The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-30

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Atfx ~, 1868.
1t 10 Astounding at times to witness the effects Of
the swinging of the axe ofict which Il capable Of
producing wonderful results indeed that y, the
knowledge that it is suspended overhead by hair
a. ii were, ready to fall on the iuckiess wayfarer
more especially when shrewd suspicion prevails
that the hand holding it is equally ready to drop it
upon the neck of nominal political friend. a. on
mat OF political foe. il the charge Of incapacty
or lnattention to business can be substantiated
against him.
= NUS on entering Office, the new Secretaryof
caused it to be distinctly, though un.
onciaiiy understood, that there ia to be no def
cheney account presented to corsr-... a. -
bureau, Tor the doings of which he il re,pons;b.e.
that IL. for contingent expenses accruinc At this
point. This was for the especial benefit of the
Democratic employees under him, who were further
given to understand that if they were not disnosed
to labor harder than heretofore in order to oet nm
the back work, others having strong "cIaims" on
ssthe party" stood ready to take their places ON
such terms. The result has been, in the Pension
Bureau, an increase of full one third in the amount
ofbusiness contaminated during the month of April.
with considerably diminished force, over the
amount accomplished in the previous month. So,
also in the Land Office and Indian Office, back
business is being rapidly brought up. Ofcourse
the Wings in all these offices are working like
beavers, even without the stimulus of the Secreta-
ry's unofficial fat-as the main hope for the re.
tention Of either of them (the Wing clerka) is in
his ability to establish the fact that bic services are
of great value in proportion to his pay. However,
it is due to Secretary McCieand to write that this
apparent ruthlessness towards his own political
friends is in capital keeping with his Congress.
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will' and 81 won't" sort of a man, always moot
eager to spoil the schemes of gentlemen claiming
political utilization with him when fame wing that
they were contrary to his own stright. laced no,
tons of right and wrong.
hope to be able to send you postscript an
nouncing the doings in Cabinet council to-day,
though of late the folks around the White House
are getting as close as wax, more especially when
entertaining the suspicion that an inquirer de-
signs revealing to the public the fact that they
have performed an official execution. Their coy
ness in this connexion looks though we may
possibly have an Executive recommendation in
the next message taking strong grounds against
the morality OF the doctrine of political pro.
scrption
But an inkling will get out occasionally in spite
OF the beat-devised plans to keep secret matters
properly of public interest; SO may confidently
assure you that the Geographic dispatches init
mating that George Saunders, ESQ.,, of New York
city. and Colonel Cory, Of Cincinnati, are very
likely to get foreign appointments, are manufac-
tured to order, of whole cloth.
1t has been Informally settled that they cannot
be provided for thus, until after their elders are
duly taken care of. You know they are the very
youngest of Young America and the laws of
good breeding. if not those of questionable pro.
hat hoU
precedence of beauty. Mr.. Saunders, though
wildly savage in the Democratic Reuie,o is a gen.
tleman of great personal amiability. and will
doubtless appreciate in his own case if not in that
OF his friend Cory, the marked justice of this ap
p!ication to himself of the good old golden rule.
No diplomatic appointment had been formoHu
determined on, since that Of the Hon. Scion Bor-
land, up to this morning. / know this to be
positive fact, the diplomacy of the Cabinet to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
The squadron of Commander Rinegold, soon to
depart to survey Behring'S Straits, will shortly
sail from New York for Norfolk, where they will
take in their armament, instruments, SC. Lieu
tenant RoIando is to command Commodore Ring
COLDS flagship, the vincennes; Lieutenant Jno.
Rogers, the steamer John Hancock; Passed Mid
shipman Stevens, the Fenimore Cooper; and
Lieutenant Alonzo B. Davis, the Porpoise No
n
ing vessel of the squadron, the John p Kennedy.
The scientific corps of the expedition will be en-
ployed specially for the occasion from civil life.
Purser Boggs is to be the purser of the expedition
learn that ]. Schner, ESQ.,. clerk in the Bureau
of Provisions and Clothing, has been removed, Lu.
cius b. Allyn, esq, being promoted to his desk;
and Mr.. Worden, of Michigan, appointed in
AHyn's stead. This is the first removal and an
pointment in the Navy Department, at Washing
ton, made since the instalment Of the Pierce AID.
ministration.
The new Commissioner of Patents, Judge Ma.
son, of Iowa, now writes that he hopes TO be able
to enter the discharge of his duties by the 10th
proximo.
The wags around town are laughing over a very
innocent intimation which recently pointed
bureau officer is said TO have given to his clerks
viz, that while he holds the position there shall
be no prescription for opinions sake in the Office
The most natural inquiry is, by what other tenure
does the gentleman himself hold place under the
Government.
Governor Stevens will probably locate the ter
ritorial government of the new Territory of Wash
ington at Olympia, thriving village at the head
of Pugets Sound, which, it is thought in the Land
Office, is shortly to become the great commercial
capital of our Northern Pacific coast possessions
The secret why none of the new American di.
plomatists design starting very soon on their re.
spective missions is because they cannot be paid
out of any appropriation for the expenses of the
current fiscal year. They appear to have very
unanimous dread of trusting TO Congress for ea-
post facto legislation for their relief. All OF them
have been members of Congress themselves Iap-
prehend, and know how slight hopes sensible men
can entertain of prompt legislation, in House or
Senate, in any mans case, lCHABOD.
p. S. Ex-senator Westcott's brother, John, has
been appointed Surveyor General OF Florida, vice
B, A. Putnam, removed. l.
STATE MEMORIAL IN Honor OF DANIEL WEE
srER-In the House of Representatives yesterday
afternoon, Mr.. Emerson Of Great Darlington, from
the Joint Special Committee, to whom was referred
SO much of the Governors message as related to
the deaths of distinguished persons, and also an
order concerning the procurement of portrait or
other proper memorial of Daniel Webster for the
reported follows: