The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-01

talk less impudently to his creditors,
and arrange matters as satisfactorily as
possible, without much delay The peopl q
of the county are not in the right kind OF
bumor to put up with much foolishness
from him, ifhe was where they could catch
him. He knows this as well as any one,
and if he can help it, is not coming back
to old Union right away"
To-day General Pavey takes formal
charge OF the internal revenue office OF
this district in this city The general has
been a guest at The Halliday for four or five
days and has spent much of his time with
Captain Murphy, Col. Willis able depu-
ty, making all the preliminary arrange
ments for the transfer. After the affairs OF
the office have been all arranged the gen
era will make trip through the district,
cultivate the acquaintance Of the people,
and "ascertain their wants"-so he said in
conversation with a representative OF THE
BULLETIN the other night The general
also expressed himself as we'll pleased
with Captain Murphy, saying that he
would retain him as deputy-for the pre-
sent. What he wanted was smooth, cor
rect running of the affairs
of this office and TO this end he would need
men Of honesty, industry and experience.
Although he recognized the fact that there
was strong factional feeling in the Re-
publican ranks against Captain Murphy,
he could see no reason why he should dis
miss the captain for the present. He took
sensible businesslike view of the
natter. He thought it very unwise in
man taking charge of a business entirely
new to him to surround himself immedi
ately with force of strangers equally as
inexperienced rs himself. However, he
was very uncommittal as to what he would
do after he should have become thoroughly
posted in the affairs of his office. He de-
clared himself as entirely independent of
Logan, Rsum and everybody else, 80 far
as the clerical force of his office was con-
cerned. He had received and would
take no instructions, he had made no prom
ises. He was entirely at liberty to do
what he pleased; discharge or retain whom
he pleased, and he would be governed in
this matter solely by the interests OF the
people and of his office He had noticed
some "things" in the Office during his mea-
gre acquaintance with its affairs that
needed cleaning up, land he proposed to
give the office cleaning up" He seemed
anxious to create the impression upon the
interviewer that the term cleaning
up" as used by him, was not figure OF
speech having reference to any objectiona-
bic clerical matter" within the office.
He expatiated upon the elegance aud perfect
cleanliness Of every portion of The Halli-
Halliday, and thought that there WAS no
reason why the internal revenue
Office should not be the same way.
The General is pleasant, easy converse
tionalist, cautious in whatever he says
and quick to see Just exactly what effect his
words have From all that he saw and
heard the "innocontn interviewer gained
number Of forcbIe Impressions. He gained
the impression that the neral was in
confoundedly uncomfortable position, the
circumstances Of which do not permit him
to speak out boldly Of what he intends to
to do but that the general is conscious of
what is expected of him by the powers at
Washington. The interviewer understood
that the general understood that he was
expected to produce harmony in the ranks
of the party IN this district, and that he was
Independent Of Logan e. Co., just so long
as he did just the right thing TO bring
about this result The interviewer was
impressed with the idea that the General
was still somewhat at sea as to what he
would have to do IN order to harmonlze
the district but that he would know
better after having made "a trip throu III
the district, cultivated the Acquaintance Of
the people aud ascertained their wants"
But the interviewer also gained the i'm.
1
preston that he the general was painfully
aware of the tact that he WAS in position
where he would "be damned if he
| did and damned if he didn't,
and that he was inclined to carry out the
wishes of 1.-THE outs" whose candidate he
was and by whose influence he gained his
position That the general would prefer
to do this was evident from what he said.
That he will do this is very proba.
bic. The studious persistency
with which he used the words "for the
present" when speaking of the retention of