Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, d. q. May "a 1871.


During the ten weeks that Mr.. Hayes has
resided in the White House there has been
a rush for Office. In not more than two or three
instances in any of the appointments that he
has made has he given any promise in ad-
vance. lie takes his own time in selecting
officers, and no amount Of pressure can induce
him Ia precipitaie action. When Grant first
came into Office, he daily turned out, neck and
heels, hundreds Of Andrew Johnson's Office
holders But after ten weeks ncumbency, Mr.
Hayes has made scarcely any appointments to
speak Of. II is true that il has happened that
a good many Ohio people have slipped into
Office, but Mr.. HAYES has not followed the ex-
ample Of his predecessor by turning ont good
men to make room for them In consequence
there is much dissatisfaction among the
hordes Of Off e seekers at the DELAY No i'm
portance wh llover is attached in official circles
here TO the stories aloat concerning fibus-
Ter expeditions to Mexico under the direction
Of the refugee President Of that distracted
republic The young men of the United
States are not Of romantic turn of miud at
present, sufficient to induce them to embark
in any such enterprise The talk of thousands
Of restless adventurous spirits in the South
eager for that kind of business is the simplest
kind of nonsense


In a few days all the Justices of the Supreme
Court will leave us for circuit duty, nem-
nally In consequence of the lack Of funds
they will sit on the circuit bench for much
shorter period this term than has heretofore
been the case, which will not remedy tho ex-
cessive Inconvenience caused by the want of
funds at this time. 1t is almost a pity that
this depletion of the put lie exchequer does
not come on in December, rs then such fat
judges as Clifford and Swayne could hibernate
like bears, aud suck their thumbs till warm
weather came again


Secretary Sherman is ever and anon drop
ping by word Of mouth the details OF his plan
to resume the payment Of specie by January,
1879, the time fixed by Congress His fnan-
cial views appear about the same as those so
often proclaimed upon the floor of the Senate
Anything more than cursory allusion would
be superiluous, as il is expected he will be
guided in his operations by the convictions
which he has so uniformly uttered. Every move
OF the Secretary is watched with hawk-eyes
by the opponents of his financial theories lest
he might lose sight Of the imperative neces-
sity Of maintaining the sinking fund lie will
hot recognize silver as specie, and the South
and West may go for him in Congress because
there is general sentiment in those sections
in favor Of the bi-metallic standard for money


Inhabitated, as Washington now is, with
the intelligence and refinement of our foreign
population and gathering in its beautiful
streets aud wide avenues, the residents of the
renowned diplomat Of all the great cities Of
Europe as well our own nation, it seems like
a strange transformation from the grand throng
of aristocratic old residents who assembled
here to see Washington depart for his home,
nearly eighty years ago The generation is not
yet dead that could invest this classic ground
with lots of romance in the past, and many
sober old white-headed burgher who now
figures as "ye old inhabtant" can recollect
(perhaps not without sigh when he whispered
soft nonsense in the ears of our grandmothers
while strolling along some avenue of sum