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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1863.
VOL. 9.-NO. 19.
. I D1TOU S NOTICE. Notice is hereby
given that the undersigned Auditor appoint
ed by the Orphans' Court of Clearfield county to
report distribution of the moneys f n the hands of
jj ' j. Catbcart, Administrator of Jane Wilson,
deceased, will attend to his duties as Auditor nad
hear all persons interested ia .said estate; at the
office of J. B- MeEnally, on Saturday, the 3d day
of January A. D. 1363. at 2 o'clock p. m.
Dec. 'U, 1363 J. II. FULFOUD, Auditor.
REGISTER'S NOTICE, Notice ia hereby
given, that the following accounts have been
examined and passed by me, and remain filed of
record in this office for the inspection of heirs,
legatees, creditors, and all others in any other
way interested, and will be presented to the next
Orphans' court of Clearfield county, to be held at
the Court llumut. in the .Borough of Clearfield,
commencing on the Second Monday of January,
JSC3, for confirmation and allowance :
The account of Iluburt Leigey Ad ministrator of
all and singular the goods and chatties, rights
-and credits which were of Francis Leigey, late
of the township of Covington, Clearfield county,
deceased.
The final account of George Knarr. jr., Admin
istrator of all and singular the goods and chattels,
rights and credits, which were of George Weaver,
late of Brady township, Clearfield county, decd.
The final account of George Knarr, jr., Admin
istrator of all and singular the goods and chattels,
rights and credits, which were of Charlotte Wea
Ter, late of ltrady township, Clearfield county
Pennsylvania, deceased.
The Partial account of James A. Bloom, and
John Bloom Executors of the last will and testa
ment of Isaac Bloom, Sr., of the township of Pike,
Clearfield county Pennsylvania, deceased.'
The account of E. B Snieal and M. L. C. Evans,
Executors of the last Will and Testament of Geo.
Smeal, late of Pike tp., Clearfield co., Pa., dee'd
The Final account of A. C. Tate, Administrator
of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights
and crodits, which were, of E. B. King, late of
Lawrence township, Clearfield county, dec d
The Final account of Neal McKay, Admicistra
tor of all. and singular the goods and chattels,
rights and credits, which were of Alexander Mo
Kay. late of Burnside township, Clearfied coun
ty. Pennsylvania, deceased. .. .
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j. ine western central U ml road Company will
be held at the office of the Secretary, in the Bor
ough of Clearfield, on Monday the 12th. day of
January, a. jj. is.53, between tne Hours of 1 and
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SHERIFF'S SALES. By virtue of sundry
writs of Venditioni Exponas, issued out of the
Court ot common X'leas ot Clcarneld county, and
tome directed, thero will be' exposed to Public
Sale, at the Court House, in the borough of Clear
field, on Monday the 12th day of January next,
a. i. io., at i o ciock, tr. m., tne following do
scribed Beal Estate viz:
A certain tract of land situate in Ferguson town
ship, Clearfield county Pennsylvania. ISeein
ning at a Hemlock corner, thence by Benjamin
Gibbs survey south 50 dee west 230 perches to a
post, thence south 40 dog cast 116 perches to a
post ana line ot Cornelius lubbs, and thenco along
line made between them north o deg east 230
perches to post, thence by John Tripler survey
north 40 deg west 160 perches to place of begin
ning. Containing 216 acres more or less, being
the north west half of survey in name of Mathias
Barton, with about twenty-five acres cleared and
log house and barn erected thereon. Seized, ta
ken in execution, and to be sold as the property
of Silas White.
Also A certain tract of land situate in Cur-
wensville Borough, Clearfield county Pennsylva
ni.t, to wit: a lot of ground situate in the lior
ough of Curwensville, fronting sixty feet on Main
street, ana running back 200 feet to an alley
Bounded east by II D. Patton, south by an alley,
west oy street, and north by Jlam street, with
a two story frame house thereon. Also two lots
fronting on Thompson street, runnin? back to an
alley, and bounded by lands of Win. Irvin, with a
one ana. a bait story dwelling house and wood
House thereon erected Seized, taken in execu
tion, and to he sold as the proporty of Alfred Mon
telius, Edward Montolius and Wiu. TcnEyck tra-
uinjj as iuouieiius, len liyeK co.
