The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-15

ing how much had been paid for the erection of the
vcrkhouse and what would be required to complete
II. In the Board Of assistants, report frem the
committee was brought up In favor Of q new exte
rior water line of piers from Eighth street to Thirty
eighth street. the East river The report laid
on the table after a short discussion, by vote o.
thirteen to seven. The Board then adjourned until
six o'clock this evening.
Mr.. Fabens delivered very interesting lecture on
Cayenne yesterday evening in the Broadway Taber:
nacle and brought forwarda number Of facts relative
to the decline of the colony since tire negroes have
been emancipated. report of the lecture appears
in another column.
Coroner Wilhelm held an inquest yesterday morn
ing at the house No. 937 West Twentysixth street,
upon the body Of man named Michael Norris, who
committed suicide by hanging himself to hook in
the wall Of his bedroom. The deceased had been
left alone when laboring under fit Of derium ire
mems He was forty years of age, and native Of
Ireland.
Coroner Gamble held an inquest last evening, at No.
50 Dominick street upon the body Of VIM D. Guillan
who was knocked down and killed by hose carriage
No. "a, on Saturday night. The jury acquitted the
members fthe company Of all blame. 1t was purely
accidental. The deceased was a native Of New
jersey, and about sixteen years Of age.
Today's inside pages contain political and gossip
ping letters from London, Paris and Genoa /; Com
missioner Bartletts Report relative to q railroad
route to the Pacific Financial, Commercial, Thea
trical, and Municipal Intelligence, &c
OGicc-sccking and OMcc-seekers ut WASH
mgt0n.
What news from Washington? who has
been appointed" Such is the query which
every other man has addressed to his neighbOr
at least half dozen times day during the last
| fortnight. Other topics of conversation have
lost their interest. The fall in cotton, the pros
| poets Of the money market the news from Eu-
| rope, and even the Aldermen, attract compare
lively little or no attention. Startling bits of
| gossip about official corruption are barely lis
tened to. and the retailer of delicious anecdote
concerning the new Empress actually fails to
secure an audience. Nothing is marketable but
news from the capital. Washington letters are
eagerly fshed out Of the newspapers, and the
most ridiculous surmises ofignorant correspond
ents are made the subject of grave comment and
serious anxiety. The chances Of rival candi-
dates fluctuate like fancy stocks Jenkins gose
up on Thursday, but Shocks arrival with
pretty wife. depreciates him on Friday. and on
SATURDAY hHoWiiik OPtlutuAS Will tOuCu any
thing but Brown, who has three editors, two
Senators, and one Irish patriot in mis- sleeve.
If such be the state Of matters in New York
no one will be surprised to learn that the CAPT
tai presents still more striking appearance.
There the agony Of office-seekiEg has reached
its climax. Hosts of expectants have travelled
thousands of miles to put in their plea for snug
berth. Hotels, boarding houses, and even private
dwellings, are crammed from basement to attic
with candidates for Presidential favor-a garrett
with truekle bed and tin wash basin, is worth
So or 81 night. Reams Of paper are consumed
in letters Of introduction and certificates Of
capacity. To hear of the persecution which the
President is undergoing, and Of the business
| like management of those who are supposed to
possess influence at court-to see the crowds
OF poor fellows who spending their last
| cent in the campaign and whose anxious faces
| and nervous manner remind one of gamblers
round a roulette table--to study the skilfal
manauvring and cunning devices Of the pro-
fessional Office seeker. one might fancy, without
any great stretch of Imagination. that all the
gold of California was about to be distributed in
tandfuls from the steps Of the White House.
A sad thing it is indeed and by no means
matter of selfcongratulation, that all this in
trigung and racing and hoping. and fearing
and begging. and promising. and threatening
not to speak Of more shameful practices-are
set ON foot and stimulated by the prospect of
sharing the beggarly booty which the service
of the State offers We speak less as moralists
than as mere men Of business. Many good
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the mania for wearing livery with which some
men are affcted-much to the purpose on the
folly of bartering ones honest independence for
| q pittance from government But we ap-
peal to no such sentiment. Let us sup
pose that il is q glorious and man
ly task to docket papers or copy letters in the
Office Of the treasury or the postal department.
Let us award our unqualified esteem. er oficio,
to the man who EFFORTS consulship marshall
ship or post Office from the cabinet Let us
waive The aristocratic prejudices ofrepubcans,
and consent to look upon the salsSied do
mestics of the State as equals. What is the
prize for which they struggle? What is the
grerdon which induces them to pocket their pride
and play the part OF humble supplicanis inst
now in order that hereafter they may be per-
mittcd to work like galley slaves-be tainted
with their avarice by every noisy economist
and he subject to the arrogant control Of an ill.,
tempered chief or the ignorant criticisms of
factious Congressman!
Omit The cabinet and few very important
Offices. such a. assistant secretarysbips auditor
ships comprehensive, &c, and the average
! alary Of the bulk Of the remaining Offices will
| lie found rather under than over s. 500 a year.
| This is about the salary which a competent
lookkeeper or salesman who has just attained
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