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The franklin County New York; Veteran Asso-
eiafinn.

Comrade z. A. ChafFee, Brushton, n. Y.
writes Us that the Franklin County Veteran
Association held Reunion at Bfesht0n on the
I'D uit., when the following officers were
elected for the coming year: Colonel. r. b
Meigs. Malone, n Y; Lieutenant-ColousI,
John a. Motfit, Chateaugay Lake: Major. H.
s. Roach. Bangor; Adj't, S. 5 Willard. ia
lone; Chaplain W. Riley Helms. St Regis
Falls; Surgeon. Ralph Erwin, Malone, s. M,
E. A. Chaffee, Brnshton; @. NJ, H. A. Miller,
Malone; q. M. s., Miller J. Warren. Chateaugay
The association adopted resolutions indo7s-
ing the Robinson bsll. urging upon Congress the
bill equalizing bounties. and opposing the es-
Enlistment of the proposed pension commits
sion. The business of the Reunion being com
pleted, the veterans of the county became the
guests of T. F. Meade Post, and an elegant din
neF was partaken Of az the Commercial
House. after which Campfire was held by the
Post Addresses were made by Chaplain Helms
and n. II. MunsiI Esq, and excellent music
was furnished by the Brushton Glee Club. In
the evening. the BrushtOn Dramatic Club rem
dered " The Bankers Tragedy for the benefit
OF the Post
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THE LEGAL-TENDER ACT.
The Supreme Court Pronouuees 1t Constitutional
Text Of Its Decision

The Supreme Court PronOuuees 1t Constitutional.
Text Of Its Decision.
4 decision was rendered by the Supreme
Court of the United States in the long-pending
legal-tender case of Augustus ID. Juilliard vs.
Thomas S. Greenman, brought here by a writ
of error to the Circuit Court of the United
States for the Southern District of New York
The question presented by this case as it is
stated by the court is: Whether notes of the
USited States issued in time of war, under acts
of Congress declaring them to be legal tender
in payment of private debts and afterwards,
III time of peace, redeemed and paid in gold
coin at the Treasury and then reissued under
the act Of 1878, can, under the Constitution of
the United States, be legal tender in payment
OF such debts?"
Congress the court says, as the 1cgisla-
ture of a sovereign Nation, being expressly en-
powered by the Constitution to lay and collect
taxes to pay the dents and provide for the com
mon defense and general welfare of the United
States, and TO borrow money on the credit of
the United States, and TO coin money and reg
ulate the value thereof and of foreign eein, and
being clearly authorized. as incidental 70 the
exercise of those great powers, to emit bills of
credit, to charter national banks and to pro-
vide a national currency for the whole people
in the form of coin, Treasury notes and ma
tional bank bills, and the power to make
the notes of the Government legal tender IN
payment OF private debts being one OF the
powers belonging TO sovereignty in other civil
lied nations, and not expressly withheld from
Congress by tho Constitution, We are irfesist-
IDLY impeled 70 the conclusion that impress
ing upon the Treasury notes of the United
States the quality of being legal tender in
payment of private debts is an appropriate
means. conducive and plainly adapted TO the
execution OF the undoubted powers of Congress-
consistent with the letter and spirit of The
Constitution. and. therefore, within the mean
Jug Of that instrument necessary and proper
for c.s rying into execution the powers vested
by the Constitution in the Government OF the
Limited states
ssieii being oGr conclusion in Che matter Of
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FORSYTH Posi-, Toledo, Ohio, which, by the
way, is one of the most efficiently conducted
charitable, and public-spirited in the coun-
try, has departed from ordinary Post usage
by directing the Post hall to be kept open
during the day from a. M TO 5 p. M, and
providing for the establishment of library
and reading room An employment bureau
Is also to be opened in connection with it, of
which Comrade Loenshal is to have Charge
and the Post evidently seems determined to
make itself of the utmost possible utility to
comrades and veterans generally. Its ex-
ample is one that cannot be too widely fol-
lowed. In proportion that our comrades of
the Grand Army generally realize that the
mission of the Order is not simply to pro-
vide social entertainment for its members,
but to be of practical help to them in the
ordinary affairs of life, in that proper
ton will its influence widen and deepen.
We feel sure that this new enterprise will
be great source of benefit to Forsyth Post,
and we wish it success.
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CONTENTS Is wEEK.

