The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-04-20

AAN u4At Z 'NsNA ~ tste tNe sfNe At@s=t -
Mr. snmnsg. nothing remained 10 be
done bus 10 take the vote upon IL
There wers eleven treaties IN al de-
nanding The ssnAses attention, most
o. which have been disposed o. Al
save the enc above mentioned. quiet az
fairs. and ratified without opposition.
TounoS sFfoNrnSrs
Ex-Gov. Cariin goes 70 Russia, a. !
confidently guessed be would ExSsc
Stanton is no; amoag the nominations;
and as all thu vacancies, believe, are
nov supplied. be must be counted out
IN spite u ny assignment Of hin to
some European Mission. probably Aus
tria The truth is, however, as ! am
satisfactorily assured be was selected
for a place, but declined 10 take it,
Motley and Jay, FOR England and Aus
iria, respectively, arc hrst-rats men.
who will do the nation credit, in point
} Of ability aud high culture Leopold
MarEbreit, native Of Germany and an
J editor Of German paper in C,ucinnati,
/ is nominated Minister for Bolivia
, Russell Jones, nominated for Belgium,
is lawyer Of Galena, H., and is said
to have been nominated by Il b. Wash
burne. j, X Clay Of Louisiana, for
, Liberia, and K D. Bassett Of Pennsyl-
. vania, for Hayti, are colored men. W.
! p Pile Of Missouri, formerly Metho-
dist Episcopal clergyman, then chap
lain in our army, and finally fighting
man, rising to the rank Of brgadier
general Minister to Brazil, vice James
Watson Webb. G. G. Andrews OF Min
nesota, to Denmark, Henry S, Sanford
, Of Connecticut, to Spain, vice John r.
Hale. 7. H Nelson OF Indiana, to Mex
leo. Horace Rublee Of Wisconsin, to
. Switzerland, vice Geo. Harrington. G.
n. Ricotte Of Texas, to Costa Rica--
, w. A. Howard Of Michigan, to China.
]. r. Partridge Of Maryland,to Yenezu-
ella. This is, believe, the list com
, plete Of the appointments reaching the
, rank of Minister Resident and above.
OFFICE DISPENSING,
II President Grant and the heads OF
the Departments have wished an ad-
iournment OF Congress as soon as pc s.
IDLE, in order to get the Congressman
out Of their way, they have had suffi-
cient reason since the adjournment to
repent Of their wish. When Congress
was in session the members had some
thing else to do than persistently press
: the claims Of their nominees upon the
} President aud bis Secretaries for posi-
J tons; now they have not, and the White
House and Departments are more than
ever the places where they most do
congregate, But then all these pa
tience-tred gentleman are forecasting.
} Men live in the future in proportion to
their intellectual and moral develop
ment And these gentlemen, no doubt,
console themselves with the reflection
that, although the adjournment mas in
! creased the nutntser of Congressmen
: demanding their attention, it has also
brought them nearer to the time Of
their departure. But aren't the Con-
] gressmen themselves rejoiced at the
, same prospect Think you, reader,
that they jaunt about from pillar to
post, from this Department to that, and
} dance attendance il anto-rooms till pm
, or visitors are disposed Of, or until the
hour of admission arrives, or matters
! more pressing and important to the be-
/ seiged dignataries are attended to, to
ask fayors IN whom, ID nine cases oQt
J Of ten, they have no private interest
r whatever, for the fun Of thing? Not
{ they Look at their piles Of cores
! pondence which they are required to
! mako themselves familiar with, rs an
J advocate with his testimony upon which
he must depend to serve the interests
, Of his client; and which the Secretaries
: viii send away uninspeeted to their
appointment clerk !" aud possibly yon
may come to the conclusion that these
: plaguey Congressman are more plagued
, than plaguing. ! confess that myself
was never more deeply impressed, as
during this session, with the slavery Of
a Congressman life in Washington
during the initial months Of new Adj
] ministration But to my story: Mem
bers feel good deal dissatisfied with
the result OF their arduous SLATE la
bors. President Grant too often uses
his sponge, followed by his own pencil,
for their liking, aud their understand
ing Of party hkings and purposes in
: their respective States and Districts.
Two things the President fails to see,
! namely; where ht4 appointments are if
the Senators and Representatives yir-
tually make them all; and why men Of
his selection, good in themselves, aud
competent, but not influential polite
I ians, are not just as eligible as the Sc
! lections made by Congressman, who ars
better characters and no more compe-
tent; but who, il addition 70 the quail.