The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-10
INTELLIGENCE BY THE MAILS.
Our Washington correspondence.


WASHINGTON, May 8, 1919.
The OGces-Ihe Catalogue of the Day-Even,ng
Observations ON Prospective Cases
In the two official papers there is formidable
catalogue of appointments promulgated to-day.
Mr. Ewing has made bold demonstration. espe.
cially among the poor locofoco land registers and
receivers of the " Rackensack.'' The outside
State of Arkansas has had the benefit of every
other reasonable expedient for her political con-
version, without avail. The Smithsonian fund
was lent to her, all in British gold, and though
that act was done by the democracy, the wings
hoped it would enable her banks to enlighten the
people, but it failed; and the State of Arkansas
has never even paid up the interest on these bonds
| Old Tips nomination, and old Zack's nomination,
| failed to shake her. Still she has been demo-
| cratic outright and fat-footed. Mr.. Ewing
thinks he has discovered the secret the open Sc
| same, that is to redeem Arkansas. He thinks it is
in the sinews of war and he sets to work to purge
| out locoiocoism from the Rackensack, by wee d.
| ing out those obnoxious heretcs from the land Of
| fees. 1t will give the wings foothold in the
State, and encourage them to work like trench
dipoers at the next election. The soothing sys-
tenn failed in Virginia, and severe purgng, accord
ing the diagnosis of Dr. Brandreth, is to be tried
too far gone Tor recovery though it will be delight
full to the wing missionaries of that region taste
those precious drops of The oil of consolation from
the horn of plenty, vouchsated from the home de-
| partment-And who's afraid! Father Ritchie has
been haunting the organs that in publishing the ap-
ponments, they don't publish the removals; and
Just to please the padre, they came out this morn
| inc after the following fashion =
| "William T.. Powell, of Arkansas, to be Re-
gister of the Land office at Champagaole,, Ar
kansas, IN the place of Hiram Smith, removed
| Now whether Mr. Smith, and the rest of the list
| removed, were wings or democrats, we leave to
| Eat thor RI trU n IS a hal
Ewing is pretty well satisfied upon that point
| AS far as can be determined from this column
| of appointments, it is manifest that pretty tho
rough cleansing of the public Offices over the Union
of the adminlsration-that it is to throw itself up
on the wing party for support, and that the extra
| neous elements OF all other parties uniting with
the wings in the election of 4S, to be cast aside,
or, in other words, the wing party proper, and eX-
cusvely, is to be relied upon the only reliable
| support of the administration.
This decision, however, IS not yet definitely pro-
nounced or understood Gen. Taylor, on the con-
trary, is understood to be standing in opposition,
from day TO day, in his cabinet, to an ultra policy
! of rotation The list OF appointments expected to-
morrow, may throw some further light upon 1t.
| Hon. George p. Marsh is candidate for the
| mission to Berlin, in the place OF MIR. flanagan,
who is to return In month or two, making the
| TIP, we suppose, merely to pocket the culht OF
$1,000 and the Unfit of $4,000. If the admins tra-
| ton has consented to any accommodation OF this
sort, (and our information is from good wing
office seeker,) we should like to know why, and
upon what authority or excuse Our own impress
sion is that there was no understanding on
the subject. The wings of the Senate ratified
Mr.. llannegan's nominaon-the cabinet and
General Taylor could not get over it. They
were compelled, in Difference to the wings of the
Senate, to say nothing Of the democrats, to con-
cur, and send Mr.. flanagan on his mission. But
as the whole list of our Ministers abroad is to be
overhauled in June, or about the first of July, Mr.
flanagan may reasonably expect to be superseded,
in the nomination, of afording him the means of
replenlshing his. exhausted finances. In this i'm
portant view, his recall will be positive advan-
tage to him, giving him the fullest benefits of his
perquises, without exhausting them to any serious
degree by detention at foreign court.
The long protracted agony over the New York
| and Philadelphia collectorshps IS expected to be
closed tomorrow, by choice from the cand dates
for each port Hugh Maxwell is confidently and
confdentia!ly reported to be the man for New
York and Sken Smith is said to have nad post
OF heavy competitors at work, to-day against him.
When these cases are disposed of, the resduum
will be work of easy accomplishment. w.