, 1869-05-07
The sRoIis OF YIcToHY.

The radical cabinet ministers distribute
the spoilS Of Office TO the followers Of the
party with the same want Of delicaey with
which they accepted Crafts appointments;
themselves. That eminent patriot, Adplph
borie, Secretary Of tho Navy, who owes hil
once TO Grants gratitude for personal favorl
IN the shape Of subscriptions for house Gud
furniture, has compelled the commsudant Of
the Philadelphia Navy Yard to issue tho
following orderi
CoMMASDAST's OTFcE, UNITED SfATEs
NAVY YARD-Philadelphia March 81,
lSo9.-ST, BY direction Of the Navy De-
partment, you will see that no person hostile
to the present administration will be employs
ed in the yard depart under your control.
Preference should 10 all cases be given to
those who have belonged to the Union Par>
ty. The Secretary of the Navy particularly
desires this should be done. Very respt.
j. B. MARcH1ND Commandant.
Under the sweeping orders Of Borie, Un>
ion soldiers are being turned ont Of the navy
yard every day to make room for hungry
partisans, who never saw the face Of an arms
ed enemy during the war. Scenes like the
following take place every morning An
officer Of the army who had entered the SER
vice as q captain, and was mustered out hon,
orably as COlOuel of his regiment, and who
had bravely participated in many bait les Of
the war, Leld the Insignificant position of
master plumber in the navy yard. He is
brought up before the Chief Of his depattl
ment for dismissal, when the following dia.
lOguc takes place:
Superintendant-'Mr nv orders
are to remove all the employees of this yard
who are not Union men,
Colonel.-I believe l am q Union man,
since served in the Union army from the
beginning of the war Until its close
Superintendent.-'O, yes, very good, but,
perhaps, you do not quite understand me. 1t
is rumored that you did not vote for General
Grant How's that? ?
COLONEL did not vote for Grant
ntendent.-'That will do. Your
services, l regret to say, are no longer re-
quired. Good morning exit Union soldier.
One of the truly loil who has been promised
the place puts his head in at the opposite
door, as the Colonel Withdraws. He served
manlully during the war as a suffers clerk
aud did fair share Of repeating the tickets
of the Grant electors at various precincts
last November.)
The next candidate for dismissal is poor
Union soldier who lost his right arm at
Gettysburg. lie was employed in the navy
yard at the hard work of turning grindstone
Tor pittance from his grateful country. Oss
of the radical spies who hang about the
yard had reported him as democrat.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is your employ:
ment in the yardH
Soldier-I turn a grindstone.'
Sup rinte dent.-'I am informed you are
not Union man.
Soldier.-'Ifthis is any sign, l am, (hold>
ing up his stump
Superintendent that's not what I
want to know. Did you vote for Grant and
Colfax 2
Soldier.-'NO, sir! Not by a ID
sightF
Superintendent - That's enough. We
have no more need Of you hete.'
The last heard of the soldier, he had put.
chased from his Savings an organ, and was
grinding out dulcet music for the ears Of ths
truly loil on Broad street. not far from the
palatial club house known a. the Union
League Building, where Borie and hit
friends nightly me to toa Of their patriots
ism and love of the soldier.-Hdrrisbafd
Patriot.