Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-04-30
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items from the city Of Magnificent Fes-
I%iyities.' | have been here several days,
and in my humble way watching what
little of the machinery Of Government |
could see from an obscure point. The
city, Of course, has but a few visitors now,
compared to the thousands here at the
inauguration but there are enough left
yet. Representatives of the "dear people"
are here by delegations from every State
and Territory; and it is a source of no
small interest to a disinterested spectator
to see how many watchful, eager, anxious
faces Of hungry office eXpcctants you
meet in the t%hronged hotels of the city.
1t is astonishing when we stop to estimate
how many have done eminent s%ervive,
have ~agonized for their country. As far
as | can learn, Old Buck fills the Presi-
dental chair Cup to the present writing),
with the airs Of an old, tried and cxpe-
rienced statesman. | find that the vari-
Gus offices of the Territories are more
sought after (since the discoveries of the
many avenues open to speculation }, than
many foreign appointments, with but few
or no perquisites. Kansas has her dele
CATION here headed by Whitfield, who is
a man of good intellect, keen perception,
and an iron will and determination known
only to the deSt Of western men. Robert
j. Walker was appointed Governor of
Kansas to-day in place Of Geary, re-
signed. Walker declines. Who stands
next the Cabinet only knows, but | be-
lieve it is determined to appoint a South
ern man for Governor of Kama and a
Northern man for Governor Of Nebraska.
Changing the former policy of Pierce, as
. you have heard before this, there are
three new Land Offices established in
Nebraska, and three dozen applicants to
fill these places. Among the number
whose claims are strongly urged by the
Council Bl ifs and Omaha Ferry Com
pany, stands first one Mr.. Perett, now a
member of the Nebraska Council, and
Mr.. Furnace, also of Nebraska Council.
Thus we see the reward, or hope of re-
ward, these men have in the support of
this Ferry Company Gall non-residents Of
Nebraska for these lucrative offices) for
their service rendered said Company last
winter IN the Capital question, contrary
to the known wishes of their constituents;
but there is about as much chance of their
being appointed to fill any honorable
place in our Territory as there is of their
being notified of a place for them in Old
Bucks Cabinet. Among the balance of
applicants to Gil these places in the Land
Offices, | think |. l.. Gibbs, of NebI aska
city, John C.. Turk, of Omaha, and O..
ID. Finch, of Fort Des Moin, stand the
best chance, and most likely will be sue
ccssful. The two first gentlemen you
know well. Mr.. Finch is a gentleman
too well known, and favorably too, in
Iowa, to need a comment. The Hon.
Augustus Hall, of Iowa, is not an appli-
cant, but is much spoken of as the proba-
bic future Governor of Nebraska. | I'M
derstand he is very strongly recommended
by many friends, North and South. |
have met him here many times, and from
my brief acquaintance with him, | should
think no better apI ointment could be made.
Mr.. Hall is a tine-looking man, of supe-
rior ability, and a reputation for integ-
rity, probity and honesty beyond a ques-
ton; and of all the Ne~braskianS | have
met here, | think, without exception, he
is their choice, though the Council Bluffs
and Omaha city Ferry Company, through
their organs here, all from Iowa land
sharks and city lot and claim spectators
in Nebraska (though living in lowa), are
urging with a zeal worthy a better cause
the retention of our "'weak, iubecile
grandmotherly" executive, Mark w.
lizard. The same scene is exhibited here
as in the Territory, actual residents of Thu
Territory unanimously asking the re.
moval of the present Incumbent, to save
the free and enlightened people of oul
Territory the disgraceful and humilia,ino
: spectacle of acknowledging and recog.
/, nizing an executive the veriest tool of q
nonresident City Lot Monopoly, directly
against the known so well expressed anC
almost unanimous wish and will of the
: people to be governed by said executive
, while this monStrous foreign monopoly
which would resort as they have done II
the past history Of the Territory, to any
means most corrupt and foul for the ac
| complishment of their purposes, though
4 when accomplished would blight anC
curse every other interest of the Terrific
ry save those with which these non-resi
: dents are connected, and in dollars anC
t cents so closely allied, and while they
: despise the traitor to every principle o
, right and justice wherein thousands ar,
most deeply concerned, they like tn,
treason which brings them gold, and o
course are satisfied with their machine
r 1t remains to be seen whether this ad
0 ministration here at Washington vii
I correct this great wrong by the remova
of Gov. lizard, and appointing some hon
> orable and capable man in his place, thu
rnnnciinr the wishes Of The nennle. virIn