LIST Js,Ss.-S5en. O. o. Howard's Personal Reni-
nizef lpes - Tie War Mcclellan Restoged-I.ee's
liaas 5or TAG Maryland caFnpaign-Af Har-
per- ferTg-4he Movements Preliminary TO
the Battle Of South misunderstanding The Ma
tion All OF New 0Tieans--3lhe Confederate
11saiisa- and taissRli flan o1 Attack IT a
let iiaat Naval Engagement and its Results
III tAe lied River. Points In Dispute-I'e
Pert Taken by shaw Brigade At Pleasant
HAi-A Gallant otAnd-ysh hat General Smith
InnHeilf ~ IFS Behavior IN that I3aigle--A Hard
Taafi - TgRvel.--The Gray and the Blue: The
Ai-~sisa Witness 81 sfIs. Waterbury : Marriage
ii he strike u lez7-t OnseGeTates and Union
ISIS shoulder To Shoulder.
20 Page. Continuation Of The Gray and the
B,se. Loyal Momali's Work: Temperance
Talk-ouF Experience Meeting Relief Corps
Note AS Along ille Iine.--Poeiry. New YER
son u Barbara 4rieiealie.
Sd rare.-Hsns Won Wilcox: An Old Fashioned
s;eE. - Nesg Fashioned Dress 3iiuistering
Angels. The Touching "Reminiscences Of De-
voted Army Norse.-oor Rural Topics: some
1'Eactlsal Suggestions for oar Agricultural
l:sa'i''ss-- Zurich IN Winter. Bliss keiley's
FOREIGN Letter
Gth PaSe.-Ealtorials. Arc There Two Commits
siurer gf Pensions s-A Step in the Right Dr.
reesio- Editorial Paragraphs New Publ
III Gffr---tle Deserves lt: How and Where
anderson Earned His Pension.-Pen-
80 rs---Iiae Legal Tender Acf.The Old
Mfr ~ -saH'z iin County n: I'd Veteran
AssgeiHi5-A Iaelnion q the l3Ah N. T. Vol
Eistsg-'s---lfek FrEson 81 Go. FL I'd Vermont Vol
ulsierrS.- ReAnion of the 3nh Indiana Cavalry
--iie'paen o. tiIe 55th Illinois Infantry.--The
N-asaz mes
9Th Pase--Doinzs Of congress.-Gen. Beztll's
Rees iSosson Trip.-Pith Of the News: Capt.
IA to.s.es--{1r.1les and Casuaitles-PersossaI
ara sas-slczi.-5ealb 81 Minister Hunt.-The
Gisio legislature Prisoners PensiDns.-In
EsrnF u Extending the Arrears of Pension
Aet.-tsegalon q the lzih Iowa Infantry
Advertisements.
Str Paee.--The Grand Army: PHILADELPHIA Let
4es-I3elElrtflleul News-Sesg Post Officers
New PSsts nHstcrcd.The Pennsylvania Vet
eraas Rights Es.ion.-Reumsoh OF Mexican
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law, the question whether at any particular
time. in war or in peace the exigency is such
by reason OF unusual and pressing demands ON
the resources OF the Government, OF of the in
adequacy of the supply Of gold and silver coin
to furnish the currency needed for the uses of
the Government and of the people, that il is.
as a matter of fact, wise and expedient to re-
sort to this means, is political question, to be
determined by Congress when che question Of
exigency arises, and not judicial question 70
be afterward passed upon by the eoarts
1t follows that the act Of May 81. 1878, ia
constitutional aud valid and that the Circuit
Court rightly held that the tender IN Treasury
notes reissued and kept in circulation under
that act, was tender Of lawful money in pay
ment of the Defendants debt to the plaintiff"
The Judgment of the Circuis Court is af-
firmed- Opinion by Justice Gray, Justice Field
dissenting.
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cherish as long az live. / recall none with more
sincere satisfaction than Charles #. Henderson
WHAT SURGEON FAILoR SAYS.
The following is the surgeons diagnosis of
the case:
HEADQUARTERS 10TH ONO VET vor. INF
HUNTSVILLE, ALA, March - 1865.
Colonel Charles f. Henderson. 10Th regiment of
Ohio Vet. Vol. Inf, having applied for a GER
tifieate which to ground an application for ac-
ceptanee OF his resignation, hereby certify that
have arcfriIy examined this officer. and found
him incapable OF performing the duties OF his posi-
ton IN consequence of gun-shot wound received
at Lovcioy Station, Ga, on the 2d day of Septem-
Der, 1854. The ball entered the right of spinus
process of eighth dorsal verte5rs. injuring the
splnus and transverse process of this yeFcbra and
dIserging downwaros, passing under the trans
verso process OF 9Th orsai veFtebTa and lodging in
the muscles. The most careful examination at
time OF injury failed 10 determine the locality
OF the ball Since the receipt of injury the wotnd
has closed by cicatrizaton three times. each time
except the last breaking out on the occurrence OF
deep-seated inflammation, and the condition of
the wound is such IS TO totally prevent this officer
ffom performing du.y IN the saddle ] further de-
clare it my belief that he viii not be able 70 ride
on horseback without danger of exciting inflam-
nation while the bali remains unextracted.
tSignedl BESJ. ~ FATLoR.
Surgeon, 10Th Ohio.
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month. The justice of this measure cannot
be questioned, and the patriotic people of
this country will not grudge the five mil
lions per annum which it will add to the
value of the pension roll. Now let the COM
nlittee urge the passage of an act increasing
the pensions Of soldiers orphans. Two dol
lars month--less than seven cents day
is ridiculously small sum out of which to
deiray the cost of food, clothing, and shelter
for these wards of the Nation, and the Gov
eminent can afford TO be just, if not gener-
Gus.
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ACCORDING TO the animal report of the
Dlansgers Of the Nationel Military Homes,
fhe average daily cost Of supporting each
inmate Is but thirty-four cents, so that the
establishment Of Soldiers Home west Of
Inc Mississippi for the care Of the Empower
ished aud disabled veterans Of that section
il not likely to bankrupt the Treasury or
paroeptibly reduce its surplus. Even SEN
ator Beck win be at loss to find plaus-
ible reason for opposing an appropriation
for this purpose.
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Reunion Of the 1solh ysr Fork Yolunteerr.

