Potter Com-
mittee prOh ise to he busy ones, aud inn
| pOrtart developments are said to be in
store. In its issue yesterday one OF tie
New Or!ean- papers charges that the
Packard government was induced to
! disbaud and 90 over TO the Nichul's
Legislature Ivy the money of the Lnuis-
ana Lottery Company. il is asserted
that prominent Republicans in Louis
ana have rallpd on one of the members
oi he Pu;t'r Committee 30 bring before
| 1t Il number Of persuuS who are supposed
to be full of Information On this point
| that he will adopt the suggestion and
| will soon bring the question before the
Committee for discussion. Among the
names furnished are those of Lieuten
ant Governor Witt, Senator Stevens,
! Duncan +. Kpular. pX Senator Robert
son, John Philips, j. ID. Hill, Senator
| rrXade. eX Speaker BuSh,J A. Morris,
| ChaS. F. Howard, Gov. Pinchback,
Senator Dema Wayne McVeigh, and
Judge Harlan. On the other hand, it
is said with equal Insi,ivpness that the
con mittee's report on tn original ques.
! tion at issue is already begun. and that
the remaining sitting> of the committee
! will b1 devoted exclusively to an inves
| tigatiOn of the cipher kilograms.
Quite an excitement pre- allied in the
pariurs OF the National the other eve
ming a, the word went round that The
Marvellous Midgrts" now on exhibition
at one Of our Theatres were coming in.
Children ran to bring their parents,
Hives to inform their lords, servants
Nere dispatched from tTiend to friend.
ana soon the salon was crowded by
very inmate of The house. There were
young and old grey beads golden heads,
aud heads with no hair at alt. Sena-
tins, Supreme Court Justices, and mem
btrS OF Congress A; sedate matt OnS,
spciety queens, ard the literati even
Alexander Stepheus, vice president OF
the late C0ntedracy, was wheeled in in
HIS invalid's chair and the ailing ma
jOr, who had taken his meals in bed for
IA week, appeared bundled up in great
coats; and as tor the children, well til, Y
we're simply frantic, prancing about ON
the tiptOe OF expectation, with eug +
eyes aud clapping hands. just then
the ponderous form OF Senator David
DAVIS, X-Supreme Court Justice, block
ed the doorway through winch he is
obliged TO edge hiu.set sideways, fol
owed by tnat muscular six fOOteT, Spna-
tor jones Of Flurida and the laugh was
raised at their expense that "the Midg.
Its" had arrIved.i Either of these mod
eIu GuliiverS cOLld carry of a dozen OF
the real MidgetS in their vest pockets.
1t is claimed in favor of the new gen.
eral typographical survey OF the Uhltrd
states embraced in the Legislative Ap-
prOpIiatiOn bill, to be reported 10 the
House to morrow or Tuesday, that il
, viii show that nearly all prominent in
terror lines aud supposed locations OF
important cities are now out Of place on
the present maps. Thus, il is said thai
Columbus, Ohio, is about a mile iron
where it sh Ould be on an accurate map
and that Salt Lake City, Utah, is sNver
al miles out of It's place. 1t is also as
serted that some portions OF the presen
: boundaries of nearly ali the states ar,
inaccurateiy located aud that the sam,
Is true in a lesser degree Of nearly every
county division, especially those whicl
are formed OF lines established by til,
0 surveys of the Land Once. 1t is iuTth
5 pr stated that the GeOdrtic survey ha
. already demonstrated the fact that tn
, United States is full mile wider be
u tween the oceans than has been sup
: posed. SO much opposition has beel
d manifested among estern members L
those features of the original plan whicl
contemplated Interference with the pres
: rnt public lanC sy stem, that this portion
OF the proposed reorganization OF GU
; survey system, has Oeeu struck ont b.
the committee. The prospect of intro
ducng boundary contests between near
Z" ly all the states, and many of the cOuu
In. as1, cot - ,.aft No. 10,
Is no little apprehension among cUnserya
- tive members, and powerful oppusitio
!, is rapidly developing against the meas
" ure, tnat will, il passed, truly max
J. confusion worse cUntUunded.