The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-03-14
WASHINGTON, March II, 1919.

WASHINGTON, March IL, lSl9
Same ofMs on Dts of the Day-A~<cdots of Old
Zsek a~d the Senate a~d Co.. Bliss Members
sad Er. Members of Co~gress IN the Field.
We have got started. HIT or mss, old lack has
made break. He never shrinks from RESPONSE
bility, and always comes out heads up. He seems
% be acclimated to the White House already; and
while he Is as frank soldier, he is courteous
rs a secretary of legation. He talks well. He
aasposes OF his vislters with the promptitude of
man Of busine So, and with the tact OF man OF
taste Yet there Is no tact about it. 1t is habit
In the man. There is an air OF diffidence in all his
frankness that convnces you of the honesty of the
man ; there is a reservation OF an ex resslon of
embarrassment IN spite of HIMSELF which tells you
he is in new field of operations, and unacquainted
with the ground. When his cabinet, or any OF
them, are near him, he appears TO be pretty we'll
assured that he can do his duty; or when Col
Bliss Is by, he seems to be satisfied that everything
Is right.
After several days elaboration, he sent IN to the
Senate to- day batch of appointments the exact cha
racter and extent Of which have not yet TRANSFERRED
Several ministers TO foreign countries, several Off
cersfor Mine sofa, marshal or two, and several Off
GERS Tor the departments, are supposed to be among
the nominations; and they said to be all whigs
and that members OF Congress and ex.members
ticlans are certainly the alert. There are il Is
reported, twelve Of them, alter Peter G.. Wash
>ngton, the 9th Auditor, who has escaped the axe
OF The hesdman through several administrations;
but who, In being retained by James X. Polk, is
taken to be good enough Morgan for decaplta-
ton The pressure Is heavy. The work Is lett
10 the heads OF the depa tmen's, OF necessity, and
as mater Of right. They are inclined to libe-
Ia extension Of the rule OF rotation, and it re-
quires all the nerve OF old lack to restrain them
from general execution OF locofoco benz fclares.
Mr. Clayton, however, IS soflenlng down, and
the policy which he advocates Is considerably
milder than that W hich he would pureue with Mr.
Clay at the head of affairs In short, Mr.. CLAYTON
is disposed al least for the time being, to practise
the soothing system, In compromising the expec-
tatlons Of the wings by holding out to them the
Plato Of thelefOch Of '4S.
To show that General Taylor, however, Is a
man of busnt ss, no sooner had the Senate met on
Tue day, the 9th March, than he sent up Colonel
Bliss WITH the catalogue Of the cabinet. The Sc
nate, after they had been an hour or more IN ses-
sion, appointed MIR. Miller and Mr.. Atchison 10
wait Oh the President, TO inform HIM that the ST.
nate wee ready TO hear from him The commit
zee OF two went up to tie White House, where the
IolIuWlDg scene occurred =
Mr. ArrH,son MIR. President, tho Senate have ap.
upon you to inf rm you that the Senate are now in
setsioD and ready to receive any Communication
VII oh you may have to make.
NV II may be that the old General supposed
that the Senate had got tired OF waiting for the
expected essage, and that the committee had
been sent up to Jog the memory of his Exceliency;
hence, we suppose, his reply 10 the formal an
nounct ment Of the CO mittee.
OLD ZAcx - Good gracious! You don't tell ne
Wsirns all. Al ,h.s time: why, gentlemen sent up
The committee were stumped Mr. Atchson
was in favor OF reporting the tact; but they finally
agreed 10 60 back nd make no report at all, the
prompitude OF Old lack doing away with the
necessity. Meantime Colonel Bliss had gone up
to the Senate, and awaiting pause IN the pro.
ceedlnes, had put in his message In advance OF
shows that Old lack, though al ways polite, is not
the man to stand upon ceremony when BUSINESS is
10 be done.
We put In a word here for the benefit of Colonel
bIlss. When ne comes up with a message to the
Senate, he is half way up to the char by the time
that his presence is announced. Now, while
CELEBRITY Is good rule In military movement to
redeem weak position, etiquette IS a rule of the
Senate. The private secretary comes into the
chamber. He stands without the bar. The ser
geant-at.arms steps before him, and soon as he
catches the eye OF the chair that officer stops the
Procee dlDgs Then The serge at arms announces
IL dlsllnct voice, "A message from The Presl,,
dent OF the United States" The private seere-
ta'y, with the message In his hand, steps within
the aisle, makes bow, and standing still, an
nounces " Mr. President. l have been instructed
by The President OF The United States to deliver
to the Senate message In writing" Then the
private secretary deliberately walks forward, and,
delivering his parcel into the hands OF the Secre-
taiy OF the Senate, dsappears by another way.
The probability 10, that Colonel Bliss never
this thing done till called to do II himself and II
was natural that he should instinctlvey follow the
promputude OF the camp, rather than the debe.
rate ceremonies OF quiet Legislation. Knowing
him to be man Of good sense, we believe he will
appreciate this HINT, for IN matters of but little
Apparent importance, the most sensible men, where
ignorant OF them, are ever the most re ady to be
informed.
The case of General Shields has not yet been
reported upon, though 1t Is understood the com
rnltiee are unanimous against him. 1t appears
that he YVES naturalized IN Illinois, in the fall Of
l840, so that by the fall of 1S49 he will be the re.
CURED nine years citizen, independently OF the
alleged naturalization of his father, which he has
failed to establish. General Shields claims that
the reason OF his naturalization In 1910 was not
to secure citizenship, which he ALREADY had by
MS fathers naturalization, 1ut for the object of
more readily proving his citizenship In Canada
where he contemplated gong to help out the cause
ofindepeDdence In those benighted regions Admit
ting this TO be so, his dispute with Judge Breese
ought to have admonished him to stand back till
next December, wnen his wn naturalization would
have carried him through. Now, the vrrd ct of
the Sc nate will send HIM back TO illinois and the
chances are decidedly against his reelection, on
account OF that most disastrous correspondence
with hIs better tempered and more prudent oopo.
neDt. When Shields was elected some western
wag dtductd, in polnt:-
"Men lore their heaes aud yet they live,
Bot stranger far than thess
The shot that wen, through E1ields's breast
Did not hill him, but Brssss."
And YET, ii appears that the shot has repounded
anu VIII keIy 90 ndIu 10 prove at least the political
death OF the General, and the convalescence OF the
Judge.
-" There many slip,
When We think we ave man ON the hip.n
We close for the present by saying, that the
ofhce-seekers Of old Zaek bat little less IN mum
6.rs than the swaims that waited on old Tip ia
lo4o, though their chances are not halt SO pro-
ming. W.
WASHINGTON, March ii, ISi9
- The N,,U Adm,a,siyatton
me present Executive session Of the Senate will
not continue more than few DAVIS tor the res.on
una. Inc 'mmt dlae business upon which il has been
convened will have been considered and dis
II has been decided. after full, consul,a,,on h.
t~ cen The Pre- II mt and cabre aot 70 submit snv
nor nations for office, except mnere vscsnc'.ss