Decatur Eagle, Volume 13, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1869 — Page 1

THE DECATUR EAGLE. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY g\. J. HILL, EDITOR, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE—On the west side of Second Street, over Dorwin & Brother's Drug Store. . Terms of Subscription. One copy, one year, i n advance $1 50 If paid within the year 2 00 If paid after the year has expired, 2 50 Papers delivered by carrier 25 cents additional will be charged. No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. Rates or Advertising'. | ? | ? | s i- r ? ■ " ; ? | m ® ~ c j -* ! t* i c Bpaco. ? j o eI g § ■ g ■ *1 • -j ■ I z. ~ 1 - I r • i *•'2 2, — - XT lU-LM-f F I'll -U-i ■ __—-'. i _s_l_g. _y_ Halt Inch..! j Mli'l <ur 1 -’.tn? 3 mi? ■’>-,(i' s (i:j One “ h 75; i ”-,! e <>n( .3 si> 4 to: <m loon Two “ !: 1 .2 (xr 3Mr 5 o>> ! 7nolnno 17 no Throe ” || J 7.’i! 37” I .r. M> .. ~n 11 no ~n Four “ :. 2 2". 3 ;.n snn 11 no I hi 27 no Onar.(! >!... 2 7.3 I 25' r, 2 . 0 r,n l.'l on 21 Half “ , 12'. r. 20 9I". 11 nt I. i;.- 3<i nn is nn 3-i ’’ , 7 I_> HI, .'ii.mi ■; w i . 'tnh ii 7 00' to oii I*. ui.:2.'> nn:3o <HI is mi'sn on Special Notices.—Fifteen per cent, ndditibnnl to theabove rates. Business Notices.—Twenty-five per 'eent. additional to the above nites. iLegai Advertising. One square [the space of ten lines brevier] ong.insertion, «2 00 Beach subsequent insertion. 50 No advertisement will bo considered loss than one square; over one square will be counted and charged as t wo; over two as three, &c. Local notices fifteen rents a line for .each insertion. Jlcligious and Educational notices or a I vertisements may be contracted for at lower rates, anp'lieation at the (.iff.ee. Deaths an I Marriages published as news —free. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. District Officers. Hon. Rob't Lowry Circuit Judge. J . t>. Daily, Circuit Prosecutor. Hon. D. Stude.b.iker Com. Pleas Judge. I’. F. Ib.icli Com. Pleas Prosecutair. County Officers. B‘ymo’.ir Worden > Au liter. A. J. Hi.l ('lei.k. Jesse Nibliik Tre surer. M. V. B. Simeoke Recorder. Jatnos Stoops, Jr.. Sheriff. 11. C, Peterson Surveyor. Sam. C. Billman School Examiner. Josiah Crawford, ) Jacob Sirfl, I Commissioner. George Luckey, J Town Officers. Sam. C. Bollman „ Clerk. Chas. Stewart Tieasur/r t.Marshal. Herman Bosse, ) David King. I Trustees. David Showers, ) Township Officers. Union.—Tr.ustcc, David Erwin; Justice of the-Peace Ividiani Cellars, and David (Heckler; Constables, Geo. B. Cline and Nelson D. Suttles. Root.—Trustee, John Chiisttn; Justices of the Pew?, Henry Filling; and Samuel S M .-hie; C.uHtables, KerJ.en Baxter and John Sehurger. P«nn:.E.— Trustee, F. W. G.illmever: Justices of th” Pe.cc, John Archhold and .J atnes V. a rd; t oustables, Joseph E. Ahnnand Henry Dearman. KittKj.VxO.-T> u-trr, Jonathan Bowers* Justice es the Peace Wm. D. Hoffman; Constable, Manassas S irff and David Stule. 'Yashin it.’.v,- Trustee, C .r.rad Brake: Justices of tl. • Peace. C. M. France and Samuel Merryman: Const Frederick Meitz and ii. I’. Strops. St. Minis. .Trustee, Esnias D: lev: Justices of tl.e Peace, Samu d Smith, V. L Corner and S.B. Morris; Constables, S. B. Ford ice, Washington Kern and Isaac Smith. 1 Bluecreek.—Trustee, John Kmcrv: Justice of the P >.iee. Lemuel Williams and J. C. Tindall; Tunstable, J. M-eCnr-dle. Monroe—Trustee, Geo. H. ’ Marti: Justice of the Peace. Lorenzo D. Hugh?". Samuel Smith; Constable, John Al. Jacobs. French.—Trustee, George Simisson; Justices of the I’rricc, Lot French and V. D. Bell; Constable, Edward Leßnin. Hartford.—Trustee Peter Hoffman: Justices of the Peace. Martin Kizer, sen. and Benj. Runyan; Constables, John Simison, Lewis C. Miller and David Runy an. W IRlSH.—Trustee. Henry Miller: Justices of the Peace, A. Studabaker and Janies Nelson; Constables, Jacob Butcher and A. G. Thompson. Jefferson.