The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-20
Our New Hampshire espoadcncs.
CoNCoRp 0so IL 1852

CONTINUED Scarcity If Political Pilgrims The NsS
Cobinet-Gen Pierce s,A C,smse~a~ce no Fac
tions-H,s Policy IN Making Appoi~tments-Hs
is determined 10 be Pres,sent /" per se''-No Die.
tstion- 1menty tfvs g fned facts" De ided-Pres
cts to Gen Pi~ce-Moi~ Ltq.r Lov B,u Bad
iy Wo~rdet- Uoion Railroad PROJECT Mss
List Of A1,vais, 9s.
Tie migration Of political pilgrims hither ward
fer the purposs Of having their fortune told by ths
great New Hampshire coDjurer, Gas they appear TO
consider the President elect,) previous to bis first
appearance in he White House At Washington. on
the 4th Of March next, has very psrceptibly dinu-
isked within the last might. We're it not that,
in proportion the scranss for ofi,s is apparesty
dying away, becoming stale, fat and devoid Of in
tercss here, it is beginning to rage with ten fold
greater violence, in ,ressiDg most tcrifieay else
where-psrticulArly in the region Of Old Ia mmany
-one would suppose thas there was scarcely an
sffcs seeker rsmanng in the snxioss seats, and
that they were likely to becone g . beggsrly &c
count Of empty boxes." There 10 . dearth here,
however. Fer the last week Or two, Gen Pierce
has had q capital chance to take = long breath !:
and the prospect is fair that be will start for
Washington about the n.ddls of Febraary-a lit
tie earlier, perhaps, If he oan make his arrange
uents-" sound In wind and limb" and ready for
the race which is set before him.
The composition Of the new cabinet, and the poll
cy Of the incoming administration in relation TO 40
pointments for office, appear 70 be the all absorbing
topics just now. As the interest to know VINO will
compose the cabinet Increases isrsfrcshing to per
ccjve spending increase in the modesty OF the
newspaper writers, particularly of some VI those Ut
Wa ufn h0 prOfp tn INNS auda
little more They seem to have finally, after study.
ing che HERALD few weeks. como 20 the oonclu
sion that the names Of the nov cabinet ms nbers will
not be made public before the LIST OF March, ct the
pearea period In this respect shsy Judge correctly
This fact being settled now let set them Ugh. on
few additional points, which deserve espssiJ at
tention from some Of those Who most venture
Ene in spsculating about Gen Pierce's petcy.
Enough hiss recently transpied ners to justify me ia
setting down the following likely to turn up fixed
faots:--
/ General Pierce will accept the office Of Prssi
DENT provided he livei unl the 4th Of Msrch next,
and s formally found to have received majority Of
electoral votes in the thirty one States
Tie will first sppsint csbnes, which viii not
consss OF more than seven members
3 IL h.s been scertaIneG that there are from one
"a three candidates for cabinet appointments in
nearly all ofthc aforesaid thirty ono Statss dfy
candidates, grssd Total
IL he language cf that venerable moral pn'ic
sopher DR. Psley, there II satisfactory esiasnos
existing in the nature Of the itself tsat Jast
lorv ltrss OF the above candidates, including their
relatives md friends, will not be appointed
. These forty three unfortuosees, Including reia-
tives ard friends, will be disappointed
& A few Of them--ssy ten-will probably STARE
NO /" NJ sse = poise. and Try TO- kics up row
= G,n Pierce will Fit quietly In the White House
and laugh ~ them He ,elisaes a god jose-hs
ms, IN |. hutton or two from his Wristbands
The coDsesuopcs win be- that one Of the Wash
;cg,cn tailcrs will get job
Q The wrath Of ,he ton Tor lesrl iudignssts win
subsi6e when they see the General laughing, and