The sun., 1894-03-24
AN INTERESTING RELIEF BILL.
Mise Ca-roirs Old Claim for Compens alton
Rssppesrs Before Congress.

Mise Carroirs Old Claim for Compeps alton
Rssppears Before Congress-
WASHINGTON. March pa bill just intro
duced into Congress for the relief Of Miss NJ.
II. Carroll has q certain element OF pathos in
It. since the would-be beneficiary describes
herself as the sister Of Miss Anna Ella Carroll.
deceased. The pathetic element is the re-
minder that the original claimant after many
years passed in knocking at the doors Of Con-
gress for relief. in . once famous claim. died
without getting any satisfaction. leaving her
sister to carry on the task.
And another noteworthy feature Of this relief
bill 10 that IL contents itself with asking for
only $4,000 When It was FIRST brought be-
fore Congress the amount demanded was
$3.50. 900; and this tremendous shrinkage
probably represents the diminution Of hope
fulness in the case as we'll as the fact that the
original petitioner 10 no moro
Still q third matter for reflection Is the
character Of the claim itself. and the change
which time has also wrought in that particu-
lar The money asked 10 to be paid in salts
faction Of the claim Of said Miss Anna Ella
Carroll for literary services rendered to the
Government Of the United States at the re-
quest OF the War Department at various times
during the years 1861 and 1852" But the
chief service which Miss Carroll believed her
self to have. rendered. and which caused her
original claim OF compensation to be set SO
rather than OF political Ilterature. 1t CON
on the line OF the Cum berland and the Ten
nessee. the credit for which has sometimes
and Gen. Sherman. not to mention also Pilot
Scott 1t was this great national service. rem
sss dssfs ste Miss tesa on
manner IN which her abilisls. were snlisted al
side sns declared that during all the sum-
mer months Of 1881 my time was mostly given
IN @ possession ot the true tSeory o. our GoSSrne
ment and to define and defend the war powers
Win an % @ the ssc
West to inform herself upon military and po-
liticai affairs In that quarter; promised to
submit TIM my % Writings Tor the Govsrn@ent mem S to the he
of theit publieati9p. which was done soon
sdhsrsnts." In pursuance OF her purpose. she
soaat ss she .essa Welcome eSs
from the commanding officers. and kept her
Il. sS bess on on the mseS
threatened the Union"
s tse 81 S hs had rssshsd st. LSus hss
csntiis Library Of that city she had a discus
sidney Johnston. which ended in this climax:
So Independence. indeed! said /: before
viii Ge at an end How. said he. are % You
going to reduce the MississippiT Hooked him
sad aHe Lsiore spriar all The
In your Mississippi will have vanished as thin
air" Her resolution was quickly taken. Call
what the depth Of the water was in the Cum
berland and In the Tennessee He told her.
could do all that 1t had been designed TO do on
the Mississippi with none of the difficulties
JUICE JUICE Evans Of S Texas ' at that nom % snt called
sad told him Of hs5 plan IL the hail
right way would be aS l proposed. to transfer
the national armies from the MIssissippit to the
Tennessee River, Iseid: 1t shall be done:
Returning at once to Washington. Miss Car
roll merely paused on her way. in Buffalo to
ious to learn my opinion OF the dark look OF
things" expressed his faith IN the discovery
@ reveal s also to the Cabinet She H soon % had hsp
proposition fully drawn out, with river depths
noted. in the hands Of Col 4; 4. scott who
saTsas Hpd you ses give me- sHa sfia
Carroll ,consented feeling conscious that IL
salvation of the Union And it wac" Col,
Scott afterward assured her that he never saw
received her solution o; this great problem Of
the war;
T 5sGds b 5si assrass Stas
tieally hopeless, 70 begin with, II CongTsss
had paid e&oOOUO Tor the strategy OF that
campaign. 1t would have established preee-
dent for equivalent rsmunerations for the
strategy Of other campaigns; and i can be
easily Understood how enormous might be the
outgo for putting . cash value ON patriotic
sugRestions Again. to have conceded that
claim would have been to award to the Pc
titioner holors claimed for several others;
and Il would have REQUIRED prolonged tnVss-
tiRAtion OF con nicting testimony
At all events. We hnd the present bill for
bearing longer 70 excite Jealousy or opposi-
tion from the adhersnts OF great military COM
m Anders and putting its claims on literary
services for which the much more modest re-
muneration OF $4,000 is asked. These SER
vices. as We have seen. began with writings
designed to put the people In possession OF
the true theory OF our Government and to de-
fine and defend the war powers 1t possessed"
Then came the military memoranda already
referred TO. still Congress may hesitate to |
create a precedent even OF this sort. lest the
In claims for the production OF
useful war literature should be serious.
Whether. however. Ii will doom this bill. like |
Its predecessor. to perish through inattentiun.
during session after session, or will some day
turn 1t over to the Court OF Claims. yet remains
10 be determined.