, 1877-03-16

huIbt}U NIlpAIflEA IL &RaIu all AUQllS8uL
for tho mission to Chill.
Tho nomination Of Frederick Douglass ~
United states Marshal Of this District, posf-
tion equivalent to thai Of sherin In Massachu-
Philips, who has been Deputy Marshal for the
past five and twenty yrars, was politely fnvitctt
l,y Douglass to remain, but declined. Some Of
tie old Bourbon awycFs are equally wrathy, and
!!nay make IN attempt to defeat Douglass' con"
flsnat!on.
WORD Inou THE SOUTH.
The. comparatively few otf1ce-seekcrs who
come here from the North and the West are go
Ing home again, and tho c1amor for Office now
poTs we're originally addressed to Ti1den.
c0HRkCTfN0 TIE BTATufks.
Ex-senator boutwell,. Of MASSACHUSETTS,, wns
appolntca today Commissioner 10 prepare
mcnt. There were ulanv verbal cerors In tho
old edition, an! number Of Important acts
harc been passed since it has becn issned. ecn-
sess II esu sst sfs, rorees 81 sns e: e:
errors, aud no one Is ~ competent as he is to
undertake. the work of, preparing au edition
Mc', a, shs embody all t1!s conditions and brIng
appointment. IL fayorably commented upon
un all hauds, aud even those whu tssost
etronKly opposed hts appointment 10 the
Senate appear to bc gratfle1 10 learn that he Is
AOk ~ 1E tHEDHU Out u EupIlE JHR MLHEEtnEts
MI. ,. has spent OVER twenty years IL tho public
service, md ts probably no richer to-day than
wl'cn he first entered Congress during tho War.
lie 1ias held positions in which men 1ees scsupu.
l'us than himself have accumulated handsome
fortunes. Tie ha. .alwaya devoted 4is entfre time
to tho duties Of hts position, aud has sought no
emolumenta other than hls aatarr, never en-
9agtng fn spcculattons OF accepting retaining
fees from corporations for nominal services, d
have certain Of hls associates In the senatc.
WnRN
1t is stated that the President announced 10.
day to Representative JorgenscB, the Republican
Congressman from the Petersburg {Fa.} dls-
% - or n
Ct Petersburg, and should appoint Col. y. g.
Watts, a Conservative. j0rRtnscn asked to
hare an active Republican tanned Young ,ap.
pontcs! on account Of the assistance he had
Watts i an eminent man. Fer many
years Treasurer Of. the Petersburg HALF.
way Company, lie was fndorsel on other
than political grounds ~ the leading buslucss
politicians nrc much llsp'cased al this affair. i
story Is going about that President Hayes said,
IN response t0Jorgcntcn' n'slrcmonstrance, that III
should gre as much weight to tic recommend.
atfons Of Cohgresainen as 10 thosu OF other re.
epectabfc gentlemen.
nrsnEts or APPLICATIONS,
Activity In PustOnlco aiIalf 10 shown By the
faGt That when thu Posttnaster-Genetal visited
tic Cabinet meeting to-tlaY.. instead Of being
carried By Cabinet officers, he appeared With
larcc wastc-baskrs tull to overhowlng with 40.
pIieatfons and recommendations.
PnKEf7N MIrstoSs.
wAen1soros, b: e., March IT, There Is good
reason In beliere that VERY few II any diplomat
IL changes will be nude at prescnt. Nome Of
very t'nportant character seem now to bc con.
tclnp1atcd.
yp1nar. y1Ar1nt nY+rrraacn
It IA positively determined that no nomination
will be sent " tho Senate during Ito present
session to I'LL tho vacancy on the Supreme
neueh caused by the resignation Of Justice
lrom tic S<'a:h for tA!s position aEe said tu !c
about equally dtvlded between Hcrsrhel V.
johnson aud ex-senator Joshua Hill, Of Ga, but
1t Ia US yet ent1rCly uncertain whether Or not u
Southern lnap Will he chosen.
rUnl.1C rn1STKR.
