The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-09-26
tFrom our regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON. Sept "a. 49,

week comes around.
A very remarkable case has coma to
my attention througha friend in The,
Pension office which furnishes incidents
for Il novel as powerful I'D any Dumas
or Eugene Sue ever used. In l864S
Lieutenant from an Ohio village was
killed in one Of the battles in Virginia
and his body WAS sent home, buried
with military honors, and handsome
monument erected over it by the citi-
zens of the place. Thousands Of people
paid their tributes of honor to the young
hero, and locked upon his face US the
BODY lay in state III the town hall. He
left wi,.ow to whom ho had been
married only year, and for more than
wenty years she hae been trying togct
a pension, but although she keeps fresh
flowers upon Lor husbands grave she
cannot prove that he is dead. Tn" re-
cords in the Adlntant Generals Office
are perfect, and atfdavi,s can be fur
nished from thousands Of people who
saw and recognized his life|ess body, but
every few months she receives letter
from him, written in hand ss familiar
~ her own. Two letters never com"
from the same place; now iacy arv
I,ostmarked in Colorado, then in Texas,
then in New York. Once she got "A nstc
from him dated at Washington. He APP
pears to know what is going en- Mt home,
ard always alludcs to local occurrences
with familiarity that is nn,azing. He
sends messages to old Fri. nds, and eivrs
her advjcs sbou business matters which
It seems impossible for q stranger to
Know She csnn"t answer these ghostly
mlsslyes, because he never gives sny
clue Ia his whereabouts. and no detec.
tive has ever been able to find him.
When the Senate meets in Deem
her, said y Democratic Senator, who is
""ted far lis foresight in grand politics.
'there will he fierce assault nn.ds nm.
on the Presidents nominations. The
attack will he headed by Edu.und., Lo-
ran, and sherman on the war record
OF nome oltheappointecs, and hy Hav!cy
aud Hoaron the non part isan line, while
Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart ill vein
At the heeis of many nf the nominees
IN '"''d cutlery against their personal
characters. 1t is known that Senator
tIdmlnds believes that the Fburiacnth
Amendment to the Consultation has
been violated by the President, and
has prepared himself to demonstrate
the unsaundnoss of Attorney General
Garland's opinion ~ TO the Ell, ct of =
pardon upon the person. coming under
the rrohibi,ory cluuse of the amend
inent. MIR. f.dmunds, understand me
viii make no attack upon Mr.. Garland,
sincerity, bnt he will cnntend that tn,
Attorney General is 50 prejudieed b,
the peculiar circumstances that hav,
surrounded him on this question of tn.
'hect otA pardon, Az an set of compIet,
oblivion, that his legal opinion on tha
subject liz not sntitled to the considera
ION which Garlaad's professional abil
ity aud high character would NATURAL,
lrnd to it. 'inrland, YOU know, WAS tn,
petitioner in the celebrated cass where
III the Supreme Court OF the Unite,
States decided that an act G
Congress could not disqualfy psrsoI
,lready OH the rolls Of the Supren
Court from prsc,icins before the court
because Of his giving sd to the "publi
enemy"
Ex Congressman Harry White, {
Pennsylvania, kuswn to fame az Il,
diacovsrer Of the nsyigable possibilitie
of the "kiskiminiias,' is disputing ii
late mothers will, on the ground {
her alleged insanity. Mr., White Was r.
sarded by some of his fellew-Congres
men as a ''little off his nut" himself. I
use a mild, but expressive term. II
"tory is told that during debate {
The River and Harhor bill in the Hor,
If Representatives., Mr. White, as uaua
became very much excited, aid, ber
)oked on the matter by Congressm;
; Tom Turner, Of Kentucky, person
alteration seemed likely to eusne. NJ
= Randall, the then Speaker Of the Hcnp
, seeing that the dccorum Of that DO,
Was in danger of disturbance, sent
page to Joe Blackburn and request
aim to get Tom Turner out Of TIE VS.
adding to the message that his C.