The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-15

7 The boy was arrested and placed IN jail for
] safe keeping. Last Friday he had a hear
[ ing before his honor, A ID. Patterson, ana
I OWING 70 the age Of the prisoner, ne was
not sent 10 the chain-gang, but was bound
I out 10 Sheriff Sharp till he reached the
age Of discretion. The boy said ia his
statement that he came from Dawson and
had been living with a Mr.. Frazier IN TINS
county FOR the past few weeks. but had
got tired OF living with Mr.. Frazier and
decided to 90 somewhere else.
Americas Times Recorder: Wednesday
night two young men landed in Americas
aIoot, al the way from Rochester New
Aork, en- route 10 Tallahassee. Fla They
are samuel F. Jennings and Leon C. TIN
ker They left Rochester Oct i, and are
due in Tallahassee Dec. ., and are now
I'VE days ahead Of time and expect 10 ar
rive there by Dec. Is. Under the terms or
the wager they are forbidden TO ride on
train, carry a watch or stop al a hotel. In
each city or town they must secure the sig
nature OF a newspaper man to prove their
itinerary. They are limited to ten pounds
of baggage They have averaged twenty
TWO miles a day so far ana nave walked
IS much as thirty-nine miles The trip
from MOntezuma 10 Amerlcus occupied
them Wednesday. They are hale ana
hearty-loOking boys but say they have
had enough Of their tramp, as they have
already gone 1900 miles They cannot So
licit aid, but manage TO pay their way by
playing on the fiagiOlette and acorina IN
the evenings wherever they happen 10 De-
II is more of downright hard work than
fun, as these young men VIII TESTIFY, 10
walk across eight states.
Augusta Chronicle: James Moan is
found. Mrs. Amanda Sterling Of Wood
side, y. j., who was looking for her father
will soon be made happy. Wednesday
morning the Chronicle published story
from the Newark Sunday Call, giving an
account Of Mrs Sterlings search for her
father, whom she had never seen. The
clipping was sent from WOOdside, n. j.,
by Justice Cornell, who had interested
himself in Mrs. Sterlings search. It
stated that Moan left WOodslde in l6b3
after enlisting in Company q, Thirty-thlrd
Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers. lie
went to the front, and after two or three
letters were received from him all trace
OF him was lost. For ten years his wife
moaned him as dead, and then she passed
away. Few months after Moan left
home his wife gave birth to daughter
and when the mother died the girl was
taken care of by friends. Attaining her
majority she married Not long ago the
daughter determined if possible to find
her father, and wrote to the pension Office
at Washington. There she learned that
James Moan was given a pension, and
when last heard from, which was in 1890
his address was Augusta, Ca She placed
the matter in the hands of Justice Con-
nell of WOOdsde and he wrote to Post
master Dunbar for any Information that
he might be able TO give in regard to the
long lost James Moan. The letter stated
that the postoffice box to which the pen
sion was directed was 1865. Upon inquiry
the postmaster found that there was never
such a box in the old pOstofice, which was
occupied in 1880. Postmaster Dunbar hand
ed the letter and clipping to Chronicle
reporter and the next morning
the ~ story appeared superintendent
a, r. Crompe OF the Augusta Fac
tory saw the account in the
Chronicle, and knowing that one of his
employees was named Moan, carried the
paper to him and read him the story
Moan Immediately said he was the man
referred to. Moan is at present living in
the old Silcox house on the canal bank
near the pump house. The house is the
same one at which Gen. Washington was
entertained at dinner when he visited Au-
gusta. Moan can prove his identity, as
he has the roster of Company c. Thirty
third New Jersey Volunteers, and he
Will have an investigation made of the
pension fraud. He is entitled to il, and
sible discover who it was that got that
mail matter addressed to Box 1855 Moan
y a small, dark-complexioned man, about
50 years old, with short, iron gray hair
and rather shabbily dressed Moan saws
that on the Dist day of April, 1868, he en-
listed in Company G, Thirty-third New
Jersey Volunteers, at North BelleVille
and was Immediately sent to the front
About three months after enlisting he was
captured by the confederates, and was
sent a prisoner to the stockades at An
Jacksonville. There he remained. suffering
until the close of the war, and when re-
leased he endeavored to make his way
northward. He was without shoes and
almost naked when he reached Augusta
some months later, and he obtained en-
ployment in the Augusta Factory, where
he has worked almost steadily since
Moan can neither read nor write, but saws
that he got persons to write to his wife
in the far north. None of these letters
We're ever answered, and three years after
coming to Augusta Moan married. Some
time after this he learned that there was
gentleman in the city who had been an
officer in charge of the Andersonville
stockade. Moan had determined if nos
sible to obtain pension from the govern
ment, and he went to this gentleman for
the purpose of being identified The gen
tleman denied ever having been at Ander-
sonville, and would not aid Moan. Then
Moan got friends to correspond with the
pension bureau in Washington, but says
that he never received a pension, and saws
that If pension was sent to Augusta it
was gotten by some one who knew of
him, and who cheated him out of his
rights. The gentleman Moan asked to
assist him has all of Moan's papers in his
possession. These papers consist of proofs
Of the old soldiers identity, which were
subscribed and sworn to before a notary
public In Augusta Moan has never asked
that they be returned to him, relying on
the gentleman's word that he had received
no answer from the pension department
But 1t has now been four years since they
were first made out, and still as far as the
veteran rs concerned, they have proved
to no avail