The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-05

If republics are ungrateful" in anything il
is in respect to paucity of compensation ct.
| taching to the most important services and
most exalted position in the government. The
meagre $4,000 per annum paid to o Cabinet
minister will do little more than pay the rental
y. q respectable furnished house in Washing
! ton. and to live at all generously involves q
heavy draft upon the private fortune of the en-
We'd head of department. Happy is he who
has tho ability to endure the exhausting drain
for the allotted Teriod Of four years, and is en-
abled, without running in debt, to live and en-
terrain in style becoming the Home Minis
ters of the great republic of the Western Hem
isphere. The New York Herald, in the course
Of a long article ON this subject, Gays:
| FALSE ECONOMY.
| That q system Of so-called economy in this
direction, which demands the highest talent
| and the most arduous labor for the most
limited compensation, is ill-judged, and in.
furious to the public service, Is @ self-evident
fact Poverty may afford the needed stimulus
| after all the assistant and precursor to great
| achievements. When the principal personal
profile 10 is how to pay the butcher and the
baker. the mind is ,arcely in fit condition to
administer important affairs OF state. Wha,
! wonder is it, then, if men have gone forth from
| high positions with debts accumulated and
| spirits broken, to lead life Of obscure pover-
tyr Or why should we consider it strange
that in some the law of nature should assert
| itself and counsel accumulations when circum-
stances are favorable, at the expense Of the
public purse NE
How different is all this in Ems laud, where to
make hay while the sun shines is altogether
unnecessary: To be an officer under the Bri-
ish crown for few months is to secure an
adequate income for all time. Every ex-ofi-
| cia, is pensioned for life, and The stipends-
outside ont the royal iami'y, which are exception
oy highssoh all the the Tag from $500 to &c.,
smallest sufhs, exlord chapcellors the highest.
| Cabinet ministers receive as salaries sums
| ranging from $50, 600 down to $40. 600 per year;
and, however brief his term of service, q pen:
sion for life of equal amount attaches to the
head of department and his children. This
system, OF course, creates an immense list Of
costly pensioners, who become heavy burden
upon the taxpaying public. But it has it's COM
| pensating advantages, and it is doubtful If the
nation which supports the army Of pension ex-
officials is not better off than the government
quently from incompetent or dishonest SER
wants, who do not scruple to make the most OF
their brief term and uncertain tenure of Office.
Happily, the heads Of the various depart
stituted. are wholly above reproach or q sus-
plcion of dishonesty. Possessed, as some OF
them are, OF respectable fortunes. the Cabinet,
of President Grant does not represent large
aggregate OF wealth, and some or the members
depend almost wholly upon their salaries for
support. 10 this view Of the case it is inter-
ment- live; and We challenge Ak comparison
with any nation for the rigid simplicity and
economy which characterI1es the home life of
| the chiefs Of our Republican Court.
TEE PREsmENT.
The head Of the nation resides with his fami-
ly at present, as is we'll known, at the white
House," giving no grand dinners or costly en-
tertalnments. but receiving at his table infor-
mally few select friends. The Executive
Mansion will be closed only for o brief period
during the season, and no summer resort will
a stsa Up the % a tg os the
This will be passed at the seaside. The use
OF an elegant residence-the most delight full in
the vicinity. Of Washington-'Inele
property Of General Hiram Walhrldge.. was
few days since, but the offer was courteously
declined, on account Of arrangements previ-
| ously entered into. The PRESIDENT will take
an excursion to the Rocky Mountains, accom-
panied by General Dent and a small party Of
friends; and, the pressure from the Pacific
side being almost irresistible. will probably
visit San Francisco. Meanwhile, Mrs. Grant
and the family will pass few weeks at New
port.
SECRETARY Fish
Is the only member Of the Cabinet who is
really keeping house. en- tdnaMe. He has
taken the elegant mansion No. 215 Fifteenth
Morgan. Mrs. Fish remains with him for the
present. and administers the kindly hospitali-
ties of the establishment with cultivated grace.
Secretary Fish ls q gentleman Of the old school.
| graduate OF Columbia College, of literary
and artistic tastes, enriched by extensive travel
ond much INTERCOURSE with good society in for
his sons and daughters are settled in life. he
can afford to live On scale Of iberaiity which
would be wholly Inconsistent with the meagre
salary Of o Cabinet officer. He was sixty years
NJ a. hoo nQA
life commenced IN 1849, with his election to
Congress-. In person Governor Fish presents
the appearance Of refined. dignifed gentle
man: He is OF medium sl2e and height with
horid complexion, strong, prominent features,
and side whiskeTs deeply tinRed with gray. He
is rapid and earnest oonversationalist, and
dispatches business as he conducts conversa-
retary of Stale, and will leave the Office $50, 900
poorer than he entered it, because he will live
far beyond 5000 per annum, as has been his
custom for many years. and no public money
will adhere to his fingers, however great the
opportunities.
SECRETARY BOUTWELL, +
Attained to his aifty- first birthday on the 28th
day OF January, 1859. He is o self educated
gentleman. commencing his pub 10 career as
| In 1842L His private fortune is limited, and i'm
his mode OF life at the seat OF government he
| Indulges in no needless expenditure. He re-
sides. as he did while in Congress. d. board
that highly respectable house are numerous in
the Washington season. though at present the
number rs small, consisting OF Solicitor Ban
Hale. special attorney FIR the government in
all cotton cases; Mrs. Gurley, widow Of the
Rev. DR.. aurley; General Clarke. late
Thomas HOOD % late of Of w1sooesn Sssse and seels: ms
tary Boutwell, entertains little company, though
torcea-to receive host OF ofice.seekers who
fail to gain Ambulance at the fortified door of
&f1Noi 1,,ta1
| reside at his home ar Groton junction,
Mass, and will not brave the heat and dust of
the capital until autumn. He will then seek
| to p ocure modest house and one snited to
Governor Boutwelis h man who would hardly
pass unnOsioed IN crowd. He Is spare and
tall, with wrtnkted face and sunken g. es his
| and manner are grave almost to sOiemnity. aad
| It is hard to excite In HIM any appearance or
enthusiasm. ~, He ia thoughtful and studous TO