Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-03-30


rHRAKER or OHIO.
rbos @. Theaker, Ex-Member Of the late
Congress from Ohio, is ineligible to the posi-
ZION which the President gave him recently
sS one Of the Board Of Examiners-in Chief OF
he Patent Office, as he was member OF tue |
Conqress which created the Board. he Wll
he nrovided for elsewhere. There viii oe |
strong effort by some Of the Senators 70 Sc
cpre in his place the most scientific man they
can find, regardless ofpoliticai preferences
te AN IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT.
Hon Richard Mott OF Ohio, was rendered
the nosition Of First Comptroller Of the Treas
nrv hat decliued it, being unwilling to un-
dertake the labors of any public POSITION
This responsible place has been Or will be ten
dered to the venerable Elisha Whittelsey, who
was turned out by the Buchanan Admins
tration after having justly earned the title OF
the Watch dog OF the Treasury" Il Is be-
lieved he will accept the invitation to resume
bis desk.
Wisconsin on SUMTER.
The Governor of Wisconsin has written to
friend in this city that the evacuation OF
Fort Sumter, at this time, will tend to disrupt
the Republ can party in that State, and divide
| the entire Northwest. He says the people OF
that section are almost without distinction
Of party, opposed to the policy OF abandon
ment and. rather than see it adopted, would
preler to sink every man-of-war 10 the Navy.
! IT. Governors letter is very decided in tone,
and only one of the many received here re-
Gently.
PARTY LINES FOR OFFICES.
am autborizCd 10 contradict the statement
that Postmaster-General Blair repudiates the
idea of appointing any but Republicans 10
Office. Indeed, he is every day appointing
Union men in Virginia and other slave States,
on the recommendation of the Union mem
bers of Congress.
Special Dis patches to n. Y. Tribune.
MAJOR ANDERsos's FUTURE STATION.
The assignment of Major Anderson to
the Western Department Of the Recruiting
Service, after the Both of June next has nc
reference to his present position at Fort Sum-
ter. and no significance as to the intention oi
the Government concerning his Withdrawal
from there. The field officers for this duty
are detailed every second year under tht
supervision Of the commanding general. L
there be any good reason why they should
be employed elsewhere, others are substitu-
ted. In this particular case if Major An
derson should be relieved from Fort Sumter
be will assume the recruiting duty, but the
arrangement does not, necessarily presuppos'
that he is TO be called from that post. It il
merely contingent upon the relief. All the
specuiations, therefore, which have been pre-
dicsted upon this abstract fact are erroneous
forit is very well known here that it was {
mere matter of routine, Of which even thu
Secretary of War had no knowledge unit
his attention was called to it to-day
Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune.
Mr.. Douglas gets on his legs twenty time
a dav. and never fails to emit some scornia
ebulIition of his spleen from that everlastinl
open crater of his; and the other side, wit
no time, OF "no stomach for the night ha
TO Usuffer aad be still His manner is oite
that Of Satan cursing the brethern. d
taunts the Republican side with patronizini
sarcasm, or belabors it with audacious ma
lignity. allow are you to obtain revenue
be asks. "Collect it says Clark Of n. 3
! "Under the Morrill, tariff, suppose" say
? Douglas. "Well, to undertake it at th
| South. if that is your determination, mean
war; and yet you reiterate the statement tha
you mean peace. You talk Of entorcin
/ laws in a country which you do not possess
It and of enforcing laws where you cannot PlaC
j. a single Federal officer" But, l suppose,
be confines, with laughing sneer, ''th'
= YOUR Republican Administration iRtends
o enforce the laws in those States a1er Ii
= Southern Coniederacy shall have dissolvet
b. and those States send members Of Congrei
here and return to iheir allegiance. Bras
e party, bold Legislators, they will eHfOr c
q the Laws when men volunteer to ODE
Il them. You have net Federal officer in a
the seeding States" says Douglas "actin
By your authority"
"Have we not postmasters ~ says Howe
D Wisconsin.
e ayes, - replies Douglas, " but they are nC
d there by your authority; they are there
q the condescending permission of tho
+ States"
"And that is granted" says Republics
n Senator, "because the service costs fol
y times more than the income. If the revenl
n exceeded the cost they would not perm
0, even postmasters."
The ABOVE is a specimen Of each day in L
Senate. Some patriots there have to bi
. their lips under the scorn of the Oppostio
L but they cannot Otherwise manifest the indi
4 nation that they feel. 81 PONTIAC