The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-18
NEWS BY THE M AILS
Our Washington Correspondence.
WAsHIxGroS Jauuary 10, 1852.

WAsHrSGroS Jauusry 10 1852.
The Presidential Quest.on-MT. FiHmore's WaAdfa~s
Widdra~n-- Hhig Ticket Prospect 81 Scrub Race
Democratic Noise and Confusion
The working Of the wires by the wire for the
sweepstakes OF city millions year viii begin TO be
very interesting Already, coed many old politicians
exmembers OF Congress, and othersare here having
other business in Washington than to aid in working
the wires and everything straight the campaign
OF the coming summer
The wings very generally convinced that their only
man is General Scott The friends Of Mr.. Webster
stone blind 10 not that his prospects IRE be-
coming exceedingly DIM and that his great Hun
garian speech will not do The only available man io
the wings IL General Scott But II Is manifest that VI
Websters believer In the chances OF some provdend
circumstance in his behalf and he is active In appropd
ating every OCCASION Ike the rest OF them TO keep MIA
self advanIsgeously before the people
The wings, 1t Is understood are to have Nationf
Convention; and a national ticket Otherwise the pll
running Webster in the South and Scott in the Norti
might possibly be effective In carrying the eiecuonS
the House, where, with democratic majority OF
twotbirdB Of the States who knows but some Combine
tion might be arranged to swamp the democracy ia
half and half candidate in the case of John Quincy
Adams.
But we do not altogether despair Of such .riaa
gular fight az the following
For Prs,id,it--- General Winfield Scott
For Itte President-Rev Henry billiard Ala
Mr. billiard is an ex member Of Congress, Methodist
preacher, and would be highly popular with that i'm
menss den, mnption all ever the country; while Gen.
Scott-heirg sort OF hickory Catholic--woud take
OF that side of the house provided always that
he explains the Reed letter OF 1871. What stronger
ticket could the wings possibly adopt than military
chi.tain AID n Methodist preacher
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Cass Butler, Buchanan or Douglas or Eousson--most
probably Butler.
INDEPENDENT UNION TICKET
Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts,; Howell Cobb Of
Georgia,
There is other chance for the great Expoundero,
the Constitution than as an Independents candidate
and he il undoubtedly anxious to run, II Is TO be
nnaA fhuf mha md he
mittee will look to the expedency OF an inlepen1en5
ticket.
Mr. Fillmore ia out Of the question lie has with
message 10 this effect; bat upon cabinet consultation 1t
Withdrawn, for of inuring the whis ;andds.e
Governor in Virginia where the fret election for
that Office about to e under the aansti-
tuition It believed that mir. Fillmore WAS popular
in Virginia. and thus the impression that he was Tor
the Presidency might help summers, and hence the
official ment which the President had prepared
in he annual message, of his wi hdrawa from The
test, suppressed We understand nov that NJ.
Fillmore will rest his in the hands OF his riends,
their appeal that the party may perhaps DO driven
to nominate him.
At thiE moment there ia too much noise and
fusion in the democratic ranks to form any satisfactory
conjecture of their probable ticket. Douglas is picking
the South in junction with Hunter OF Virginia,
Who statesman, s much the superior Of the Little
Giant of Illinois But the Benton AMI Van buren,
movtmt mt in favor eff Butlor is the most formidable
combination in the field. The pot viii soon begin
to bell