New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-30
Cabinet Movements.


WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Dec D, 1852.
TIE call made by the President elect upon
Mr. Il. NJ T. Hunter of Virginia, has raised storm at
Richmond. Though not the candidate OF Young Amsri-
CO, he is well known to have been of those orgi-
rally urging the nomination of Mr.. Douglas and the
Young American party are quite satisfied with thepros
pect Of bis appointment to cabinet place AS con-
sequence, the army of disinterested virginsns who
form joint of the political tail of Mr. Buchanan
already up in against his selection refer to those
just now attending the Legislature in Richmond, very
few Of the Virginia Members Of Congress being
nected with the Buchanan clique. They held caucus,
1t is said night two since, and determined, by way
of heading off Mr.. Hunter. to sign round robin in
favor Of the selection of Mr. John s. Barbour As this
gentleman may be unknown to those who have not
been delvng among the dry bones of past political
age may mention tina. he il the venerable gentleman
who frequently cruches (Which he has used
for years. in the Baltimore Democratic Convention,
and exclaimed in dlseto Virginia casts her thirteen
votes for .yeemes Buchanan" Mr.. Barbour, who is a
broler Of the late James Barbour and cousin of the
late Phil Barbour both Of whom were very deservedly
dstips uifhed in their day, served few years in
Congress q representative where he delivered half
dozen rather pretty speeches, his qualifications being
altos, Their of the bellies eres order As public man, he
gave birth to original idea though he clothed
more less thoughts of others in tasteful language
He was Wing when i: profitable to bea Wing,
and 10 Democrat for the timebeng. Very few Of the
veteran Democrats Of the State Of either wing have
confidence in the stability of his party anities in
the oundness Of bis views OF constitutional ques-
tions his former Wing associations having left him with
confirmed notions upon such matters, which by no
mcars square with the straightlaced ideas Of the
us.t.. i T.
linz
This Mr.. Barbour. who s physically incompetent to
the abors of any such position, has been taken up
after this fashion, take it, wholly to preventive Young
American wing of the party in Virginia from running
away with the fat offices tina; fall to the States share
it being presumed that Mr. Hunter if in the Cabinet
will do his best TO make the hungry Buchsnantes stand
back until the Young Americans (hardly any one of
whom have yet had sixpencs from the Treasury In
the way of salarcs) shall be FED to their satisfaction
Very little ia being -ad here relative to the efforts to
get Cabinet place for Col Sam Meiary, of Ohio, who
IL urged Gen Pierce with offensive pertinacity Hi,
Round Robin originally signed by the Pierce Elec.
tors Of The ~ sam stole march on Messrs VIM
Allen and DAhg who mot dreaming that the Quixstic
ides of making Cabinet Minister of such material
could be entertained by having sense and inorna.
ton enough 10 enable them to write formal ballots for
Pierce and King) made efforts to impress their own
superior merits and claims on that precious college
Sons forte Is writing paragraph of sush," no, TO
exceed ten lines in length He never essays any thing
in the way of composition longer and rarely ventures to
write even 80 much, except in the way of abusing an
opponent Sam il also said to be pretty good hand
at q horsetradc, or at managing caucus composed
principally Of persons aspiring to hold small Offices in
time TO come.
The dispatch in New York paper Of late date.
saying 1hst General Pierce entcrtans the idea of call.
ing Mr. pObbin, of n C.. into the Cabinet has raised
bebbery In the neishborhood of Raleigh ii one NAV
judge from the number OF dispatches passing yesterday
and to ssy between Washington and RALEIGH I,
that, to prevent the selection of Judge Saunse.
of n. C. for such post (whose friends were among
the fret to prepare to bone" PERCY the Dobbin
wing OF The party signed q Round Robin for Juage
s,rsnge for whom they asked the place of Attorney
General. AZ this movement seemed to threaten death
to the hopes Of Judge Saunders and his party the lat
ter 10 pay on the Dobbnites defeated Dobbins e,ac
tion to the U. 2. Senate. Saunders who is rnernber
Of the legislature voted with his three or four stri
ers aSrnst the caucus nomination of Dobbin lopz
enough TO insure that he could not be elected ser
which he "cayed in, as il were coming forward m
vote for Dobbn after the entire destruction of all hone
Of electiDg him. He got his revenge Dobbin w,s
paid for daring to favor strsnses appointment. to
place in the Cabinet, when Saunders wanted one
But il appears that Pierce viii have neither: pressv
ring DobbiD. Keep good look oa,, and il viii not be
long before you have two or three delegations of North
Carolina Democratic politicians Gliding along through
New Yorkfor Concord n H., one 20 fght the b,,sls
of Saunders another to cut SAUNDERS political throat
for the benefit Of Strange and still another probably
to explain that IL win never do 10 appon, Dobbln no.
cause he has not asked for such place and further
because the ersck LocoFoco politicians of the Stat,
have no, signed paperdemandng such place for him
This Is high country-'hs Is, or rather. there are
high times in it-these are. What wouli havs h..r /