The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-05

eminent begins upon changes, Il does not stop,
in most cases, until Il has completely boxed the
compass You may depend upon It that the
appointments which were announced - about TO be
made here three weeks since, and which called
forth so much comment were resolved upon, and
that they were reconsldered and reversed. Mr..
Burkes demonstration 1t is said, had something to
do with this change, which hos completely altered
Post Offices in several large places TO go to the
preservers of the Union, and not TO gentlemen who
were unfortunate as TO take leading parts in the
reasonable work Of overthrowing the long estab-
cakes and ale are to go to those stern patriots who
be Il understood,
Left their party for their partys good,
and whose quiet labors have been more demonstra-
tive than the louder ones of Mr.. Burke. Mr.. Kn0w-
ton was understood by his friends to be Of the
Worcester Post Office, though he himself never pre-
tended to have had any assurances on the subject;
but, knowing as do, what a member OF the Cab
net said about the matter month since, and how
favorably the President listened to suggestions In
support of that genteman's appointment, some
people have not the least doubt that he was killed
OF, temporarily shelved through the exertions Of
Colonel Greene, who diskes him personally, and
whose hatred Is emphatically returned-for Mr..
Kn0wlton is a good hater," q sort OF goodness in
not correct, it is certainly very unfortunate that the
change which came over Mr.. knowltons prospects
occurred precisely at the time of Colonel Greenes
last visit to the national capital. Possibly this was
only "curous coincidence" With few excep-
tons there has not been an editor appointed to
Office in New England who is not either q bunker or
an uncommonly slippery coalitionst, endowed with
the faculty of standing with foot on the Buffalo
erected at Baltimore and in that not graceful
position It il the literal embodiment Of the
figure known as "the straddle"-they contemplate
that noble view known to politicians as "the pros
ind hahn
BILE like the Spanish fleet, because it is not in sight.
There are said to be four applicants for the Worces
ter Post Office beside Mr.. knowlton, who was pro-
posed not by himself, but by his friends. ] could
tell you which of these four gentlemen will get the
place, were it in my power to state which has the
greatest want of qualifications unless, indeed, one
of the others should prove to have been Garrisonan
abotionist in 1916 declaring that if Texas came into
for Mr.. Van Buren, in lS4s; or got drunk and sang
songs in 1S40 without regard to the liquor, or time
or tune; these being the principal claims for Office
provided they are accompanied by the essence oil
rafting, somewhere about year ago. Things are
altogether too much in extremes, moderate men
think.
The " Barstow hunkers," of Essex county-so
called from the name of their most energetic leader
are understood to have il In view to call demo-
cratic State Convention for the purpose of embody
ing all the disafection in the State against General
Cushing, with whom they are very angry. In Essex
county they say wings are kept in Office through the
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or next to it. Mr. Lord is very obnoxious to these
gentlemen; and they say that he is Collector Of Sa.
lem Gloucester, and Marblehead. They adhere to
the President, and speak well of him on all occasions;
but say that he is deceived he having too much to
do to be able to attend to all appointments. The
Burke movement in New Hampshire they declare
intended to express hostility to the Presi-
dent, but was directed against General Cushing.
They do not hesitate to say that the Attorney Cen
eral has fallen back Upon his whig antecedents. /
say nothing except that there is great deal of dis
content among all classes of the Essex democracy,
but | cannot tell how much justice there is at the
bottom of it. In some other counties the old liners
are all the other way.
Mr. Francis c. Grey, of this city, has given to the
Athen@um Library copy of Lord kingsborough' 8
great work on Mexico previous to the Spanish con-
quest The work is rare and very costly the author
expanding on it s150,000. 1t is splendidly done,
and extends to nine large folio volumes Mr. Grey,
the donor, is a son of the late William Grey, who
came here from Salem in the last generation, and
was one Of the first of Boston merchants. He has
been O conspicuous public man, serving in the
House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Ex-
ccutve Council. AS a scholar man stands better.
He has delivered many orations, having q high re-
putation for oratorical power. He has written much
and well on the early history OF Massachusetts, in
connection with the publications Of our State His
torical Society. He used to write for the North
american Rerier, was leading member of the
Prison Discipline Society, was President of the Bos
ton Athen@um and was distinguished in other ways.
He is man of liberal ideas, and unlike some men
of the kind, he is not less liberal in action.
Mr.. Hawthorne will leave here for Liverpool on
Wednesday next, with his family, in the Niagara.
All his arrangements have been completed, and he
will be prepared to enter at the discharge of
his arGuous duties in the city OF Roscoe. 1t iSto be
hoped that he will find time to write or the reading
world will never forgive the President for making
him Consul.
The Fourth will be very extensively celebrated
throughout Massachusetts, more SO than for many
years past. There + be military parades, civic
professions orations any amount of eating, (but
drinking, except by temperance men with weak
stomachs), and no end of fire works. in many towns.
in the day does not grow less with the progress Of
time. Our city celebration will be good but 1t
amounts to any thing beyond the Grafton and the
dinner and the display ofpyrotechnics in the evening.
We Yankees make such business of enjoying our
selves that we regularly done up by the occur
renee Of holiday. ALTOONA.