About sixty members OF the I29th New York
volunteer infantry assembled in Voorhees,
Hall, Kingston. N. Y, on the ed ult, for the
purpose Of holding their seventeenth annual
Reunion. After an excellent repast bad been
paTtaken Of the company was entertained by
songs rendered by Mr.. Hommel, of Saugerties;
a reading BY Major Everett on Ties of COM
radsship;' an address by General Sharpe on
the subject The Army of the Potomac"
Prof Cheney, on George Washington :" Cap
tain ]. II. Holmes. Captain Snyder. Of High
Falls; Egbert Lewis, Mr. Fiske, and Rev. DR..
0sbon also spoke. At the close of the enter
tainment the following officers were chosen for
the ensuing year President, L. B. Van Wag-
omen; vice. president. Warren ID. Kembie Sec
rotary, Albert Carr; treasurer. Levi R0osa.
Executive committee, J. L. snyder. j. F. Joes-
bury, g. A. Hart, A. S. Graham, and Ambrose
NJ Barber
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CoMRADE GEO. S. MERRILL, Past COM
mander-in-chief and chairman of the pension
committee of the Grand Army, has issued
call for meeting of the committee tonight
at the Riggs House, this city, preparatory to
presenting to Congress the views of the
Order as to the pension and bounty legisla-
ton that ought to be enacted during the
present session. 1t is to be hoped that the
members of the committee viii reach a sub
stantial agreement in regard to the merits
of the various measures that have been
proposed, and boldly urge their passage.
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WHEN the publication of the pension list
was undef consideration by the last Con-
gress, TIE TRIBUNE, as our readers will
doubtless remember, vigorously opposed the
measure on the ground that it would sub
ject many worthy pensioners to needless
and unwarranted suspicion, but we little
expected that among those who would suffer
from this injustice would be United States
Senator. Ii will be seen, however. by refer
cnce 70 an article IN another column, thai
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A Step in The Right Direction.

