The National tribune., 1882-08-19

u | ces, and the few other appointments to be mad,
in the Secretary's Office The general service
clerks are to be placed on the civil lists of thC
Department, and there is considerable work
connected with this transfer. The promotion.
spoken of are TO be made preparatory to the
introduction of the new force of clerks. Sec
retary Lincoln, therefore, has as yet made nc
new appointments, although he doubtless has
decided from the two thousand applications
received who shall be the lucky ones in most
Of the cases.
AMONG the bills approved by the President
on the last day of the session were the follow
ing: The act to encourage telcgraphic commu-
nlcatlon between America and Europe; act to
| provide for the construction of a public build
ing at Fort Wayne, Ind; act to authorize the
construction of a bridge across the ST. Croix
river, between Calais, Me-, and St Stephens.
n. B.; joint resolution providing one months
extra pay for certain employees of the Senate !;
JOINT resolution to correct an error in enroll
ment of the legislative etc, bill: act to amend
section 4166, title 81, of the Revised Statutes :;
act to authorize the construction and mainte-
nance OF pontoOn-railWay bridge across the
Mississippi river at or near the mouth of the
Iowa river; act to authorize the transfer of the
property of the National Soldiers and Sailors
! Orphan Home to the Garfield Memorial
Hospital; act to authorize the Secretary
| OF War to furnish condemned cast-iron cannon
and balls for monumental purposes; to author
lze the Secretary of War TO furnish condemned
| cannon and cannOn-balls for the soldiers ceme-
| terry at Knoxville, Tenn; act donating con-
demned cannon to the town of Hatfield, Mass;
act authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver
! to Edward Pye Post No. 10Y, G. A. r., four
| condemned cannon and balls for decorating the
proposed soldiers monument at Haverstraw
n. Y; joint resolution TO provide for the pre-
pairing OF reports of contested election cases in
the Forty-ffUh and Forty-sixth Congresses;
joint resolution providing for printing the an
nual report of the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture for 1881; joint resolution making appro-
priation to supply deficiency in the appropri-
alton for fees OF United States district attor-
neys for fiscal year ended June so, 1882; joint
resolution instructing Secretary of the Navy to
convene court of inquiry to investigate as to
the circumstances of the loss of the Jeanette;
act to repeal so much of section 1885 Revised
Statutes as imposes an export tax on tobacco:
joint resolution providing for joint select
committee to inquire into the condition and
wants of American ship-building and ship
owning interests; act authorizing the deputy
collector of customs stationed at San Juan |
Island, Puget Sound district, to enter and clear
vessels and collect duties; act to refer the |
claim of the captors of the ram Albemarle to |
the Court of Claims; act granting pension to
Eliza ID. Ramsay, widow of Brigadier- General |
Ramsay; number of acts for the donating of
condemned cannon, and private relief bills.
By AN act of the last Maryland Legislature
the whipping post has been established in
that State for the punishment of wife beaters.
The first conviction under the new Iaw-that
of a cOlored man-was found few davs ago in
Baltimore and the prisoner sentenced to receive
thirty ty-seven lashes for brutal assault upon
his wife. The culprit begged to have the
sentence exchanged for one Of imprisonment,
that he would rather undergo a
seven years sentence than undergo the punish
ment of the lash, but the Judge declined to
Oblige him.
THE Washington Sunday Gazette, in an arti-
Gle attacking the prosecution in the star. route
cases, prints letter dated New York. February
Z, 1881, from Ex-senator Dorsey to President
Garfield rendering the latter some advice as to
policy to be adopted in making up his Cabinet.
The occasion Of the letter was a call on Dorsey ]
by Colonel Geo. Bliss and Mr. Knox, a former {
;lassmate of Garfcld's, who said they were t
going to Mentor at his request to advise him t
ipon the selection Of a New York member Of !
he Cabinet To take the advice of such peo- /
lie, Dorsey writes, would be idiocy. of" he
ays, "you want advice in New York, WHY
lOnt you send for Conkling or Arthur, the
wo men who elected you, with the aid of
Trant. l tell you, and l tell you without a
rain of selfishness, that you cannot afford to 4.
ave any friction arise between yourself and !
Ir. Conkling and General Arthur Whenever l
ou determine to assail these men you drive {
he last nail in your political coffin You can't
gnore them to make peace with Mr. Curtis
Wayne MacVeagh, and others of that class
,ou can't disband an army to get recruits. We Il
Ow have great, well-oTganizcd, active, and d
ggressive army. If you want to muster out |
hat army in order to pick up the sneaks,
and dGsertcrs in the rear, 20 ahead
nd l predict you viii land in a surrounded 9
amp. l ain tired OF this blathering talk about 1 l
to 90 into the Cabinet from Penn u
yIvanla and James from New York Such .
etestable rot should be smoked out at once, o
nd you ought to do it in some public way" ="
Further on Dorsey says: [ do not wish to
put in a position of being obliged to lecture y,
le President elect and especially in regard Il
the formation Of his Cabinet You have re- /,
eatedly urged Inc to tell you whenever | OF
lould think you were going wrong. l write G
on when / think you are about to make vi
stake, and / have not and shall not mince h.
ords in pointing out your errors. You drop G,
| of this stuff about Conllling. He don't want az
fight you or any one else He is not pranc- 4
z around with chip on his shoulder, chal- n
nging all mankind to battle. All Mr. Conk- Go
lg wants and all that General Arthur desires u,
fair show and an honest deal. These two re
en-, with their friends, represent the intclIi- Sc
nee, the progressive and the aggressive elc- II
ents of New York republicanism. They pos TO
IS the wisdom, force, and courage that the ":
opIe of this country and all countries always W
mire You know my interests and purposes n
e solely 10 see q sue atssnll cousummation Of ST,
r great work l have presented TO You some s3
ozen facts, and I sincerely hope you viii give ia
en- your candid and careful attention" lie