The Dawson journal., 1883-11-01

| Va Uhclt OlHcldl capacl1ea.
The clerical cares of the Govern
ment clerk have not yet worn off his
dormant summer mein. He, at this
time, works after the fashion of the
conventional languid malarial style.
Bnt the fall electious thrill him, and
the first shock of this year has ava
kened the force into real activity.
The President is thinking over the
recommendations of his message to
Congress. Although he has six
weeks before him In which to prepare
it, yet he prefers to think in these
comparatively quiet days, before the
excitement Immediately preceding
the advent of Congress. Much of
the Presidents message will be bas-
ed on the reports made to him by the
Cabinet officers, which must, there
fore, be fairly laid ont before the
message can be formulated. Most
of these reports are already in course
of preparation. The reports of the
Secretary of the Interior, hear, is
well advanced in the compilation of
notes to be considered in it. The
Secretary of State will make up his
in great part in the quietyof his New
Jersey home. The Secretary Of war
must receive the reports of the heads
of the staff bureau and military de
partmeat and division commanders
before he can say to what he viii
call the Presidents attention. The
Secretary of the navy has just begun
to think of what he will say, and the
report of the Secretary of the Treas
ury is in almost the same primitive
condition. / believa Postmaster
General Gresham has considered
many matters which will enter into
his report; 1t is stated that he will
strongly rec5mment 1.-THE establish
ment of postal savings bank system
similar to that of England. The
Commissioner of Agriculture sits in
his little department building, Which
is located in the midst of an immense
garden devoted to agricultural and
Horticultural experiments, and, though
he is yet denied the distinction of
being Cabinet officer, in common
with them he is preparing his annual
report one of the most important of
them all.
The President said, on his return
from Newport, that he was very much
pleased with his visit there, and his
piscatorial excursion to West Island,
but that he was glad to pet back to
Washington, "for,' he continued, 81
have never found a pleasanter place
fof residence than the Capital Ten
years hence, there will be no city in
the world equal to Washington for
beauty and attractiveness." The
White House is not yet ready for the
President, and he is meanwhile en-
joying the pleasures of his suburban
cottage at Soldiers Home.
The speakership question, civil ser.
vice reform, the tariff, and tie con
test of next year, were temporarily
shelveed last week by the politicians
now in winter quarters here. Their
minds wandered in the direction 6i
Ohio and Iowa. But now that these
events have passed, the political
cauldron will hum and sizz as before
and the crowd of politicians around
will grow with the near approach d
the new Congress.
The Corean Embassy has beer
prominent in Washington the past
week. They have made round o1
official calls at the Departments, the
Navy Yard, and the White House
/ saw them, with their retinue o.
interpreters, file into the Secretary
Room Of Che interior Department
the other day, for an audience will
Secretary Teller. A more curious
trio one rarely sees. Their unique
costumes comprise a circular gowr
surmouuted by conventional black
hat with very wide fiat brim and {
tall conical shaped crown. The
Embassy took official leave of Tx
President in the Blue Parlor Of tn,
White House on Friday. 1t is then
intention to leave Washington thi,
evening for San Francisco, and
there take the steamer of the 24th