The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-13

WASHINGTON IrENs.-The appointment of Mr..
Buchanan to England is equivalent to announ-
cling again to the powers of Europe that lead
ing object Of the foreign policy Of this admins
tration will be the acquisition Of Cuba The
sentiments of Mr.. Buchanan are sufficiently de-
veloped in the publication, by President Fill
more. OF his correspondence with Mr.. Saunders,
at Madrid during the administration ofJames K.
Polk. Mr. Buchanan being willing then to give
a hundred millions for Cuba. will doubtless be
willing to make still higher offer now, by
few millions. if necessary, in view of the pre-
sent high rents, high prices Of beet, pork, &C.,
sidering the mortgage which England has upon
the island Of Cuba. in those Spanish coupons
Mr.. Buchanan will, doubtless, have a very i'm
portant part to perform in the negotiations upon
. manifest destiny"
Mr.. Robert J. Walker, who appears to have
and whose guest Mr.. Buchanan has been for
some days past-will, it is surmised, keep a
sharp look out for squall in the cabinet, and
if there is chance, contrive to slip again into
the Treasury Department. to finish up the
manifest destiny" of free trade. But we pre-
sumo that Mr.. Walkers present sojourn at
Washington is more with reference to his
friends who may want friend to help them,
than with any view to a plum for himself,
unless, indeed. he may conclude to put in his
papers for the mission to France for the benefit
of his health. Hem-Rumor says that the rea-
son General Pierce has not made the nomina-
tion to France is that he has fixed his eye upon
Henry A. Wise I; but that, considering his :" an
tecedents" there were some grounds Of appre-
hension that the Senate might boggle at the
of Mr.. Wise, and hence it has been
deemed prudent to wait till the Senate are
quietly out Of the way. By this method, Mr..
Wise can be sent over without waiting till next
December and thus, being in Paris when they
do meet they will be very apt to let it go,
especially if he should be hard at work on the
Cuba question. We give the rumor for what it
is worth, though it is perhaps more likely,
should Mr.. Wise desire it, that he will be sent
back again to Brazil
We are not advised of any determination
having yet been made in regard to the mission
to Central America, left vacant by the declina-
ton of Mr.. Slidell, of Louisiana, nor Of any pro-
minent applications for that highly important
general rowing commission. We hope that Mr..
Saldells op)eUtiun TO Central America-tn wit:
the fatality Of that malignant climate, all over
that pestilential country, all the year round.
from the first of January to the last day of De-
cember-will not be q drawback to the patriotic
bachelors still hanging about in Washington, and
anxious to serve their country in some useful
capacity abroad, at from five to ten thousand
dollars q year. A man encountered with o
family may be excused from risking their lives,
or his own. on their account, in the very heart
of the yellow fever country for four or five years
together; but to patriotic bachelor, particu-
larly ifadisciple of the school of Young America,
a howell Of palm leaves at San Juan at this crisis
ought to be more desirable than the festivities of
Paris, or the iazsaroni of Naples Shall the
Monroe doctrine be abandoned on account of the
climate of the Belize? Will Young America
knock under to John Bull because of the TO-
mito? Who puts in for the mission to Central
America?
Old Bullion. according to our private advi-
ces. is enjoying himself at Washington SOLITARY
and alone,' part of his family being in Missouri
part in California, and part in Europe. He is
said to be in robust health. and promises to
make the time-servers and would-be-leaders Of
the democracy smell thunder in the next House
,rD Do &c H. I'D;
nant at the idea of the possibility. in any con-
tingency, Of Gen. Cushing's promotion from the
tail to the head of the cabinet. Col. Benton. in
short. is represented as one of the few of the
members of the new House who consider Secre-
tary Marcy the redceming feature Of the
administration. Meantime, the distribution of
the plumber accruing to Missouri, the news
mongers say will be deferred till after the
next August election, to avoid any new cause
of squabbling, in the interval, between the al
ready exceedingly disagreeable Benton and
anti-Benton factions. Perhaps that expedient
it is rather hard process for harmonizing the
family.
The New York Collectorship is still consider
cd the rock upon which the hard shells at Wash
ngton intend if they can, to wreck, not the
ship, but the Secretary of State. They desire
nothing better than to bring the issue directly
between him and Schell-for upon that issue,
whatever the event, they hope either to crowd
out the Premier or break him down. Well,
Rome was not built in day, and we can't ex-
pact the trouble between the hard shells and
the soft shells to be rcconcied short of a row
somewhere.
AIrSE RANBIEs very romantic and charming to
read Of and the ascent Of Mont Blanc Ia achievement
to be remembered during life time but there are or