There ik . report In circulation Tonight TINT
thu appointment OF Public Printer Will bo given
u Northwestern newspaper publisher wAoae
nane ia not stated, but wl'o Ia snld to reside In
Iowa.
CABINET MEETING.
A special Cabinet meeting was held tlIIs after
noon. II wna rtttirly devoted to the cousIdcr-
alton Of appointments to otIlee In cases where
commissions hare expired or aso about tu ex-
pire. No diplomatic or other appointments OF
general interest were un,'er confederation, and
therc WIS 10 rcfercuce whatever to Southern
matters.
SECRETARY sCnCnz
Inns notified all lea4ls OF Bureaus Of the Interior
Department that during hls administration VI
Its atlaars there will lc M removals Of clerks
or other enptoYes, except "for cause" anu 10
promotions except "for merit" 1t Will. thcrc.
tore, 10 useless for persons to c papcrs solicit
ting clerical appointments Of promotion. on
Iurrc1y personal ur political grounds and, In
addition to thls, It tan be stated that there are
at present no vaeanvies Of onY kind to be ililcd.
Fast FINDING oCT.
There Ia trouble among tue Aafne politicians,
cx-sserotaFy Morrill, u Indebted for hls appoint-
lnrnt "a Collector Of Customs Ut Port
land to stnator. Blaine, Representatives
scnsor Ras liz naue s sst upea Me m rsssu. to
Monday an1 requested Sir. Morrill's appoint.
,nent, anl were assured that 1t would br i,.ade.
Ihts was ar. blaine'a Own statement, ~ made
to your correspondent, and waa aevepte1 us
last week, lscprcssntatly fryr, alter co1lsulta-
tlon With Sit. Morrill's friends called upon tho
President and told him tlaat tAc ex-Sccretnry
would accept tho Portland Collcrtorship. Thu
lunko tho appo!ntmcnt, and tlat; iic regretted
that str. MVrrlll would hot accept tirst-class
foreign nlssluu. 1he rcst Of the story IL told
i1 letter *atcl1 WAS received hero to~dAy fronl
known as . etaunch fr1cnd u Senator Blaine.
The letter wilt cause some explanations. 1t IL
u follows;
Nzvxnx llousx, Dosros, March II, 1s77.-
DEAR SIN: Tbs ways Ut tho world arc devious, aud
sometimes past andlng out. Take Ibis Instance: |
Scsy easncatly recommended Mt. Merrill. y week
since, fer ths Office OF Collector; thrn called On
Blaine. tnd hs Informed lus ho would 10 all 10
could 10 g.se 4r. AoEF!l! sonsa othtr plaeS-lhAt
AE. Mar1le was u hat1 thts, then taW Iii. lfale,
aud b. was sorry Ind dune auy thing of the kind;
for the delegation was for Marble. Sunday last
iniolu,ra senator llsa,lia ol wa4t had done, and
hv told me that Marble had The whole arteYa.
ttoa cscspt nS Ind Ni. Heed; that Heed would 10
OIL tho next day, And would supputt Marble. Judge
ot ny, sarpflseoa lAaiug up 3o'ton pane1. since,
that Ar. Morrill, wAs appolntrd on tho .scom.
tuena4ltou Of Stna;ur 1ilAtne, Eugene Halls, and
Nj. REED. Frye had nothing to do with it,. Now
ID this irucf uiA tAey recommend hlhlf II Yct,
thrJ did 10 after they knew the appointment WA
to BE- made. FIease let NO know tbs inside Vt
thlt. and direct your !ettcF TO Lewlston. Very
truly Jours, WILLIAM +. RRrx.
TUE CoLoHgD ELEMENT
Frcd Douglass will be appolusel Marshal OF
the District ii Columbia, worth from $lD,0Uu to
sl.,uN year. Already seyerai applications fur
Iu.|tu,s hare been made to Mr. douglass, aud
ii.ot 4 few Of the applicants arc white peraons.
Other prominent colorcd u,eu. who have been
identified with tho political a(lairs OF thia dis
tsict IN tho days when tho elective franchise was
IN existence, ale presenting applications to tho
President for positions Of equal prominence