—Trustee, Justus Kelly: Justice of the Peace, John Fetters; Constables, Daniel Brewster and Jesse Me- I Callum. Time of Holding Courts. Circuit Court.—On the third Monday in April, and th* first Monday in No-, vember, of each year. «— i Common Pleas Court.—On the second .Monday in January, the seoond Monday in May, and the second Monday in September, of each year. Commissioner's Court.—On the first Monday in March, the first Monday in June, the first Monday in September, and the first Monday in December, of ' each year. CHURCH DIRECTORY. St. M crt's (Catholic). —Services every Sabbath at 8 an 1 10 o clock. A. M., Sabbath School or instruction iu Cate- • ohisrn. at I.] o'clock. P. Al.: Vespers al 21 I o'clock, I*. As. Rev. J. Wemhoff. Pastor. ‘ Mbtuodist.—Services every Sabbath , at 10} o'clock. A. M., and 7- clock. P.. M. B»bbith School at 9 o'clock. P. M. Rev. Charles Wilkinson, Pastor. Presbttkri vv.—No Pastor. Prsyer Meeting every Sabbath at 1 o'clock, and labbath School at - o’clock. F. M, , •

The Decatur Eagle.

Vol. 13.

ATTORNEYS. JAII K!S It ? KOK O , ZLttornoy rvt Ijontp, DEUATI «, INDIANA. DRAWS Deeds, Mortgages nnd Contracts. Redeems Land and pays Taxes. OFFICE--Opposite the Auditor’s Office. vlOufitf K. S. PETERSOY. uA-ttomcy zvt DECATI K, INDIANA. PROMPT attention paid to all business entrusted to his care. Is a No- ; tary Public, and draws Deeds, Mortgages, I and other instruments in writing. OFFICE—In D. Studabaker’s Law Os- : See. vl2n33tf 15 AAI EL D. -Zsk.ttorney /vt Ijaxv, DECATUR, INDIANA. AX' ILL practice his Profession anyv v whoie in Indiana or Ohio. Ol'i l E—Opposite the Recorder's Office. vlOns2tf - a.— . _. D . ST I f> .A Bi A K !■] R , Attorney nt laaw, DECATUR, INDIANA. A A 'lLLpractice law in Adams v v joining counties; secure pensions hnd ot her claims ago inst tho government; buy and sell real estate; exam ne titles : and pay tuxes, and other business por- ? tainingto real estate agency. 13-28. PHYSICIANS. F. A..H.I.LEFF. W. 11. SCHROCK, el EE LE FF &. KO ROUK,' Ph.VNiriuns and NurgeoiiM, deiati it, Indiana. OFFI- E—On Second Street, opposite the Public Square. vSnl-uf. CHARLES E. <’I’RTiSS, Physician and Surgeon, DECATI K, INDIANA. nA VI NG permanently located in this place, oilers his professional servi- | ces t’jthe people of Decatur and vicinity. OFFICE—At the Burt House. 11-311 A A fi> RE W SO R Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. Ori’lt'E—On Second Street, over W. G. Spencer i Brother s Hardware St jre.-i vbni2tf. A. «9. liKU SA, ,TB. I?.. Suro’coh. J I i Dispensary, Aveline Block, v11n25 FORT WAYNE, IND. :S. A I E K JS, H . RESIDENT Itiar and. Eye Surgeon. I'OKT WAYNE, INDIANA. OFFICE—South west corner Main & ; Calhoun str”ets,‘'over Drug Store. i Xr-at>”-Vi'tificin 1 Eyes inserted. 12-11 DENTISTRY. li. if.”if <• €0 A A~E LE. Surgeon Dentist, DECATI 11, INDIANA. All work neatly executed ■ '-7^^-'Smand warranted to give sat- , t.L.U'• sfaetion. Call and exami ini' specimens. Os Fft'E—Oppositethc Public Square, ! over. Heller's Law office. v11n49 ; HEAL ESTATE AGENTS. .B Ais R . IS© B€>, Real IMatr sgent, DECATUR. INDI IN t. I riallßEE THOUSAND At KES if good 1 f.lining land, several f- wn Lots, j and a large quantity of wild land for ’ “ale. It' you want to buy a good farm jhe will sell it io you. If you want your • land sohl he will sell it for yen. No I sale, no charge. vlOnfi AUCTIONEER. CHAR FEM HSR AACE, A.xiotJLoJiooi-- . ’ 9 ! DECATUR. INDIANA. 4 NNOUNCTS to the public that he is 1 . \ a regularly Licensed Auctioneer, I and will attend all Public Sales when rcrjncsTed. OFl’lt'E—ln J. R. Bobo’s Law office. J. F. WAtttiOAER, I.icciiKcd Auctioneer, 1") ESI DEN t’ll, near Salem. \damsCo.. ' k Indiana. P st-Oilice address, Wil-, ? shire. Ohio. Special attention given to crying ; I public sales. HOTELS. H I E S M H O V SE , I. J. MIESSE. Proprietor. Third St., Opporite thr Court Ilourt. DECATUR, INDIANA. r “|''llE traveling public will find thisi 1 House a desirable stopping place. Good sample rooms. vllnO MAIN STREET EXCHANGE. A. FREEMAN, Proprietor, B't.’t Main Street, n'.tr the Public Square, ] FORT WANYE, INDIANA. 1 . vllnll If | MAYER HOUSE. J . W. BULL. Proprietor, Corner of Calhoun and M'ajine Street*, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. I j vl2n” If HE DEKIA HOI ME, A. J. 11. MILLS. Proprietor. | On Rare, hetieeen ColemHa and Main St*., I FORT YVAYNK. INDIANA. ' fl ENERAL Stag*' Office- Oocxl sta-’ I b|eingin connection with this house, i 1 v12n25 .ts

