The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-10-06
CORRESPONDENCE or THE GALE
DOMAIN.

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/ CORREsPoNnENCE or THE GALE.
DOMAIN.
WAsmsGroS, Sept, 1910,
/ During he recess oi'Cungress, Washing
Ion il usually deserted gud barren Of mate
rinls capable Of being brought into SHAPE, 10
delight, inslrucI aud ninuse The general r,u-
der yet, for few mouths following The in
coming Of new Administration, an onsis N
the desert, is ofeu discovered, The cily h.
ihrougrd with slfHBFsrs, ~hoso meAaured
Uead, gloomy counlennucns, contracted
brows, aud empty pockets, o. elastic steps,
smiling Gees, buoynul spirits aud prospect
I've golden dreams, Indicate them Ia Ln memr
beers Of tie fraternity ofds or promised APP
pointed oilice-seekerr, The finally dsap'
pointed, however, far ouInumbor lho np-
pointed, and after spending Time and money
lnud that borrowed perhaps, To como to lho
city leave for their homes, yowing Vengeance
upon The Administration IN nogleclug 30 pro-
,.yido lor acknowledged worth aud ability, or
cousoling themselves with The reflection,
s"Sour grape.' Hotwoul, having many Of
them happily escaping on abyss Of dissi-
pnlion, wrecked fortunes aud rcpnrablq
reputation Duriugthi- period, also, speeu-
lnions run high ~ to lho probable success
of tbs Urthar promised or encouraged mp
plicauI sogo letter writers evcukug 10y tie
authority Of Mr. Such'n one high IN tho con.
udcnco Of the Government, pruphesy that,
on llo fret Monday Of next mouth, or falling
ia this, on lhe fret Tuesday Of this, next or
following month, n general sweep viii be-
undc, mud lhc bloody work commenced IN
earnest; aud thu, lhcy continue 10 keep
~ The spiils, lll a few cormomurs for place
ARE satisfied.
The lucky appointcc, however does not
always fud himself immediately upon q bed
pf roses, surrounded 10y sweet, harmonious,
soulchccrlug musci on tho contrary hls
golden dreams Of The fuiuru ntc sometimes
mnrrcd 10y ihc loud add piercing shrick Of
some wight, who having gown rich, fat aud.
Law, q fecinicnt al. l,ncle San's bounty, con.
cludcs'he has life lease Of -. coo per u-
num- and Thai MIIAnlil-L iin-ihe- lsLerlA- at
Government could not mo,c-n familiar in.
stance oflho Observation-Disclosures OF morlnls,
Individual prayers aud Frouus not avail
ing, Influential men of Tie opposite parry, /
wives beuollled, sisters aud children of iho .
dccapitaIcd, lhroug tie rooms of tie butch.
err" ms the disposer of lhvors Is called, and
implorc hin, for the snLc Of society, Tor
the sake ofpariy, for the spko Of relations
near and dear, TO restore him to office, other. /
wise ruin aud starvation must inevitably fol. /
low. This Is no fancy sketch. We oursclr :
have known repeated instances Of tbs kind
of interference; No have stcu on lie rcmoy.
al Of clerks rom Office, the pubic depart /
mCnts throured with women, and on one
occasion We saw a woman clad IN kitchen .
Parb, her dress corelessly thrown on. bonnet
soilcd and worn, vail tnlicrcd mud fndcd hair
di,shcyelod aud uucouhcd--hcr whole up.
pearaGce That of tie worst aljeci poverty, nnd
'dn enquiry was told That She was. the wilr /
Of removed erk,asking for tie rcsiotniiuu
other husband, The Same woman, perhaps,
might r6yc bcCn sccnTtc previous SuUtHy
in varicgared silk, with gold watch and
chains aud other dncry to match.
Nothing is so contemplate md dcbasing
in the eyes Of "A high minded and honorable
mtn,ns the sycophoncy, aud entire want Of I.
AL honorable aud generous feelings, obscr. .
vuhle in placement lnfn,ng twisting aod shal- /
ing continually their course, with tho hope 7
of catching breath Of mir TO watt lhcm sulu- /
ly on undisturbcd il the cujoyn,cn, Of IhS
spells of office. Tie result OF all this turn I
ing aud twisting, is the maintenance or mr-
ny incompetent aud worthless men at M0 I
public expense. To purify Government of /,
corrupt men aud corrupt infucucts,. let 4
law he passed requiring the appointment of I
clerks la the departments from districts in /
the different States, allowing no clerk to |
totd office more than eight years. else per 7
hups the better way, cut the salaries down .
one half aud dismiss no man except for in /
competency. Is.
LATER PROM MEXICO, &c,-S. Louis, Oct /.
LIST. by an arrival from Chihuahua, with nd. (
vices Ia, the second. of August, we learn that
the cholera WINS still raging fearfuly at Du-
range aud muny parts Of Mexico. The In
dams were daily becoming moro hostile, and
hnd killed over fifty MpNicAns and seysrnl