The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-29

equally potent directed against themselves, was
here brought into play and practsed from hour to
hour, as the respective nomination, were disposed
OF within the leaky and impressionable walls OF
the Senate chamber.
Twice or three during the course of each day
the private Secretary of the President would elbow
his way through the absorbed crowd, and enter
the uncertain businesses OF the coordinate branch
of the government" only to emerge upon excited
and eager groups OF catechists. mterrogators
that would not be put oil, and who, having spent
thousands In populariz'ng and misdirected lngra-
tiation with local cofmorants that normally invest
the capital, now query for the hundredth tlme
s:Mr. Secretary, aan i among the list sent LII 70,
dayi" OF course the Secretary is not q mental
drectoryaf all the official patronage in the country
and protests his inability to: remember Whether II
waa Hxown; Jones Williams, or any other or the
legion Of .aspirants for the Bungtown Postoihce
that have been submitted for confirmation to-day
nor indeed whether any appointments has YET Deen
made. Instantly the CARDS and autographs or the
petitioners are in requistion to summon their Sen
stor to the of their hopes and tears by sug-
costing an ediate mination of the classified
ste OF the appointees het.has been laid upon the
Senates table. It must be rare sight; seeing
forty odd Senator'S compl lying with these exterior
paTc mr the record or Che successes or faitnre OF
The without. however, is. q priv
iegeo Observation admissible to select hahdozen
clerks aand one superannuated doorkeer, ian: on.
1aSt yger9oassnaa soos Ss ii upon Se marvellous
absuiditty constantly recurring therein.
- Some. or TIE "sHrFTs !" ~
Il would amaze our country cousins, who have
CONS toWDnder aud Ebehey sIn the potency Of; the
iitnaneAs: BY which Jones, OF Brown, or any other
Assessor in those parts to learn something Of the
character OF the means that have wrought lpon
tie Will OF the Executive and the caprice Of the
Senate Closely ahalyzed the latter turn out moth
ing better than Shifts series OF de17lter rreso1Is
invoked when the case Of the aspirant seems most
hopeless, and put forward more in anger than in
hope to satisfy the oice-seeker that he had LETT
no stone unturned to secure the end. ia !
old many instances, as for example In Pennsylya-
.nG,meE have been confirmed; whose only strength
hyinTne Vigor and yinlieSiveress with which they
were opposed. ftwas enough that Ihad- Stevens
wanted gnch and such men inducted to Office, to
,lSad ahpn Cameron TO force IN an element wholly
atTariance II: the desires OF his late antagonist
TO day. theflSte4ens men 5nM be rejected, to be
ftlE0wed By the cOnsi alton of others who had
not the ,gh6st Of staining preference, save IN
their ayoWed opposition and hatred OF the
Commoner, q Lancaster. t Bat an tnlsS
ISnd siailar contests between the Cong gressional
,deisgs6em Of other statess wasas nothing to the
Tnesss displayed in the management OF Consnar
appointments and scontir TO the regular
ssisI5 ssi - ~ ".
,H:!lS sthe tanned nothing Of the scramble
md Of the local offices. No anita agonisEc
.aAlSEas itom rural scho ool resolu-
ions and verbose; petitions growing ont OF the IN
harmonious action Of town: meehngs-but a fa1r
cstand-np fight between the appointes and his g. un-
among Senators. No threats orbelhge-
ffeIIs INTENT but ~ crafty enaeayor to modify the
andproyoke reconoih ation. In the ex-
erafse az such diplomatic and delicate schenling, !;
who sshpposes that the soft voiced pleading, OF
woman Could be dipensed with? That It. was
all penesss foE. -stratag and
ylrsy
secret chronicl9Go Itha Senate conld emphaticalyi
attest. Through hout the whole month, devoted TO-;
this work of ofciaL the retiring rooms OF
the Senate wtre dAiiN ialroEgga with women: 1t
nos noM 1iss4 h A Ln5 ~ with tha
aSsssnSsss % Ssa tfss Senator so:and.so Vas engaged
Madame ihVariablys knger until IAN audience
was granted, and was equally jealous IN returning
to the hha- -ge upon eaehsucceelfng day. until ner
candidate vas might be the sister, re- re-
relationship to the aspirant, though less marked,
was no less palpable; but each sought the grand
consunlnAti5n with 8 skill ind energy that augered
well, and rarely. failed OF success. Ci -
the denoueaaent Of g whole winters untiring IN:
6gue. Weman,s who hads foateds through thei
mases of hss6i6pa abla remarked alike
for their bsaat5 aHa and whpse sole and!
covert aim was to enmesh the unwary and impress
asi5Tai as I
soWn. He knows not the congressional mind, who
supposes that once enthraled it could turn a deaf
ear to f6S, ,Soacg bf The ehai1na Whah the boon
cough ay4Is ion, sNhtessin n9 wise Ct,
ssssiRs sg!ssss % spkRP9En amid shst mysteries Of
The agony iso over nov, and all the actors gone,
and after All the realization Is not 30 distasteful
considering the indubitable herein occurring
Ma0pmpftc ttondf ahe deGotedhess aofitheasax,
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