The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-18

Nov England must have enc, the great West one or
two, and the extreme South, geographically and |
politically, will demand at least enc. Thus for We
sail before the wind
PENNEY lvsuis viii be satisfied With the State De-
pertinent, aud Mr. Buchanan, il is understood, is |
lot predirp0sed ag ains accepting it. His sppoint-
meht will be resisted by the Cass and Cameron
influence, bat the experience of Folks aiministra
ton is in his favor. New York, rs the great con-
meIcial and fnaIcial centre of the Union, aside
from all other pretensions is fairly entitled to the
Treasury Department But the work of ccnciliating
the hupkers aud barnburners, will be nice opers-
tion-veiy nice. Marcy win not answer very we'll
for this object At the Baltimore Convention, when
a word, or a nod, or q wink, from Dickinson would
have given the ex-Seoretary Of War the demo-
cratic nomination ut fash, the oppat-
tunity was rejected. So far from giving q
wink or ned ~ favor of the movement,
the ex-senator msSe it sine qua non, to the har-
mony CT the party in New York, that the OK Seere.
tary should be thrown overheard. Dickinson,
therefore, would hardly consent to be supplant
ed by Marcy. and vice c1sa. Gov. Seymour is
talked Of rs gO.between, al id John A. Dix is con-
sidered availeSle What John Van Buren, is about,
nobody kncws He denies having made pilgrim
age to Concord since the election, though he did
before; acd, in any event. we may expect him TO
turn up somewhere, at the right time. Perhaps no
would be content with the post of United States
District Attorney and We think that to give him
the Western district, and his learned opponent in
the Forrest divorce case, the Eastern district would
not be q bad arrangement. There must be some
compromising, or there will be rev. The Prince
is kindly disposed, and will be easily managed.
| But how the trouble between the Marcy and
Dickinson clques is to be settled is another affair
Perhaps Gen. Pierce may cut the Gordian knot, by
appointing some man wholly unlock ed for by either
fc,ion not damaged, not responsible for their
ridiculous feuds Or these family jars may throw
New York entirely out Of the Treasury, and result
in some such compromise Charles O'Conor for
Attorney General, secondary post in the ministry;
but by no means a secondary appointment in refer
ence to " that rich Irish brogue' As at present
advised through Boston correspondents the
Marcy and Seymour interest is in the ascendant,
the ex Secretary in person, the Of his aepar
ture to the West Indies having been favored with
private conversation with the President elect at the
fremont House. This fact should challenge the
earliest possible attention of the Dickinson party
or they may be outfanked Let them also bear in
mind that before the departure Of the ex Secretary
of War from this city, he was one Of q comfortable
little party at a dinner some where uptown, at
which John Van Buren, presided, and to which none
but very selected few Of the initiated were in
vited The fact is, it may be taken for granted,
that Marcy has laid out his p ans but that ssYoung
m will 60b 10
viii remain in the fog, however, totally obscured
for some time longer We need hardly look for
gimmering of land this side of Christmas.
Wise, Of Virginia, is prominently talked Of for
Attorney General. He is man of great abilities
but zig gag, cratic politician, if we are to judge
from his political antecedents at Washington. Good
men as they may be, we doubt whether any one Of
Captain John Tyler's Corporate Guard, }" can come
in. Gov. Floyd will be formidable competitor, at
least of the dashing Of Accomack. The Southern
rights party will, we suspect, crowd Howell Cobb
entirely off the track They do not like him at all,
since his late proceedings with kessrs Toombs and
Stevens of the Georgia Union party. The Southern
rights party may be expected to push in some such
man as Jefferson Davis, or Pierre Soule. Judge
Douglas, it is generally understood holds off entire
ly, and Athertons friends in Difference to what they
consider the bes. interest of the administration are
desrous Of returning him to the Senate Should il
be done, Edmund Burke will stand we'll for tho post
OF Pos tmaster General.
Thus much for the difficulties, cross firing, ieal-
ousies, and rivalries among the various ciques Of
the democracy, for the cabinet Offices. We shall
have more light by and by on this subject, and also
in regard to the highly important appendags Of
kitchen cabinet. If General Pierce, in the appoint
mens of his cabinet, can satisfy the country, make
strong administration, and keep the party all in
the traces, he win be . match for any emergency
that may arise And We have confidence that he
will be equal to the task and brush away like cob
webs, the ugly looking, but really fimsey entangc
ments by which he is surrounded In q word, We
expect good, safe, practical working cabinet, and
safe, yet progressive administration.
The Nicaragua Transit COmpany-Forfeiture
OF the Grant.
We publish to- day statement relative to the
affairs Of the Nicaragua Transit Company. It
has been prepared and is published under the
sanction of the highest authority. We have seen
the originals Of the various documents which it
embodes and know that they are exact copies
We publish the article from no feeling Of hos.
tility to the company, but in discharge Of our
duty towards the public, which has o right to
know, when companies claiming its favor and
appealing to it for support violate their obIga.
tons, and become only machines for furthering the
interests Of irresponsible stock jobbers.
We have long known that strong feeling Of hos.
tity existed on the part Of the Nicaragua govern
ment towards the company. but We must confess
that We were unprepared to find that this hostility
had so good a foundation. The company in the |
opinion of the highest legal advisers of our city,