, 1870-12-08

The President Will not cay thkt aa has nor |
made Al many changes In this service-which
.pectable-as apy President who preceded
aitu. Tho Sac Department ia little
better fer his accession. It 10 equally shame
ID cry that the Interior Department, the
Treasury Department. or the Postmaster GEN
ernl'a department hha been regulated by hls I
civil service mimic ktlea.
POTTER On TIE pREE1DENT.
The local scandal Of the week hss been th5 /
publication, in the New York World, Of Admiral 4
po1ttfr letter on Grant, addressed 10 aideon !
We1les jar MIR. =, 1866 The purrott Of thls
IL tnat Grant 9As without magninimity, VAS
avaticlous for fame, un.etupulous !n claiming
creeit, md catoless about aacriacing his
friends. Thi. letter also eulogizes Wolles as
tie c,eator Of onr navy, and it ia hard on
Butler, a. Grants p:otege. Having been
wrlt1tn dye yea1s ago. under circumstances
where Potter Eas supporting the credit Of tue
n1yy, as against the arrogance OF tue army,
there il nothing In this letter about which
maEranimous nature would feel offended. It
does prove tlaas Porter was literary blAther.
sk,te. that be lacked common prudence, And
thar he undoubtedly fAwued upon his COM
mandiuE Secretary; but these are human
traiitiee, and no officer Of the wAE Was without
inc;de1ta1 aubifion- The worst feature OF this
letter is the manifest dfspositFon Of it's author
to keep up class distinctions between o,fferent
paria IT the kA1ne Eel vice, and in this he wAs
disotgauizer, aud il still 4 adisorganizar. uehas
covered qulres Of foolscap with like absurd
stntf 4bou, the traditional clain1s OF the Inns 70
ture1eede the staff, of the MILDLY to kick the
surgeon CT the aa s1ter-deek, bully the engf-
netP. aud colIar Inc nsym sster. II this quality
Of Puuer ever rose to cenerons emulation il
1u;cht siill l,e ac1.ountea for. ia 1s. nnloubt-
ecly, good slllor, fussv. ardent man. and
tia,,er.r Of tba President. Il is. therefore,
ankns1d for Porter to ses this old latter in
mint. snd he his ciyeu 1 eort Of peostiga de-
nal IN II bv nayIn9 thxt be does NOT recol1ect
#. The general hel;ef. bnweyer. il th.t it is
ccnnine Ems. ar neasis 40 and DE oueation
hcnh ef7 f,o,7, fhe ,,avy archivea n,hers a1Iera
Mai ulen G,deon Welfes left tere be carried
cfY huco bof, ,ks nf transcr,uts for lis private
de)ecisiion and lie future annoyance Of man
kind. Whichever ia the fact. there il I great
tint.er nnen.,sf nff;c;.ls for far thair let,crs
ii m,nners aud motives vere pitched As
h.cb as in former times, gentleman in the
Presidents place would find no difficulty In
dealing w1tl this Porter letter. It Is surEepti-
tiauA. and ought to be put in the same cate
cory With anonymous letters and. outside the
OF whom have HI ard who gives my heed to
anonymous letters. Unfortunately there are
sce o. ecanoatma6mt!ln lnR x, ioAets n ths
nAo,t Of eAtsthR .f99ao Tue Mal1n n unasg, saa
THESE AG aHssos eAo"anS, sAs tottSl ,atses
Mto sne rtestden.s hosts. 49,, ~ ~oa ,ai .b;, pn o.
NMu1ass 10 tus eouua3 IL, ooe y. sn4s .s'
m'Snt come .ne p.omouea ' 81 o. soe e ~ 1e1sss Esr
a' rnn,,, n the n.xv Pot.er M @ anpeara to to b.
I hrsTer tort n Gtor.e Francis Traiu, and be
D,itieh dnnceou. and sirn tltenn 4 Ciuis .Ame7t.
