, 1861-03-12
from Our Own Correspondent

'NEAAAA*oANAHs AANAs
The competition fog place under the new
Administration is fearful to behold. The city
swaras with offlceseekers. The scramble is
it once 1udicrous and exciting. The appli-
cants will easi]y number ten for each place,
and for some Of the most luscious punches OF
grapes, abo1ta hundred foxes are putting in
their best jumps to reach them. Several
Thousand ardent patriots, after exhausting
their influence, persuasive powers, patience Of
themselves and friends, and the contents Of
their wallets, will return home saader ard
wiser men. And get truth requires it to be
said, that the candidates for Office are good
natu7ed, wcll-behayed crowd. : They are
sober, respectable, intelligent, deeentlooking
class of men far superior In these respects
to The swell mobs who came here at the inau-
guration OF Pierce or Buchanan. :, p.
The keepesa afgrog shops and gambling
establishments complain hltterly Of du!lness
in their lines Of business. ,Inaugurs ton week
is their harvest time. But somehow the
strangers in town neither thirst or sport
They are devoted to cold water and business,
; and few indulge in anything stronger than an
occasional glass Of ale or beer. Hnclunen
also find fault with the economical habits of
the strangers: The law allows them twenty
FIVE cents a mile tpr . passenger, or dollar
an hour for . load Of four or 1ess- During
Inauguration week tie Jehus raised their rates
to fifty cents and dollar mile for ride, and
two to five dollars per, honr for the use Of
back. Very few persons ayailed themselves
of these modes Of cnugeyance on such terFns,
prefsr1ing to foot It. The aehus swear they
Av.1$
and have. prematurely lowered the scale OF
prices.
i Another thing much displeases the inn keep
ers, boarding and lodging house owners, and
publicans aud sinners genera1ly-and that is,
the breYity Of stay Of the great majo jority ofthe
month month they took them bY t6e das: It was VI G eS-
pected that ten o. twenty thousand office seek
8 ers would charter quarters TIL the first If
April, May or June, and lay In liberal stock
Of whisky and cigars, and put and swell
around and Patronizs the toEn on grand
phant" several times -:
i : The Democratic oMeeseekers were L
very different kind Of. people from those
here this time They stayed and made
themselvesat home. They lived fast, regard
less Of expense. Their mouths were alternate.
IL filed With whisky, oaths and TOBACCO. They
sportcd red noses and profnsion Of jew
, eiry. They wore huge boards aud flashy vests.
= .ant carried heavy hickory canes, and few tray:
Pocket They Efood at Tie corners on spn.
ahiny days, in groups, and imblhed. IN baF-
rooms in ali Weaihers-one standing treat for
the crowd. Billiard Tooms were faSorite
haants Spd gambling hes hi; tai9s Rasss 9f5e. S
rowed all they could from flush friends, left
the city. "dead broke," " and in debt, and pawn
ed their watches or personal ornaments for the
priee Of 8 coupon ticket home, ):
- The politics Of the new Administration is
not more unlike that Of the late Adminlstra-
Sion thau the personal habits and appearances
III their respective partisans. The one exhib-
its, ,thepecnlar awaggse1, ecklessnesa, and dis