The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16

iages. They oilsr a good opportunity
! fcT q stiff q the health-iadened and
; ~iusesFstirg bre. zes The ocean,
ard give passengers 3 eeaaeo for "a
shors stay 50 three u lie principsl
seaside resorts Of the country, take d
, dip 10 the surf, then see the sights If
l New York
Tie summer movements Il The
President and Cabinet are uoa pretty
well understood. The President will
!. occupy q cottage OF the Soldiers
Home with perhaps an occasional alb
sence not to last more than a few
days. lie has given up his trip to
the Pacific coas. uatil sometime next
fall.
Secretary Ct State Eearts will sum
mer at his country residence 10 Yer
mont.
Secretary Sherman. whose family
is now in Europe, viii spend most of
bis time here, with perhaps q short
ran to the seashore and g look or two
over Ohio.
Secretary McCrary, has taken a
cottage at the Soldiers Home and
viii likely be there VITA bis family
all the warm season.
Secretary Thompson, viii take a
rest on his farm near indianapolis,
surrounded by his family i~ncluding
his Sisters, cousins and aunts."
Secretary Schurz has secured his
quarters at Deer Park on the Ale
ghanies above Cumberland. and viii
spend most Of his leisure there.
Postmaster General Key with his
family win recreate among the mouE-
tains Of Tennessee.
Attorney General Devens will put
in his vacation at Berkshire, Mass.
The special stamps forpostage due
which went into practical operation
the FIRST Of this month, were issued
during June, and sem to postmasters
accompanied by q circular which
charged them with all the emphasis
of italics, ITO distinctly understand
that these stamps are not to be used
until July lst, 1879" Nevertheless
between 600 and 700 of the smaller
postofices did use them before that
date, not in the manner Intended. bat
as ordinary or Official stamps. This
disobedience of instructions caused
great annoyance at the Post Office
department, and a blowing up" let
ter was addressed to the erring post
masters.
The explanations in most OF the
cases have now been received. The
excuses are varied. A few acknowl-
edge the corn, and hope that the
mistake or Oversight" will be over
looked this time. Some make scape-
goats of their wicked partners, the
deputies for whose carelessuess and
Ignorance they decline to be held re-
spoRsible, 0le Postmaster credits
his mistake to toe fact that be has
sore eyes. Another was aurried aad
didn't kaow what he was doing, be-
cause & train had run ever O man in
sight Of the Office. A large majority
failed to read the circular, mistook
the postage due stamps for official
or artificial stamps as one Geor-
gian postmaster explained it. But
this postmaster deserves at least to
have one sentence Of his explanation
quoted literally. tie says:
az had saw a s~ircular that tina was
gowing to be some Artificial postidg
stamps and had not notist any such
stamps as the postidg due stamps"
0na Of the elbow up" letters went
TO Somerset county but promised
not to give the country store-keeper
away, 90 / can't give his name.
Secretary Sherman is gong to take
the bull by the horns as be should
have done long ago and put Union
soldiers in Office when there is a
choice to be made between candidates
of equal merit. Ia a circular to col
@lectofs ofcustcms and Internal Reve-
nue. he says:
Thereafter when submitting nomi-
nations for appointments to subordi-
nate positions under your direction :
'you viii state, in addition TO the 9TH !
er information now required, the SER
vice of the nominee ia the Army or ,
Navy during the rebellion" :
The turning out of Office at the :
Capitol Of so many disabled Union +,
soldiers by the Democratic Congress, ,
and the substitution Of graybacks in
their stead is the prime cause Of this
movement by Secretary Sherman.
He is determined as far as he cen
that the fact of being Union soldier !
shall be an honor instead Of a dis f,
grace. +,
In the last hours Of the late Con-
gress, when everybody was feeling f,
good at the prospect Of getting home !
and when bills were being pushed F.,
through under a suspension of the $
rules, "OGr Alec" tried to make a {
strike ia the pension business, but ,
failed. He resurrectcd the old bill 7
granting pensions to all the survivors ,
Of the Mexican var which caused so a
much disturbance in the Democratic :
ranas 10 the previous Congress, the I
Northern dough-faces knowing we'll !
that the people did not propose to !
support such an arch traitor as Jeffer- !,
son Davis as this bill provided. I
'Aiec" the scientific politician trim .
med the bill down and tried to make
it palatable to his brothers by putting
in a proviso excepting from its pre-
visions those who have not had their
disabilities removed on account of :
their participation in the rebellion, ..
which would, Of course, exclude old
JET. This wouldn't go worth a cent, :
somebody objected, (blame it on a !
Republican anyhow and upset the ,
game Of the prospective Governor Of =
Pennsylvania with the pension com. !
mit,ee attached. {
p. S. This is no Democratic back :
down. :
PICKET !
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