;cor.s sun,s~ TINS. AZ the old yireip1an re-
ms,ka3 won1d he stheaw on the 4me7iicans.'
! LINKS or l1rriS Tnrsss,
: Columbus Delano. Secretary OF the Inte-
rior~late Of tbs arm Of Corain, McGinnie 4
lot Al 1he corner Il Fourteenth md [ stseets,
in The fa-hionalle part OF the city. for a13. .O00
xna viii AZ onro fn;ld hirnseIf snt1crerr
The Sax Ynrt city deleg.tiou this yeaf rnusl
be concsdtd II, be stron1 oue-mucn st1onRe,
than ,bst of jast CoucIesa, and probably rep,
| rasenffnc IA much lent. wealth. and cha1ac.
t,ras apy mt,hlcinal delegation ever asnt Il
| Conrrets. Msfor General Siocunl, Robert V
RooseTrit. one oft,he mott esteemed Dutcl
II ;zens ~ Saw Tnrk. q. 4. Cor. James Brook,
Ethsss - .nr,a ~ t,,a men.
Jnora wcAIsl,nr. Of the Supreme Court q
NC tre,, % -; y h,s II, a zhort .n.ea ~ Tim
i. stoI ent ~" a.1 b;,s.a,t ~ - -ann1
~ -. t.5;a;s3 ss;,rs.. .rd hsss
NV " A'o 10A's's'l ~ -4s. .. ~ Ar
lev says sgo. "hen Just.ee Anfam y, Gpu !!
me least Judicial OF The JuoEef, fema.heu T.. :.
D.. =: Il
NOBODY 81 sense would naake mistake 9
that foft. Macarthur spoke mp 1rom !aH
ooof ,hat he & Sas s,a, fesdins;; ~ I'm Inn, nj.
bore the Chief Justlce Will keep orde
upon L.; he:.ss hhe:.s.:, and stop ,hese intsmPerat
] Interruptions ct couuse..
: This reruiu,aal has made the bar reioic
, | in Macarthur.
Much frs. h.s been made ahout the At
. pt arAnce Of executiye renorts In ADVANCE, "a
, tte disappointed touruals call upon tho Go,
, esln.eLt 10 = y1n.isate its dignity r and hs.
pruya ,hai nndtr orr u1rtinnn civil sefsie
. clerks audirr,uters hook copies Of the proc
eLeete Of tiere rcpo: ia and hsgk them afouu
the nesepap.r Offices. Perhaps this is nc
alxsys doue without leave. The telegraph
correspondents bug them In order to kee
their coi]esruss from doing 10. II the rspo
q il III rirht What is the harm done? II y
i, taye inTestissiion committees on everrthiu
:, | hrnsched Yi,is uinter. Congress had better O
csnize into detective bureau.
!, NV, McGa1raban case looms up Tor +,
- inves'lsasiou, wht.hex TO be called for
Senator Cuxe friends, By the Democrats,
( IL whom, is not plain. That il one Of Il
fruits Of Juggling private claims into ConSre
!! nd taking fnem ott Of the courts 4ud Il
Land Ohiee, We shall now have two hui
l. | books Of ..fAt matter" with cortraIy concl
:. Sons, and Paul Fry will gtrs up counting Il
i ehuts on his neiRhroF'e line to "eno,
e aroundr in the Legislature. Now let III
J. yestiRate the local Poor House, the Tashtn
ten Bote1. the Pollard scandal. md the
laod CLAIMS crovdinC up in the reaz ct n
Gas1shan's- .7.,
After al sAid, the p1eaideut's most eficie
SecFetlFiea arc DeIknap, Cleawe1, and Rot
scn. Th.y htye ine fr.ck of ketpiug cut
scrarea l1ipr low. making friende, conc,1i
&ps small feupe, and not noticing 1tsla pro,
:. | eaIjcp frQu little folks. It Is to be hep
- that Cres sell viii stick up GauaeIy for so1