The House Committee on Invalid PEN
sions, to which were referred the various
bills introduced during the present session
to do away with the requirement of the
Pension Office that applicants for pension
must furnish proof of physical soundness
prior TO date of enlistment, has at last favor
ably reported a bill embodying the princi-
pie that the Government, by virtue of the
medical examination to which it subjected
every soldier before accepting his services,
is estopped from going behind the record.
This is a most important step in the direc-
ton of removing the unjust and unreason-
able restrictions which have made it so diff
ficult for our veterans to prove their claims,
and we trust it will prove the forerunner of
other notifications that are equally nee
essary. The truth is, that there ought to
be an entire change of policy in the Gov
ernment's dealings with claimants. The
fact that at the close of the last fiscal year
there were $4,000 claims still pending is,
in itself, sufficient proof that too much i'm
portance is attached to compliance with
technical requirements, and too little con-
sideration given to the intrinsic merits of
claims. Where there is reason to suspect
fraud, it is bnt right, of course, that the
Government should avail itself Of its power
to arbitrarily reject claim; but where the
evidence of comrades and neighbors is I'M
impeached, and the only obstacle in the way
of an adjudication is the silence of the Off
cial records IN regard to the applicants dis
ability, it seems to Us that the doubt ought
to be resolved in favor of the soldier Take,
for instance, the case of Albert Jehl, bill
to pension whom was passed by the Senate
last week. Jehl had applied for pension,
in the regular way, on the ground that dur
18th Ohio, in the course of which he had
been forced, in the midst of winter, to wade
tAO GiCSA1bii1i iAifCA dHl OliicI ICY iHUuH-
tain streams, he had contracted rheumatism,
and he produced an abundance of corrobo-
Tative evidence of comrades and neighbors
to prove the origin and continuance of his
disability, but because of the lack Of record
evidence. and the claimants inability to
produce medical testimony that he was
treated for rheumatism while in the army,
the Pension Office rejected his claim Why
should not the evidence which was re-
garded by the Senate as sufficient to war
rant the granting of a pension, have suficed
to satisfy the Pension Office that he was
entitled2 The fact is that in the Pension
Office, just as much as in Congress, the ben
eft of the donbt ought to be given to the
soldier, and If that were done a very large
number of the unsettled claims that have
accumulated there could be disposed of In
pretty short order. It is well that jealous
care should be exercised to protect the Gov
eminent against fraud, but the mere absence
Of hospital record, or inability to produce
medical testimony, ought not to be held as
conclusive against claim otherwise salts
factorily established.
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Are There Two Commissioners of Pensions.

Are There Two Commissioners of Pensions?
In our last issue we took occasion to point
out the atrocious character of certain recon-
mendations contained in the last report of
Chief Mack, of the Eastern division Of the
Pension Office, to his superior, and we re-
marked of them that they were a disgrace
to the author and in direct antagonism to
the printed sentiments of Commissioner
Dudley"
In order that this may be the more clearly
apparent to our readers, we now print, side
by side, the opinions of the Commissioner
and his subordinate, as found in the formers
report to the Secretary of the Interior for
the fiSnsl vear epc:,o Trna On 1899
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Conllade L. d. Savage, Waitsfeld VI, writes
US that ON the 2lst ult. twenty-five members of
company F. 2d Vermont regiment volunteers
1.-THE old Capital Guards !" }. met at Montpelier,
VT, and formed an association, and elected the
following officers for the ensuing year. Presi-
dent, Z. " Randall OF Broolzfeld; first vice.
president, George W, Bridgeman, of Barton !;
second vice president, George W. Flagg, Of
Braintree; eretary and treasurer, L. d. Saw
age. of Waitsield. A public Campfire was held
in the evening" attended by large number of
ex-soldiers and citizens Speeches were made
By several of the old. members of the company.
Music was furnished By the child vioIi0nists,
the Reynolds sisters, OF Tunbridge Vt After
the Campfire the members partnok Of a ban
Gues provided for the occasion, when they en-
gagged in a pleasant social visit and listened to
many incidents of personal experience by
different comrades
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Dun readers viii be glad to learn that the
House Committee on Invalid Pensions has
decided 10 recommend the passage of Repre-
sentative Matson's bill 10 increase the PEN
sions of soldiers widows and dependent
relatives from eight to twelve dollars per
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Conlrade w. Z. Hardy, NOblesville. Ind.
writes Us that the 39th Indiana regiment 18th
cavalry viii hold their first Reunion at that
place on the 9Th and Sth Of April. 1881, in
eommem0ration of the battle Of Shiloh, in
which battle the regiment took an active part
All members of this regiment are requested to
send their names and addresses to o. A. SoEers,
kokoTo, Ind, that they may be placed on che
regimeatE.l roll
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WAsHLNaToN. D. q. MARcH 8. IssL

