The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-03-21
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'aacE wv AsHrSeToS, March 10, 1s49..

'1aSs AsHa1SeTos, March 10, 1e49..s [
rha nav ,administration is going on very
,,t;slsetoriiy on The rules and maxims of The
old. and shows itsxstrong. good sense in FIRST
exsaaipiag, and Sreflecting on, the duties they
afescallede npen to discharge, before they teei
Authorized 10 act as reformers.
9 MI! Meredith the new Secretary sef the
Treasury, who is business man, and STANDS
now a, the head oof the Ebar of Philadelphia.
pSssaudiencs, yesterday, to a large number OF
vcsouie: stSat. oia athe eud, found it prudent TO
barffcaie3 himself against an indiscr'nlnate
ons,a;inht. He has acted wisely and VIII not
I,e lonc. in ihat mos, important department oil
,,ss aaayernment without comprehending why
me- walker, bis. distinguished predecessor, had
y; Nzaay biu,seE 10 so many of his friends: II
;s;n5ossible 10 discharge the duties of the Office
faithfully, and TO be, a, the same time, a con-
veutienal man.
,,-sfhe Senate viii not definitely act on Inc case
of Gen. Shields ,iH Monday or Tuesday. IL
VIA Be ans Interesting case, and may give you
some particulars. -. - ~
Tnndersandt that no foreign appointment VIII
he. made fll Jnne, next. Neither Lewis Lass
IN a,uaer Me-. aHeunegan will he d.s'urneo 10
Rome or Berlin, respectively. Mr. Hannesan'
arrange to say, has been appointed oy mr.
Pom ID the very lates, hour Of the session, al
.L-:-.l..nA nF Wing seHators, and, 1t is under-
stood, quite with the consent of GeneEat'"!,
ler himself On hearing it, Col. ipeno Is sa!u
to have exclaimed There se>lnore 'n'nss IA
Heaven and earth, Horahc1han are cream %
nyonrphitosophyl" .s/s@ ,a.~
,ssThe Hon. 'Wp:'J. Brown has oeen removed
f6hh'tfi 'secsdds assistant postmaster 1enera''
sbiDrs. and. ID his place, Mr.. Warrener. OF oh'o,
.bas bed appointed. The place Of the second
audi,or,s ME-. Nc Gala. has been filled ny Mr.
Ready. of Pennsylvania.
,srH6eu yacancyscseatsd hy the resignation oi
Mr.. Graham, Treasurer of the United States,
sBlIf fsTalf ptobabiiity, be fledby Major Smith,
tfeSaiIanr gentleman who discharged the duties
efthat Office with SO much satisfaction before he
was y Iteema,oved by Mr.! Polk. There would be
some Justice in that appointment.
-5G9H aIsa iG5t sua
sls;sl .sEsues WASHINGTON, March 10, l649.
hs fifses weather now draws into the streets
4 al portion Of the resident population hitherto
housed and the strangers, begin 10 ackno"l'
edaaghafhe snnnay shine even in Washng'
tod. This federal city is to be soon lett, with
an SORTS a curses upon its corner stone, by
horslcs, of disappointed ofsice.seekers from all
seclgions rs .of. ihe Union. The determination of
Genesa TaYlor neither 10 consider ror receive
any application for office, but to insist that all
applicants should 60 to the heads oil departments
Ssiibs stseir applications, will put end 10 The
expectations, and give an impulse to the grumh.
linz of a thousand seekers after Office, and OF
their ten thousand dependents and friends.
Thus the Administration will soon ind Tor ltselt
los d cold and selucaant support, even from It's
reSsaF and most clamorous friends. -.s..s &c.,.
The heads of departments will, suppose
after the adioarnment Of the Senate, consider
quite at leisure the, claims Of applicants and tho
pa,icy OF removals, and report accordingly 10
GeneIsl Taylor. ! hear of no more res'sna'
TWAS mistake, in my letter of Friday, that
Judges ~ oungs had resigned, or intended to
resign the General Land Office. Such has
been the vigilance and industry of the head
and subordinates of the Office, that its business
has never been in such a state of forwardness
since its re Organization in 1886, indeed since
the creation Of the Office. Ne =, =
u In the Recorders branch, under the charge
of Col. IS. H. Laughlin. through his un,iring
exertiosst and industry of bis clerks, the bust.
ness of issuing, signing, and transmitting pat.
ents, has been so brought up-a thing that never
was done on any former change Of admnistra'
n--ihatnot single patent or land title was
lei unsigned and untransmi,ted up to the last
hour of Mr. Polks time which required the
signature pf the retiring President.
"a ALI bounty land patents completed, amount.
ing to three thousand. in the last month, were
also signed ny the late President, and recorded
and despatched.
The trshsmission of all kinds Of patents, in
February, was over twelve thousand.
sss a From the N o. Crescent City, 9Th inst
70 s sast-ss.- MEXICO.
We have received our files of Mexican pa