The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-04
INTELLIGENCE By THE NAILS.
o-rw ssnssrton Correspondence.

Ersosifon the Hardness OF ms Cdse nsfUtfhsf0nd
s., The Efforts Of the Ner York Commitfee.
The case is decided-our hopes are defeated
Thus good and the faithful forever cheated;
Thus into thin air does the bright bubble vanish;
Thus-tbus have lost all our study Of Spanish;
Thus W aeprived-but that wasn't much
OF all we had learned in our study of Dutch
Der to up our grievance. we have to begin
With the loss Of our claim to the court Of Berlin;
And the end of the chapter find in the pain
OF losing that sweet little mission to Spain
The case is decided. Col. Webb has gone home to
sondoe with Mr. Fuller the ngratitude of the ad-
ministratiop. We saw him this evening in the cars.
He bore the shock with becoming resignation; but |
there will be the deuce to pay presently II to
judge of the experiment for the chapeau of the Brga-
The cabinet yesterday had the subject of the foreign
have informally agreed upon the following appoint
ments-
Mass, vice George Bancroft
For Ministerto France-Wm. c. Rives, Of Va, vice
Richard Rush, Pa
For Minister to Chill (fun misson)-Bailie Peyton
of La, vice Seth Barton, La Charge, the place being
promised by Congress
Charge to New Granada-Colonel McClung, of Miss,
vice B. A. Bidlack deceased, Of Pa.
Charge to yenezuea-Colonel Foote, of Buffalo, New
York. vice d. q Shields, Ala.
Consul to Rio Janero-Gov. Kent, of Me-, vice Cor
ham Parks.
For Minister to Constantinople-Geor P. Marsh,
Vt, vice Dabney S. Carr
For Minister to Mexico Gas Ieported).,Ex- Governor
Letcher, of Ky, vice Nathan Clifford, NH
For Minister to Spain-Ex-Gov. Graham, Of N. c..
vice Romulus M. Saunders, NC.
Every of these will bear the test OF an exa-
mination. They are all good appointments, and the
most prominent ones are excellent.
The particular under consideration is the mis-
sion to Spain; for, the Editor of the Herald has
tsFor what shall.we lose, .
And what shall we gain,
II we fail to send out
The right person to Spain ~
Col webb the He was man. He
was every body's man, who had not other
We what Col. Webb did at Phiadelpha-we saw
how he exulted in convention, face to face, Ho-
c,,,rt1 Hall Wa frnvu bat
moment that Col Webb good for a foreign mis-
sion. provided Gen. Taylor was elected and the APP
we sympathzed with Horace Greeley-we thought that
some things could be done as well as others and now
Col Webb loved old Zachary Taylor-we saw that he
extremely happy in the general resultwe thought
that Col Webb would put in claim; and he did put
He put in a claim for Berlin.
Mr. flanagan was appointed to Berlin.
On the last Sunday morning of the session, he
frmed to Berlin
Thus was Col Webb cheated out of Berlin
He had studied the rudiments Of high Dutch tor the
mission to Berlin.
out Of Berlin BY small Ybs on ala sn
webb do? Why: he did what any other sensible man
else, Spain Good Spain would do, nice eli;
nate-a gay court He shufied the pack, and
put in for Spain. He put in for Spain strong
he was on here good many times You would see him
here oday-the next day he was in New York and
two three days after he would be again at the White
House He met General Scott there and told exactly
how the thing happened that Scott left in such
Of He there mistaken. He here,
of and on, good many times. He sometimes
here week, and actually went to church Sunday,
sat within hailng distance of Old lack. He look
ed Ike member in good standing and put in his con-
man, We always took him for u Christian and that
For the last month we have seen very little of Col
Webb He had put in his papers; they
placed file and there was no occasion for him to be
d. a
day Col Webb came round
Now we come to the last act Of the "hopera."
The time at hand. The papers Of the candi-
dates about to be taken up the foreign missions
stood the following candidates for Spain
Gov. Graham, Of North Carolina
Hon. Mr. Barringer, of North Carolina.
Hon. Ed Stanley, of North Carolina.
Gov. Van Ness of w. Qate Collector New York;
And some say Mr.. Snethen. edittor Of the National
Wing, candidate; but this, we suppose was not
the case. Last, though not least, if not the first,
ANA why was he a candidate, That's the question
1 Because he wanted to go to Spain.
q Secondly-but the first reason is enough He
wanted to go; and he had right to want to go.
Well. he was here last Tuesday. He learned enough
to satisfy him that Thursday was to be the day. That
enough He forthwith sent ON telegraphic de-
spatch to Messrs Recorder Tallmadge, Simeon Draper
and Willis Hall, to meet him Wednesday in New
York. On Wednesday they did meet him in New York,
and Thursday they were in washington, all four OF
eonference with Gen Taylor, MIR. Clayton and Others
OF the cabinet. The cholera asphyxia or the
real Asidtic. Opium and camphor were powerless-
But true despair while there is life in
the patient The commit e did not despair.
On Thursday, evening they went up, Messrs. Tall
madge, Draper and Hall and charged upon Gen. Tay-
Tor, like charge of the Old Guard. The old man was
imperturbable They couldn't phaze him.
They represented to Gen. Taylor the important
vices which Col Webb had rendered in the campaign.
Gen Taylor replied, the appointment had been
agreed upon and regretted that COL Webb could not
be selected.
The committee urged upon Gen Taylor the advan-
tages to his administration that would follow the ap
pointment of Col webb.
Gen Taylor replied that he had made his choice,
and cosd not recede.
The committee represented the danger of disap- |
pointing Col Webb, from the influence which his pa
per exercised in the politics of New York.
Here old Zack came right out He responsible |
for his appointments lie had the Senate to consider
he had the prejudces. II you please. If the Senate
to consider-he was anxious to present such men to
the Senate he believed the Senate for personal pre-
udices would not reject He felt grateful for the
vices Of Col Webb; but he believed his appointment
would be rejected by the Senate If nominated for |
Spain. The nomination, therefore, could not be made.
He could not make a nomination which he believed |
would be rejected
We have this information from two different gentle |
in direct communication with the cabinet, and
having been the statement made by one of the COM
mttee in conversation on the subject and choose
to give it indicating the exact dicu lty upon which
the apple alton of Col. Webb fell to the ground.
We understa nd further that the committee went up
for final call Mr. Clayton to-day. but that he gave
them further than that the closed
and the verdict Of the jury rendered in.
Col Webb and the committee went home this eve |
ming We like Col. Webb. He We did |
all could TO keep his application prominently before
the cabinet But the is decided. We have to be |
resigned to it, and do believe that Col Webb will
get it after awhile.
We did what se could, but you zee IT was vain
riiE DocToR
Our Philadelphia Correspondence.
PHILADELPHIA, June 3, lS49
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