Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-06

made n order thSt all may understand lne
matter:
THE ACT.
The Committee on War Claims. to shich
srs referred from time to time these cases
reported By the accounted ofhcers Of tae
Treasury Department. bsvs not felt any
very high degree Of responsibility in their
investigation. Tie act alluded 10 Of July
1 1864. IS Of the character aud 10 the ns.
ture Of p-Oyisiou sIci as nearly every
r,auber o: Lha House las Tel, not only the
inp5r,srcs OF ou, Iae absolute necessity
for in oSder 10 psUDas investigation OF
this class Of claims Only a certain class
oi sssss. hoEeyss, were embraced IN that
sac and we.e Investigated Oy Qusrtsrmasrer
syg.sr,l n the United States and the Con-
.nis.,ry.G General OF Subsistence. By that
isg 20 snaGal report IS made 10 Congress,
ami 5v its term i. il supposed 70 consider
rh9;s cases. HsrstotoTs It has not been
m. Uracucg 10 examine in detail al taese
claims: aad Inc very ImgCactlcaollI.y LED
70 the .aw under which chose cases sre IN
,-s.i,a,sd. This BILL coming 10 the com
rnifrss under this Law, embraces uiue hun
drsi and torty-three claims, aggregs,ing
n amount S22s.5IS 80. They are IN the
;0ts1e,, OF eleven States and one Territory
Thav cone mainly from tie States OF Ten
nasseeg kentuCky and Missouri. The
ls-,ast number OF them are from thoie
S.s'as. EsRss coma from the o;hec States,
W.. ylry;-is. Ohio Indiana, and other
S.s,es
The Committee on WaE Claims OF the
last Coag--ss telt /: their duty 10 70 soms-
whs. into detail iu regard 20 these csses. BY
f,-ner committees bills had been reported
to,ha H,gss based on the utter imp;ac
ticaoil,y Of On investigation OF the cor
vscta-ss Of ,he iudings Of the Quarter
-rss,.,.li oeral Still the Committee tel,
shg- il m,yht classify the claims that II
mint select out tew Of each class, and
int j, mlyAt take q number OF the larger
claims from each Of the States named and
M through rhem; and it, on an inveshgs
Gon 0! those cases, the Committee found
- sccurscy and care and ability displayed II
night pass Judgment upon the balance:
Ia thst naruer the Commit on WaI
Gla.as Of the last Congress
WApEp THROUGH THESE CASES.
ls.,s number Of the cases involving
i,rys a.aauuts we're thIs examined oy the
Conm.rrss. OF that number seven only
szs-s. yse judgment Of the Committee, tc
Ts-y.lr5.i from the bill, and these were
1t, on, Of the report msds to the last Con
A the a;l did not pas the House FOL
zsrf Of time and wss upon the hands o.
tba Var Claims Committee OF the Presen
r,ey-ess. il became necessary to consider
those cases syaiu; bur upon suggestion
,,,,.l- N committee these cases were no
ts,is.gssri ssted By the present commit'es
gSt,,l tnp exclusion Of Toe seven cases Wnlci
has b.ar -gt-rred 10 vas sHqulesced IN oY
-ha committee with Ibis understanding
a or6.r-1 secure early action upon thu
an srs M. IL might uSt De delayed II
v.s rrdsr,,pod that the committee was
no. c3acsr. led 5Y the exclusion OF tnes'
..yan cases from IBIS o:lt, OGt that tae
,.3,n-.. ~ toe cJunUtas ulgh: oe ap
y-L-l 70 oa suo,ber iNvsstisAs,oG ~ tht
,a,r rgl-..i1l Of cases tisi vii Do sent te
- from 20. Treasury Department.
r,r e., llnt allowed o. tbe committee D.
4,,p - 81. excluding claim reported 4
-, tho anoInl o, =, iO0. The 'atter sr'
90, rsoo,ta1 IN this oAL
roYA- CITIZENS ONLY.
L, the net Of July !, 1864, under "hicI
this tc,-sr ,ation is nste IRON Tune =
ums av tie Departments msonoued' II vi
n b,-,l ia mind that they are only E'7e'
.u-i.l.r:I,a OF q certain class OF CASES
clains %. lavsl ciuizpns whose loyal'y mas
~ esfsblish-i. sud claims originating u
States D9, ~ rebellion. 10 sh the c. ss
rsDortsd % tas committee from nn'
70 Gms strict proof has Away
Deer r-qvigld, 6rst OF loyalty, the
tho, he property wSs taken 10
the beneft ot the Army, and actually az
r,..,r.,t.d nai used for the Army in State
nor q. Pc -5-,AOu. Tennessee TsS oIlginsi
N rayeliou. 9lt 1t wss relieved by a. sc
.u5ssouynf - the sc,; co that the claim
Of Tennessee can nov be considered unde
tbA, at aud amend nents thereto Subs
Iaeully made.
WEST yIRGISINNs INTERESTED.
O-,ziaal!y. only TWO counties Of We;
Iiryipis gs-e embraced y the br:
amend nsnr made 10 this law in 1864, oJ
subs.oaertlv all Wes; Virgins was a
loved 10 pre- 'ea. claims OF the class. o
thL sane iag . limitation vas ATTACHED
30 Ia. rhis class OF claims can no long
be soonitrei 70 the departments. Tue
gers ba,rsi on the lsJ OF January, lss
aud the cassJ laai are nov being sent
Congress aIs only cases that were ME
o nor 70 thA, dare.
The following IS - complete hst o! Il
clsilr Of Ci,lzsns Of West Virginia WAo'
claims sre embodied in the Oil:
To joseph II. Anderson, Of Jeterso
county, u.sern dO,ihrs-
To Samuel Arnold, Of Mineral eonDt
Two buadred sad ior-y dollars.
ToThomss Brown, Of Hampshire count
one hundred and htIy dollars.
To David Bartrsu, executor OF WILMA
RArtrsm, decsA. ed, Of Wsyus county, OF
hundred ana tzenty-iour dollars and thirt
seven cents
To Issac Boarer, Of Morgan Soznty, ol
hundred sEI fifty dollars
To John Burgess, OF hsnsWhs count
sixty dolls,s.
To George ". Boysrs efsrs'
county, one hundred and six Ehs d.
lars.
To Margaret Cston, Of Jefferson count
one hundred and iorty dollars.
To Caarlss Crouch, of Randolph count
two hunj.el srd slsysn dollars and sl1
cents
To Wriism DAmToa. Of Wayne coun
fourteen dollars and Gty csnts-
To William Eiio;r, Of Barbour coun
two Funirst dollars.
To Middleton Ferrsn Of Boone eoun
seventy Eve dollars
To PlE5a 81. Youug, Of KsnawkS col
ty,tEsa'y doU5rs; Emily z Franklin,
KsnsshI ,ocaty, twenty dollars; Ag
B. FisnkED, of KsnsWhs o1unty, tEs