Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-08-08
From the Morgantown Telegraph.
Heads Of DepaEtmeats, and Col. Peter

Heads of Departments, and Col. Peter
G. Washington,
The following Just tribute to the, AID
ministration talentfand great integrity OF
the officials named chiefs, and an assis-
tant, of the most important departments
of the Government at Washington we
take from the Wheeling Argus, as copied
into the Fairnont True Virginian. We,
have observed with much pleasure the skill
displayed By the heads of departments
and assistant named and feel proud in
giving that need of praise so eminently
due them
Abetterselectionf for the Treasury could
not haze been made by President Pierce,
nor could Mr.. Guthrie have selected a
hetter man for his assistant than Col.
PHfER G. WAsurEaroN. A more than
ordinary watchfulness, fidelity, and de-
terminateness of character are required
for such positions. From such men we
Expected reform, and have not been dis
appointed. As soon as the robes Of Office
were on, the pruning knife was used, and
the first to fall were the parasites and
hangers. on, of other Secretaries, in the
shape aud form of Secret Agents. Then
came the Bankers, Rrokers, Gamblers
and Stock Jobbers which of late had feas-
were very politely informed that they
were no longer needed as repositories Of
the public funds, or their counsels requi-
red, and straightway they took up their
beds and walked-though not in as good
humor as the invalids of the Bible. They
swore vegeance on the Administration
generally, and the able and efficient chief
and assistant ofthe Treasury Department
in particular, and hence the unceasing eff
forts in such quarters-and they manage
many prints and not a few members of
CoDgress-to injure President Pierce and
his faithful Secretary Of the Treasury.
These attacks are being better under
stood, and we venture the prophecy that
the reforms introduced into the Treasury
Department and its Administration gener-
ally, will contribute greatly to the honor of
President Pierce's Administration, and
make for Secretary Guthrie and his able
and efficient Assistant names worthy of
their countrymeu, and worthy the highest
trusts and distinction.
THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS.
After speaking Of the removal Of John
Wilson, Know Nothing, from the post Of
Commissioner of the General Land Office,
the Wheeling Argus adds:
The Department of the Interior) has
been the cause of considerable dissatisfac-
ton in several sections of the Union since
the beginning OF the Administration; aud it
is to be hoped that the successor to the OBJ
noXious Wilson will be man of sufficient
nationality TO remove all causes OF discon-
tent, and not to be governed to so great
an extent by local prejudices. but do equal
justice 10 all.
So far as we are informed-and we
have taken pains to inquire into the subs
ject-the other Departments have been
administered in manner to give general
satisfaction. Not only have the heads of
these Departments been actuated by the
proper motives, and governed by sense
Ofjustice and propriety, but so also have
their chief clerks. Mr.. Marcy, in the State
Department to his great ability and ac-
complishments as Il statesmen, has added
peculiar administrative talent that has
rendered him distinguished.
Prior to Mr.. Guthrie's taking hold of
the Treasury; there had been great and
manifest abuses of the power of the Office.
But he has, with the assistant of Mr.. 2.
G. Washington, the talented Assistant
Secretary, corrected those abuses, and
the treasury of the country is in health
full condition. Surperauous expenses
have been dispensed with, and system
of economy established that will save
millions of money 20 the country.
Messrs. Dobbin and Davis have per-
formed their duties in manner ucxcep-
tionable, and the Navy and Army feel and
exhibit the beneficial influence of their
wisdom.
The only Department that remains to
be noticed is that under Judge Campbell
the Post Office. The Judge is possessed
of great decision of character and deter
minalion Of purpose that renders him pc
culiarly well qualified to perform the vex-
atiouS duties Of his office, which devolYe
upon him the appointment and regulation
OF from II to twenty thousand deputies
in all portions of the Union, as we'll as
the supervision of all the agents employed
in transporting the mails. NotwilhsLan-
ding the responsibilities which thus fall
upon him, We have very few complaints
on the part of the people.
We are glad to be able to say that our
information leadsus to endorse the Ian
guage Of our contemporary.
OUTRAGE.-On Tuesday afternoon, an
old Gorn,an NuoD,op copooul,o., .-,.,-..