The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-04-18

Gov. MARVIN HARD AT w ORK.-The Mari
anna Courier publishes a letter from Wash
ington, dated the 18th uls.; which shows that
although Gov. Marvin is not permitted to
take the seat in the Senate to which he has
been elected, he is deyoting himself to the in
terests Of the people OF the State with zeal
and earnestness. We quote the following
paragraph from the letter:
Mr.. EDITOR Gov. Marvin to-day went
with myself and your townsman, Mr. Alder
man, to the Post Master General The Gov
ernor urged upon him the necessity of a mail
route being established from Marianne to
Chattahoochee, thus placing continuous ser
vice to Tallahassee, and westward from the
Capitol. This the Governor urged strongly;
the Post Master General finally agreed to it,
and said he would give weekly route, but
Governor Marvin did not stop at this until
he obtained mail route from Mariana to
Chattahoochee twice week. The highest
amount allowed by the Department on any
route carried in any State once week, is ten
dollars mile, and in proportion for more fire.
quent service. Governor Marvin urged on
the Post Master General the difficulty and ex-
pense Of the ferry, and finally got him to IA
gree that he would give the contract to re-
sponsible bidder for six hundred and fifty
dollars, per annum. for semi-weekly service
This route is in addition TO the route via Balm
bridge. The Governor tried to induce the
Office department not to require the parties
to take the test oath, and showed the i'm
possibility of getting proper parties who
could take it. but he was answered that the
law reguird it, and in no case could it be dis
pensed with. l can see no way to avoid this
except to get some unmarried Lady to take
it in her name, where post Office on the route
is wanted, if man cannot be found who
can take the test oath, for no contract viii be
given to those who cannot take it. Governor
Marvin is working hard here for Florida and
her interests, and is doing much good former
and the whole South, in fact, he has more in
tiuence here than all the Southern members,
because the people here have confidence in
hinliand his weighty influence is felt in all
matters connected with Southern affairs.
He is more Floridian in in Washington,
than he is in Tallahassee; he individualizes
himself with her people and the State with
cabinet ministers heads of bureaus, and Off
Gals, senators, representatives and the north
ern people, he talks square UP for Florida
and her rights, and Washington, in the days
of Buchanan, never heard any man talk more
DOlOiv anu iiFIliy lOT Oi L lOr-
ida and the whole South than does Senator
Marvin / have heard him plead to the Sec
rotary of war and at the Department of Mill
tary Justice for thecitizen captives of Florida
as if he was talkingfor bis own blood rela-
tiyes; here trying to get the test oath abol-
ished, there seeking a map for rman who was
trying TO start again after being sadly bruised
by the war at another place, trying to
get a poor mans property back and succeed
ing after persistent efforts; now applying for
Post Mistress, as the test oath kept out a
Post Master getting it again; away off to the
other end of the city to ask something else !;
then up to the Supreme Court, to represent
thousands of dollars involved in the intri-
cate embrace of the prize laws that govern
the maritime world; back to the opposite
end to find out what the Department will do
in Florida about Timber Agents; now at the
War Department to know if there is any
chance to put Floridians into West Point
then to the Peace Department to urge for
confidence in our people and belief in their
acts; working for Florida all the time, and
not word for SELF When / saw this and
many, many more like them, than have re-
lated, l wished that every man in Florida
could have seen the exertions used by him,
and the respect that is paid to him, and with
me they would have increased for himself
and greet him with the only reward he can
receive, the approval of the State for which
he works SO iaboriously.