New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-31
wEpNRspAY MoRNING, OCTOBER 81. lsa6
LoUIs1.ANA y ArPoINrMENTs.
Correspondence cf tbs New Orleans Grescsnt.1
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 1866.
The official changes in our State have been the
town.talk for nearly whole fortnight, We ought
to feel highly complimented to receive so much
attention at the seat of government, when rumors
Of Baltimore riots, Mexican protectorates and
foreign complications are rapidly filing up the
ordinary vacuum Of q recess. will leave these
last items to the wiseacrea of the hotels, who
know exactly what each secretary stated at the
cabinet meeting yesterday, and who viii tell you,
IL You will listen, exactly what Will be said at the
cabinet conference to be held next week. I want
I'd relate simply how Louisiana came to excite SO
much attention at the capital why certain officers
were removed, why others were appointed, and
finally why these appointments were revoked and
the original incumbents were re.inHtatad. If New
York has her e rings' why should not Louisiana
have at least one ring'' Not corrupt, unscru-
uulous combination somebody must do these
things, you know, and it is only fair that State
should be represented BY its own citizens in these
matters, and the interests Of a aeommunity not be
left to uniaterssted outsiders.
Last season, certain parties from Louisiana were
fn Washington, after certain Offices, and certain
parties, believe, returned home without securing
certain appointments, But let bygones be by
zones. There is no benefit to arise from
detailing the incidents Of the contest for the posi-
tion3o Of naval officer at New Orleans. There can
be no use in telling who tried for it, and who got
II the last fact is patent to the world. Then
The postmastership caused another lively affair
but aftar severe struggle that citadel still proved
impregnable. Of course, there were many rn-
mors, even towards the end of the session, that
there was To be general oyerhanling of the Lou
asiAna oflcals--some people are always interested
In cooktng'I such reports.
Congress adjourned. Summer came along, with
al the feryor Of its temperatire andall the beauty
of it's foliage The fruit Of Offices like the fruit
of the earth, scanned to become more tempting.
And the Philadelphia Convention things were SO
ripe then-just ready TO drop from the boughs
We had only TO hold our mouths open, and the
luscious succuents would drop in, almost Of their
own accord The convention was to DO the grand
fertilizer and then we only had to bloW--oh so
hot-so red hot--that the merely warm adherents
couldn't stand the heat at all.
On they came to Washington. | speak not Of
Iseuisianians now, strutting up the avenue and
down the avenue racing from Willard's to the
departments, and putting from the departments to
tile White House. Like the long line of ghosts in
some operatc scene, say in Robert le Diable,
they stretched from the treasury to the capitol.
All In garments white as 6 driven snowi'--they
had always been pure Constitutional Union John
son menLthey had been known to faint on look.
ing at aaoarte de visite oil Ihad. Stsvensno few
had sent challenge to Ben. Butler, and b small
number were bold enough to carry the Presidents
picture infheir pecket and call his excellency the
handsomest man IL America This last notion
Was doubtless on the principle that handsome il
what handsome d0es.a8
But fo return to Louisiana, First! there were
Mutteringg and Rhisperings that Benton must go
and Il ellogg must gos All of which means that
& Peter must go Ont TO make way for Paul to come
an. these anfielpatens were soon crushed BEN
ton Stamped lndianas visited Washington and out
manenyered his opponents completely. Kellogg.
also Visited the capitol and put on such contdeAt
4lLont that nothing more was said about his re-
The battle was yet to come, no more skirmish-
7ng, week point in the line WAS discovered, the
4 attack was madei and one bright October after
nonns Ready was displaced and Noreross APP
pointed. A new assessor of iaternal revenue was
announced bytelegrapb audhy mal Newspaper
men thronged the White House, and the last fat
appointment in New Orleans was the topic Of the
evening. There was no doubt about the matter,
the commissions had been signed and Forwarded
This position is the same one formerly occupied
by Murphy, and from which lie retired in conse.
quence of rejection by the Senate. Many persons
Thought that Murphy was endeaEoring to be re-
7nstated, but as the sequel viii shows this WIS an
error.
The Louisiana appointments were settled salts.
factoriiy, itseemed; but from some occult and nm
discovered cause, the result of So much labor was
obhterated IN 4 single moment d dispatch from
The White House annulled the changes last made
and directed that things remain III stain qno until
further ordars. What reason could posshp he
assigned for such a Yayward course? The Fresf-
dent, it appears, dia noe know when he signed
Norer oss's commission that he was removing
Ready. When ne discovered this Fact, everything
previously done was completelg reversed The
executive wanted to knew what objection there
was to Ready--was he dishonest2 no. Was lie
ineapable2 No--but he Il radical. What
proogs Here they are, in the form Of letters from
reBpeetable el tizens of Ae@ Orleans These doe
unents ara not sufficient to prove the case
cannot remove Mr Ready until he has
"A opportunity Of refining these charges. I
revoke the appointments just made,
and retsiI the pres, fntiqcnmAents- Such was ihe
substance oR tie Presidents conversation on the
subject. This course Of the executive naturally
gave rise to numerous ipqa qaries to the cause Of
such deyotion to Beady, and the most prominent
reaspn assigned was alaHs and early Intimacy ba-
tween the chief magistra IS and the assessor.
Eime after tima the ifjen 90 IF Nnfcress be-
leaauered the doors of the il'esideRt'a eeeention
foGm5 hut Ike the iock 0f ages e Andrew JQali=
son, when his word has onee soRe forth. Lincoln
Put hs foot down. johnson nakbs his mind 10.
At this late aats TIE aif4r may exeiGe meagef in
crest but last week y5u csa hafdiy igaagilo how
much interest aad how many smiles this mode Of I