Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-01-02
WASHINGTON GOSSIP, e..


The corps OF letter writer's Il; Washing are I'LL
ing tho newspapers with rNnors Of villa, is and
what is 10 be.
The Presidents health i, said bv some Of Ihrn
to br improving, while others represent him as
having almost entirely distracted his mind from
the contemplation oil worldly a%lrii,s, talking Of
nothing bu, the Hermitage, where he is anxious TO
spend his last hours, and tic grave, to the verge
Of which he seems sensible Of his rapid approach.
The formation Of the new Cabinet ~ the subject
of much and contradictory specllatio, NJ. R,ves
will doubtless be SECRETARY Of State ifhc will have
tho ofice--and beyond this, we i'm ,gine, nothing
is known, except TIA, Kendall will b." retained AZ
Postmaster Gener,l.
The correspondent Of the y. Y Journal Of
Commerce states that there is much eh,grin
among the supporters of the administration at tn"
unwiliingne~ Of Mr.. Van Buren, 10 be od-
rised, or rather instructed, as To the policy Of his
future government" On the same authority we
are told that Van Barren is d determined not 10 be
guided by party n,rtivcs, either in hi. appoint
ments II Office, or in the great lnca,nrrs OF his
Observation-Disclosures b. will rnlea,or 10 rccrui,
from tie Wings. particularly from the Southern
Wings, in which quarter, he is aware, strong
suspicious OF his integrity and sincerity are enter
tanned, which he is anxious to alldy. The letter
writer, in confirmation OF these OF dts, says
In CONVERSATION the other day in the mansion
of The President, he (Nan BUREN, said, witt, nn-
common emphasis, the South shall be convinced
OF my orthodoxy ON the subject Of slavery. | will
make ii the great end and principle Of my whole
administfation-bul | will accomplish it," II he
does this The prove himself a friend to the rights
OF the Sonlh,-"hi.l is all that the Souti, asks of
him or amy otter man or set of men and,
il Instead Of being a purity President, he aims at The
noblrr ambition OF being the Chief Magistrate of
the nation, he will neuTalize much of the oppo-
sition which the manner of his election, indepan-
dent OF objections to himself, is calculated to keep
alive. by such \ course, he will disappoint thou
sands who supported him, " for the loavcs and
fishes" as well as thousands who opposed him
because they presumed he would alhere to this
odlous "Spoils' doctrine. For one, We shall
" Judge the tree by its fruits"
The same letter-wriler, above quoted, saws,
" Mr.. Rivcs, is, OF all the Southern men l have
ever known, least sensitive on the subject Of slave.
ry--and perhaps Is the most judicious statesman
on tina, subject in tn whole South. He is, in
deed, 50 far as | can Judge, from occasional con-
versa'ions, more Of an Abolitionist than Mr..
Van buren, &c. This writer has doubtless
heard Mr.. Rses express an opinion in favor of
Abolition, by the States concerned, whenever, in
their opinion, the time shall be ripe for it. Blu,
Inc can hardly design it to be understood that Mr..
f'ves Is. IN the slightest degree, an Abelitionis,,
IN the larpan sense Of that term. Mr.. Riyss was
a State Abo'i.iOnist. some years ago, when the
SUBJECT was asl'ated in our Lcgislature-tl,ouel,
'htro is no certainty tina, he goes as far as that a,
tins tue. We know many who now view Slave
~ in a Ugh, very different from tina. in whicl, they
t'"n bel'"'d "-lapPan, Csrrison & Co. iray.