The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-05-17
Special tc the CARBON ADVOCATE.
WASHINGTON, May 10, 1888

A plan is on foot tn pass a bill during the
present session Of Congress, directing the
Secretary Of the Interior to place upon the
pension rolls the names of ali the soldiers
or sailors or marines who served two
months or longer continuously in any Con
federate prison, proYiding they are now
suffering from disability, either general or
specific. Besides being placed on the pen
sion rolls they are also to receive two dol.
lars for each day of Imprisonment, as a
grntuity. The list IS further augmented by
placing upon it the names Of the widows Of
soldiers and sailors who served two months
in prison and have since died.
The third and last new class Of pensions
consists of all soldiers, sailors or marines
who have served six months ia any war IN
which the United States haye been engaged
and who are found, upon examination Dy a
board Of pension surgeons, to be so disabled
as to interfere with the performance of
manual labor. 1t is further provided
that a II who have served in any war and
have reached the age of sixty two years
shall Ue placed on the roll, provided they
are compelled TO earn living by manual
labor. This bill has just been reported
iavorably from the House Committee on
Pensions, with every probability that it
will pass.
The bill for placing General Grant on the
retired list, which Mr. Edmunds introduced
in the Senate on Wednesday, was accom-
panied with the request that the Committee
on Military Affairs take action unon it
with the least possible delay, for reasons
which the Senator suggested every body
would understand, referring of course. to
the recent failure Of the stockbroking irm
OF Grant and Ward in New York, by which
the General is said to have lost about $780,.
600. But General Grants financial con.
dtion Notwithstanding this failure, is by NJ
means bad.
lie is tho beneficiary OF mun6cent
trust fund, the interest, on which at nc
more than four per cent would amount Ia
$4,000 per annum-a quiet sufficient sum
to keep the wolf away from the door--and
this is secure from impairment, as il is ex-
empt from assignment.
AS an ilustr0us soldier who served hiI
country well, Gen. Grant deserves well o
the Government and has certainly been
treated with most distinguished cnnsidera.
tion by the people. But neither the Gov
ernment nor the county has anything T.
do with his private affairs as the senior
partner of a brokers' firm which has come
to grief through bad management.
The talk now is that the House will
probably adjourn on the 23d or SOth o
June. The appropriation bills are nearly
all ready TO be reported to the House, and
with them out of the way it is thought that
nothing can interfere with adjournment.
Her Won Eisendecker, the German min.
lister, has received a dispatch from the
homo government informing him of his
transfer to Baden, and the appointment OF
Herr Won Alyensieben. at present minister
at the Hague, to succeed him here. The
date Of the change was not given and Min.
lister Won Eisendesker will await further
particulars by mail.
AS wroIe the prediction last week that
the Kellogg trial would be farce, write
the fulhllment of the prediction now. only
10 say that the farce is great deal broader
one than bad any right to predict That
there was a precuncerted arrangement tn
let kellogg go scot free, is amply demon
stratsd by the fact that Ker who drew the
indictment purposely lett breaches in it
large enough Ia drive through coach and
four. With the drafts before him that had
been paid to Kellogg for his official in
tluence, he charged in each of the several
counts that Kellogg had been paid and had
received "lawlul money of tho United
States" or course the testimony did not
bear ont the allegation, aud Of course an
acqulttal followed. Having thus been
thoroughly yindiedted by le.hnicalities IN
the legal proceedings, deeply concerned
public will be anxious to know what sort
of vindication is awaiting Kellogg at the
hands Of the Springer committee,