The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-06

II 10 now two months since General Taylor was
,sissAsa
tion To begin on the fourth OF March next, now
rapidly O. proaching;, and yet this day the pur
possshr intentongr N pew PrShde1 In regiFo
to h, elicy. his Y inc pr the pfiscid men VIII
viz SssS ,s.. with s'$. ~ %ss
preceded the election, or at any time since the past
movement was made in his behalf With the ex-
ceptirn of cerraIn general Declarations made IN
his various political letters, nothing hasf37e9ff
vulged, nothing has been excavated, nothing 'hsh
been ascerained, from which single ray OF light
can be obtaiued, in regard TO the policy OF his adj
mipstIatlon on ceftaih reading points. Notwlth.
s,and An ,tbss my s,ery and obscurly, the &c is,
however, "a strong and abiding cou6d~uco in, che
public mind, i6af has men and tis measures will
dswel caivulssed to.subeerve the geneml interests
ef The. equahy; az lhsI il, he should tai "a .the
rsttrials in selecting agood cabsnet, or IN devs-
Ing asst qf aYise thspFs he WIN ayar' himself
'of she frat opportunity 10 set himself nsht-even
shpnld AZ. pc under the Necessity Of substituting
'set of constitutional advisers as Frequently
Asi tEthy Bs neSsssary for him to get a new hat,
ser q fresh paiS al indispe nsables 1855
e., There art; however, leaks in the tlghtestves-
selssa Occasionally statements are put tor.h, and
declarations made, On such authority and under
such circumstances, a. to produce almost coovic-
ticn on the talr and candid mind, and TO persuade
JUS 10 give credence to them, and from them form
pahcipations Of what will take place after the IN
" s.htD,i,rnf,nn NJ n t'i@E.t'I isI ~ Ga sTs-Ffsr
- IL IS generally supposed that General Taylor
will form his cabinet, of moderate whIg states
mon hrOm different geographical sections of the
L.
\ almost impossible 10 surmlse.-, Mr.. Critten.
den, of Kentucky, and Mr.. Clayton of Della
ware, are the only two, athus far. who. general
opinion concurs IN thinking, win form part Of the
new 1asblnes.r With respect TO- the removal Of TO-
reign ministers, or subordinate officers in the
hsWe depar,me pts, there seems TO be the utmost
doubt a. 10 what extent General Tay will tpro-
Ecsed. IN sele cting his constitutional advisers. it
Improbable that tho heads Of the several depart
msnts win he allowed the privilege Of Choosing
thelr -chicf clerks, theybe to certain extent
con66sttyA advisers M the several Offices to
which they are attached II asserted.in various
wsystha1 General Taylor will be averse, To- any
syafem Of general rsmev val from official station Of
any kind, sitherat home, or abroad, on the ground
rOt mere difference OF opinion political matters
ltiS likewise Stated, on what is supposed to be re.
liable authority that the President elect entertains
the 0f4nion that tenure of office sioudbe placed
on the, same basis as that which exlss IN the mi.
! Htasy and navel SERVICES and which permits-no
ailments to be made except, to. fl vacancies
caused by death, expiration OF office, or resgna.
lion. IF IhIs system pc adopted, no removals can
bemsdc, except for good causes, which causes
ti'ystbe previously investigated and decided upon
In a4oEm similar to that in use. in the military
land services, viz, ceurt MARTIAL ,.a It
These said be the y,ews Of General Tay-
Tor reference 10 removals from Office; and If it
should prove that they are ms vlews,r they will
prtsent an insurmountable barrier to the hundreds
Ofeenhf egars who are eager for shs .oi e, and
'fefvse the 'Fresdent and hrs advisersfrom good
deal ptdi GGuliy and trouble. besides giving them
rmUre time tnand leisure to'iatsend to the I'm.
poriant Interests Of the country Npthwith-
stsudsng' this, nlthere will be- Terrible rash
on nm sQf. already, the exciting and delightful
bssiness offofsce' begging is beginning to show
SYMPTOMS Of vigorous vitality az the lnaugura-
ton approaches We unde rstand, that all the
obeat 81, pariofs,, spac19us drawing rooms, and 4
comfortable second rpair backs,r with q con-
,sdefable number Of the, -tolerable placements
andaeconrio dioasr ,ataIos, which may be dis
p6sAbleat Washington, will be engaged long be- ]
lore the arrival of General Taylor in that region
Already; as one Of our correspondents there in
forms U.s. an entire hotel almost has been engaged,
in which it supposed the President will fake up
hIs IA b.tese ne moves 10 the White House
a. distinguished aepuahr Of this CITY, VINO figured
fafhsf ptominenty athe late election, has taken,
it's sand, oshntends to fake ap trtmcnts, he can
get them, on the same floor with the President,
90 that he ma yrrhave his duringthe important
businessof milking up cabinets and drawing out
lists Of diplomatic and holae- appointments. From
city the number of office seekers is increasing
every day, may be. easily ascertained fromthe
crowds who arerunnng about from lace to place,
Begging names, and Recommendations and en-.
'doTsen,e Rss from every one OF General Taylor's
supporters who made himself IN any way prom-
nent during the late Presidential struggle, and
Who's - tfem this cause, Is supposed to have
some influence with thc} new administration.
The ndhber of oflice seekers in this quar-
ter, as appears by a private list which we have
seen, will -pJ obably soon reach thousand; and
before the fourth Of March, will, in all Likelihood.
amount to two or three thousand There will be !
a. perfect swarm OF locusts to Egypt during the 1
last ,weeksof February We should not be sur 4
prised to learn that the number Of applicants mock
ing at Gen Taylor's door amounted to SO 900 or
Deco before midsummer The Old hero will re-
celve more trouble from'their assaults than he did
from Santa Anna and all the Mexican troops he |
met in his march from Palo Alto to Buena Vista
We wieh him safe deliverance out of the hands !
OF the Phst'nes; Tor we really think that, before
the fist. SIX months Of his Presidency shat have :.
expired, If he be then alve as we trust he will, he
will need all the prayers of the faithful throughout
the world, TO rescue INN from the difficulties and
dangers with which he will be surrounded, !
ANOTHER LETTER FROM GIN. TAYLoR.--The orr y
ginal Of the following letter from Gen. Taylor was
handed TO us yesterday - - 4
, -. .ilJ .lr Baron RoUcE Ola J Dec FL, l84S