New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-15
Doings and Designs Mt Washington.


WASHINGTON City, Wednesday, April IS 1853
The President said to very freely with ref
erence to his policy concerning New-fork PotcS as
surfing his friends that while anxious to show the reTy
Hards that he desires to be on most friendly terms WIN
them as evnced in his strong disposition 10 put the cob
ectorship in the hands of gentleman who will certainly
do them ample Justice in the distribution OF Its patron
age he is nevertheless firmly determined that no patron
age enanatIg directly indirectly from him. shall be
used to weaken the existing union He is opposed to
permitting the Hards to remain distinct organization
in the City and chooses that whoever holds the custom
house shall hold it pledged in effect to labor to do away
with their separate organization This is the key to the
refusal of Mr. Dickinson and TO the subsequent difficulty
in getting the office accepted bya Hard leader lester
day he was kept posted by telegraphc dispatches add
dressed To others concerning all that went on in the
caucus OF Bronson ard his friends being held in New
York City. Though anxious that it might result in Judge
BIS cheerful acceptance on the terms implied, ne was
prepared to learn that that gentleman had been prevailed
mon to refuse His purpose was then to have made short
work OF the business by giving the Office to some gen.
tleman who does not a button for the particular
future of the Hard leaders, leaving the latter to settle
with their followers for their consequent loss OF much OF
the undue proportion of the custom house places which
would certainly have been theirs had either Hard Shell
accepted to whom the custom house has been ten
dered.
1t is believed think on very sufficient grounds that
your Mr. Sickles left Wa Shngt0n with a . flea in his
cal" having been politely notified by Mr. Pierce that he
not to be managed by precisely such appliances as
Mr. s. would resort to in regulating the action of New
York Ward Caucus.
The administration entertain no dread of the Hards--
not the least in the world They have taken up the inn
preston that unless those gentlemen have Office to
bestow they will at once become among the most unm-
portant democratic politicians in New-l ork Cy more
especially when it is clear that they without Office To
besOw only BY and through their refusal To stand
in position enabling them to provide for their friends
On the whole, the President and every member of the
Cabinet are now firmly Of opinion that they have, up to
this time attached too much Importance to the political
necessity Of prOpitiatng those very sore gentlemen
The POst-O Office Department is considering the pro-
pretv of dispensing with the services OF through mail
agents upon the great California Ocean Steamer route,
leaving the mails ship board, in charge of the officers
OF the steamers and placing local agents on the lsthnls
The change is most desirable Heretofore these through
agencies have been mere sinecures in measure, for
decayed gentlemen, whose principal occupation was to
entertain half seasck vOyagers standing ready to payfOr
plenty of Champagne in return for agreeable CONVERSE
ton The mails on shpbOard require no attention from
them, and, the Isthmus they have generally been
much too stdOus to in person that the bags were
not dragged in the mud across boys and mountains, aud
though they have been paid high salaries for looking
after them in most bags were left behind by accl-
dent or their contents were greatly injured. by the
proposed change, working men will be put in their
places Regular packers OF freight across the lsthnus
who having nothing else to attend TO- VIII discharge their
duty properly. have every reason to believe tha Just
such men will be selected for the duty one OF your
great NewlOrk Express companies would send Overthe
ISthmus in charge Oftheir packages.
The Administration were forced to make terms, as II
were, with Mr. Buchanan ere that gentleman accepted
the Mission to England His first demand was, that
PENNSYLVANIA should not be charged with his appoint
ment it being unsOught by him This was, OF course,
readily consented to, his position is such as TO justify
fully his claim to Nationality Next that he might return
as he should have concluded his negotiations upon
the two subjects for the settlement of which the Admin
stration demanded his services These are, the ques
ton of the proper construction of the disputed clauses
of the Clayton and Buwer Treaty, and the Fisheries
question of course, this demand was also promptly
agreed to. And thirdly that he should be allowed to
manage the business after his fashion hear that
Governor Marcy promptly advocated compliance with
this request of his old colleague, laughngly remarkng
that if Dir. BIS diplomacy could not be trusted ater
his long and successful connection with our foreign
affairs, surely his-M s-was not to be relied on III
difficult stras. Though there was something OF the
old maid in this point of Buchanans, Marcy eagerness
to crafty him. and thus rid himself of much OF the
most troublesome labor that would devove on him if
any else went to England, at once resulted IN Ia
yorable reply to this demand.
Mr.. Birdsall, of BinghamtOn, is back here to-day
taking Sickless late post of sentinel for the Hards,
though not doing duty quite close under Mr. Sidney
Webster's coat tail BirdsaFs rather dsc0ntented AR
has created the impression that Mr. Bronson refuses,
ard that he realizes that the offices are consequently
gone The President has received one dispatch upon
the subject to-day the contents of which are as yet
unknown to others. My impression is, that If Bronson
has declined the post will deyoye on Mr. Hayemayer, If
he will accept it. ToMBIGBEE'
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