Mr. SCOFH‘JLD. I am opposed to the amendment offered by the Gentfrom Ohio [Mr. Dunno] I happen to know this general Stone, and the circumstances under which the indebtedness of the U.S. to him originated. When the war broke out he was a resiident of my district. He was a large manufacturer of lumber which he sold at Mem his, Tennessee. For purposes connected with his business there he ha purchased some buildings upon the banks of the river. Just at the time the war broke out he had in the city of Memphis a large amount of lumber in the yard for sale. He left his business at home and his business at Memphis in the care of an agent raised a company which he uniformed an equipped at his own personal expense, made some cats or skiffs put his company on board of them, started down the alleghiinv river and was mustered at Pittsburg in the U.S. service. That company went into the celebrated regiment called the Bucktails. of Pennsylvania, probably the most celebrated of an in our Stale. Prom being a captain of the company which he himself raised he rose to the command of the regiment, and led it through many battles in the Peninsular campaign. He then come back to Pennsylvania and raised a brigade, and was made a brigadier general, and was put in command of the brigade known as the “Bucktail” brigade. He then went again to the war. He continued in the service until the war ended, and then he came home. hav'ing been in all the battles in which the Buck tail bri dewas engaged, and that brigade was engage in the Met) ellaii campaign, was at Gettysburg when Pennsylvania was invaded, and in the battles of the Wilderness under Grant. He came back with a person maimed and a constitution shattered by the accidents of the service, to find that his fortune which, when he entered the service, was considerable, was worse shattered than his person. During the 1st months of the war the rebels seized a large and valuable lumber yard belonging to him at Memphis and converted it to their own use. I am told by him that the value of it was about 40,000 dollars. Then his mill up in my isTTict, on the Allegheny river, was accidentally destroyed by fire. When the U.S. forces took possession of Memphis, they took his buildings, which were conveniently situated, and after occupy ling them for some time demolished them for the purpose of using the materials in the conI struction of fortifications for the protection of the river at that point. All there is in this bill is a small appropriation to pay this officer I for the value of the materials on his place, saying nothing about the use of the buildings. That was the only remnant of the large fortune with which he entered the war that was left. I know about his affairs personally. He is now poor, although he went intO the service proba bly with more wealth than any other young man in that region of the country. I hope the amendment of the Gentfrom Ohio [Mr. DELAXO] will not. prevail, but. that this very deserving officer may be able to secure from the U.S. this little amount that belongs to him. I now yield to the Gentfrom Illinois.