Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-02-24
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Z! so ARLINGTON, febs II.
The city is rapidly filling up with Office seek
ers-a piece of news which people all over the
country know from the fact that great number,
have left home-all expecting to have their anti.
cipations realized, but most doomed to be disop.
pointed. There cannot be more than one an
pointed out of the one hundred that apply. OF
fice-seekers who come here with strong recon.
mendstions, are little aware of the small chance,
of success. A member elect to the next Coppress
some time since asked friend here how mapv
clerkships there were in Washington The re-
ply was not over a thousand. Good G-d.'
who expect office" Not more than half the
cerkships here are held by Wings, and proba-
bly, not more than half the number will be re-.
moved. -
The Wings in office, and indeed all the sins, :"
are anxious to be retained. The Wing post
masters, appointed by the present Administra-
ton, if they hold fat offices, are looking round in
every direction for strings to pull, to keep in
One such ofice-hoder, in letter to the Post
master General, stated his regrets that Wings
were resigning; said he would like to retain his
place longer, and asked what strings he should
pull to keep it. The following letter was sent in
reply, which the postmaster to whom it was
sent thought too good to keep:
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT.,
Appointment Office,
February, -, 1858.
To a New York Postmaster:
In reply to your inquiry, dated February IL,
asking what M stpuII
fully" in order to retain your office, the Depart
ment does not know what better advice to give
than to recommend that you faithfully discharge
your duties and mant min stiff upper lip.
S. d. JACOBS.
We understand that there are great number
Of office seekers here with hackers, for the promi-
nent post offices in the country. Tint being the
case fear that the postmaster to whom the
above is directed will stand but little chance even
though he should ''discha rye faithfully his du-
ties and maintain stiff upper lip"
The Office of Head of Bureau is being found
out here by the different applicants, and the
chances are that the present occupants will have
to walk in double quick time. A dead set will be
made against John Wilson, Commissioner of the
Land Office, who, from chief clerk was elevated
to the position of head of bureau. and who en-
tered the Land Office as messenger. / dorlbt
whether efficient officer can be found than
he, but he will have to go, because his place is
claimed by the West.
Hardly a letter is written from Washington
now, which does not contain paragraph about
the Cabinet, and of course shall have to follow
the custom. It's generally believed that Viz
GINA, by whom Pierce was suggested as can
didate for President, will be unrepresened in the
Executive Department Of the Government, for
the first time since the foundation of the Govern
ment. At the beginning of the speculations
about the Cabinet, Hunter, or some other promi-
nent statesman from Virginia, was put in the
programme, but of late the Cabinet has been
made up without her, and it is affirmed TINT, the
place which she was to have, will be given to
Gushing, because Pierce owes more to him than
to any other man; that he prevented Gen. P.
sending we-written letter in answer to the
circular Of r. &. Scott. Notwithstanding all this
a remark made by Mr.. Hunter in his speech the
other day in the Senate, has induced some to be-
lieve he expected to leave the Senate, and Ell
ther to go foreign mission or into the Cab-
net.
Buying and selling offices is proceeding brisk
y here before the guillotine commences operations
in March. Democrats, whose chances are slim,
are anxious to secure themselves before hand,
and Wings, who know they must 90, are taking
advantage Of this state of things, and are selling
their offices to the highest bidders.
The Senate worked nobly on the Pacific Rail-
road bill, on Saturday, and but for the njudicious
have passed that body. The amendment was pro-
posed Mr. Shields and voted for by the opponents
of the bill and some of its friends. The object
Of it was to give to the States through which
the road passes the power Of making the read
As soon as it was adopted, Mr.. Rusk said he
could not go for the bill, and Immediately on
motion, the Senate adjourned, with view to re-
consider the vote when they met on Monday
The bill, from the votes given for it, has good
majority. and will probably pass.
Why is it that gas is not more generally in.
troduced tor the purpose of lighting private
dwellings. where the streets in cur cities are
lighted with it? The great objection to its intro
duction is the expense, very few being able t.
afford tit costing so much more than Other
modes of lighting. The people of our cities, ane
even of smaller places, will be glad to be inform
ed that there is tair prospect of this great OBJ
jsotion-that Of expense-to the use of gas being
obviated, by generating it from material obtain
cd In every part of our country-that Of Wood
We were tolda few weeks since by friend thai
ha had invented new process Of making gas
and out of u now material. We paid but little
attention to the remark at the time, but few
days ago, on going into a store, the proprietor
called our attention to new invention, as he
called it-that of wood gas, (which gave brilliant
Jet of light from burner at the further end OF