Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1877-03-22
The great Missrber Of ees day

seekers, will soon march forth frou
The Capitol to- bis hoss: Some nf
the towns in all or the States VIII
claim their own, and the hotel
keeper Of this District aud IKE
wise the restaurants, thereihtE MA.
put on the garb Of mourmHg.-
For the six bnndred places ebat
it is prepared to gil almost imme
diatly, there has been un%Dumbered
applicants, some by letter some by
my member, some in petspn; sfd
for those more numerous places
tnst were to be filed, but will no
be, like the proportion of seekefs,
The first shock to nv belief in.
Tilden's popular majority came
from a look through the hotels the
other evening. The Office seeker,
slept, rested and roasted in all the.
attitudes known't tn civilized life.
Yankee Doodle embraced Dixie r.
the hotel corridors. A nation of
ambitious patriots sought sers.ce
in defence of the country. But
with the adjournment of the Senate
tomorrow, o. Monday, or Tuesday
the scene will change.
"A King sat on tha rocky brow
That looks o'er sea born Salomis
And ships by Thousands lay below
Aud were 10 Nations all ever his.
He counted { EN- at break Of dav.
And when the sun set. where were they
The prospect of now elections in
Stuth Carolina and Louisiana has
disappeared. 1t originated ia a
Joke, and never bad the endorses
ment Of a rejecting man in high
standing here.
1t seems tha' Fred Douglas,
who was az first suggested as one
OF our District Commissioners, for
which office he has many qua'ifca.
t'pne, wasmysteriously transferred
in che appointment to the Mar.
sho'ship Of the District. Now the
marshal is Of necessity on the
most infinite and confidential re,
lations with the Presidents family,
the bench and the bar of the Dis.
tr'ct and = fierce opposition has
tsPrung up. The indications at this
writing are tina. President will ,e-
call the appointment, appoint a
shlte man to the place and other.
wise provide for Mr.. Douglass.--
The opposition to the latter is not
softened by the fact that the Depu-
~ he was TO applont was q man
who knows nothing of laws except
how to brake them, and who has
been more wicked through life
than Simon Cameron or Blaine.
Mr.. Hayes should DO held to bis
promises Of reform 30 far 90 to
put reasonably honest men in
places Of the highest trust.
Ex-senator Boutwell,, also, mas
been given a place where one, of
the first requirements would natu
rally be supposed to be some know.
ledge of law. He is to supervise
the preparation Of an new edition
of the Revised Statutes.
That extra Session as heretor
fore stated in this correspondence
is a necessity, and will probably
be called for about the LIST of June
There is a great deal Of opposition
among Republicans, and some mis-
taken Democrats oppose it but full
consideration has shown that 10
ord r to keep the army together
the aspiration must be made be-
fore June 30th.
The President has promised to
withdraw the troops from Co.
lumbia and New. Orleans in the
course Of q ishoftatime. Al an
interviews with Senators Gordon
ard Lamar yesterday he said that
he would settle the Southern ques-
tion as soon. as the six hundred
Offices which must be Immediately
filed and disposed Of.
All the Cabinet officers who have
so far promulgated their ideas have
promised strict attention to the
civil rules There are Two ways.
Of look at such q form promise.
II, as is generally believedsa ma
jority Of the oficers now in, have
become inefficient or corrupt men
will result, and the appointment
of others examination, when we
can hope for q better civil service,
Dispatches received to. day from.
Louisiana from Republican sources
represent violence nj Unavoidable
and that the negroes are, arming.
Tits eyiasptthat the policy already
limited stsof iacitinSC disturbance
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