DECATUR, ESm.,ERII2>AY OCTOBER 1,1869.

OCR PEVSIOSERS ’ i The Dnelnpffin, Ruh s, arid I.’erulatfoEi of the PeuNion Bureau. The Method of Obtaining Pensions. Facto nnd FigurcFi for OrpharH, Widown, hud Men with Crutches and Empty Sleeves. Frotii thr Xrw York Herald, The pension office at Washing- I ton having suspended ail action on pension cases of colored persons ? in the states of Alahanrt, Missis sippi. and Tennc-'se, in consequence of the discovery of extensive frauds on the bureau, an.d there be-°i ing a pfobaliility that a large nuinberof other pensions will be suspended for the same cause, attracts no little attention to the pension system, concerning wlffich the public generally is so ignorant. Although 200,000 pension -rs Lave been placed upon tile rolls since tho commencement of the rebellion, and thousands of applications i are being made every month and will continue to be made for y< ars to come, in consequence of the tardiness of claimants to present their cases, th i•. probably, not a single cLdmarit Avh >sc case remains to be settle 1 that h:is any idea of the pro ■ -s-s by '.v’lieii hn rights are to he see i,e l. Hua- ? dr-’ds of wM.ivzs, orphans, and .disabled veterans arc to-day—five i years since the close of the war—still deprived of their pensions by ignora ice of tiicir claims upon the government, or the in . t’nod of pros- i editing them ; and many a .suffer ing family, now barely maintaining I a miserable existence, might be re- ! ceiving a comfortable little -annul ty if they only understood their rights. The country is full of self constituted pension attorneys who seek out those entitle 1 to pensions j and receive handsome compensa tion for performing that which ev ery applicant might ainderstand and execute himself, and for the benefit of such, a concise-state ment of the method of seenriirg , pensions will prove of great value , Till: PENSION BIitEAU of the government is located in the interior department at Washing.ton. and employs, under its com missioher, 11. Van A n rnam, 221 clerks, 51) pension agents for the disbursement of pensions, and 12(10 exam in in " surgeons, through- ? out the country, whose duty it is ' to examine applicants for invalid ; pensions. Nearly every county ' lias one or more o( theseisurgeons. , so that any disabled veteran mar procure the necessary certificate of Ids disability without difficulty. ’ Previous to the rebellion the laws 1 relating to pensions were compar- . ativelv few in number and quit ’ ? simple in their provisions ; but the | last war,aroused such a spirit of fraud that congress w: s repealed ; ly called upon to make n w enact ments for the protection both of pensioners and the government, i To detect and prevent fraud a sc cr« t, special service was established in tho pension office. The most elfeetive means employed tins service is a syste i of secret correspondence with pen- i siofi agents, examining surgeons, and postmasters, throughout the country, to whom printed circulars arc sent making stated inquiries in relation to each pensioner and applicant in the respective districts. By this method any acton the part of a pensioner which would deprive him of his pension is speo<liIv brought to the notice of theconiinissioncr. together with ail the facts touching upon the merits of any original case presented for a pension. Over §27.000 per annum had been saved ta the government in the last few years upon eases which might have been improperly paid but for this special service; and it is now proposed to assign special agents to geographical dis triets throughout the country in the following proportion : First. New E- gland . second, New York ; third. New Jersey. Pennsylvania, and Delware; fourth. Ohio, Illi nois.and Indiana; tilth, Michigan. Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa; sixth, Maryland. Virginia, North and South Carolina; seventh. Kentucky and Tennessee; eighth, Missouri. Arkansas, and Loui-i ana; ninth, Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama, and Florida ; tenth, lexas, California, and the territories. A late communication from the commissioner ot pensions to the secretarv of the interior, states that “it becomes more and more evident that the government is act-1 ually disbursing hundreds ot thous ands of dollars to persons not entitled to its beniticence: and per contra that the number of rightful claimants now precluded trom their just .dues is very large. It was in accordance with these facts that officers appeared al the pen sion office in tics city on Saturday last, armed with authority from, Washington to make arrests of certain parties fraudulently recciv «

I j ing pension#,-and fail particulars of which were given in Sunday’s Herald. The frauds discovered in tho (colored pension class are very ' large, about §IO.OOO having been (applied to the jpavment-of such ? : pensioners, all of which is to be? carefully reviewed by a commis-i I sion about to proceed south to examine into and arrange the pen - ? sio list. All colored pensions in I Alabama, Tennessee, and Missis-1 sinpi, are suspended, and no action j will be taken by the pension office' ? in colored eases until the cornmis- i sion has concluded its investf<”a- ' 0 r -‘ j tious. Commissioner Van Aernam ? lias introduced into the pension i ■•offie several salutary regulations! respecting the mode of examining ? applications, and by an additional numbeLof checks and theseketion \ of oilieiais of t.-ie l integrity to examine cases, lie has rendered it ’ most, tl not quite, impossible for' a fraud to be committed in the of flee. All the frauds complained, of exist oiffside -f the p-msum-of- ( five. J aoil are attributable to dishorn ? c:-t notaries, careless examining 1 surgeons, aud’porjsired applicants, j | CLASSES I N'TITIA'D TO PENSIONS. 111■:cl'■ SS ‘ ; fil til led IO pen - IS ■ 'include all p-Ts.eis disabled by? reason of a wound received or dis • ease contracted in the m'iitary or nnvql service of the Unit’d Slates.’ and who Lave b, on honorably disjcharged therefrom —widows, and ••uildren u:i ler I.G yea”? of axe'of(deceased offi “rs, S’lldieF? and oth- | er p- rs >ns Lising their lives in the perforinanc’* of duty in the military or naval service; mothers of 1 tii” same, if there be no widows or ■children, ai.d if the niutiiers were ; dependent on the deceased for sup ‘ *port; fathers th” same as mothers, I in the absence of the prior claimI ants above mentioned, and brother? ( and sisters under 16 years of age, ? if there be no curving father, moth er, widow or children of tire de-i :ceased. PENS! ’X RATES. . I The following aze the rates of, pensions: * | Now commission”! odh’ers and] privates,'inclu ling persons of like: grade, whether in the armw nayy. or marine corps, for tutai disabilu ty. §8 per month. , ; Passed midshipmen, midship-1 'men, captain? paymaster's clerks. I second and third assistant engin-l jeer, mates and warrant offic.us. I 1 *lO per nrouth. ( Secon 1 i'ont winnts and enrolling! , officers in the army, an I iir-t .’.s-isl ( ant engineers and pilots in the na ' vy, *ls per month. First lieutenants, adjutants, dep utv provost marshals, regimental ! quartermaster-:, assistant surgeons,j §l7 per month. i Captains, provost marshals, 1 i chaplains, commissaries, and as ; dstant quartermasters in the ar !mv; and professor?of matliemat j He?, masters, assistants surgeons.' S2O per month. j ' Majors an ! sn.’geons in the ar mv, and lieutenants, surgeons chief engineer, and ' (respectively ranking with lieuten ants by law.) and passed assistant surgeons in e thc navy, $25 per month. Lieutenant colonels, and all offi i cers of a higher rank in the army, j and captains, commanders, sur-.