The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-09-04
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eur Washington COrrespondence
WASHINGTON, September l, 1873.
7ks Ayoiis- M Euirgs Loares and Fishes Ras
Oa-Tisii 10 ne Acknowledgements o( az
Orc A.skeroa y ard a ship Of Var The Poets
an Lsek- Eaj~hd Rtarn Of old luck.
A mere "iooke,-on here In Vienon," for the
,ast Elk months, would conclude that the sole
object of the American people, IN electng Gene raj
Taylor, was To dislr,b butte the public offices amoag
the IDLE and expectanl drones # the wing party
he would conclude that the people, after twenty
years denial. had generously voted that the wings
she~id now have a tree chance at the treasury,
asd that the loave. and fishes, and the whole pro-
seeds of the slaughter house, the shoulders, sir
lsins, steaks, tripe, and ofal. being divided cut.
the objects Of the campaign et rs were consum-
mated, and the whole expectations OF the people
fulfilled
The endless applications of the offce-seek ers
the conditions upon which they have demanded
efice, and the csus drrations upon which the
heads OF a. pai TIM. have too often bestowed
their officer, would 20 TO strengthen the suspicion
that the cabinet well az the office seekers, be-
heve that General Taylor was elected TO give TO
The starving poiinclans OF the wing party the bene-
fiji Of even dollar Of the loose cash in the treasury
and thar the people are betrayed until the funds
are disbuis ed.
Nj Ewing has undeniaby acted under the ex-
elusive po,en that oco-toco Politic Al hereto,
that SUCH hereucs ought TO be extrpsted like
Scotch iblses from cOrn-field, and he evidently
Plumes himself upon ms services to the country,
In wedding out the heretics which he found in his
department.. Any - utra-whg," after falling In a
PaIucuiar application fore the President, or
either Of the other of HIS etares, has not yet
despaired unii he has trled Tom Ewing and failed
with him Ana the Secretary of the Interior has
been attentive the cries OF, the faithful, and
deal 10 the wallines 1T the HuguenOts that before
the END OF FLA months he hnds his ialperial cata-
logUe III slnecuIes distributed.
For example, we uudrI stand that Colonel Has
kei, OF Tennessee, presented Yesterday \ young
man TO The KINDLY attentions OF Mr. Ewing as
con,petent person tor cler ksh,p. in the three
qualifications of politics, political services, and
capacity tor the dutes of the Office. Mr.. Ewing
sighed ar he looked upon the unfortunate young
mas, and replied in melancholy voice, that he
was afraid the young gentle man had come too late
that all ihs appointments at his command had
been AIDE, which could be made with safety TO
the departments just now. These words, "Just
now" have very important meaning for those
old Iocotoco clerks who imagine their services to
be mdispe nssbe.
An, how, there lis this comfortable idea resulting
from the despatch made by Mr.. Ewing IN the lm-
pcItant function OF administering the spolls-hc
sels the trouble and thu persecution of the Office
vutures the sooner oil his hands
The other day Mr. Ewing paid visit with his
cabinet ess oclstes 10 The United States Steamship
Allegheny day or Two before. one was despatch
ed 10 look after the Cuba consprators-and went
ID her, with an invited company, on short excur-
son down the Potomac. While on board the
Secretary, OF The Interior 'lay to" with an s. old
salt" OF the name OF Duffy:
Mr.. Ewlse-'' And you have been long time
In the service ~
OLD SAlLoR-"About seventeen years, sir" tip
ping his hat.
Mr. LIVING" And you have seen some pretty
rough weather round Cape Hsrn In your voyages
back AID tonh between this and the Pacific,
haven't YOU ~
OLD SALoR-Yes, sir, | have had enough of it,
And now, Mir. Secretary, that you're aboard, j
should hike il mighty well, as old aye is coming on
TO be relieved from ship duty, aud put into light
house. How are you oft for lighthouse
The Secretary OF The Interior opened his eyes in
CONSERVATION, but promised 10 remember poor
Jack. Al oinner, while his associates were con-
graduating themselves on Their escape from the
Office seekers 20 least. while they were board
shp-Mr. Ewing ihluir-d, I" Mr.. Meredith, how
are YOU of Tor lighthouses I" The Secretary OF
the Treasury GesiIrd 10 know why that question
BECAUSE" said MIR. Ewing, IAN old sailor of
thu. ship. tled Of the ses, has asked me for light
house"
The result was an explosion of laughter and
the moral al The story s, tnat IN these days, not
withdrawing the gold mIn-s. the deck Of a war
steamer IN not secure against the Office seekers.
The poeir aie IN luck. Rufus Dawes, the poe
and Swedenborg divine, has just got n htte place,
OF tbousand II year Charles Fenno Hoffman
has nice hitlr berth, Of twelve hundred dollars.
Charles Lsbmau, the poet, painter, and fisherman,
IN sodiuon to bride with dowry, has the com
Portable port oi Librarian To the War Department :,
becn successful IN getting n hic OF the rich milk
Of the ireasup. Nor should be surprised II
Cullen Bryant, Fitz-Greene Hslleck, N. L. Willis,
G.. T. MoIns. and Horace Greeley, were all pre-
vid,d with cl1k hips in IN, Home Department
Ii Is expected that, after the two severe attacks
OF dIsnhra Ia Which Old Jack has been subjected
in Pennsy lvsni-, he will speedily return to Wash
inetoe. IL 10 probable, II his health permits, that
he will tend the State Far at Syracuse, aud that
then relinquIshing his original intention OF a tour
through New England, he will return directly 10
the seat OF government. Strong of constitution
n he has b,en, ard INJURED TO the svamps of Flo
rde. sno the chappsrals of Mexico, It ID yet evil
dent that, hkr every el-e who has gone through
the Mexicas war, General TAYLOR hasbren affected
by the cl mate and the camp life the Rlo Grendc
and the fcurs Caii,Ws, rendering hlr subject To
diarrhpa and kindred diseases. The sIngularly
temperate habits Of Geo' raj taylor have been his
protection but there are not always n safeguard
sRspst changes Of water, the pressure of crowds,
aud loss Il rect We hope, therefore, that Gene
rel Tay Tor wl shorten or extend his travels accord
my 10 the advice of hI- medical companion. W.
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