The New York herald., 1850-04-17
Our washington Correspon dence.


sad FS,tAeos.sns Dissoiuson Of is< Ceosne' 70, Se
A ionx cabinet meeting held yesterday. some
nfths members seomed much excited and irritated
after its adjournment.
General Taylor's sentiments in regard to the con-
duct Of those Of his cabinet officers who have been
bleeding tho treasury to exha austion by rcopening
old, rejected settled claims against the
and paying them, interest and principal may bo best
sscertaned by tho conversation Of Of his inti-
On the subject. From these gentlemen learn that
ehe old hero Is fully aroused, and very indig nant
- er9.os., tie hss peen most grossly imposed upon
and deceived and they who have done it are bound TO
suffer therefor.
Personally, he had never OF the men who
compose his cabinet prior to his arrival in this
afs his election to the Presidency The cabinet wss
made up in n hurry. Malign influences were ut work.
and prevailed, to place mon in the cabinet who
ought have been put there keep othors
out who should have been appointed. During almost
all the short session Of Congress Mr. Thomas Bving
the industrious aud obsequious ofco besgar
@ho hung about members Of Congress and paid courb
60 those who, it was supposed would have Influence
with the incoming President, to be any where.
Nobody, scarcely. wanted him to get place in the
cabinet. 1t was believed that he would have jumped
20 have accepted an Audorship such his earnest
hankering for re-tastc Of Office.
Abbott Lawrence or John Davis should have been
secretary OF the Treasury and Butler King Secrets
But MIR. Toombs, of Georgia. that OF marked
few others acting With him resolved that Mr CrAw-
ford and not Mr. King should have seat in tho csbi-
net and the point carried. Next, Mr. vinton
OF Ohio had been named for Secretary Of the Treasury
and had strong friends to back him, Messrs Toombs
end company went to work to defeat that Mr..
Tinton was too much of Northern man and tariff
naD to suit their views. They took up Mr. Ewing, and
Prefsed him: all ready, greedy and plablc at their
hands, for tho Post once Department. They did not
desire his appointment but urged him a means OF
check mating vnton of the same State They succeed
I'd. General Taylor got his back up aud scnt Gov.
Vance, or Judge Burnett, to MIR Ewing to inform him
Aba he had been selected for Postmaster General and
should be appointed The recipient Of the news was
Al He WAS N tAsle An ivh At
reception at the White House he squeezed many
hand and Joyfuly exclaimed l am Postmaster Gene
rail-
Afterwards he arranged into the Department
of the Interior where he has displayed the insoence
OF Office, in manners the mort swpsh to his hearts
rontcnt, INDUCED in nepotism and Neroism up tho
handlc re-opened and allowed and paid old rejected
claims, TO untold amount made the treasury bleed
deeply, tampered and trihed with the honor. honesty
and housp rent Of Ohm Douglass Jr worthy citizen
and truthful man, and dr,a amed dreams of being yet
ELECTED President BY the freeco vote Of Ohio and the
great Northwest!
such is Thomas Ewing of the Interior Department
. coarse able. ill hammered man. lie has provoked
President Taylor, and has been charged with grave
isdemeanors by the responsible editors Of the Union
newspaper, by John Douglass Jr and by others. Win
he AK for committee OF Congress to investigate his
conduct win he voluntarily resign his post Neither
IIe will hold and Office and keep his sons,
cousins and other kin in, until he is ordered out
sent adriit by some more emphatic and appropriate
Splicaton. But 20 he aud will II he cannot be
Got rid Of in any other way Congress will abolish the
Interior Department
Mr. Crawford goes out of his own volition aner the
committee Of Congress In his makes its report
His chief clerk Of course goes with him.
The appointment Of this latter officer by Mr.. Craw-
ford To high and rcsponsibc post, has been
complained of by General leading and intimate
personal friends than has been the appointment
Through the same influence (though attributed by that
snfuence. In letter TO the editor Of little weakly
evening paper in New York to Mr. Clsyton) of Captain
asaiah kynders, at the very moment he cursing
General Taylor old lar, as bearer OF dispatches
10 Mexico. In this connection refer you to edi
xorial I'm the hepIbic of Friday in which the editors
speak with meaning, of rumor that. at the Galphin
bill paced the House. there cards shuied Mt the
Clerks deck Ifthere were cards and marked cards
nj that"Shufed there the editors IL Ia time for
the country to know of the fact, and who did IL
Mr. Clayton will retire afer no gets the treaty
business with Sir Henry through That Is the preence
Mr.. Meredith will go about the samo time. lie has
managed his affairs wretchsdiy long enough lie is
surrounded by spcs and nforers, and appears to
Joy their in preference to that f General
Taylor's devoted friends. lie Keeps his own brother
and five iocofoco or neutral editors in ofcc in the
New York Custom House and makes many OF her moves
of like astounding wisdom besides pay ing ary old dead
claim which Mr kevcrdy johnson may say ought to
b. dug up although old Father Whittlesey. the Comp
troller may present ne did in the Galphn
unanswasble argument that 1t ought not TO be paid
Of his br gh IL the following :--iIe point
I'D a Mr.. Watts lawyer OF the interior Of Peansyl
vsnis, and one Of MIR M,rediths family acquantances,
Sf not Of kin to be Of the erection OF
anarine hospital at ST Louis, in Missouri Mt Ss per
day. sc. The people Of st. Louis have most indig-
santly r,monstrIted In memorial against the rank
injustice which this Importation Of Mr. Mere dth has
inflicted upon them.
Mr.. Rcverdy johnson has made himself more obnox
ious tho whg party and to the country by his ready
legal dccrions IN favor Of paying old rejected claims
bleeding the most freely than either OF
his collier gueF. perhaps lie will have tn take up his
line Of march early. The odium Of unpopularty has
been drradfully him since 1873 IL u now
worse than lie had done bice business In the
matter Of besiowng the federal appointments In MARY
land previous to HE recent legal decisions la favor Of
the Gsphin and other claims. Suffering himself to
De held In the grip Of the little leader OF the Baltimore
Court House clique snd To- b. dictated TO by that
smart little Clerk, who lke himself was formerly
red hot Jacksonitc and much Of wh.g down to
chs day he caused the federal Offices in Maryland TO
BE almost entirely bestowed in manner which has
given the greatest offence to tho whig party Of that
ftste IL IL time for Mr. Rcyerdy johnson to return
10 his profession. lie again reach the Sc
nate can he go abroad, IL he could get
foreign appointment. The senate would be In the
way.
Measrs Preston and Collsmcr will retro TO bear
their COLLEAGUES company.
Colonel Gentry who got excused from serving on the
Galphn claim committee will probably be secretary
OF War after Mr. Crawford retires Senator Bell u is
supposed yields his claims O. hose sf hi friend Gentry
Jhc latter will make splendid Secretary of war e
would at once impair new tone life aud spirit into
the army
John { Wright. Of the Cincinnati GaIeii, and Thur
low weed ofthc Albany Esenins Journal are in town.
REFS EYRENDL
WsaIysror, April IS. 1850.
TIE Ci,rksLip-TAe Cabin,f TIE Gsphin Clam. te &C.
The topic tonight h the elerkship Every thing sP
pears to he at skies The wlgs Of the House
completely knocked up by the eabinet-the dcino
crats are not altogether harmonious though
~ approaching TO harmony than the wings The chan