Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1883 — General Gresham. [ARTICLE]

General Gresham.

Wasihngton Special Cin. Enquirer. Judge Walter QGresham took the oath of office, and at once assumed the duties thereof. He was presented to the heads of’the several divisions, and subsequently received many callers. Judge Gresham made a decided impression upon his subordinates in the office, and will, no doubt, be Postmaster-General in fact as well as in name. The oath of office was administered by Judge Lawrenson, who has sworn in the last twenty postmasters, beginning with Cave Johnson in 1845. He has alsoeerved under twenty-seven heads of the department. Judge Lawrenson related an incident of the administration of James Monroe, told him by Mr. Joseph Burrows, of this city. “One morning Postmaster-General Meigs called me,and,handing me a letter, said: ‘Mr. Burrows, please take this letter up to the President; it is my resignation.’ I was greatly surprised at this,but proceeded on his errand. At the White House I found President Monroe in a pleasant mood,and handed him the letter. The President read it, and then said: ‘Mr. Burrows, please return this letter to the Postmaster-general with my compliments and tell him when I want his resignation I will send for it.’ I then returned with the message?’