Also A certain tract of land situate in Knox
township, Clearfield county Pennsylvania. Con
tai ning one hundred acres more or less, situate ia
Knox township, with about thirty acres cleared,
and a log dwelling house and log barn erected
thereon, adjoining lands of Wm Hobertson and
others. Siezed, taken in execution, and to be
sold as the property of Isaac P. Carson.
Also A certain tract of land situate in Gue
lich township, Clearfield county "Pennsylvania.
Containing about three hundred and fourteen
acres, bounded by lands of about twentv acres
cleared with a small orchard, and having a log
caom hoiiee erected thereon. Seized, . taken in
execution, and ta be sold as the property of Win.
B. Ucgarty.
Also All those certain premises, situate inDe
Deeatur township, Clearfield countv. one nieca
known as the old place, bounded on the north by
lands now in possession of Wm. Goss - if., on the
east by lands of George D. Morgan andlandsof
auer Jioran, on tbe south by lands of Daniel
Albert, Jonathan Kephart. and Geor?oD. Morgan.
and on the west by lands of George D. Morgan.
Containing about two hundred acres more or less.
having about one hundred and eighty acres ot
cleared land thereon, with a larsre storv los house.
a log barn, with other outbuildings, and having
a large bearing orchard thereon.
Uno other piece situate in Decatur townshin a-
foresaid, adjoining the above, bounded on the
south by the premises above described, on the
west by land ot Georjre D. Morzan & Co.. on the
north by lands of George D Morsan & Co.. on the
east by lands of George D. Morgan, having about
one hundred and fifty acres therein and boin? all
cleared land or nearly so, with a good plank house,
log barn and other outbuildings thereon, with a
young bearing orchard thereon.
One other ptece situate in the township of De
catur aforesaid, known as the Sawmill property,
bounded on the north by lands of Joseph Goss, on
the east by lands of George 1 Morgan A Co., on
the south by lands of George D. Morgan A Co.,
and on the west by lands of Georze D. Morgan A
Co , with a Saw mill in ood running ordor. on
Beaver Bun, thereon." with a plank house, a small
Mill house and other outbuildings thoreon, with
about fifteen acres of cleared laud. Soiled, ta-
ken in execution, and to be sold as the property
of A. J. Gos and John Goss.
Also A certain tract of land oituate in Deca
tur township. Clearfield county Pcnn'a, adjoining
lands of G. 1). Morgan A Co. on the north, on the
east by . land of John Crane and others, on the
south by land of D. I. Pruner A Co. and others,
and west by lands of Solomon Hammerslaugh,
containing about 200 acres, having about 140 a-
Milwood property, adjoining lands of Kepler, Kep
hart and others. Containing eighty-six acros.
with good dwelling house ind barn and other out
building with a good bearing orchard. Seized-,
taken in execution, and to be sold as the property
OI vurunara cross, or. '
Also A certain tract of land situate in Deca
tur township, Clearfield county. Penn'a, bounded
by the north by lands of G. i). Morgan A Co., east
by landsof John Crane and others, south by lands
of I). 1. Pruner A Co. and others, and west by
lands of Solomon Hammerslaugh. Containing
about two hundred acres, having about one hun
U'CU una lony acres ciearua tanu, a iwe story 10
l 1 1 l 1 i 1. 1 1 1 , ' .1
house and log barn and other out bui!ding3 there
on erected, as" the property of Abraham Goss.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of J. J.. Lingle and Abraham Goss, Sr.
