Telegram-herald., 1889-10-10

Cute frrref or ck1ncn-nS osss0rs ~ sns
SouL1sra cssses before tes wsr, - s4rreo-
ser-Ez their properly Ter P4y1ent - aeet,
gave - their s-2yeS "a . r1Woer ef H.
stances ia greSs z24 g.orlous rsp1e.tc u
free me1 tsox - psyEs1t u ceos ~1e-e
fsl1l1ss CT saves, S2a scla thso - tie
highest bL1ssrs.
There Is ere Instance where woaan HzS
tzzsa with her thres ehlsre1. s1a SIC IS
sold - 0zs 1aa fer nlna hundred dollars.
saz each ere o1 her children tUo boys ana
gIrl. were SD - separate buyers fer from
snree hundred - 81 hundred Cc-4rs.
Ihers . another case where . CClored ven
a. named Csclls was tsxsn for csbt and
scld ak Pgbllc auction for twelFe hundred
dollars TIE purchaser Afterwards brou gh.
suiE against tie Uui1ed States for having
sofa this woman under fzlss pretenoes BE-
cause the GoveFnmen. suctloneer gave 4
guarantees that ne woman W2s good Tor GER
tain purposes, and the buyer, after having
he'd her for few monrhs AID tried her Ia
the capacity Ter which SIZE WAS guaranteed,
solemnly AYERS that the Government suo-
tiOaeer deceived hlm snd that the woman vas
Of 10 earthly good Tor the purpose FOR which
the guarantee was gwen, Snd he brngs suit
% recOVSs rs money sad retura the woman
Cecilia Another page OF the old record
shows that = thoroughbred negro man was
purchased for = certain purpose, which need
not and Oug ght not here 70 be peclded, and the
sarchsser Of that thoroug ghbrsd negro man
sftsrward brought sult against the Govern
meut and he also soiemnly ayerred that the
negro was not competent 10 perform the
services for which q guarantee was given
wheE he was purchased
There Is case on record which shows
that after the United States Government
had obtained Judgment against debtor for
two hundred and eight tho1sand collars,
and had taken notes for thirty thousand
dollars, slaves for twenty thousand dollars,
three houses and lots in city for nine
thousand dollars, and sOme other real es-
tate 70 cover the balance Of the claim, the
agent o. the Treasury transferred the
houses and lots and real estate and negroes
into other notes, so that the whole two hum
dred and eight thousand dollars due to the
Government was compromised by the ac-
ceptance Of notes of hand for the payment
OF this great sum OF money. Thereafter the
Solicitor Of the Treasury brought suit TO
recover money for these notes, and In the
prosecution OF this claim more money was
expended than the notes called for, a1d yet
the Government never received the money.
This indicates that there was time, aud q
very long period Of time, too, wnen the
prosecuting officers OF the Government
seemed rather 70 be in league with the de-
faulters than to be earnest and honest in
their efforts for the recovery OF money due
the Government.
The present chief clerk OF the Solicitor
Of the Treasury, Mr.. Webster Elmes, has
been with the. Department Of Justice for
twenty five jears. He is an accomplished
lawyer, an entertaining conversauonallst,
with d head full Of facts, and can entertain
visitors for an hour or more with very IN
teresting "reminiscences Of the work or
this great Office. Besides having the en-
tire supervision of the Cfice, 10 him ara
committed all questions arisiIg under tho
laws in customs cases and referred for
opinion by the Secretary Of the Treasury,
and he is also charged with the examina-
ton of official bonds, contracts and legal
instruments. You may well understand
that be is very busy, hard-worked Official.
The solicitor, Mr.. Hepburn, occupies a
very large, handsome room upon the second
floor, fronting south, Immediately beneath
the Office Of the Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury, and when called upon by any
visitors, either formally or upon business,
he is found seated at his desk with law
books and briefs and papers Uttered about
his desk, hard at work solving some knotty
problem involving many thousands OF dol
| lars Of the peoples money. He is an ener-
getic, conscientious official, and seems TO De
the right man in the right place.
SMITH D. Fry.