The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-10
INTELLIGENCE BY THE MAILS.
Our Warrington correspondence.


WASHINGTON, April 9, 1919
The Sabbath IN Neutrality-suspicious. of the Day.
The Episcopal church Of ST. John, opposite the
White House. or rather the pastor of said church,
ie the official spiritual organ of the administration;
and it is interesting to see how the popularity of
this church has increased since the Inauguration.
The most casehardened politicians are there to be
observed interningled with the most meek and
lowly of the congregation. This, however, beng
Easter Sunday, all the churches were well attend
ed, for the day has been beautiful, and the ser
vices inviting and imposing
And yet Wizards Hotel has had ITS clusters OF
Place-men and place-hunters, as usual ana the
policy of appointments has been the continued nys-
terv of the {" ms" and the outs" The cabinet
move too slowly for the "outs,' and they are en-
tirelv too proscriptive to be satisfactory to the
sins" The office-seekers curse the admlnisra-
,;op as cowardly, and afraid of its own shadow,
and The lice-holders, in silence and trepldation,
contemplate the fearful work of rotation actually
going on as unparalleled even in savage warfare.
Here we have group canvassing the appoint
ment of Matthew l.. Davis, as inexplicable
and provoking near at hand, a corporal's guard
are debating the disastrous effects of u tlmld
policy in the appointments, as illustrated In
the Yankee elections; third detachment,
are wondering what the cabinet did yester-
day; man supposes they were overhaul
ing our foreign reatons--that they wish to pro-
vide for the scenes which must occur in the Me-
diterranean, when the Russian bear pounces down
upon STEAMBOAT, for it is supposed that neither
England nor France will permit Nicholas to at
tempt the annexation of Turkey to the Arctic
empire of the Gar another thinks the cabinet
were on the more important question of the divi-
sion of the "spois," and this appears to be. the
prevailing opinion. We are informed that, Incl
dentally, both our internal and exterior relations
were under discussion in connection with appoint
nents to be made
Mr.. Johnson, Attorney General and a man oil
some influence with Gen. Taylor, went over to
Baltimore yesterday, and dozen, more or less, of
our interchangeable prosecutors for the nice places,
having nothing to do in Washington over Sunday,
followed Mr. Johnson over, with the expectation
of putting in good word by the way some others,
Philadep hla, also, last afternoon, concluded 1t
would be judcious to spend the Sabbath among
the Quakers They did not expect to have chance
at the Secretary on the way, of course not.
The New York city Office seekers in town leave
this evening to vote at the charter election and
if there are any left behind, they will hardly ven
ture TO show themselves at the West End till after
the election. If such an Individual should turn up,
the question may be asked of him
"What docs ne in the South,
When he should serve his sovereign in the North"
The New York charter election is a matter Of
no small interest TO the cabinet, in party view,
because fears entertained that the Cass and
Van Buren, men have made treaty OF peace, and
that, as a probable result, another defeat OF the
wings is to be apprehendcd. If the wings win,
something will be done for them if the locos win,
they will be punished. w.