Also by virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, the
following described real estate, to wit :
All that certain tract of land situate in Kart-
haus township, Clearlield county Pa., being the
same tiact of land which Ellis Irvin, Esq., High
henff of Clearfield county, by hts deed dated the
2nd day of September 1814 sold and conveyed to
the said Francis MoCoy the said tract being
known as the Salt Lick Bond Tract, beginning at
a hickory tree, thenee north 59 deg east 63 peroh
es to a white oak, thence south 31 deg east 29S
perches to a chestnut oak, thence south 10 deg
west ot perches to a hickory on the west branch
Of the Susquehanna Hiver, thence down the same
by tne several courses tnereot IsO perches to a
maple, thence north 31 deg west '329 perches to a
Hickory and place or Deginning. Containing 60S
acres and 59 perches with the usual allowance,
being tha same more or less comprising a good
farm with about ninety acres cleared and in a
good state of. cultivation -with a good two story
frame farm house, a good frame bank barn and
other outbuildings thereon erected and vouns
and bearing orchard, besides 20 acres of Kiver
bottom cleared and in a high state of cultivation
with two commodious two story frame dwelling
noues oiacK smitn snop, cabinet shop, Irame
barn and frame stable with other outbuildings
with two young nd bearing orchards on this
portion of the property, ' the whole being upon
n comprised within the siid 388 acres known as
lne oaii mck kcuu proporiy. eiaeu, ukcd ia
execution, and to be sold as the property of Kob-
ert Uilliland and John Gilliland. ! -1 '
Also a certain lot situata in Tozer Town- or
?h?r? est township, Clearfield county, Pa.,
oounaeu uoria oy .uaia budviuu icci, nv cxiouu-
ing in depth. '200 feet back to alley, with , a two
story Tavern house and stable erocted thereon,
now in oecunanev of Wm. Worrell. Seizod, ta
ken in execution, and to be sold as the proporty
of Ezra Root.
I - EDWARD PERKS, Sheriff;
- Sherl1
XT B.
XI T
. SherifTa Office, December 10, 1662.
WOODS. Attorney at Law, Indiana, Pa
Profoiiiioual business promptly attended to
Mr. S. J. Row : Sir : You will confer an
everlasting favor on me, by giving vent to my
accompanying letter through your columns
;' DUTY. "
It may now be aaid that another year has
been annexed to the vast Eternity of years
gone by, and with it many of our noblest and
best citizens ; some of whom have been bright
and shining lights in society, and dear to our
homes, and hearts, by all the ties that bind
our affections to those we hold most dear. Its
pages first, and last, are vailed in deepest
mourning, and chronicles a scene of blood
shed and devastation second to none upon rec
ord, cone but omnipresence alone can fully
comprehend the nations calamity,. or trace its
arrows to the thousand hearts they pierce
with wounds, that God, and Eternity alone
can heal. Whatever have been our obliga-
tions to God, our country, our neighbor, or
ourselves, its momentous records approvo or
condemn our compliance, and will thus meet
us in the Judgment of the final day. A new
year takes its place. With it new obligations
devolve upon us, new acquaintance, and new
ties are formed. These also are but transient,
and will leave- us, or we must leavo them,
and be held accountable for the use we mako
of (hem. Therefore, wherein we have failed
to meet the just demands of our obligations
in time past, it behoves us, lor time to come,
to use tho greater exertion to secure the grace
and favor of Him, who ruleth in the afiairs of
men who buildcth up, and pulleth down
who giveth and taketh away, and to whom
we must give a strict account.
Taking the example of our Great Master.
- '
"iw in iuis u4j i vi ma iiesu, viiuu ue uau on -
cicu up piu)ei aim supplications, wun strong
cues uuu tears uoio mm uiai was able to save
him from death, and was Heard in that he fear
ed, tho' he were a son, yet learned he obedi
ence by tho things which he suffered ; and
being made perfect, he became the author of
Eternal salvation unto all them that obev
him. J; a; Wisor
HAT THEY AEE PREPARING JO DO
, , From the Philadelphia Press. .
