Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-05-14

graphs. Latterly, however, she has given her
mir d to office hunting; and in he- new role she
bids fair to be as useful 10 the guild as in the
old. In fact, in the way OF furnishing items
she has 30 flr been more successful than in office
getting. In that line she hasn't been a succc Is.
That is 10 say, in a financial point Of view. She
usually has pretty good luck in getting audi
ence ith the dgnItaries, and in securing a
sort of half-abstract. attention and a Kind of
half way promise that something shall be done
when the right time comes = 'odad; bat so ne
how her name does1'. .e! on the pay roll, and
she doesn't get the Iong-coveted chaucs to
cross her pantaleoned extremites urder the
Government mahogany.
Her first enors WI made colple OF weeks
ago, when she threw out her skirmishers AID
made little rad on the Internal Revenue o.
hce. Commissioner Delano received ner
little more pleasantly than he would have
greeted represr NATIVE of the whisky r.ng; pat
she didn't "quarter on the enemy" to any great
extent In that case. In his effort to get rid of
the irrepressible bloomer, he asked her why
she didn't get married! She bravely responded
that ''she would accept no old man, and that no
young man would have her." After a little
more Intellectual firing, Mr.. Delano turned her
over to Deputy Commissioner Douglass. who
negotiated an armistice. Out OF this came the
following correspondence:
[No1.l
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Office Internal
Revenue, Washington, May 6, 1s59.- Wiliam II.
Shecrn an, Esq, Supervisor Of 0fice-Sir: 1 am
informed by Mrs. Dr. Walker, an applicant for
a clerkship in this Bureau, that she has been
promised a position as first class clerk in the
event Of a discharge of a clerk upon the ground
OF his being the poorest in the service. Can you
designate such person! Respectfully,
J. w. DOUGLASS, Deputy Commissioner.
[No.2.l
MAY Z, Il E69.-R ,sp ctIully returned to the
Deputy Commie sioner.-To ascertain with
certainty who is the poorest clerk In the ser
vice would be almost as troublesome and time
consuming as would be the attempt to find out
who is the "wickedest man in New York" /
am not able TO designate the person in either
case. W.P. SHBARMAN,
General Supervi ior, &c.
Nothing daunted by the strategy which de-
feated her efforts at the Internal Revenue office,
the gallant MAJOR drew up her forces in front
of the Post ONCE Department. and, after trying
the range OF her guns on General Banks, de.
maHded the surrender of that citadel. Com
mander Creswell beng full s.General," (in
the Post Once serviee,) had heard that sum.
mons before, and declined to haul down his
flag. He was willing, however, to receive a
deputation from the invading forces. The
MAJOR accordingly hung out her cambria hand
kerchief as flag Of truce, and was escort 4 10
the headquarters Of the be7ieged army. Here
the little grey-eyed woman Of destiny sought TO
secure by negoriation what she had .ailed 70
carry by force of arms. FIRST she coaxed, and
then she arg ued, and next she plead, and after.
wards she begged, and finally she insisted that
she should have at ler st comfortable q uar ,rs
in that stronghold. II not command Of ore OF
its battalions. She even scoldcd, we hear. All
for nix, however. The p. G. Ms blue eyes
looked sympathetic, but his heart was stony.
The interview, which opened plea sanity
enough, closed in a storm; and the invading
forces somewhat scattered and disordered and
good deal disgusted.) were Withdrawn for a
vigorous campaign in some other and more
promising quarter.
On Tuesday morning last, the guns of the
ben"sing army We're once more placed d in po-
sition before the Treasury, with the view OF
capturing little fora &c from the Internal Rev.
enue office, in case it couldn't secure perma.
nent lOdgnent within the solid walls Of that
fortress. A somewhat angry summons from
the herald's bugle brought to the rampar.s So
licitor Smith, who teemed to be in command of
the upper sections Of the n northeast tower, in the
absence Of Commissioner Delano. AfIer some
parleying, the leaders of the opposing forces
concluded that they would edopt the old Ho.
ratii-Cure til plan to avoid the unnn- cessary
spilling Of blood, and decide the fate Of the day
by SINGLE handed CONT 1t. This suited the
Major, and ito adopt nj val n gure) she sailed
in" New Smith, being square Of build,
swarthy Of complexion, and imperturbabie OF
countenance, is a tolerably difficult position to
capture. He can stand good deal Of bitter
ing without wasting much ammunition in re-
turn. In other words, he listens we'll, but re
IL depressingly non.committal in the way OF
promises, or even of indications. IL the Doc
tor impressed him at once she didn't know
1t. 1t was clearly case for siege operations.
There was no chance for storm or assault, so
siege was laid accordingly. Notwithstanding
her manly attire and martial bearing, she
Couldn't, tor want Of liberal and apprsc' alive
legislation in that direction bring her fist down
on the table and demand an office, for that she
had voted the straight Republican ticket for
years, had carried torches, and been q s.boy in
blue'' In good standing, had converted the
wavering, and had hauled the sick and lame
to the polls for many an election. All this the
law and foolish custom forbade. Despi., her
outward semblance, she was obliged after all.
to rely in her extremity on the usual exp-di-
ents and ammunition of her original SEX Chief
ofthese, and particularly in a case of forlorn
hope, are Tears When everything else fail, 4.
tears came; sparingiy at first, JUS suffasin,
TUG eyo III the Oiu c1pllvdting way; then
an irresistible trickle down the cheek
finally, an uncontrollable stream, calling
for vigorous mopping; but without avail.
Smiths heart didn't melt worth n
cent. He coldly gave her the sterc ,typed d an
swer: There are no vacancies" The MAJOR
didn't falter q bit II she understood herself
she had heard this before. somewhere. A. auy
rate, she rallied In good order. She inu uired
II he "was believer in woman's rights: or
whether he thought that woman's sphere was
in the house." Upon being answered that he
held to the latter dogma, she retorted that ..he
could carry out his doctrine BY appointing her
to clerkship, and thus keep her in doors -
But the immovable Smith didn't zee it: least
ways not in that light. He had Q chance to
fortify since the Majors visit to Mr.. Delano
few days before; 90 he "kept stif upper Lip, :"
a. the boys say, ana repeated that there were
mo vacancies" Whereupon the fair assailaut
withdrew. considerably demoralized, to her
base OF supplies, determiDed - renew active
operations a. soon - there II prospect Of sue.
cess at any point along the line.
In the meantime b gst out Of the sight Of
carnage and The smeli Of smobs, her forces fell
back on Baltimore a. q recuperative camp.
There they arrived on Tuesday afternoon. In
the Monumental Olty, Whsrs the 0snsral com.
mandipg isn't 90 well known - here, her an.
pearancs created decided sensation. At times
the crowd ON the streets surrounded her so
thickly q 70 considerably impede her pro.
gress, and she was finally compelled to seek
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