The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-04

Mr. Robert Dale Owen, of New Harmony, Indi
ana, has reached Washington, bis modesty having
kept him from this centre of attraction 40 to the
present Tins; though since the lth of March bis
friends have been urging him upon the Govern.
ment for the Neapoiitan chargsship. Il !. .om..
what singular that the two applicants for that poei
ton who are probably best fitted to grace ;t-th.t
10, to fill II with most credit to the Government of
the United States-were born on the other side of
the Atlantic refer to Mr.. Owen and Aususte
Belmont, esq of New York city All the Ameri-
can world know MIR. Owen for enc Of the most bril-
liant, classical and refreshing orators of the dav a.
we'll for the possession very extensive and vaes
attainmentsi in many branches Of science and Iitera
ture, which have rendered his settlement in o,Y
great west OF acknowledged advantage to society
everywhere within bis influence. Few however
know Mr.. Belmont. except a sort of bug hear of
the late Presidential canvass-as the agent of the
Rothschilds and the consul general of Austria.
who took the liberty of jumping up to his ewes in
the fight between our two great parties, nile il
might have been better for the winning side to
have kept bis name of their program mes, in view
of his connexion with those terrible ogres, the
Rothschildsan ind Francis Joseph OF Austria There
is no better or truer-hearted American to be found
than this same Mr. Belmont, who has spent life
time of citizenship among Us; OF late years, leading
as it in all the great enterprises of the com
mercial princes of New York, designed for the
most part to bene6tthe country and city, rather thar
their own pockets. He gives away large sums in
charity, always with excellent Judgment; and he
rarely fails to be foremost when thousands are
wanted for forlorn king int nded to prove
to the world that the people Ct the United States
are behind no others in any thing likely to benefit
the human race. Alone of all the consuls general
| accredited this Government, be makes no
charges for his services, using his Office for the
most part only means of enabling him TO as
sist the destitute and deserving of his faherand
who are thrown on our shores by the business and
political perturbations of Europe. There is a
heartiness about the man moot eminently Arneri-
can. Indeed, his soul seems to have been born in
Kentucky if he did first see the light on the Euro
pean continent
However, it strikes me that the Administration
will hardly dare seriously to entertain thoughts of
sending either of the gentlemen have named above
to Naples. In the case of Mr.. Owen, Indiana is
probably written down safe for 1856, without ex-
pending any outside patronage upon her; and in
Mr. Belmont's case the domesticated Kunkels are
hardly to be trusted to discriminate between man
who lives by the Austrian governments system
| and one who holds nominal connexion with that
government, only that it may the better enable
its victims directed hitherward.
The Cabinet were engaged during the whole of
| their last session upon New York appointments
alone, many of them being virtually disposed of,
though the great stumbling blocks, the Buffalo,
| Albany, and Troy appointments. which there
has been grand an expenditure of blood and
thunder for two months past, were not approached.
Notwithstanding their secretiveness, am salts
fled that in all these matters the Administration
have determined, and with commendable fore
thought too, to hold Mr.. Marcy, and the Cabinet
officer under whom the appointee is to serve, re-
sponsible for the proper distribution of the pa
tronage; confirming without serious question
whoever the Secretary suggests, after consultation
with Governor Marcy, in case he doubts. / wrote
you weeks ago that such the policy which
must necessarily be adopted in the matter Of these
interior New York At the last meeting l
fancy that Mr.. VIM. G. Beardsley was informally
agreed on for postmaster at Auburn, Mr.. Geo.
Rathbun and the honorable representative in Con-
gress from the Auburn district who support E. P.
Ross esq.,, Every ultra Burner, wear countena
quite as long those of the friends of that very
hard gentleman, MIR NJ. S. Myers, who is also an
applicant for the place
Ohio Tin Washington may rejoice. Governor
Wood will not get the Brazilian mission, will
mia. Having looked through the (hole in the)
milestone, see very clearly that Governor Trous
dale, of Tennessee, is be the fortunate gentle
man carrying of this frst-class prize.
The Democracy of Congress, past and present,
should at once hold indignation meeting against
the idea of making such appointment from class
who have never biatherskted in Washington,
either until the Speakers's hammer fell, or until
the gentleman's eIoquence had cleared the gale
ries of the Senate thoroughly as the prevalence
of motion to 90 into Executive session does.
As we have no business of importance in issue
with Brazil, MIR. Trousdaie will answer there.
With year or two's experience in public affairs
outside of the boundaries of Tennessee, he will
swer in any emergency that may arise. The
influences which have been brought to bear by
way of convincing the Administration Of the pro-
priety of so appointing him, repeat, have been
such as to convince me that he is to be next
Minister to Brazil.
Poor Mr.. Disney, OF OhIo is in dreadful "ka-
dicament" Not long since he became Wood
man for that particular mission. The Ohio oppo-
nents of Woods appointment being the ad-
vocates of Cincinnati's appointees, whose sue
sess duly noted last night, he opposed their
appoin tment with might and main, it is thought;
lecturing the Administration about the unheard-of
tnOIuNy vi oppointiAE GSdtcHeA " oluSo III
Democratic members district, who might not be
acceptable to him; at least take it for granted
that he resorted to this common Demo
cratic-Congresanan line of argument. The enor-
nifty, however, has been perperated, and on the top
of it Governor Woods prospect for the Brazilian
mission has vanished And, TO all his
tribulations, Woods failure affords the Admins
tration chance of complimenting Ohio by ten
dering to young Judge Piatt, of Cincinnati, the
Chargeship to Portugal! If that should be done,
fear this agglomeraton of ugly Executive acts will
give Mr.. Disney fatal attack Of the cholera morbus
This morning it seemed to be very generally
thought that he would do something desperate
would tell the President that be wasn't satisfied
wish the Administration, make some other ter
ribe announcement. Iapprehend, however, that
the storm has blown over, and that his interview
at the White House to day, when and where these
aforesaid Cincinnati appointments were duly
talked over, ended in his coming to the conclusion
that it is not worth gentleman's while to burst
off his suspender buttons because he can't have bis
own way just now in Washington. Mr. Disney, as
public man, certainly possesses a large share of
independence. He is really greatly respected, be-
cause he is never led by the in the House of