Washington, Dec'r. 28, 1862. During the
cod test for the Presidency in 1860 I predicted
that the Slaveholders would destroy the rail
road between Baltimore and Washington in or
der to prevent the inauguration of a Republi
can Chief. Magistrate. Mr. Lincoln was. how
ever,, duly installed ; but my prediction was
ouuaiauiiaiiv iiuuili'U 111 iue SUCCeeuInZ JVDril. I
, J s -pi"
w..lua1,wi.Sprupuecy wuenmaae
was regarded as rash and unfounded. Some
of our good friends classed it among the im
possibilities. ; Had the people believed such a
thing probable at the time, many of the evils
of Secession would have been anticipated and
crushed. 1 now feel like risking another pre
diction, which will have the great advantage
of seeming to be reasonable in view of the ex
traordinary events of the last year.. The Dem
ocratic leaders are preparing to sanction, the dis
solution of '. the Union. Their whole policy
looks to this, and, to this alone. They conceal
it from their followers by cries against the Ab
olitionists and Black Republicans; but they
cherish it in their hearts, and make it tho real
inspiration of all their actious. Take any of
these leaders in Pennsylvania. There ia not
one of them that does not insist ia private,
not act upon the idea in public, thai the Union
can nerer be restored ; that the South can never
be subjugated, aud, therefore, that recognition
and peace should be acceded to at the earliest
moment, in order to prevent a further expen
diture of. blood and . treasure. I could name
fifty persons, now the accepted chiefs of the
Democracy in Pennsylvania, who preach this
theory hourly in their households. Suppo
sing , that the Government ;was paralyzed in
the recent elections, they grow, bolder with
every hour, and nothing but the fear that the
Democratic masses may be undeceived pre'
vents them from proclaiming their real purpo
ses.. If they can still further weaken the Gov
ernment, they will throw off all disguise, and
insist that the only way to close the war is to
consent to a divisiou of the Republic. , To this
sequel every intrigue for power, every attack
upon the Administration, every effort to stir
up lu.uu,. .u iuo .too oiaien, every con-
spiracy to spread discontent in the army, ir-
resistioiy leaas. ana aimoago tne majority
""u wijsbw luuTcmcuio uu uui. mm, ou,
tne leaders ao, ana laoor accordingly; ;At ail
events, this is my , honest judgment. . .Let
us see if time ill prove me to be a false
prophet. Occasional.
A Rich Placer. The value of the oil thus
far obtained from the Venango wells is estima
ted on good authorithy at $4,000,000, yet the
producing territory is but eight miles long,
with an average width of less than forty rods.
The number of persons engaged in the oil
business, as manufacturers, aeaiers, cc, in
tho United States, is estim ated at 7,500. The
amount of capital invested in the various
branches of the o il trade is estimated at about
$ 10,000,000 The present daily yield of the
Yenango oil wells is abaut 4,000 barrels, and
the value of this, at present prices, is $25,000.
This, of course, is exclusive of the daily pro
duct of the Oil Creek refineries, some thirty
in number, of capacities ranging from fifteen
ty throe hundred barrel, perday. -
POPULATION OF THE UftlTED STATES-1860,
From the Preliminary Report of 8th Census
STATES.
whiti:.
FREE
' SLAVE
COLORED.
Alabama,
Arkansas,
526,431 2,690
435,080
111,115
824,191
861,353
451,520
90,589
77,748
591,588
1,704,323 '
1,339,000
673,844
; 106,579
919,517
357,629
" 626,952
515,918
1,221,464
742,314
171,864
353,901
1,063,509
, 1 .
" '4,086
' 8,627
19,829
V, 932
. 3.500
V 7,623
11,428
1,069 '
625
10,684
18,647
1,327
83,942
9,602
6,799
259
773
"3,572
494
25,318
49,005
30,463
36,673
123
56,849 '
3,952
9,914 ,
7,300 1
355'
' 709 '
58,042
1,171
California,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
' 1,798
I Florida,
61,74
Georgia,
Illinois,' J '
Indiana, k
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,'
Maine,' '
Maryland,
Massachusetts
Michigan,
462,198
225,483
331,726
: :
, 87,189
I Minnesota,
Mississippi,
436,631
'114,931
18
331,059
Missouri,
N. Hampshire,
325,579
New Jersey,
646,699
3,831,730
031,100
2,302,838
52,337
New York,
N. Carolina,
Ohio,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania, 2,849,200
Rhode Island, 170,608
S. Carolina,
291,383
' 826,782
421,234
' 814,389
1,047,411
774,710'
402,406
Tennessee,
275,719
182,506
Texas,
Vermont,
5 I
490,865
Virginia,
Wisconsin,
20,706,425 . ; 476,530 3,950,531
I r n n - .
