Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-02-01

! Tnt PREsrnrNr ELrcr keeps bchiad Ia
cloud, nai from choice, perhaps, 50 much aH
necessity. The cast OF the cabinet has not been
made known, because. rs YET. he has not been
able to form one. The policy which IS 10
govern his administration has not been divnlg'
ed, for the reason, most likely. TINT he inds
il impossible 10 shape one calculated 10 give
satisfaction 10 the maoysded gathering OF iac-
tons to which he owed his election. So long
as lie was tho silent and passive candidate. At
was possible for men ofthe most contrary opln.
ions to unite in BIS support. So soon he shall
speak, OF act, the deluslon will be exposed,
the hopes Of thousands disappointed and all
further corporation atat end
In The election the compromise men Of Gieor-
gia stood shoulder to shoulder with the FREE.
soilers of Massachusetts. tho di,uuouisis Of
South Carolina were side by side with the coa-
ilonsts Of Massachusetts, the free traders aud
the tariff men, the strict conslrucfionists and the
internal Improvement men, hunkcrs aud barn
burners, ilibusterg and old fogies the thorough
going radical aud the thorough going CON
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and consoIodatonlsl
were I'll found yoked together to the carthat
bore The Bdgadicr" and his fortunes All
now stand around the public crib aarjs erec.
rs, watching for the coming Of the ms
ter and hungering for the provcnder they
have earned. IL is impossible 10 ossoei-
ale the names Of tho different nominees for
the cablnet, suggested by each separate fac
ton. without thinking of that famous piece
Of joincry' by Lord Chatham which Berkn
lmmorlaIized by his description Of IL He
made an administration, so chcckercd and
speekled: he put together piece Of ioinery, so
Grossly indented aud whimsieaIly dovclaled;
u cabinet varionsly inlaid; such piece Of
diversified mosaic; such rcsscll tied pavement
without cement; here n bit Of bllck stone. and
there bit Of wbite;patriols and courters; kings
friends aud republicans; wings and tories;
treaeheroas friends and open enemies that IN
deed it was a curious show, but utterly unsafe
TO touch and insure to stand on. The colleagues
whom he had assorted at the same boards, star
ed at each other, aud were obliged to asl, Sir
your name Sir, you have the advantage OF
Such one, beg thousand par.
dons.' ! venture o say,tr did 50 happen, that
persons had single Office divided between
them, who had never spoken 10 each other in
their lives, until they found themselves, they
know not how plugging together heads and
points, in the same truekle bed"
IfG'cn. Pierce attempts to satisfy and con
ciiiato all tho divisions Of his party, some such
curious and useless piece of workmanship az
this he must construct The great British
Premier, with his wonderful genius and his
iron WILL eopldsmake nothing OF such comb'-
nodon-will New Hampshire attorney ho
more successful The British cab OF larSc
enough 10 give some space for the working nt di.
verse opinions Tho American il more comp &C,
and crcumscribed aud must be unit. Tho
new President must sacrifice his hctcrogcne, nus
party, 10y conforming the covernmc; TO his Own
principles, or sacrifice lsprneip'cs by mould
ing has administration TO suit that party.
InE lRoN BUSINESS IN TENNEssEE-T
Nashville Wing gives a tabular statement of
the capital and product of tho iron interest on
the Cumberland river, together with tho num-
Der ofhands employed, and the amount of
and corn consumed per annom at the 9 rurna-
ces, 9 FORCES, and rolling mills therein emu
merated The following is the apitulaton.
10 furnaces. 2920o tonsmetal; Q forges, 10, GOO
tons blooms; rolling mills, 400 tons Of IRON
Total, lI500 tons; 400 kettles. Capital, 81
10000. Value ofproducts, 1G76, 600 They
employ 1895 white men and l,Sl0 negroes
FROM WASHINGTON.