The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-02
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, D. G. Nov. q, go.
A quorum Of the Census commit.
tee consisting Of Messrs. Stokes,
chairman; Garfield, Wilkinson, ALI.
son, Cullon, Haldeman and Schu.
maker is now in the city, and held q
meeting day before yesterday. Gen.
Garfeld's subcommittee, submitted
last winter bill which came up for
consideration, and was ordered to be
printed. It's essential features are:
"The establishment of q census
bureau, under the jurisdiction Of tho
Interior Department the appoint
ment by the President of a commits
sioner of the census, whose Office
shall expire three years from the
date of his commission; the appoint.
ment by the Secretary Of the Interi.
or, ofone deputy commissioner of the
census, foreach Congressional district.
The time proposed for taking the
census is the month Of June, 1870.
The details Of the schedule and other
particulars will be the subject OF fur
ther elaboration"
The third Auditor of the Treasu-
ry, Hon. r. w. Clarke has designa.
ted Messrs. A. Cauldwell, G. II.
Thurston and q. NJ. Smith com.
mission to examine the present meth.
cd Of settling tho accounts Of that
Office, with q view to ascertain if .
Encouragement OF the clerical force,
will facilitate the examination and
settlement of accounts. The third
Auditor is q plain. common sense sort
of gentleman, who despises ''fuss and
feathers" but wants work done in
the shortest possible time, IN a cor.
rect manner, The dilatory career
tf "John Wilson" late J ohnsonese in
cumbent delayed matters very much.
When he was toadyiDg to A. John.
son and exercising tyranny over his
clerks he had little time to look after
the affairs pertaining to his office.
The efficiency displayed in the Quar-
termaster's Branch Of the Office by
tho supervision Of Col. Charles 81.
Brown and Mr.. James Printz gives
general satisfaction to the Govern
ment, and especially to army officers,
who are eager to adjust their &C.
counts and see how they stand with
the world.
+. 4. Peters, Esq. Of the Bureau OF
Statistics, and for several years man.
aging Editor of tho Washington
Chronicle, has just returned from a
trip south, whittier he went for his
health, and also to look after statistl.
cal matters for his Department.
Whilo there he wrote some able .arti.
cles for the Philadelphia Press and
New York Tribune, with which pa
pers he is connected at present. His
views on reconstruction and other
issues pertaining to the South are the
result Of much study and careful Oh.
servation.
Mr.. E. ]. Smith, also Of the Salts
tical Bureau, has recently been pro.
NOTED to q fourteen hundred dollar
clerkship ; not by begging for it; not
by bending the pregnant hinges Of
the knee, that thrift might follow
fawning; but solely UPON merit
Careful attention to duty; accuracy
in all work assigned to his charge,
and the strictest integrity alone, So
cured his advancement. He is at
present studying law and devotes his
leisure hours to study rather than
participate in the follies and dissipa-
tons Of city life. Those are the
young men who will rise in ability,
and in the estimation Of the public.
Upon such men must eventually fall
the nantes once borne by the illus
trious Americans who, crowned with
honors are SO swiftly passing away
to the tomb.
take pleasure in returning thanks
to DR.. Sanford W. Huffof Iowa City,
and editor Of "Thc Annals oflowa"
for copy Of tho same for October
While that excellent Quarterly publ
cation was managed by my esteemed
friend DR.. Lloyd, it was u tip top
thing, and am glad TO observe that
under the new regime it has not re-
trograded. The copy before me is
gotten up in an excellent manner
good type and paper and the list Of
contributors, embrace some OF the
ablcst writers the State affords. For
1870, DIR. HUFF promises a better jour
nal even than he has furnished du-
ring the year so nearly departed, and
l doubt not, he will be successful.
Mr.. Walter NJ. Lawrence has been
appointed to a first class clerksbip in
the Office OF the Third Auditor Of the
Treasury He is a. excellent young
man, a good radical, and has served
faithfully three years as ~ private
soldier. The appointment is one
eminently fit to be made.
E. D. Tracy, Esq, of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, has been promoted
from q second (sl400l TO a third
(sl6OO class clerkship, inview orhis
ability, accuracy and general knowl-
edge Of Inc duties pertaining to his
position. POTOMAC.