1 Colorado
34,231 46 : :.V:
2,576 : : : : : : : :
28,759 67. 15
' 6,812 : 45 ' : : : :
82,924 ;. 85' : :
40,214 ' 30 ' "29
11,138 30 . ' : i ':
60,761 11,131 " 3,185
I )ajiota
Nebraska, -'
Nevada, '
New Mexico,
Utah," '
Washington,
Dist. Columbia,
.Total, . ; 20.973,843 . 487,970 3,953,760
Il -will bo seen by the foregoing that there
are more free coloted persons in the Slave
States than in tho Free States. -
WAK UPOJI TEE WORD "LADY,"
The London Saturday Review thus exeget
ically takes this word to pieces: ,
The sillv Plinllnnlisni nf t(1nflir, fnr tmiV
ha9 pretty ne,Hv one oat' of fashjon; ;Prob.
- l.. . ,
ably it first arose from such phrases as "Lord
A n nn(1 :1av mn.hn, nna nftg,n au.
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of a king and "his queen." But "lady,"
"famale," or "young person", have pretty
nearly driven out the plain word , "woman,"
which, by the light of nature, we should have
thsugbt needed a euphemistic substitute very
much less than female."
1 erhaps the two very oldest euphemisms
which we have ever heard came in two ser
mons preached at the time of tho Irish famine.
In one, preached in the university pulpit, the
divine talked about "that esculcDt which has
recently failed." Now, if Moses and the
prophets could talk straight-forwardly about
leeks and onions and cucumbers, why on earth
should not an English clergyman talk straight
forward ly about potatoes ?
The other instance was more eccentric still.
The preacher told his flock that he had him
self been in Ireland, and , that tho wretched
ness of the people'was. so great that ho had
with his own eyes seen a woman yoked to a
plow a!ong with an animal which decency
forbade him to mention." Ilis hearers were
puzzled. What animal is there especially
what animal at. all fit for drawing a plow
which decency forbids any one to mention
There is, indeed a noisome insect which may
only bo mentioned under the most general
terms.' ' There is also a quadruped, whose fe
male form reqaires the most delicate circum
locutions, though the male is presentable by
name in the best society. But the poor wom
an could hardly be yoked with a "lady-dog;'
though, had the sermon been preached in
America, it would have been quite possible to
imagine her yoked with a "gentleman-cow."
Some ingenious persons suggested a pig as au
unclean beast; yet the mention of a pig is
DOt cominonlv looked odqh as a breach of da-
kency. At last the beast so delicately veiled
turned out to be a donkey! But why de-.
cency forbade the preacher to mention an an
imai which certainlv fills an honorable nlaee
in both the Old Shd New Testaments, is,Iike
Dr. Johnson's custom of collecting orangepeel,
one of those problems whoso depth can ,nevor
be pierced by anything short of the inquisi-
tivoness ol a Boswell. ' 1 ' ' "
The Duke of Somerset, sur named the Proud
Duke, and of whom it is related that, he rode
all through Europe, without ever leaning back
id his carriage, used to say. "That he Ditied
Adam, because be bad' no ancestors."
"The man who baa not anything to boast of;
but his illustrious ancestors," says Sir Thom
as Overbury, is like a potato the only good
belonging to him is nnder ground.?? ; ,
'"Matchless misery," is defined as having a'
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Second thoughts are best j man, was God's
11 rst thought woman bis second . 4
FRAUDS OJt THE GOTESNMENT.
Upwards of $700,000 Swindled Out of Govern-
mentlnHew York City.
