The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-10
Oar New Hs.psssrs CorrssPeadsncs.
CoNcoRp, N 81 Dec. 6, 1852

Gree~< waved for Place in the Ner Cabi-
wd-Dsah Of the "Cosnfsss of Rumford"-
The LsgisiafW Proposed Uniow of Railroods-
Mai~s Latr- Warm Weathe-Losc Price of
Poslfyy aud High Price of Capitalization of
the Property Qualification, &c.
The plan which appears to have been recently
adopted by . portion Of the "unterrihed" who
"most do congregste" in and about sold Tam.
many" to relieve the incoming administration Of
portion Of the care and responsibility Of making
appointments to office. appears to be attracting con-
siderable attention in this quarter 1t is decidedly
original, sun gen0is After one half of the most
xealous aspirants in your city have knocked of the
heads, gouged out the peppers" and split open
the skulls Of the other half there will only remain
half as many there now are to be provided for
The fun will all be over, since competition is the
Life Of business" What kind of q show will the in.
coming democracy make if the competitors for the
ioaves and fishes so far make mince. meat of
each other previous to the inaugura alton, that
there is no competition left Z The offices alone
will not pay expenses. That is q fixed fact.
The honor of holding them is moro than equal
to the emoluments But where there is n, work,
no trouble, in seeking for desirable object, there
neither honor nor credit In attaining it; and,
without competition, the possession of all the eliga
bic situations In the gift of Uncle Sam, between
credit to the successful asprants, than Simon
Tapley found in the unlimited enjoyment of ale and
porter drinking, (besides kissing the landlady al
l,b,um,) while he was acting in the capacity of
hostler at an English inn. Simon, it is written,
who Was accustomed to question his right to feel
jolly under such favorable circumstances, used to
mSditate frequently upon the expedency of adopting
q more " solemncholey" calling-that of sexton, or
him; ano he only appreciated the full merit of feel
ing in good humor while luxuriatipg under thun.
der and Lightning shake Of the fever and ague. after
he had accom- panied to America his master, Martin
Chuzzlewit, and gone in pursuit Of some object out
West Ut might have been in search of hospital,
near the Blue Licks. possibly; but about that mat
ter my recollection does not serve dehniivey.) So
with your New York candidates for Office They
understand the theory of the thing pretty we'll.
They seem to appreciate that there can be no
credit in getting places, no hsaH unless they
broken heads are just what is required; but
the danger is that the stronger will kill off the
weaker portion entirely. forthwith, and thus destroy
competition General Pierce may gain something
by this operation; but the successful contestants
will lose in credit, unless they postpone this whole
sale mince meat business .atn, at least, after the
4th Of March,
Among the petitions presented to our Legislature
this season, couple for leave to construct pub
lie houses for the entertainment of travellers, the
sumnit of Mount Washington, up in Coos county.
There is already one hotel there, called the Tip
Top House." erected last summer 1t is principally
o. stone the timber for the roof being conveyed up
the mountain on horse back, as no wood grows
within half mile of the location. The elevation is
only 226 feet above the level Of the sea, and the
air is delightfully."- cool and saubrious, especially at
this Of the year. If Tammany Hall should
become uncomfortaoly warm, any time previous to
the commence ment OF the March breezes there will
be an inducement for the propretors to put up the
new houses forthwith, They are destined to havea
tremendous run, as the site win be capital one for
arde mt office seekers to cool off on
The name of Colonel Charles Gordon Greene
has been mentioned in connection with = place
in General Pierce's cabinet. il an appointment
should be assigned to New England 1t has
not trsnspired that Colonel G. seeks the
honor, but there is a prospect that the honor
may seek him He has been spoken of for Post.
master General, place which no man in the Union
IL more competent to fill, as indeed he would almost
any other post in the new cabinet. Colonel Greene
is well known one Of the most able, consistent,
and straightforward national democrats in the
country; OF large experience, great foresight and
ssgscity in political matters He would adorn
seat in the cabinet, as statesman, even better
than be has, for twenty years, q certain armed
chair, located in the fourth story Of No Fl Water
street, Boston. Colonel Greene has been an init
mate and confidential friend of General Pierce,
from their boyhood Composed Of such timber, the
new osbinet s bound to be unit. Although
Dominally green" there is really no better
seasoned democratic stuff to be found in the country
Besides the President that is to be, this town has
the honor Of Boosting Of having formerly been the
residence of the 9 Count of Rumford" His only
daugh, Ter. the Countess Of Runford died here on
Thompson, ard che was unmarried. She was in
something better than moderate circumstances, Pc
cuniarly speaking, and is reported to have left, by
her will, the old family mansion and some Sl5 600,
(the whole amounting 10 perhaps S20000) to our
town authorities, for the purpose of founding an
asylum for widows and orphans. have prepared
q sketch of the life of " Count Rumford, which
will forward for publication in the HERALD, unless
you find il out Of place for your columns just now at
the re assembling of Congress, when so many i'm
portant political matters demand your space. Now
,oksa I'D oua rtar Sruha
Franklin PierceP there may be few left who don't
know who !" Count Rumford' was
The Legislature. usual, adjourned over from
Friday last until Monday afternoon project to
unite couple of our non-payiug railroads. the
New Hampshire Central and Concord and Clare
mont, which have recently gone into the hands of
capitalists in New York and Boston, at nominal
value, is exciting considerable interest The owners
propose to the whole of the first road, from Man.
chester to Henniker, and part of the Concord
and Claremopt, as portion Of q new route connect
ing the Vermont Ger trail, at near Windsor, Vt :,
on the Connecticut river, with Manchester and Bos-
ton. 1t will form q shorter route, and, If ever
built, come strongly into competition with the
Northern IN. II } Railroad, which passes through
thif town, and is used as the great channel Of
communication between Boston and Burlington.
This new union scheme will meet with strong op-
position and the chances of It's being carried a.
the present session. are small. Application has
mont, for permission to guarantee the bonds of the
new corporation This is not very likely to be
granted, our New Hampshire democracy, when in
the ascendant being strongly opposed to the policy
OF making such guarantees, town and city loans,
sc. 1t may possibly be carried however, by
union between the wings and portion Of the demo-
Gratis, which has been the case at some former
sessions
The last edition Of the Maine law introduced week
ago. has been referred to the Judiciary Committee
OF the House. and likely to remain quietly in their
hands at least until the close Of the session.
II il ever reaches the Senate, that branch will doubt
less refer it, they did the last years edition, to
the Judges Of the Supreme Court n order to az ain
test its oonstitutionsty. Since the late decision
their honors Of being fond Of occasional glass.
This Ia untrue they are all strictly temperate
Again, there are those who scout the idea Of the
four legal gentlemen, presiding over our Superior
Court, beginning TO shold candle" to Neal Dow
in their familiarity with constitutional Law and
sfl others Who ready To mt one grain of HIGHER