The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-21
Our waslll,e,on Correspondence.

WA.HiNGrON, Oct. Is, 1850.
ne SGHinisiyofi oa o~d licsaiagt0a HUNTS Let
tr-PJtaaCnfiai >,'rb Racc-Ipho wiA Run
TIE ncri Hg2r o. Ehcf n President of the Un,ted
Ns0t,s-- bBs,-tSs 10 fte Depur ments-- Warrants
- lie 7ios'o y N,r assistant Secrefary Of the
Trfnsrrg- N,.jor Camp Qal CQ Rogers ~.
RENTED TO cine. g..
The Iasmarfs oi tie administrator are satisfied
with the tone and temper 81 Mr.. Washington Hunts
letter. They exp CT hlm 10 be nominated for Go.
vernon ~ the Utica Convention, along with the
remainder Of the S'ue q . put forth by the late
Syracuse CoG,tuiioi; AMI they count upon the
el. ction cf TWO If The candidates n the ticket,
% wit: the Governor aud Canll Commissioner.
They count upon the election cf twenty. four whig
members Of CuurTess, iHcudi. those Of the Sc
ward and the anu Seward stripe They consider
the quarrel IN Tie wing patty of New York TO be
simply and solely local State affair, which should
be confined within the limits Of New York, ard
should not he at al participated by the wing
party in Sny 9th, State Of the Union.
The pittent tigns in the political horizon Indicate
that the next Presidential race will be a scrub race
that lht p.isDoy ~ national convention nomina-
tons has dspsitd The chances are that General
Scott, PTesid,ni Fillmore, and Henry Clay, of the
whig parry, Will be 10 the field, and possibly Daniel
Webster On The democratic party, the chances
are that General Cs--, Jamcs Buchanan, Levi
WCo0tJfy, and Go nrrtl Houston will be on the
run. Ihomss Hart Benton will certainly be in the
race, as the maiyr CaudidIie-a free soil slave
owner.
In he event of a scrub race, Of this nature, the
ceCtlun AZ President gnts 20 the House e Repre-
sentatiyts, the NJ mtrls &c whicA are now being
elected IN s.ytr,lui ihe states. IN that House the
potency ~ The vote Delaware, Florida. or Arkansas
will cast, VII be- 4ral Co ihat 81 New York. Each
state will have one vote, and sixteen States must
10 iof zone one Candidate 90 order 10 eficc. an
election
How Hscfsssy, ihcr, 70 look well 10 the Con.
gIessiUEal elscuuu6. lrlusy iyania and Missouri
have elected ihsirTepft stniaiyts 20 Congress- and
have each reversed tAr political complexion ~ the
deletgtiCn 1hry utis.t each other 10 Prcsidsn-
uli vote in the HOu-c ~ Representatives. Ohio,
Maine, losB, oho StYih Carolina have all elected
thtir ,IrtstItaiiy,s, md returned democratic dele
Catrt4
But 90 the event Of sc-ub race. there will b.
southern di.uuItu candidate Gu the trf OF course;
ans a. utt q tCr rfrts will b. elected upon the
eurp'iuuu ihat ih'y mas have the light Of voting
vt nm 30 ihr hgusF sights aye yct 90 be seen
ttiOIc GnUihtr lltsidruIh election shall be
ArouLh with
The six executive Departments If the govern.
. mt Wlih but hitt cattrei ministers 10 manage
hem, ere iCr The most g1u nicely crowded win
itDtns having business with them, waning Offices
Nsrt.is iur money sppropriated, &c., NC.
Colonel Irrnuon, The suC~rn'rH1sut OF the In
l.
.aI Souibwtst III Is to draw s'J0,0OO more in
DeCrmbtf n,yt. f'f th old Chcf0kcrs
Mc,.fs Lev, Sioo g. Co, are getting ready 20
uCtl'e th'if Vafreuts zoo the moneys coming 10
hem relative 70 thr ocean NATL 30 -yice; and Messrs
bdhtn Ni'htr q Co ore yrrpIIing % receive war
,dhL lof tht appropriations coming o. them in the
hsiitf ~ etcC.Tg dry docks
Nj >'cfttay Gowns Office has daily pre.-
slfc - gentlemen about H. epiiicent TO show that
10, iliAi tAd 5Cilve Governor has his hands fulI
~ lusintts
For Assistant Secretary crihc Treasury. a South-
'tn Gentleman his been appointed, whose gentle
Watl dcuurifne ~. genuine busiuess habits. ard
leiitti familiarity With tht mercantile and marine
statistics ~ the country, will en- bic him 20 ill INC
oibte with honor hiais, { aat advantage 70 the
county. lie will not enter u,on the duties of the
ofbce under some twenty days. ! am not az liberty
10 rtye bis name az present.
Major Camp, Of Ohio, has been appointed travel.
ing Snb Treasury Agent, to 90 up 10 Detroit aud
then down 20 New Ogls ans, &c.
Colonel lohn A. Rodgers, of Penney lvania, for
mtfy OF oct Tenhs 20, bas teen appointed some
"u ~ an linden Agent in New Mexico.
wbsE1srox, Oct. Is, $50
me CtnIrs-ccmtnt 4 tire sre Ikise yp-Dts,scl-
eon II n, Democratic Party ia Ms s,pfh, 0ad
81 ne Wig Po'is ~ the Norfh--Tae Curious
Orig, Of NJ. Critisad,s's Oyisisn.
From certain preliminary political meetings in
Georgia, II will Be discovered thst The Old Division
Of whigs and democrats Is about to De- abandoned.
and that a new arrange ment fthe Union psrsv s.d
the secession party 10 sSouils sup.nede the old
srder of things
The Union patty is eoEstitu.ed Of the mass q he