New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-08-16
The Next Cabinet.

The Next Cabinet.
We have devoted very little room 10 giving the
minors of changes in the Cabinet, though they
chase each other over the country like the shadows
of evening. Il seems to be generally agreed that
Messrs. WEBSTER, FORWARD and (most of the
reports add) SPENCER will retire either before or
Immediately upon the adjournment of Congress,
and that their places will besupplied by thorough
TYLER men CT Loco-Focos. ANDREW STEVEN
sos. of Va. CA1EB CUSHING of Mass. and ex-
Governor MARcY of this STATE, are currently de-
signated to replace the incun1bents One account
states that Mr. UpsHUR will leave the Navy De-
partment also, taking the Embassy to France, and
that Mr. Gushing will fill his place. Another es-
signs TO Mr.. Forward the Philadelphia Custom
House but we do MT believe he wonld take IT. IN
place of Jonathan Roberts under the existing cir
cumstances more probable rumor is, that Jus
tice Thompson is about to resign his seat on the
bench of the Supreme Court, and that it will be
rendered to MIR. Spencer. We have private ad-
vices from Philadelphia that the appointment OF
Gov PORTER to place in the Cabinet IS there
expected by the knowing ones; that Thomas 5.
SMITH "a respectable old merchant,) is to be Col
lec,or of that Port, and that j. ". TYSON is to
haze prominent position in consequence.
Washington runner assigns the War Department
to Mr.. PRoFr1rr of Indiana but that is incredible.
A Story of Crime and we.
Six years agoa wealthy AID influential widowcr
of forty.6vc named DR.. McC-, of Chelsea,
VI, hired an amiabc and beautiful girl of eighteen
named Mary t to assume the care OF his
children and household. 4 few menths after, they
were seen to ride away together, and in tho next
Woodstock paper appeared an announcement that
they had been married at that place, byan Episco'
pal clergyman. They returned and wife,
and have so lived until short time since, when
Dir. MEG dismissed the unfortunate woman
from his house, alleging that they had never been
married Whether she had been utterly deceived
by sham marriage, or had consented to deceit
in order to save herself from inevitable shame, can
not now be ascertained
The poor victim, driven in disgrace from the house
in which she had so long been regarded avirtu
Gus wife, and thus rendered an oucast from society
dared not return to her relatives; she went else
where and procured employment but the finger Of
scorn pointed at her, and in whatever com.
pany she found herself aionc-fallen, loathed and
stunned. She could not endure this; and returned
at length by night to the house of her destroyer
and begged piteously for shelter and protection
declaring that she had wandered long without food
and was starving. At length the door was opened
TO her, from dread Of attracting the attention o.
the neighborhood She was fed and turned away
with strict orders never TO show hersefthcre again
She left: but where could she go! All day she
wandered in the woods and lodges adjacent; and
in the night, faint and shivering she crept back &c
the only place where she could Justly claim pro.ec
ton, and cried for hame. She was repealed
but the noise aroused ighbors, who insisted thai
she should be allowed shelter. 1t was agreed
that she might stay that night but should leave ir
the morning, neighbor agreeing to take her to he1
nearest relatives. Il will go If alive. was the only
promise that could be extorted from her. She
went to her room and the next morning was found
in it-dead Deserted leatl:ed despairing
without ariend or hope in the world, the wretched
victim had commit'ed suicide
p And yet the world will go on, Furnishing the
starving thief with rigor and leaving the wanton
deliberate, calculating destroyer of female limo
cence and of the peace and happiness of families
utterly untouched and uncensured by its laws
How horrible the proclamation Of the o.
Justice!