To aay person who VIII send us
a clRb Of ten new subscribers to
THE TRIBUNE we VIII present
a ncW waterbury watch, inclosed
in a handsome sagin-liaed case,
and warranted 30 keep accurate
time.
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The eighth edition Of Capturing a Lo-
conceive ? has just been sent to press, maxi
ing eight Thousand copies in all that have
Peen published Of this fascinating story. A
10y viii be mailed to any address on re-
p Of eight new subscriptions to TIE
NEBrNE
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Reunion Oh thn aaIh Illinois Infnntrr.

Comrade II. Fl. Joslin. secretary Of the So
ciety Of Co. C. 55th Illinois infantry, Darand,
III. invites correspondence from ali persons in
terested IN getting the survivors of that COM
pany and regiment together for the purpose of
holding 4 Reunion.
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The following table shows the gains in
number of Posts for each quarter:

This is certainly most fattering exhibit
and significant of the earnest, Jealous, and
well-directed work of the present adminis-
tration. We are glad to learn from Com
rade culbertson that the coming year
promises to be as prosperous as the last, and
that the gains for the first quarter are likely
TO reach 1000 members. The official returns
50 far received from the various Depart
ments give a total membership in the Grand
Army Of 2o8,0OO comrades.
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We are indebted to Dir. Norman L. Hepe.
Hartford, Conn, for novelty IN the shape Of
q. A Il. silk handkerchief embeilishesi with
the badge of the Order. as also the badges OF
the various army corps stamped in white, on .
blue ground. The design IS very attractive,
the silk of the finest quality. aIla the price
seventy-five cents-places i within the reach
oil every eomrade. Mr--IIefe Is the Agent log
the nlanniactu rers-Sheney Brothers.
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The chronological Jolsraal for March opens
with thoughtful paper on Theodore Parker,
illustrated with an excellent portrait. Among
its other attractions an illustrated article ON
Alaska; a chronological sketch OF Mario, the
famous tenor, aud a critical review of Dr.
Hammond's last work. = Insanity ia its Mesli-
ca! Relations There are, besides, many short
articles on subjects Of general interest.
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=
Soldiers are personally
just rs good and just as
bad as other people, and
the temptations and op-
por:unities for loose
swearing TO imaginary
facts are by the present
naeth1i so great as to be
wholly demoralizing.
There is not, in my opin-
ion, q class Of men on
the face OF the earth who
live in such a high moral
atmosphere that a major
ity could resist the temp
tation TO at least en-
large upon the truth
when sums Of four or Eve
hundred to as many
Thousand dollars could
be obtained on a few
afidayits elandestinely
made. (p. AL
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une 80, 1883.
CHIEF MACK

- IL ~ - -
/ am of the opinion
that a Limitation should
be provided tsay 1886 or
1857 after which parol
evidence should not be
accepted To establish
claims not sustained by
record. 1t is true that
occasional cases would
arise when a just claim
might be defeated, but l
can scarcely imagine one
where reliable evidence
can he obtained by any
method twenty or TWEEN
ty-fve years after the
event upon which the
testimony is supposed to
be based, when the cir
cumstances were not SO
unusual as to impress
the fact upon the wit
nesses' minds. gp. Al