The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-27

has most disappointed, The wooIy heads or he Wild
cats causing the wool to ny In the ono case and the
talons to be shon IN the other. II i not that he has
not divided the places between the two Notions with
tolerable approach to equity but In most instances
his selections Of individuals have not been Of the hap
piest character. Then the appointed are, II any
thing, rather more angry than the unaPpointed, or
the disappointed In scarcely solitary instance mas
any man got what he wanted, which is not, however
a very Astonishing circumstance, or new in politics
Take the case Of Mr.. Paris for example. NY Old
friend Virgil went in" for the consulship at Rio
worth some eighteen or twenty thousand year, put
be did not win' He was, to use his own word:
fobbed off with . miserable post ONCE agency"
worth not tenth part of the Rio place. An angner
man than Mr.. Virgil ID. Paris has not appeared on
earth since the days Of that Count Palanne On whom
SAINT but wicked trick. He claims TO have made
General Pierce President, and certainly ne dd MS
full part In that piece of business-good, bad or IN
Baltimore as in course Of the contest that followed
the nomination. doubt If he would have been half
as angry as he is if the President had fatty refused
him any thing As it is, he scatters his indignation
about with rs much yehemence as Virgil, OF
Mantua, is said to have expended, Of grace
in scattering manure over those helds tnag
have come down to us embalmed in his song,
would just whisper into the ear Of Gen. Pierce that
he'd better beware of this new Thane OF Fife, who
not exactly the sort Of parsonage that, were Pres
dent, / should care to have for an enemy.
Another angry Mainete, but whose sting has been
withdrawn, to be incorporated into the liquor law,
John Hubbard, lately our Governor and who Is wnat
some people say Gen. Pierce will find himself 70 De
some four years hence-a usedup man. Gov. Hub
bard wanted to be Consul 1t Honolulu, and mad set
his heart upon the place. He had several reasons
for desiring the office. The frst was, that IT was
good place. and that Is good reason for desiring H.
Then it has been Of late years the custom TO give the
Sandwich Island Offices to Maine men--Mr severance
being Commissioner, and Mr.. Allen 10y long resi-
a Mai ~ ia Z
Governor is devout believer in the annexation OF
the islands to the United States, in which bisnessne
had voted himself leading post, and reward, IN
the shape Of United States SenatGship rom lne
new State He built any number Of Chatedur en- Is
payne, but he could not get penny OF insurance on
them. He had sunk into the ktnnebec, and pro-
posed to rise out Of the Pacific. He wished for high
office. too, to show rum democrats that they had
not killed him. when they got him out of our guber
material chair, and, therefore, il Honolulu were be-
spoken, he had no objection to Havana; and II some
body had been ahead of him in the latter place, why
he would condescend to take Havre, or Valparaiso,
or any other place whereof it was impossible to ex
press the annual profits in less than five figures The
The President squeezed his hand afectionately and
left in it something, which, on being opened proved
to be the appointment Of Consul to Trinidad de Cuba
Mr.. Hubbard was enraged, and he vowed by the
whskers Of Neal DAVIS tom cat, Gan oath as solemn
in the mouth of an original Maine law man-and the
Ex-Governor is very original article OF that KIND
as that of the ancient Egyptian when he swore by
him who slept in Phil&,) that he would be drowned
in butt Of tipple brewed under the late wing stat
ute-anent. the manufacture and sale OF liquor
sooner than take the place. They do say that the
President, who is wag in his way, (some people
have found his wag anything but pleasantly was
guilty of practical Joke in this appointment. From
Trinidad de Cuba do they bring sour mOlasses, from
get drunk and to prevent all this the Maine law
passed, whereunto Mr. Hubbard placed his signature
The President too cruel in thus INVITING the ex-
Governor of the peculiar form and shape OF his folly.
Another offended man il Mr. Strickland, gentle
man who seems born to Ike disappointed. He was
not long ago prevented from going 10 Congress by
his own party, and now the national head OF that
party refuses to him any of that balm OF which there
ington, mean. He means " miching macho, un.
less people are greatly mistaken. He Is clever, and
the sort of man who ought not TO he atronted That
chaise has not been sent to him; but when he re-
slapping pace.
One Of the purposes of the administration would
seem to be the control Of the press. They wish not
merely to sway that engine, but to own as much OF
il as possible. II was in pursuance OF this policy
that through their agents, they lately made an at
tempt to get possession of the Eastern argus news
paper, q daily, which has been published here Tor
many years always following it, party and ready to
doing which, many think, will soon be afforded. The
Argus Yields power that makes it necessary that
it should be concilaed, and efforts have frequent
" been made to purchase it, so that it might be in
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any and all circumstances. The sum OF 81 800 was
offered to one Of its proprietors for half the paper
but he being sensible man demanded $50 900 which
| is certainly what his property is worth. How the
matter was settled do not positively know, though
have heard various stores which do not repeat
because have no desire to say anything that might
turn out to be unjust to respectable persons. The
proprie'y of government meddling with the press
may, however, well be doubted. No objection can
be made to the common usage of bestowing adver.
tisements, &C., on party journals, as government
does not pay SO high as TO give the impression that
the business can amount to corruption.
understand that some Of our democrats are striving
very hard to get into the Boston Custom House. but
thus far with but Indifferent success. They hold
shire to Boston, he will be more favorable to epp
cants out of Massachusetts, than were Mr.. Henshaw
Mr.. Bancroft, and Governor Morton; but from then
premiss should draw the exactly opposite eoncla
! SION as the new Collector would hardly wish TO SC
proceed, as to excite local discomfort which mlgn
follow were he to carry out the idea that even poti
col importations are to pass through the Boston
Custom House. We have so many ports Of
our own that we can't make a great argu-
ment in favor of free trade in inspectors, &c.
As respects our local politics there is not great
deal to be said except that both parties are much
cmt up Governor Crosby is not 90 pqn,.lnr % ne
the Exceeding Gss Rssnff his position The wings
came into power through the aid Of the anttliquol
law democrats, if they can be said to be In power
when they can do nothing of consequence; but they
seem TO have elected to 60 with the supporters Of
the law and to rely upon them for victory in Sep
TENDER next. 1t is risky game, and would not have
show for success were It not for the distracted
dition ofthe democracy, growing out Of national
matters. What will give zest to the campaign SC
soon to commence, is the fact that United State;
Senator will have to be chosen by the next Legsla
ture, there being now vacancy in our delegation
! Mr. Pitt Fessenden who made SO good run at the
last session of the Legislature may carry the day
next winter. The whole thing depends upon the de
mocracy Should they choose to unite, forgetting
i their disppnsOna and make use of the mower which
they unquestionably possess, and which needs only
TO be masscd to be nvincble they could prevent the
choice Of any man out their own party. But, from
present appearances it would hardly seem possible
for the democrats to bring about that "perfect
union, in efectng which lies their sole hope of vic
tory. The time IL too short-less than three
months to achieve SO great a change as the exis
tence of such union would imply. ! suppose that
the philosophy of all this Is, that our democrats
needed defeat IN order 70 bring them into correct
its usual results on them, and the Maine laws exis
tence only fastened quarrel that was inevitable
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