Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-12
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
FOLLOWING IN SHUFELDT'S
FOOTSTEPS.
Florida Life-Savlng StatIOns-FOl.
ger AFOused-Ex-COlIec Wade
Cabinet BreakeFs-HubbeIIss Cat
Assessment-The Dorsey Elephant.

WAsHISGToN, August H. 1t will be renem
bered that Commodore Schufeldt was recently
recalled from his mission to China, because il
a letter to ex-senator Sargent, which the latter
published, although it was a confidential com
munication, he criticized the Chinese people
and the character of the Chinese Empress
Schufeldt's case has just found a parallel. Col
Armstrong. of Virginia, was about two wears
ago appointed Attorney General Of the Sand.
wich Islands by King Kalakua. Arm
strorg went there. He is a versatile
man, and wields a better pen than the
majority of men who write for a living.
He also combine with his qualities as a scribe q
good deal OF native wit. He wrote a number
OF letters home to his people about life in the
sandwich Islands. One of these letters-iu
Which he described graphically the fact that
leprosy and other diseases were surely thinnino
out the population OF the islands-was so full
OF interest Ghat ms brother to whom it " as writ
ten, gave 10 10 an obscure Virginia weekly.
mat weekly travelled to the Sandwich Islands.
anI the letter of Armstrong was called to th,.
attentlon OF King kala a9aua and his Legislature.
armstrong was Called upon to explain. He
said that he wrote ft, and that it was all true.
bis resignation was thereupon demanded
armstrong said that he was willing to
lender It, ana would be glad to
q.
resigned and left Honolulu. He arrived in the
city to-day on mis- way to Virginia, and told
tnlS story 70 the NEws man. He is going TO his
LsrIn and there enjoy himself in peaceful agri-
cultural pursuits. Armstrong was classmate
at Williams College of the late President Gar
field. N@''-
THE LIFE SAVING STATIONS ON THE FLORIDA
COAST.
The Superintendent of the Life Saving Ser
vice, Mr.. Kimbail, has taken preliminary stems
TO establish the five life saving stations and
houses of refuge on the Florida coast provided
Tor at the late session Of Congress So far these
steps have amounted to but little There is
found to be extreme difficulty in procuring
sites and more dltdculty in securing the titles
thereto. so great is its difficulty that Mr..
klmbaH thinks that it may be a verV long time
before the IntentS OF the act Gao be carried
into effect.
FoLGER AND SUNDAY
Secretary Folg went down the rivar as+
SUNDAY on government vessel and stopped
opposite Lower Cedar Point He did n6t 90
ashore, but sent an officer of the vessel ~ tb q
land. That officer under Instructors inoniraS
II there were any newspaper men at the
SOllC.. PO,nC. ne was answered that there were
Newspaper men (per parenthesis) have a bahit
OF going down the river on SUNDAYS The
oncer conveyed the expressed wish of ~,
Secretary OF the Treasury that none OF the
a Jaunt on Sunday. One of the scrihes JSitb M
imalIce aforethOught, wrote to a paner of tbis
city that Secre tarY Folger on the HoI1, ~ M U,.S -
VlGeo an tne newspaper men to board his yes
sei ana nad with them big bahuuet and a
Jolly old time, and after that this verita Nc
writer described grabbing party in which tbe
secretary and the whole party ioined in
hliarlty being the order of the day Now
THIS made the staid and good-natured Ser
retary OF the Treasury mad He Dc
nled any such occurrences He left
the city yesterday, but so worked nm was ~
over thlS matter that he directed his chief
clark h0n 80.
ed about him and secuI a renunciation IF -
This will very likely be secured. but navertbe ls'
less, the Secretary will ever be free from the
story CnaS ne ne haa sunday carouse and a crab
fishing while down the river on SundavNand
that too on government vessel '-
Ex COLLECTOR WADE.
Mr.. E. @. Wade, ex-Coliector of Internal
Revenue at Savannah, is in the CITY set
tling up his accounts, which are found to be all
rlght. The accounting officers of the
II, treasury Department find that
the name Given Wade by Commissioner Raum
that he was one of its best officers in the ser.
vlce-ls sustained in the winding up of affairs
THREE MEN
There are three men in the government ser
wee who are trying to create a vacancy in the
Cabinet There are John @. New, Assistant
sionsr of Pensions, and Hatton. First sssistant
postmaster General All of these men expect
to go into the Cabinet as soon as a vacancy oc-
ours. Inree smaller men could not be picked up
II you walked ten days. Their subject of attack
is Secretary Folger. They want him to be gotten
out OF the way, and then they will make break
for his place. They help each other 10 SO far
as the attempt to secure Folger's retirement is
concerned, but beyond hat thew will nor com
bine. Each is for himself Neither of these
small conspirators amount to ANYTHING but
the friends of each have puffed them up with
the idea that If there is vacancy in the Cabi-
net, their particular subject of plotting will
get it, Nothing could be more foolish; but is
nevertheless, interesting to watch and be
amused at, even such a small intrigue as this
THE STORY.
The story about Hubbell's sending an assess
ment circular to a cat in the New York post
ofhce is true-and worse than true. 1t an
pears that Hubbell wrote to Postmaster Pear
son, OF New York, for a full list of the en-
ployes Of that of1ce Pearson directed one of
his young clerks to make out the list This
same young clerk was possessed of the spirit
of mischief. He not only put in the list the
name OF every employe Of the New York post
office, but he went further. He named as
attaches of that Office three pets, the cat, the
dog aud the goat. The cat is named Sarah
Binnis, the dog Thomas Towger, and the goat
William G., Haft In due course
OF time there arrived at the New
YORK post office assessment circulars upon
these three for two per cent of their salary
lt Is TO be presumed that the cat will pay in
kittens produced; the goat in the circus posters
whicn he so voraciously eats; and the dog in
bAO Oiu OOucS budb Nc mas DuFl6G mere and there
about the premises. 1t would be in the order
of present things that the clerk who played
this trick upon Hubbell's committee should be
bounced.
DORSEY, THE STAR REUTER-.
There is a renewed demand that Dorsey one
OF the boss star reuters, shall resign his place
as Secretary of the Republican National
Committee. The Republican leaders have
again made this demand because the
principal star route men, Dorsey and Brady.
refused to go on the stand and testify in their
own defense. 1t will be awkward for the Re-
publican party to go into the fall campaign
with such political headcentre as Dorsey.
dorsey, however, does not see it in that light
he says he is innocent, is no worse than Robe
son aud the rest Of them, and refuses to resign,
IL the Republicans want to get rid of him they
will have to bounce him summarily-he will
not go willingly. This is another of the many
troubles which have been visited upon the Re-
publican party so rapidly Of late. PoToMAo.
Alfred HI. COIquitt.