The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-29


meet the other day bat our whIioal
iownsman, General add. ii. San
ders. Add is not an Office seeker,
hut a retctigler-that Is, he is willin',
General Grant being willing, to retain
the Post Office at Davenport, Iowa,
where he lives. He left for the East,
after a stay of two or three days here,
seeming perfectly easy as to his Off
eial fate. His health is excellent,
and spirits as buoyant as Of yore.
There was another " Indiana Soci-
able last Wednesday evening at
Union League Hall. The attendance
was large, and enjoyment general and
great. There were Rotations, music,
conversation. 4" All went merry as a
marriage bell" These are delightful
affairs. and residents and visitors from
other States are following the practice
/ of holding them.
DR.. L. Sharp, of Owensville, Glib
son County, has been seriously i'll
here Of pneumonia, but is recovering
The Odd Fellows of this portion of
the country are making extensive
arrangements to celebrate the Semi
Centennial Anniversary of the Order
on the 10Th April at Philadelphia.
The affair will be the finest ever held
| by the Order in this country. An
eminent diguitary, James L. Ridgely,
of Baltimore, will deliver the address.
1t is understood that the President
has large budget of nominations to
send in to the Senate, for its action,
as soon as the Tenure Of Office Law
is repealed, if that event happens.
So far but few appointments have
been made. It is stated that he will
make few or no removals until the
law is out of his way. His patronage
acts as a gentle persuader to-brlng
stubborn Senators to his terms 1t
seems bard, even for honorable Sena-
tors, to withstand the outside press
ure OF friends and the President
DO icy of mastery inactivity"
Evidences multiply that the new
Administration will fulfill its pledges
of economy and retrenchment. AT
the Navy Yard there were
fewer men at work than | had
previously seen there on two other
occasions - in 1861 and 1867 -
when | visited the establishment
The force is comparatively small, anC
we were reliably informed that still
further deductions were contemplated
in the working force and the ex
penses. We noticed, however, thai
extensive additions and improvement:
In the way of machinery had beer
commenced. Evidently the army anC
navy expenses are to be largely cur
tailed If the policy Of appointing
Quakers to Indian agencies and super
intendencies should be adopted, anC
the appointees should carry out IL
practice the peaceful teachings Of then
faith, Indian wars would be of fal
less frequency, and hence fraud anC
expense on this account might reason
ably be expected to diminish.
The crowd Of persons having business
here is constantly changing. New
faces from our State, as well as others
are seen every day, and familiar one:
disappear. A few get their axes
ground at the Departments. or with
their Representatives and Senators
the many go away disappointed, 81
far as office is concerned. The pres
sure for place is great-immsnse IL
is stated that there are nearly four
teen hundred applications for The
Consul Generalship Of Frankfort-on.
the Main, and that undoubtedly there
will be five or six hundred more; bu
although this statement is made IL
the Chronicle of this morning, it GER
tainly must be exaggerated. 1t may
be true, however, as that Consulate
has been very lucrative for few
years past, on account of the large
commissions on the sale of bonds.
The weather continues very change
able, as this is the equinoetial
season. No one can foretell what a
day may bring forth in this matter
A rhumatic friend now here is the
best barometer that l have yet seen
He can come as near prognostieating
"a spell OF weather as anybody else
Winnie Ream, young seulptress Of
national reputation, has closed hel
studio in the Capitol to general Wis
itors, and it is understood that she is
going soon to Europe for the purpose
of taking lessons there in her sub.
lime art, Congress having recently
voted her a handsome sum of money
as part compensation for her statue Of
Lincoln, now in process of execution
Nc.