Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
Negro
Claims.

| claimants come in and give their names
/ Mr.. Woodward looks up the number Of the
| claim and Mr.. Middleton gives a check
which bears the same number the claim
| ant signing Il receipt on the list of claims
at the same time. and indorsing the
| check. and Mr. Woodward countersign-
ing 1t with his initials. The check is then
| taken TO Gen. spinner United States
treasurer. where the claimant signs an
! other receipt and the check is signed by
| that officer. The claimant then can re-
, ceIve his money at the subtreasury At
| noon today there We're at least 300 per
| sons present awaiting their turn. and it
| will probably he several days before all
can be paid.
After the pessimism of the middle part
| OF January following field reverses bet
ter feeling prevailed in
| Better Washington. the general
FEELING opinion being that if Con-
gress would establish the
credit of the United States beyond ques-
| ton all would go well with the Federal
| cause. In The Star of January %, 1861,
is the following discussion of the case:
The prospect for the success of our
arms is never brighter than at this mo-
ment. Those Informed of the govern
ment's military plans. the condition and
those of the rebels, are well aware of
the fact. however ignorant of it the public
at distance may he 1t does not be-
come US to enter into details in eXplana-
ton of the military state of things,
though. did feel at liberty to do SO. we
! would easily satisfy all readers of the
truth of this assertion
There exists but one possible draw
back to the contamination of this success:
and il lies in the power of Congress
only To OhViate that NJ @ refer n check
ing the control of the value of the ma
tional currency and security which for
eiGn and domestic spectators in gold
have obtained. If they are permit ed to
go on unchecked until the 4th of March
next the government will surely he more
poWerless to supply the fiscal means for
the further prosecution Of the war than
the oligarchy are: for the latter success
fully forced their currency upon the
southern public at the point of the baNo-
net, and compelled southern banks. by the
same means. to carry out their every
plan to the end of sustaining their GOV
ernmentS credit.
without such credit as Congress can
easily secure for the government issues.
We care not what victories our army and
navy may obtain in the meantime. they
viii turn to ashes on our lns if the
credit of the government be penn tt.d by
Congress to deteriorate as RAPIDLY as of
late: for the continuance OF >ccT de eri-
Grafton involves the absolute speedy in
ability of the gOvernme-- 10 obtain
another regiment or supplies tor another
regiment, without such resort to force
against the person and property of the
citizen as will, in all probability. at once
lead TO civil war in the loyal states.
Great excitement was caused about this
time by the proposition to raise an army
of freed negroes to aid in
COlOreQ the restoration of the Union.
In The Star OF January ~
dicative of the way in which this probe, t
was regarded:
Congress devoted last night To wran-
Cling over the proposition to raise I'm army
Of 30o,No negroes. Cui BONO To none
whatever. it strikes us: nsomucn to
raise any such force will PROV utterly
impossible. The radicals who have been
busy in inducing the negroes tn believe
that if they will volunteer they will Sc
cure social. industrial and political rights
in the United States equal to those of
whites have thoroughly prepared them
to refuse to enlist in any considerable
numbers until assured by congressional
action that these promises of theirs will
be duly carried out. Besides they are
we'll aware that the rebels will grant
them no quarter If falling into their
the part of the rebels viii lead to retail
iation on our part, that will not mend
the matter for the negro. being calcu-
lated simply to render it more certain
that he will he ineXorably massacred If
made Il prisoner Congress will not vote
the negro soldier social, Industrial and
political equality with the whites. as
four-fifths of the dominant party in the
body are Well aware that tn favor such
a proposition would be the political death
warrant 10 those of them who give such
votes What we write above has ref
erence to the idea of getting volunteers
from among the negroes now in the
loyal states and within oar military
lines.
The loss of the first monitor off Hat
teras caused the partial reconstruction of
the other vessels built
Strengthening on the same model
mr. then on the ways. in
noHieoio. order to MAKE them
seaworthy In The Star of January 81
1867. is the following paragraph:
There can be now nothing wrong III
stating that within the last few weeks
the uncompleted vessels built Oh the
Monitor plan have undergone consider
able Improvement. As the change neces-
sarily delayed the finishing of the ships
fact until the work was ended, which it
nearly is at present. y few days since
the Catskill was taken from the Cont
mental Iron Works To Hunters point
where s-he was put upon a marine rail-
way to have additional strength impaired
to the sections the dividing !ne between
wfich was most deleterlousiy affected by
the sea in the Monitor and Passalc The
Sangamou at Chester, Pa, has also
been subjected to a thorough process OF
strengthening and even her interior has
been somewhat remodeleti. Inc Nan
tucket at Boston. benefited by the same
course of treatment. and the Lehigh at
Chester Will be made even stronger than
the others Were it not for this extra
work the fleet bound south would have
been larger than il is but il is better
that every ironclad sent to sea should be
as nearly perfect as possible. The Moni-
tor disaster has thus been the cause of
changing the details of the plans on
which two classes Of armed ships are
built"