The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-09-01
Our Washington Letter.


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Major Nickerson, with small show Of
success. 1t is now about two years sire,
Howgate took French leave OF his omar.
ters in jill. and during that time lie ha,
been seen hy private citizens, In two or
hree places, unless the said private c,i
z .us are uucouscionable liars Once be
WIS met in Californi aud later over in
Virginia. where ne is now said TO be.
Vt there is no prospect of his capture,
aud it's questionable neither there exists
iny real desire to capture him. But
would seem that nobody cuuld have an,
tier, st ii tue escape of NIcktrson, am
be has been proven suct mean scoun
lrel that there is every inducemeut t.
catch hln. Lik, the fugnci0us HoWga
Majbr Nicktrson probably had large t&-
Ierience as n scout during his Garlic.
days of military service The remark
able aoility which they both slow iu
dodging suggests that they must have
takeu lessons from the Iddian warriors
i the lains aud mountains. The biga.
M us Nickerson skips around out OF
Jght bu Keeps up the fiction of legal
communication with the War Depart
ment ly an address IN the care Ut Phil
d, lpbia friend. As he is retired fiji.
Ger aud not assigned to any duty, he Cali
not be dismissed for desertion nor can
he be tried by court-martial while be j.
absent, as the law provides that he shall
b. faced by his accusers and the witnes
ses against HIM. So tar, then, he ba'
leg lily the upper hand of the depart.
IN -nt; aud, meanwhile. there Is no au.
In rity i"r stopping his pay, which con
tinu to run on. What an abumiuabl,
r,sc the man il Was revealed iu III,
procurement OF boy Us divorce from his
mast wife, his ou rageous treatment Of
her for no cau,e; aud his entrappiug e
AN innOceut woman into s-cvuu mar
riage, which has been nuihied by h
ur,. Seer tary Lincoln will have /,
90 10 Congress mkt ~iuler Tor specH
legislation winch will enable him to rid
{ ,e amy vi this disgrace to its III.
Tue PustOhi Z Department is threat
eurd with al lnuud. ton OF HattOn. III.
young man who has the porten;ous al :
psudoge oi FIRST Assistant Postmaster
I the Uniled States" pitched to bis pa
ronS NC, is not to have his ambition
NurGed by any false assumption of mod
e,ty, when there is such splendlu
o y nIng Tor fame via the PustUffice d.
rectory. He may have struggled ugPlubt
,ate aid draw-poker as au editor OF II
Western newspaper but two short yeais s
agone, but III tue augustness OF the first
assistant Postmaster Gcneralship. there
renialus no reut mUrance of the adversi-
tJ suggested by unpaid board bills, store
clothes and gIiln-vlsagtd wHsheI ON n
Iudeed, the Hatton nov il nolhn & like
the Hatton vi thuse halcyoh days 90 ru b
| Iu exp, Clancy and 50 fruitful oi uIsal-
| ,Juiu: meut, when there was no Que in u,
Cur.sIendom VITO thought enough abuu,
his particular III tltun to nane postui-
ice aiter him. Nor probably wUuld am
bIuy have thought of 1t now. had Hat
ton not had the self sufficient conscIous
uess that ;he name WAS hot born To die
81 the iltqnent applications Tor new
| p >siotficts Throughout the country, ar.
| HR, toms opportunity. and when the peo-
,.le of SquuOsl'y Gulch aud BunglowI
Hollow ask for post" ffices, HaItou ug,
he want oi eupuoniousness, telling tn,
department. that such namcs are neli hel
| >yncurunistlo or even synechdOchIcal,
while the name Of II tttCn is transiue, nj.
ly mell tiu us, slmm-lTical, and alto.
RAthtr SUPRA MUhDUM, The effect
HdtoL's lnlense Iesi tct Tor the name a
| HaltOn, II IL tas not filled his ambirIou,
1t has ii led seV,r,l pages in tue Post t-oi.
tce Directory, uuhl Row there Is said (,
he Int one name, and that the Father OF
his Couutr,, that stands ont III boldt
+ liei in the list Of post, III '"s Aud il
will not be long h,l're Ha tnu will gel
ahead ot that. II, by AN official over
sight, IL utOn klnss his name upon tw,
"r more tiees IN the same State, thrr,
il nothing sHsier than to rug the
changes upon :, AMI sO We have Haiton
Hatherg. H.tt"nyIll-. and worst Of all
~ IL. II which oi coarse j. Suggestive o
| HAtson'S importance and title To respect
from All wbu rsvs tn do with the nos,
ofiie, S, SNCuld II hton survive throupi
his present term of flee il is doubtful
il the United States G ,yerumeut will
ever need another Pns.nast, Grnern
wi b II first assistant attachment.
1t is evident that the RED inciion Of single
rae letter postage ir m tree to two
cents has not been made too son. I'll
estimated surplus of the p ,stufioe DE-
partueDt { T ths last fl Cal wear ia 81,
800 000, or 81 100 000 more than the sur
plus Of thu preceding yesr. This sur.
plus has bee M ar 100 large. l. was
ever iu''r Id th,t the .tal sr,vic,
sluult he made sonrc, Of Nenu a
tue g verrment. Its Inciencv il
reached hen it gIve- the p-ot l. prompt
aud cheap Litter ear'isge. The xtra"rd.
i"-rV surplus Of last wear gives re- snr
able assurance that The reduction 10 tw,
csuts will NOT create any consid-rabl- d
hci-ncy. The new two-eent stamp will
go into use next month, when the old
lrees will he retired. II il said u hand.
some design has been made tor the rev
S'amu. L postal cherk for r4n,ittiue
fr'c'ion"l amounts also goes into ns.
ah mt month hence. II will he ereat
convenience, as. SINCE the retirement ri
fr"ction'l paper currency th-r has h, ~
no ready method OF remitti"V small 81 IN
by mail. Pedro.