The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-17
BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL.
Washington.
Correspondence of the Herald.l


cW be The result ?-Ihe Clique in Neto York and
Collector Pan Ness-Appointments of appraisers
and assistant ApTraisers-Bets offered by Sport
ing Men-1He " Organ" and the English Mission,
and the South Caroiinians-The 90 Charleston
Mercury" the Sub Treasury, Pet Banks, Mr..
Ritchie,9 and The Northern and Southern Demo-
cracy.
Yesterday informed you of the circumstances
attending the change of hours of mail delivery be-
tween New York and this city, consequent upon the
high handed and outrageous attempt of the Philade
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company
to control the Post Office Department, and compel
Mr. Johnson to accede TO Just such terms they pro-
posed To-day, understand reply from the Company
has been received at the Department, in which they
state their intention to persist in the they have
adopted The Postmaster General will, there
lore, as informed you, carry into effect his no.
uce, and discontinue the carriage of the mail upon
that line. learn also, that he is now about making
| arrangements to have the mail conveyed either by
way OF Newcastle and Frenchown, partly by steam
boat, and partly by railroad, from Baltimore to
Philadelphia, or else by way of York and Lancas-
ter, through which towns there is a continuous line
OF railroad between Philadelphia and Baltimore.
miles. BY this route, too, if affairs properly ar
ranged-as doubt not Cave Johnson, with his Gus
tomary ability, and energy, will attempt to do
there need not be more than one hour, or an hour
much be required; and, thus, the Postmaster-Gene-
raj will be able, Notwithstanding the factious and
rapaclous conduct of the Philadelphia Railroad
Company, to carry out his plans for facilitating the
mall accommodating the public, and reducing the
expenses of the Department This company will
ind out very soon that they have overshot the mark
| of having the Postmaser-Cieneral and the depart
ment at their mercy, they will be compelled to sue
cumb to the department. and submit to very
tenslye reduction of their exorbitant charges, be-
fore thew have the nriyeue of he rnoilo
| again This is only the beginning of very extensive
| reforms and retrenchments in this branch of the
public service; and the railroad and steamboat
poratlon monopolies will discover that they are the
servants, and not the masters OF the people; and in
the war OF public opinion, which will be raised
against their extortlons, and IN support OF the Post
master-General IN his efforts for the public benefit,
they will find that the power that made them, and
bestowed their privileges, can unmake them and de-
prive them of those privileges. They had better
therefore, beware in time, and. instead Of demand
ing, they present do, that the present exorbi-
tant rates should be increased, and, in some in
Stances doubled, while the coach and horse service
is very much reduced, although already cheaper
than their service, they will be wise to submit to
such reasonable reduction, as will bring their
charges somewhat In proportion to that paid for
coach service, and thus dlsaTm the tempest OF popu,
against them, if they persist in their present high
handed measures.
perceive that the clique in New York still put forth
their representations and assertions that Mr.. Van
Ness is to be removed from the Colectorship, and
some OF them even go far to state that Mr..
Coddngton's papers are made out. All these as
sertions and representations false Yet the
Clique will not heed the significant fact that Pres-
dent Polk made the appointments for all the other
offices in New, York, without disturbing Mr.. Van
Ness, or that the persons whom he appointed were
of that class which that clique would forever have
kept down if they could, and that they appoint
ed IN opposition to their own nominees and recon-
mendations They will not either be warned by
the fact that the President and the Secretary OF the
Treasury are now arranging the subordinate APP
pointments to Mr.. Van Ness, but will probably
tnue to run their heads against stonewal till they
learn that Mr.. George w Pomeroy and Mr.. Willis,
| (who was formerly connected with Mr.. Lawrence,)
have been appointed Appraisers and Messrs Jacque-
line, Thompson and Zess have been appointed As
sistant Appraisers, after an examination Of their
qualifications and recommendations submitted by
the Collector. This fact ought to be decisive (and
doubt not will be so with all reasonable persons,)
that Mr.. Van Ness will not be disturbed, and per-
haps, in the course of time, these ciques will find
out that your correspondent, when he makes asser-
tons, is pretty well informed on the subjects he
writes upon. Perhaps these men would like to do
as they did on the result of the last election, bet
upon II, and, In that case, know sporting who
would accommodate them with bets to any amount,
at the rate of two to one, that Mr.. Van Ness will
not be removed" while he performs his duties
satisfactorily to headquarters, and the rate of five
to ONE that If his removal should become necessary,
Mr.. Coddingon will not be appointed in his place.
The ''organ," of last evening, betrays some little
spite IN its forthgvings, respecting the decllnation
OF Messrs Emore and Pickens (Mr. Richie itali-
clses the latter's name-why ! for malceD of the
English mission. have no doubt but that the rea-
sons stated in my letter of two or three days ago
were the true ones why Mr.. Pickens declined, and
there Is little doubt that the South Carolinians
perfectly friendly TO the administration. There is
however, no reason whatever TO suppose for mo-
ment that they will support it at the sacrifice of one
lota OF principle" and perhaps the expression ofthe
Charleston Mercury, that they desire to be able to
give an efficient support to the administration of
Mr.. Polk, may have some reference to the known
fishness of Mr.. Richie on the subject OF the SUBJ
treasury. Mr. Polk did not allude to the subtreasu-
ry in his inaugural Mr. Richie did not mention it
IN his prospectus has he referred to in the most
distant manner in his ''organ, and some very sus-
plcious movements have been observed and chroni-
cled relative to the deposits and the pet banks Now,
the point on which Mr.. Calhoun's friends united
with the northerners seven years ago, was on this
Care 81 aav do faq b beH q %
so ago! And IS II not probable that the desire OF
the leading politicians Of South Carolina, to hold the
administration TO its principles, has had Its influence
with the other referred to in my previous let
ter, with Mr.. Pckens, TO induce him to decline the
mission, and keep himself and his State uncommit-
ted. Mr.. Richie had better look out or he will find
failure, which annoyed him much before he left
old Vrgnny, may be proved, by the process OF time,
to have been no side augures."
WASHINGTON, May, Is, 1916.
Odds and Ends
John Ross, the Santa Anna of the Cherokee Ma
tion has length arrived and puts up at Fuller's
hotel. The anti-Ross party have charged that he
has Incorporated the moneys the nation derived
from the Federal Government-that his administra-
ton of the local affairs of his tribe have been high
handed, despotica, and extravagant-and they have
pettioned the President for redress. Ross, sup
pose, comes upon the principle of self-defence.-
Doubtless as the final proceeding, this intestine diff
culty among the Cherokees will be settled by arbi
traitors appointed by the General Government.
There is body of men at work grading the Ave-
nue. at less than the standard wages to w.t. S7a
per day. There has been fight about this reduction.
A committee of Irishmen, near hundred strong,
yesterday marched up to the ground where these men
working under wages were employed, and ordered
them to desist--to stop-to lay down their picks