+ geons, paymasters, chief engineers. ( .e-pectivcly ranking with com-( manders by law.) and lieutenants commanding in the navy. S3O per. month. The pension allowed i? pronor-l t’on.ite to (he degree of disability existing at the time of allowance ? an.l for the rank held when the dis ability comm'need, providing it ■ e» n. ience-1 t'-e d it.’ tram which rank takes eil’cct a? g ven in the body of the eommissi >n. ? whether the party be mustered or not. provided that the failure to! muster was not his'fault. Ihe original pension of an invalid com mences from the date of discharge! from the service in which the<li<:i biliiy originated, it the application is tiled within live years trom dis charge from such service; or when, if the disability commenced after' discharge from the servi ’C the application is filed within live yearsi from the commencement <>t said disability, it’ the -application i< not tiled within the five years above 1 specified the pension will com inencc from tho date of the filing of the l ist proof essential to the establishment of the last claim. INI’KU \s|: OF PENSIONS for increased disability eommences I from the time of revcipt at-the pen sion office ot the certificate ot ex aminingsurgeon, except where the; certificate specially s|»eeifu’s that the increased disability existed pri-| or to the examination, when the( increased pension wdl commence . with the date thus certified to. By the act of July 4. 1869, the pension previously granted for lose |

of both feet is increased to §2O. and for lo?s Os both eyes and both bands to §25, from July 4 to June 6, 1866. By the act of March 3, 1865. pension previously granted for loss (of one foot and one hand 4s inI creased to §2O, from March 3, 1865 , jto June 6, 1866. 1 he act of June 6, 1866, giants ! after that date in lieu of the above. I for total or permanent loss of i both hands, or of the sight of both i eyes, or permanontmnd nearly ut- ' ter helplessness, 825.' I For loss or total and permanent ( disability of both feet, or of one : band and’one foot, or for other I total and permanent disability for ! manual labor, 820 ; and for loss of < one hand or one foot, or cqulva- ' lent di-a!’i:!‘’'. 815 ! '_Tli2.Rcl_of .J tijy_ ii., I;'-”’.S v .gra:i.ts (to tlio.se wild, having entered Hie service with but one eye, have lost ' ■ the same, tin’ sum of $25 per ' month, from June 6. 1966. pr ivid- ( ed they were entitled prhir to theJ ( passage of the act of said la-t I named date to a pension less than ! ’ that amount From and after Job,- 25, 1866. 1 all persons who mav l aie ijceii or elm' Sg | eruaon’-’i u;i< : . ' acts pfiss:ed prior to ?>larcL 4. 1-61. a”e cn i titled to same rate so’’ <■ ei f samp class, occurring sin’-e the ial’t-r ■ (date an I pensioned und-r a< ‘ ? 1 passed during an t since ti e rebel lion. A widow's pension ends at her death or remarriage (and is t ;<■ iiewable siuml 1 she again became a wi iow. provided, if the cat's > of her husbands I. atii originate ! in s war prior to March 4, IcGl. she b’.'Came a widow subsequent to i July 4, 1864,) or if she'd? shown t) have abandoned the cintody of I the children, or to be unfit for the same, it ends at date of such abanjdonment or unfitness. To the : original pension allowed of allow ■ able to a widow on account of the j death, of her husband, unless he I was a cornmi'.sioncd officer,'there ( is granted S 2 pcr month additional j for every legitimate child under 16 ( years of ng.’ ’lr may have been • born to him by lyrself; and also for every, such child born to him by any, former wife, whether h - ' officer or not. if such child i has been under her care and main- ■ tenauee. provided that the widow : lias wilfully abandoned none of the ? children, and is not unfit by iNtason ! of immoral conduct to have the rusfodv thereof. i i EVIDENCE. I The evidence to be furnished in ' support of a claim for pension is very comprehensive, ami is’fre i quently exceediiigl v difficult to ob- , tain in consequence of delay, dur i time officers whose cer • titleates are essential, become scattered or die. Full instructions are ! coinniunieat -d by the pension of lice in printed circulars, winch any ? applicant for pension can procure I upon asking for theta, and which i will enable any intelligent ( arson competent to read and write to obtain a pension if entitled to it. without the expense of employing an attorney. If the n?ce---..rv cv idenee is all sent in will) the app’i j cation lor pension, but little tnm[is required to settle the case; but! i in every inMiun’e where tiie evigileuce is ineou’p! the tippliea- ? tim’ is filed away and remain? ti i i touci.. 1 until the applicant Ims complied with the requirements of the law. RED T A I'lt. The process through which a claim for pension passes is q ute ? elaborate, ano illustrates tL- fough- ' IvAhe system of red tape. The ( ' pi’U'i<»n’'iHeeocetq i sa I irgcnum-' her of;i” i tment- i i the patent office ii iii'tiiig. and also Im; a large d’.lif.ce let's. 1 by the g-'ver.me t. from private parties. The c minus? oner of pensions is the head ot a distinct bureau, and lias his regular corps <»f clerks, messcu gers, and other sub >rdin:tles. pre ! cisely like the head of o;ie of the gre-d departments. All epminuui cations relating |o pensions go , from the postoffiec to the mail room of the pension offi -e, where • six clerks open the mail, stanqjthe documents received, with the date and distribute them according to , their nature, original applications goijig t > t e “jacketing room, where ti'.ev are inclosed in paperjackets (waring a brief ot’ their contents. and a 1 titioual evidence on t previous applications going to the , several examiners, according to st He? and subdivisions of states, and the class of pension. From ! the jacketing room the original ap- ' plications are taken to the record- . ing division, and placed on record, ! after an examination of the bookto see that the ease has not been previously presented, and from thence to the examiners. When tho latter have completed their in- . ( vrstigations the documents in each i

.case are collected together, and if satisfactory the application is forwarded to the reviewers, who , again go over the subject and send ■ the case to the medical referee, who ■ examines the proceedings of the ; examiners and review A’s. and for , wards the documents to the certif j Rate division, where the necessary ceftilicate for the peasiop is made : out and sent, with the application . and evidence, to another recording divi'ion. where the completed ca><* 1 is pl iced on record.. From here it goes to the commissioner, having , the initials of the viewer, rolerec-, and certificate: chiefs, and the commissioner, after ’ looking over the several 'Reports accompanying the case, signs the ■ certificate and sends it to the see- i reto’y of the interior for his sig- i nnPii e., The case is then completed. an 1 the applicant and the pen sioii agoni'n his district are noti ‘ ' iitpl of the granting of the pen i Where attorneys are em ’ i ployed by applicants, if the attor I n -ys are on recoi l in the office as ; having | aid the neces-try revenue to.their r.ssi'ssor f.-.r acting as no : iarlc:-. lie notice is sent to them: but if not thus recorded at the de 1 pari-i.e-.d. the p n*;--:. oilice, al . though transacting all the nj plicall’s business with him, sends, ■ ti.e notif.etition to the applicant ; 'direct, •(■rud'.di.. g relation:-in the tefl'C with the attorney and leaving hi.a to C'n.-'Ct his tees of the ap- . piiemit as best he may. The army and mv.