New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-25
Dir. BOrand's Appointment-The Third Auditor
Anxiety upon the Newly ork Appointments.
Correspondence of The NY. Tribune.

WASHINGTON CITY, April a. 1853
Hon Scion Borlands appointment to be Minister
to Central America bears what l have recently
written you relative the Administrations appreciation
of necessity for very thorough change in the tenor of
the Diplomacy of this Government in that and certain
other quarters BOrand is man of much more ability
than he has the credit of possessing and has personal
attributes which peculiarly fit him for the life of labor,
strife ard energy which any gentleman must lead in that
eneryating region who goes there TO carry out the IN
structons which will be given him. Your readers will
remember that he is prOverbay ready for anythng-iOr
smashing ferTetlng out frauds on the Treasury,
making elaborate speeches on constitutional questions,
or hunting down public men with whom he may fail to
be on good terns-each as occasion may require. In
the Senate he has been proverblaIy effective, ac-
complishng as much, though at times apparently
working strongly to do it, any other gentlemen who
has been a member of the body In the last ten years.
Barring the incongruty between his habuai acceptance
of constructive mileage and the erOcOus war he has al
WAYS waged upon everything else smackng OF unc0nsutu-
tona or needless of the public money, he leaves
very good Senatorial record for gentleman of his pecI
liar views 1t will hold water well in the estimation of
his political friends at home He is expected u play
the part of man with the white hat, who you Will
recoec ourshed in Texas previous to her annexation
Chatteld himself was never more c0mpetentstO keep
every thing and person around him i'll hubbub, though
Chatfed possessed little personal character while Dor
land is credited here with being scrupu0usy correct III
his bearing as man and gentleman Thus the Govern
ment HAVING no drsv work for their Minister III that
able To do up the exciting diplomatiZns which Will be
required of him, which by the by isdesned to keep up
to the highest notch public interest in our Central Amer
lean relations.
With Mr.. Soult in Spain and Mr.. Borland in Central
America the folks in Wa-st hardly fail 10 enjoy
the fun of seeing United States and other American
stocks cutting astonishing ddoes every now and then
The brother of Hon. Mr. Burt of South Carolina,
recently appointed to be the Third Auditor OF the Ie
sury reached here Friday night and will assume his
official position on Monday. can write you nothing OF
his official qualifications, further than that he is his bro
theirs brother rule is prevailing to too great an eX-
tent, which places the patronage OF the Government
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. entirely-n the hands of Senators and
Members of Congress, whose recommendations are for
the part regarded as conclusive 80, to be con-
nected as Mr. Auditor Burt is, has come TO be pretty
much warrant for the success of ones applcaOn-t0
be sort OF record behind which the government III
most cases, declines going.
There are many gentlemen here from the interior OF
York who are just overwhelmed with anxiety
concerning the appointments yet to be made there 90
we are having, In miniature, second edition OF the
recent Hard and Soft squabbeS nthe hotels OF Washing
ton Ex-senator Fosters selection to be District Attor
ney for the Northern District OF newborn continues
greatly to afiict the S0ttS who are frightening them
selves terribly with dreadful anticpaons drawn from IT,
However know certainly that 1t augers nothing more
than that the Administration adherng to their p0cy
of giving very little which is fat and desirable to any
other than Member of Congress, or an ex-member, II
any such gentleman proper to intimate MS desire
for the place.
The Cabinet were not in session yesterday, their
breathing spell being devoted principally to the work OF
looking carefully into the political composition OF their
different Bureaux. as to enable them to proceed as
speedily as possible with the business OF providing for
few scores of the five thousand little fellows politically
who are clamoring for Clerkships at Washington.
ALTRNGHAN.
PANAMA RAuRoAD-We have a letter from
gentleman who had crossed the Isthmus in the following
time
From Panama 10 Gorgora by mules. .
From GorCona BarbacOas by -
From Barbacoas TO Aspinwal by rail ...---.--. %
Total. -
This brings the Atlantic and Pacific in close contact The
competon of the Railroad will reduce the time 10 hours
Coxxrcr1cur-Int the published official table OF ma
iortes for State officers there mistake in the vote for
Secretary of $50 The true figures stand thus;
John T. C. Mather, Democrat.
Thomas Robinson, Wing ..............-......2@5't
Jesse G. Baldwin, Free Soil 3o4O
S,a,,erng ........................ go
766
Mathers majority OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. s.'s3
The published table incorrectly gave the Secretary ma
iority of 2662
LouIsrAsA-The Baton Rouge Gazette intimates that
Gov Hebert about declare the Office of State Audi
tor vacated and fill the vacancy until an election takes
place
Conference.-The Hartford Times says that the Off