The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-15
CUSTOM-HOUSE GLEANINGS.


Andr rson GOne-The stamps arrollton
Delegation Gone to Meet kellogg
I'm Chicago.
There was but little stir and less gossip about
the Custom. House on Thursday morning. The
only noticeable stir was in Pitkinss private Office
where his porter was busy
STIRRING UP OLD DOCUMENTS,
the private property Of the extinguished Marshall
and getting them out Of the way preparatory x
arrangements for q formal delivery OF the Office
and it's paraphernalia to Gen. Jack Wharton
which will take place on Friday, provided the new
Marshal appears.
In the business Office the accounts are al bal
anced, save few jury fees, which are now being
paid by checks. Scarcely ripple can be found
in the other departments except the usual rou-
tine work. The Collector hasn't been
BUILpozED ron POSITIONS
since the Stamps-C arrollton delegation and
q Kellogg folded their tents, and now that Tom
Anderson has retired TO the shades Of st. Landry,
Wells gets rest from some Of those having
claims on the r. B. He has ''calls, !" however,
from the Cffce-grabbers, and invariably refers
them to Anderson, and in that way makes
himself public bsnefactor, by adding to the
postal revenues as each applicant squares him
self at desk at once to address Anderson let
time at Chicago. whore Stamps, Dumont and
company are bound for now and where they are
TO meet him.
During the afternoon, and in fact during por-
tion OF the morning, the Collector was buslly en-
gagged In arranging In alphabetical order
THE TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED APPLICATIONS
for positions, in order that he may make COM
plete alphabetical list for hts own inspection and
Information, and will add to that, opposite the
name OF each candidate, his indorsers,. or those
who have signed his petition. When this 10 COM
pleted the Collector will, without doubt, furnish
the entire list for pubca ion, that the public may
soc jnst who are are applicants and who are in
dorsers.
peculiar question has just now presented
itself TO the Collector in the matter OF these
appointments. 1t being the precedent established
by the Secretary Of the Treasury ia the matter OF
having more than one OF the same family en-
ployed in the department.
III this be CARED out by the Collector, he must,
Of course, under that precedent established,
select one name each from the numerous
petitions Of the
BROWNS, JoNEsEs AND SMITHS,
rs ii is generally conceded that each branch are
descendants Of one ancient family, and while he
makes one happy, the others (about HOO in alb
must suffer disappointment.
Some Of the Custom House employees growl
terribly at the prolongation of the business
hours, and claim that the one hour added, from 8
TO p. M was added for . purpose.
One Of them, and one who is we'll posted.
claims to have discovered the secret Of the pro-
longation, attributes 1t to desire the part of
the Nation al Administration to coerce submission
to the Hayes policy. He says that prior to the |
PRONUNCIATION OF the order the "boys," or some |
ut least, were wont to spend
THAT EXTRA HOUR, |
before dinner, upon the streets il discussing and
ridiculing the 'policy." And that by keeping |
them 1T their desks until O'Clock, they would be,
"a he put II, $50 Internal hungry that they would
not stop on the streets at all, but would make
bee line for home"
Another one gave something Of similar ex-
PLANTATION, but claimed that Hayes would first
make them ravenous by adding the extra hour,
and then torture them by giving them q walk |
down
THAT IRON STAIRWAY,
which etfectually cures them, with their empty |
stomachs, OF any desire to linger by the wayside,
and puts them In such q condition that their |
breath il too short to admit OF any long stope.