Commissioners, appointed by the General
Government, have been at work for several
weeks past, In New York city and elsewhere,
investigating alleged frauds upon;' the Gov
ernment in connection with the raising and
subsisting of volunteers, organizing of regi
ments, and other operations, from the com
mencement of the rebellion to the present
time. v ; i : : -
- Mr. Olcott, the commissioner appointed for
New York city, entered upon his investiga
tions on the 1st of November last, and has al
ready discovered frauds to the extent of $700,-
000 perpetrated in that city, and the prospect
inai inJT wl recn double that amount be- either through negligence, or because Ue was
fore the investigation is finished. In order privy to the fraud, asked no questions, and in
to give a clear idea of the mode,, or rather the some cases did not even administer tho oath,
various modes, in which the Government has Cases have also turned np where the Union
been swindled, it is necessary to go back to Defence Committee had paid the regular 40
the beginning of tho war. When the rebel- cents per ration for rocruits, and the contrac
lion broke out Congress was not in session, tor has been compelled to oav five cents for
and there was no appropriation by the Gener-
al Government to defray the expenses of re-
cruiting regiments of volunteers ; consequent-
ly the expense connected with raising regi-
ments bad to be paid either by the colonel and
regimental officers.1 by subscriptions ol pri-
vate individuals,-or by donations from the
Union Defence Commitree. In the following
August, however, during the extra session of
Congress, $20,000,000 were appropriated to
recruit ana organize volunteers, and the Ad-
jutant-Gencral of the United States Army was
made the custodian of the fund.1 Mustering discovered to be forgeries. A further investi
oflices were established in the different cities, gation has brought to light the fact thattbia
and at each office an army officer was appoint-
ed to disburse the moneys that were drawn
fiom the general fund. ' The disbursing officer
appointed for New York city was Col. Sack-
ett, of tho regular army. The first sum re
ceived from " the Adjatant'-General was $50,-
000, which was. all disbursed in three or four
days. . , .,.,.
The second draft was for $100,000, which
was soon disbursed, and was the last received mcnt raised in New York, wh'ere the cirenm
until the following November, when another stauces connected with its organ izationa aro'
instalment of about the same amounts was sent open.to suspicion.' '
on from Washington. ! The disbursements
made at this time were principally for the sub- will be shown to have been implicated, direct
sistenceand lodging of recruits after their en- ly or indirectly. In the frauds. Manv of th
listment, and ponding the time of their going
into camp ; and it may be stated here that the
regulations of the United States -army had al
ways been that bills for subsistence "and Iodg
ing should be certified toby the recruiting
officer, signed by the contractor, and endors
ed as approved by the coIodcI commanding
tho regiment. " 1 '
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The contractors were of two kinds ; first,
general contractors, who took bids for the
subsistence and lodging of recruits, and who
gavo sureties ; and, second special contrac
tors, who were generally keepers of lager beer
saloons and cheap boarding-houses, and who
boarded and lodged recruits to iho number of
half a-dozen, more or less, previous to their
going into camp. These small contractors
were anxious for the payment;of their bills,
and; being unable to get the nrotiey'lrom the
Government, they were driven into the hands there kept.' That course, however, was not
of brokers to get them discounted. 'This class long generally pursued. The men, when en
of men whom we may call army brokersj and listed and having received their bounties'
who figure more, extensively than auy other
class as swindlers of the' Government com
menced business in that city in December,
1861. They first did a legitimate ' business,
but they soon found a way of increasing the
size of their bills by alterations in the figures,
ana loiiowca up this .rraud by making ficti-
tious bills which were vouched for by. down-
right forgery. .; , ; - -
On the 8th of December, 1801, Col. Sackett
vacated his post as disbursing officer for that
city, and was succeeded by Lieut. Col. Nich- had enlisted with the intention of going to
ols, also of the regular army. Before Col. the war, returned, of course, and claimed the
Sackett left he was in the habit of requiring remainder, of their bounty money. But there
affidavits from the special contractors of the
correctness of their bills, and also employed
as an additional guard against fraud, dctec-
lives to ascertain whether the affidavits were
true. Lieutenant Colonel Nichols held the
post of disbursing officer until June, 1802,
when he was relieved by Captain Larned, who
in turn gave way on the 26th of August last to
Lieut. Colonel Reed, who now holds the posi-
tion. During the latter part of Colonel Nich-1
ols' term, and all through the term of Cap-
tain Larned, the brokors were in I nil blast,
and conducted their busiress with a reckless-
ess of villainy that is perfectly astounding.
They employed runners to visit , lager-beer
shops and boarding-bonses, and any and every
place where it could be ascertained that a re
cruit had ever .eaten a,. meal or slept over
night, and induce the keepers of these places,
under, various arts and pretences, (often by
actual bribery,) to certify and swear to bills
against the Government. : Not satisfied with
this, they: employed elorks to manufacture!
bills out of whole cloth,- and forge, signatures
to ..them."- Mr. Olcott has 1 in bis posses
sion over iorly forged signatures to bills which
have been verified as forgeries by the colonels J
and .contractors whose names were used. In-1
stances have been discovered where brokers
have purchased claims of pooF Germans for
$25, and on tho following day have .called at
his place and got him to sign what purported
to be a receipt, but which was in reality a fic
titious bill for $2,000, -Their frauds have bocn
perpetrated mainly through the agency of ig
norant German people,; who- could not read
our language, and who were made to swear to
a bill of a thousand dollars when they sup
posed it was only $20, or to certify to the cor
rectness ot a large claim when they supposed
they were 'signing a receipt for a small one.
