Telegram-herald., 1890-09-01

c1olEzly yrsssed. hoNeTe<. 81 rAe 29.ot-
neys fato waooe hands tAsy e2Te fz-l7'l
Ils conlngenf fees have II thls case
swallowed up sls psz2cipal 0at tasEs
Ia ths oorri4cr s-ls per p&llens h--y
Ac1eErahAa tls A1s been s1lElns tiara
k9r tsvenEy-eisat years. Wzltlzg aud
waiting Tor congress % O. am lzsgAee.
51ls fox als RELIEF have pascal oc-A
branches u the nzEi0lal Legislature oas
never IA tAe same congress HIS elalal,
involving N lli0ns, Is 2 pe-ieclly Just
one. ant every one knows i- ocSet - 30
paid Bat Il never VII be, All poor.
patient Billy VII pgo5ably sc oas tAsre
In the corridor Gll 10 dies.
Let Is tase g.aacs ~ hall dozen =
these CLAIMS IS tasy come at random oar
of one OF the many pisscn holes IA ths
clairas committee rcon. Il " keyes
was "a enlisted soldier rroca Wisconsin.
Asler his discharge be was drafted ia
district - Thica Ia was not a citizen.
and paid The 500 commatGlon money.
Then hs again enlisted aud was grieg-
oagly wo-nled. y0v5 hs wants bis 500
back Of course Ia olgaE % have it,
aal i he lives 10 be 30 years cid may
get it.
Jeaa .. Thome b1rgh. at eccton in
LaEisiane during rhe war $500 worsh
of cotton. To WAS soid through the GOV
e-nneut cotton agent In New York and
the money covered iaso tia treasury,
Thore not getting q cent Of L. Th0me
was loyal. Concerning tho charge that
n has not prosecu.ed l4is claim with due
Gilig, nee the committee repcTsss
q seems tsar very shortly after tas properly
vas taken claimant rrocecoet at once 70 t2Se
rroos as - MS oaneralp. exc; thar n 1855 hs
So. "a tls naper8 coa,-l-.ng k.s proc,5 a. lis
nephew taeaa res- ,ea. ~ Washington an 6 i.w-
yer, tsls De subsequently, ant wi,liu th9 t-ns
prsrc-inei - iaw. placed hrs claim IN TIE h2ncs
of one .lls.il &cCarfy @ ilHyer prac'lcinc il the
court of clri1ls scr rTasecctlon il the colrs, who
for SONS uaaccountable resson Neglected p pve-
cert rs prs..0n, that n is.9 Le employed Henry
Sherman y a. attorley 20 r-os3cuts rs cl@l-l.
G1d be ben prosrcu---g - with vigor ever s,nce.
fIe-e ia q case which admits OF 40
doubt. Uncle Sam has for twenty-five
years had eight or ten thousand dollars
os Ir. Th0rno's money. And the
chances ere Unclc Sam VIII keep il. too
David D. saith. O carpenter and boat
builder, lost his chest of tools n the Far
ME. sunk ~ Fortress Monroe. he wants
congress to pay lin for tho tools sa1o.25.
and he has thus been wanting for many
years
In Kentucky White. Horton s. Gar
rard had extensive salt works and wells
which Gen. Buell. destroyed % prevent
their falling into tic h1nls Of the enc
my Tho only Goub1 about the justness
of the claim was os T. She loyalty OF the
claimants. On this t.s committee say:
nwcre believed TO be loyal e-eept Daniel Gar
rari he was SD yc-rs of ase. and took no pcins
10 conceal his southern VToclvi,!es- But as Ia
was the father a. Erlg. Gen T. I. Garrard Of tas
Fc.eral army. and - COL James IT. Garrarj.
tressrrer or tAc ssatc Of kentucky. both true ard
loyGl men. the con0issianeT was ~ opinioa that
tae virtues Of the s5ns s4oui1 oversh22ow the fol-
lies ~ tie father.
Away hack in 1e49 William L. Martin
sold 70 Lieut. Hawkins, for the use OF
United States t-oops, q herd Of cattle
valued at So 100. Lieut. Hawkins was ont
of funds and could not pay tho BIZ. The
Indians attacked the supply train and
ran as -r.,A most Of Inc cattle after
deli - thcn Lieat. Hawkins be-
c1mc illr.e, and so continued TIL
death. Therefore Martin va never
able to get pay for his cattle. Senator
SpOoner. Of tho senate claims commit
tee. thinks Martin has good case. Bat
he has had = good case Tor forty years
and it Is still unsettled. This claimant
asks Congress TO pay him interest on the
amo-nt Of his claim, but IS Senator
Spoonor says n lis report, Congress
never pays interest. Uncle Sam, sad to
say. IS mean enough 10 enjoy tllo use CT
other peoples mo2ev for twenty-five or
fifty years wlthogs giving anv recon-
pense therefor Il Is difficult enough 10
induce him to pay bac.s the principal.
Nathun Harris boaght in Louisville.
Ky, IN 1861. 40 . government sale Of
condemned scores, BLANKETS and other
goods amounting 20 tho sum Of @l,352.50.
and took them % LIS sore Ia Cincinnati.
o.. to be retailed. lie was arrested and
the goods seized by government detect
ives on the charge oc unlawfully parchas-
ing them Il soldiers; Re was acquitted
and bis goods ordere3restored ~ Unite1
States Co1-cissioccr Holiday. but In
fact theC goods we're nevo-rest3rcd and 70
comp asaGcn was ever male f0r them.
\ quarter of g century o. earnest effort
on SIR Harris part has faiiel TO induce
the United STATES % re.grn him hss no.
ncv.
Uncle San. who we al know is at
tines generous aG1 grand. cen be IS
close I'm his l-1.uess dealings es the bar.,
O. tree. Ue c,u even la mean. Al
Grow s. Core thinks 50. IL. Core was
i'm fScs collector &c Internal revenue ia
tao wild, ueuntai1oas region f West
firg5n-2. T1era were rebels aad c1arril-
ias 2rd outlaws a13 noonshi1ers there.
and ia collecting tle revenue Mr. Gore
took his life N bis hands frCm day 30
day. he collected what he could. bat
oa settling up vi-h t1e tge2s1TT depart
T1cn5 was net culy not Paid his salary.
but r-5 yea a.lreI to .@y s5.so3 o-t RI his
cNr 7cat oecau7o Ec.-e ot BIS le3-i "a
h1luos turned - taT-s cosI'cteI h~ thc0
TIE claims Ccrluitt-a vcrv properly
recorlucrds thas Mr Core 80 paid rs
sllcrT and tha. tho g. -5s he rr.arnei 90
h.n. Il tho swec. 81 a-s ~ p1rhsps
he T1l gec H. Oar Cn-.s samuel Is a
to1gl customer.
WA--za wEIzuAx.