New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-12

FIST basso. MIR. Burnett; leading tenor, Gov
WiekliAe mot "Greasy BODY. The chorus viii
be- ably sustained by several fine voices outside
Of the Kentucky warblers. Refreshments will be
served at the refsctOry IN the basement, The
whining and weeping will be unsurpassed by any
modern performance in extemporaneOus TRACES.
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Charity weeius Gt Home.
Correspondence Of The n Y Tribune.
WAsnrKGroN, JAY g, 1861.
The man who does not provide for bis own family is
worse than heathen, according to the very highest
authority This s one rule Of The higher law we have
seen exempfed by public Of late at any rate,
and if there have been more, moro 8 the piIy.
take il that all the male cousins 10 the ninth degree Of
say, three of the Cabinet have been snug' taken
care Ofno 70 mention in these presents the relatives
by consanguinity and the relatives by affinity Of closer
connection than that Of cousin. | have not doubt
that il would take a good mitlmelician full hour TO
count up STATE by State, all tic blood relations Of
Senator's, who are in like manner duly provided for
for tbeterm Of four years he the more or less.
Members Of Congress havo had their ingers-eome Of
them, bol,. haDds-in the same PIE. From the data
here given tho curious may be enabled 10 cypher out
10 something ike an approximate result, the grand
aggregate which Secretaries, Senators, and Members
can contemplate vith 30 much compacercy and family
pride. No more need time, nor ink, lie asted in de
nonstra,ing the proposition, that tho family lie divine
institution.
The Government being now carried on 10 all civil
departments, militia included, by 30 to speak, one
gian. family it is 70 be confidently expected that the
military POWER viii at once lie bro ght 10 bear against
rebellion with thar intense energy 30 happily recon-
ueDded IN The Presidents Message. Nor should other
matters of seemingly minor importance and certainly
Of faI less import thnn the conduct Of the pen.
sonng Of ~ eat ana patriotic families be entirely over
Looked by The heads of depa who desire be aP
probation Of The county's friends,
stranger from tie Ear West, who had never before
been one nile % the eastward Of Dayton, Ohio, who
should, with vide-swake eye, take leisurey stroll
through the departments would be struck with the ex
cessvely small amoant OF brains and small amount Of
labor tba. he uld fail 10 observe were necessary
10 The performance OF the duties which assigned to
most Of the CLERKS. Should you pass through that i'm
rneuse building the Patent Office, aud enter every
room in the Interior" Land and Pension
Offices carefully Observing boh quantity and quality Of
The tasbs performed daily by each individual rstcass
clerk you would retire from the ast room fally per-
suaded that man who Can dig his fifteen bushels OF
potatoes in day, after dry season, is fully competent
by Dature % take desk. You could help noticing
hat tie labor assigned 70 ole for six hours
ployment ought 70 be done in half The tine, and that
without requiring higher powers than are Necessary 10
legible penmanshp. Reasoning from tho laetS before
YOU yOu would say: " These men, getting good deal
OF money for very little work, coon became extrava-
CANT. Come easy, 10 easyi and tho salary OF one
month will scarcely endure till tbe next They almost
unAyodaby fall INTO habe Of lsless, yawning indo-
lence both Of bocy aud mind and 81 the end Of four
wears " in be developed into worthless shhess vagA-
bonds, without Independence, and without real man.
hood" Such ia the education which the Government
provides for It's rst-cass seryaD Q. il is not in
al the Departments. The Treasury, War, and Navy
DEP rments have that on their hands just which
requires attention and labor. There is much do in
the Census Bureau, no doubt, also But the Patent
Office building is visited than any other, and tho
thousands now here from the hsrd-workng North
have seen end commented on the siae Of things 10
which have alluded-R legacy left by years Of cor
rupt rule which psmpered hundreds Of those chyalric
gentlemen who at this moment epaulet;es in the
Rebel army, and run Ike quarier-hOrses Whenever
they see q cOrpOrals guard Of Union troops. Well
Congress il is sad, will put down the saaiies Of the
clerks Prep ,sterJus Feow-cilizens Of the Senate
and House Of Representatives little these clerks DO,
they earn their salary as Ne as you yours aud
your perquistes. Abolsh your fankng priyi eye for
yourselves or at east trhnser il 10 the sOdr turn
out the traitors from all the Departments, and With the
force 90 reduced cary on tho Government" 1
pledge my word End honor chat there is scarcely
organized townlh u sl the great NoIthW wherein
cam lie found plenty OF men who could even Go the
work in the Treasury Department and who ere
patriots at heart not only, but have the add ional
recommendation Of having done something to elect M
Lincoln. make this pledge, too, with the full knOwl
edge and Standing that many Of The clerks in the
Treasury ought 10 have respectable knowledge Of
arithmetic, Ut least as far as the Rule Of Three.
But enough. Let me cay 70 those young men who,
here or elsewhere expecting trsclass kships,
lipg awsy that kind Of ambition. In such position
bers you will scarcely smognt to a drop in The Ocean.
so far g. influence is Concerned, you might as well
have mllstoue tied around your neck, and be eae5
into the Sea. Better q it your own hook" even
II you have TO commence by gOog INTO the retail pca-
nut trade. MLsTEBgEE.
CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS.
Tie following communication Of tho Secretary OF the
Interior announces the spportonmsus Of Reprc@nta-
tives among the several States ulder the Eighth
Census:
DEPARTMENT cF TaE EXTERIOR
WAsBIEGToS, JUly ., 1901. (
To ths Speaker II tAe House d Rrgr,s,na,,re.s
/ Caleb II. Sm b. Secretary of tho Irterior 40
hereby certify that, in discharge Of the duty devolyed