The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-03-22
Correspondence of the Southern Standard.
WASHINGTON CRY, March II, 1858.

Correspondence of the Southern Standard.
WASHINGTON CRY, March II, 1858.
Very few of the hoard of office seekers
have left Washington, as so far, the admins
tration have hardly shown their hands in the
matter of distributing patronage. They are
the most indeiatigabe mortals ever saw.
rise at light, and 90 to bed at midnight and
whenever or wherever am about see them
canvassing or charging everywhere after office,
Office Office.
Just now the hive is swarming. 1t seems
that they are grievously dissatisfied with an
old, but very improper practice re!er to
that indulged in by members Of Congress, who,
locking themselves in a room by delegations,
pick and choose between applicants for office,
Insisting that this nan shall be appointed and
that that man shall be disa oIn'ed very
generally as the proposed appointment or dis
appointment may seem most likely to operate
to the advantage of the particular member OF
Congress, from the particular district in which
the duties of the particular office are to be dis.
charged. Custom induces the appointing
power very generally to be guided by such re-
commentators, more especially as by so do
ing. the Executive and his constitutional advi-
sers RS throw off much responsibility for bad Sc
lectons of subordinates.
At present, as there are full ten gentlemen
applying for every Office for which congres
sional delegations have made recommenda-
tons, of course there are nine previously OF
Tended individuals, who are "down on the
congressional parties cheating them, as they
aver, out of places they would otherwise have
obtained.
The Hon. John 4. Dix, Of New York, is
doubtless to have the French mission, after his
two disappointments-in the case of his appi.
cation for the portfolio of the War Department
and for the mission to England. The choice
Is good one, as he carries balance wheel Of
sufficient weight to enable him to steer clear
Of difficulties with the half monkey and half
wild cat now on the French throne.
If ex-senator Downs prefers the Spanish
mission to the vacant seat on the Supreme
Court Bench, have every reason to believe
he will be appointed to it. He is deservedy
a great favorite here, and will fill any office in
the gift of the Executive with credit to him
self and greatly to the advantage of the Gov
ernment,
The souabble over the Coll'ctorship at San
Francisco, excites much interest here, more
especially rs the battle is between the friends
and opponents of the proposed division of the
State of California. Judge Hammond, who
has been recommended by the Congressional
delegation, is, at home, the leader Of the op.
position to the division, otherwise his appoint
ment would be in all respects satisfactory t"
all the Caifornians now in Washington, who
NAV not aspire to the same position. | pre-.
sumo that as the administration are well known
to be determined in no way to interfere in the
domestic affairs of any State, they will be
careful so to distribute their patronagein in Cali
fornia. as not to implicate themselves on eth
er side of the current controversy there.
The Hon. y. X. Carter, Of Ohio, has with
drawn his application for the post of Commits
.ioner Of Patents owing to the pressure of OPP
position to his appointment from his own Con.
qressional district lie is sufficiently learned
in Patent Jurisprudence to enable him proper
ly to discharge the duties of the office, which
is more than we can write in favor of any other
gentleman aspiring to that position. Among
them is Mr.. DeBow, the Editor of DrBow's
Commercial Magazine, published at New.Or,
leans. AS that gentleman was an applicant
for the same position under Taylor, he can
have no chance tor it now, even though it
might not unluckiiy happen that the appoint.
ing power should get to reading his Wing,
rather than his Democratic testimonials.
Greene w. Caldwell of N. G., is the only
applicant as get, for the post Of Superinte nd
cnt of the Branch Mint at Charlotte, N. c.
However, he will surely get it, even if there
may be twenty applicants.
Perry Z. Brocchus, late of Alabama, and
more recently one of Mr. Fillmorc's Associate
Judges for the Territory of Utah, is an appli-
cant for the place Of lst Assistant Postmaster
General, which he will not obtain; as Mat
must 90 to some gentleman whose democracy
j. made of two stern stuff, to have permitted
him to have reeeiyed office at Mr.. Fillmore's
hands.
There are at least twenty candidates for
the supcrintendency of the Public Printing,
all of whom will probably be disappointed !;
as the present incumbent, though Wing, has
managed SO to discharge the responsible aud
difficult duties, as to bring upon the minds OF
sensible men an impression of the importance
oflettng well enough alone in his case.
PALMETTO.
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