-v pensions g • to entireiy different diVisio-s from ’ lite mail room. room. whi -li. on die approval ■•;’ the c.ts-. rrerive the certificates and f i.-wardt ihemto th • ipective pension Cor ■ ( respondcnce i* main' lined b. tween . the pension office and the adjutant ue..eral, bureau of navigation,•‘bureau of medicind and surgery, bu-‘ ' reau of equipment, and the second ; comptroller and third ami ..fourth auditors of the treasury on each cr.se, according to. its nature. Na ■ val pension.*, in c >nseqm n e of the ; difficulty .in ivaeliing essential evi•deuce o i ,i i mmplete applications ' fronp nfaval ollfcersscntter’d in varions, parts of the world, gener ally req lire about’a year for their completion, and are disposed of at the rate of 69 pm' month. The mrnb -r of applications is now about in the same rite, and still I includes ca-e* dating ns far as 1799. Quite a number come in for the ’war of ISI2. ( PENSIONS rou MEXICO AND 1812. The number of applications for pension* for services’ in the Mexi--1 can awl Florida wars and the war of 1812 is n’si large, an 1. judging from present in lr-at: >n«."will con tinne to be so for years t> come, hun tied* of theTvlativ s of those old soldiers not yet having a'pplied for peifsions„to which they are cn titled, and others whoso applb-a ti<ms are in not having completed the evidence as require;! by.Jaw. The pension agencies are located at Baltinidre. Boston. Brook lyn. Chicago, Cincinnati. Detroit, llar'iord. Louisville. Miiwaukc ■. New Orleans. N v York. Philadelphia, Pittsburg. Portland. I’ofts 'mn ( N. H). Provide: e'. Richmond. San Francisco, St. Louis. St. Paul, and Tn-n* >n: siid payment of army pensioners are in v!e" ; on the 4th of March and on the 4th of September, and to the navy pensioners on the Ist of January andt 1 st of July. REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONS. i The last surviving soldier of the revolution pensioned under the genera! laws, dud in IS'57, and, of the’ tvo soldiers pensioned by special acts of t\.agrees. D o id F. Bake.nan. of New York, survive i n f the date o< la-4 sea s pension report. Nancy Serena, of Pitts . -burg. Pi . is t ie only survivor of the n voinijoiiary w idows marrieiprior t>th?cl >< > of t’. e w.ir. Os those married to soldiers of the revolution .since Jan. 1. I<9l. 883 , rems.i’.icd upon the. rolls Nov. 1. I Sb*. ;. nt as t*ie .e.-rce-e gv dentil .in th? year preceding that date amounted to 10 b the number now will probably r, 't reach 890. lie total amount of pensions paid to revoiutioa.ir; soldier* is tU >.* >2. 175. and ■ t 'their wid< ws and orphans 319.'2.'»4.7.>5. Ia? revolutionary widows wiU disappear fr mi the rolls with increasing ratio each ' war. a.id in a short time the revolutionary pension list will have ceased to exist. BVBSEQVENT WARS On the Ist of November of la*t year there were on the pension rolls 49.555 widows and orphans of the war of lsf2. 462 of the Florida wnrrsuul 2.362 of the Mex lean war, to which the act of Feb ■ rua»v. 18-53, added,3.649 pensi<>n ers f>r -erviCes in Indian wars. The rcbeihon had placed upon the list of widows and orphans, Nov. i 1. IS6S. 116.499 pensioners, whose

annual pensions amounted to 811,873,182. The rebellion also placed.on the rolls 84.427 invalid pensioners, who, with the same class of previous wars, received last year 87,484.706. The total nninbefof navy inva- 1 lid pensioners on the rolls at the close of the fiscal year was 1,175, at tin manual rate of 894.833 : and of widows, minor children, and oilier relatives. 1.413, nt 8236.256, making a total of 2,618, at -3331,099. The total number of pensioners of all classes whose name appeared upon the rolls June 30, 1868, was 169.643, paid an aggregate rate of 319.224, 18 >. The number of pensioners ad led to the rolls during the war was 28.921, and the number dropped by reason of re-, mai r’.’