Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-03-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
WASHINGTON. March 3.


The Secretary of War. Mr.. Marcy, the
Secretary of The Treasury, Mr.. Walker;
and Mr. Gave Johnson. Post Master Gen
efaI, entered upon the duties Of their sew.
eral Offices to-day.
Dir. Buchanan has not yet taken his post
as Secretary Of State. but will probably
do 60 early next week. tits now gener-
ally believed and asserted that Mr.. Cal
houn will accep, The offer of the mission
70 England. We shall soon know, for
go.he one will doubtless be nominated in
the course of forty EIGHT hours. Some say
that Mr Calhoun has not peremptorily
declined the offer ofthis mission, and that
he will certainly acceptit. II is positive
.s8at his present Chief Clerk, Mr.. CralIe,
nj Virginia, will be appointed Secretary
obligation.
The rumor that Mr.. Rush, of Pennsyl-
. vania, was 10 have the London mission
was premature. if not utterly upfounded.
If any one in Pennsylvania were to have
II. it would be Mr.. c. ]. Ingersol. The
administration could have no motive in
selecting MIR. Rush, and he none in ac-
cepling The office, for he filled it nearly a
quarter Of century ago, wrote book
about it, and is TOO poor 10 60 TO so expen-
sive Court.
Col Butler, Of Kentucky. has no, yet
been appointed to any place, but his will
be among the batch Of denominations to come
10 on Monday.
The Senate promises TO be thin on Mon
day, owing TO The number ofvacancies and
absences,
. Mr.. Baucroft's nomination as Secretary
, OF the Navy will probably be considered
and approved on Monday. have heard o!
no definite objections TO him. ltis eener-
ally said that Mr.. Woodbury. aud MIR.
Fairfield thought It would be improper 10
take Cabinet Minister from strong
whig state like Massachusetts. especially
whom men as capable could be found in The
States of Maine and New Hampshire.
tits said, too, that Mr. Bancroft is Dorr
democrat, and little touched with fan
a,icism in regard to slavery. This is, how
ever, denied and explained by his friends.
We hear Of many appointments in pros.
pect. As usual, The members of Congress
come in for strong share Of the spoils.
Several of,hem are to have bureaus here
among them Mr.. Weller, of Ohio, aud Mr..
w. J. Brown. ofIndiaua. The Globe ad
vocaies the doctrine ofrotation in Office.
The ;Madisoniaa complains lha, the Globe
won't take its own >physic. There are iu-
dications that there will be many reno
vals.
MARCH H..
The Senate, to-day. confirmed the nom
ina,ion of Mr.. Bancroft, as Secretary Of
the Navy. it's understood that the NOM
iuatiou was Unacceptable to the Senate in
consequence of Mr.. Bancroft's peculiar no.
lions on the subject Of existing institutions,
aud the, mode Of altering them. But the
Senate overcame their scruples, and finally
concluded to suffer Mr.. Polk to have such
q Cabinet as he might prefer. MIR. Folks
situation is not free from embarrassment,
and he will have difficult path to travel
in other appointments. He needs all the
indulgence. therefore, that the Senate may
be willing to afford him.
The position of the Calhoun men and
Of Dir. Cass at The present time. is such
that the ultimate majority in the Senate is
hy no means certain 10 be favorable 10 the
admin; ;;stra,ion on all nominations or mea-
sures. it is to be presumed, however,
tha, the new Senators from Iowa and Flo
rida, and Texas, win 10 regard to most
things, support the administrator. lean
that some Of the expected nominations OF
Mr.. Polk will certainly be rejected.
He will make no nominations immedi-
ately except for the purpose of filling ac
suai vacancies. No nominations were
made to- day, bu, batch Of them may be
sent in tomorrow, and among them that
Of Mr.. Armstrong, of-Nasbville, as Consul
al Liverpool.
I, has been suggested by some that Mr..
Calhoun would accept the London mission.
But that fioG is mistake. He has been
offered that mission or any thing else he
might choose to take, and decidedly de-
clined taking any thing. In reply TO the
question where. Mr.. Calhoun will go, the
answer Of his friends is, that he will 60 TO
Fort Hill, they say, and he says that he.
will not return 10 the Senate, for there he
would find all parties hostile to him, and
1nedsmocrats seeking toen'rap him, while
port. -ia,ration would give him no sap
The Cabinern
iugs on The subject orld one or two meet.
aeainst the act of anuexatioMe;s protest
les. is said to have been drawn 10 an9Ho-
and moderate manner. ] have no doubl
that il will soon. appear, not through the
agency Of The Government, but some chan.
mel or other. In the mean time, it seems
that our Government has nothing to do but
to await the result of the "sober second
thought" (" of the Mexican Government.
Correspondence Of the Baltimore american.
WAsHINeroN, March II.
No. nominations arc understood to have
been confirmed by the U. s. Senate today,
nor acted upon, except 10 be referred 10
the respective committees.
r 10 said, and l have no doubt the fact