Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-27
Consul Mosby as a Eeformer.

tHIC'ttt payuli SIT OF Tue virginia Nll0la0Q
railroad. II.
Consul M0sby as n Eeformer.
l!appcars from official and Unofficial sources
that Co!cn'l John S. Mosby, Consul at Hong
k9rg, China, has organized himself into o
widespread smelling committee, SO to speak,
and sirce his arrival at his pest OF duty has
done little else than to investigate things not
only ln his own consulate. tut in others. rear
srd remote. lta'so appears that it is lis habit
to send reports Of his Investigations officially
to tho Department of State, SEN officially to
the Prtsidtnt aud uncf6oially 10 s,mo of his
friends 10 Washington and Virginia. The
consequence islhGt the public is duly informed
OF Tho progress Eo is making in tie course of
bis SELF constituted Inquiries Gs prpmp!ly IS the
Government is. This violation of official ctti-
qac;cis iu'x eu:sbls, Lut it is peculiar TO Mes.
by, and undoubtedly serves tho purpose be
seeks. which i: is roa evident is to make Ma
tioua! reputation SIS Rolormar.
ho5ty suppoiotment was enc Of these pecu.
| llari!y characteristic things watch are always
happening 10 men Ct lii peculiar stripe. Hs
wrote Communication to The National r.
| publican and anotherto The New York Tribune
abou. the tiNo OF the origin of the Potter con
mttee. deteadng the validity OF President
Hayes title. sod Urging tho republicans 10
| Congress and the country generally to stald firm
| 10 opposition 20 the democratic thccr9 that
! the title YVES not valid one. By meaus of
thtso communicates he established friendly
| AMI personal relations with lhs President,
sod lu the natural COURSE CT events. after no
had declined one or Two Offices, he was s,ot to
| Hong Kong. lie always regarded bis ap
nointment as enc that had been made by the
President himself, and when he started for
his pest OF duty be called upon him to tia him
good By. During the course OF this farewell
Interview Colouel Mosby Incidentally remark
Cd to the President that he might sec some
things worth reporting to him the Presidency
| 10 person. 10 response to this suggestion the
President remarked that ho would, of course,
| he gland 10 hear from the Colonel at all timss,
&c. a., This response was sc,epted by Mosby
as authority expressed and unqualified from the
| Chief Magistrate to exerc's, pcarous 81
| per7l>lon over American affairs throughout the
| length aad breadth of Pagan land. IIecce
| Mos5y . reports 10 The President.
| But it appears that enc Of THESE reports, at
L
Hayes was referred 10 tho rcutire course of
afairs to The Department of State, where it
naturally bclorg!d. Ii contained some com
| paltt or suggestion about Tho sZ, and profit
| o, TIC tess or his Consulate, as we'll as allusion
| 10 the tsci that be had already reported any
amount CT msdeeGs and misdougs by other
clGsps Gcad and alive, to the Secretary Of State.
! When this rovul document reached its fual
destination II created some surprise, but tho
President, in the intcres: OF official discipline,
| authorized reply to be made to it, directing
the sill appointed Investigator to con6ue bis
| coDmuulc.llors 10 the future to tie proper Of
fetal chapoe!S
An official letter was 1c,ordirg'y prepared,
ADM Dulshng MIR. Messy that lis allcgiarcs
Vas first duo to Ito Depsr tmept Of State, that
no must tb2S tic orders OF the Department of
Stste, aud that, IN short, be belonged officially
to the Department OF State. Ia other words,
tho letter Vas expressly designed to impress
upon the Colonel tho fact that he had boss"
Us /: w,re, end wac 20 locstr engaged in the
partisan range: business Secretary Evarts
did noe slsu this !=tter, for the reason that he
! yes absent q. tho time it w5s writtcu, nor did
Assistant Secretary Seward, for ho same end
ttatr eviarct re6sols; but Assistant Secretary
fluu!er az, ard It Was duly sent to Hong
A>ng. NO direct response has been received
10 it, so iaE as known, up to This writing; but
Information has been received indirectly from
Co!oucl MOsby that be will return to America
some time about the resssembIirg IF Congress,
and then resign bid ctnluIa!c. Tnerc is the
same lDdrtc: authority Tor the statement that
when he desc resign j; will be for The purpose
Of aylog all bis alleged Information about
things III China. Siam aud the East generally
before Congress, and raising cloud of fragrant
scindal, ca the Summit of which he hopes 10
rlGo Into further patopal notoriety.
Meanwhile the Department Of State, 10 o
41et, diguified aad proper manner, without
tak,oG the Newspaper puoIio into its confidence,
or making spucge 10 the opposition press. has
taken oil the necessary steps to secpro reliable
aud verified reformation regarding the alleged
Irregularities Mosby tsiumes to have uueerth
cd, and will be in readiness when Congress
meets to give that body tho true inward CESS of
oil # the Mosby Scandals Wash. Natv Rep,