Valuable Letter From the Third Auditor on Soldier Bounties
Treasury Department Second Auditor's Office reports delays in settling bounty claims for soldiers enlisted between May 4 and July 22, 1861. Chief cause is lack of clerical staff and election furloughs. Offices reorganized to speed work. expected to begin rapid settlements after the presidential election, with completion before January. ER B. French, Auditor.
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Greenawalt
Treasury Department
J. G. Greenarealt
Ste
ER. B. Frencn
Common Pleas Court
Posey County
Indiana
James N. Bowles
Ford, Fitton &O
Henry J. Cooper
Court House
Mount Vernon
Township Four
Alex. Crank
August F. Youninger
Parmelia Overton
Lucy Overton
Sarah Overton
Mary Ann Overton
Elizabeth Overton
Willis Overton
John H. Overton
Malissa Overton
Paris
Alex, Crank
State officers near retirement and appointments detailed
The article lists state officers due to retire on various dates including Governor on January 13 and Lieutenant Governor on January 13, with other posts retiring through February and March. It also notes positions to be filled by the Legislature, appointments by the Governor, and confirmations by the Senate, plus details on German language street signs in Alsace Lorraine and a critique of the American Library in the British Museum.
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Supreme Court
State Prison South
Benevolent Institutions
Hospital of the Insane, Blind Asylum and Deaf and Dumb Institute
P. N. Jamison
John Baird
Cass Byfield
John M. Ketchem
W. R&r. Hogshire
James M. Woodburn
John M. Caldwell
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
House of Representatives
Alsace
Lorraine
British Museum
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Joseph Beggs
Schuylkill
Philadelphia
J. B. Davis
Highstown
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Thomas Murphy
Frankfort
Jennings
Walton
J. W. Creeley
Congress
Judge Lee
Camden
Stewart
Baltimore
Powell
Kentucky
Fitter
South Fourth Street
John Beal
New Harmony
Ind
Vanderburgh district circuit plan fuels extra session debate
Governor Baker calls an extra Indiana Legislature to finish unfinished business, but Vanderburgh county fears a bid to create a separate district circuit with Col. J S Buchanan slated as judge. The letter lists senators and representatives elected or holding over, with party and county details across the state.
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Vanderburgh County
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit
Judge Laird
Posey
Vanderburgh
Warrick
Spencer
Perry
Crawford
Indiana
Col. Buchanan
Vansville
Laughable Grant Candidate Catches a Daring Prank
A Kentucky tale recounts Radical candidate Dick Wood in Mount Sterling who, after drinking applejack to seem tougher, woke with lampblack on his face. A local Radical asked if he was Major Wood, mistaking him for a Black man. Wood protested, looked in a mirror, and fled in embarrassment.
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Deacon D
Uncle Josh
Dick” Wood
Congress
Major Wood
Mount Sterling
ClarKke
Grayville Independent
Brief Advice On Writing To Busy People From A Comic Exchange
A humorous exchange offers guidance for letters to busy people. It covers being sharp and legible, paying for responses, avoiding flattery when seeking money, and a quip about doctors and lawyers. It also jokes about giving a bride away and the proverb about will and way.
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H. W. Berener
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