The New York herald., 1874-07-20

neid. Since the adjournment OF Congress he has
sought that quiet and rest which the arduous
iabors OF the few preceding months rendered nec-
cruise, and wnen that is finished it will be sur
declared in Massachusetts. There is a great deal
said about the Generals growing unpopuiarity
% MS late ' speech on the moiety% % system has hurt
his political prospects. Some have even
gone 50 far b, as - to say that Gsu,.as he
from his own district The latter statement Is
ridiculous. The General has a way OF looking out
for the interests OF tbs constituents In Cape Ann
that merits and receives their continued support,
and ne can probably represent them IN Congress,
il he cares TO, until summoned to the ''bright
realms aoove." Concerning the Goyernorship. he
has twice had the experience OF defeat. but In
neither case can the victors ciatW Naterloo.
to indicate taaI the chances OF the General being
successful are better this year tnsn ever Ihe
breach is daily widening. Governor Talbot vetoed
his chances Tor election when he vetoed the Police
and LIQUOR oils. The retired congressman VINO
have been mentioned may one or all loom up as
ANTI-BUTLRR CANDIDATES,
And so win Alexander II. Rice, OF THIS city, VINO
Is also an ex-Congressman, and or course Ut.
LorInQ OF Salem, can always be depended upon as
a candidate. With Butler IN the held the ngnt VIII
be much the same as 1t has been before. but there
are many who believe the result would be diner-
eDt Of course the simmons and SanDorn 2Hairs
will be dead weight on his shoulders, and pos
sibly the charges winch General Hooker Is reported
to have made-which are In substance that during
the James River campaign General Butler required
for sale keeping before going into the fight, that
when man was shot the money was never heard
Of and that the General ns made ar sp9ut
Is not believed. even BY the most bitter Of his
opponents in MASSACHUSETTS,. Even Mr.. Bowles,
oil the Springfield Re1ouolc0D, comes to
the Generals defence In this case. The
oaium attaching TO him on account Of his support
Of summons for the Boston C0llectorship amounts
to nothing. Tor there were no charges brought
against his Trend at the time the appointment was
lnade aud As an official he has thus TAR acquitted
II the General can disprove any connection with IT,
tnen the lresh implement Oh warfare possessed oy
his opponents OF Hamilton Hall lame are only as
80 many harmless popguns. or course no one can
speak positively as whether the General pro-
poses TO go for the GovernOrship or not. Even his
most intimate personal trends are in the dark.
and 1t may be tnat even tue General himself has
lot fully decided. The field Is certainly inviting,
and those who have SO persiStently supported MIN
in the past are clamorous ior another opportunity
1t was hinted year ago that s,,a, II 2 thlla az, az
an independent basis II the chances OF
nomination IN The republican convention were
not promising. The fact that the party family Is
divided here may warrant such course on the
part of the General. BY running Independently
on a liberal platform many democratic votes would
candidate Is decidedly in favor OF liberal eglsla-
ton, and that is what the masses are clamorous
SIMMONS IN THE CUSTOM HOUSE
Although in the main satisfactory to the COM
merclal community, the adm nstratlon OF Mr..
Summons, OF the Custom House, has not been
marked by those calm and serene elements char
acteristlc OF his predecessors 1t appears that he
didn't find things to his liking when he took the
Collectors desk, and at once commenced the
work OF retrenchment and reorganization No
removals or appointments on account Of political
reasons" was hls motto; but In making
some of his changes the politicians and
party newspapers thought they saw
great deal OF Butler partality. In one
case where he made removai the pressure was SO
great that the man was replaced by order OF the
President, circumstance which gave great JOY to
the anti Butterflies. During the reign OF the pre-
vious Co Hector the O1cers got lndolent and lazy
and two three were required to do one man 8
work. This Mr.. Simmons sought to remedy
by reducing the force where 1t was practicable,
and by requiring others to work the fun number
hours specified by the government. Some OF the
older officials kicked against this, and on went
their heads BY the removals already made and
contemplated 1t is claimed that some s16, 900 per
year is saved to the government The dscOv-
cry Of systematic system OF swlndling In the gov
ernment warehouses Is among the latest OF the
Collectors achievements, and several officials Of
'hIgn standing" are said TO be Implicated.