The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-11-04

w iueTe u cOoi assuralce, tnd cutting
impudence in the following, quite character
istic Of the source from which il eminstes.
From the New York Herald.
DEN BENNETT.
The organ Of the spoils-Cabinet at WASH
ington has not directly made the assertion,
but adopted the coinage of others, that Mr.
Bennett, proprietor of, this journal, had made
an application to the spoils-Cabinet for the
mission to France. II is now necessary to
say something on tine subject.
We have made some inquiry into the mat
ter, and have ascertained to our perfect satis-
faction that 1t is entirely untrue. Mr.. Ben
nett has not made any application to the spo-
ils-Cabinet of any office for himself or others,
except one, and that was, simply asking the
administration, ifit were so willing, to bestow
a small consulate In Europe upon gentle
man-not Mr.. c. E. Lester-of his acquain.
tance, who had formerly occupied similar
post under preceding administration.-The
letter presented to the Secretary Of State on
this subject, puzzled this functionary exceed
ingly, even though it had received the endor-
sement Of the President. Indeed, the Pres
ident himself was at loss to conceive whe.
ther the letter was simple one Of introduc.
ton, joke or a serious application for office.
The Secretary of State however, treated the
applicant and the missve with his accustomed
brutality; SO that Mr.. Dudley Mann, the AS.
sistant Secretary, who is equally we'll verset
in all kinds of diplomacy, thought that even
in his coarse and vulgar manners the distin-
guished spois Secretary of State exhibited
more than his usual bear like urbanity. Tha
small favor asked by Mr.. Bennett from thi
Cabinet was refused at once and for ever.
This, we believe, is the extent Of the ap
plications of Mr.. Bennett for Office unde.. tn
present spoils Cabinet. But we understan
that since he has seen the newspapers com
mencing the discussion of the question as t.
MS capacity and fitness for the post of envo
10 frsnce, and to the propriety Of appointing
.iim to it, he is half disposed to take the mat
ter into consideration, and to immediatel
make formal application to the administru
ton, from topt bottom, for the appointment
to the French mission. The discussion {
the matter in the newspapers, on false infor
nation, has brought the subject vividly int
his mind, and he thinks that on the whole h
is as well qualified, in every point Of view, fc
the mission to France, as is a French red
republican propogandst for the mission I
Spain, or as an English broken-down social,
is for the mission to Naples, or as Je
clerk from Frankfort--becomes rich in Wa
streets to become American Minister I
the Hague.
Mr.. Bennett cares very little for the salar
which attaches to the post, for he sometime
expends in one Of his own missions TO Europe
to collect information, double the amour
which the Government give to their function
aries. But he thinks, after mature delibera
tion, that IN the present state of the worlt
and from the appearance Of things in tn
East and West of Europe, he is at least muc
better qualified in every point OF view for fill
ing the American embassy in Paris, than
quiet, indolent, respectful country Judge O
Virgin ia is, who though he knows the valu
OF oysters and the use Of cards, knows nothing
of the diplomatic relations OF Europe, and wht
understands not word of the French or any
other modern language but his own. Mr.
Mason, 1t is said, will not take the Office; bu
it he should, we are very sure that he will
not remain in it much longer than a year
Just sufficient to enable him to pocket tn,
outfit and salary of eighteen thousand dol
lars. The Senate, we are confident will re-
call him, and great many others besides
who are utterly unqualified for the positions
they occupy in the present ominous relation,
of the world. ..-
Such is the amount of our information or
the French mission in connection with tht
name Of Mr.. Bennett, which has been bruitet
about SO much in the newspapers. We have
no doubt, however that he will Immediately
prepare and forward an application to the
spoils Cabinet for this mission; and, in antic.
pation of his doing SO, we now call upon al
newspapers, and upon the whole tribe o
stump orators throughout the country, to
take up the important question and discuss
the merits Of the applicant, in order to en-.
tighten the Cabinet on the matter to be bro
ught before them, and to determine the mind
Of the President when the issue shall be
made.
We, therefore, announce with great mod
esty, but with equal formality. that Mr.. James
Gordon Bennett, the editor and proprietor Of
the New York Herald, is now an applicant
for the highest embassy in the gift of the,
American Government, and that is the en-
bassy to Paris; and that he will forthwith
make out all the necessary papers and present
them in due form to the spoils Cabinet, for tho
solution of this important question. We
therefore call on our contemporaries, here and
elsewhere, to fire away; our dependence is on
the good sense and patriotism of the Presi-
dent.
Rates Of Postage.
1t is not easy to keep always in mind the
required amount of postage stamps on letters,
&c =. under the laws nnw in forca Tha Ohia