Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1892 — M. J. CASTELO. [ARTICLE]

M. J. CASTELO.

Of Remington, has been the recipient of'ahuse through the columns of the Fowler Era, Rensselaer Republican and other republican papers, because he hud the temerity to apply for a pension on account of wound received while in the employ of the Government during the war.— Where a < ireot charge of being connected with the rebellion would not stand, insinuations and inuendoes were resorted to by these papers. Instead of nt once calling these parties to account for their base and uncalled for attacks upon him Mr. C.'has procured the evi lonoo of old neighbors and fellow-citizens whioh establishes the point as to his whereabouts and oooupation during the war. This, we suppose, Mr. Casteio will require them to publish. Mr. C. is a good oitlzen and a Demeorat, whioh is the Bin of hie offending. Below wo publish the evidence referred to: Mr. Oostello’e maioaio diploma shows that in 1861hewasamemberof amasonio lodge at his home in Pennsylvania. In addition he has seven affidavit* subscribed and sworn to before James F. Merrimun, June 2, 1892, by William Hippie, John Embaugh, T, M. Elliott, Frank McClelland, Martin MoLaughlin, Arthur O’Donnel and Hugh McGuire of whioh the follow ng is a oopy: State of Pennsylvania, I . County of Beaver, ( **• — , being duly sworn upon his oath says, that he was well aud personally acquainted with Miobael Cos. telo, during the years 1861, 1862 and 1863, that during the said three years he was a resident of the town of New Brighton, in said county and that daring said three years h> was engaged at rail-road contracting, and that in the year organized a company, at said town, for the construction corps of the United Btatis Government, Mr. Costelo supplements the above with the following statement from the Quarter Master Gen. U. S. Army: The reports on file in this office show the employment of Michael Costelo as a civilian loremau of tiacklayers on U, 8. Military railroad at $125 pet u onth, by Captain F. T. Starkweather, A. Q. M., Chattanooga, Tenn., from May 9, to November = 30, 1864, when transferred to Captain W. R Hopkins, A. Q. M. who reports him on same duty > nd pay, from Deoember 1, 1804 to July 31, 186:'), when discharged ano paid.