The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-27

WASHINGTON, Nov. ~. 1919

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e WAsHINoroN, Nov "a, 1913
General Taytss Cobmd-7se % Young Drmo-
. eacy" Of Whigg1y and the "Hunkcr ph,gs''-
me new Administration Bankers- Coeoraw
ana R'ggs-Ihe Mrssion to Rome, &C. &c.
, vi all The subjects which have formed the
groundwork OF newspaper articles and letters for
the last lew weeks, none has been more fru,ttm
than that OF cabinetmaking; and yet upon no sub
Ject have the writers been so far astray. Ia Our
last, we ridiculed the absurdiy, and we did an
because in one instance that we have seen :. ave
the cabinets formed even approached prob,b,l;tv
much less truth. Every prominent whip. and
many democrats, also, were duly installed as com
ponent parts of the next administration, and to
most OF them the news of their good luck must
have been astounding doubtless grstify.o
In this state OF things 1t is with trepdstion We
We venture to give to the public the real state
Of sfairs as connected with the new administrato.
but having received our information from bi,h "a
objectionable authority feel emboldened to ui-
list Of the members Of General Tsylor's cabinst
well for the purpose Of setting at rest the idle ru r.
in circulation an to put the country In posssssior ~
the real composition of the body The followinpi, ths
| list -
JOHN M CLAYTON, of Delaware, State Departu INF
h.n'r pxy,on ~ OF Mass Treasury Depart rent.
BUTLER MEG OF Ca, or N.vv n.a.-..
TH1DpEus STEVENS, of Pa, Postmaster C,sn.,.,
JoHr j. CRITTErDEN OF Ky, Attorney General
MI Cfittenden VIII not, because he cannot afford ca
be- Sacrstary Of State He has stated that hs Z. TO-
poor for tbs premiership. General Taylor des,rss t.
have hin, near him. 80 De will accept the Attorney
GsneraIship. which will enable him. at the same tims.
to make respectable living, rs he practice in the
Supreme Court.
e. ar.
TsYlors choice. Mr. Clayton wss to have been Secre
tary Of state, in casg Clay had defeated Polk in ~
Mr.. Peyton may prefer to hold bis old station. oe
United States District Attorney fer Louisisna II.
which eysnt John Bell o. Meredith p Gentry. OF Tan
nessee pc1h intimate political and personal friends a.
War. p'''"'n % 'sors'ary OF
Mr.. Bates, Of Missouri was president of tho Cbcare
convention. He was formerly In Congress ut vhieh
time he sent challenge, through Col Russell ists Of
the army, now In Washington; to Alexander then \
whifs fsstbsp nS 1or On,o Ae.Ande, showed the
large company ct dinner. Bstes Is native Of yir-
gnia and Sstisved to BE- the eminent state.maa
eye" to rest upon, as he makes up his cabinet.
Truman Smith end John Boil, must remain In the
Mr. Webster will 60 to England. This Is fixed fact
The tax Of his being too poor to there upon saia
1t is all moonshine about Godsdsn, o. Holmes, Of s.
C. receiving any Important appointments. They
vored, is the work Of Mr. Holmes himself, who, With
the Hon. Cost Johnson have the entire control or the
thoughts Of one of the Rev. David HaIes Washington
Seward viii go to Rome. Rives, to France Preston.
OFFS Co. to Spain. Evans, to Russia where he can ge&
Wefdo not like the appointment OF Albeit Lawrence
to the Treasury Department He is too ultra In his
accepting seat In Tayors cabinet that he vil agree
to adopt moderate course The New England Sta 20
they should be represented in the cabne and they
are almost unanimously In favor Of Mr. Lawrence A
gtea. many wings, also In other parts Of the Union,
q difficult matter-should 1t be thought advisable,
which We believe will not DO the csseto resist olans
The young democracy" Of whigsery is now in the
ascendant The old bunker wings will be put down
they attempt to rule Prescription will receive nc Ia
vor There will be effort, and doubtless q strong
on the part Of the extreme wings get the nppse
does, moderate wings and Taylor men, viii b. fully
| prepared to check the movement Clay whigaery Il
party feel that the time gone BY for the sdvocsoY
OF high tariff and national bank, they are de-
termned not to throw the into tie hands
of the extreme democratic party again BY urging mse
sures which perhaps were wise ia 49, but
party which General Taylor win rely upon is awars.
that to proscriptive policy extrsm
would be to cut its throat 1t is aware that upon ID
ira party grounds, the wings never succeed ~
tanning power, and common If nothing else win
point out the true course to be adopted.
The amount Of stock issued on foreign account 10
far this week, has been large By the way Is gene
rally understood, that Msssrs. Chubb aud Schsnck.
wings, withsl-1ii superssds Messrs Coroorsn ssd
Riggs, as Government agents. under the nsw I'D minis
will be very willing retire as they have made md
some fortunes by their recent operations will fes
inclined to !" let well alone.'
Wonderland that Mr. Edmund Burke has declined
the mission to Rome, which stated offered nim
sfew days since Mr. Livingston is spoken Of nov;
but, In all probability, no appointment will be made
until after the meeting of Congress.
A statement has appeared in Baltimore paper, that
the Presidents mansion was handsomely iightsd"l
upon the occasion Of the torch light procession, on
Tuesday evening. The statement is, of course, an
error. iii not only highly improbable that Mr. Polk
rjoces at General Taylors cess but II would BE-
grossly indecent In the President participate
mnaticns At ali events, in the case IN ousstiop be
is entirely In noosnt .s Irl's, N = M.
Thanksgiving day was duly observed yesterday, By
the suspension OF bust the destruction Of fac
turkies General Worth and his lovely daughter dnsA
with MIR. Secretary Marcy. The conversation nstu-
rally enough turned upon that out topic, the
governors breeches. After few remarks thsreupon,
Miss Worth srchy observed" An, Mr.. Marcy, wish
been too happy to have patched the do you
call them = for nothing!n Tho Secretary laughed
heartily whilst Bowden, who present, bushsd
like peopey owl, and swallowed half tumbler Of
brandy by mistake, in his confusion Tt
oN,o nave seen letter from ssdng gsntlsm.n IN
the failure Of the cities of Cincinnati, Columbus and
e9sit, in vbeh csss Wsler viii have % the sor;sv
The wings however, declare In that event that they
will retire from the Legssturs, and thus prevent
whom the duties Of Governor would dsvove during
infeyregnum The present Cover time expires on
the third Of December and 1t s probable President
Of the State Senate would act Governor unta new
inatslled. U0l.f
BALTIMORE, Nov. rs, '1848
Dreadful Accdent-Joint Stock Company ofIr-
rcntos-Dfme. Bishop, Booth, &c.
most melancholy accident happened yesterday.
resulting in the death OF Mr.. VIM. III. Soper, Of
the firm Of Soper Co, auotioneers. He fell backward
through trap dsor, from the nrst floor Of his
houe to the cellar, causing conclusion Of the BRAIN
from which he died in hours. He was an aotivv
and upright business man, much esteemed by all who