The daily gazette., 1877-05-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE BALTIMORE .PosTMAsTERsHlP-AP-
Q PoINTMENT OF GEN. 2. R. TYLER
rNvEsI1G ArNG THE CR1sFIELD COLI
LEcToR-sENAToR ,MoRToN's LETTER
CURRENT PoLlTICAL GOSSIP &c. ,..,.,
THE BALTIMORE POSTMASTER-
SHIP

THE BALTIMORE POSTMASTER-.
I.-y , .,, SHIP. ...t....,
WASHINGTON, May 25.-The long
agony over. the Baltimore postoffice
was at last settled to-day by the ap-
pointment of Gen. e. B.. Tyler. The
army and other influences wnich have
been brought to bear in favor of Gen.
Tyler were of such strong nature as
to outweigh at the critical moment
the commentators of the other
candidates for the office. ..aa..ie ED. a
A Hintto the Crisfeld Collector. o,,
Serious charges against Thps. s. Hod
son, collector Of the port Of Crisield
Md, were recently filed attthel Treas
urv Department. The charges embrac-
| ed considerable numberu of specii-
cations, and were subscribed to by
respectable citizens of Somerset .coun,
ty. The gravamen of the complaint
was that Mr.. Hodson has been devot-a
ing entirely too much time to local
politics and too little time TO- the du7
ties Of his office. II is represented that
before during and since the late Presi-
dental campaign he has endeavored
to make himself q kind of apostle
among the colored people, and that
| the effect of his teachings and practice
is to lmbue them with ra ce animosity
not conducive to the good order or
peace of society. On The reception of
the charges the department dispatched
special treasury agent Vernon to Girls
field with directions to fully investi-
gate and report upon the truth of the
allegations. ;Mr. Vernon must have
Ediscovered that there is some, foupda-
tion for the charges for his report and
the papers attached, which were re
ceived by the Secretary Of the Treas
nry to-day, contain the indorsement
that Mr.. Hodson either "attend to the
| duties of his ofhce or resign" Secre-
ltary Sherman says that Mr.. Hodson
will Immediately be so notified and
must govern himself iaccor1iDgly,sidcs
| sni North Carolina Dissensions.O VI 40
! Whilegreat expectations are enter.
tanned in administration circles direc-
tIons, from The democratic party =. of
N erth Carolina it seems that there is
also trouble in the republican party
in the State. Some of the Republi.
cans are dissatisfied with the retention
of Robt. nj. Douglas as Uunited
| States marshal for the western district
of North Carolina and have been
working here to secure his removal.
He is the son of the late Stephen A.
Douglas and the nephew of Judge Set
tie. AS charges were made against
| Douglas the Attorney General sent the
J. G. Hester who isone of the special
agents of the Department of Justice,
to North Carolina to Investigate them,
and Hester has made a report unfavor
ably to Douglas. Douglas has some
exceedingly influential friends, SO
that 1t is probable that it will take
hard work to get him out.
a Movement for "a Blame" Party
WAsnNeToN, May 25.-According
to previous arrangement secret meet
ling was held in Washington last night
tional party" said to be In the inter-
est of Senator Blaine. lI "'i'i
| About $50 persons from different
States were present. Those flom the
North expressed themselves strongly
against the course of the President
and his cabinet alleging that they re-
tanned In office'men who are opposed
to the principles of the republican
party to the exclusion of its tried and
true adherents. Representatives from
the South declare that the President
had discarded the States which elect
ed him, and given office to the enc
mics of the party. Resolutions were
adopted organizing the meeting nito
national secret body. Permanent Of
fcers were elected with power to in
stitute branches Throughout: the coun-
try with headquarters at Washington.
Senator Blaine left this city last night
for New York on business.
| Intimate friends of Senator Blaine
who have heard of the recent efforts
in this city to form new party alleg-
ed to be in his interest, say thatit is
ill-advised and that he could not have
even heard of such design and GER
tainly that he would not in the least
degree have given countenance, but
| wouldif consulted have utterly con-
demned it. Up to this time he has had
no knowledge of the unauthorized
movement. No person outside of those
who attended the meeting last night
think the movement will acquire any
Importance whatever 1t being confined
to atfew disappointed office seekers.
| Senator Morton's Letter. .,...., &,
| The letter of fSenator Morton as re-
ceived here as Indicating his purpose
not to take direct issue with the
Presidents Southern policy, though 1t
is as thorn in his side. Also that
Senator Morton will do all he can to
i oil int ha I,r.k hnA