Some of this class ot people, however, who
bad no claim against tho Government, largo
or small, have been induced to certify and
swear to bills through the agency of a bribo.
Recruiting 'officers are also discovered to
have played the same game. Instances have
come to light where recruiting officers have
induced lager-beer men to sign a bill for $1,-
500 where the claim was only "$25, and the
bills have been sworn to before a notary, who
each ration to the colonel of the regiment,
and 10 per cent, of bis gross receipts to the
quartermaster.
Mr. Olcott commenced his labors bv invest
tigating the frauds ol the army brokers, and
after disposing of these he was presented by
tho Secratary of War-with a bill which had
been paid at Washington, and was sworn to by
acolonel of a New York regiment. Tho bill
was accompanied, by tho names of a large"
nnmberof sub-vouchers for the differont items.
all of which, exept two, the Commissioner has
same colonel has swindled the Union Defence
Committee, swindled private citizens, swin-1
died the General government, and swindled
every one of his subordinate officers and pri
vates, and that the sum total of his swindling
cannot fall short of $100,000. Tho wholesale
frauds developed in this case have induced the'
Government to direct Mr. Olcott to invest!-
gate the transaction of each and every rei-
It is thought that nearlv a thon.nnd nor-mm.
men who have been trumpeted as martyrs to the
system of "illegal and arbitrary arrests" are
men who were sent to Fort Lufayctte for those
very frauds ; and when their names come to bo
known, they will doubt les turn out to have
been the most noisy dofamers of the Govern
ment, and the swiftest to accuse everybody but
themselves of robbing the public treasury, '
There is another feature of th j general sys
tem of swindling to which, it is said, the
State and country have been subjectedj almost'
ever since the ofier of bounties for the enlist
ment of private soldiers was made. At first
that is, for a very few weeks thero was, at
least, a show of, honesty in drawing tho ex-
ceeding liberal bounties oflered to .men to en-
list ; and. at that time, when a man nliBtvl
he was taken to the quarters of the company
or regiment into which he had enlist,.d. and
would ask for a "pass" for a few days, to reg-"
ulate their family affairs, and to spend tho
bounty money for what themselves or their
families needed. This seemed proper enough
at.the time but experience proved that many,.
of the men thus let go did not return, and
were, inconsequence, marked as deserters.1
The system was then commenced by many offi-"
cers of retaining a larze Dortion of the bounty"
money, on granting a pass, in order to insure-
the return ol the enlisted man.. Those who
were manv who did nnt and it ia ,t in.ct
markable that of those who did not return
very few have been attested. Of tho (about)
six thousand men who received tho bounties
in the city ot Brooklyn, and the immensely
largo number who received the bounties in
New York, It is not believed that much more
than one-half are now connected with tho ar-X
my by reason of their first enlisltnei: ."
V It is also stated that there aro men now in
New , York, in citizen's clothes, who have;
been enlisted from two to six times, under the'
several bounty acts, nnder different namnn
and who have never been arrested. - 5
Artemus Ward says that "unless there's.
different management of tho war right off, the :
American Fagle will have to disguise himself
as a Shanghai Rooster, and make tracks for
Canada ; while the Goddess of Liberty will 't
nave to go out doin' gen'ral housework at two
dollars a week." ' :' , t
Two deacons .were once disputing abont
tQe proposed eito for a new graveyard, when !
the first remarked. "I'll never bo buried in
taat ground, a long as I live." What an I
obutinate man," said the second, "if my Iifo j
5 spared l will." . . ; r-j
"Biddy," said a lady, I wish yotr would '
step over and see how old Mrs. Jones Is this f
morning." In a few , minutes Biddy returned
with the information that Mrs. Jones was just ?
seventy two years.. sevon ' months and twos
j days old. " 4 .:. j . . ,
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