The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-22
Who nil form I" Old lacks" Cabinet ?-The Free
Soil misunderstanding Incident, etc.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 1913.
The question as to who will form " Old lacks y
Cabinet, is already seriously discussed IN the po-
litica circles Of the metropolis; but it is done with
so much moderation and coyness as to lead merely
to the expression of surmises and guesses. Will
Gen TAYLOR have an ultra wing Cabinet Is the
question first propounded, to which the uniform
answer is given" think not.
Will he have nothing but wings in his Cabinet
On this question the vote is divided some pre-
tending that he will, and others, who profess to
speak from the cards, stoutly denying IT, Mr.
Holiness Of South Carolina, is mentioned in con-
necton with the Navy; Col Jefferson Davis, in
connection with the Department of War-althOugh
the better opinion seems to be that the latter will
decline the honor
All seem to agree that Mr.. Crittenden will be
offered the Secretaryship Of State, with scarcely
doubt expressed as to his acceptance of the same.
The Treasury seems to have already three diff
ferent candidates. TO wit Abbot Lawrence, Of
Boston and Lowell, Mass, Geo Evans, OF Maine,
and John NJ. Clayton, of Delaware.
A PhiladeIphian is spoken of as Attorney Cen
eraI of the United States. The Postmaster Gener-
aIship still remains vacant, though quite number
of names is proposed for the Office
It is pretty well conceded all round, that the old
wing leaders-Clay and Webster-will receive the
go-by: but on the other hand, it is rumored that
MIR. Clay may return to the Senate Of the United
States
It. quite clear, even from these few overshadow-
ings, that Gen. Taylor, by his own partisans, is
expected to be tolerant, impartial, national Presl-
dent, and that so far from strengthening either Of
the two prominent parties, his administration will
tend toward the establishment of jUste nteu, at
tempted by Captain Tyler, but defeated then from
the want Of GeneraIship. If Gen. Taylor succeeds
in keeping the hostile wings of the two great par
ties from coming into violent collision, he will
gather more laurels than he won at the battle OF
| Buena Vista.
! The Free Soil movement is spoken of by most OF
| the Taylor men here as an exploded humbug,
/ to go along with Anti Masonry, Nativism, etc.
but the millennium, opine, is not yet at hand, and
other humbugs, not thought of now, may yet dis
| turb the quiet reason Of man. There are those
| who when the sun shines. are ready to throw
away their umbrellas, thinking that it will never
rain again.
Among the amusing incidents, / cannot refrain
from mentioning the following: Some of the
clerks in the Treasury Department, feeling rather
respondent at the gloomy prospect before them, anc
the Secretary in spite of his intense application
his next report and the current business of the De
partment perceiving their low spirits, the latter in
formed them that on leaving the Department, he
would on great black board, over his own sigma
ture Robert ]. Walker" write these words
g M tcounded are behind me, and 'clH not pas
them dliUe"
Ii is said that this humorous sally of Mr.. Secre
tary Walker had the effect of kindling quite ray
of hope in the eyes of his devoted subordinates.-
| Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.