.ges, deaths and other cause's was 14,752. The number of pensions. increased du ring the year w- 32,*iJ9. The total amount act* unity- paid for pensions durysg the ■year, including arrears ami r xoensof disbursenf.nt. was §24,010, 931, exceeding by 85,301,025 the amount.paid the previous year. Tne- -month y increase .of .pensions amount* to about 3.609 per month. « f which 1 .*6OO are invalids, ami 290qarewidows and orphans. On tin- I t of Novemlmr there bad been pdd, since the organization of the gbveiument: Y ' armyinv-i:: Is, 837,005.507 To revalue nary soldiers. 4'.,05g|75 So widows m . ’ary soiii’s IJ. 254,777 I’d wi<lows ia «n--.’ii ( wars ss. ’ i.o)»» i’o navy in valids i privat'rit :1.*18,384 ib naw.v, id . ai>' wid- . ows of pr;va:eers 3,112,308 Tc special act pensiane: s. naid i.;: y J‘ 1,215,755. Total -3161,048,252 DiSTRIBITION AMONG STATES. The dis'rilmtinii of these pen~io:;s/atmm_- the several states shows the e.vt-'.t to watch eacn w state . Ir.i p 'th ipa'tcd in the Wais of tlm ( > ,y. The following is the prop ntion of military and : naval p-iidoas received by each . -tat' sine? 1' 'i'.'ai;:;- tii >;i nf *J>.; g.vernin-rd : .'.tiritisw, 8213.824: A abail; ;. S‘l Oj.hbo ; Coimeci icut, 86.684,162; < .ili’ornia, 8110,270; Dr-trici ,ot Cohiinbm, 83,130,056; Delaware, 8935A'0; Florida, 8226.127; Georgia. 81-247.409; Indiana. 86,303.244 : Illinois.B7,349,p7f>: lowa. 82,597.712 ; Ken- ‘ t'leky. 55.925.340; • Kansas, 8316,131 ; I. uiisian.i. 8490.658 : Maine, 8?. Massachusetts”. 512.6"2Ji'.i4 : Al.rr'vlaml. !52,?40,34'i ; Mississippi, $153,834; Missouri, $.443,0511; ?d. hi. 53.943.162’; Minnesota. $490.751: New Hampshire, $5,51*..0)6 ; New Y'ork. $30,482,547 : New Jersey. $3,788.695; North Carolina, $2,109,308; Nebra*ka. $26,044 ; New Mexico; $.2542; Ohio, $10,987,340: Orcgoh. $22.391; I’ennsvlvania. $16,265.901 ; Rhode Maud. $2,130,,965; South Carolina. $1,319,374; Tennessee, $3,827 018 : Virginia, $7,321,384 : West Virgin!.", $959.. 6S?; M'meimsin. $2,517,332; Washington territory, $5,398 ;mnkn>wn. 81.155.u63. Arkansas, A!a.b:tma. Indiana. lowa, Kansas, Mi.*si*<ippi. Nebraska. New Mexico. Oregon, Tennessee. A ermont, * West Virginia, and Washington territory Lave no navy pensioners whatever. New York is most repre- : t< d. her pensions exceeding .-'c of i’emisylvania 813,502.28’f. a .1 those of Massachusetts 17,021.564 ; her amount con*ti;u ' . neu'v one .*ixth Os all the pensions in the country. Raviliiiir Kcqnlem Last May, while the gr ives were being decorated at Arlington, the Beethoven Quintette club of M ashington. sang a requiem of great beauty mid plmntivcness. Gen. Rawlins, who listened witlreviJent emotion to it, remarked to i Gen. Sherman, who stood near. ; that there w.;* *omethingso touching and appropriate in the music that if he should die he would like this requiem io be snug over him. His wish wa* remembered, ami at h's -rave the solemn dirge was -mi;-.it the suggestion of Gen. Sherman. As the fast failing . Bawling stood am »n x the thousand* of graves of his former comrade-, the f ading that lie would : oin them ere long on "tames eternal campiog-tt oand,” came over him. hence the impression made uj oa him. If Grant had shown the con*i lecatioii for the man who made liim what lie is, by being with him when be died, that =~ G nl Sin tmia i •:i I by having his wish s about the': piiem carried nit, it would have been better for Grant’s reputation in history The Lafayette Dispatch say s ■ •-We hear of a story in relation to a family of persons on ttic Wen, five or six miles from town, all down sick, mid two of them dead, beferea’.y as*ista:ice was.rendered. Thev live in an out of the-way place, and were accidentally dio» covered in this sa l condition two or three davs since, none of tho family being able to go for relief, Land oulv one child, a boy about ( eight years old, b-. :ng capable of giving anv sort of account of their sickness an I suffering. , Os course they were properly cared for, - assistwl as soon as discovered.

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